Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347032 | Capping head for the application in vacuum conditions of caps on bottles or containers in general, a capping machine comprising said head, and a method for the application of caps that can be applied by means of said machine Described herein is a capping head for the application of caps on bottles or containers, in which the capping head is enclosed within a casing having an end mouth that engages the bottle or the container during application of the cap so as to define a closed chamber... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7171795 | Transverse sealing mechanism for bag-manufacturing and packaging machine and bag-packaging machine equipped therewith The bag-manufacturing and packaging machine transverse sealing mechanism is for a bag-manufacturing and packaging machine that makes bags by sealing a tubular packaging material longitudinally and transversely while also filling the bags with items to be packaged. T... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168337 | Opener for threaded jar lids An opener to assist in the opening of a threaded lid from a threaded jar. The opener is a body at least partially to embrace the peripheral wall of a lid. Preferably it allows for an expansion to facilitate application, and a shoulder to be abutted by a thumb or fin... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7143626 | Crimping jaw having energy efficient crimping dies A jaw (39) for crimping a generally cylindrical compression sleeve (34) in a compression coupling is disclosed in, which at least two support members (39, 41) are adapted to support at least two arcuately shaped dies (24) for movement tow... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121062 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, having a container handling machine with interchangeable receptacles for the container mouth A container handling machine for containers, such as bottles, with a carousel that rotates around a vertical axis, with handling stations located at appropriate intervals for the handling of the containers, whereby the handling stations are located in a space that i... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6964519 | Atmospheric and/or differential pressure closure for an evacuable storage container An evacuable bag or container for items which benefit from being stored in a vacuum environment by reason that the bag or container is impermeable to air or liquid, with a first opening for entrance or closure purposes, which first opening has a zipper sealing closu... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6890140 | Seam adjusters A seam adjuster for ensuring that a tight seam is formed between a can end and a can body. The seam tool (32) is mounted via bearing (34) on the seam lever (31), the centre of the bearing being eccentric to its outside diameter. The bearing has ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6367301 | High speed crimping apparatus A crimping apparatus, comprising a revolving turret supporting a plurality of crimping heads, each crimping head operative to engage a closure on a container to create a crimp in the closure. The crimping head includes a cam follower riding on a stationar... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6296726 | Method and apparatus for spin welding container closures Sealed synthetic resin containers are spin welded by bringing opposed, generally complimentary horizontal mating surfaces of the lid and bowl into contact under a predetermined axial pressure and rapidly accelerating rotation of the lid relative to the bo... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5911552 | Seaming dimension adjusting device in a double seaming apparatus A seaming dimension adjusting device in a double seaming apparatus for double seaming a can by successive action of a first seaming roller and a second seaming roller, said seaming apparatus including a seaming chuck, a seaming roller shaft, first and sec... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5884450 | Device for rapidly mounting/releasing units for fitting caps or lids to containers, in particular for mandrels of automatic machines A capping assembly includes at least one tube fixed to a spindle of an automatic machine and provided with a piston and cylinder unit for axially displacing a bush operatively connected with the tube and formed with a shaped recess to releasably engage a ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5533317 | Rolling head for applying sealing caps on bottles in general The rolling head is provided with a plurality of presser rollers adapted to act elastically on the cap, each presser roller being supported at the end of a respective rocker that is pivoted to a cylindrical support rigidly coupled to a rotating body of th... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5505572 | Sealed container and method of manufacturing same A sealed container in which a container body having a ring-like shape and a hollow portion at the center includes opening portions on which a cap member of a similar ring-like shape is attached. The container body is sealed when the annular groove portion... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5390471 | Food can crimping head including means for taking up slack The invention relates to a crimping head that comprises at least one crimping roller for crimping the lid of a food can. The roller is guided along a path that surrounds the can by means of a support piece that includes a hub rotatable about the axis of t... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5358369 | Can seamer In a can seamer, after a control mode of a drive motor has been switched to a type-changing mode, if an action button is depressed, in response to signals issued from a rotational position sensor, the drive motor moves can seaming mechanisms one pitch by ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5328314 | Device for closing food cans at a high rate The device includes a compression stand on which a food can is placed and which is driven with vertical translation motion by a telescopic rod under the control of a cam-follower roller engaged in a cam track. During the upstroke of the rod, its two compo... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5320469 | Can seamer In a can seamer, after a control mode of a drive motor has been switched to a type-changing mode, if an action button is depressed, in response to signals issued from a rotational position sensor, the drive motor moves can seaming mechanisms one pitch by ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5111635 | Arrangement for closing bottles An arrangement for closing bottles comprises a rotor arranged to move bottles over a partially circular path, a flanging device provided with a flanging element arranged to engage with lower edges of caps to be placed on the bottles, bottles gripping elem... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4784709 | Seamless overpack and spin welding apparatus for making same A spin welding apparatus is employed for hermetically sealing seamless overpacks. The seamless overpacks are utilized, for example, for isolating corroding 55 gallon drums which contain hazardous materials. The overpacks include a receiver which contains ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4662153 | Adjustable container capping apparatus Apparatus for applying container caps of different sizes to containers includes a main housing arranged for rotation by a driving spindle, an upwardly biased cam rod coaxially disposed relative to the spindle and movable reciprocably, a releasable holding... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4511044 | Seal force monitor apparatus, system, and method for in-process determination of integrity of sealed containers A system and method for determining the integrity of a sealed container closure assembly wherein the closure is secured to the container by a force applying member and the integrity is determined by converting the force used to secure the closure into a f... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4268938 | Closure device for container A closure device or "zipper" particularly suitable for use with heavy water-tight containers to provide the secure joinder of an opening formed in the container and which can be readily separated to provide access to the interior of the enclosure and/or t... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4232500 | Roll-on capper chuck A capper chuck is disclosed for applying a closure cap to a container by conforming an annular skirt on the closure against an external conformation, such as a thread and pilfer ring, on the container. The capper chuck includes a plurality of support arms... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4226652 | Method and apparatus for joining a sealing element to a cylindrical container sleeve A container sleeve 1 having an inner coating 5 of a heat weldable plastics material is fitted with a closure element 2 having a collar 4 of meltable plastics material. The assembly is rotated while a hot welding shoe 35 is inserted through the open end of... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4221105 | Method and apparatus for applying closures to containers In applying an unthreaded metal closure to the threaded neck of a bottle by the use of profiled thread rollers to shape the skirt of the closure shell into conformity with the bottle thread while the shell is pressed down on the mouth of the bottle, the p... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4219986 | Capping apparatus Apparatus for applying caps to containers such as glass bottles or vials having a flange at their mouth end and crimping the cap on each container under the flange, in which the containers with caps thereon are gripped at top and bottom in a rotary turret... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4180959 | Machine for sealing food containers A machine for sealing food containers is disclosed which includes a horizontal base and support means attached to the base for supporting a container to be sealed. A ring is attached to the support means which ring has a first indentation forming a concen... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4102113 | Cover feeding apparatus Method and apparatus for selectively supplying and placing a generally planar cover of selected peripheral configuration over a cooperative opening for container while the container is in motion where the opening is surrounded by an outwardly directed gen... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4087952 | Crimping mechanism for an electric capping machine A crimping mechanism for an electric capping machine has a rapidly adjustable threaded ferrule and a crimping head base with a calibrated bracket, enabling the operator to simplify adjustments for changes in container size. The crimping roller is mounted ... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4067279 | Crimper for bottle closures A device for manually crimping metal caps of the type commonly used for medical solution bottles. The crimper takes the form of a generally cylindrical body dimensioned to be held in the hand and defining a cavity open at its bottom and along a portion of... | 01/10/1978 |
| 3964234 | Capping machine An electric capping machine for crimping the caps of containers, in which each cycle of operation takes place fully automatically, once initiated by the operator; in the course of each operation, a container-receiving member is automatically raised into e... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3953957 | Apparatus for forming caulking tube cartridges The specification and claims disclose a method and apparatus for performing two manufacturing steps substantially simultaneously during the formation of a caulking tube cartridge. In general, the disclosed method includes the steps of providing a generall... | 05/04/1976 |
