Patents by Inventor Claude A. Marbler

Claude A. Marbler 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: 7207719
    Abstract: Packaging for receiving liquid, pasty, powdery, granular or solid material having tear-open means and sealed edges and made of a foil-shaped composite material. The foil-shaped composite material has multiple layers. At least one layer of the composite material does not have weakened areas. At least one layer of the composite material has weakened areas located in the packaging at least partly in the area of the filling space. The weakened areas are preferably a plurality of parallel individual cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Sabine Cerf
  • Patent number: 7111986
    Abstract: Packaging for receiving liquid, pasty, powdery, granular or solid material having tear-open means and sealed edges and made of a foil-shaped composite material. The foil-shaped composite material has multiple layers. At least one layer of the composite material does not have weakened areas. At least one layer of the composite material has weakened areas located in the packaging at least partly in the area of the filling space. The weakened areas are preferably a series of cuts or a plurality of parallel individual cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Sabine Cerf
  • Publication number: 20060199717
    Abstract: Packaging for receiving liquid, pasty, powdery, granular or solid material having tear-open means and sealed edges and made of a foil-shaped composite material. The foil-shaped composite material has multiple layers. At least one layer of the composite material does not have weakened areas. At least one layer of the composite material has weakened areas located in the packaging at least partly in the area of the filling space. The weakened areas are preferably a plurality of parallel individual cuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Claude Marbler, Sabine Cerf
  • Publication number: 20040109618
    Abstract: Packaging for receiving liquid, pasty, powdery, granular or solid material having tear-open means and sealed edges and made of a foil-shaped composite material. The foil-shaped composite material has multiple layers. At least one layer of the composite material does not have weakened areas. At least one layer of the composite material has weakened areas located in the packaging at least partly in the area of the filling space. The weakened areas are preferably a series of cuts or a plurality of parallel individual cuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Sabine Cerf
  • Publication number: 20040086207
    Abstract: Packaging for receiving liquid, pasty, powdery, granular or solid material having tear-open means and sealed edges and made of a foil-shaped composite material. The foil-shaped composite material has multiple layers. At least one layer of the composite material does not have weakened areas. At least one layer of the composite material has weakened areas located in the packaging at least partly in the area of the filling space. The weakened areas are preferably a plurality of parallel individual cuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Sabine Cerf
  • Patent number: 6726363
    Abstract: Packaging for receiving liquid, pasty, powdery, granular or solid material having tear-open means and sealed edges and made of a foil-shaped composite material. The foil-shaped composite material has multiple layers. At least one layer of the composite material does not have weakened areas. At least one layer of the composite material has weakened areas located in the packaging at least partly in the area of the filling space. The weakened areas are preferably a series of cuts or a plurality of parallel individual cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Sabine Cerf
  • Publication number: 20020081405
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a multi-layer packaging film (10) for an easy-open form of packaging (20), having at least one line of perforations (18, 18′) which are provided in a plastic surface layer of the packaging and serve as an aid for alignment of a tear line propagating in the packaging film (10) on tearing open the packaging, is such that the perforations (18, 18′) are cut into a surface layer which is in the form of a film (14) and the said pre-cut film (14) is joined to the other layers (12) to make up a composite film (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Frederic Froemer
  • Patent number: 6391353
    Abstract: Packaging (10) featuring a tear-off closure with an tearing aid for freeing an opening (34) to remove the contents (32) is such that, at least in the region of the opening, layers of packaging material forming an outer (20) and inner part (22) of the packaging are superimposed, separated or separable from each other. The aid to tearing is arranged on the outer part (20) of the packaging in such a manner that the outer part of the packaging is separated from the inner part of the packaging a distance (a) from the opening and the inner part of the packaging is exposed in the region of the opening. The inner part (22) of the packaging which is revealed on tearing open the packaging is free of germs with the result that the packaging is suitable for consuming drinkable and/or edible contents by mouth directly from the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology and Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Frédéric Froemer
  • Patent number: 6293394
    Abstract: A packaging pouch (10) with an integral drinking straw or pouring spout (38,42) and an easy-to-open protective region providing access to the drinking straw or pouring spout, features a first compartment (32) to accommodate the contents e.g. a drink and—separated in a fluid-tight manner—a second compartment (34) to accommodate a tube part (42). The tube (38, 42) leads from the first compartment (32) to the second compartment (34) and is joined in the transition region to the pouch (10) in a fluid-tight manner and features a valve element for opening and closing a through-flow channel (37). At the end projecting into the second compartment the tube features a closure (44,46) which is closed in a fluid-tight manner when the pouch is in the unopened state and contains a valve element (58, 56) which, under the action of pressure from the side, frees a through-flow channel (37) and which closes automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology & Management, LTD
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Juris Walter, Andreas Ziegler
  • Patent number: 6258425
    Abstract: Packaging or lidding material containing at least two layers of material, and between the two layers hidden information in the form of a printed image viz., information that is visible only after peeling the first layer from the second layer. The packaging material serves the manufacture of film-type packaging or parts thereof, or as lidding material for containers. The packaging or lidding material of a packaging unit contains the following sequence of layers: a) a first layer of material, b) a printed pattern or image, the limits of which lie within the dimensions of the package in question or the lid of the packaging unit, c) a dividing layer, the dimensions of which are the same or greater than the printed image b) and smaller than the dimensions of the packaging or lid of the package, d) an adhesive layer covering the whole of the surface, e) a second layer of material, where the printed image b) can be made visible by lifting the first layer of material a) from the second layer of material e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: René Parmentier, Raymond Gribling, Grégoire Weber, Claude A. Marbler
  • Publication number: 20010001282
    Abstract: Packaging or lidding material containing at least two layers of material, and between the two layers hidden information in the form of a printed image viz., information that is visible only after peeling the first layer from the second layer. The packaging material serves the manufacture of film-type packaging or parts thereof, or as lidding material for containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: May 17, 2001
    Inventors: Rene Parmentier, Raymond Gribling, Gregoire Weber, Claude A. Marbler
  • Patent number: 6182850
    Abstract: Closure membrane for containers having an outer film and inner film with a joining layer and a sealing seam zone between these two films. At least one space free of a bonding layer is provided within the sealing seam zone between the outer film and the inner film and, within the limits of this non-bonded space, the outer film and the inner film each feature at least one opening, and a reservoir of material that softens under the influence of heat is provided in the non-bonded space between the outer film and the inner film. The openings in the inner film and the openings in the outer film are connected to enable the passage of a fluid such as a gas from the interior of the container to the surrounding atmosphere. On application of heat to the closure membrane e.g. during a sterilization process, the openings in the inner film and the outer film are closed off as a result of softening of the material that softens under the influence of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Jean-Paul Boudinet
  • Patent number: 6173554
    Abstract: Pouches of flexible packaging material exhibit a tearing zone in the form of a weakness such as perforations or a separation in the material, this in order to be able to remove the contents easily. The packaging material is covered over by at least one film-forming mass, at least in the region of weakness, in order that the package remains closed until the contents are to be used. The film-forming mass may be the decorative printing on the pouch. After packaging, the contents are protected by the pouch and, in order to remove the contents, the pouch may be opened readily by a pulling or snapping movement which causes the covering of film-forming mass to break.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventor: Claude A. Marbler
  • Patent number: 6127023
    Abstract: Lid material (10) in the form of a substrate material (5) such as a plastic film bearing a printed image (6) facing outwards with respect to the container (1) on which the lid material (10) is used, and an inward facing sealing layer (8, 9) for closing off containers (1) having a shoulder region (4). The inward facing side of the substrate material (5) bears the sealing layer (8, 9) in the form of a printed image which corresponds to the shoulder region (4) of the container. The printed image which forms the sealing layer (8, 9) can be deposited on the substrate material (5) in the same printing machine in which the printed image (6) is deposited on the substrate material (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Raymond Gribling, Rene Parmentier, Eliane Pierron
  • Patent number: 5958534
    Abstract: Packaging material for packaging moisture-sensitive products, for example soft cheese which in some cases undergoes a maturing process in the packaging.The packaging material contains at least two functional layers,a) a first functional layer (10, 11) which exhibits mechanical strength and can take up, store and release moisture, e.g. coated paper andb) a second functional layer (12, 13) which lies on the first functional layer and exhibits permeability to gases, the said permeability varying as a function of the moisture, e.g. a plastic laminate comprising an ionomer resin and a polyamide,the first functional layer and the second functional layer being permanently joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Rene Parmentier
  • Patent number: 5934809
    Abstract: Pouches of flexible packaging material exhibit a tearing zone in the form of a weakness such as perforations or a separation in the material, this in order to be able to remove the contents easily. The packaging material is covered over by at least one film-forming mass, at least in the region of weakness, in order that the package remains closed until the contents are to be used. The film-forming mass may be the decorative printing on the pouch. After packaging, the contents are protected by the pouch and, in order to remove the contents, the pouch may be opened readily by a pulling or snapping movement which causes the covering of film-forming mass to break.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventor: Claude A. Marbler