Kenneth R Rentmeester

US Patent:

40334740, Jul 5, 1977

Filed:

Mar 28, 1973

Appl. No.:

5/345548

Inventors:

Kenneth Richard Rentmeester - Barrington IL

Assignee:

American Can Company - Greenwich CT

International Classification:

B65D 116

US Classification:

220 75

Abstract:

The raw metal edge on the inside lap in an adhesively-bonded lap side seam of a tubular body is protected from chemical attack by a corrosive substance from within the tubular body by applying a side seam adhesive along one marginal edge portion of the body blank, bending the other parallel marginal edge portion of the blank to form a crease thereon, rolling the blank into tubular form to place the adhesively-coated marginal edge portion and the creased marginal edge portion in an overlapping, facing position, and imbedding the creased marginal edge portion into a portion of the adhesive on the one marginal edge portion to bury the raw metal edge, the imbedding being achieved by compressing the overlapped marginal edge portions together to assemble the lap side seam of the tubular body.

US Patent:

40650235, Dec 27, 1977

Filed:

Nov 24, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/635152

Inventors:

Kenneth R. Rentmeester - Barrington IL
John A. Jurcenko - Chicago IL
John D. Welks - Barrington IL

Assignee:

American Can Company - Greenwich CT

International Classification:

B65D 734
B29D 2310

US Classification:

220 75

Abstract:

Tubular container bodies having a lap side seam, obtained by uniting a resin and an adhesive bondable therewith, are produced by applying the bonding resin to the limited lap area of body blanks moving in a continuous stream and applying heat to the limited lap area to cure the resin in less than one second; the resin may be so applied that the raw metal edge of the body blank is also coated. The resin may be subsequently reheated to the final state of cure in which it will bond to the tacky adhesive on the opposed lap margin of the body blank.

US Patent:

42633389, Apr 21, 1981

Filed:

Jul 11, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/056701

Inventors:

Kenneth R. Rentmeester - Barrington IL
Eugene F. Eike - Crystal Lake IL
Gerald G. Echternach - Barrington IL
Leo A. Stukas - Wheaton IL

Assignee:

American Can Company - Greenwich CT

International Classification:

B05D 102
B05D 302
B05D 714
B05D 722

US Classification:

427 55

Abstract:

A system and method for applying a meat release was to a formed container prior to filling, sealing and processing by application of the wax at elevated temperatures via a hot melt spray and post application of heat to the empty coated container to fuse the hot melt wax into a continuous internal coating to act as a release agent for subsequently added comestibles and the like.