Patents by Inventor Stephan Kneer
Stephan Kneer 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).
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Patent number: 11975473Abstract: The method for manufacturing a container having a substantially stiff outer container and a readily deformable inner bag of thermoplastic plastic materials which do not form a weld connection with one another, with a container opening and holes in the outer container, wherein the method includes forming holes in the wall of the outer container at diametrically opposed positions, which lie on the intersection line of a plane defined by the base seam and the longitudinal axis of the container with the container wall and that a pin-shaped tool forces the inner bag through the holes by a predetermined distance from the wall of the outer container and thereby detaches it from the wall, whereafter a pressure medium is introduced through the holes into the gap between the inner bag and the outer container, which detaches the inner bag from the wall of the outer container.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: GAPLAST GMBHInventors: Roland Kneer, Stephan Kneer, Kasim Yilginc
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Publication number: 20240009912Abstract: A method of manufacturing a usable container that includes supplying, by a first screw conveyor, a first thermoplastic plastic material for the outer container to an extruder, supplying, by at least one second screw conveyor, at least one second thermoplastic plastic material for the inner bag to the extruder, cutting at least two, preferably diametrically opposed, holes in the outer container at a lower edge region of a shoulder section, inserting pins vertically through the holes, between the inner bag and the outer container to loosen the inner bag from the inner wall of the outer container, exerting an increased pressure from an exterior through the holes onto the inner bag, or producing a reduced pressure in the inner bag to detach the inner bag from an inner wall of the outer container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Stephan Kneer, Kasim Yilginc, Johannes Tschirkow, Randolf Schierlein, Maximilian Haseidl
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Publication number: 20230173736Abstract: An apparatus including a conveyor track for upright containers, which is constituted by a horizontal, rotating conveyor belt, a vertical conveyor belt rotating in the same direction, which is arranged on one side of the horizontal conveyor belt and a vertical, fixed belt on the opposite side of the horizontal conveyor belt, where a distance between the vertical conveyor belt and the fixed belt is smaller than an outer diameter of the upright containers so that the upright containers rotate about a vertical axis as the upright containers pass between the rotating, vertical conveyor belt and the fixed, vertical belt and are laterally compressed so that the inner bags detach abruptly from the outer containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Stephan Kneer, Kasim Yilginc
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Publication number: 20230120405Abstract: A container arrangement is provided and is configured to maintain a predetermined amount of moisture in the container for storing a product, where the container arrangement includes a container with an upper container opening and a closed base, a stopper with a central hole for fastening the stopper to the container opening, a hollow chamber with a peripheral wall, an upper wall with a central hole and a lower perforated base wall, where the chamber is put together with the stopper so that the central holes are in alignment with one another and a substance is arranged in the chamber, where the substance is a consequence of the inflow of ambient air through the central holes, and gives off water, which passes through the perforated base wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer, Kasim Yilginc
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Publication number: 20230054766Abstract: The method for producing a container consisting of a rigid outer container and a deformable inner bag. A first screw conveyor supplies a first thermoplastic plastics material for the outer container and at least a second and a third screw conveyor supplies at least a second and a third thermoplastic plastics material for the inner bag to an extruder which coextrudes a parison consisting of at least the first, second and third layers. The parison is inflated by a pressure medium to bring it into contact with the wall of the blow mould, where excess material below the welded seam is cut off and the container is removed from the blow mould. The second thermoplastic plastics material forming the outer layer of the inner bag consists of a material which, in the hardened state, has a rough surface having microscopically small elevations and depressions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer, Kasim Yilginc
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Publication number: 20220410461Abstract: A method of manufacturing a container includes removing a section of the base web of the outer container so that a section of the base seam of the inner container is exposed to the exterior; raising the exposed section of the base seam into the outer container so that an opening is produced between the base seam of the inner bag and the outer container, introducing a pressure medium into the opening, whereby the inner bag detaches from the outer container on both sides, and supplying a pressure medium into the container opening so that the inner bag again engages the outer container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Roland Kneer, Stephan Kneer, Kasim Yilginc
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Publication number: 20220410460Abstract: The method for manufacturing a container having a substantially stiff outer container and a readily deformable inner bag of thermoplastic plastic materials which do not form a weld connection with one another, with a container opening and holes in the outer container, wherein the method includes forming holes in the wall of the outer container at diametrically opposed positions, which lie on the intersection line of a plane defined by the base seam and the longitudinal axis of the container with the container wall and that a pin-shaped tool forces the inner bag through the holes by a predetermined distance from the wall of the outer container and thereby detaches it from the wall, whereafter a pressure medium is introduced through the holes into the gap between the inner bag and the outer container, which detaches the inner bag from the wall of the outer container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Roland Kneer, Stephan Kneer, Kasim Yilginc
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Publication number: 20220161970Abstract: A stopper for a container with a lid with a peripheral wall engaging around the neck of the container and with an olive seal provided with an outer, peripheral annular bead for jamming engagement in the container opening includes an inner surface of the olive seal having a ribbed wall surface, which is defined by a plurality of grooves and webs extending in the longitudinal direction on the wall of the olive seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventor: Stephan Kneer
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Publication number: 20220153484Abstract: A stopper for a container with a lid with a peripheral wall, which engages around the neck of the container and integrally formed on whose lower edge there is a peripheral security ring, which may be torn off, for tamper-evident security with inwardly directed locking formations, which, in the fastened position of the stopper, engage beneath an outwardly directed annular projection on the container, and with an olive provided with an outer, peripheral annular bead for gripping engagement in the container opening includes a circular, concentric recessed channel in the lid, which has a radially outer annular wall and a radially inner annular wall, which are connected together by a base wall, that the radially outward annular wall defines the olive and that formed directly above the locking formations there are openings, which pass through the security ring and which extend on both sides beyond the locking formations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Roland Kneer, Stephan Kneer
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Publication number: 20220152907Abstract: A method of manufacturing containers consisting of a substantially stiff outer container and a readily deformable inner bag of first and second thermoplastic plastic materials, where the inner bag is detached from the wall of the outer container, includes the step of the excess material is supplied again to the first screw conveyor, which mixes the excess material with the first thermoplastic plastic material and supplies it to the extruder nozzle, wherein the first thermoplastic plastic material has a lower viscosity in the molten state than the excess material so that the outer layer of the extruded tube consists only of the first thermoplastic plastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Stephan Kneer, Uwe Bölz, Kasim Yilginc
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Publication number: 20220062608Abstract: An implant syringe includes a cannula, a storage element for receiving a solid material implant, and an outer sleeve with a radially projecting front gripping section which are axially movable together. An inner sleeve affords axial slits through which radial webs on the outer sleeve engage, and also includes a rod-shaped piston. The rod-shaped piston may be advanced through the storage element into the cannula such that a gap remains between the tip of the cannula and the head end of the piston. The cannula is rigidly connected to the storage element to form a cannula unit, that the webs on the outer sleeve are attached to an annular receiving member within the inner sleeve and that the cannula unit is insertable into the receiving member and is lockable therein, where a solid material implant can be inserted into the storage element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Roland Kneer, Stephan Kneer, Walter Koller
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Patent number: 10683143Abstract: The stopper for a container having a container opening, in which opening the stopper, having an olive that is molded onto a head segment of the stopper, engages in a force fit, wherein a slide element is arranged in the head segment in a recess leading through the center of the head segment and is guided in lateral grooves such that said slide element may be advanced beyond the lateral edge of the head segment as a grip for removing the stopper from the container, is characterized in that a tension band is attached on the top of the head segment and connects the two longitudinal sides of the recess and covers the slide element with little clearance.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Gaplast GmbHInventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer
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Patent number: 10494159Abstract: The container system having a container and a screw-on cap that may that may be screwed onto the container and having an olive that is molded onto the screw-on cap and that is positioned against an annular edge area of the container opening is characterized in that the olive is molded onto the screw-on cap such that it fits against the exterior annular edge area of the container in a sealing manner, and in that the outer annular edge area has a continuously smooth surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: GAPLAST GMBHInventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer
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Patent number: 10479590Abstract: The container closure system, having a container for capsules, dragées, tablets, and the like, and a screw-on cap that can be screwed onto the container, is characterized in that a dispensing aid has a blocking element having a suspension device, and in that the suspension device is attached to the inner wall of the container and has holes for capsules, dragées, tablets, and the like, wherein the hole is smaller than the container opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: GAPLAST GMBHInventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer
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Patent number: 10364087Abstract: A container comprises a substantially rigid outer container and a readily deformable inner bag, wherein the outer container and the inner bag consist of different thermoplastic plastic materials such that the outer container and the inner bag do not undergo a weld connection with one another, with a container opening and at least one pressure balancing opening in the wall of the outer container for balancing the pressure in the gap between the outer container and the inner bag when the inner bag contracts, wherein integrated into the layer of the inner bag, which is directed towards the outer container, and/or into the layer of the outer container, which is directed towards the inner bag, are microbodies, of a material which does not melt during the manufacture of the container, which produce irregularities on the surface of the layer(s) in which microbodies are imbedded.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: GAPLAST GMBHInventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer
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Publication number: 20190054253Abstract: An implant syringe with a syringe needle holder, having an axially adjoining preparation receptacle; an outer sleeve with a radially projecting front gripping section, connected together for common axial movement; an inner sleeve, on which the outer sleeve is slidably located and in which the syringe needle is movable with the preparation receptacle. The inner sleeve has axial slots, through which webs engage, which connect the outer sleeve to the syringe needle holder, further including a rod-shaped piston, fastened to a rear gripping section partially surrounded by a rear sleeve, movably engaged in the inner sleeve. The rod-shaped piston is advanceable through the preparation receptacle in the syringe needle so that a distance remains between the tip of the syringe needle and the head end of the piston approximately equal to the length of the preparation to be delivered.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: Gaplast GmbHInventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer
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Publication number: 20180334310Abstract: A container comprises a substantially rigid outer container and a readily deformable inner bag, wherein the outer container and the inner bag consist of different thermoplastic plastic materials such that the outer container and the inner bag do not undergo a weld connection with one another, with a container opening and at least one pressure balancing opening in the wall of the outer container for balancing the pressure in the gap between the outer container and the inner bag when the inner bag contracts, wherein integrated into the layer of the inner bag, which is directed towards the outer container, and/or into the layer of the outer container, which is directed towards the inner bag, are microbodies, of a material which does not melt during the manufacture of the container, which produce irregularities on the surface of the layer(s) in which microbodies are imbedded.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer
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Publication number: 20180037383Abstract: The container system having a container and a screw-on cap that may that may be screwed onto the container and having an olive that is molded onto the screw-on cap and that is positioned against an annular edge area of the container opening is characterized in that the olive is molded onto the screw-on cap such that it fits against the exterior annular edge area of the container in a sealing manner, and in that the outer annular edge area has a continuously smooth surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer
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Publication number: 20180037395Abstract: The container closure system, having a container for capsules, dragées, tablets, and the like, and a screw-on cap that can be screwed onto the container, is characterized in that a dispensing aid has a blocking element having a suspension device, and in that the suspension device is attached to the inner wall of the container and has holes for capsules, dragées, tablets, and the like, wherein the hole is smaller than the container opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer
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Publication number: 20180037374Abstract: The stopper for a container having a container opening, in which opening the stopper, having an olive that is molded onto a head segment of the stopper, engages in a force fit, wherein a slide element is arranged in the head segment in a recess leading through the center of the head segment and is guided in lateral grooves such that said slide element may be advanced beyond the lateral edge of the head segment as a grip for removing the stopper from the container, is characterized in that a tension band is attached on the top of the head segment and connects the two longitudinal sides of the recess and covers the slide element with little clearance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Stephan Kneer, Roland Kneer