US Patent Issued to Sonoco Development on Oct. 27 for "Systems and methods for the high-speed application of paper-based end closures on composite containers" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,120, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Sonoco Development Inc. (Hartsville, S.C.).

"Systems and methods for the high-speed application of paper-based end closures on composite containers" was invented by Trevor Price (North Canton, Ohio) and James J. Peoples (Newbury, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for assembling a container and closure comprising an expanding collet which has a plurality of pivoting collet segments, each configured to simultaneously pivot radially outward about a pivot point. The collet comprises a lip that is engagable with the rim of the open end of the container and an angled tip positioned radiall...