Coating Or Lamination Patents (Class 215/12.2)
  • Patent number: 9604252
    Abstract: A process for coating inside a container includes rotating the container about its imaginary vertical axis while simultaneously lowering airless spray nozzles along the vertical axis of the container into the cavity through the opening end and moving the nozzles back up and out of the container. Spray nozzles are used to apply a liquid coating at a spray pressure of about 100 to about 800 psi (6.89 to 55.16 bar) and at an angle of about 0 to about 120 degrees relative to the vertical axis, simultaneously with nozzle movement, to at least a portion of the inner surface while the container is rotating and the nozzles are moving along the vertical axis. The container is thereby coated on its inner surface to form an internally coated container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Omer Bin Younos, Christopher Norman Allinson, Geoffrey William Vernon, Luca Mario Volpe
  • Patent number: 9605191
    Abstract: Disclosed therein are adhesive films and a composite of the adhesive film, which can allow an outsole and a midsole to be simultaneously molded in manufacturing footwear. The adhesive film composite is formed of a polyester-type thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material, a polyethylene-based coupling agent, montan wax and fatty acid esters with pentaerythritol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventors: Hee-Dae Park, Veerag Mehta
  • Patent number: 9555948
    Abstract: A double-walled, vacuum-insulated container is manufactured with a cured inside coating. To form the container, an inner liner is disposed in an outer body. The inner liner has an inner sidewall, an inner bottom, and an inner lip, and the outer body has an outer sidewall and an outer lip. The inner and outer lips are affixed together with an affixation or weld having a first melt point. A plenum is enclosed between the inner liner and the outer body by affixing an outer bottom to the outer body and creating a vacuum at least partially in the plenum using a seal having a second melt point. This second melt point can be about 450° C. and 500° C. The coating is painted to an inside surface of the inner liner, and the painted coating is cured with a temperature level at least below the first and second melt points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher P. Nemeth, Gunnar B. Olson, Brandon L. Stroud, Sichong Xia
  • Patent number: 9492950
    Abstract: A preform (1) of plastic material for manufacturing bottles through a blow-moulding process includes a substantially cylindrical central body (3) having an open end (2) and a closed end (4). In correspondence of the central area of the closed end (4) there is provided a hollow appendix (5), projecting outwards of the preform, capable of internally housing the tip end of a stretching rod of the preform (1). Both the hollow appendix (5) and the remaining side portion of the closed end (4) of the preform may be spherical, conical, elliptical or parabolic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: CONCORDIA DEVELOPMENT S.R.L.
    Inventor: Gianfilippo Pagliacci
  • Patent number: 9375107
    Abstract: A beverage container closure or lid that is adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container. The lid is selectively couplable to the beverage container and includes a selectively openable stopper that when closed, creates a fluid-tight seal between the beverage container and the environment. The stopper may be selectively opened by a user by the user pressing a button disposed on a side of the beverage container closure. The stopper is subsequently automatically closed when the user releases the button. Thus, a user may open and close the beverage container closure using a single hand without the need to remove the beverage container closure from the beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Sean Gilbert, Randy Sims
  • Patent number: 9296544
    Abstract: Double container (1) includes outer layer body (2) including tubular dispensing spout (2a) and trunk portion (2b). Dispensing spout (2a) is provided, in its side portion, with air inlet hole (4) extending through dispensing spout (2a) from inside to outside. Double container (1) also includes inner layer body (3) including opening (3a) contiguous with opening edge of dispensing spout (2a), and content container portion (3b) contiguous with opening (3a). Inner layer body (3) is accommodated in outer layer body (2). Trunk portion (2b) is provided with outer-layer-side projecting portions (5, 11, 17, 33, 34), and inner layer body (3) is provided with inner-layer-side projecting portions (6, 12, 19, 33?, 34?) having shapes corresponding to inner surfaces of outer-layer-side projecting portions (5, 11, 17, 33, 34). Space is provided between outer-layer-side projecting portions (5, 11, 17, 33, 34) and inner-layer-side projecting portions (6, 12, 19, 33?, 34?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Miyairi, Shintaro Kutsuzawa, Keita Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9289955
    Abstract: The present techniques provide multi-layer plastic structures and methods for making such. The multi-layer plastic structures include an inner surface made from a polyolefin resin, and resistant to environmental stress cracking, and an outer surface that includes a styrenic copolymer. The outer surface has a kinetic coefficient of friction with itself of 0.42 and a static coefficient of friction with itself of 0.44.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, Silgan Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee A. Carvell, Mark Wanderlich, Susan L. Banovic, James Jalutkewicz, Charles E. Rees, Michael A. Smith
  • Patent number: 9248939
    Abstract: A semi-rigid sleeve for a bottle that is open at both ends and can be inserted downward onto a freestanding bottle so as to cling thereto as a second skin. The sleeve generally comprises a cylindrical body defined by a resilient sheet of semi-rigid material (preferably high-density plastic) open at both ends and having an axial slit running end-to-end, the body being defined by an inward axial curvature and compression-formed with a shape-memory characteristic to normally retain a smaller (furled) first diameter which can be forcibly expanded by parting along said slit to a larger (unfurled) second diameter. An optional rubber coating may be applied to the interior/exterior of the body for insulation purposes. The smooth semi-rigid exterior surface of the bottle sleeve provides a superior advertising medium and outstanding multi-color graphics can be applied by thermoset printing processes, resulting in far more eyecatching graphics than traditional foam koozies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventor: Darren O'Brien
  • Patent number: 9145224
    Abstract: A container (100) configured to house a fluid or other liquid, semi-solid, or solid composition has a body having a pulp-molded portion (130) and a side wall (104) that at least partially defines a coated lumen (118). The container can include a neck (116) that has an open end and is coupled to the body. A heterocompositional frame (114) can be used to reinforce the neck (116). The container (100) can include a permeation barrier material or other coating to act as a barrier between the container's walls and the container's contents. A method of reinforcing a neck (116) in a pulp-molded bottle is also disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a frame material that is heterocompositional to a material of the bottle. The method also includes the step of applying the frame material to the neck (116) of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Inventors: Ellery West, Gail West
  • Patent number: 9055753
    Abstract: Disclosed is a container-packed black coffee beverage which has an excellent hypertension ameliorating effect and can be ingested in an ordinary manner. A container-packed black coffee satisfying the following requirements (A) to (C): (A) a chlorogenic acid: 0.01 to 1% by mass; (B) hydroxyhydroquinone: 0.1% by mass or less relative to the mass of the chlorogenic acid; and (C) the chlorogenic acid/a coffee solid content ?0.025 (by mass).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Shioya, Yoshinobu Hayakawa, Shinji Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Ogura
  • Publication number: 20150136723
    Abstract: This invention provides a glass container (in particular, a medical glass container) that is excellent in water repellency, powder repellency, heat resistance, water resistance, alkali resistance, etc., and a method for producing the container. This invention relates to a method for producing a glass container (in particular, a medical glass container), the method comprising the steps of (1) treating the inner surface of a glass container with a silane coupling agent and/or a partial hydrolysate thereof and (2) treating the treated surface obtained in step (1) with an amorphous fluorine-containing resin. The invention also relates to a glass container obtained by using the production method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: NAMICOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Bamba, Masafumi Aramata, Jotaro Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20150108078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating line and a method for applying a protective coating to hollow glass containers integrated in glass container manufacturing process. In particular it relates to a coating line and method for applying a cold end coating to hollow glass containers. More particularly the present invention relates to a coating line comprising horizontal spray guns for applying a cold end coating to hollow glass containers in a single line and such a method for applying a cold end coating to hollow glass containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Leendert Cornelis Hoekman, Carmela Maria Concetta Starrantino, Johannes Theodorus Maria Wagemakers, Oliver Meurer
  • Patent number: 8950614
    Abstract: A biodegradable resin bottle having a container wall (1) including a biodegradable resin and having a vacuum-evaporated film (3) formed on the inner surface of the container wall (1) by a plasma CVD method. The vacuum-evaporated film (3) includes a first hydrocarbon vacuum-evaporated layer (3a) positioned on the inner surface of the container wall and a second hydrocarbon vacuum-evaporated layer (3b) formed on the above hydrocarbon vacuum-evaporated layer (3a). The first hydrocarbon vacuum-evaporated layer (3a) has polar groups introduced therein. The second hydrocarbon vacuum-evaporated layer (3b) exhibits hydrocarbon peaks stemming from CH, CH2 and CH3 in a region of wave numbers of 3200 to 2600 cm?1 as measured by FT-IR, has a CH2 ratio of not larger than 35% and a CH3 ratio of not smaller than 40% per the sum of CH, CH2 and CH3 calculated from the hydrocarbon peaks, and has no polar group introduced therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takurou Ito, Hiroki Mori, Kazuhiko Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20150014313
    Abstract: Provided is a light-shielding container which has an ultraviolet-ray transmittance of 0% at wavelengths of 200-370 nm and to which contents are less apt to adhere. A light-shielding container for holding contents, characterized by having at least an inner layer composed of a thermoplastic resin, a first light-shielding layer composed of a resin containing an inorganic ultraviolet inhibitor and a second light-shielding layer composed of a resin containing an organic ultraviolet absorber, disposed in this order from the content side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Kentaro Uchihashi, Takeru Sano
  • Publication number: 20140373485
    Abstract: Provided is a novel oxygen-absorbing resin composition having excellent oxygen-absorbing performance and suppressing odor generation after absorption of oxygen even if a material responsive to a metal detector is not used. Further provided is an oxygen-absorbing resin composition having excellent oxygen-absorbing performance in a wide range of humidity conditions from low humidity to high humidity. Such an oxygen-absorbing resin composition contains a copolymerized polyolefin compound and a transition metal catalyst, in which the copolymerized polyolefin compound contains at least one constituent unit having a tetralin ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Okada, Toshiya Takagi, Takashi Kashiba, Shinpei Iwamoto, Shinichi Ikeda, Fumihiro Ito, Shun Ogawa, Shota Arakawa, Kenichiro Usuda
  • Publication number: 20140353273
    Abstract: A vapor-deposited foamed body having a film 15 vapor-deposited on the surface of a foamed plastic formed body 10 containing foamed cells 1 therein, wherein in the surface X of the foamed plastic formed body 10 serving as the under-layer on where the film 15 is to be vapor-deposited, the porosity of the foamed cells 1 is suppressed to be not more than 30% in the surface layer portion 10a to a depth of 50 ?m from said surface. The vapor-deposited foamed body is obtained by vapor-depositing the film on the surface of the foamed plastic formed body such as a foamed container, the vapor-deposited film being uniformly formed and being effectively prevented from peeling off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Koiso, Kentarou Ichikawa, Takeshi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20140353197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biaxially oriented polyolefin multilayer heat shrinkable film, which is a multilayer heat shrinkable film with at least three laminated layers, and has internal and external surface layers of a resin composition comprising 70-80 wt % of an ethylene-norbornene copolymer having a glass-transition temperature (Tg) of 138° C. and a norbornene content of 76 wt %, and 20-30 wt % of an ethylene-propylene random copolymer having a melting point (Tm) of 140° C.; and a core layer comprising 54 wt % of an ethylene-propylene random copolymer having Tm of 140° C., 8 wt % of an ethylene-butylene random copolymer having Tm of 66° C., 20 wt % of an ethylene-norbornene copolymer having Tg of 78° C. and norbornene content of 65 wt %, and 18 wt % of a hydrogenated petroleum resin having softening point (Ts) of 140° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Zhuorong Hu, Xiaoming Zou, Wenshu Xu, Jianmin Zhu, Xiongrui Ou, Liping Rong
  • Publication number: 20140327968
    Abstract: A heat shrinkable film is formed with a lenticular lens array oriented and sized so that the film may be formed in a sleeve to shrink with application of heat about a container and provide for lenticular image effects as applied to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: National Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald R. Krause
  • Publication number: 20140299565
    Abstract: A composite container, comprising a form-retaining outer container and a flexible inner container is presented. The inner container comprises a dispensing opening and can be mounted in a neck of the outer container, and the inner container is further connected to the outer container by an adhesive or weld connection over a portion of its periphery. The adhesive or weld connection can take the form of a ring adhesion or weld extending transversely to a central longitudinal axis of the container, or can cover the entire surface area of a defined portion of the respective inner container and outer container walls, such as, for example, the upper one-half of the container. The adhesion or weld can be substantially permanent, or alternatively, the adhesive or weld connection can be adapted to detach in controlled manner under the influence of pressures occurring in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Maas, Dominicus Jan Van Wijk, Josephus Cornelius Snijders
  • Publication number: 20140299566
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bottle-shaped can for holding content having strong metal corrosive properties such as sparkling wine. The method includes shaping a cap into a diametrically reduced bottomed cylindrical can body, forming a shoulder portion and a container mouth on the can body, forming a curled portion, a thread and an annular bead on the container mouth, seaming a can lid to the can trunk, and amorphizing a thermoplastic resin layer covering an inner surface of the container mouth on which the curled portion, the thread and the annular bead are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Tetsuya Takatomi, Akira Nagashima, Nobuhide Satou, Norihisa Kawashima, Shinitirou Kanamori, Masahito Arima, Ayumu Satou
  • Patent number: 8852377
    Abstract: An insulative label is provided for a beverage container to reduce heat transfer, particularly heat transfer by conduction from a consumer's hand to the beverage container. The label comprises a dual-ply construction, with a grid pattern placed between the layered materials. Preferably, the label comprises a film base layer secured to the container, the grid pattern comprising an ink and varnish mixture printed over the film base layer, and a laminate top layer secured to the film base layer. Air is trapped in the gaps or spaces between the protrusions created by the grid pattern, and the trapped air insulates the container. The label has a very thin profile, thereby not perceptibly changing the appearance of the label or the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Millercoors, LLC
    Inventor: Ray Alan Toms
  • Publication number: 20140291273
    Abstract: A container for liquids comprising a first portion forming an approximate half container portion; a second portion forming an approximate half container portion, the first and second portions having a generally convex exterior shape with flange portions along perimeters thereof; a liquid impermeable barrier film being disposed on a concave interior portion of each of the first and second portions and extending onto the flange portions; the first and second portions being sealed together at the flange portions to form a liquid impermeable container; and there being provided a location on the container for the disposition of a closure device to allow contents of the container, once filled, to be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: DOUBLE DOUBLE D, LLC
    Inventor: Jim F. Warner
  • Patent number: 8800794
    Abstract: A biaxially drawn, blow-molded bottle and its preform comprise at least a layer of a gas barrier material laminated inside the PET resin layers, a functional portion having a screw thread raised spirally in the upper portion of neck and also having a stop ring disposed under the screw thread, and a neck ring disposed at the lower end of the neck. In these preform and bottle, the leading edge of the gas barrier layer is positioned at a half height of the neck ring where the most advanced front of the leading edge neither reaches a half height of the stop ring nor extends to the functional portion. It is intended here that the neck would not be affected by the shrinking deformation caused by the existence of the gas barrier layer in the functional portion of the neck, which is treated for thermal crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Uesugi, Akio Hashimoto, Masato Suzuki, Hiromi Shimura
  • Publication number: 20140151321
    Abstract: The glass containers described herein have at least two performance attributes selected from resistance to delamination, improved strength, and increased damage resistance. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a body having an inner surface, an outer surface and a wall thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. A compressively stressed layer may extend from the outer surface of the body into the wall thickness. The compressively stressed layer may have a surface compressive stress greater than or equal to 150 MPa. A lubricous coating may be positioned around at least a portion of the outer surface of the body. The outer surface of the body with the lubricous coating may have a coefficient of friction less than or equal to 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeran
  • Publication number: 20140151320
    Abstract: The glass containers described herein have at least two performance attributes selected from resistance to delamination, improved strength, and increased damage resistance. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a body having an inner surface, an outer surface and a wall thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. At least the inner surface of the body may have a delamination factor less than or equal to 10. A tenacious inorganic coating may be positioned around at least a portion of the outer surface of the body. The outer surface of the body with the tenacious inorganic coating may have a coefficient of friction less than or equal to 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeran
  • Patent number: 8714401
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide a foamed plastic container in which the cell diameters are varying along a gradient so will not to decrease the content protection performance, quite differently from the foamed cells distributed in the conventional foamed containers. [Means for Solution] The foamed plastic container has a container wall 10 formed by using a plastic material and in which foamed cells 1 are distributed, the lengths of the foamed cells in the surface direction of the container wall 10 decreasing from the outer surface of the container toward the inner surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentarou Ichikawa, Nobuhisa Koiso, Norio Akuzawa
  • Patent number: 8701905
    Abstract: A container for liquids comprising a first portion forming an approximate half container portion; a second portion forming an approximate half container portion, the first and second portions having a generally convex exterior shape with flange portions along perimeters thereof; a liquid impermeable barrier film being disposed on a concave interior portion of each of the first and second portions and extending onto the flange portions; the first and second portions being sealed together at the flange portions to form a liquid impermeable container; and there being provided a location on the container for the disposition of a closure device to allow contents of the container, once filled, to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Double Double D, LLC
    Inventor: Jim F. Warner
  • Publication number: 20140106102
    Abstract: The method serves for the plasma treatment of container-like workpieces. The workpiece is inserted into an at least partially evacuable chamber of a treatment station. The plasma chamber is bounded by a chamber base, a chamber cover and a lateral chamber wall. The plasma treatment causes a coating to be deposited on the workpiece. The plasma is ignited by microwave energy. The coating consists at least of a gas barrier layer and a bonding layer arranged between the workpiece and the gas barrier layer. The gas barrier layer contains SiOx and the bonding layer contains carbon. The gas barrier layer is produced from a gas that contains at least one silicon compound and argon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: KHS CORPOPLAST GMBH
    Inventors: Sonke Siebels, Michael Herbort
  • Publication number: 20140069886
    Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Paul Stephen Danielson, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Kaveh Adib, James Patrick Hamilton, Susan Lee Schiefelbein
  • Publication number: 20140061148
    Abstract: A glass container and related methods of manufacturing and coating glass containers. The container includes a hot end coating that is deposited on an exterior surface and that includes a metal oxide, and a dopant to reduce electrical resistivity of the exterior surface of the container. The container also includes an organic coating electrostatically applied to the exterior surface of the container. Preferably, the organic coating is applied at an ambient temperature and without having to use grounding pins, without having to heat the container, and without having to apply an additional conductive coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Michael P. Remington
  • Patent number: 8636159
    Abstract: A laminated bottle with a gas barrier resin layer arranged between polyester resins layers is provided. The gas barrier resin layer includes a plurality of quadrangular segments with two sides extending along the bottle axis and two sides extending around the bottle axis, wherein the segments are arranged at a distance to each other via connecting layers which connect the inner layer and the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Toyoda, Tomoyuki Ozawa, Hiroshi Hosokoshiyama, Hideaki Soyama
  • Publication number: 20140001143
    Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Andrei G. Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana C. Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan K. Saha, Steven E. DeMartino, Christopher L. Timmons, John S. Peanasky, Robert A. Schaut, Paul S. Danielson, Melinda A. Drake, Robert M. Morena, Kaveh Adib, James P. Hamilton, Susan L. Schiefelbein
  • Patent number: 8607999
    Abstract: A biaxially drawn, blow molded bottle characterized in that vertical connecting zones having no intermediate layer and having substrate layers welded directly with each other are formed in parallel in a circumferential direction and in a plural number along an axial direction of the bottle and are disposed on both right and left sides of each intermediate layer segment to be formed in this height range, and that horizontal connecting zones having no intermediate layer and having substrate layers welded directly with each other are also formed in parallel in an axial direction and in a plural number along a circumferential direction of the bottle and are disposed on both upper and lower sides of each intermediate layer segment to be formed, thus allowing the intermediate layer to be segmentalized in the circumferential and axial directions by both the vertical and horizontal connecting zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Toyoda, Hiroshi Hosokoshiyama, Yasuhiro Ishizawa, Hideaki Soyama
  • Patent number: 8579133
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a sleeve or wrap for protecting a container. In certain embodiments, the sleeve or wrap is a protective encasement for protecting a container, such as a bottle. In certain embodiments, the sleeve or wrap includes a body with a lumen, wherein the body is configured for holding and/or containing the container. For instance, in one embodiment, the protective sleeve includes a tubular body and at least a first opening in the protective body that is adapted for receiving the container. In certain embodiments, the body of the sleeve includes silicone. Accordingly, in certain embodiments, the sleeve is a protective silicone sleeve that is adapted to hold and/or contain a container, thereby protecting the container from damage (e.g., breaking). Also provided is a system for protecting a container that includes a protective sleeve, as described above, and a container that is configured for being associated, e.g., fit within, the protective sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Lifefactory, Inc.
    Inventors: Pamela Wong Marcus, Daren Edward Joy
  • Patent number: 8551589
    Abstract: An extruded blow molded bottle comprises a neck portion and a body portion. The body portion comprises a first inner layer and a second layer. The first inner layer comprises a first material selected from a group consisting of polyester, phenoxy type thermoplastics, phenoxy-polyolefin thermoplastic blends, and combinations thereof. The second layer comprises a second material selected from a group consisting of virgin PET, recycled PET, PETG, foam, polypropylene, polyester, polyolefins, phenoxy type thermoplastic, phenoxy-polyolefin thermoplastic blends, regrind scrap materials, and combinations thereof. The second material is different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Concentrate Manufacturing Company of Ireland
    Inventors: Gerald A. Hutchinson, Robert A. Lee, Said K. Farha
  • Patent number: 8524340
    Abstract: The preform of the biaxially drawn, blow-molded bottle comprises polyethylene terephthalate layers 2 and at least a gas barrier layer 3 laminated with the polyethylene terephthalate layers. The gas barrier layer 3 extends downward from a level halfway to the height of the neck 4 including the neck ring 5, or at least from above the neck ring 5, down virtually to the lower end of body 6. The gas barrier layer 3 inside the wall of the neck 4 has an average thickness corresponding to a third (?) or less of the maximum thickness of the gas barrier layer 3 inside the wall of the body 6, allowing most of the gas barrier material to be located in the wall of the body 6. Thus, the gas barrier material is effectively utilized, and in the case of the heat-resistant bottle, the neck has the predetermined dimensions without fail after the whitening treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Hashimoto, Masato Suzuki, Tadashi Asai
  • Patent number: 8522989
    Abstract: A hollow plastic container having a closed lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the closed base, and an upper portion having a dispensing opening therein extending upwardly from the sidewall. The container also includes a digitally printed base coat on the sidewall having a thickness of from 1 to 200 microns, and preferably includes printed areas over at least portions of the base coat to provide a distinctive appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald L. Uptergrove
  • Patent number: 8517197
    Abstract: A synthetic resin hollow body (A) that has a satisfactory decorating property and a satisfactory recycle property in a disposal and that is hardly damaged. In addition, a product cost and an operation cost thereof can be suppressed. The synthetic resin hollow body (A) includes: a hollow molding body (a) made of a resin, the hollow molding body (a) capable of holding a liquid material; and a resin sheathing body formed outside the hollow molding body (a) in an integrating manner with the hollow molding body (a), wherein the resin sheathing body is made of a highly transparent synthetic resin having a total ray transmittance of at least 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Du Pont-Mitsui Polychemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadaki Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Oogi, Masanobu Sato
  • Patent number: 8499947
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a thermal-insulating container (100) comprising a vessel (105) and a wrap (125) wherein the vessel comprises one or more protrusions (108) extending from a sidewall (115) wherein the wrap and the protrusions cooperate to form one or more void spaces (120) between the wrap and the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventors: Steven M. Trost, Joseph W. Pruitt
  • Patent number: 8430258
    Abstract: A synthetic resin hollow body which includes a hollow molding body made of a resin, the hollow molding body capable of holding a liquid material, and a resin sheathing body formed outside the hollow molding body in an integrating manner with the hollow molding body, wherein the resin sheathing body is made of a highly transparent synthetic resin having a total ray transmittance of at least 80%. The synthetic resin hollow body can exhibit a satisfactory decorating property and a satisfactory recycle property and is hardly damaged. In addition, the product cost and operation cost can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Du Pont-Mitsui Poluchemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadaki Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Oogi, Masanobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20120325767
    Abstract: The invention provides: a method for applying a liquid to the rim of a container by transfer from a roller whose surface is composed of a tubular warp or weft knit of 2×1 rib construction; a glass jar or equivalent container whose rim has a coating of varnish, adhesion promoter or heat-sealing primer formed by an application method; a jar or equivalent container comprising a seal heat-sealed to the rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN EMBALLAGE
    Inventors: Boris Chauvet, Frederic Mertz, Eric Martin
  • Patent number: 8293347
    Abstract: The invention provides a packaging material which comprises a polymeric base component and a barrier component which coats and lines a surface of the base component, the barrier component inhibiting migration of gases, vapors and liquids through the base component. The barrier component comprises a polymeric layer comprising at least two different polymeric species which are polar and which are water soluble. The different species have different chemical compositions and are complementary in that they are bound together physically by interpolymer complexation to form an interpenetrating physical network. The invention also provides a process for producing the packaging material which comprises coating at least one surface of the base component with the barrier component and causing the complementary species to interact together physically by interpolymer complexation to form an interpenetrating physical network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: CSIR
    Inventors: Arnoldus Jacobus Kruger, Patricia Ann Truter
  • Publication number: 20120074091
    Abstract: Provided is a shatter-resistant glass bottle for transporting stored liquids. In particular, the invention is a safety-coated glass bottle with a wide-mouthed body and a detachable lid, providing a consumer with easy access to the reservoir of the bottle for adding items such as ice cubes, tea bags, and pieces of fruit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Walter D. Himelstein
  • Publication number: 20120061342
    Abstract: The invention relates to method of manufacturing a container (1) designed to contain at least one product, preferably a foodstuff, said container (1) having a glass wall (2) made up of an inside face (3) designed to be in contact with said at least one product, and of an outside face (4) that is opposite from said inside face, said method being characterized in that it includes a coating step for covering at least a fraction of said outside face (4) with a coating (8) including at least a silicone and being designed to impart resistance-to-breakage properties to said glass wall (2), said coating step including a dipping step, said method further comprising, prior to the dipping step, a step of pre-heating the container (1), wherein the glass is preferably pre-heated to a temperature lying in the range from 200° C. to 250° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventor: Carine Perrot
  • Patent number: 8118183
    Abstract: A particularly small eyedropper or the like is provided, which has a construction such that, when a body thereof is squeezed, an introduction hole thereof can be easily closed to compress air in a space between an inner layer and an outer layer thereof even in the absence of a check valve in the introduction hole, and defectiveness of the introduction hole can be easily checked. To this end, a test hole (19) communicating with an introduction hole (17) via a space between an outer layer bottle. (1) and an inner layer bag (16) is provided in an outer layer mouth portion (4). The test hole (19) is closed by the inner layer bag (16) and an inside plug (21) fitted in the mouth portion (4). Further, the introduction hole (17) is provided in a middle portion of a body which is pressed by a finger when the bottle is squeezed. The introduction hole (17) is closed by the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Taisei Kako Co., Ltd., Nihon Tenganyaku Kankyusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Iwahashi, Hirokazu Mihashi, Keiji Hamamoto, Masaru Otsuka, Yorishisa Uetake, Kenji Matsuura
  • Patent number: 8074839
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser assembly includes an outer receptacle with an opening, the receptacle including an inside wall defining an inside space; internal trim disposed in the inside space; a dispenser member, such as a pump, for dispensing the fluid; and a barrier envelope for containing the fluid, the envelope being disposed inside the internal trim so that the fluid is not in contact with said internal trim. The receptacle is made of a transparent or translucent material, such as glass, so that the internal trim is visible through the receptacle, and the internal trim is substantially opaque so as to mask at least some, and preferably all, of the barrier envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Shiseido International France
    Inventors: Hervé Ronsin, Julien Trossat
  • Publication number: 20110297635
    Abstract: A container comprising a finish, a sidewall portion extending from the finish, a base portion extending from the sidewall portion and enclosing the sidewall portion to form a volume therein for retaining a commodity, and a coating disposed along at least a portion of the finish, the sidewall portion, or the base portion for providing a low-energy surface for improved dispensing of the commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Kirk Edward Maki
  • Patent number: 8061540
    Abstract: This invention is aimed at preventing containers effectively from performance deterioration, such as exposure of the recycled material at the neck and reduced strength of the pinch-off portion, as caused by a high ratio of recycled material used as the middle layer. There is provided a multi-layered blow-molded container molded from cylindrical multi-layered parison, wall of the container comprising at least an outer layer, an inner layer, and a middle layer, wherein the outer and inner layers are made of a same synthetic resin, while the middle layer is made of a recycled material consisting primarily of the synthetic resin used for the outer and inner layers. This container is characterized in that it has either middle-layer excluded zones or a thin middle-layer zone. These zones are provided at a predetermined range along the direction in which the parison is extruded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamotsu Toyoda
  • Patent number: 7988001
    Abstract: A process for producing a container comprising an outer container, an inner bag disposed therein and a pressure equalisation opening disposed in the outer container, and a container produced according to this process, is described, wherein a pre-moulding, comprising two coaxial tubes, is first produced by co-extrusion with the help of a blow mould and with an outwardly-projecting base seam being formed. The process forms a pressure equalisation opening in the outer container without endangering the integrity of the container, wherein a lower wastage rate and higher productivity are achieved. To do this, the base seam is partially cut off and a force which acts in the direction of the seam is introduced into the pre-moulding, which has a temperature of 40 degrees C. to 70 degrees C., which force breaks open and plastically deforms the base seam so that a pressure equalisation opening is formed in the base area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Kuehn, Burkhard Peter Metzger
  • Patent number: 7976918
    Abstract: A biaxially drawn, blow-molded bottle and its preform comprise at least a layer of a gas barrier material laminated inside the PET resin layers, a functional portion having a screw thread raised spirally in the upper portion of neck and also having a stop ring disposed under the screw thread, and a neck ring disposed at the lower end of the neck. In these preform and bottle, the leading edge of the gas barrier layer is positioned at a half height of the neck ring where the most advanced front of the leading edge neither reaches a half height of the stop ring nor extends to the functional portion. It is intended here that the neck would not be affected by the shrinking deformation caused by the existence of the gas barrier layer in the functional portion of the neck, which is treated for thermal crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Uesugi, Akio Hashimoto, Masato Suzuki, Hiromi Shimura