Patents Issued in January 4, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240002101
    Abstract: A container for an alcoholic beverage, the container being formed of a laminated body provided with a substrate layer containing paper, a barrier layer, and a sealant film in this order from the outside, and having a resin layer containing zinc oxide particles provided further to the inside than the barrier layer. Also an alcoholic beverage-containing container comprising the container for an alcoholic beverage, and an alcoholic beverage that is accommodated in the container for an alcoholic beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke YAMAGUCHI, Masafumi HORIUCHI, Makoto TOKUNAGA, Haruno MURAYAMA, Masatoshi YAGI
  • Publication number: 20240002102
    Abstract: A cask lid and cask assembly system are provided. The cask lid includes a first cast lid plate and a second cask lid plate to allow for stack-ability of multiple casks. The cask assembly system includes a mount base, a pivot device, and an insertion board to allow for efficient production of multiple casks. A bottom disk, a center ring and a top ring of a cask are inserted into the cask assembly system where a plurality of staves are fixed. A pivot device of the cask assembly system enables the cask to rotate while fixing the staves. The cask lid is placed over the opening of the cask and is reversible to allow for multiple casks to be stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Blue Spruce Crafts
    Inventor: Sylvan Stoltzfus
  • Publication number: 20240002103
    Abstract: A container for holding bulk solids, the container including a tubular body extending at least partially around an interior of the container to form a tubular body having a top end and a bottom end, at least one sealing member positioned in the interior of the container spaced away from each of the top end and the bottom end of the tubular body, the at least one sealing member sealably engaging at least a portion of the tubular body, a reclosable lid attached to the top end of the tubular body to form a closed top end of the container, the reclosable lid comprising pulp fibers, and a bottom plate attached to the bottom end of the tubular body to form a closed bottom end of the container, the bottom plate comprising pulp fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Anna Naukkarinen
  • Publication number: 20240002104
    Abstract: A container (100) and a method of fabricating a container are described. The container comprises a junction member (200) and a first compartment (300). The junction member comprises a junction member planar portion (202) surrounded on a periphery by a junction member band portion (204). The junction member band portion (204) comprises one or more extensions (212) projecting inward from the junction member band portion (204) between the junction member planar portion (202) and the first end (206). The first compartment (300) comprises a first compartment storage portion (302) comprising silicone and a first compartment band (304) positioned around a mouth end (306) of the first compartment storage portion. The mouth end comprises a mouth lip (310) configured to be sealingly retained between the junction member planar portion (202) and the one or more extensions of the junction member (212).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: THE MERVEILLE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Debra JONES
  • Publication number: 20240002105
    Abstract: A container for storing a beverage includes a vessel for storing the beverage, a lid removably attachable to the vessel, and a sleeve attached to an exterior of the vessel. The sleeve is moveable between a first position and second position with respect to the vessel. The sleeve includes a first visual indicator of contents of the vessel, and the exterior of the vessel includes a second visual indicator of the contents. While the sleeve is in the first position, the first visual indicator is visible and the second visual indicator is not visible. While the sleeve is in the second position, both the first visual indicator and the second visual indicator are visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Rory O'Donnell
  • Publication number: 20240002106
    Abstract: A paint roller pad storage device is disclosed as a specialized plastic bag for keeping a paint roller pad wet over the course of multiple days. The bag helps preserve the paint and prevent the roller pad from drying out. The paint roller pad storage device comprises a body component with opposing ends. One end is open for receiving the wet paint roller pad and the opposing end is sealed closed to prevent excessive air leaks. The body component would measure approximately 5 inches by 18 inches and would have a bag volume of approximately 0.65 ml to 0.75 ml.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Anthony Berg
  • Publication number: 20240002107
    Abstract: A reclosable container for fluid products is provided. The reclosable container has a containment body provided with a neck ending in a dispensing mouth, and a closure member having a gripping element beneath which lies a stopper tip for closing the dispensing mouth and a removable collar associated with the gripping element along a preestablished break area and rigidly attachable to the neck. In a closed configuration, the dispensing mouth is completely covered by the closure member so that it is not possible for a user's fingers to come into contact with the dispensing mouth when opening the container, avoiding contamination of calibrated drops of the fluid products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Luigi BISIO
  • Publication number: 20240002108
    Abstract: A one-piece paper lid and container system using the one-piece paper lid is provided herein. The one-piece paper lid comprises base having a central portion and peripheral portion, and a circumferential bead disposed adjacent the peripheral portion of the base. The circumferential bead is radially extendable between an inward position defining a first inner diameter and an outward position defining a second inner diameter. The one-piece paper lid further comprises a skirt extending downward from the circumferential bead. The skirt comprises an outer sidewall, an inner sidewall and an upwardly extending curl connecting the outer sidewall and the inner sidewall, wherein the inner sidewall comprises an inner protrusion extending radially inward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Felix Kettner
  • Publication number: 20240002109
    Abstract: A closure (1) for a container, comprising: a first part (2); a second part (3) relatively movable to the first part (2) to move GC between a closed condition, in which an opening (21) of the closure (1) is covered, and an open condition, in which the opening (21) is uncovered; and a tamper evidence element (5) that is, on the one hand, connected to the second part (3) by a frangible connection (51) and that is, on the other hand, arranged to be withheld relative to the first part (2) such that, as the second part (3) moves with an opening motion relative to the first part (2) from the closed condition to the open condition, the opening motion ruptures the frangible connection (51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: SOPHIA BRANDAO, LUIS FERNANDO RUEDA
  • Publication number: 20240002110
    Abstract: This invention relates to a latch for selectively binding lower and upper portions of a container. The latch includes a base having a front face, a rear face, a connected end, and a selectively engageable binding end. The rear face further includes an upward hook, a downward hook, and a binding tooth. The latch is characterized in that the upward hook and the downward hook are configured to engage the lower portion of the container and permit both axial and pivotal movement of latch. The axial movement is between an upward position and a low profile position The pivotal movement is about the connected end such that binding end can move between a disengaged and an engaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jin-Chi Huang, Hui-Ling Teng, Xiang-Kai Hsu, Fu-Yao Cheng, Shun-Chi Yang, Wan-Chiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20240002111
    Abstract: A dispensing closure for a flowable product is provided. The closure comprises a dispensing channel having a dispensing orifice, and a separate flow control member movable with respect to the dispensing channel. The flow control member is movable from a sealed position in which it prevents product flow through the dispensing orifice and an unsealed position in which fluid can flow around and/or within the flow control member to reach the dispensing orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Martin BULL
  • Publication number: 20240002112
    Abstract: A magnetic suction structure of a vacuum cup, having a mounting piece, a pivot piece and a cup lid; the vacuum cup has a water outlet; the mounting piece is mounted on a periphery of the water outlet; the pivot piece is rotatably connected with the mounting piece; the pivot piece has a through hole; when the pivot piece is rotated to close against the mounting piece to achieve a close state, the through hole sleeves the water outlet; when the pivot piece is rotated away from the mounting piece to achieve an open state, the pivot piece and the mounting piece are magnetically engaged; the cup lid is rotatably mounted in the through hole and in threaded connection with the water outlet. The vacuum cup ensures good sealing effect, prevents the cup lid from falling down, and thus enhances user's experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Jiasong LI
  • Publication number: 20240002113
    Abstract: A container having a canister can be configured to retain a volume of liquid. The canister can be sealed by a lid structure, and the lid structure can have a spout opening. The spout opening may be sealed by a removably-coupled cap. Further, the cap may have a magnetic top surface configured to magnetically couple to a recess on the top surface of the lid for temporary storage of the cap when manually removed from the spout opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, John Alan Tolman, Steve Nichols
  • Publication number: 20240002114
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a container lid with vent holes that are blocked for storage but automatically unblocked when a container attached to the container lid is heated. The heating of the container lid causes the pressure to build in the container, which pushes up an upper portion of the container lid. When the upper portion of the container lid is pushed up, the vent holes are unblocked and enable air or vapor to escape through the vent holes. In this way, the container lid may seal the container during storage but enables automatic venting during the heating of the container to prevent buildup of excessive pressure within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Pyo Kim, Yong Hyun Kyung
  • Publication number: 20240002115
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device with at least one compartment and a closable lid arranged above the compartment, wherein the compartment has partition elements which form separate storage areas in the compartment which are open upwards in the direction of the lid. The device has a transport system with at least one cover plate which is designed as a slider and is mounted so as to be displaceable in a transport direction, the slider extending transversely to the transport direction over the entire width of the compartment and overall covering part of the storage regions of the compartment. It is essential that the slider is slidably mounted in a free space between the at least one compartment and the at least one lid in the transport direction, and at least two slider plates are arranged on the slider and overlap with the slider and are slidably mounted relative thereto in the transport direction of the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Ilya Chernykh
  • Publication number: 20240002116
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly that includes: a container consisting of a neck fitted with a clamping collar, and a capping device that includes: a lower ring (9), a cap (1); an articulation device (10) that connects the cap (1) to the lower ring (9); and a locking device configured to lock the cap (1) in the tilted open position, said locking device consisting of a strip (23) and a protruding portion (24) axially protruding from the bottom ring (9); the strip (23) and the protruding portion (24) being configured in such a way that, when the cap (1) is in the titled open position, the protruding portion (24) is held between the strip (23) and the locking clamping collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Javier Berroa Garcia
  • Publication number: 20240002117
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for a packaging seal and packaging enclosure. An apparatus includes a packaging seal having a thickness with a top surface and a bottom surface, a length having a proximal end and a distal end, and a width in a direction orthogonal to the length. The apparatus further includes a protective layer having a first adhesive layer substantially covering a bottom surface of the protective layer, and a seal layer having an anchor portion attached to a top surface and a proximal end of the protective layer, a cutting portion extending from the anchor portion to a flap portion, and the flap portion extending from the cutting portion toward the distal end of the packaging seal and having a second adhesive layer substantially covering a bottom surface of the flap portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Robert J. Kapinos, Scott Li, Russell Speight VanBlon, Robert James Norton, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240002118
    Abstract: A laminate and a method for preparing a laminate are provided. The method comprises the steps of providing a container or sheet which comprises a fibrous material, disposing a primer composition onto at least one surface of the container or sheet to form a primer layer on the container or sheet, and also disposing a polymeric liner film onto a surface of the primer layer to form a lined container or sheet. The primer composition comprises at least one sulfopolyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Mark Dawes, Erik Nelson, Stephen Franzyshen
  • Publication number: 20240002119
    Abstract: Provided herein are packaging systems suitable for storing products, such as food products. The packaging systems are made up of multilayer film constructions that provide controlled release of an active agent at a point in time that is past the manufacturing of the packaging systems but coincides with their functional use (e.g., at the food packaging step). The multilayer film constructions have a composition that is sensitive to humidity, which converts the constructions from a barrier to a transmitter of the active agent loaded within multilayer film constructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SoFresh, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. BELIAS, Toby R. THOMAS, David V. DOBRESKI
  • Publication number: 20240002120
    Abstract: Sheet packaging has a corrugated ply bonded to a backing ply. The corrugated ply forms parallel flutes. The packaging comprises voids through both the corrugated ply and the backing ply at intervals along the flutes, thereby forming a plurality of insular portions interconnected by flexures. Each insular portion has a flute portion and a backing portion between adjacent voids and bonded together at respective edges and each flexure comprises bonded-together portions of the corrugated ply and the backing ply. The flexures confer hyper flexibility to the packaging wherein each flexure possesses an independent bend axis across which the flexure can both be twisted and bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Gregory SIMMONS
  • Publication number: 20240002121
    Abstract: A tobacco industry product container suitable for storing products for oral use. The container includes a composite material being a combination of at least a first material and a second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Martin LIDSTRAND, Richard SVENSSON, Pankaj PATEL
  • Publication number: 20240002122
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more articles. The carton comprises a side wall and a top portion formed in part by a top wall panel and an upper end closure panel hinged to the top wall panel along a first end edge thereof. A carrying handle is defined in the top portion. A gusset panel is hinged to the upper end closure panel along a first side edge. An anchor panel is hinged to the gusset panel and to the side wall. The anchor panel is folded into a face to face relationship with the side panel so as to secure the upper end closure panel in a closed condition. A handle-reinforcing structure is disposed at least in part about the carrying handle. The handle-reinforcing structure is coupled to the anchor panel by two or more connecting panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Julien MERZEAU
  • Publication number: 20240002123
    Abstract: A lid material for PTP contains a polypropylene-based resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 2.0×105 to 3.5×105 and has an enthalpy of crystal fusion of 70 J/g or more as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi ASANO, Motoki KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240002124
    Abstract: A container including: an inner container having a nozzle portion that discharges loaded content; an outer container that is tubular, is formed of a hard resin, contains the inner container, and has an outer peripheral wall in which an opening portion is formed; a pressing portion formed of an elastomer, provided at the outer peripheral wall, and covering the opening portion; and a cap that is attachable to and removable from the outer container, and that covers the nozzle portion that projects out from the outer container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hideki NAKAGAWA, Takashi HORIE, Masaru MATSUMOTO, Yuuki HAYAKAWA, Noriaki DATE
  • Publication number: 20240002125
    Abstract: The present invention provides a slushy cup capable of realizing quick heat exchange. The slushy cup capable of realizing quick heat exchange includes an inner core, an outer cup body, and a sealing connection sleeve sleeving the outer cup body, wherein the sealing connection sleeve stores a refrigerant in an interlayer in a sealing manner through multi-layer sealing, and convex ribs are distributed on an outer circumferential side wall of a main body portion of the inner core, thereby increasing a contact area of heat exchange and enhancing the strength of an outer wall of the inner core. Through full contact between the convex ribs on an outer surface of the inner core and the refrigerant, cold energy of the refrigerant in the interlayer is quickly conducted to a drink in the inner core to quickly cool the drink into a slushy drink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Haiyan ZOU
  • Publication number: 20240002126
    Abstract: A reconfigurable inner support structure for holding and displaying an article. The inner support structure includes at least two parts having positions or angles changeable relative to each other. Reconfiguration of the inner support structure refers to a transformation between a manufacturing configuration and a use configuration, and is formed by a change in the relative position or angle between the at least two parts of the inner support structure. In the manufacturing configuration, the inner support structure is free of an undercut structure. In the use configuration, the inner support structure includes an undercut structure for securing an article and preventing the article from being removed from the inner support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Xuefeng Jiao, Kathi Bettina Ballmaier
  • Publication number: 20240002127
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the fields of packaging, transportation, and storage of temperature-sensitive materials, such as biological and/or pharmaceutical products. Various aspects of such packaging, transportation, and storage are provided herein for ultra-low temperature materials useful for the treatment and/or prevention of disease. The present disclosure also provides packaging materials, methods of transportation, and methods of storage for maintaining biological and/or pharmaceutical materials at ultra-low temperatures in order to maintain the integrity of the materials. The present disclosure further relates to the field of RNA to prevent or treat coronavirus infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Marjoh Nauta, Dirk Jozef Peeters, Tom Frank Steven Van Doorslaer, Advait Vijay Badkar, Ramin Darvari, Nicholas William Warne, James Jean, Danny Pierre G. Hendrikse, Ugur Sahin, Alptekin Güler, Andreas Kuhn, Alexander Muik, Annette Vogel, Kerstin Walzer, Sonja Witzel, Stephanie Hein, Özlem Türeci
  • Publication number: 20240002128
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a container lid with vent holes that are blocked for storage but automatically unblocked when a container attached to the container lid is heated. The heating of the container lid causes the pressure to build in the container, which pushes up an upper portion of the container lid. When the upper portion of the container lid is pushed up, the vent holes are unblocked and enable air or vapor to escape through the vent holes. In this way, the container lid may seal the container during storage but enables automatic venting during the heating of the container to prevent buildup of excessive pressure within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Pyo Kim, Yong Hyun Kyung
  • Publication number: 20240002129
    Abstract: To provide a set for microwave heating that is capable of giving a crispy texture to a food by using a heating element configured to generate heat by microwave irradiation and is capable of maintaining softness of a portion in a surface of a food other than a fried face if any, and to provide a package including the set for microwave heating and an outer packaging bag configured to accommodate the set for microwave heating. Provided is a set for microwave heating, comprising: a tray; a food accommodated in the tray; and a heating laminate comprising a heating element configured to generate heat by microwave irradiation, and a substrate, wherein the heating laminate is disposed in such a way that the heating element side faces the food, and the substrate is laminated on a face of the heating element, the face being opposite to another face of the heating element, the another face being to be or come in contact with the food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Kaoru HOSOKAWA, Yasuhiro ABE
  • Publication number: 20240002130
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adjustable beverage container holder. The beverage container holder may include a housing and a plurality of deformable bands. The housing may include a bottom end, a top end opposite the bottom end having a container receiving opening, and a wall extending between the top and bottom ends. The wall may include an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion. The outer wall portion and inner wall portion may be rotatable relative to one another. The plurality of deformable bands may extend between corresponding sets of upper band mounts and lower band mounts. The lower band mounts may be disposed on a lower portion of the outer wall portion and the upper band mounts may be disposed on an upper portion of the inner wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Gabriel Reese Webb
  • Publication number: 20240002131
    Abstract: A beverage container insulation system for beverage containers comprises a base and a corresponding top which is hingedly attached thereto. An attachment element on the top magnetically couples with an attachment element integrated on the base, permitting retention of the top out of the way of a user seeking to drink from a beverage container contained in the system. The system can be manufactured of pliable insulated foam or other materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Bradley LeDrew
  • Publication number: 20240002132
    Abstract: Sleeves for containers (e.g., cups), and methods of manufacturing such sleeves, are disclosed. The sleeves are configured to be utilized as a thermal protective and liquid absorbent container/cup sleeve, or as a napkin, towel or the like. The sleeves are selectively manually configurable between the container/cup sleeve and napkin configurations. When configured as a container/cup sleeve, the sleeve is formed of at least one sheet of material that is freely folded into an annular shape with an inner cavity adapted to receive a cup container/cup therein, and to engage with an outer periphery of the container/cup. The sheet of material is adapted to provide thermal protection, and is liquid absorbent. In the sleeve configuration, one end portion of the sheet of material is folded over the other end portion such that the sleeve arrangement is maintained and the sleeve includes at least three layers of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Jared DOMINGOS
  • Publication number: 20240002133
    Abstract: An insulating device can include a body assembly and a lid assembly where an insulating layer is connected to both the body assembly and the lid assembly. An aperture with a closure is formed between the body assembly and lid assembly to form a storage compartment. An insulating tab may be formed from a portion of the insulating layer and an inner liner of the body assembly to help insulate the closure region. In addition, a first magnetic element may be secured within the insulating tab that may engage a second magnetic element secured within the lid assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Edward Rogers, Jeffrey Charles Munie, John Loudenslager
  • Publication number: 20240002134
    Abstract: An electrical wire compression connector dispensing container device for individually dispensing single compression connectors comprises a housing defining a connector dispenser opening and a torsional spring operatively connected to a spring biased vertically movable horizontal platform for holding the compression connectors, allowing the platform to move upwards when the top compression connector is removed. The container can store a plurality of connectors with the top connector positioned in a dispenser opening. A bottom of the container has a weep hole for drainage of rainwater, and a back of the container has clamps providing a removable connection to a man-lift basket. A user can efficiently store and dispense a compression connector from the opening, and the torsional spring expands upwardly thereby pushing the next compression connector to a top row to be dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Leonard J. Dufrene
  • Publication number: 20240002135
    Abstract: A packaging unit (100) includes an outer container (104) and an inner container (102) disposed inside the outer container. The outer container has a bottom portion (150) and a sidewall (152) extending upwardly from the bottom portion around a longitudinal axis (154). The sidewall has an upper edge (160) defining an access opening (162) to the container. Further, the inner container includes a bottom section (130) having a plurality of openings (140) that facilitate an egress of liquid from the inner container. Furthermore, the bottom portion is adapted to be displaced between a first position and a second position. Also, the inner container moves upwardly towards the access opening in response to a displacement of the bottom portion from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Berry Superfos Randers A/S
    Inventors: Stéphane NAVORET, Fabien MOREIRA
  • Publication number: 20240002136
    Abstract: A device for storing and dispensing a flowable dental composition, comprising: a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer and second layer form a first chamber for containing a flowable dental composition, a transition zone, and a second chamber; an applicator retained within the second chamber; wherein the first chamber has a first concave surface formed in the first layer and a second concave surface formed in the second layer; wherein the device includes an inactive state and an active state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Marc Peuker, Andreas J. Boehm, Dieter Poschmann, Michael Knee, Martin Preininger
  • Publication number: 20240002137
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system that uses a lever action hand grip that can include an adjustable receiver for a variety of diameters, form factors, and other variables for different containers of liquids or aerosols that are desired to be dispensed. A linkage connects the lever action hand-grip to a working end. The working end moves in arcuate fashion in response to pivoting of the lever. The proportional working end motion path can serve to both push down an aerosol spray head to dispense, or laterally push or pump other types of dispensing heads. Optionally, the linkage can have at least one, and sometimes two or three, different adjustments for such things as size and location of a dispensing head for a variety of dispensing containers and types, range of motion, type of interface at the working end, and specifically what type of working end relative to a dispensing head of a container or bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Tri Trong Dinh
  • Publication number: 20240002138
    Abstract: In a packaging for a circular insertion tool, in particular a circular saw blade, with a planar main body, which has a holding flange for fixing an associated insertion tool on the planar main body, the planar main body has a polygonal outer circumference, with a tab which is bendable in the direction of the holding flange being arranged on at least one side of the polygonal outer circumference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Massimo Tolazzi, Sara Cappellari
  • Publication number: 20240002139
    Abstract: A box blank useful for forming a container includes a first layer comprising paperboard, a second layer comprising a paper layer and a foil layer, and an adhesive layer adhering the first layer to the second layer, wherein the foil layer is between the paperboard and the paper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Stephen BELLAMAH, James S. BIGELOW
  • Publication number: 20240002140
    Abstract: A substrate container includes a container body having a storage space and an opening in communication with the storage, a door body disposed at the opening, a limiter disposed on the door body and facing the opening, a supporter disposed on one side of the storage space, and at least two elastic buffer elements tightly disposed between the door body and the limiter and between the supporter and the container body, respectively. A door assembly of a substrate container, a support assembly of a substrate container and an elastic buffer element used in a substrate container are further provided. The elastic buffer element is applied between any two rigid elements in the substrate container to provide a buffer force and an appropriate frictional force, so as to alleviate the problems of impact and dust generated between the rigid elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: MING-CHIEN CHIU, EN-NIEN SHEN, CHIA-HO CHUANG, KUO-HUA LEE, JYUN-MING LYU
  • Publication number: 20240002141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a beverage container (100) for preparing a beverage in a beverage production machine and a process for producing said compostable beverage container (100). The beverage container (100) is compostable and comprises a container wall (110) that encloses a volume (V) for containing a substance for the preparation of the beverage. The container wall (110) is made of a wall material that comprises at least two different laminate structures. The wall material comprises a first laminate structure (300) configured to be formable. The first laminate structure (300) defines the volume (V) and comprises at least one cutout opening (311, 312). The wall material also comprises a second laminate structure (400), which is configured to be openable upon interaction with opening elements of the beverage production machine under the effect of rising pressure of a fluid being injected into the beverage container (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHE SEBASTIEN PAUL HEYDEL, PASCAL GIRARDIN
  • Publication number: 20240002142
    Abstract: An assembly having a capsule intended to receive a substance for preparing a beverage, the capsule comprising a body having a side wall bordered on either side by a bottom and by a rim surrounding an opening of the body, the assembly including an upper film lid associated with the rim in order to cover the opening by forming, in the body, a loading compartment of the substance in the capsule, the opening being equipped with a way of perforating the upper film lid under the effect of an increase of pressure in the compartment (13) in order to allow the beverage to flow through the opening, the upper film lid (12) including a layer made of microfibrillated cellulose, MFC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Olivier Brivois
  • Publication number: 20240002143
    Abstract: An intermodal container includes first and second ends, joined by first and second sides in a generally rectangular configuration. A generally continuous floor cooperates with the first and second ends and the first and second sides to form an open top container. A plurality of roof overhangs extend adjacent a top of the open top container, generally parallel to the floor. The intermodal container includes a roll cover having a first position in which the open top container is substantially open to the ambient environment to allow for loading from above the first and second sides and first and second ends of the open top container. The roll cover has a second position in which the open top container is substantially closed to the ambient environment to prevent any contents of the open top container to be ejected from the open top container during transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: ARROWHEAD ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERS, LLC
    Inventors: James FRANCESCO, William W. GAY, Robert BERNS
  • Publication number: 20240002144
    Abstract: A wet sand loading system includes a material conveyor configured for carrying wet sand from a hopper to an elevated position over a loading platform. A funnel assembly is coupled to the material conveyor. The funnel assembly has a lower end movable relative to the material conveyor to direct wet sand into the hopper in a selectable direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Adam Wennerberg, Josh Clements, Brandon Peterson, Greg Clements
  • Publication number: 20240002145
    Abstract: A cassette to dispense a pleated tubing. The cassette includes a circular body having an annular channel housing and a pull tab and pull strip. At least one wall has an upper end with a lip disposed thereon. An annular cover is attached to the lip at the upper end defining a gap over the annular body. A tubing is disposed within the annular channel housing and withdrawn from the gap. At least one of a plurality of apertures is provided at a lower end of the annular channel housing. The apertures are adapted to be aligned with a projection extending upward from within a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Douglas Johnson, Steven Bryan Dunn
  • Publication number: 20240002146
    Abstract: A storage receptacle can include a storage bin and a pedal mounted to the receptacle as well as a hopper. A method of using the storage receptacle can include receiving a force on a hopper handle of a hopper of a storage receptacle, the hopper having a cable connection point connected to a cable, based on the force, rotating the hopper to enable a user to place material in a storage bin of the storage receptacle, wherein the rotating causes the cable to have slack and preventing the cable having the slack from coming out of a groove in a pulley via a shroud positioned over at least a portion of the pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Satwicz, Kevin Menice, David J. Skocypec, Thomas Olsen, Brian Phillips, Michael E. Feldman
  • Publication number: 20240002147
    Abstract: A robot includes a holder, a puller, a sensor, and a dimension obtainer. The holder holds an article placed on a supporter. The puller pulls the holder to a front side. The sensor detects that the article being pulled out ceased being on the supporter. The dimension obtainer obtains a dimension of the article along a pullout direction based on a distance that the article is pulled for from when the puller starts to pull out the article until when the sensor detects that the article ceased being on the supporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideshi YAMANE, Eiji YOSHIKUWA, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20240002148
    Abstract: An overhead transport vehicle includes a first supporting part support, a second support, and a link. The first support includes a first buffer and is connected to a belt on one side of a body in a width direction in plan view. The second support includes a second buffer and is connected to a belt at the other side of the body in the width direction. The link connects the first support and the second support, and reduces each of a first distance between the first support and a base and a second distance between the second support and the base in the vertical direction. The link includes at least one of a third buffer to allow relative movement of the base in a travel direction and a fourth buffer part to allow relative movement thereof in the width direction with respect to the first and second supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Makoto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240002149
    Abstract: An access station, which is for presentation of a storage container from an automated storage and retrieval system to a picker, has a receiving position for receiving a storage container, forward of the receiving position a picking position for picking products from the storage container, and behind the receiving position a buffer area for buffering of a storage container. The access station includes a guiding frame, an inner carriage, and an outer carriage. The guiding frame is arranged in a horizontal plane and extending between the picking position, the receiving position, and the buffer area. The inner carriage, which is for transporting a storage container, includes an inner carriage base movable along the guiding frame and a first storage container support connected to the inner carriage base. The inner carriage base includes an elevation mechanism for raising and lowering the first storage container support relative to the guiding frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Autostore Technology AS
    Inventor: Trond Austrheim
  • Publication number: 20240002150
    Abstract: An automated grid based storage and retrieval system includes a framework structure including upright members and a grid of horizontal rails provided at upper ends of the upright members. The framework structure defines a plurality of storage volumes arranged adjacent one another below the horizontal rails. The storage volumes are open against the horizontal rails such that storage container vehicles may lower and raise storage containers into and out of the storage volumes. The system includes a plurality of vertical walls surrounding each of the plurality of storage volumes, and a cooler system adapted to draw air from an input of the cooler system, cool the air drawn from the input, and blow cooled air through an output of the cooler system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Autostore Technology AS
    Inventors: Ole Andreas Haddeland, Ingvar Fagerland