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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6453697 | Seal for vessel and method of forming same A vessel (50) having a cylindrical wall (52) and an end wall (54). The cylindrical wall (52) includes an edge portion (58), a radially inward shoulder portion (60), and a capture portion (62) therebetween. The end wall (54) is interference-fit in the capt... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6390326 | Pressure vessel and method manufacturing the same A pressure vessel includes a body with a closed end and a neck extends from the other end of the body and encloses an opening. A metal collar is mounted to the neck. A valve device is engaged with an inner periphery of the neck and has a peripheral wall e... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6019240 | Fiber board drum with plastic chime assembly A chime assembly shaped to fit on the upper opening of a drum to receive a top and a closing ring. The chime assembly comprises a top chime having a lower band with a slot shaped to receive the upper opening of a drum. The top chime has a top flange and a... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5971263 | Folding box with removable shelf particularly suited for containing baked goods A foldable box includes six substantially rectangular plastic sides which are connected to each other by live hinges so that the sides may be folded flat or opened to a substantially hexagonal configuration. A substantially hexagonal plastic bottom is con... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5855293 | Pressure vessel and method of manufacture thereof A pressure vessel suitable for use in an automotive air-conditioning system includes a cylindrical body (10, 40) including an annular wall (14, 44). The cylindrical body preferably includes an opposite closed end, an initially opened end (12, 42), and a c... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5713484 | Two-piece plastic container and removable cover A two-piece plastic container and removable cover is provided which is particularly adaptable for containing flowable products. The removable cover comprises a one-piece molded generally circular cover having an annular sealing projection extending genera... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5181615 | Plastic closures for containers and cans and methods of and apparatus for producing such closures A container or can having a body and end portion which include plastic free ends and which are joined and sealed by cooperatively curling the juxtaposed ends. The body portion has an opening surrounded by a free end suitable for curling. The container end... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5115938 | Containers and cans and method of and apparatus for producing the same A container or can having a body and end portion which include free ends comprising plastic materials and which are joined and sealed by cooperatively curling juxtapositioned free ends. The method end apparatus of the invention forms the body portion with... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4886181 | Plastics container assembly A plastics container assembly has a tubular wall 1 and a bottom end cap 2 fitted thereto to form a base. The wall 1 has an internal flexible and integral peripheral sealing flange 7 which is displaced by abutment with a closure wall 2a during fitting of t... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4813592 | Sealing closure for lined drums A sealing closure for lined liquid-permeable drums permitting the drums to be used for storing and shipping liquids. The drum may be formed of conventional fiberboard having a liquid-impermeable liner on the inner surface thereof. The closure is formed of... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4720038 | Corner structure This relates to a fibre drum construction and more particularly to the reinforcement of the chime which is utilized to shape an end part of a fibre drum body to receive and tightly clamp in sealed relation the periphery of the drum wall. The end part of a... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4572392 | Box construction A box construction, for example for a bathroom cabinet, has four side walls, namely a pair of right and left side walls and a pair of top and bottom side walls as well as a rear wall. Each of two side walls extending in parallel to each other carries two ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4566604 | Metal closing disk and a process The invention relates to a metal closing disk with an essentially bar-shaped metal elevation of smaller diameter and with an insulating layer applied at least to the elevation surface side of the closing disk and consisting of a plastic or elastomer, espe... | 01/28/1986 |
