Patents by Inventor Rudolf Topler

Rudolf Topler 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: 7438212
    Abstract: A container, in particular for free-flowing substances, comprising a blank (16) made of sheet-like, flexible material in particular cardboard, which can be folded at least to form part of the container, a first wall (1) and a second, adjacent wall (4) of the container, the walls (1, 4) being angled in relation to one another and being connected integrally to one another in the region of a common edge (5), it being the case that a weakening line (7) runs over each of the walls (1, 4) and surrounds the region of a reclosable pouring element (6), which is formed essentially from the material of the walls (1, 4), and that a line of inflection (15) passes through the pouring element (6), crossing over the edge (5) in the process, and divides the pouring element (6) into a pouring portion (6a) and an operating portion (6b). A container in which a greater number of opening and closing actions is made possible is provided in that the operating portion (6b) has a reinforcing element (9) in the region of the edge (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Wolfgang Barthel, Salvatore Fileccia, Ulf Arno Timmann, Rudolf Töpler, Thomas Binder
  • Publication number: 20080203142
    Abstract: A powder-tight packaging for a material, in particular for a powdered material, preferably a washing or cleaning powder, which packaging is constituted from at least one foldable cut piece that encompasses in continuous fashion, delimited by fold lines, at least one rear face (10), one front face (2), and two lateral faces (3) of the packaging, which cut piece is closed into a tubular shape in order to construct the packaging, and encompasses at least one top flap (5, 6, 7) and at least one bottom flap (13, 14, 15) for closing the bottom (12) and the top (1) and for constituting the bottom surface and top surface of the packaging, which are respectively adjacent, via fold lines, to lower and upper peripheries of the front face, the rear face, and/or the lateral faces, comprises a respectively octagonally embodied bottom surface (12) and top surface (1), the foldable cut piece encompassing additional side regions (4) which are arranged in such a way that in the closed tubular shape, one of the additional side
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Henkel KGaA
    Inventors: Barbara Grossmann, Wolfgang Barthel, Rudolf Topler
  • Publication number: 20080135607
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder-tight packaging for a good, particularly a powdery good, which has an inner frame and is formed from at least one folding blank that comprises at least one rear side (2), one front side (1) and two lateral sides (3, 4) of the packaging, these sides being attached to one another while being delimited by fold lines. In order to construct the packaging, the folding blank is closed to form tubular shape. The folding blank also has at least one top tab (8) and at least one bottom tab (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Henkel KGaA
    Inventors: Wolfgang Barthel, Barbara Grossmann, Eiko Hasse, Rudolf Topler
  • Publication number: 20070181657
    Abstract: A container, in particular for free-flowing substances, comprising a blank (16) made of sheet-like, flexible material in particular cardboard, which can be folded at least to form part of the container, a first wall (1) and a second, adjacent wall (4) of the container, the walls (1, 4) being angled in relation to one another and being connected integrally to one another in the region of a common edge (5), it being the case that a weakening line (7) runs over each of the walls (1, 4) and surrounds the region of a reclosable pouring element (6), which is formed essentially from the material of the walls (1, 4), and that a line of inflection (15) passes through the pouring element (6), crossing over the edge (5) in the process, and divides the pouring element (6) into a pouring portion (6a) and an operating portion (6b). A container in which a greater number of opening and closing actions is made possible is provided in that the operating portion (6b) has a reinforcing element (9) in the region of the edge (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang Barthel, Salvatore Fileccia, Ulf Timmann, Rudolf Topler, Thomas Bindner