The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Mark A. Powell, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Michael E. Albertson, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Paul W. Robbins, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Mark A. Powell, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Michael E. Albertson, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Paul W. Robbins, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Alcoa Closure Systems International, Inc., Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for inspection of molded closures that would measure specific parameters of the closure on an on-line basis as they are ejected from an associated compression molding apparatus. Measuring specific parameters of the closure on an on-line basis identifies problems with specific tool sets, sub-systems, and process settings of the molding apparatus, thus substantially reducing the amount of scrap that is produced.