Patents by Inventor Erwin B. Hollenstein

Erwin B. Hollenstein 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: 4444219
    Abstract: The present invention is with respect to an overpressure valve for packages with flexible walls, having a valve body able to be fluid-tightly joined with such a package. The valve body has a flat valve seat having thereon a diaphragm with a valve shutting part. In the seat there are valve openings, each having a number of concentric ring-like channels round it in the seat. The concentric channels take up a sealant, more specially silicone oil. The diaphragm is made of a single piece of material running on one side of the walls to the other without any holes therein. It is only kept in position in a middle part of the valve seat so that the diaphragm may be moved freely, at least over the valve openings. In the case of a preferred form of the invention, the diaphragm is slipped loosely into the valve body in which it is kept in position by a keeper in a middle part thereof. The keeper may be fixed in position by friction or by a keying effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Wipf AG Verpackungen
    Inventor: Erwin B. Hollenstein