A capping vessel and method for the low-turbidity delivery of a desired depth of capping materials to the sediment surface of a body of water along a predetermined course, the vessel comprising at least one floatable platform; a plurality of generally vertically submerged tremies comprising an array, the array of tremies depending from the at least one platform and extending to a predetermined height above the sediment surface, for the delivery of capping material to the sediment surface; at lea...

A liquor bottle capping assembly comprising a perforated member fixedly attachable to the liquor bottle in covering relationship with a threaded opening in the liquor bottle for preventing flame propagation into the liquor bottle; a penetration discouraging device operatively associated with the perforated member for discouraging and providing evidence of penetration of the perforated member as by a hypodermic needle; a sheet fixedly attached to the penetration discouraging device and tearably r...

A disposable needle assembly (10,10',10") includes a hub portion (12,12',12") and a hollow needle portion (22,22',22") having a distal tip (26,26',26"). A cap (28,28'28") has a neutral position along the needle portion (22,22',22") proximate to the hub portion (12,12',12") and an extended position for irreversibly capping the distal tip (26,26'26"). A tether (34,34'34") connects the cap (28,28'28") to the hub portion (12,12'12"). The cap (28,28'28") includes a pocket for locking the cap (28,28'2...

An apparatus for fitting heat-sealed containers comprises a conveyor for displacing a succession of the containers in a normal direction of travel through a station and for arresting each of the containers momentarily in the station, a supply at the station holding a stack of caps, a grab for taking a cap off the stack and positioning it atop the container arrested in the station and a welding tool for tack welding the cap to the container in the station as the cap is being positioned on the con...

An incremental die construction comprising individual rod increments that are premachined and arranged in registry, one end of each rod forming an increment of a precalibrated surface contour, and a metal cap bonded to the ends of the rods over which sheet metal may be drawn during metal-forming operations.

A capping accessory for hermetically sealing a cable end temporarily or permanently. The accessory is typically molded in one piece from a thermoplastic material sealable to potting compound and preferably includes a locator boss within its inner end as well as a plurality of flexible tangs projecting axially from its open end with their free ends securable to the adjacent surface of a cable assembled into the accessory. Adhesive tape wrapped about the cable in an area intermediate the top and b...

The invention is directed to apparatus particularly adapted for securing coverings or lids upon containers primarily used for storage of generally perishable goods. The lids are supplied to a rotary element upon which they are held in a temporary or quasipermanent location to be transferred at appropriate later time periods individually to loaded containers moving along a conveyor line to an outlet region. The loaded containers are carried along a conveyor which is moved in step-by-step fashion ...

Counter top machine for shrink-film capping of containers in which a capping unit is mounted on a cabinet so that the lower end of the unit is spaced above the counter. The capping unit includes a sealing tube for receiving the upper end of the container as the container is manually moved upwardly and for directing hot air around the edges of the shrink-film closure, the central portion of which is held between a vertically movable plunger plate and the container and the hot air being supplied f...

An apparatus for applying a liquid-tight cover to various sizes and types of containers by automatically feeding a strip of biaxially oriented plastic film to a point directly below a sealing head unit, cutting a length of plastic film, raising the container to catch the plastic film strip and bring it into engagement with the sealing head unit, applying heat to the sealing head unit to heat shrink the film strip about the mouth of the container, and after a predetermined heating period lowering...

The apparatus concerns a container-capping device. A cap section having a flattened region covering the container mouth is provided with a downwardly depending skirt having at approximately its lower end a series of elongated openings which are joined at their ends by bridge sections. Provisions are made for both deforming the cap at its outer periphery to bring it into abutment with the container wall and also to provide for scoring the bridge sections through a suitable scoring means with the ...