Patents Assigned to Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.
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Patent number: 6517768Abstract: A hermetically sealed, molded thermoplastic dispensing container is provided which includes a nozzle having a resilient and unitary annular bead about the periphery thereof. The nozzle is sized to receive the hub of a dispensing assembly in a mating relationship and the bead provides a secure friction fit and liquid seal between the hub and the nozzle. The method of forming a container with a nozzle having such a bead includes the use of seal molds having a groove conforming to the shape of the bead and a vacuum passage in communication with such groove and the step of creating a vacuum through the passage and the groove to pull a portion of a parison into the groove to form the bead.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: 6387073Abstract: A hermetically sealed container and a medicament bearing insert assembly therefor are disclosed. The medicament bearing insert assembly is protected by a severable overcap. A pocket within the insert assembly is provided with a pierceable membrane. Rupture of the membrane by a built-in plunger causes the medicament to drop out of the pocket and into the container where it is mixed with the container contents.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignees: Weiler Engineering, Inc., Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Gerhard H. Weiler, Frank N. Leo
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Patent number: 6381926Abstract: A hermetically sealed container is provided with a dispensing nozzle terminating in an aperture surrounded by locking lugs. A removable closure portion unitary with the dispensing nozzle and delineated by a frangible web that circumscribes the opening is provided as well so that the closure portion may be severed from the cap portion at the frangible web. An apparatus for fabricating such container is provided which includes a main mold assembly for molding the container body and dual seal mold assemblies for molding the container cap portion and container closure. The main seal mold assembly includes a top surface having a knife edge and an annular cavity. After the main seal mold assembly is closed during the molding process, a forming assembly including a mandrel is extended through the parison into abutting contact with the parison over the top surface of the main seal mold assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, IncInventors: Gerhard H. Weiler, Arjun Ramrakhyani
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Patent number: 6379142Abstract: A liquid container includes a drop dispensing tip with a hollow stem which defines a liquid passageway and an interior partition wall in the passageway. The partition wall separates the liquid passageway into an upstream chamber and a downstream chamber. Flow communication between these two chambers is provided by a liquid passage in the partition wall. The liquid passage guides liquid against an impingement surface in the downstream chamber from which the liquid is dispensed dropwise.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2000Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Gerhard H. Weiler, Ralph Kaufmann
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Patent number: 6247616Abstract: A cap equipped with a dispensing nozzle is provided for use with a hermetically sealed container which includes a body portion and a neck portion sealed by a pierceable membrane. A spike within the cap pierces the membrane when the cap is threaded onto the neck portion of the container so as to provide access to the contents of the container. The spike includes a passageway in fluid flow communication with a dispensing nozzle on the cap so as to allow dispensing of the contents of such container. In one cap embodiment, the draining spike is an element nestable within the cap which is made of a relatively harder material than the cap. In another cap embodiment, the draining spike is unitary with the cap and made of the same relatively harder material as the cap. A flip top assembly is also provided including a flip top which covers the dispensing nozzle to seal the cap. The flip top is retained on the dispenser by a flexible arm which is unitary with the cap or with a ring.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2000Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Gerhard H. Weiler, Kristian Schaeffer
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Patent number: 6168413Abstract: A hermetically sealed container is provided with a dispensing nozzle terminating in an aperture surrounded by locking lugs. A removable closure portion unitary with the dispensing nozzle and delineated by a frangible web that circumscribes the opening is provided as well so that the closure portion may be severed from the cap portion at the frangible web. An apparatus for fabricating such container is provided which includes a main mold assembly for molding the container body and dual seal mold assemblies for molding the container cap portion and container closure. The main seal mold assembly includes a top surface having a knife edge and an annular cavity. After the main seal mold assembly is closed during the molding process, a forming assembly including a mandrel is extended through the parison into abutting contact with the parison over the top surface of the main seal mold assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1999Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Gerhard H. Weiler, Arjun Ramrakhyani
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Patent number: 6098852Abstract: A liquid container includes a drop dispensing tip with a hollow stem which defines a liquid passageway and an interior partition wall in the passageway. The partition wall separates the liquid passageway into an upstream chamber and a downstream chamber. Flow communication between these two chambers is provided by a liquid passage in the partition wall. The liquid passage guides liquid against an impingement surface in the downstream chamber from which the liquid is dispensed dropwise.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1999Date of Patent: August 8, 2000Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Gerhard H. Weiler, Ralph Kaufmann
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Patent number: 6092682Abstract: A flanged closure insert is provided for the socket of a hermetically sealed thermoplastic container. The closure insert has an outwardly extending peripheral flange that facilitates sealing of the container. The thermoplastic material of the container may be welded to the flange for an enhanced seal.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1996Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: 6076704Abstract: A cap equipped with a dispensing nozzle is provided for use with a hermetically sealed container which includes a body portion and a neck portion sealed by a pierceable membrane. A spike within the cap pierces the membrane when the cap is threaded onto the neck portion of the container so as to provide access to the contents of the container. The spike includes a passageway in fluid flow communication with a dispensing nozzle on the cap so as to allow dispensing of the contents of such container. In one cap embodiment, the draining spike is an element nestable within the cap which is made of a relatively harder material than the cap. In another cap embodiment, the draining spike is unitary with the cap and made of the same relatively harder material as the cap. A flip top assembly is also provided including a flip top which covers the dispensing nozzle to seal the cap. The flip top is retained on the dispenser by a flexible arm which is unitary with the cap or with a ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1997Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Gerhard H. Weiler, Kristian Schaeffer
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Patent number: 6068148Abstract: A hermetically sealed, molded thermoplastic dispensing container is provided which includes a nozzle having a resilient and unitary annular bead about the periphery thereof. The nozzle is sized to receive the hub of a dispensing assembly in a mating relationship and the bead provides a secure friction fit and liquid seal between the hub and the nozzle. The method of forming a container with a nozzle having such a bead includes the use of seal molds having a groove conforming to the shape of the bead and a vacuum passage in communication with such groove and the step of creating a vacuum through the passage and the groove to pull a portion of a parison into the groove to form the bead.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1998Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: 5901865Abstract: A hermetically sealed container is provided with a dispensing nozzle terminating in an aperture surrounded by locking lugs. A removable closure portion unitary with the dispensing nozzle and delineated by a frangible web that circumscribes the opening is provided as well so that the closure portion may be severed from the cap portion at the frangible web. An apparatus for fabricating such container is provided which includes a main mold assembly for molding the container body and dual seal mold assemblies for molding the container cap portion and container closure. The main seal mold assembly includes a top surface having a knife edge and an annular cavity. After the main seal mold assembly is closed during the molding process, a forming assembly including a mandrel is extended through the parison into abutting contact with the parison over the top surface of the main seal mold assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1996Date of Patent: May 11, 1999Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Gerhard H. Weiler, Arjun Ramrakhyani
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Patent number: 5740931Abstract: An improved closure insert is provided for throat region of a blow-molded container. This closure insert is provided with a rough perimeter and is permanently molded into the container throat region during container formation from a parison. The resulting seal resists loosening or disturbance when off-axis force or torque force is applied to the closure insert during container opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1996Date of Patent: April 21, 1998Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: 5718346Abstract: An improved closure insert is provided for throat region of a blow-molded container. This closure insert is provided with a rough perimeter and is permanently molded into the container throat region during container formation from a parison. The resulting seal resists loosening or disturbance when off-axis force or torque force is applied to the closure insert during container opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1997Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: 5711453Abstract: A cap equipped with a dispensing nozzle is provided for use with a hermetically sealed container which includes a neck portion sealed by a pierceable membrane. A spike within the cap pierces the membrane when the cap is threaded onto the neck portion of the container so as to provide access to the contents of the container. The spike includes a passageway in fluid flow communication with a dispensing nozzle on the cap so as to allow dispensing of the contents of such container.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: 5649637Abstract: An improved closure insert is provided for throat region of a blow-molded container. This closure insert is provided with a rough perimeter and is permanently molded into the container throat region during container formation from a parison. The resulting seal resists loosening or disturbance when off-axis force or torque force is applied to the closure insert during container opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1994Date of Patent: July 22, 1997Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: 5595314Abstract: An improved closure insert is provided for throat region of a blow-molded container. This closure insert is provided with a scabrous perimeter and is permanently molded into the container throat region during container formation from a parison. The resulting seal resists loosening or disturbance when off-axis force or torque force is applied to the closure insert during container opening. The closure insert can be a subassembly constituted by removable parts that provide a variety of access options to the container contents.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1995Date of Patent: January 21, 1997Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: D367613Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1994Date of Patent: March 5, 1996Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: D369211Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1994Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: D380387Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1996Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler
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Patent number: D392184Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1996Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Gerhard H. Weiler