A thin walled body such as a container is gripped at a holding station and tooling is engaged to deform the wall of the body at a predetermined zone. The predetermined wall zone is co-aligned with the tooling by means of co-ordinated movement of the tooling (typically by means of rotation about a tooling axis) prior to engagement with the wall zone.

A thin walled body such as a container (1) is gripped at a holding station and tooling (10) is engaged to deform the wall of the body at a predetermined zone. The predetermined wall zone is co-aligned with the tooling (10) by means of coordinated movement of the tooling (10) (typically by means of rotation about a tooling axis) prior to engagement with the wall zone.

A thin walled body such as a container is gripped at a holding station and tooling is engaged to deform the wall of the body at a predetermined zone. The predetermined wall zone is co-aligned with the tooling by means of co-ordinated movement of the tooling (typically by means of rotation about a tooling axis) prior to engagement with the wall zone.

A containment enclosure system at least a portion of which is double-walled. An exemplary system of the invention provides enhanced leak protection by monitoring the space within the double-walled portion of the containment enclosure system. The system is capable of providing continuous monitoring of the enclosure, collar, penetrations, and/or joints for potential leaks. Containment enclosures of the invention may be used as, used with, or attached to tanks, piping, dispensers, or any other type...

A filter assembly for a fryer system includes wall elements around the perimeter of the filter, such wall elements allowing the accumulation of a quantity of particulates filtered from the cooking oil. Passageways provided at the base of the wall elements and drain openings between individual wall segments allow draining of cooking oil from the filter surface as the filter assembly is removed from the cooking oil.

A lightweight, low-cost bridge mandrel applicable to the Flexographic printing process is adapted for mounting on the outer surface of a shaft or roller. The mandrel preferably includes a thin-walled, cylindrical metal tube having an inner surface, an outer surface, and two ends defining a length. An end cap is disposed at each end of the tube, each with a central bore to receive the shaft or roller. A polymeric layer is bonded directly or indirectly to the metal tube, thereby defining a precise...

A cryostat includes an upper shell and a lower shell connected along a seam. The shells are made of a relatively thin material which would be subject to collapse once the cryostat is evacuated. In order to resist collapsing forces, a brace is placed inside the cryostat between opposing walls of the shells. The brace has a connecter which includes a pin and post that has an opening for receiving the pin. The connectors allow easy assembly and disassembly of the cryostat while still resisting comp...

This invention relates to an air supported double wall structure and a method of making same, including the preparation of a first and second plastic sheet; providing said plastic sheets with a multiplicity of predeterminedly located paired holes which determines the configuration of the final inflated structure; placing the plastic sheets opposite one another; mounting a multiplicity of grommeting means, provided with segments of cords, on the external surfaces of said plastic sheets over said ...

A multi-walled steel pipe includes at least two pipe bodies of different diameters. The two pipe bodies are overlapped with one another. Either the inner surface of the outer pipe body or the outer surface of the inner pipe body is a rough surface having a roughness of 10 to 30 .mu.m. The rough surface is made by brasting, etching, or brushing or by the use of rolls. At least one of the overlapping surfaces is plated with copper to provide a brazing layer by which the overlapping surfaces are br...

A structure is prepared by the spiral generation technique employing a flattened plastic tube which is inflated by means of internal fluid pressure and deposited in a generally helical manner. Adjacent turns of the helix are adhered to each other to provide a walled structure.