Inventor

Craig W. Arends

Inventor

Elgin, IL, US

Overview

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Patents

1976–2005

Patent span

Performing operations

Primary field (CPC B)

Patents· 7 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

B65Bprimary

B65BMachines, apparatus or devices for, or methods of, packaging articles or materials32%

B65CLabelling or tagging machines, apparatus, or processes16%

B65GTransport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyors16%

B21DWorking or processing of sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles without essentially removing material11%

G10KSound-producing devices11%

B65DContainers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers5%

B67CCleaning, filling with liquids or semiliquids, or emptying, of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for5%

F02BInternal-combustion piston engines5%

PatentTitleYear

6,957,914'Pouch multipackage'2005 6,868,652'System and method for packaging oriented containers'2005 6,688,465'System and method for packaging oriented containers'2004 6,484,478'System and method for packaging oriented containers'2002 4,827,696'Apparatus for gassing open top cans having a newly filled bubbling liquid therein'1989 3,930,557'Noise reduction kit for can closing machine'1976 3,930,558'Noise reduction kit for can closing machine'1976

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1976–1989Patents assigned to CONTINENTAL CAN CO (3)· patent assignee history

1976Based in Chicago Ridge, IL, US· patent location history

1989Based in Tinley Park, IL, US· patent location history

2002–2005Patents assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS (4)· patent assignee history

2002–2005Based in Elgin, IL, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS	4	2002–2005
CONTINENTAL CAN CO	3	1976–1989

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Elgin, Illinois, US	4	2002–2005
Chicago Ridge, Illinois, US	2	1976
Tinley Park, Illinois, US	1	1989