ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,614, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Perrysburg, Ohio).
"Cooling sealed packages after hot filing and sealing" was invented by Brian J. Chisholm (Sylvania, Ohio) and Brian J. Brozell (Maumee, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of sealing a foil liner to a hot-filled container includes the steps of aligning a liner engagement surface of a seal head with a liner sealing surface of the container when the container is in a first position, wherein at least a peripheral margin of the foil liner is disposed between the liner engagement and sealing surfaces of the seal head and the container,...