Patents by Inventor Heiko Eberhardt
Heiko Eberhardt 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).
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Patent number: 8403184Abstract: For acoustic sealing of a spray cap (7) for an aerosol can or spray can, the spray cap includes a push button (6) and a nap body (7a) and is provided with an acoustic seal (49) between the push button (6) and the cap body (7a). The acoustic seal (49) includes a sealing lip (8) on a rim (7b) of the cap body (7a) and another sealing lip (9) on an adjacent rim (6a) of the push button (6). A pleasing sound is produced when product is discharged from the aerosol or spray can by manually actuating the push button, since the push button (6) is configured integral with a spray channel (10) connecting a valve stem (11) with a discharge opening (3) provided in the cap body (7).Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Wella GmbHInventors: Heiko Eberhardt, Robert Goetz
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Patent number: 7854356Abstract: A spray cap, also known as an actuator overcap for an aerosol container, has an acoustic seal between the actuator button and the overcap. This acoustic seal is formed by a set of matching sealing lips on the actuator button and also on the overcap, such that they are both oriented horizontally. At rest, the sealing lip of the actuator button rests above the sealing lip of the overcap, but during actuation, the sealing lip of the actuator button deforms the sealing lip of the overcap, which both forms an acoustic seal during actuation and creates the force to return the sealing lip of the actuator button back to its original position after actuation is complete.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Wella AGInventor: Heiko Eberhardt
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Publication number: 20100044401Abstract: For the acoustic sealing of a spray cap, a cap 7 having a push button 6 is provided with a seal 49 between the push button 6 and the cap 7 in order to realize an acoustic sealing 49 of the cap 7. The push button 6 is here integrally constructed together with a spray channel 10 in order cheaply to produce an appropriate sound pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2005Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Heiko Eberhardt, Robert Goetz
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Patent number: 7523845Abstract: In order to acoustically seal a spray cap, a cap 7 is provided with a button 6 having an elastic connection 49 between button 6 and cap 7 in order to achieve an acoustic seal 49 of cap 7. In this context, seal 49 is designed as a crimped device. A hinge 5 of button 6 is formed in an analogously crimped manner in order to be able to actuate it together with seal 49 in a smooth-running manner.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Heiko Eberhardt
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Publication number: 20080251543Abstract: In order to seal a spray cap acoustically, a cap 7 with a button 6 is provided with an elastic connection 49 between the button 6 and the cap 7 so as to form an acoustic seal 49 of the cap 7. The seal 49 is designed as a folded arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2005Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: WELLA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Heiko Eberhardt, Franz Steigerwald, Robert Goetz
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Publication number: 20080035638Abstract: A cap (1) for a pressurized container (2) with an actuation button (3) arranged at the top, which is provided for discharging a metered spray or foam quantity of a product from a nozzle (4) or opening (4A) via a channel (5), wherein the channel (5) communicates with a short-stroke valve (6) of a valve disk (7) for the pressurized container (2) and the actuation button (3). The actuation button (3) communicates with an actuation protection device (8.1-8.4) for first-time activation. The cap (1) with the actuation button (3) has the shape of a protective cap (32) externally and exhibits an essentially closed surface. As an actuation protection device (8.1-8.4), the channel (5) is connected to a first reinforcement rib (22) in the lower, lateral area (9) in the proximity of the valve (6); said reinforcement rib (22) is connected to a lever (26) on the bottom end (24), wherein the lever (26) is connected to a start (25) of a first rib (10) via a predetermined breaking zone (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: Johannes Burghaus, Heiko Eberhardt, Hans Engeland, Franz Steigerwald
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Patent number: 7320417Abstract: In a container (1) with a reservoir (2), a product dispensing opening (3), and a device (4) for discharging the product contained in the reservoir (2) out through the product dispensing opening (3), a sound generator (5) or a noise damper (13) is provided on the container (1) and the sound generator (5) or the noise damper (13) is functionally connected to the discharge device (4) in order to generate a desired sound for a product discharge when dispensing the product. The desired sound is one that a consumer experiences as a positive sound.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2001Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Wella AGInventors: Heiko Eberhardt, Franz Steigerwald
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Publication number: 20070290007Abstract: In order to achieve a comfortable level of spray noise using a cap having a button and an angled spray channel, it is suggested that the spray channel be manufactured in one piece from elastic plastic, e.g., from TPE or TPU.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Heiko Eberhardt
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Publication number: 20070262095Abstract: In order to seal a spray cap acoustically, a cap (7) with a button (6) is provided with a seal (49) between the button (6) and the cap (7) so as to form an acoustic seal (49) of the cap (7). The seal (49) consists of a sealing lip (8) at the edge of the cap (7) and of a further sealing lip (9) at the edge of the button (6). The two sealing lips (8, 9) are oriented horizontally. The sealing lip (9) of the button (6) lies on the sealing lip (8) of the cap (7) when the button (6) is not actuated. Upon appropriate actuation of the button, the sealing lips (8, 9) are tensioned and, when their tension is subsequently released, they support a return pivoting movement of the button (6) to its uppermost position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2005Publication date: November 15, 2007Inventor: Heiko Eberhardt
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Publication number: 20070164056Abstract: In a container (1) with a reservoir (2), a product dispensing opening (3), and a device (4) for discharging the product contained in the reservoir (2) out through the product dispensing opening (3), a sound generator (5) or a noise damper (13) is provided on the container (1) and the sound generator (5) or the noise damper (13) is functionally connected to the discharge device (4) in order to generate a desired sound for a product discharge when dispensing the product. The desired sound is one that a consumer experiences as a positive sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2005Publication date: July 19, 2007Inventors: Heiko Eberhardt, Franz Steigerwald
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Publication number: 20070007309Abstract: In order to acoustically seal a spray cap, a cap 7 is provided with a button 6 having an elastic connection 49 between button 6 and cap 7 in order to achieve an acoustic seal 49 of cap 7. In this context, seal 49 is designed as a crimped device. A hinge 5 of button 6 is formed in an analogously crimped manner in order to be able to actuate it together with seal 49 in a smooth-running manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2005Publication date: January 11, 2007Inventor: Heiko Eberhardt
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Publication number: 20060219823Abstract: In order to attain a pleasant noise in the case of a spray conduit (10), especially one that is integrated in a cap (7) that has a button (6) and a 90° offset spray conduit (10), it is proposed that the spray conduit (10) have a texture on its inner surface that affects the discharge of a product so that a special discharge noise is achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventor: Heiko Eberhardt
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Publication number: 20060027595Abstract: In a container (1) with a reservoir (2), a product dispensing opening (3), and a device (4) for discharging the product contained in the reservoir (2) out through the product dispensing opening (3), a sound generator (5) or a noise damper (13) is provided on the container (1) and the sound generator (5) or the noise damper (13) is functionally connected to the discharge device (4) in order to generate a desired sound for a product discharge when dispensing the product. The desired sound is one that a consumer experiences as a positive sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2004Publication date: February 9, 2006Inventors: Heiko Eberhardt, Franz Steigerwald
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Publication number: 20040076651Abstract: Described is a cosmetic or dermatological agent in the form of a creamy permanent foam or in the form of a stable foamy cream which as a finished foam product is available in an appropriate container and can be dispensed therefrom. Preferred is a degree of foam-up of at least 10% and a density of the total mass of at the most 0.9 g/mL. The incorporated gas or the bubble structure produced remains stably contained in the mass even after storage of at least one week at room temperature (20° C.). The agent can be produced by preparing a liquid, foamable composition which at room temperature (20° C.) has a yield value, and subsequently or at the same time beating or foaming the composition with a gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Werner Brocks, Heiko Eberhardt, Axel Kalbfleisch, Karl-Heinz Kischka, Thomas Krause, Ernst Dieter Racky
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Publication number: 20030089734Abstract: In a container (1) with a reservoir (2), a product dispensing opening (3), and a device (4) for discharging the product contained in the reservoir (2) out through the product dispensing opening (3), a sound generator (5) or a noise damper (13) is provided on the container (1) and the sound generator (5) or the noise damper (13) is functionally connected to the discharge device (4) in order to generate a desired sound for a product discharge when dispensing the product. The desired sound is one that a consumer experiences as a positive sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventors: Heiko Eberhardt, Franz Steigerwald
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Patent number: 6305578Abstract: A compressed gas container apparatus having at least two compressed gas containers disposed side by side, each for one foamable liquid product which contains a liquidified propellant gas, wherein both compressed gas containers are each provided with a valve; both valves are actuatable in common by a top fitting, and each valve is provided through the top fitting with a connecting conduit; the connecting conduits discharge into a mixing chamber and an expansion conduit adjoins the mixing chamber and on its end has a foam dispensing opening; wherein the connecting conduits and the mixing chamber have such small cross-sectional areas that when a product is dispensed, the products flowing through the connecting conduits and the mixing chamber remain in a liquid phase.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2000Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: Wella AktiengesellshaftInventors: Bodo Hildebrandt, Johannes Burghaus, Heiko Eberhardt, Udo Kohn, Joerg Mayer