Patents Assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
  • Glass coatings and methods to deposit same
    Patent number: 10427970
    Abstract: A dried glass precursor gel and methods of depositing a powderized or wire form of the dried glass precursor gel to form a glass substrate and/or coating are disclosed. The dried glass precursor gel contains a bulk amorphous oxide-based matrix of primary constituent oxides. One method includes obtaining the dried glass precursor gel, forming a powder or wire from the dried glass precursor gel, melting the powder with a gas stream to form molten droplets, and depositing the molten droplets onto a mold or similar target substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Cooper, Varun Mukheja, Tilak Gullinkala
  • Peelable foil container closure having a wavy edge
    Patent number: 10414524
    Abstract: A peelable foil closure includes a base extending longitudinally along a first, longitudinal axis and laterally along a second, lateral axis, and a skirt extending from the base. The skirt includes a first portion including a circular edge having a predominant portion located on a first side of the second axis. The skirt also includes a second portion including a wavy edge, and a pull tab located on a second side of the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J Chisholm
  • Neck finish for a container
    Patent number: 10399728
    Abstract: A container neck finish includes an outer surface of the neck finish having a parting line, an axially facing sealing surface, a bead projecting radially outwardly from the outer surface and axially spaced from the sealing surface, and circumferentially spaced retention elements projecting radially outwardly from the outer surface, and being located axially between the sealing surface and the bead. At least one of the retention elements includes a stop portion including a ramp portion that extends circumferentially toward the parting line and radially inwardly toward the neck finish outer surface and converges therewith at a location within ten angular degrees of the parting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Brozell, Edward A. Grant
  • Feedstock gel and method of making glass-ceramic articles from the feedstock gel
    Patent number: 10399886
    Abstract: A method of making a glass-ceramic article includes synthesizing a feedstock gel that includes a base oxide network comprising Na2O, CaO, and SiO2, in which a molar ratio of Na2O:CaO:SiO2 in the gel is 1:2:3, and then converting the feedstock gel into a glass-ceramic article such as a container or a partially-formed container. The conversion of the feedstock gel into a glass-ceramic container may be performed at a temperature that does not exceed 900° C. and may include the steps of pressing the feedstock gel into a compressed solid green-body, sintering the green-body into a solid monolithic body of a glass-ceramic material, deforming the solid monolithic glass-ceramic body into a glass-ceramic preform, and cooling the preform. A glass-ceramic article having a glass-ceramic material that has a molar ratio of Na2O:CaO:SiO2 that is 1:2:3 is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Scott P Cooper
  • Glass precursor gel and methods to treat with microwave energy
    Patent number: 10364176
    Abstract: A glass precursor gel and methods of melting the glass precursor gel are disclosed. The glass precursor gel contains a bulk amorphous oxide-based matrix that contains one or more synthesis byproducts. One method includes obtaining the glass precursor gel with the bulk amorphous oxide-based matrix having one or more synthesis byproducts, exposing the glass precursor gel to microwave radiation, and heating and/or melting the glass precursor gel into a molten glass with the microwave radiation by way of the one or more synthesis byproducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Cooper, Varun Mukheja, Tilak Gullinkala
  • Vacuum release seal for a closure and container package
    Patent number: 10351309
    Abstract: A seal for a closure assembly that includes a seal ring; and a carrier being coupled to the seal ring, extending circumferentially and radially outwardly of the seal ring to a radially outer periphery, and having a circumferentially extending pocket in the radially outer periphery adapted to release a vacuum pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J Brozell, Brian J Chisholm, Edward A Grant
  • Container with a medal
    Patent number: 10351301
    Abstract: A package includes a container, a closure coupled to the container, a flaccid loop, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop. The container may include a wall and the medal retained to the wall by container material of integral one-piece construction with the wall and extending over at least a portion of the medal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
  • Glass batch material and process for making glass
    Patent number: 10343941
    Abstract: Glass batch materials and processes for preparing and melting structured pellets of glass batch materials to produce molten glass. A structured pellet of glass batch materials may include a core and a shell surrounding the core. The core may include a mixture of glass-forming materials and the shell may include a thermally-activated material. The thermally-activated material may be formulated to undergo an exothermic chemical reaction when heated to a temperature at or above a threshold temperature such that heat is transferred from the shell to the mixture of glass-forming materials in the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Weil, Pramod K Sharma
  • Sealing foil liners to containers
    Patent number: 10343797
    Abstract: An apparatus for sealing a foil liner to a container. The apparatus comprises a seal head that includes a body having a first end, a second end, and an axis extending through the first and second ends. The body further includes a sealing surface at the second end thereof facing away from the first end. The seal head further includes fluid path(s) for passing fluid through and out of the seal head and onto the foil liner. A method for sealing a foil liner to a container is also provided wherein a sealing surface of a seal head is aligned with a sealing surface of the container, wherein a peripheral edge of the foil liner is disposed between the sealing surfaces of the seal head and the container. Fluid is then passed through fluid path(s) in the seal head and out of the seal head and onto the foil liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J Brozell, Brian J Chisholm, Joseph E. Olsavsky
  • Selective color striking of color-strikable articles
    Patent number: 10328459
    Abstract: A method of color-striking a color-strikable article including the steps of: conveying a color-strikable article within a proximity of an energizer, and selectively color-striking said article with said energizer to produce a predetermined pattern on the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J. Chisholm
  • Container
    Patent number: D849541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Raul M Paredes, Douglas Laib, Lara Koenick, Andrew Birkhoff, Young Lee
  • Container
    Patent number: D850266
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Raul M Paredes, Douglas Laib, Lara Koenick, Andrew Birkhoff, Young Lee
  • Container
    Patent number: D850267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Raul Paredes, Paul Harris, Douglas Laib, Andrew Birkhoff, Young Lee, Lara Koenick
  • Container
    Patent number: D850268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Raul Paredes, Paul Harris, Douglas Laib, Andrew Birkhoff, Young Lee, Lara Koenick
  • Container
    Patent number: D850269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Lara Koenick, Raul Paredes, Douglas Laib, Paul Harris, Andrew Birkhoff, Young Lee
  • Container
    Patent number: D853241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Raul M Paredes, Douglas Laib, Megan Dittrich, Young Lee, Paul M Harris, Nick Hunt, Foxx Ohmer
  • Container
    Patent number: D853244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Raul M Paredes, Douglas Laib, Megan Dittrich, Young Lee, Paul M Harris, Nick Hunt, Foxx Ohmer
  • Container
    Patent number: D853847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Young Lee, Raul Paredes, Douglas Laib, Lara Koenick, Andrew Birkhoff, Paul Harris
  • Container
    Patent number: D854417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Raul M Paredes, Douglas Laib, Lara Koenick, Andrew Birkhoff, Young Lee
  • Container
    Patent number: D860802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Young Lee