Owens-brockway Glass Container Inc.

Automatic Feed Company

Marvin Karl Himmelein

David Kisela

Kim Beck

Daniel S Sabo

James Edwin Gerdeman

James Edward Gerdeman

Peter Miller

Jeffrey Paul Gerken

James H Witte

Gerald L Ames

The present disclosure provides a system for transporting work pieces from one location to another. The system uses either magnetic force or vacuum, or both, to lift and retain the work pieces against the moving overhead conveyor belt. The system can interrupt the magnetic force and/or the vacuum to release the work pieces from against the moving overhead conveyor belt at a desired transport location.

Overhead conveyor system

A fluid flow testing apparatus for measuring the pour profile of a container has a rotatable container carrier and an assembly for rotating the container between a first position allowing fluid to be retained within the container and a second position causing fluid to be poured from the container. Sensors for sensing the weight of the container as liquid is poured from the container are provided in order to determine the pour profile of the container. A controller receives input signals from the sensors in order to record the weight of the container over time as liquid is poured from the container as the container is rotated. The change of weight of the container over time establishes a pour profile for the container.

Fluid flow testing for comparing container pour profiles

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Perrysburg, OH, United States of America

Marvin Karl Himmelein