Patents by Inventor Albertus Rap

Albertus Rap 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: 10442584
    Abstract: A dispensing closure for a product container includes a plastic closure body having a top wall with a dispensing opening which is arranged in line with a dispensing passage of the container. The closure includes a self-closing valve embodied as a membrane made of a plastic foil. The membrane has a valve portion, which in use can assume an open position under influence of product pressure, and an attachment portion surrounding the valve portion. The attachment portion of the valve is sealed to an annular support surface integrally formed in the closure body along the periphery of the opening or being formed on a plastic annular insert part that is connected to the closure body along the periphery of the opening. The seal between the attachment portion and the support surface includes an annular groove and an inner annular seal zone adjoining the annular groove on a radial inner side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Weener Plastics Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Lenny Marita Ellenkamp-Van Olst, Willem Ramon, Albertus Rap, Gerrit Jan Stegeman, Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus Den Boer
  • Patent number: 10189613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure assembly configured to be mounted on a neck of a container, which closure assembly includes a cap with a dispensing opening and a self-closing dispensing valve attached to the cap such that it is located adjacent the dispensing opening, and wherein the dispensing valve is a disc of foil material having a central valve area in which at least one self-closing slit is located and an annular peripheral attachment area extending around the central valve area, with which attachment area the dispensing valve is attached to the attachment area of the dispensing cap such that its central valve area aligns with the dispensing opening of the dispensing cap to close off that dispensing opening, and wherein an annular rib offsets the central valve area of the dispensing valve relative to a substantially flat attachment area of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: WEENER PLASTICS NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Lenny Marita Ellenkamp-Van Olst, Willem Ramon, Albertus Rap, Gerrit Jan Stegeman, Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus den Boer
  • Publication number: 20180022514
    Abstract: A dispensing closure for a product container includes a plastic closure body having a top wall with a dispensing opening which is arranged in line with a dispensing passage of the container. The closure includes a self-closing valve embodied as a membrane made of a plastic foil. The membrane has a valve portion, which in use can assume an open position under influence of product pressure, and an attachment portion surrounding the valve portion. The attachment portion of the valve is sealed to an annular support surface integrally formed in the closure body along the periphery of the opening or being formed on a plastic annular insert part that is connected to the closure body along the periphery of the opening. The seal between the attachment portion and the support surface includes an annular groove and an inner annular seal zone adjoining the annular groove on a radial inner side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Lenny Marita Ellenkamp-Van Olst, Willem Ramon, Albertus Rap, Gerrit Jan Stegeman, Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus Den Boer
  • Patent number: 9845180
    Abstract: A closure assembly includes a valve for containing a substance in a squeeze bottle, a multi-layer material for providing a valve for such a closure assembly, a method for providing such a multi-layer material and a method for providing such a closure assembly. The closure assembly includes a closure cap with a cap part and a body part, a valve arranged in the body part of the closure cap, and an induction element. The induction element is arranged in the closure cap body part for induction sealing a loop shaped peripheral section of the valve to a loop shaped attachment surface of the closure cap body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: PLASTICUM NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Albertus Rap, Lenny Marita Ellenkamp-Van Olst, Willem Ramon, Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus Den Boer, Shi Ming Pun
  • Publication number: 20160347517
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure assembly configured to be mounted on a neck of a container, which closure assembly includes a cap with a dispensing opening and a self-closing dispensing valve attached to the cap such that it is located adjacent the dispensing opening, and wherein the dispensing valve is a disc of foil material having a central valve area in which at least one self-closing slit is located and an annular peripheral attachment area extending around the central valve area, with which attachment area the dispensing valve is attached to the attachment area of the dispensing cap such that its central valve area aligns with the dispensing opening of the dispensing cap to close off that dispensing opening, and wherein an annular rib offsets the central valve area of the dispensing valve relative to a substantially flat attachment area of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Lenny Marita Ellenkamp-Van Olst, Willem Ramon, Albertus Rap, Gerrit Jan Stegeman, Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus den Boer
  • Publication number: 20160001936
    Abstract: A closure assembly includes a valve for containing a substance in a squeeze bottle, a multi-layer material for providing a valve for such a closure assembly, a method for providing such a multi-layer material and a method for providing such a closure assembly. The closure assembly includes a closure cap with a cap part and a body part, a valve arranged in the body part of the closure cap, and an induction element. The induction element is arranged in the closure cap body part for induction sealing a loop shaped peripheral section of the valve to a loop shaped attachment surface of the closure cap body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Albertus Rap, Lenny Marita Ellenkamp-Van Olst, Willem Ramon, Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus Den Boer, Shi Ming Pun