Patents by Inventor Alain Contal

Alain Contal has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10266298
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a container having a body formed by wall or walls with a greater diameter S1 and at least a neck with a diameter S2, container made from a semi-crystalline PET, having a wall thickness of less than 100 ?m, substantially in the middle of its body and having a complex, three dimensional shape convenient for gripping, this part having a diameter S3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Nestle Waters Management & Technology
    Inventors: Gerard Denis, Alain Contal, Cyrille Durand
  • Patent number: 9635971
    Abstract: The invention concerns a container (1) for storing and dispensing a flowable product comprising a tank (2) and a dispensing closure for dispensing the product from the tank comprising disc member (3, 4) with apertures (31, 41) therein, one of the disc (4) being rotatable and susceptible to cooperate with a rotatable shaft. The invention also concerns a machine susceptible to be fed with a flowable product stored in such a container, said machine comprising disc members (8, 9) with apertures (81, 91) therein, one of the disc (9) being rotatable and cooperating with a rotatable shaft (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Karine Laithier, Alain Contal, Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi, Zenon Ioannis Mandralis, Lucio Scorrano
  • Publication number: 20130291738
    Abstract: The invention concerns a container (1) for storing and dispensing a flowable product comprising a tank (2) and a dispensing closure for dispensing the product from the tank comprising disc member (3, 4) with apertures (31, 41) therein, one of the disc (4) being rotatable and susceptible to cooperate with a rotatable shaft. The invention also concerns a machine susceptible to be fed with a flowable product stored in such a container, said machine comprising disc members (8, 9) with apertures (81, 91) therein, one of the disc (9) being rotatable and cooperating with a rotatable shaft (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Karine Laithier, Alain Contal, Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi, Zenon Ioannis Mandralis, Lucio Scorrano
  • Publication number: 20130043274
    Abstract: The invention concerns a package for storing and dosing a fluid comprising:—a flexible container for storing a fluid and presenting a fluid outlet,—dosing means comprising: a housing, said housing presenting a pump inlet and a pump outlet and a part of the housing between the inlet and the outlet being flexible and resilient, a rotor presenting at last one chamber formed between the rotor surface and the housing,—a one-way valve, wherein the housing pump inlet is connected to the flexible container and the housing pump outlet is connected to the one-way elastic valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Alain Contal
  • Patent number: 7473388
    Abstract: Method of producing a polyester resin container, such as a PET bottle, from a preform (10) includes a step whereby the preform (10) is heated to a temperature above a glass-transition temperature and a drawing step which is performed in a cavity (101). According to the invention, during the drawing step, an incompressible fluid and not a gaseous fluid is injected through the opening in the preform (10?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Nestle Waters Management & Technology
    Inventors: Christophe Desanaux, Alain Contal, Gerard Denis
  • Publication number: 20070108156
    Abstract: The invention concerns a container comprising a body formed by walls and a bottom having in his greater section a dimension d1 and a neck with an internal diameter d2, said container being made from a semi-crystalline PET, the body of said container comprising at its bottom at least three feet spaced from each other and being integral with said body, wherein for the body, the ratio weight of the walls on weight of the bottom is comprised between 3 and 4 and wherein the ratio volume of the body of the container per gram of PET of the body is comprised between 80 and 120.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: NESTLE WATERS MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Cyrille Durand, Gerard Denis, Alain Contal, Anne Roulin
  • Patent number: 7201291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for a flowable product, particularly for a beverage and, in particular, for still or sparkling mineral water. The container according to the invention includes a body having in a greater section a dimension d1 and of at least one neck with an internal diameter d2 which can be closed by a member for closing off and/or of distributing the flowable product from the container. The wall or walls forming the body of the container are preferably made of a flexible plastic which can deform for constant surface area, particularly under the weight of the flowable product from the container when the wall or walls encounter a point or bearing surface, so as to form, at least locally, a non-planar wall portion and wherein the ratio d2 to d1 is between 1:3 and 1:10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Nestle Waters Management & Technology
    Inventors: Murielle Vigny, Alain Contal, Jean-Paul Cerveny, Gérard Denis
  • Publication number: 20060261027
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a container having a body formed by wall or walls with a greater diameter S1 and at least a neck with a diameter S2, container made from a semi-crystalline PET, having a wall thickness of less than 100 ?m, substantially in the middle of its body and having a complex, three dimensional shape convenient for gripping, this part having a diameter S3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Gérard Denis, Alain Contal, Cyrille Durand
  • Publication number: 20050206045
    Abstract: Method of producing a polyester resin container, such as a PET bottle, from a preform (10) includes a step whereby the preform (10) is heated to a temperature above a glass-transition temperature and a drawing step which is performed in a cavity (101). According to the invention, during the drawing step, an incompressible fluid and not a gaseous fluid is injected through the opening in the preform (10?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Christophe Desanaux, Alain Contal, Gerard Denis
  • Publication number: 20040222238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for a flowable product, particularly for a beverage and, in particular, for still or sparkling mineral water. The container according to the invention includes a body having in a greater section a dimension d1 and of at least one neck with an internal diameter d2 which can be closed by a member for closing off and/or of distributing the flowable product from the container. The wall or walls forming the body of the container are preferably made of a flexible plastic which can deform for constant surface area, particularly under the weight of the flowable product from the container when the wall or walls encounter a point or bearing surface, so as to form, at least locally, a non-planar wall portion and wherein the ratio d2 to d1 is between 1:3 and 1:10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Murielle Vigny, Alain Contal, Jean-Paul Cerveny, Gerard Denis