Patents by Inventor Engelbert Sander

Engelbert Sander 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: 20090061037
    Abstract: Device for fabricating tubular containers made from plastics material and consisting of three distinct elements, namely a flexible tubular body, a rigid base, a top part including a neck, the said device comprising a mandrel and means for fixing a top part and a base to a flexible tubular body, characterized in that it consists of at least one fabrication unit comprising a support shaft having a free end provided with a retaining member adapted to prevent the movement of a container base in one direction, a tubular sleeve mounted slidably around the support shaft and having a free end located on the same side as the free end of the support shaft, a member for driving the tubular sleeve, and a space adapted for the relative movement of a tubular body around the tubular sleeve, the said tubular sleeve additionally comprising a top part grip member located near the free end of the sleeve, the said top part grip member comprising means for the instantaneous fixing and retention of an assembly consisting of a top
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventor: Engelbert Sander
  • Patent number: 4568001
    Abstract: A packaging tube is provided which is substantially gas-tight and has low absorptivity, consisting of a tube of multilayer composite foil with a metallic barrier layer, a prefabricated plastic head piece having a discharge opening and an external thread, and a connecting body which consists of a composite foil containing a metal layer and at least one thermoplastic material layer. The head piece is placed on the connecting body and is welded thereto by means of the plastic layer. The circumferential rim of the tube overlaps the outer rim of the connecting body extending over or under the same, and its plastic layers are softened by the inductive generation of heat in the metal of the composite foil and are welded together while pressure is applied. The head piece has the shape of a cylinder or a truncated cone and is joined at its base area completely to the connecting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Automation Industrielle SA
    Inventor: Engelbert Sander
  • Patent number: 4548338
    Abstract: There is provided a packing tube having a gas tight head region. The tube consists of a tube body formed of a multilayered connecting foil having a metallic barrier layer. A prefabricated conical headpiece is provided consisting of synthetic material having a discharge opening and a connecting element disposed thereon. The connecting element consists of a connecting foil including a metallic layer and at least one layer of synthetic material. The peripheral rim of the tubular body overlaps the outer rim of the connecting element either thereabove or therebelow, and wherein the superimposed layers of synthetic material are softened by inductive generation of heat in the metal layers, and welded to one another under pressure. The headpiece consists of two overlapping portions, the lower portion completely covering the underside of the upper portion, the lower portion consisting of a non-permeable material. The outer diameter of the headpiece is smaller than the inner diameter of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Assignee: Automation Industrielle, S.A.
    Inventor: Engelbert Sander
  • Patent number: 4474719
    Abstract: A process for making head pieces for containers with a membrane of laminate having a metallic barrier layer, is designed to make one-piece head pieces, of a thermoplastic material with a mouthpiece neck, a cone-like breast part next to it, a ring-shoulder next to the breast part, a ready-made round plate and a membrane of a laminate with a metallic barrier layer. From a tape of laminate with a metallic barrier layer, using a deep drawing operation, the round plate is produced in a form representative of the outline of the head piece to be produced, is stamped out and is then run down into a mold. At the same time as the lowering the membrane is stamped out of the center part and is kept in position. After this thermoplastic material is placed in the mold and then the membrane is lowered into its last position in the mold and at the same time as the lowering of the membrane pressing of the thermoplastic material in the mold takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Assignee: Automation Industrielle SA
    Inventor: Engelbert Sander
  • Patent number: 4454402
    Abstract: A die-welding apparatus for connecting a tube body formed of a composite material having a plastic layer and a metallic layer including a die formed of a non-ferrous metal and having a radial slot and a hollow induction coil having one turn electrically conductively connected to the die, but which does not electrically bridge the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: Automation Industrielle SA
    Inventors: Engelbert Sander, Rudolf Jeker
  • Patent number: 4317420
    Abstract: An apparatus for making head pieces for containers with a membrane of laminate having a metallic barrier layer, is designed to make one-piece head pieces, of a thermoplastic material with a mouthpiece neck, a cone-like breast part next to it, a ring-shoulder next to the breast part, a ready-made round plate and a membrane of a laminate with a metallic barrier layer. From a tape of laminate with a metallic barrier layer, using a deep drawing operation, the round plate is produced in a form representative of the outline of the head piece to be produced, is stamped out and is then run down into a mold. At the same time as the lowering the membrane is stamped out of the center part and is kept in position. After this thermoplastic material is placed in the mold and then the membrane is lowered into its last position in the mold and at the same time as the lowering of the membrane pressing of the thermoplastic material in the mold takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: Automation Industrielle SA
    Inventor: Engelbert Sander