Patents by Inventor Hans-Richard Kiel

Hans-Richard Kiel 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: 7552835
    Abstract: Method of producing a multiple pack subdivided into at least two chambers separate from one another and each containing a product, characterized in that a first pack element having at least one chamber containing a first product is subjected to a first treatment process and is sealed, either previously or subsequently, and a second pack element having at least one chamber containing a second product is subjected to a second treatment process, which is different from the first, and is sealed, either previously or subsequently, and that the two pack elements are assembled into one unit to form the multiple pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Hans-Richard Kiel, Uwe Nehus, Bernard De Turckheim
  • Patent number: 7527758
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a diffusion-tight plastic container with a bottom portion and a side wall portion, comprising the steps of: a) providing a planar, diffusion-tight film material, b) cutting a label out of the film material, the label having a bottom portion corresponding to the bottom portion of the plastic container and at least one side tab extending from it, corresponding to the side wall portion of the plastic container, c) preshaping the label in accordance with an outer surface of the plastic container, thereby forming overlapping areas, d) sealing the film material at the overlapping areas, as a result of which the label is shaped into the form of the film material body, e) placing the label into a mould having an inner surface corresponding to the outer surface of the plastic container to be manufactured, f) closing the mould, thus forming a mould cavity, the thickness of which corresponds to the thickness of the plastic container, and g) injecting plastic into the mould cavity and manufactur
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: MARS Incorporated
    Inventor: Hans-Richard Kiel
  • Publication number: 20050115204
    Abstract: Method of producing a multiple pack subdivided into at least two chambers separate from one another and each containing a product, characterized in that a first pack element having at least one chamber containing a first product is subjected to a first treatment process and is sealed, either previously or subsequently, and a second pack element having at least one chamber containing a second product is subjected to a second treatment process, which is different from the first, and is sealed, either previously or subsequently, and that the two pack elements are assembled into one unit to form the multiple pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Hans-Richard Kiel, Uwe Nehus, Bernard De Turckheim
  • Patent number: 6848591
    Abstract: Tray-like pack with a sealing rim passing round the removal opening for sealing on a sealing foil or film and a rolling rim radially outwardly connected to said sealing rim and at least in a partial area the rolling rim has a smaller height than in the remaining area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Hans-Richard Kiel, Bernard De Turckheim
  • Publication number: 20040067344
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a diffusion-tight plastic container with a bottom portion and a side wall portion, comprising the steps of: a) providing a planar, diffusion-tight film material, b) cutting a label out of the film material, the label having a bottom portion corresponding to the bottom portion of the plastic container and at least one side tab extending from it, corresponding to the side wall portion of the plastic container, c) preshaping the label in accordance with an outer surface of the plastic container, thereby forming overlapping areas, d) sealing the film material at the overlapping areas, as a result of which the label is shaped into the form of the film material body, e) placing the label into a mould having an inner surface corresponding to the outer surface of the plastic container to be manufactured, f) closing the mould, thus forming a mould cavity, the thickness of which corresponds to the thickness of the plastic container, and g) injecting plastic into the mould cavity and manufactur
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventor: Hans-Richard Kiel
  • Publication number: 20030155362
    Abstract: Tray-like pack with a sealing rim passing round the removal opening for sealing on a sealing foil or film and a rolling rim radially outwardly connected to said sealing rim and at least in a partial area the rolling rim has a smaller height than in the remaining area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Hans-Richard Kiel, Bernard De Turckheim
  • Patent number: 6430900
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a container sealed in sterile manner by a foil and which comprises a container body and at least one closure placed over the foil, wherein prior to the closure of the container with the closure, a foil is laminated on the side of the closure facing the container interior after closing. The closure container closed with the closure undergoes a heat treatment at a temperature adequate to bond the foil to the wall of the container body in the vicinity of the closure and so extensively detach it from the closure that during a subsequent removal of the closure the foil remains adhering to the container body and a container manufacturable by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Inventors: Jurgen Luttmann, Hans-Richard Kiel, Gebhard Kregel, Marco Schreiber