Patents Assigned to Greif Bros. Corporation
  • Patent number: 6764639
    Abstract: This invention concerns a drum-like container made of a discontinuously extruded hose-like perform of thermoplastic in a blow molding process. The drum-like container has a wall consisting of an inner layer, an outer layer, and at least one intermediate layer. To make it possible to monitor the fill level of the fill material, the wall has a visual indicator strip of translucent plastic running in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: Günter Richter
  • Patent number: 6308830
    Abstract: A device for protecting a large-volume container for liquid, slow-flowing, powdered, or granular materials during storage and transport, has a pallet support body to support the container from underneath and a jacket body, which is connected to the pallet support body and which surrounds the sides of the container. The support body and the jacket body are made as an integral unit consisting of a three-layer plastic wall. The three-layer plastic wall has a compact outer layer, a compact inner layer, and a foamed intermediate layer. The device is produced by extruding a predetermined length of a tubular preform with a three-layer wall of plastic into an opened mold. Several vertical, rod-shaped spreading elements are positioned inside the tubular preform. The tubular preform is expanded by moving the spreading elements in a radially outward direction relative to the tubular preform by a predetermined outward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: Günter Richter
  • Patent number: 6223930
    Abstract: A plastic drum is formed with a body having at access hole on top and protective chimes. The body also includes a sloping bottom with a sump aligned with the access hole to allow, substantially, all the contents of the drum to be removed without turning the body upside down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation of Ohio, Inc.
    Inventor: Lowell George Watson
  • Patent number: 6170224
    Abstract: A multi-panel hollow door has a core made of corrugated paperboard. The core is formed from a stack of plies in which adjacent plies are adhered to one another in accordance with a predetermined pattern of adherence (e.g., a gluing pattern). The stack is expanded in a direction perpendicular to the plies to form an elongated series of cells disposed longitudinally between transversely spaced panel indentations of a door skin, at a central region of the door. Each cell has a pair of transversely spaced vertices, and juxtaposed end portions of vertex-forming plies form tabs. Each tab is preferably oriented to overlap an adjacent portion of a vertex-forming ply, the desired orientation being obtained by partial slitting of a single vertex-forming ply. Unexpanded end portions of a stack of plies may be broken off to form pads between corresponding portions of the skins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventors: George C. Boyse, Richard S. Colombero, David J. Wierzbicki
  • Patent number: 5743422
    Abstract: A collapsible, fiber, bulk container which is made-up of a plurality of sidewalls joined by connectors to form a tubular body. The body is closed off by top and bottom members telescopically engaging said body. The bottom may be reinforced by a strut member to insure that the bottom does not warp and collapse. A reinforcing strap is also secured around the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: James Albert Hale
  • Patent number: 5702786
    Abstract: A process is described for improving the hydrocarbon solvent impermeability of polyethylene resin based containers. The process employs a thermal profile during thermal molding, which creates a crystalline barrier adjacent one surface of the container. The barrier enhances impermeability of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: Ronald T. Robichaud
  • Patent number: 5544777
    Abstract: A plastic container is formed with a body having an access hole on top and a pallet coupled to the bottom thereof. The body also includes a sloping bottom with a sump aligned with the access hole to allow, substantially, all the contents of the container to be removed without turning the body upside down with said pallet protecting the bottom, allowing the container to stand horizontally, and facilitating the stacking of said containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: Lowell G. Watson
  • Patent number: 5503701
    Abstract: A metal drum and the method of making the same having a detachable lining removable therefrom after a first use to allow for the reuse or recycling of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Seick, Rex E. Wagers
  • Patent number: 5465863
    Abstract: A metal drum and the method of making the same having a detachable lining removable therefrom after a first use to allow for the reuse or recycling of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Seick, Rex E. Wagers
  • Patent number: 5320243
    Abstract: A metal drum and the method of making the same having a detachable lining removable therefrom after a first use to allow for the reuse or recycling of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Hale
  • Patent number: 5301853
    Abstract: A plastic drum assembly includes a plastic body with an open top, terminated in a neck having two annular flexing zones, a plastic cover, and a ring for securing the cover to the body. The cover may also have flexing regions corresponding to the flexing regions on the neck. The flexing regions cooperate to permit the neck and the cover to flex in a hinging action in presence of an impact on the body to insure that the cover is not separated, thereby preventing spillage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Greif Bros Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Addison, John P. Berg
  • Patent number: 5273181
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic drum is formed with a top, bottom and sidewall. The top is profiled to form a sump around an access opening so that when the drum is turned upside down, all the liquids are dispensed from the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond W. Gay
  • Patent number: 5258086
    Abstract: A fiber drum and the method of making the same having a detachable lining fabricated therewith but removable therefrom after a first use to allow for the reuse or recycling of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Hale
  • Patent number: 5244108
    Abstract: A collapsible, fiber, bulk container which is made-up of a plurality of sidewalls joined by connectors to form a tubular body. The body is closed off by top and bottom members telescopically engaging said body. The bottom may be reinforced by a strut member to insure that the bottom does not warp and collapse. A reinforcing strap is also secured around the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Hale
  • Patent number: 5236122
    Abstract: A pilfer proof container made from a one piece die cut which is folded into the container which has a generally rectangular configuration with the lid locked into position by way of a locking arrangement between a score or opening in the front panel of the container and a flange member coupled to the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Ballard
  • Patent number: 5232117
    Abstract: A metal drum and the method of making the same having a detachable lining removable therefrom after a first use to allow for the reuse or recycling of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Hale
  • Patent number: 5226555
    Abstract: A battery container for transportation and storage of wet-acid batteries includes an inner liner for holding a battery, an outer liner wrapped around the inner liner and an enclosure wrapped around both liners. The inner liner absorbs liquids spilled from the battery while the outer liner and enclosure cooperate to absorb G-forces when the container is dropped, to protect the battery from shock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Kovaleski
  • Patent number: 5161845
    Abstract: A device for lifting and handling open end drums, especially fiber, or other non-metallic drums includes a support, an inner member and toggle clamps mounted on the support. The toggle clamps cooperate with the inner member to engage the open top of the drum. The drum can then be lifted by engaging and lifting the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: Herbert L. Carpenter, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5137206
    Abstract: A fiber drum and the method of making the same having a detachable lining fabricated therewith but removable therefrom after a first use to allow for the reuse or recycling of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Hale
  • Patent number: 4852792
    Abstract: A self locking cover/bottom for a fibre drum includes substantially perpendicular projections with inwardly tapered portions which, when in registry with notched portions in the fibre shell sidewall, engage the notched portions (which can bend inwardly) such that an airtight seal can be formed for the drum. An optional feature is the provision of a channel in the bottom to accommodate a tine of a fork lift truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Greif Bros. Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Hale