Patents by Inventor Henry Buse
Henry Buse 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: 11905092Abstract: A pack for products of the cigarette industry, having an outer pack which is made from a dimensionally stable material and is configured as a flip pack having a box part and a lid, and having at least one cuboid inner pack which is made from a dimensionally stable material, is disposed in the outer pack and encloses the products on all sides, the inner pack having a closure means which prior to the initial use of the inner pack closes a retrieval opening for retrieving individual products which extends at least in an end-side region of the inner pack, preferably additionally extends in a front-side region of the inner pack, and which is able to be converted from the state closing the retrieval opening to a state releasing the retrieval opening, with the closure means being composed of a dimensionally stable material, such as coated cardboard.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Christoph Schneider, Henry Buse
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Patent number: 11827438Abstract: A tamper-evident, child-proof package having an outer package and having an inner package, the inner package being at least partially received in the outer package, and the inner package for opening and closing the package being disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer package, and the package has at least one securing structure as an anti-tamper feature for impeding or preventing the opening of the package, or the access to the products disposed in the inner package. The at least one securing structure is effective between the inner package and the outer package so as to impede or prevent the inner package being displaced in the outer package in order for the package to be opened.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Irmin Steinkamp, Henry Buse, Gisbert Engel, Viktor Hein
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Patent number: 11820573Abstract: A tamper-evident, child-proof package, having an outer package and having an inner package, the inner package being at least partially received in the outer package, and the inner package for opening and closing the package being disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer package, and the package has at least one securing structure as an anti-tamper feature for impeding or preventing the opening of the package, or the access to the products disposed in the inner package. The at least one securing structure is effective between the inner package and the outer package so as to impede or prevent the inner package being displaced in the outer package in order for the package to be opened.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Irmin Steinkamp, Henry Buse, Gisbert Engel, Viktor Hein
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Publication number: 20230016379Abstract: A tamper-evident package, in particular child-proof package, having an outer package and having an inner package, wherein the inner package is at least partially received in the outer package, and wherein the inner package for opening and closing the package is disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer package, and wherein the package as an anti-tamper feature has at least one securing means for impeding or preventing the opening of the package, or the access to the products disposed in the inner package. The at least one securing means is effective between the inner package and the outer package so as to impede or prevent the inner package being displaced in the outer package in order for the package to be opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Irmin Steinkamp, Henry Buse, Gisbert Engel, Viktor Hein
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Publication number: 20230009428Abstract: A tamper-evident package, in particular child-proof package, having an outer package and having an inner package, wherein the inner package is at least partially received in the outer package, and wherein the inner package for opening and closing the package is disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer package, and wherein the package as an anti-tamper feature has at least one securing means for impeding or preventing the opening of the package, or the access to the products disposed in the inner package. The at least one securing means is effective between the inner package and the outer package so as to impede or prevent the inner package being displaced in the outer package in order for the package to be opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Irmin Steinkamp, Henry Buse, Gisbert Engel, Viktor Hein
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Publication number: 20230002135Abstract: A pack for products of the cigarette industry, having an outer pack which is made from a dimensionally stable material and is configured as a flip pack having a box part and a lid, and having at least one cuboid inner pack which is made from a dimensionally stable material, is disposed in the outer pack and encloses the products on all sides, the inner pack having a closure means which prior to the initial use of the inner pack closes a retrieval opening for retrieving individual products which extends at least in an end-side region of the inner pack, preferably additionally extends in a front-side region of the inner pack, and which is able to be converted from the state closing the retrieval opening to a state releasing the retrieval opening, with the closure means being composed of a dimensionally stable material, such as coated cardboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Christoph Schneider, Henry Buse
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Patent number: 11505346Abstract: A packaging machine for producing packs with a group of cigarettes as pack content, having individual manufacturing units which are arranged adjacent to one another on a manufacturing line and which are (non-destructively) separable from one another in each case in the region of or along (imaginary) parting planes between them and are removable from the manufacturing line as required, wherein the packaging machine can be converted from a first configuration, in which a first pack type can be manufactured, into a second configuration, in which a second pack type which differs from the first pack type can be manufactured, by removing at least one separable manufacturing unit from the manufacturing line, by replacing at least one separable manufacturing unit with another separable manufacturing unit and/or by adding at least one further separable manufacturing unit to the manufacturing line.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Michael Schlenker, Henry Buse
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Patent number: 11447320Abstract: A cigarette pack in the form of a sealing pack consisting of an inner pack and an outer pack in the form of a hinge-lid box. An opening aid of the inner pack is provided with a removal opening which is formed as an open recess as a result of punching during the production of a blank for the inner pack, in particular in the region of a continuous material web. Said removal opening, which is free right from the start, is closed by a closure tab which is able to be opened and closed multiple times on account of a corresponding glue connection. The closure tab is preferably connected permanently to the inside of a lid front wall of the outer pack by means of an actuating tab.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventor: Henry Buse
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Patent number: 11279542Abstract: A cigarette pack with an outer pack in the embodiment as a hinge lid box and with an inner pack as a sealed block is provided with an opening tab for the inner pack and with a closure label for actuating the opening tab. The closure label is fixed on the inner side of a lid front wall by means of an actuating tab and is movable with the lid into the opening position. Pressure members cause the closure label to be pressed with regions of glue onto the inner side of the lid front wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Henry Buse, Hans Schönberger, Michael Schlenker
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Publication number: 20210171227Abstract: A packaging machine for producing packs with a group of cigarettes as pack content, having individual manufacturing units which are arranged adjacent to one another on a manufacturing line and which are (non-destructively) separable from one another in each case in the region of or along (imaginary) parting planes between them and are removable from the manufacturing line as required, wherein the packaging machine can be converted from a first configuration, in which a first pack type can be manufactured, into a second configuration, in which a second pack type which differs from the first pack type can be manufactured, by removing at least one separable manufacturing unit from the manufacturing line, by replacing at least one separable manufacturing unit with another separable manufacturing unit and/or by adding at least one further separable manufacturing unit to the manufacturing line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Michael Schlenker, Henry Buse
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Patent number: 10865037Abstract: A cigarette pack, having an inner pack for pack contents, in particular for a group of cigarettes, and having an outer pack, preferably in the form of a hinge/lid pack, wherein the inner pack which preferably directly encases the pack contents has lateral walls made of cardboard, which are formed by overlapping lateral tabs of a blank for the inner pack. The invention is characterized in that end corner tabs, which are arranged on both sides of a lid wall of the inner pack, have a respective substantially V-shaped design, and in that each of the end corner tabs is arranged between inner lateral tabs and outer lateral tabs of the lateral walls of the inner pack.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Thomas Häfker, Christoph Schneider, Henry Buse
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Patent number: 10766688Abstract: A cigarette pack in the form of a sealing pack consisting of an inner pack in the form of a foil block and an outer pack in the form of a hinge-lid box. An opening aid of the foil block is provided with a removal opening which is formed as an open recess as a result of punching during the production of a blank for the foil block, in particular in the region of a continuous foil web. Said removal opening, which is free right from the start, is closed by a closure tab which is able to be opened and closed multiple times on account of a corresponding glue connection. The closure tab is preferably connected permanently to the inside of a lid front wall of the outer pack by means of an actuating tab.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventor: Henry Buse
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Patent number: 10710760Abstract: An aroma-tight cigarette pack with an outer pack (12) configured in the form of a hinge-lid box, and also with an inner pack (11) configured in the form of a sealed block with an opening aid which can be used a number of times. The opening aid has a removal opening (51) which extends in a sub-region of an inner front wall (39) and of an adjacent inner end wall (41) and is covered over by a closure label (54) with an adhesively bonding connecting periphery (55). The inner pack (11) has closure seams (37) which are designed in the form of fin seams.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventor: Henry Buse
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Patent number: 10633169Abstract: A cigarette pack with an outer pack (10) in the embodiment as a hinge lid box and with an inner pack (11) as a sealed block is provided with an opening tab (21) for the inner pack (11) and with a closure label (23) for actuating the opening tab (21). The closure label (23) is fixed on the inner side of a lid front wall (34) by means of an actuating tab (28) and is movable with the lid (30) into the opening position. Pressure members (45, 46) cause the closure label (23) to be pressed with regions of glue onto the inner side of the lid front wall (34).Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Henry Buse, Hans Schönberger, Michael Schlenker
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Patent number: 10414580Abstract: A cigarette pack having a foil block as an inner pack and a hinge-lid box as an outer pack is configured with an opening aid for the foil block, in which a closure tab for exposing a retrieval opening of the foil block is connected with a lid inner flap as part of the lid front wall. The lid inner flap is movable or pivotable, respectively. A relative movement of the lid inner flap takes place so as to be tuned to the opening procedure of the closure tab when the lid is opened.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Henry Buse, Christoph Schneider, Viktor Hein, Jan Schnakenberg
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Publication number: 20190218021Abstract: A cigarette pack in the form of a sealing pack consisting of an inner pack and an outer pack in the form of a hinge-lid box. An opening aid of the inner pack is provided with a removal opening which is formed as an open recess as a result of punching during the production of a blank for the inner pack, in particular in the region of a continuous material web. Said removal opening, which is free right from the start, is closed by a closure tab which is able to be opened and closed multiple times on account of a corresponding glue connection. The closure tab is preferably connected permanently to the inside of a lid front wall of the outer pack by means of an actuating tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventor: Henry Buse
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Publication number: 20190185252Abstract: The invention relates to a cigarette pack, having an inner pack (12) for pack contents, in particular for a group of cigarettes (11), and having an outer pack (13), preferably in the form of a hinge/lid pack, wherein the inner pack (12) which preferably directly encases the pack contents has lateral walls made of (thin) cardboard (50), which are formed by overlapping lateral tabs (51, 52, 53) of a blank (33) for the inner pack (12). The invention is characterized in that end corner tabs (55), which are arranged on both sides of a lid wall (37) of the inner pack (12), have a respective substantially V-shaped design, and in that each of the end corner tabs (55) is arranged between inner lateral tabs (51) and outer lateral tabs (52, 53) of the lateral walls (50) of the inner pack (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Thomas Häfker, Christoph Schneider, Henry Buse
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Publication number: 20180346235Abstract: A cigarette pack having a foil block as an inner pack and a hinge-lid box as an outer pack is configured with an opening aid for the foil block, in which a closure tab for exposing a retrieval opening of the foil block is connected with a lid inner flap as part of the lid front wall. The lid inner flap is movable or pivotable, respectively. A relative movement of the lid inner flap takes place so as to be tuned to the opening procedure of the closure tab when the lid is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Henry Buse, Christoph Schneider, Viktor Hein, Jan Schnakenberg
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Publication number: 20180334316Abstract: A cigarette pack in the form of a sealing pack consisting of an inner pack in the form of a foil block and an outer pack in the form of a hinge-lid box. An opening aid of the foil block is provided with a removal opening which is formed as an open recess as a result of punching during the production of a blank for the foil block, in particular in the region of a continuous foil web. Said removal opening, which is free right from the start, is closed by a closure tab which is able to be opened and closed multiple times on account of a corresponding glue connection. The closure tab is preferably connected permanently to the inside of a lid front wall of the outer pack by means of an actuating tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventor: Henry Buse
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Patent number: 9889983Abstract: The invention relates to a (cigarette) package consisting of an outer package (10) and two inner packages (11, 12). The latter can be moved by a pivoting movement about a respective articulation joint in the region of an outer base wall (40) out of the closed position (upright within the outer package (10)) into an oblique open position. To this end a covering tab (28) which closes off the cup-shaped inner package (11, 12) on the upper face is automatically moved out of the closed position, such that the oblique inner package (11, 12) is ready for the removal of the contents of the packaging.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: JT International S.A.Inventors: Henry Buse, Viktor Hein, Burkard Roesler