Patents by Inventor Marcel Oberholzer

Marcel Oberholzer 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: 12083577
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tear-off lid (27). A lid blank (9) is punched with a punching tool (1, 5) having a die (6) and a cutting punch (2, 3) to form a lid ring (8) with a central removal opening (17) surrounded by a sealing flange (18). The edge of the removal opening (17) is then formed by drawing to a collar (20) projecting from the sealing flange (18) on the intended inside of the lid (underside), the collar (20) is rolled up at its free end and a tear-off foil (24) is sealed or glued onto the sealing flange (18) on the intended outside of the lid (upper side). In accordance with the invention, the die (6) is arranged on the inner side (bottom) of the lid and the cutting punch (2, 3) is moved into the die (6) from the outer side (top) of the lid while punching out a punched pad (16) and the punched pad (16) is conveyed by compressed air through the die (6) to a conveyor (33) by means of which it is removed from the tool area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SOUDRONIC AG
    Inventors: Peter Gysi, Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20220395889
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tear-off lid (27). A lid blank (9) is punched with a punching tool (1, 5) having a die (6) and a cutting punch (2, 3) to form a lid ring (8) with a central removal opening (17) surrounded by a sealing flange (18). The edge of the removal opening (17) is then formed by drawing to a collar (20) projecting from the sealing flange (18) on the intended inside of the lid (underside), the collar (20) is rolled up at its free end and a tear-off foil (24) is sealed or glued onto the sealing flange (18) on the intended outside of the lid (upper side). In accordance with the invention, the die (6) is arranged on the inner side (bottom) of the lid and the cutting punch (2, 3) is moved into the die (6) from the outer side (top) of the lid while punching out a punched pad (16) and the punched pad (16) is conveyed by compressed air through the die (6) to a conveyor (33) by means of which it is removed from the tool area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Peter GYSI, Marcel OBERHOLZER
  • Patent number: 10610918
    Abstract: To manufacture a metal can having a tear-open lid and having a storage space for an object above the tear-open lid, the following procedure is used: first, a top edge of the can which has a smaller diameter than the inside diameter of the can body is formed, wherein a transition region (6) is formed. After the tear-open lid has been attached, this transition region is deep drawn so that the tear-open lid (2) is displaced towards the bottom (5) of the can. This produces the storage space. This procedure allows previously formed tear-open lids to be used, which safely guarantees the imperviousness of the seal of the tear-open lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SOUDRONIC AG
    Inventor: Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20200094308
    Abstract: A peel-off lid with a rolled-in section around the extraction opening is formed in such a way that before forming the rolled-in section a thin plastic strip is applied onto the collar of the lid ring. After forming the rolled-in section, the plastic strip is melted in order to reach a good adhesion of the plastic on the upper side and the underside of the peel-off lid in the rolled-in section. In this way it is possible to reach a practically hermetic sealing of the cutting edge of the peel-off lid in an inexpensive way and with the possibility to manufacture with high cadence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Taiana, Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20170327268
    Abstract: To manufacture a metal can having a tear-open lid and having a storage space for an object above the tear-open lid, the following procedure is used: first, a top edge of the can which has a smaller diameter than the inside diameter of the can body is formed, wherein a transition region (6) is formed. After the tear-open lid has been attached, this transition region is deep drawn so that the tear-open lid (2) is displaced towards the bottom (5) of the can. This produces the storage space. This procedure allows previously formed tear-open lids to be used, which safely guarantees the imperviousness of the seal of the tear-open lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventor: Marcel Oberholzer
  • Patent number: 9776761
    Abstract: To manufacture a metal can having a tear-open lid and having a storage space for an object above the tear-open lid, the following procedure is used: first, a top edge of the can which has a smaller diameter than the inside diameter of the can body is formed, wherein a transition region (6) is formed. After the tear-open lid has been attached, this transition region is deep drawn so that the tear-open lid (2) is displaced towards the bottom (5) of the can. This produces the storage space. This procedure allows previously formed tear-open lids to be used, which safely guarantees the imperviousness of the seal of the tear-open lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Soudronic AG
    Inventor: Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20160200477
    Abstract: To manufacture a metal can having a tear-open lid and having a storage space for an object above the tear-open lid, the following procedure is used: first, a top edge of the can which has a smaller diameter than the inside diameter of the can body is formed, wherein a transition region (6) is formed. After the tear-open lid has been attached, this transition region is deep drawn so that the tear-open lid (2) is displaced towards the bottom (5) of the can. This produces the storage space. This procedure allows previously formed tear-open lids to be used, which safely guarantees the imperviousness of the seal of the tear-open lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Soudronic AG
    Inventor: Marcel Oberholzer
  • Patent number: 8413834
    Abstract: A container (1) is provided with a tear-off lid (2) having a take out opening covered by a tear-off foil (25). The cut edge (3) of the take out opening is bent back into the chuck wall (34) area. By this the bare cut edge is protected by the connection of lid and container body. This connection can be provided by a seaming connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Soudronic AG
    Inventor: Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20130048614
    Abstract: Sealing disks (44) for producing peel-off lids comprising lid rings having a peel-off foil sealed onto the lid ring are produced in that an annular sealing part made of steel (54) is fastened on a main plate (53) made of copper, for example by electron-beam welding, whereupon the sealing part is hardened by laser hardening. In this way, a sealing disk having good thermal conductivity and high wear resistance can be favorably produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Soudronic AG
    Inventors: Francois Chevalley, Jürg Lanz, Marcel Oberholzer
  • Patent number: 8287220
    Abstract: In the area of manufacturing peel-off lids (28) out of lid rings with a peel-off foil (25) sealed on it, a part of the sealing surface (26) is bent up in the direction of the lid edge in order to tension the sealing surface with the peel-off foil. A clamping tool (30, 31) is provided in order to clamp the sealing surface with the peel-off foil and a pressing tool (35) in order to bend up the unclamped sealing surface section (26?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Soudronic AG
    Inventors: Marcel Oberholzer, Peter Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20110168713
    Abstract: In the area of manufacturing peel-off lids (28) out of lid rings with a peel-off foil (25) sealed on it, a part of the sealing surface (26) is bent up in the direction of the lid edge in order to tension the sealing surface with the peel-off foil. A clamping tool (30, 31) is provided in order to clamp the sealing surface with the peel-off foil and a pressing tool (35) in order to bend up the unclamped sealing surface section (26?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Soudronic AG
    Inventors: Marcel Oberholzer, Peter Schreiber
  • Patent number: 7975362
    Abstract: The invention relates to a processing device for covers (20), wherein processing stations are embodied as individual processing stations (47) provided with, respectively, one tool for one cover. Several of said stations work in parallel for the simultaneous processing of several covers. If need be, stations can also be used wherein several tools form groups which are functionally separate from each other. As a result, the processing precision and production speed of the objects can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Soundronic AG
    Inventors: Peter Gysi, Marcel Oberholzer
  • Patent number: 7810377
    Abstract: In a linear transport device (30) for tear-off lids (20), the latter are tested for the impermeability of the seal and the foil in a test device (9) that is integrated into the linear transport device. The lid is fixed between a pressure chamber (43) and a measuring chamber (47, 48, 49) in an airtight manner and a test pressure is applied to the lid from the underside. An air-permeable support (47) in the measuring chamber exerts pressure on the upper face of the lid and any increase in air pressure in the measuring chamber caused by a degree of permeability is detected and evaluated by a sensor (55). A burst test can be carried out in the same test device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Soudronic AG
    Inventors: Peter Gysi, Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20100183406
    Abstract: During the manufacturing of tear-open lids out of lid rings with a tear-open foil sealed on it, the tear-open foil having a tear-open tab, the tear-open tab is fixed by means of an adhesive surface which is applied onto the tape before stamping out the tear-open foil out of a band of this material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Soudronic AG
    Inventors: Peter Gysi, Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20090200302
    Abstract: Foil blanks are used in the packaging industry in the form of covering for metal lid rings. The invention relates to a method and processing machine for adhering a foil blank onto a lid ring comprising a first partial adhering step and a second completing adhering step, and the lid rings so formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Soudronic AG
    Inventors: Peter Gysi, Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20090044601
    Abstract: In a linear transport device (30) for tear-off lids (20), the latter are tested for the impermeability of the seal and the foil in a test device (9) that is integrated into the linear transport device. The lid is fixed between a pressure chamber (43) and a measuring chamber (47, 48, 49) in an airtight manner and a test pressure is applied to the lid from the underside. An air-permeable support (47) in the measuring chamber exerts pressure on the upper face of the lid and any increase in air pressure in the measuring chamber caused by a degree of permeability is detected and evaluated by a sensor (55). A burst test can be carried out in the same test device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Soudronic AG
    Inventors: Peter Gysi, Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20080223856
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lid ring (20?) for production of a tear-off lid, whereby a hot-sealing coating (62) is only applied to the edge (68) of the dispensing opening (25). A material saving is thus possible relative to conventional full-surface application. A coating different from the hot-sealing coating can form the lid ring surface outside the hot-sealing coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Soudronic AG
    Inventor: Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20080078766
    Abstract: A container (1) is provided with a tear-off lid (2) having a take out opening covered by a tear-off foil (25). The cut edge (3) of the take out opening is bent back into the chuck wall (34) area. By this the bare cut edge is protected by the connection of lid and container body. This connection can be provided by a seaming connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Soudronic AG
    Inventor: Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20080022632
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for taking heat images of heat sealed seams. Such seams are made in heat sealing stations and in particular when making covers or lids, respectively, for containers, being provided with a tear-off foil that closes the container up to the first use of its contents. For ascertaining the air-tightness of the heat sealed seam during manufacturing a heat image of the seam is taken while the seam is still hot. By evaluating the image it can be detected whether the temperature of the seam is within a range that assures a correct seam or has exceeded an upper or lower limit for the temperature which is indicative of a defective heat sealed seam. Defective objects can then be discarded based on the evaluation of the heat image. This test of the correctness of the heat sealing is much faster than a pressure differential test testing the actual air tightness of the seam and can thus be used in high speed manufacturing apparatus for covers or lids, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Soudronic AG
    Inventors: Peter Gysi, Marcel Oberholzer
  • Publication number: 20070113985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a processing device for covers (20), wherein processing stations are embodied as individual processing stations (47) provided with, respectively, one tool for one cover. Several of said stations work in parallel for the simultaneous processing of several covers. If need be, stations can also be used wherein several tools form groups which are functionally separate from each other. As a result, the processing precision and production speed of the objects can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: ELPATRONIC AG
    Inventors: Peter Gysi, Marcel Oberholzer