Adolph Coors Company

Coors Brewing Company

Jan L Dorfman

Larry M Dugan

William C Christine

Bruce A Moen

Frank L Shriver

Harold Cook, Jr

Ronald A Pearce

Robert L Frenkel

Stanley S Huffman

David C Young

Mark A Willcoxen

Registration apparatus for controlling the image height and circumferential orientation of a plate cylinder of a can decorating apparatus using hydraulic linear actuators or electric linear actuators to move first adjustors for the circumferential orientation and second adjustors for the image height orientation.

Plate cylinder registration apparatus

An adapter for use with a tap assembly for dispensing a product from a container wherein the adapter has a body portion having separate product and gas passageways with an abutment ledge within the body portion surrounding the product passageway and having a sealing gasket seated thereon and connecting apparatus for connecting the adapter to the container. Dispensing apparatus is secured to the adapter and has a product passageway formed therein and has an abutment surface for contacting the sealing gasket to form a fluid tight seal between the abutment ledge and the abutment surface and wherein the adapter has two differing types of sealing apparatus for sealing the gas passageway wherein a first sealing apparatus is normally in a closed position and is automatically moved to an opened position when the adapter is connected to the container and a second sealing apparatus is normally in an opened position and is moved to a closed position by application of a force thereto.

Adapter for use in tapping a container

A closure assembly for a pressurized, plastic beverage container having an upper end opening comprising: an annular container neck defining the container upper end opening comprising a radially extending top surface, an axially extending surface, and a lower, generally radially extending surface; a gasket positioned on top of the annular container neck; and a container cap comprising a flat central body positioned in covering relationship with the container opening and in abutting engagement with the gasket; and an annular flange includinngn an axially extending portion positioned in parallel, adjacent, noncompressive relationship with the axially extending surface of the container neck, and a generally radially inwardly extending portion positioned in abutting, compressive contact with the lower, generally radially extending surface of the container neck whereby upwardly directed axial force on the container cap produced by pressurization of the container is resisted by downwardly directed axial force applied by the lower, generally radially extending surface of the container neck to the generally radially inwardly extending portion of the flange of the cap.

Closure assembly for pressurized plastic beverage container

A crimping tool for attaching a cap member to a container neck flange, including a nest member for axially locating the crimping tool at a predetermined position relative to the cap member; a unitary collet member mounted on the nest member for engaging and crimpingly deforming the cap member about the container neck flange; a sleeve member positioned in circumscribing relationship with the collet member in axially displaceable relationship therewith for engaging a lower portion of the collet member and urging the collet member into crimping relationship with the cap member during axial displacement of the sleeve member relative the collet member; and an axial displacement member mechanically linked to the collet member and the sleeve member for selectively axially displacing the sleeve member relative the collet member is disclosed. A method for crimping a cap member including the steps of: positioning a unitary, integrally formed collet member in circumscribing relationship about the cap member; and elastically, inwardly deforming the collet member so as to engage and crimpingly deform the cap member is also disclosed.

Method and apparatus for crimping a container cap

An expandable pouch for applying a pressure to a material to be dispensed from a container wherein two sheets of a fluid impervious material are permanently joined together at their edges and divided into a plurality of compartments by semi-permanent peelable strips. One of the compartments is divided into sub-compartments with fluid communication being provided between two sub-compartments. One of a two component chemical gas generating system is located in each of the two sub-compartments so that when the pouch is inverted, the chemicals combine to start generating gas to force open the peelable strips.

Apparatus and method for generating pressures for a disposable container

A liquor bottle capping assembly comprising a perforated member fixedly attachable to the liquor bottle in covering relationship with a threaded opening in the liquor bottle for preventing flame propagation into the liquor bottle.

Liquor bottle capping assembly

Dispensing apparatus is attached to a container filled with a fluid and shipped with the container wherein during shipment the dispensing apparatus has two separate seals comprising an operable valve for opening and closing a first passageway, and a sealing member for closing a second passageway and the dispensing apparatus is locked in a closed position. A locking member is provided for preventing accidental movement of the dispensing apparatus and also to provide positive identification that the container has not been tampered with. A self generating pressure applying expandable pouch is located within the container to apply a substantially constant pressure on the fluid so that the fluid may be dispensed from the container. When it is desired to withdraw portions of the fluid from the container, the dispensing apparatus is unlocked and a handle on the dispensing apparatus is moved to an open position to open both seals so that the fluid may flow through the first and second passageways and be withdrawn from the container through a nozzle. The sealing member for the second passageway is locked in the open position so that fluid may be withdrawn from the container as desired. After the fluid has been substantially completely dispensed from the container, a puncture plug is actuated to pierce the expanded pouch so that the pressure may be removed from the expanded pouch and from the container through the dispensing apparatus.

Apparatus for use in dispensing fluid from a container

A method and apparatus for processing used empty aluminum and steel cans wherein groups of empty cans are carried upwardly on an inclined conveyor between spaced inclined ribs and separately sequentially discharged therefrom into an air duct wherein empty cans are blown to a crusher whereat the empty cans are sequentially crushed and fall onto a magnetic separator whereat crushed aluminum cans are separated from crushed steel cans and fall into a weigh hopper whereat the weight of crushed aluminum cans is determined whereupon compensation is dispensed for the value of the crushed aluminum cans. Thereafter, the crushed aluminum cans are sequentially dropped into an air duct and blown to a storage bin.

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Littleton, CO, United States of America

Jan L Dorfman