Patents by Inventor ANDREAS MANIERA

ANDREAS MANIERA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230406583
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a sealed vessel, in which vessel it should be possible to store moisture-sensitive contents, and the vessel closure associated with which vessel should have improved recyclability. A vessel closure having a sealing element is provided. The sealing element comprises a polymer composition containing at least one polymer. The Shore A hardness of the polymer composition, determined in accordance with DIN ISO 7619 with a hold time of 15 s and a temperature of 23° C., is at most 80. A vessel having an opening is provided, the opening of the vessel being surrounding by a vessel mouth. The vessel closure is applied to the vessel mouth such that the opening of the vessel is sealed, the sealing element having a temperature of at most 80° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Juergen KINTSCHER, ANDREAS MANIERA
  • Patent number: 11643254
    Abstract: What is proposed is a closure unit consisting of a glass container (50) with external, circumferentially offset threaded elements (54, 55) on a container neck (52) of the glass container, and a closure cover made of sheet metal, wherein the closure cover (1, 2) has an encircling plastics layer (30; 30h, 30v) on the inside of the cover. The closure cover is pressed onto the container neck (52) and can be opened with a rotational movement via the threaded elements (54, 55) and a vertical section (30v) of the plastics layer. The container neck (52) has a horizontal end surface (52a) on which a horizontal section (30h) of the plastics layer rests under pressure in a sealing manner. A central region (11) of the closure cover passes with an adjoining, circumferentially oriented transition zone (11a, 11b, 11c) into an axially downwardly projecting skirt section (12) which ends in a roll-up region (21a, 21; 22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Robert Fink, Hans-Peter Hein, Helmut Klemm, Andreas Maniera, Ludwig Kramer
  • Publication number: 20230108939
    Abstract: A vessel closure (1, 21, 41, 61) includes a sealing element (3, 23, 43, 63). The sealing element (3, 23, 43, 63) includes a polymer composition. The polymer composition includes a polyalphaolefin with kinematic viscosity, determined according to ASTM D445 / ISO 3104, of at least 4 cSt, at a temperature of 100° C., and/or a dropping point, determined according to ASTM 5950, of at most -10° C., and up to 95% by weight of a second polyolefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Juergen KINTSCHER, Andreas MANIERA
  • Publication number: 20210339919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container closure (1, 21, 41, 61) with a sealing element (3, 23, 43, 63). The sealing element (3, 23, 43, 63) comprises a polymer composition. The polymer composition comprises a butene copolymer. The butene copolymer has a melting temperature Tm of between 30° C. and 130° C., wherein the melting temperature T. is determined by the second heating curve of a DSC measurement at a heating rate of 10° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: SILGAN HOLDINGS, INC., SILIGAN WHITE CAP MANUFACTURING GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Kintscher, Andreas Maniera
  • Publication number: 20200223596
    Abstract: What is proposed is a closure unit consisting of a glass container (50) with external, circumferentially offset threaded elements (54, 55) on a container neck (52) of the glass container, and a closure cover made of sheet metal, wherein the closure cover (1, 2) has an encircling plastics layer (30; 30h, 30v) on the inside of the cover. The closure cover is pressed onto the container neck (52) and can be opened with a rotational movement via the threaded elements (54, 55) and a vertical section (30v) of the plastics layer. The container neck (52) has a horizontal end surface (52a) on which a horizontal section (30h) of the plastics layer rests under pressure in a sealing manner. A central region (11) of the closure cover passes with an adjoining, circumferentially oriented transition zone (11a, 11b, 11c) into an axially downwardly projecting skirt section (12) which ends in a roll-up region (21a, 21; 22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: ROBERT FINK, HANS-PETER HEIN, HELMUT KLEMM, ANDREAS MANIERA, LUDWIG KRAMER
  • Patent number: 10633149
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container made of glass or hard plastic having a container neck (52) with a plurality of external thread elements (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58), which are offset circumferentially relative to one another, as thread segments. The container can be closed by means of the thread segments by a closure cap made of metal sheet, wherein the closure cap (1, 2) has a circumferential plastic layer (30;30h,30v) on the inside of the cap and on the rim of the cap which has a sealing and retaining action. The closure cap can be pressed onto the container neck (52) and over the thread elements (53, 54, 55, . . . ) during closure and a vertical portion (30v) of the plastic layer can be opened with a rotary movement relative to the thread segments (53, 54, 55, . . . ). The container neck (52) has an upper horizontal end face (52a) as an annular surface which is adapted and suitable to be pressed into a horizontal portion (30 h) of the plastic layer (30;30h,30v) of the closure cap (1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Silgan Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Fink, Hans-Peter Hein, Helmut Klemm, Andreas Maniera, Ludwig Kramer
  • Patent number: 10538363
    Abstract: What is proposed is a closure unit consisting of a glass container (50) with external, circumferentially offset threaded elements (54, 55) on a container neck (52) of the glass container, and a closure cover made of sheet metal, wherein the closure cover (1, 2) has an encircling plastics layer (30; 30h, 30v) on the inside of the cover. The closure cover is pressed onto the container neck (52) and can be opened with a rotational movement via the threaded elements (54, 55) and a vertical section (30v) of the plastics layer. The container neck (52) has a horizontal end surface (52a) on which a horizontal section (30h) of the plastics layer rests under pressure in a sealing manner. A central region (11) of the closure cover passes with an adjoining, circumferentially oriented transition zone (11a, 11b, 11c) into an axially downwardly projecting skirt section (12) which ends in a roll-up region (21a, 21; 22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Robert Fink, Hans-Peter Hein, Helmut Klemm, Andreas Maniera, Ludwig Kramer
  • Publication number: 20170113847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container made of glass or hard plastic having a container neck (52) with a plurality of external thread elements (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58), which are offset circumferentially relative to one another, as thread segments. The container can be closed by means of the thread segments by a closure cap made of metal sheet, wherein the closure cap (1, 2) has a circumferential plastic layer (30;30h,30v) on the inside of the cap and on the rim of the cap which has a sealing and retaining action. The closure cap can be pressed onto the container neck (52) and over the thread elements (53, 54, 55, . . . ) during closure and a vertical portion (30v) of the plastic layer can be opened with a rotary movement relative to the thread segments (53, 54, 55, . . . ). The container neck (52) has an upper horizontal end face (52a) as an annular surface which is adapted and suitable to be pressed into a horizontal portion (30 h) of the plastic layer (30;30h,30v) of the closure cap (1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Fink, Hans-Peter Hein, Helmut Klemm, Andreas Maniera, Ludwig Kramer
  • Publication number: 20170050771
    Abstract: What is proposed is a closure unit consisting of a glass container (50) with external, circumferentially offset threaded elements (54, 55) on a container neck (52) of the glass container, and a closure cover made of sheet metal, wherein the closure cover (1, 2) has an encircling plastics layer (30; 30h, 30v) on the inside of the cover. The closure cover is pressed onto the container neck (52) and can be opened with a rotational movement via the threaded elements (54, 55) and a vertical section (30v) of the plastics layer. The container neck (52) has a horizontal end surface (52a) on which a horizontal section (30h) of the plastics layer rests under pressure in a sealing manner. A central region (11) of the closure cover passes with an adjoining, circumferentially oriented transition zone (11a, 11b, 11c) into an axially downwardly projecting skirt section (12) which ends in a roll-up region (21a, 21; 22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: ROBERT FINK, HANS-PETER HEIN, HELMUT KLEMM, ANDREAS MANIERA, LUDWIG KRAMER