William Painter

Inventor

1838 – 1906

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Who was William Painter?

William Painter was an American mechanical engineer, inventor and the founder of Crown Holdings, Inc., a Fortune 500 company. He most notably invented the crown cork bottle cap and bottle opener.

Painter was born in Ireland, and, at the age of 20, immigrated to the United States in search of better opportunities. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1865 to begin a career as a foreman at the Murrill & Keizer's machine shop. He worked with manufacturers to develop a universal neck for all glass bottles and started Crown Cork and Seal in 1892 to manufacture caps that could be used to seal the universal necks. Painter has 85 patented inventions patents, including the common bottle cap, the bottle opener, a machine for crowning bottles, a paper-folding machine, a safety ejection seat for passenger trains, and a machine for detecting counterfeit currency.He was inducted to the Inventor Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Born
Nov 20, 1838
Republic of Ireland
Nationality
  • United States of America
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Died
Jul 15, 1906
Baltimore

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on July 23, 2013

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