Patents by Inventor Bernd KLATT

Bernd KLATT 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: 20230286705
    Abstract: A sealing cap made of an elastic plastic material for a container closure includes a container socket base formed on a container for disposing a container socket having a bung plug disposed in a bung socket formed on the container socket base, the sealing cap comprising a lid disk which has a fastening means disposed on an underside of the lid disk and provided with a snap-lock means for forming a snap-lock connection with the bung plug, and an edge skirt disposed at the circumference of the lid disk and connected to the lid disk via a predetermined breaking means. The lid disk has a support means for supporting the lid disk on the container socket base, the support means being disposed radially inside adjacent to the predetermined breaking means on the underside of the lid disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Bernd Klatt
  • Patent number: 11352174
    Abstract: A bung plug closure for bung-hole containers includes a bung plug for being placed in a bung neck and a seal cap for closing a plug recess formed in the bung plug, the plug recess having a space for receiving a dimensionally elastic engaging body formed on the seal cap and having a radial locking protrusion, a valve disposed in a bottom of the plug recess, the valve having a valve body disposed in a valve opening of a bottom recess, the valve body including a valve cover connected to the bung plug, the valve cover being an elastically deformable disk, the valve cover connected to the bung plug such that a circumferential edge of the valve cover, which protrudes radially outward over matching locking elements for interlocking with the locking protrusion, is received between the locking protrusion of the engaging body and a recess edge of the bottom recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SCHUETZ GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventor: Bernd Klatt
  • Patent number: 11220388
    Abstract: A transport and storage container (10) for liquids comprising a pallet-type understructure (29) for a plastic inner container (11) and a cage (22) having horizontal bars (23) and vertical bars (24) made of metal for housing the inner container, lower ends (27) of the vertical bars having a connecting portion (40), which is formed by deformation and has a trough-shaped recess (43), for being welded to a lower edge profile of the cage (22), wherein, to define a bending portion (58), the vertical bars (24) have another trough-shaped recess (59), which is disposed adjacent to the connecting portion (40) and which has a recess opening (60) formed on the inside (32) of the vertical bars (24), which faces the inner container (11), and a trough bottom (62) formed by a flattened portion of the hollow profile (45).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: PROTECHNA S.A.
    Inventor: Bernd Klatt
  • Patent number: 11208242
    Abstract: A bung plug closure (30) for fastening a plug depression formed in a bung plug (31), said plug depression comprising a receiving area for receiving a resilient engagement body realized on the seal cap (11), and said bung plug (31) comprising tool engagement projections (33), which are arranged on an inner wall of the plug depression and which are distanced to each other via gaps (34) and which delimit the receiving space using inner surfaces (37), counter-locking elements (32) being provided in the plug depression, said counter-locking elements (32) being arranged in the area of the gaps (34) above an annular frame (35, 61), which is formed outside of the gaps (34) via lower sections (36) of the inner surfaces (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Schuetz GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Bernd Klatt
  • Publication number: 20210221592
    Abstract: A transport and storage container (10) for liquids comprising a pallet-type understructure (29) for a plastic inner container (11) and a cage (22) having horizontal bars (23) and vertical bars (24) made of metal for housing the inner container, lower ends (27) of the vertical bars having a connecting portion (40), which is formed by deformation and has a trough-shaped recess (43), for being welded to a lower edge profile of the cage (22), wherein, to define a bending portion (58), the vertical bars (24) have another trough-shaped recess (59), which is disposed adjacent to the connecting portion (40) and which has a recess opening (60) formed on the inside (32) of the vertical bars (24), which faces the inner container (11), and a trough bottom (62) formed by a flattened portion of the hollow profile (45).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Bernd Klatt
  • Publication number: 20210016932
    Abstract: The invention relates to a securing device for the placement of a tapping armature (10) on a tapping neck (11) formed integrally on a container wall (13) of a plastic container (12), the tapping armature (10) having an armature housing (20) comprising a screw flange (18) which has an internal thread (17) for being screwed to an external thread (16) formed on a threaded extension (15) of the tapping neck (11), a securing ring (28) being disposed between the container wall (13) and the screw flange (18), said securing ring (28) having locking protrusions (37) for forming a locking means (36) which are disposed on an inner circumference and directed radially inward and whose locking ends for locking with a stop means (48) formed on the container (12) are disposed on a locking circumference (53), whose diameter D is greater than the diameter d of the external thread (16) of the tapping neck (11) or equal to said diameter d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Bernd Klatt, Christian Werner
  • Publication number: 20200391908
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bung plug closure for bung-hole containers, the bung plug closure comprising a bung plug (10) for being placed in a bung neck (24) of the bung-hole container and a seal cap (11) for closing a plug recess formed in the bung plug (10), the plug recess having a receiving space (19) for receiving a dimensionally elastic engaging body (20) which is formed on the seal cap (11) and which is provided with a radial locking protrusion (21), a valve (49) being disposed in a bottom of the plug recess, said valve (49) having a valve body (50) which is disposed in a valve opening of a bottom recess, said valve body (50) being provided with a valve cover (55) which is connected to the bung plug (10), wherein the valve cover (55) is an elastically deformable disk, the valve cover (55) being connected to the bung plug (10) in such a manner that a circumferential edge of the valve cover (55), which protrudes radially outward over matching locking elements (32) for interlocking with the locking protru
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventor: Bernd Klatt
  • Publication number: 20190344942
    Abstract: A bung plug closure (30) for fastening a plug depression formed in a bung plug (31), said plug depression comprising a receiving area for receiving a resilient engagement body realized on the seal cap (11), and said bung plug (31) comprising tool engagement projections (33), which are arranged on an inner wall of the plug depression and which are distanced to each other via gaps (34) and which delimit the receiving space using inner surfaces (37), counter-locking elements (32) being provided in the plug depression, said counter-locking elements (32) being arranged in the area of the gaps (34) above an annular frame (35, 61), which is formed outside of the gaps (34) via lower sections (36) of the inner surfaces (37).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Bernd Klatt
  • Patent number: 10086985
    Abstract: A seal cap (10) for a container closure includes a cover disc (11) having a fastening ring, connected to an underside of the cover disc, with a latching element, for producing a detachable engagement connection with the container closure, connected to a pull tab arranged at the circumference of the cover disc via a connecting element. The connecting element has a cover strip formed in the cover disc that is separated from adjacent areas of the cover disc by lateral cover-strip predetermined breaking lines, which have predetermined breaking elements and has a pull web connected to the latching element of the fastening ring. The cover strip extends from the pull tab, at the circumference of the cover disc into a central inner portion (18) of the cover disc within the fastening ring and the pull web is arranged in an intersecting area between the cover strip and the fastening ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SCHÜTZ GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventor: Bernd Klatt
  • Publication number: 20160272385
    Abstract: A seal cap (10) for a container closure includes a cover disc (11) having a fastening ring, connected to an underside of the cover disc, with a latching element, for producing a detachable engagement connection with the container closure, connected to a pull tab arranged at the circumference of the cover disc via a connecting element. The connecting element has a cover strip formed in the cover disc that is separated from adjacent areas of the cover disc by lateral cover-strip predetermined breaking lines, which have predetermined breaking elements and has a pull web connected to the latching element of the fastening ring. The cover strip extends from the pull tab, at the circumference of the cover disc into a central inner portion (18) of the cover disc within the fastening ring and the pull web is arranged in an intersecting area between the cover strip and the fastening ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Bernd KLATT