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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:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Randy K. Julian, Newburgh, IN (US);
Gary V. Montgomery, Evansville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Randy K. Julian, Newburgh, IN (US);
Gary V. Montgomery, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Rexam Medical Packaging Inc., Evansville, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A clamping fixture for a retort process wherein a clamping fixture is disposed about a container having a seal positioned over a container-dispensing aperture. The clamping fixture applies a force to an outer surface of the seal in order to combat internal vapor pressures, which rise during a retort process and may break the seal. A first embodiment may be used with a manual process while a second embodiment may be used with a multiple station automated retort process.