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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7013712 | Method for testing containers, use of the method, and a testing device A method and device for testing containers, the method calling for a difference in pressure to be generated between the pressure inside the container and the pressure immediately surrounding the container, the behavior of one of these pressures permitting the gas ti... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6918285 | Indirect contact container measurement Apparatus and methods for in-line testing of the internal pressure of flexible containers traveling along a production line at high speeds. The apparatus inspects semi-rigid plastic and thin-walled liquid filled containers by analyzing the output from a load cell th... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6769289 | Method of testing vacuum packages for seal-tightness A method for testing a vacuum package with regard to seal-tightness, the vacuum package is placed with at least one surface section against at least one contact surface of a vacuum device. A vacuum is generated on a side of the contact surface opposite the vacuum pa... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6164122 | System and method including multiple test chambers for automated testing for holes in prophylactic device A plurality of test chambers or fixtures are operable for successively testing a plurality of condoms, respectively, in an automated manner. Each test chamber for testing a condom includes a housing containing a porous liner having an interior cavity conf... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6014891 | On-line leak tested and container ends A container end leak testing device used for testing a container end. The container end having a score line defining an opening in the container end and a pull tab. The pull tab used for creating the opening therein. The leak testing device includes a pre... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5471866 | Cigarette testing device A flexible seal (2), particularly for use in pneumatic testing of cigarettes, includes a conical seat (6) attached to a tube (4) having a resilient collar (8). The collar permits longitudinal movement of the seat relative to the tube, thereby permitting a... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5388446 | Method and apparatus for container leakage testing An apparatus for use in one-hundred percent leak testing of food containers used in conjunction with a tracer gas. The apparatus includes a shell with entrance and exit air locks to create a controlled atmosphere through which a series of containers is co... | 02/14/1995 |
| 4876658 | Method and apparatus for systematically testing objects including tennis balls A computer-controlled object testing and measuring apparatus having a plurality of stations including a control center for initiating, controlling and terminating each procedure at each station. The control center also controls transport and handling of t... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4787241 | Flow test stand and fluid supply system A flow test stand system comprising a plurality of like test table units arranged in a head-to-tail manner to form an endless test-unit-chain to enable testing work to be carried out by only three operators in a minimum amount of time.... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4691830 | Inspection and sorting of molded containers as a function of mold of origin A completely automated system for inspection and sorting of molded containers, such as glass bottles, as a function of mold cavity of container origin. In a first system section, finished containers are one hundred percent inspected for defects, and a cav... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4637249 | Battery can hole detecting apparatus A battery can hole detecting apparatus detects whether or not battery cans formed by a drawing operation are defective and leak because a can has a hole. Battery cans which are continuously fed in are placed on the outer surface of a rotor and thereby car... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4478336 | Variable test air apparatus A variable speed machine for continuous testing of articles by use of processing air including: a shaft member rotatably supported on a frame and driven by a variable speed motor, a transfer wheel with a plurality of article holding pockets affixed to the... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4459843 | Apparatus and method for testing containers A method and apparatus for testing containers for pressure leak characteristics is disclosed. The arrangement includes monitoring the fluid pressure in a container supplied with test fluid at two different time intervals, with the monitored difference bei... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4429567 | Apparatus for testing cigarettes or the like A cigarette testing apparatus wherein a rotary drum-shaped conveyor has axially parallel peripheral flutes for cigarettes and is flanked by two swash plates which rotate therewith and carry annuli of elastically deformable sealing elements for the respect... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4325250 | Cigarette testing device A device for testing filter cigarettes, comprises a drum or equivalent means for conveying cigarettes in succession through a test station at which each cigarette in turn is tested with the aid of a pressure chamber surrounding the wrapper of the cigarett... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4306445 | Apparatus for testing groups of cigarettes or like rod-shaped articles Apparatus for testing the contents of successive cells in a chain which transports arrays of cigarettes in or to a packing machine has a support for reciprocable sensing pins, each of which is caused to engage a discrete cigarette when the support is move... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4291573 | Reject system for in-line pressure testing systems A device is provided for testing the integrity of each container in a conveyed sequence of containers by individually applying pressure internally of each, sensing that pressure and generating a signal having a magnitude corresponding to the value of that... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4287754 | Apparatus for and method of multiple testing of wrappers of cigarettes or the like The wrappers of filter cigarettes or analogous rod-shaped articles which constitute or form part of smokers' products and wherein portions of the wrappers have perforations are tested while moving sideways in the flutes of an endless conveyor. The testing... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4223551 | Apparatus for ascertaining the resistance of cigarettes or the like to axial flow of gases therethrough Apparatus which ascertains the resistance of filter rod sections or filter cigarettes to axial flow of a gas through their fillers has a drum-shaped conveyor with a row of flutes at one axial end and a row of expandible and contractable hoses at the other... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4184362 | Bottle leak tester An apparatus and method for detecting leaks at a fast rate in plastic bottles or similar containers wherein the bottles are secured in a multiplicity of open pocket members and arranged in a plurality of rows on a rotatable turret. A detecting gas is intr... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4175479 | Cigarette-filter-making apparatus A cigarette-filter-making apparatus is comprising a pick-up drum rotatable about its longitudinal axis and provided along its circumference with longitudinally extending retaining grooves for the accommodation of individual filter sections and lateral del... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4154090 | Process and apparatus for multiple testing of wrappers of cigarettes or the like The wrappers of filter cigarettes wherein wrapper portions surrounding the filter mouthpieces have holes for admission of atmospheric air into the column of tobacco smoke are tested during sidewise movement at the periphery of a rotary drum. A first testi... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4144742 | Machine for testing bottles Apparatus for testing bottles to determine whether they will withstand internal pressure as from a carbonated beverage, also for detecting flaws in crown of bottle which may result in leaks. Hydraulic pressure is applied internally by hydraulic fluid, usu... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4109511 | Method and apparatus for statistically testing frangible containers Method and apparatus for statistically testing frangible containers produced by plural mold sources by selectively diverting containers to a test station at regular intervals of time. A diverted container is automatically tracked to the test station where... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4096736 | Ultrasonic leak hole detection apparatus and method A leak detecting device for identification of can tops and similar workpieces with leak holes has a compressed gas supply chamber providing a source of compressed gas for testing the workpieces for leaks. An acoustic testing chamber is mounted adjacent th... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4061014 | Bottle inspection apparatus A bottle inspection apparatus has an inspection stand and sorter for sorting defective plastic bottles from conforming bottles. The inspection stand has an extendible rod. A conical shaped nozzle is mounted at the end of the rod. The conical nozzle seals ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4055455 | Apparatus for lining and testing container closures Apparatus is disclosed for lining container closures with seals, and for testing the closures. The apparatus includes means for forming an infeed stream of closures and means interacting with the stream for forming closure groups. Conveyor means accept th... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4019370 | Leak testing device and method for plastic bottles Plastic bottles from a molding machine are transported on a conveyor through a leak testing device where a predetermined number are temporarily stopped in register with overhead reciprocable test heads and with lateral ejectors on one side of the conveyor... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4004593 | Method and apparatus for classifying cigarettes or the like Plain cigarettes which are produced in a multi-speed cigarette rod machine are transported toward a filter cigarette machine. Some or all of the cigarettes which are produced while the cigarette rod machine operates at less than normal speed are ejected b... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3938368 | Automatic air leak testing apparatus Batteries are moved along a first roller type conveyor to a leak testing station, above which is located an assembly having a plurality of nozzles matable over battery cell inlets. A first set of alternate cells is supplied with air at a given pressure, a... | 02/17/1976 |
