Patents by Inventor Johann Koster

Johann Koster 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).

  • Publication number: 20240383670
    Abstract: A multi-pack for packs for products of the cigarette industry, and a corresponding device and a packaging method, wherein a plurality of packs for products of the cigarette industry is arranged in ordered formation and wherein the packs are wrapped in a blank made of packaging material as an outer casing. At least one filler piece is arranged, together with the packs, in the outer casing, wherein the filler piece is arranged opposite from a bottom side of the outer casing or from a bottom side of the packs, and wherein the bottom sides of the packs directly abut the inside of the bottom side of the outer casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Johann Köster
  • Patent number: 12084213
    Abstract: A method for strapping a group of packages, in particular for products of the cigarette industry, with a strip of packaging material, wherein the packages are brought together to form a cuboid group and are then strapped with at least one strip of packaging material. The at least one strip of packaging material is provided on one side with a preferably continuous layer of adhesive, and the group of packages is completely strapped with the at least one strip of packaging material, wherein the layer of adhesive is brought into direct contact with the packages of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Johann Köster
  • Patent number: 11878856
    Abstract: A packet for cigarette industry products, having a casing which at least partially surrounds a group of cigarette industry products as the packet content, wherein the casing is formed from a packaging material, and wherein folding tabs of the packaging material are connected to one another by seams, in which the casing is formed from a paper-based packaging material, and a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan Schnakenberg, Johann Köster
  • Publication number: 20230182942
    Abstract: A method for strapping a group of packages, in particular for products of the cigarette industry, with a strip of packaging material, wherein the packages are brought together to form a cuboid group and are then strapped with at least one strip of packaging material. The at least one strip of packaging material is provided on one side with a preferably continuous layer of adhesive, and the group of packages is completely strapped with the at least one strip of packaging material, wherein the layer of adhesive is brought into direct contact with the packages of the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Johann Köster
  • Publication number: 20220153509
    Abstract: A packet for cigarette industry products, having a casing which at least partially surrounds a group of cigarette industry products as the packet content, wherein the casing is formed from a packaging material, and wherein folding tabs of the packaging material are connected to one another by seams, in which the casing is formed from a paper-based packaging material, and a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan Schnakenberg, Johann Köster
  • Patent number: 8910782
    Abstract: A multipack having a plurality of cuboidal cigarette packs (13), which are partially surrounded by an outer wrapper (14) made of packaging material, the packs (13) being subject, in the region of base side faces (18) thereof, to subsequent application of tax markings (23), and the outer wrapper (14) not extending over the regions of the packs (13) at which the tax markings (23) are to be applied to corresponding faces of the packs (13), that is, not in or substantially not in the region of a base side (19) of the multipack (10), with the outer wrapper (14) being detachably connected to the packs (13) by glue points (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Johann Koster, Andre Hopf
  • Patent number: 7671333
    Abstract: An apparatus for observing a sample (1) with a TEM column and an optical high resolution scanning microscope (10). The sample position when observing the sample with the TEM column differs from the sample position when observing the sample with the optical microscope in that in the latter case the sample is tilted towards the light-optical microscope. By using an optical microscope of the scanning type, and preferably using monochromatic light, the lens elements (11) of the optical microscope facing the sample position can be sufficiently small to be positioned between the pole faces (8A, 8B) of the (magnetic) particle-optical objective lens (7). This is in contrast with the objective lens systems conventionally used in optical microscopes, which show a large diameter. Furthermore the optical microscope, or at least the parts (11) close to the sample, may be retractable so as to free space when imaging in TEM mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: FEI Company
    Inventors: Alexandra Valerievna Agronskaja, Hans Casper Gerritsen, Adrianus Johannes Verkleij, Abraham Johannes Koster
  • Publication number: 20080210869
    Abstract: An apparatus for observing a sample (1) with a TEM column and an optical high resolution scanning microscope (10). The sample position when observing the sample with the TEM column differs from the sample position when observing the sample with the optical microscope in that in the latter case the sample is tilted towards the light-optical microscope. By using an optical microscope of the scanning type, and preferably using monochromatic light, the lens elements (11) of the optical microscope facing the sample position can be sufficiently small to be positioned between the pole faces (8A, 8B) of the (magnetic) particle-optical objective lens (7). This is in contrast with the objective lens systems conventionally used in optical microscopes, which show a large diameter. Furthermore the optical microscope, or at least the parts (11) close to the sample, may be retractable so as to free space when imaging in TEM mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: FEI COMPANY
    Inventors: Hans Casper Gerritsen, Adrianus Johannes Verkleij, Alexandra Valerievna Agronskaja, Abraham Johannes Koster
  • Patent number: 7179215
    Abstract: In the production of packs with outer wrappers which have a tear-open strip (12), the latter of continuous material strips (18), for the purpose of severing the tear-open strips (12), are provided with printing, markings (24), etc. Moreover, the film webs (13) from which the outer wrappers are made also are preferably provided with markings, printing or printed marks (25). Sensing elements help to detect the relative positions of the tear-open strip (12) and the film webs (13) on account of the printing and the drive of the film web (13) and/or of the material strip (18) is controlled accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Martin Stiller, Johann Köster, Gerhard Westermann
  • Publication number: 20060054518
    Abstract: Employed in the manufacture of (cigarette) packs of the hinge-lid type, preferably as a multipack, is a blank comprising a main package blank (17) and a collar (15) connected thereto as a single piece. A resulting complete blank is processed according to the transverse enveloping principle. The collar (15) is connected to the package blank (17) by means of a marginal folding line (41) in the region of an outer box side tab (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Doris Focke, Jurgen Focke, Johann Koster, Martin Stiller
  • Patent number: 6688077
    Abstract: Apparatus for handling (cigarette) packs, in particular for transporting and sealing the same. (Cigarette) packs (10) coming from a packaging machine or a folding turret (11) are transported in the region of a sealing subassembly (22) by a pocket conveyor (26), laterally arranged sealing jaws (35, 36) sealing sideways-directed end walls during a standstill phase. The packs (10) are fed, via an intermediate conveyor (23), to an accumulating conveyor (24) and, finally, to a pushing-off station (25) for the formation of pack groups (55) which are to be pushed off transversely. By virtue of relative movement, the pack group (55) is separated off from a following line of packs (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Thomas Häfker, Johann Köster
  • Publication number: 20020065181
    Abstract: In the production of packs with outer wrappers which have a tear-open strip (12), the latter or continuous material strips (18), for the purpose of severing the tear-open strips (12), are provided with printing, markings (24), etc. Moreover, the film webs (13) are preferably provided with markings, printing or printed marks (25). Sensing elements help to detect the relative positions on account of said printing and the drive of the film web (13) and/or of the material strip (18) is controlled accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Martin Stiller, Johann Koster, Gerhard Westermann
  • Patent number: 6164041
    Abstract: Packaging a plurality of cuboid containers, such as cigarette packs, in a package that is larger than the containers is enabled by arranging the containers in an offset array in which adjacent sides of the containers are offset from each other by a predetermined amount. A blank of relatively stiff material is folded around the array to form the package. The amount the containers are offset in the array is the same amount by which the package sides are longer than the adjacent sides of the containers. This enables the array in effect to fill the package even though the containers themselves are smaller than the package. The invention is particularly useful for cigarette packs since it enables the same package blank to be used for different size cigarette packs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Focke & Co., (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Johann Koster
  • Patent number: 5858167
    Abstract: Sealing rollers (23, 24, 25) serve for connecting tear-open strips with a film web (10) by applying heat and pressure, the sealing rollers (23, 24, 25) resting against the film web (10) in the region of the tear-open strips. Opposite of the sealing rollers (23, 24, 25) there are positioned counter rollers which make it possible to transfer pressure by means of the sealing rollers (23 to 25). The sealing rollers (23 to 25) are heated, specifically by radiant heat from a heated housing (31), which serves as a carrier for the sealing rollers (23, 24, 25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Focke & Co., (GmbH & Co)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Johann Koster
  • Patent number: 5820330
    Abstract: A transport appliance (10) to be actuated manually serves for handling large-volume reels (11) of packaging material. This transport appliance (10) is equipped with a lifting mechanism (23) which in each case grasps a reel (11) with vertical positioning, specifically by means of carrier rods (24, 25) on the cylindrical circumferential surface. The lifting mechanism (23) is operated hydraulically by means of a vertical hydraulic cylinder (33) which is supplied with oil via a hydraulic pump (38) to be operated by hand, in order to raise the carrier rods (24, 25) together with the reel (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Johann Koster, Hugo Mutschall
  • Patent number: 5674571
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for the coating of liquids, particularly of colour markings, onto film webs or the like. A printing unit (16) serves for the transfer of especially small colour markings to film webs. In the printing unit (16), a dye roller (25) dips from above into a dye chamber (24) which is open at the top and takes up dye by means of a rotating movement. This dye flows constantly or intermittently through the dye chamber (24) which is dimensioned to be relatively small. The dye can be fed to the dye chamber (24) from a reservoir (43) via a feed conduit (45) or discharged from the dye chamber (24) to another reservoir via a discharge conduit (46). A further particularity consists in measures for the improvement of the proofness by sucking off dye residues on the dye roller (25) by means of suction conduits (74, 76).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Johann Koster
  • Patent number: 4387057
    Abstract: The invention is directed to new sulfur-containing diisocyanates in which a mercapto, sulfoxo or sulfone group joins two aromatic nuclei together or joins an aromatic nucleus to an aliphatic group and in which at least one of the aromatically bound isocyanate groups is in the ortho-position to the sulfur atom. The invention is also directed to a process for the preparation of these new sulfur-containing diisocyanates and to their use in the isocyanate polyaddition process for the production of polyurethanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jurgen Schwindt, Gerhard Grogler, Otto Ganster, Johannes Koster
  • Patent number: 4348536
    Abstract: The instant invention is directed to novel compounds and the use thereof in producing polyurethane resins. The compounds generally correspond to the following formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 5,R is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl groupY is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group or a ##STR2## and Z is a ##STR3## where n=0 or 1, X is --O-- or ##STR4## and R' is an aliphatic group having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms and may contain ester, ether, or amide groups or tertiary nitrogen and, when m=0, R' may be a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1982
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes Blahak, Hans Hubner, Johannes Koster, Hans J. Meiners, Heinz Thomas
  • Patent number: 4195031
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to an improved process for the continuous production of an aliphatic monoisocyanate from the corresponding N-alkyl carbamic acid aryl ester. More particularly, the invention is directed to a process for the continuous production of monoisocyanates corresponding to the formulaR--NCOin whichR represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms comprising thermally decomposing the corresponding N-alkylcarbamic acid aryl esters corresponding to the formulaR--NH--CO--O--R'in whichR has the meaning above andR' represents a radical of the type obtained by removing the hydroxyl group from a monophenol having a boiling point below 250.degree. C. at normal pressure, and separating the decomposition products by decomposition, further characterized in that(a) a solution of the N-alkylcarbamic acid aryl ester in an organic solvent, which solvent is inert under the reaction conditions and has a boiling point lying at least 20.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Reichmann, Klaus Konig, Johannes Koster
  • Patent number: 4195032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the continuous production of alkylmonoisocyanates from commercial solutions containing N-alkyl carbamic acid chlorides by thermally decomposing the N-alkyl carbamic acid chlorides in the presence of inert solvents, and recovering the pure monoisocyanates by distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes Koster, Peter Heitkamper, Peter Fuhrmann, Helmut Porkert