US Patent Issued to Crown Packaging Technology on March 3 for "Method and apparatus for detecting defects or deterioration in the sidewalls of can bodies" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,155, issued on March 3, was assigned to Crown Packaging Technology Inc. (Tinley Park, Ill.).

"Method and apparatus for detecting defects or deterioration in the sidewalls of can bodies" was invented by Michael Halstead (Shipley, Great Britain), Damien Andrew Bailey (Shipley, Great Britain) and Daniel Egerton (Shipley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detecting defects or deterioration in the sidewalls of can bodies during production of the can bodies within a can bodymaker. Each can body is formed by pushing a cup, mounted on a punch of a reciprocating ram, through one or more dies contained within a tool pack...