Patents by Inventor Reinhard Schluter

Reinhard Schluter 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: 6216922
    Abstract: The invention consists of a glass bottle (1) fitted with a narrowed neck (2) which can be filled under pressure with chiefly a medically active substance sprayable by aerosol and with a propellant and which exhibits an opening which may be closed using a dosage valve (5). This glass bottle (1) has a sprayed on synthetic coating (4) to protect it against shattering and splintering, preventing the user from being injured by the broken bottle. To substantially enhance this safety, the neck (2) of the bottle (1) has been fitted with a bulge like edge (3) at the opening which is also coated with the synthetic material (4) and onto which the dosage valve (5) is mechanically attached by turning. Furthermore, the coating (4) consists of an elastic synthetic material with pronounced increased shrinkage properties used for the summoning of pre-stressing force on the glass body (1) and it exhibits several hole like pressure relieving openings (7) permitting rapid pressure release in case of shattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Schott Glaswerke
    Inventors: Erwin Bleile, Andreas Geiger, Jochen Heinz, Reinhard Schluter, Michael Spallek, Michael Reinhard
  • Patent number: 5979714
    Abstract: A glass bottle (1) fitted with a narrowed neck (2) which can be filled under pressure with chiefly a medically active substance sprayable by aerosol and with a propellant and which exhibits an opening which may be closed using a dosage valve (5). This glass bottle (1) has a sprayed-on synthetic coating (4) to protect it against shattering and splintering, preventing the user from being injured by the broken bottle. To substantially enhance this safety, the neck (2) of the bottle (1) has been fitted with a bulge like edge (3) at the opening which is also coated with the synthetic material (4) and onto which the dosage valve (5) is mechanically attached by turning. Furthermore, the coating (4) consists of an elastic synthetic material with pronounced increased shrinkage properties used for the summoning of pre-stressing force on the glass body (1) and it exhibits several hole-like pressure relieving openings (7) permitting rapid pressure release in case of shattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Schott Glaswerke
    Inventors: Erwin Bleile, Andreas Geiger, Jochen Heinz, Reinhard Schluter, Michael Spallek, Michael Reinhard