Adolph Coors Company

Coors Brewing Company

Coors Container Company

Ronald L Moore

Harold Cook, Jr

Jerome Edmund Keller

Larry M Dugan

William A Sedgeley

LeRoy J Haverland

Apparatus and method for packaging articles, such as container ends, using a product having a plurality of interconnected compartments formed in two continuous superposed sheets by a lengthwise extending seam and a plurality of spaced apart widthwise extending seams so that each compartment has one open end, by moving one of the compartments to a predetermined location, gripping the widthwise extending seams of the one compartment, moving one of the gripped seams toward the other of the gripped seams, applying a force to the open end to move apart the portions of the superposed strips forming the one compartment, holding a plurality of articles at a location aligned with the open end, pushing the articles into the one compartment, at least partially closing the open end to form a partially closed compartment having articles confined therein, moving the partially closed compartment to move another compartment into the predetermined location and repeating the process to form a plurality of interconnected partially closed compartments each having a plurality of articles confined therein. The interconnected partially closed compartments may be severed along the widthwise extending seams to form a plurality of separate partially closed compartments or may remain interconnected and be palletized. Mounting apparatus for mounting a rodless cylinder is also provided.

Apparatus and method for packaging articles

A package for holding a plurality of containing ends having a volatile coating thereon which package is formed by superposing a first and a second elongated strip of a relatively flexible material so that a plurality of container ends may be inserted between the superposed strips and wherein portions of the superposed strips are then sealed together to form sealed compartments having the plurality of container ends confined therein and wherein the first elongated strip comprises a material for permitting passage of the airborne solvents therethrough to permit further processing of the container ends and at least the facing surface of the second elongated strip comprises a thermally reactive sealing material to form the sealed compartments.

Package for container ends

Apparatus and method for debagging container ends from a package comprising two superposed continuous webs having a plurality of sealed compartments formed therein by two continuous end sealing strips and a plurality of widthwise extending sealing strips extending between and into the end sealing strips wherein a portion of each end sealing strip is cut away to form a cut compartment having an open end, then holding the cut compartment to prevent widthwise movement thereof, applying a force in one direction to expose an end container end, applying a force in the opposite direction to push the container ends out of the held cut compartment and onto a receiving and transferring unit and transferring the container ends to a conveying apparatus leading to further processing apparatus.

Apparatus and method for debagging articles

Apparatus for packaging a plurality of articles, such as ends for beverage containers, using a plurality of accumulating cages and a plurality of transfer cages to feed an accumulated plurality of container ends in succession into a packaging station wherein the accumulated plurality of container ends are positioned between portions of a first continuous strip of a flexible material permitting passage of at least a gaseous substance and a second continuous strip having a thermally reactive surface facing the first continuous strip and superposed portions of the first and second continuous strips surrounding the accumulated plurality of container ends are sealed together to form interconnected plurality of sealed compartments each having an accumulated plurality of container ends confined therein.

Apparatus for packaging articles

The method of manufacture of a container end member or the like with integral hinged opening tab means thereon having a formed severable tab portion, a formed connecting flange portion extending between the tab portion and the other part of the end member, and first and second formed score groove means located in juxtaposition between the tab portion and the connecting flange portion to provide a fracturable web portion therebetween, and the method comprising: first at least partially forming a central part of the tab portion before forming any other part of the tab means; thereafter initiating the forming of the connecting flange portion and partially forming the connecting flange portion before initiating the forming of any other part of the tab means other than the tab portion; and thereafter initiating the forming of the first and second score groove means and completing the forming of the first and second score groove means while completing the forming of the tab portion and the connecting flange portion.

Apparatus and methods for manufacture of can end member

A one piece container end member of metallic sheet material having an exterior rim portion for mounting on an open ended container body member; an interior rim portion axially and radially inwardly offset relative to the exterior rim portion; an axially outwardly domed central wall portion surrounded by the interior rim portion and extending generally radially inwardly relative thereto for closing the open end of the container body member; an integral inwardly severable and displaceable tab portion in the central wall portion extending generally radially inwardly from the interior rim portion; the tab portion being hingedly integrally connected at the interior rim portion by a generally arcuately extending hinge portion; the tab portion being defined by at least one continuous score groove extending from arcuately spaced points adjacent the interior rim portion on opposite sides of the hinge portion generally radially inwardly therefrom toward the central axis of the container end member with intermediate score groove portions extending along substantially straight lines and being connected adjacent the central axis by a curved intermediate score groove portion; the tab portion within the score groove being concave and extending inwardly toward the container body member; and outwardly extending dimple areas in the central wall portion.

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Golden, CO, United States of America

Ronald L Moore