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Class 220/680 - Overlapped


Subclass of Class 220 - Receptacles
Definition: Receptacle wherein the joint is formed by uniting sidewall
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 09/18/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7270245Mesh container, system using mesh containers, and method for making mesh containers
The present invention is directed to a container comprising a first piece of mesh material and at least one separate second piece of mesh material. The first piece of mesh is bent to form a bottom wall and a first pair of sidewalls. The second piece of material form...
09/18/2007
7171988Tubing for hydrostatic forming, hydrostatic forming apparatus, and hydrostatic forming method using the apparatus
A tubing including an overlap portion formed by the first and second circumferential end portions overlapping and joined with each other, and a fluid leakage preventing member for preventing pressurized fluid from leaking from the tubing upon the tubing being subjec...
02/06/2007
7160393Vacuum chamber assembly
A vacuum chamber assembly comprises a floor plate, an upper plate, plural props standing on the floor plate to support the upper plate, and side plates closing side opening portions between the props. First connected portions between the floor plate and the props an...
01/09/2007
7008679Shell article construction
A shell article is fabricated in three parts having different colors. The first and second parts are end parts and include edges for mating with each other or an intermediate part. The intermediate part is arranged between the two end parts. Each of the parts is mol...
03/07/2006
6715626Fuel container
The invention concerns a fuel container of plastic material such as a motor vehicle fuel tank, having one or more welded seams as seam locations for the body of the container and/or as connecting or sealing seams between the container wall in the region of openings ...
04/06/2004
6334548Plastic container formed by insert-injection process
A plastic container comprises a main body, a large-diameter member and a small-diameter-formed member. The main body is formed of a plastic laminate film into a tubular shape. The large-diameter-formed member is joined to the outer surface of the end of t...
01/01/2002
6252165Enclosure and method of making same
A circuit breaker assembly including a first and second circuit breakers each having toggle switch assemblies movable between ON and OFF positions. The toggle switch assemblies have connectors coupled thereto for preventing both circuit breakers from bein...
06/26/2001
5771548Casket
A flat-lid casket has a bottom, two opposing side walls connected to opposing sides of the bottom, and two opposing end walls connected to the opposing end of the bottom and to the two opposing side walls. Each of the two opposing end walls has a main pan...
06/30/1998
5732825Packaging container
A packaging container having an enhanced sealing performance includes a packaging material, an outside strip and a strip tape. The opposite side edges of the packaging material are overlapped with each other so that the outermost layer and the innermost l...
03/31/1998
5730694Container of thermoplastic material and process for the production thereof
A container made of thermoplastic material has a bottom, a lid and a wall that extends between the bottom and the lid. The wall is substantially less thick than the bottom and the lid and is designed as a film soldered along a longitudinal seam and welded...
03/24/1998
5722539Packaging container
A packaging container having an enhanced sealing performance includes a packaging material, an outside strip and a strip tape. The opposite side edges of the packaging material are overlapped with each other so that the outermost layer and the innermost l...
03/03/1998
5626776Flangeless fuel tank
A flangeless fuel tank formed of two interfitted cup-shaped tank halves welded along the overlapping portion of the tank halves. Locating protrusions stamped into each tank half provide registration of the halves prior to welding. Spacing dimples stamped ...
05/06/1997
5598927Packaging container
A packaging container having an enhanced sealing performance includes a packaging material, an outside strip and a strip tape. The opposite side edges of the packaging material are overlapped with each other so that the outermost layer and the innermost l...
02/04/1997
5569884Trunking with cover jointing members, suitable for electrical apparatus
Trunking, in particular trunking for electrical apparatus, includes a body with inwardly directed lips and a cover adapted to be snap-fastened to the lips. The trunking further includes a cover jointing member extending transversely between the lips of th...
10/29/1996
5465856Plastic container having injection-molded container components
A container constituted of injection-molded plastic components, the components having the property of enabling discrete particles thereof to be securely joined to each other under the action of heat and pressure. The injection-molded components form a pai...
11/14/1995
5454480Flangeless fuel tank
A flangeless fuel tank formed of two interfitted cup-shaped tank halves welded along the overlapping portion of the tank halves. Locating protrusions stamped into each tank half provide registration of the halves prior to welding. Spacing dimples stamped ...
10/03/1995
5419430Preserved food container and drum
A container (10) includes a hoop (14) defining first and second open faces (16, 18). A flexible membrane (20) is secured tautly to the hoop to cover the first open face, whereby the flexible membrane serves as a percussion drum head and the hoop and flexi...
05/30/1995
5195644Sealed, seamless box and method of manufacturing same
A sealed, seamless box (10) that forms an RF-wave- or gas-tight enclosure is disclosed. The box of this invention includes a box body (12) formed of a single metal sheet (23) with a base panel (16) and upwardly extending side panels (18). The side panels ...
03/23/1993
5158203Segmented composite cylinder assembly
A circumferential rib-stiffened hollow cylinder and method for fabrication thereof featuring construction of the cylinder from complementarily shaped nestled prefabricated rings and resultant circumferential ribs which are integral with the rest of the cy...
10/27/1992
5099607Plant growth container
A container in which plants are to be grown comprised of a flexible strip of material having a length greater than its width and having an inner and an outer surface. The inner surface is formed in part by a lattice of root guiding recesses, at least some...
03/31/1992
4916031Surface-treated steel plate and bonded structure of metal material
A very thin coating layer having a thickness of the order of 1-100 angstroms of a hydroxymethyl substituted phenol is applied to the surface of a metal material. The hydroxylmethyl substituted phenol, such as saligenin, is applied in the gaseous phase to ...
04/10/1990
4858782Metal vessel having circumferential side seam and process for production thereof
Disclosed is a metal vessel comprising upper and lower members, each of which consists of a seamless molded metal cup having a protecting resin cover layer, the open end portions of the upper and lower members being lap-bonded to each other through an adh...
08/22/1989
4553682Bonded can of key-opening type and process for production thereof
Disclosed is a bonded can of the key-opening type comprising a coated metal blank and a seam formed by lap-bonding outer and inner end edge portions of the coated metal blank to each other by a tape of a thermoplastic resin adhesive, wherein the adhesive ...
11/19/1985
4471883Welded can and process for preparation thereof
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of welded cans, which comprises forming a blank comprised of a surface-treated steel plate into a cylinder and passing a lap portion of the formed cylinder between a pair of electrode rollers through an electrode...
09/18/1984
4415387Method of forming an annular seam between two container body halves
This relates to an annular seam between two tubular body portions. The seam is particularly adapted for joining open ends of two cup members to form a container. The seam incorporates a hem on one of the members with the hem facilitating the application o...
11/15/1983
4384657Side seam-coated tin-free steel welded can
Disclosed is a welded side-seamed can formed by welding a can blank comprising a steel plate substrate having, formed thereon, a coating layer consisting of a metallic chromium layer and a chromium oxide layer formed on the metallic chromium layer, wherei...
05/24/1983
4372459Annular seam between two container body halves
This relates to an annular seam between two tubular body portions. The seam is particularly adapted for joining open ends of two cup members to form a container. The seam incorporates a hem on one of the members with the hem facilitating the application o...
02/08/1983
4346814Side seam stripes
A material for protecting the inside surface of a side seamed cylindrical container is disclosed. The material is of a thixotropic nature whereby edge protection is assured for a lap seam, a can seam or a welded seam, the latter being either a lap or butt...
08/31/1982
4282981Bright welded seam can of tinplate
Disclosed is a bright welded seam can of tinplate having a side seam formed by welding, wherein each of the inner and outer surfaces of the side seam has an outermost surface layer having a thickness of 50 to 400 A and being composed of oxides and a subse...
08/11/1981
4280268Adhesive application of two-part container
A container and method of adhesive bonding of two telescopic container halves wherein each container half has a cylindrical body, the inner container portion being circumferentially loaded to temporarily reduce its diameter and being forced in centered re...
07/28/1981
4117188Lapped seam can
A lapped seam can having a high safety characteristic used as containers of soft drinks or beer wherein the cut-burrs at the end of the inner end portion of the can blank are completely removed so that micro-leak passages apt to occur in the lapped seam c...
09/26/1978
4034132Propylene polymer adhered to enamel coated metal surface
The adhesion of propylene polymer layers to enamel coated metal surfaces is improved by incorporating an adhesion promoting amount of a carboxyl modified polypropylene resin in the enamel....
07/05/1977
4033474Tubular body with a lap side seam
The raw metal edge on the inside lap in an adhesively-bonded lap side seam of a tubular body is protected from chemical attack by a corrosive substance from within the tubular body by applying a side seam adhesive along one marginal edge portion of the bo...
07/05/1977
4006838Brazing alloy and brazing paste for gas container joints
Component parts of a steel container for storing a gas, specifically a mixture of stabilized methylacetylene and propadiene (C3 H4), are joined by a brazing alloy consisting of about 48% to 67% by weight copper; about 4.5% to about 7...
02/08/1977
3949896Seamed article
Metal cans are welded by frictional treatment of the materials joined. The treatment is provided by a rapidly rotating smooth hard friction tool e.g. wheel contacting a surface of the metal above the join while the parts joined are held in pressure contac...
04/13/1976
 
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