Patents by Inventor Hans-Dieter Dubs

Hans-Dieter Dubs 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: 8573424
    Abstract: A container, particularly a beverage bottle, can be closed in a bottle opening of a bottle body with a closure made of a plastic material or glass. A fixing element is detachable fastened to the bottle body and holds the closure in the bottle opening. Such a bottle closure solves the problems involving, in particular, wine bottles and which arise when otherwise common bottle cork stoppers are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Alcoa Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Dubs, Jürgen Soldan, Karl Matheis
  • Patent number: 8356722
    Abstract: A container, particularly a beverage bottle, can be closed in a bottle opening of a bottle body with a closure made of a plastic material or glass. A fixing element is detachable fastened to the bottle body and holds the closure in the bottle opening. Such a bottle closure solves the problems involving, in particular, wine bottles and which arise when otherwise common bottle cork stoppers are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Alcoa Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Dubs, Jurgen Soldan, Karl Matheis
  • Patent number: 8215507
    Abstract: A capping system in combination with a container having a mouth and a wall segment disposed proximate to the mouth is provided. The capping system includes a cap having a bottom for selectively covering the mouth, a jacket extending from the bottom, and a guarantee ring disposed at a distal edge of the jacket. At least one cam extends from an outer surface of the wall segment, is at least partially overlapped by the guarantee ring, and applies a force on the guarantee ring when the cap is rotated a predetermined distance relative to the container to at least partially sever the guarantee ring. The guarantee ring includes an overlapping region extending over the cam that provides clearance for the cam when the cap is initially installed on the container to prevent deformation of the guarantee ring during the installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Alcoa Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Dubs, Peter Seidel, Jurgen Soldan
  • Publication number: 20100252524
    Abstract: A container, particularly a beverage bottle, can be closed in a bottle opening of a bottle body with a closure made of a plastic material or glass. A fixing element is detachable fastened to the bottle body and holds the closure in the bottle opening. Such a bottle closure solves the problems involving, in particular, wine bottles and which arise when otherwise common bottle cork stoppers are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter DUBS, Jurgen Soldan, Karl Matheis
  • Publication number: 20100012614
    Abstract: A capping system in combination with a container having a mouth and a wall segment disposed proximate to the mouth is provided. The capping system includes a cap having a bottom for selectively covering the mouth, a jacket extending from the bottom, and a guarantee ring disposed at a distal edge of the jacket. At least one cam extends from an outer surface of the wall segment, is at least partially overlapped by the guarantee ring, and applies a force on the guarantee ring when the cap is rotated a predetermined distance relative to the container to at least partially sever the guarantee ring. The guarantee ring includes an overlapping region extending over the cam that provides clearance for the cam when the cap is initially installed on the container to prevent deformation of the guarantee ring during the installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Alcoa Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter DUBS, Peter SEIDEL, Jùrgen SOLDAN
  • Publication number: 20080053950
    Abstract: A closure element for bottles includes a stopper that engages in the mouth of a bottle, a head having a larger outside diameter than the stopper, a sealing element arranged in a transition region between stopper and head. The sealing element has a first sealing region which bears against the stopper and comprises at least one outwardly pointing sealing bead. The first sealing region has at least one outwardly pointing projection or at least one annular bead which is arranged at a distance from the annular sealing bead and on that side of the sealing bead which faces away from the head. The projection or at least one annular bead has at least one cutout introduced into the circumferential surface of the bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Jurgen Soldan, Hans-Dieter Dubs
  • Publication number: 20060283829
    Abstract: The invention relates to a capping system for a container with a mouth, comprising a sealing cap that has a bottom for covering the mouth, a jacket extending from said bottom and a guarantee ring provided at the edge facing away from said bottom, said guarantee ring preferably being connected to the jacket via a predetermined rupture line and having at least one vertical cut, and also comprising a wall segment surrounding the mouth, which segment is overlapped at least in some regions by the jacket of the sealing cap. The capping system (1) is characterized in that there is provided at least one cam (25) overlapping the outer circumferential surface (24) of the wall segment (5), said cam being located in the region of the guarantee ring, and—as seen in the circumferential direction—being laterally surrounded by said ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Aloca Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Dubs, Peter Seidel, Jurgen Soldan
  • Publication number: 20050167390
    Abstract: A container, particularly a beverage bottle, can be closed in a bottle opening of a bottle body with a closure made of a plastic material or glass. A fixing element is detachable fastened to the bottle body and holds the closure in the bottle opening. Such a bottle closure solves the problems involving, in particular, wine bottles and which arise when otherwise common bottle cork stoppers are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Dubs, Jurgen Soldan, Karl Matheis
  • Patent number: 4410098
    Abstract: An assembly for a locking cap for containers with a threaded neck, having an inner cap, an intermediate cap, and an outer cap. The inner cap 1 has on its upper edge a circumferential knurl. The intermediate cap has on its inner face another knurl and on its top face. The outer cap has on its inner bottom face downwardly pointing projections 15. The knurl of the intermediate cap engages in the circumferential knurl of the inner cap. A container with this assembly can only be opened if pressure is applied to the top face of the outer cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: Firma Alcoa Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Dubs, Gunter Spatz, Carlos-Enrique Brandes
  • Patent number: D519835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Alcoa Deustschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Dubs, Siegfried Landskrone, Peter Seidel