Patents Assigned to Impress Group B.V.
  • Publication number: 20110000912
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container, comprising: a body provided with a ring determining an opening; a foil adhered to the ring and closing the opening; and a lid covering the foil and connected to the ring, wherein the ring and the lid are resiliently connected and the foil is adhered to the ring in the resilient connection between the ring and the lid, to a set comprising a ring, a foil adhered to the ring and closing the opening, and a lid covering the foil and connected to the ring, wherein the ring and the lid are resiliently connected and, the foil is adhered to the ring in the resilient connection between the ring and the lid, and to a preset therefor and to its manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Johan Willem Roeterdink
  • Publication number: 20100307953
    Abstract: A can (1), in particular for conditioning foodstuff, includes a body composed of a bottom element (2) which is prolonged by a lateral wall (3), the interior surface (9) of the body being at least in part made of tin, the tin surface (9) being partially covered with a coat of protective lacquer (10) to prevent the contact between the tin surface (9) and the foodstuff, the lacquerless tin surface, the “exposed”, being intended to come into contact with the foodstuff in order to set free the tin. The exposed tin surface is constituted of a plurality of “exposed” tin zones (11), which are separated, ones from the others, by lacquered zones (12), the exposed tin zones (11) being distributed on the height of the lateral wall (3), in particular to limit the aesthetic impact due to chemical action of the foodstuff on the exposed tin zones (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Bruno Desiles, Franck Philippe Dathy, Alain Marcel Le Talludec, Phabet Chhim
  • Publication number: 20100163560
    Abstract: The invention relates to a can having an easy opening panel comprising a tab connected via a rivet structure to the panel, wherein the tab comprises a tab rear part for gripping and actuation, and a tab front part for opening the can upon tab actuation, wherein the panel comprises at least beneath the tab front part a panel structure deformable upon can internal pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Fabrice Leboucher
  • Patent number: 7726162
    Abstract: Method wherein a) a container (1, 6) is placed in a two halves mould (2) having an internal shaped wall (21), b) an internal pressure P of a fluid is build up so as to shape the skirt (12), is characterized in that an external pressure P?of a fluid is applied in an upper space (101) contiguous to an external or upper surface (100) of the open top end (10) and/or in a lower space (141) contiguous to an external or lower surface (140) of the shaped bottom end (14), so as to have, during the span of time ?t, a pressure difference ?P|P?P?1 low enough to prevent any distortion of the shaped open top end (10) and/or the shaped bottom end (14), so as to form a shaped metallic container (1?, 6?). An apparatus for carring out the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Impress Group B.V.
    Inventors: Guy Druesne, Cornelis Verboom
  • Publication number: 20100129679
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a steel container having a curled open end, comprising the steps of i) providing a steel cup; ii) deep drawing the steel cup into a drawn container preform; iii) thin drawing the body of the drawn container preform; and iv) curling an open end of the drawn container preform by forming a precurl and by curling the precurl into an elongated curl, to an apparatus for forming a steel container, and to such steel container and its preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Johan Willem Roeterdink
  • Publication number: 20100126994
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tab for a closure, comprising a tab body having at one side a tab nose for opening the closure, and at the other side a tab lever having a finger opening for activating the tab lever, which finger opening is surrounded by a distal lever part connected by lateral lever legs to the tab body, wherein in the lever legs are formed aligned hinge parts in the form of lateral lever leg parts of reduced bending strength, to a closure and container comprising such tab, and to a process for making such tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Gerardus Johannes Josephus Tielbeke, Aart Leendert Emmerzaal
  • Publication number: 20100127001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressurized can, such as an aerosol can, having a bottom comprising a panel connected via a countersink and a foot to the can body wall, which bottom has a panel with a substantially non-concave form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Philippe Gerard Stanislas Niec
  • Publication number: 20100108679
    Abstract: The invention relates to a can, comprising a body provided with a panel, wherein the panel is provided with a tab comprising a front tab part and a rear tab part for gripping in forming by engagement of the front tab part with the panel of an opening in the panel, wherein the panel is provided with a flip panel area at least beneath the rear tab part, which panel area forms a depression beneath the rear tab part dependent on a negative pressure difference over the panel, and to a body and panel for such can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Fabrice Leboucher
  • Publication number: 20100059530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a can end for a can, such as an easy opening can, comprising: a central panel; a can end radius for connection to a body of the can; and a countersink connected via a transition wall to the can end radius and via a panel wall to the panel; wherein a panel wall angle is 2°-45°; a panel radius is larger than 0.5 mm; a panel depth is 1 mm-7 mm; and a countersink radius is less than 5 mm; and to cans provided with at least one such a can end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Philippe Gerard Stanislas Niec, Jean-Marc Nicolas Legresy, Franck Philippe Dathy
  • Patent number: 7665623
    Abstract: A tab for use with a container includes a rigid lever part, wherein the rigid lever is connectable to a tear part of the container and an operating part for operating the lever part. The operating part is movably connected to the lever part, such that the operating part can be moved out of the plane of the rigid lever part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Impress Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ad Emmerzaal
  • Publication number: 20100012655
    Abstract: A packaging includes a container associated with a lid equipped with reversible and reusable locking element. The container includes a metallic body having a side wall whose upper border, which delimits the upper opening of the container, is finished by an upper edge; and the lid, made out of plastic material, includes a central closing panel prolonged by a peripheral border having a U reversed section, whose the bottom is equipped with a seal, the peripheral border being suitable to cap the upper edge of the container body, during the closing of the container by the lid. The lid includes, on its periphery, at least two locking legs each connected to its peripheral border via a one piece hinge whose articulation axis extends parallel or substantially parallel to the peripheral border; each locking leg includes at least a locking part suitable to cooperate with an outer circular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Franck Dathy
  • Publication number: 20090218340
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container having a body and a closure for an opening in the body, which body comprises a heatable content and, in heat exchange contact, a microwave heatable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Jouillat
  • Publication number: 20090220804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating a laminate comprising a substrate foil and at least one plastic coating, which method comprises the steps of i) forming a laminate; and ii) providing the plastic coating with a rough surface, and to a laminate obtainable by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Juillat
  • Publication number: 20090134162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) comprising a bottom, a wall (2) and a closing sheet (4) directed from the bottom for closing the container(1), wherein the closing sheet (4) is directly attached to and in contact with the wall (2). The invention also relates to a method for producing a container (1) according to the invention, wherein preferably the closing sheet (4) is first attached to a ring (5), whereafter the ring (5) is arranged to the container (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Rene Jouillat, Fred Willem Savrij Droste
  • Publication number: 20080073365
    Abstract: A reclosable foil lid (5) for closing the mouth opening of a container, said lid comprising: a foil sheet adapted to the mouth opening of the container; and attachment means arranged to the foil sheet for reclosable attachment to the edge of the mouth opening. The invention furthermore relates to combination of a container and a reclosable foil lid according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the container comprises a bottom, a peripheral wall (2) extending from the bottom, wherein the upper part of the peripheral wall defines a mouth opening and wherein the reclosable foil lid is attached to the edge of the mouth opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Rene Jouillat, Fred Willem Savrij Droste
  • Publication number: 20080041892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disposable tap (1) for tapping liquid from a pressurized liquid container. Compared to prior art taps, the inventive disposable tap is modified so that it can be preferably placed in the upper area of the lateral wall of the liquid container. To this end, the tap comprises a lateral inlet opening (21) which is oriented downward when the tap is mounted and which is provided for coupling, in a sealing manner, to an ascending tube (34), and comprises means (6, 7, 8), which control the entrance of liquid into the tap and to the outlet (of the tap hole) in an appropriate manner. The invention also relates to a liquid container with a corresponding opening (36) for and with this tap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Werner Neukirch, Peter Sauer
  • Publication number: 20070289984
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide a seal between an open body end of a container body and an edge of a lid which is pressable into the open end of the body in a sealing manner, both made from sheet metal, wherein at the end of the body the sheet metal is bent outward by approximately 180? with a bending radius, the lid edge, which is separated from a lid surface by a channelled bead, extending axially upward with its radially external defining edge of the bead beyond an axial position of the lid surface and being bent outwards with a radius which is larger than the bending radius at the body end, to form a rolled edge for receiving an annular sealing material filling the rolled edge and extending downwards, wherein a sheet edge of the rolled edge terminates at a radial distance before the defining edge, said distance being dimensioned such that during the sealing process the body end, with the bending radius thereof in contact with the defining edge of the lid, may be inserted between the same and the sealing mat
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Impress Group B.V.
    Inventors: Uwe Kloss, Birger Keilberg, Manfred Hubert
  • Publication number: 20070271993
    Abstract: Method wherein a) a container (1, 6) is placed in a two halves mould (2) having an internal shaped wall (21), b) an internal pressure P of a fluid is build up so as to shape the skirt (12), is characterized in that an external pressure P? of a fluid is applied in an upper space (101) contiguous to an external or upper surface (100) of the open top end (10) and/or in a lower space (141) contiguous to an external or lower surface (140) of the shaped bottom end (14), so as to have, during the span of time ?t, a pressure difference ?P|P?P?l low enough to prevent any distortion of the shaped open top end (10) and/or the shaped bottom end (14), so as to form a shaped metallic container (1?, 6?). An apparatus for carring out the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: IMPRESS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Guy Druesne, Cornelis Verboom
  • Patent number: D562154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Impress Group B.V.
    Inventors: Yves Pelletier, Jean Claude Hubert
  • Patent number: D588937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Impress Group B.V.
    Inventors: Yves Pelletier, Jean Claude Hubert