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James William Wilkinson

James William Wilkinson

Male 1897 - 1957  (59 years)

 

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James Wilkinson and His Patented Can Transfer Valve

James joined the Hawaiian Pineapple Co., Ltd. in 1929, and became superintendent of the syruping and double-steaming department in 1936. He invented a can transfer valve, and the patent (2,220,137) was filed on 18 May 1937 and assigned to American Can Company.

According to the patent itself, "The present invention relates to a acan treating machine having a rotatable transfer valve with can and cover carrying pockets such as utilized in a can closing or sealing machine and has particular refrence to fevices located in the valve pockets for holding a cover superimposed upon a can to prevent spilling of the can contents while the can is in the valve. An object of the invention is the provision of a can closing machine or the like having a rotatable transfer valve formed with can pockets, wherein covers carried in the valve pockets in superimposed relation relatives to the cans therein, are positively forced into tight engagement with the cans by yieldable presser fingers also located within the can pockets thus preventing spilling of the can contents during rotation of the valve and transfer of the cans."


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