Patents by Inventor Bernard De Turckheim

Bernard De Turckheim 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: 7552835
    Abstract: Method of producing a multiple pack subdivided into at least two chambers separate from one another and each containing a product, characterized in that a first pack element having at least one chamber containing a first product is subjected to a first treatment process and is sealed, either previously or subsequently, and a second pack element having at least one chamber containing a second product is subjected to a second treatment process, which is different from the first, and is sealed, either previously or subsequently, and that the two pack elements are assembled into one unit to form the multiple pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Hans-Richard Kiel, Uwe Nehus, Bernard De Turckheim
  • Publication number: 20080093239
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pallet comprising a plurality of boxes (1), these boxes containing pouches (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d), the pouches being arranged flat in relation to the pallet. The invention also relates to this box, to the methods of manufacturing the pallet and the box, and to devices for manufacturing the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: MARS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Poirier, Bernard De Turckheim, Edouard Barron
  • Publication number: 20060113209
    Abstract: The packaging (100) contains pouches (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) which are placed head-to-tail in it and the packaging is of the flexible type with four welded sides (101a, 101b, 101c, 101d). The pouches can be of the doypack type or of a flat uniform or pillow pouch type in which case they are placed so as to be staggered. A plurality of such packagings can advantageously be put on a pallet with the pouches arranged flat in relation to the pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Poirier, Bernard De Turckheim, Edouard Barron
  • Publication number: 20050115204
    Abstract: Method of producing a multiple pack subdivided into at least two chambers separate from one another and each containing a product, characterized in that a first pack element having at least one chamber containing a first product is subjected to a first treatment process and is sealed, either previously or subsequently, and a second pack element having at least one chamber containing a second product is subjected to a second treatment process, which is different from the first, and is sealed, either previously or subsequently, and that the two pack elements are assembled into one unit to form the multiple pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Hans-Richard Kiel, Uwe Nehus, Bernard De Turckheim
  • Publication number: 20050103665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pallet comprising a plurality of boxes (1), these boxes containing pouches (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d), the pouches being arranged flat in relation to the pallet. The invention also relates to this box, to the methods of manufacturing the pallet and the box, and to devices for manufacturing the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Poirier, Bernard De Turckheim, Edouard Barron
  • Patent number: 6848591
    Abstract: Tray-like pack with a sealing rim passing round the removal opening for sealing on a sealing foil or film and a rolling rim radially outwardly connected to said sealing rim and at least in a partial area the rolling rim has a smaller height than in the remaining area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Hans-Richard Kiel, Bernard De Turckheim
  • Publication number: 20030155362
    Abstract: Tray-like pack with a sealing rim passing round the removal opening for sealing on a sealing foil or film and a rolling rim radially outwardly connected to said sealing rim and at least in a partial area the rolling rim has a smaller height than in the remaining area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Hans-Richard Kiel, Bernard De Turckheim
  • Patent number: 5295603
    Abstract: Pressure lid can or container with an at least one-part body member and a lid member, which together with the closure-side end of the body member forms a tight closure, in which a lever gap is left free between the body member and the lid member for the engagement of a lever enabling the lid member to be levered up and in which the lid member has an all-round, resilient engagement lip, which engages from the inside under pretension in a closure crease of the body member adapted to the engagement lip shape (according to patent application P 40 29 146.4), in which instead of the engagement lip of the lid member engaging in a separately produced closure crease, it resiliently engages below an inwardly rolled, upper circumferential edge bead of the body element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Effem GmbH
    Inventors: Eckart Schormair, Bernard De Turckheim, Rolf Hornig