US1301241A - Method for removing bulges and swells from cans and testing the same for leaks. - Google Patents

Method for removing bulges and swells from cans and testing the same for leaks. Download PDF

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US1301241A
US1301241A US19980217A US19980217A US1301241A US 1301241 A US1301241 A US 1301241A US 19980217 A US19980217 A US 19980217A US 19980217 A US19980217 A US 19980217A US 1301241 A US1301241 A US 1301241A
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  • the filled cans are placed in a sterilizer where they are subjected to a heat of about 240 degrees Fahrenheit under a pressure of about sixteen pounds to the square inch.
  • This heatnatu-j rally causes the contents, both solid and fluid, to expand, thereby creating a pressure within the can which compels the ends of the can to bulge or swell when the sterilizing pressure is removed.
  • the manufacturers of canned foods have found it necessary to employ manual labor in forcing the ends of the cans back to their normal positions before marketing the same, due to the fact that the consumer invariably returns a can with a bulge or swell, apparently assuming that the same was caused by gases created by the decomposition of the contents thereof.
  • stituting the subject matter of the present invention is used to remove the swells or bulges in the can ends and to simultaneously locate any cans with leaks either small or large.
  • the sterilizer When the sterilizer has been blown off, it is at once closed and compressed air admitted therein until a pressure of twenty (20) pounds to the square inch is reached, which is maintained for a brief period. This pressure of air forces in the bulges or swells of the cans not having leaks therein.
  • the cans having leaks can be at once selected and removed as soon as they are taken from the sterilizer and the remainder labeled, packed and shipped, without further labor thereon to remove bulges and swells or a storing or holding of the product for the leaks to show up by virtue of pressure within the cans caused by gas created through decomposition of the contents.
  • the present method also locates and discovers cans which have not been entirely filled, commonly known in the art as shallows. This is because of the fact that the pressure of the air within the sterilizer causes the cans. which are not filled and which constitute shallows to collapse so that it is possible to immediately detect and remove the same before labelin or shipment.
  • a method of treating cans after sterilization consisting in subjecting them to air pressure in excess of the pressure within the cans, created by the sterilization, while the'cans are still within the sterilizer.
  • a method of treating cans after sterilization consisting in subjecting them to air pressure in excess of the pressure within the cans, created by the sterilization, while the cans are still'within the sterilizer and after the sterilizer has been 'blown off.
  • a method of treating cans after sterilization consisting in subjecting them to air pressure in excess of the pressure within the cans, created'by the sterilization, while the cans are still within the sterilizer and after the sterilizer has been blown off, and quickly removing such air pressure within the sterilizer.
  • a method of treating cans after sterilization for the removal of bulges and swells and the detection of leaks and shallows consisting in subjecting the cans while they are still within the sterilizer, and after the sterilizin pressure in excess of the pressure within the can. 7

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METHOD FOR REMOVING BULG-EsAuD swnLILs neon: CANS'AND resume THE SAME roe LEAKS.
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Tc'aZ'Z whom it mag concern V K 7 Be it known that 1, CHARL S E. FE -non, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Grays Lake, in the county o fLake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Methods for Removing Bulges "and Swells" from cans and Testing the Samefor Leaks, of which the following is aspecification.
In the canning of food products the filled cans are placed in a sterilizer where they are subjected to a heat of about 240 degrees Fahrenheit under a pressure of about sixteen pounds to the square inch. This heatnatu-j rally causes the contents, both solid and fluid, to expand, thereby creating a pressure within the can which compels the ends of the can to bulge or swell when the sterilizing pressure is removed. As a result thereof, the manufacturers of canned foods have found it necessary to employ manual labor in forcing the ends of the cans back to their normal positions before marketing the same, due to the fact that the consumer invariably returns a can with a bulge or swell, apparently assuming that the same was caused by gases created by the decomposition of the contents thereof.
In addition to the foregoing, it has been necessary for the manufacturer or canner to store or retain his product for a period of time in order that cans with leaks may be discovered before shipment or delivery. The contents of a can with a leak, after a time decompose, creating a gas, which causes the can ends to bulge or swell so that at the end of a period of time all cans with leaks can be detected and destroyed. This obviously makes all cans with leaks and their contents total losses, because their contents are decomposed before the condition of the can was discovered.
It is the object of the method forming the subject matter of the present invention to remove the bulges and swells while the cans are still in the sterilizer and by the same method locate and detect all cans having leaks. By tthus instantaneously locating and determining cans with leaks it is possible to either patch the cans or remove their contents in order that they may be placed in other cans and thus saved from being a loss.
In carrying out the canning or preserving operations the filled and sealed cans are I Specification of Letter e Patented Apr. 22,1919. Application m n Newman 1, 1917. Serial 1%. 199,802.
stituting the subject matter of the present invention is used to remove the swells or bulges in the can ends and to simultaneously locate any cans with leaks either small or large. When the sterilizer has been blown off, it is at once closed and compressed air admitted therein until a pressure of twenty (20) pounds to the square inch is reached, which is maintained for a brief period. This pressure of air forces in the bulges or swells of the cans not having leaks therein. In the case of cans with leaks, the air enters the can irrespective of the size of the leak and equalizes the pressure on the interior of the can and the pressure within the sterilizer, so that the ends of the can having leaks retain their bulges or swells and can thus be at once detected, and either patched or the cans cut open and their contents returned to the batch for placing in new cans.
In this manner, the cans having leaks can be at once selected and removed as soon as they are taken from the sterilizer and the remainder labeled, packed and shipped, without further labor thereon to remove bulges and swells or a storing or holding of the product for the leaks to show up by virtue of pressure within the cans caused by gas created through decomposition of the contents.
It has been found desirable to permit the rapid escape of the air under pressure within the sterilizer after the cans have been under the twenty pound pressure for a short time. This is accomplished by providing a relatively large escape aperture or apertures in the sterilizer which when opened permit a sudden and rapid escape of the air within the sterilizer.
In addition to the foregoing the present method also locates and discovers cans which have not been entirely filled, commonly known in the art as shallows. This is because of the fact that the pressure of the air within the sterilizer causes the cans. which are not filled and which constitute shallows to collapse so that it is possible to immediately detect and remove the same before labelin or shipment.
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1. A method of treating cans after sterilization consisting in subjecting them to air pressure in excess of the pressure within the cans, created by the sterilization, while the'cans are still within the sterilizer.
2. A method of treating cans after sterilization consisting in subjecting them to air pressure in excess of the pressure within the cans, created by the sterilization, while the cans are still'within the sterilizer and after the sterilizer has been 'blown off.
3. A method of treating cans after sterilization consisting in subjecting them to air pressure in excess of the pressure within the cans, created'by the sterilization, while the cans are still within the sterilizer and after the sterilizer has been blown off, and quickly removing such air pressure within the sterilizer.
4. *A method of treating cans after sterilization for the removal of bulges and swells and the detection of leaks and shallows consisting in subjecting them while the cans are still within the sterilizer and after the sterilizer has been blown ofif to air pres sure. to an excess of the pressure created within the cans.
5. A method of treating cans after sterilization for the removal of bulges and swells and the detection of leaks and shallows, consisting in subjecting the cans while they are still within the sterilizer, and after the sterilizin pressure in excess of the pressure within the can. 7
CHARLES E.' FENLON.
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Washington, D. G.
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Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2855355A (en) * 1945-11-28 1958-10-07 Leo A Ohlinger Jacketed uranium slug
US3343404A (en) * 1965-02-10 1967-09-26 Mc Donnell Douglas Corp Non-destructive quick leak tester
US3847014A (en) * 1972-11-13 1974-11-12 Koehring Co Enclosure leak tester and method

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2855355A (en) * 1945-11-28 1958-10-07 Leo A Ohlinger Jacketed uranium slug
US3343404A (en) * 1965-02-10 1967-09-26 Mc Donnell Douglas Corp Non-destructive quick leak tester
US3847014A (en) * 1972-11-13 1974-11-12 Koehring Co Enclosure leak tester and method

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