Barrier Permeable To Gas And Impermeable To Liquid Patents (Class 215/261)
  • Patent number: 11975892
    Abstract: Systems, methods and containers for forming a beverage. A container includes a closure arranged with a movable element that is movable to pierce a membrane and permit beverage material in the container to exit. The movable element can include a piercing element that pierces the membrane. Gas can be introduced into the container to force beverage material to exit the container. A gas inlet port can be provided with the closure and arranged to mate with a gas source of a beverage machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BEDFORD SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Enrico Raffaele Cafaro, Michael Sack, Ian Scott Rice
  • Patent number: 11952183
    Abstract: A lid for mounting on a cup opening defined by a brim of a cup body includes a cover having a substantially planar portion and a recessed opening disposed on the cover; a side wall disposed around the periphery of the cover; a flange extended from the bottom edge of the side wall and forms a trench space for accommodating the brim of the cup body when the lid is mounted on the cup opening; and a breathable film disposed below the substantially planar portion and covered the recessed opening of the cover. The cover and the breathable film of the present lid are integrally formed into a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Tse-Huang Kuo
  • Patent number: 11844749
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for administrating fluids to a patient, such as an infant. The system comprises a container that defines a drip chamber, a source of nutritive fluid fluidically communicating with the drip chamber, and a tube connecting the drip chamber to the gastric cavity of a patient, the chamber including a membrane that is gas-permeable but that is resistant to fluid passage. The system allows fluids to be introduced to the patient and for gastric gases to be released while they are resistant to the leak and spillage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
    Inventors: Paulina Lowkis, Michael Turturro, Luke Stevens, Lisa Bauer, Morgan Uridil
  • Patent number: 11761530
    Abstract: A breather structure of an actuator includes: a breathing hole that extends through a rear housing between an inside and an outside of the rear housing; a filter that is configured to permit a flow of gas through the breathing hole via the filter while limiting a flow of liquid and a flow of solid through the breathing hole between the inside and the outside of the housing; and a blocker. The blocker is configured to block a portion of a path extending from an outer opening, which is an opening of the breathing hole opened to an outside space, to the filter to limit arrival of the liquid and the solid from the outside space to the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Imai
  • Patent number: 11639164
    Abstract: A motor vehicle brake system includes a master brake cylinder actuatable by a brake pedal and having only one pressure chamber; an electrically controllable pressure supply device; a pressure medium reservoir, under atmospheric pressure from which the master brake cylinder and the pressure supply device are supplied with pressure medium; and at least two hydraulically actuatable wheel brakes. The wheel brakes can be actuated by the master brake cylinder or by the pressure supply device. The pressure chamber of the master brake cylinder is separably connected via an isolating valve to a first brake circuit supply line. The wheel brakes are divided into at least two wheel brake groups. The first wheel brake group connected to the first brake circuit supply line, and the pressure supply device connected to a second brake circuit supply line to which the second wheel brake group is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventor: Harald Biller
  • Patent number: 11628992
    Abstract: Many embodiments described herein prevent an aged spirit from degrading due to the oxygen trapped in the headspace without the use of a pump. The aged spirit preservation system may have a cork with an open top, an open bottom, and a channel extending from the open top to the open bottom. The cork may be sized couple to an internal portion of a bottle. The system may even include a sealing device coupled to an outer portion of the cork between the open top and the open bottom. Additionally, the system may include a replaceable cartridge containing an adsorbent media, iron, a salt, and a color-changing indicator. Oxygen from the bottle may be allowed to enter the cartridge and react with the iron via a non-reversible reaction, thereby preventing the degradation of the spirit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Prairie Lake Innovations
    Inventor: Jeremy Thomas Exley
  • Patent number: 11401088
    Abstract: A molded article comprising a container top is disclosed. The molded article includes a threadless frame defining an opening, a flip cap located substantially coplanar with, and integrally formed with, the frame, a compound hinge between the frame and the flip cap, the hinge allowing the flip cap to rotate about the hinge to rest on top of the frame, an in-mold lidding film having a perimeter molded to the frame such that the in-mold lidding film covers the opening defined by the frame, wherein the in-mold lidding film is removable from the frame, and a pull tab, formed from the in-mold lidding film, that extends past the opening defined by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Robert, Lisa Villani
  • Patent number: 11401087
    Abstract: A vented grooved foam liner cap system for attachment to a container, including a vented foam liner having a grooved distal side that can be actuated from an open state to a sealed state within a cap of a container by a sealing mechanism. A method of equilibrating pressure and sealing a container, by venting contents of a container through the vented grooved foam liner cap system attached to the container, and after the contents have cooled to a desired temperature, stopping venting, thereby providing pressure equilibration to the container, and sealing the container by activating a sealing mechanism in the vented grooved foam liner cap system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Selig Grand Rapids LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Bernard Kleyn
  • Patent number: 11370585
    Abstract: A venting cap liner has a bottom surface facing an annular bottle lip surrounding an open top end of a bottle neck, and a top surface facing an inner top wall of a closure cap, the liner being configured to provide a gas-permeable but liquid-impervious seal that is resistant to rupture when a downwardly directed torque is applied in a thickness direction of the liner body to compression seal the liner body between the annular bottle lip and the inner top wall of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Tekni-Plex, Inc.
    Inventors: Munish Shah, Palanikkumaran Muthiah
  • Patent number: 11305513
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laminate liner for sealingly engaging a container in an associated container and closure assembly. The liner can include at least first, second, third, and fourth layers, respectively, and have a thickness between 0.0060-0.0120 inches. The first and bottom layer, can comprise a plastic polymeric material, and have a thickness between 0.0005-0.0015 inches. The second layer can comprise a metallic material and have a thickness between 0.0005-0.0010 inches. The third layer can comprise a chip board material, and have a thickness between 0.0045-0.0055 inches. The third layer can prevent the liner from curling or deforming from its preferably flat shape. The fourth and top layer can comprise a plastic polymeric material and have a thickness between 0.0005-0.0015 inches. An adhesive bonding layer, having a thickness between 0.0003-0.0005 inches, can be located between first, second, third, and fourth layers, to bond adjacent layers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: PHOENIX CLOSURES, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey John Roddy
  • Patent number: 11027901
    Abstract: A transfer lid for a fluid container, having an attachment collar for removably attaching the transfer lid to the fluid container, and an inner collar arranged generally concentrically with and spaced inwardly from the attachment collar, the inner collar having a vent opening such as a vent slot extending therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NeoMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Martin Davis, Aaron N. Ingram, Mark M. Costello, Tony Doherty, John Burke
  • Patent number: 11027886
    Abstract: A plastic container configured to store and/or transport liquids, including chemicals such as organic peroxide, includes a top portion, a base portion, and a sidewall that extends between the top portion and the base portion. The top portion has a vent spout and a main spout. The top portion also has a front surface portion having a slanted face and a lip that extends radially from the main spout away from the slanted face. Additionally, the top portion has an integrated handle that defines a maximum handle length that is approximately half of the maximum container length. The base portion has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The exterior surface defines a handle recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Malin, Andrejs R. Lizins
  • Patent number: 11013588
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve packaging system includes a jar, a lid, a lid liner, and a humectant. The jar has a closed end, an open end, a side wall and an interior sized to receive the prosthetic heart valve. The lid is connected to the open end of the jar. The lid liner includes a rim sandwiched between the lid and the side wall of the jar to provide a fluid-tight seal. The humectant is supported within the interior of the jar. The humectant may be supported by the lid liner. The lid liner may include one or more windows so that the humectant may provide a desired humidity to the inside of jar to maintain a desired water content in the tissue of the valve. The system may obviate the need to store the valve in a dry state, or to otherwise store the valve submerged in an aldehyde solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Panus
  • Patent number: 10926926
    Abstract: A packing sheet for discharging gas according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a structure in which a first layer and a second layer, which are configured such that gas flows between one surface and the other surface, are stacked, and includes: a lamination portion which is formed by partially laminating the first layer and the second layer; and a gap portion which is a region other than a region of the lamination portion and has a space formed between the first layer and the second layer so that the gas flows in the space. According to the packing sheet for discharging gas, a space, in which gas may flow, is formed by partially laminating the first layer having fine bores and the second layer made of a gas-permeable waterproof material, and as a result, it is possible to prevent a liquid leakage while smoothly discharging the gas created in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hye Kyoung Ko, Yoon Sub Soh
  • Patent number: 10741160
    Abstract: Water impermeable, air permeable membrane assemblies are described herein. In some embodiments, the assemblies include a polymer membrane and at least one support layer. Certain assemblies are configured to provide an acoustic impedance having phase angle of +45 degrees to ?45 over a frequency range of 50 to 20,000 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Gibbons, Zachary Lampert, Yitian Zhang
  • Patent number: 10646833
    Abstract: A container assembly configured for use in a high pressure process (HPP) includes a container defining a container cavity and a fitment assembly coupled to the container. The fitment assembly defines a passageway arranged in fluid communication with the container cavity. The fitment assembly further defines a chamber within the passageway isolated from the container cavity. A pressure relief mechanism is operably coupled to the fitment assembly to relieve pressure within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Freshbev, LLC
    Inventor: Michel Boissy
  • Patent number: 10576200
    Abstract: A sterile filtered luer slip iv set for serum bottle high volume infusion for veterinary use, having a luer fitting assembly that has an air inlet connective tube connected to an air valve assembly, which has a filter. The luer fitting assembly fits into a mouth of a bottle and connects to a connector assembly for veterinary use infusions. The luer fitting assembly has a tubing connector sidewall, and a base sidewall having an air inlet face, which has an air inlet. The luer fitting assembly further has a flange and an insert sidewall. The air inlet connective tube extends from the interior base wall to the insert edge and aligns with the air inlet to allow air to enter via the air inlet through the air inlet connective tube and the filter, reaching an interior of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BIOGALENIC, LLC.
    Inventor: Jacob Serfati
  • Patent number: 10463125
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a co-molded housing component for an electronic device is disclosed. A component formed from a ceramic material is placed in a mold. The mold comprises a first section defining a first cavity configured to receive the first component, and a second section defining a second cavity that is in communication with the first cavity when the mold is closed. The second cavity is in the shape of a feature that is to be joined to the ceramic material. A polymer material is injected into the second cavity, thereby forming the feature from the polymer material and bonding the feature to the ceramic material. The polymer material is cured. The first component and the feature together form the housing component for an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David I. Nazzaro, Joseph C. Poole, Kevin M. Kenney, Naoto Matsuyuki
  • Patent number: 10392167
    Abstract: A closure (10, 100, 150) for a labware device (20). The labware device (20) defines an interior chamber (25) having at least one opening (92). The closure (10, 100, 150) includes a closure body (12, 102) configured to be mounted to the labware device (20) and in fluid communication with the opening (92). A vent valve (14, 122) is mounted for movement relative to the closure body (12, 102). The vent valve (14, 122), with the closure body (12, 102), defines a space (72, 120) that defines a path between the closure body (12, 102) and the vent valve (14, 122) for gas exchange between the interior chamber (25) and the exterior of the labware device (20). A filter (50) is positioned within the space (72, 120) and is configured to filter contaminants from gas entering the interior chamber (25) via the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Nalge Nunc International Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Staton
  • Patent number: 10051875
    Abstract: A beverage container that includes a main body portion having an open top, a closed bottom and an interior that defines a first volume, and a removable cover that includes a bottom and a generally cylindrical side wall extending upwardly from the bottom. The bottom and the generally cylindrical side wall cooperate to define a cover cavity, the removable cover is removably engaged with the main body portion, and the bottom includes a plug opening defined therethrough. A breathable plug is received in the plug opening. The plug allows a liquid disposed within the first volume to breathe with respect to an exterior of the beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MIDEAS, LLC
    Inventors: James Christopoulos, Martin Todd Belle, David Huang, Fernando Pardo, Adil Ali, Matthew Hern, Etienne Iliffe-Moon, Praveen Penmetsa, Matthew O'Brien, Steve Dafnis
  • Patent number: 9919850
    Abstract: An insert assembly for a fitment used with a pouch containing a liquid product producing an off-gas is provided. The assembly includes a vented insert for use with the vented fitment allowing the off-gas to pass there through. A carrier is configured to be attached to the vented insert and includes a liquid impermeable membrane attach to the carrier and fluid coupled to the fitment and insert to allow gas from the product to pass there through. The membrane, which can comprise an EPTFE material allows the gas to pass through, while preventing the liquid product from passing through a wall of the pouch. The insert assembly can be selectively opened and closed to allow or prevent the off-gas produced by the product to pass through the assembly as needed to reduce the pressure within the pouch or container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Steven Bons, Christopher John Opelt
  • Patent number: 9849429
    Abstract: A container assembly configured for use in a high pressure process (HPP) includes a container defining a container cavity and a fitment assembly coupled to the container. The fitment assembly defines a passageway arranged in fluid communication with the container cavity. The fitment assembly further defines a chamber within the passageway isolated from the container cavity. A pressure relief mechanism is operably coupled to the fitment assembly to relieve pressure within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: 87K, LLC
    Inventor: Michel Boissy
  • Patent number: 9555207
    Abstract: The invention concerns a gel covering of a patient interface. This gel covering has a mask connection area by which its side that faces away from the patient is joined with a mask body. The patient interface can be designed, for example, as a respiratory mask. On its side that faces the patient's face, the respiratory mask has thin, inwardly formed, peripheral contact lips. The respiratory mask has accessories that allow it to be fastened on the patient's head as well as a hose connection for supplying air. At least one region formed from a filler is placed in or on the walls of the gel covering. The method is used to produce the gel covering of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Eifler, Martin Bechtel, Arnold Frerichs, Matthias Pulla, Henry Hahn, Joachim Gardein
  • Patent number: 9545491
    Abstract: The invention concerns a gel covering of a patient interface. This gel covering has a mask connection area by which its side that faces away from the patient is joined with a mask body. The patient interface can be designed, for example, as a respiratory mask. On its side that faces the patient's face, the respiratory mask has thin, inwardly formed, peripheral contact lips. The respiratory mask has accessories that allow it to be fastened on the patient's head as well as a hose connection for supplying air. At least one region formed from a filler is placed in or on the walls of the gel covering. The method is used to produce the gel covering of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: WEINMANN GERATE FUR MEDIZIN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Eifler, Martin Bechtel, Arnold Frerichs, Matthias Pulla, Henry Hahn, Joachim Gardein
  • Patent number: 9233772
    Abstract: A screw-type bottle neck having areas of reduced wall thickness is provided. The bottle neck includes a neck opening having a neck opening axis, a neck interior surface, and a neck exterior surface. The neck exterior surface includes at least one spiral thread portion. The bottle neck has at least one area of first neck thickness having a first neck thickness, and at least one area of second neck thickness having a second neck thickness. The second neck thickness is greater than the first neck thickness. The difference between the first neck thickness and the second neck thickness allows for a substantial reduction in the amount of material required to manufacture the bottle neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: GK Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene J. Kuzma, Jonathan Davia
  • Patent number: 9168489
    Abstract: A ventilation member (100) of the invention includes a tubular part (11), a gas permeable filter (19), and a cover part (31). In an attached state where the tubular part (11) is fit into the cover part (31), gaps functioning as gas passages (AR2 and AR3) are formed between a bottom portion (35) of the cover part (31) and the gas permeable filter (19) and between a side wall portion (39) of the cover part (31) and a body portion (17) of the tubular part (11). The opening area (S2) of a filter-end opening (15) with respect to an in-plane direction (WL) perpendicular to the thickness direction of the gas permeable filter (19) is larger than the opening area (S1) of a connection-end opening (13) with respect to the in-plane direction (WL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Furuyama, Toshiki Yanagi
  • Patent number: 8844743
    Abstract: A compressible container (200) has a cap (100) configured to engage therewith. The cap (100) includes a first valve (150), preferably in the form of first and second disks (112,120), one above another, each disk having at least one hole (113,122) therethrough. The disks are rotatable with respect to one another The holes (113,122) of the first and second disks (112,120) align in a first position to create channel therethrough and misalign in the second position to close the channel. The cap (100) may also include a second valve (130) connected to the channel. The second valve (130) may comprise a ball (134) inside a conic section tube (132). The ball (134) is designed to float on the liquid (300) so that any liquid (300) attempting to exit the container cap (100) will be prevented from doing so as the second valve (130) will be closed when the liquid forces the ball (134) into engagement with the conic section tube (132).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Giuseppe Costa
  • Patent number: 8696778
    Abstract: A self-contained breathing closure for flasks and other containers that require gas exchange. An illustrative embodiment of the closure is comprised of a splashguard, an adaptor for attaching the closure to the container, a bellows element and a gas-permeable barrier element. The splashguard is intended to keep liquid contents under vigorous agitation in the container without wetting the gas-permeable barrier. The adaptor couples the closure to the container in a secure fashion. The bellows element allows for repeated changes in the internal volume of the container-closure system. The gas-permeable barrier allows desired gases to enter and leave the container while excluding small particles and/or microorganisms. The technology may be used with existing glass flask technology, or coupled to a plastic flask that may be configured for either single-use, or multiple-use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Inventors: Todd A. McAdams, Harold W. Howe, Jeffrey E. Draper, Lawrence C. Farrar
  • Patent number: 8545973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to containers suitable for uses such as liquid hot-fill processes. More specifically the invention relates a containers having gas permeable vents with an integral sealing means that is externally activatable by non-mechanical means to effect hermetic sealing of the containers after filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel D. Smolko, Gregory J. Kevorkian
  • Patent number: 8393484
    Abstract: A closure for a sealed container of a pourable food product includes a pouring spout which has at least a layer of gas- and/or light-barrier material and a pour opening closed by a cover portion on the side opposite to the side facing, in use, the container, and a cap fittable to, and removable from, the pouring spout; the cover portion has a through cut at its periphery and is joined to a top wall of the cap superimposed on the cover portion, so that the cover portion defines a layer of gas- and/or light-barrier material of the cap and can be removed together with the cap from the pouring spout during first unsealing of the closure; a sealant is provided on a given area of the top wall of the cap for cooperating with a region of the pouring spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Benedetti, Mats Qvarford, Fabrizio Pucci, Fiorenzo Parrinello, Alessandro Falzoni
  • Patent number: 8286814
    Abstract: A volumetrically efficient plastic hot fill container at least one vacuum panel defined by a vacuum panel area of a sidewall that is constructed and arranged to flex inwardly in order to accommodate volumetric shrinkage that may occur within the container as a result of the conventionally known hot fill process. Advantageously, at least a portion of the vacuum panel area of the sidewall is formed as a plurality of undulations. The undulations preferably have a vertical component and provide an increased surface area to the vacuum panel area relative to what a flat surface would provide. As a result, the amount of volumetric shrinkage that may be accommodated through inward deflection of said vacuum panel area of said sidewall is increased relative to a flat surface would provide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Raymond A. Pritchett, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8267272
    Abstract: A venting device that may be used directly with a container or via a vent cap for a container, includes a venting mechanism having one or more collapsible dome structures and an absorbent material to prevent leakage of liquid or flowable contents from within the container. The construction relies on a combination of venting domed structures and expandable absorbent material to seal one or more openings in a container and or cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: David W. Seline
  • Patent number: 8220649
    Abstract: A venting liner is connectable in fluid communication between a closure and an interior of a device for venting gas from the interior into the ambient atmosphere. The venting liner has an outer foam layer defining an inner surface and an outer surface, a plurality of fluid-flow apertures spaced relative to each other, extending between the inner and outer surfaces, and forming substantially vertical fluid-flow paths through the outer layer, and a plurality of relatively raised portions extending outwardly relative to the outer surface adjacent to respective fluid-flow apertures. A plurality of the relatively raised portions are engageable with the closure, define a substantially horizontal, tortuous fluid-flow path between the outer surface and the closure, and are in fluid communication with a plurality of fluid-flow apertures for venting gas flowing substantially vertically through the fluid-flow aperture(s) and, in turn, substantially horizontally between the outer surface and the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Dewal Industries
    Inventor: Edward D. Walsh
  • Patent number: 8177082
    Abstract: An assembly for culturing cells includes a housing defining a reservoir for containing cell culture media and an opening in fluid communication with the reservoir. The cell culture assembly further includes a filter valve assembly configured to sealingly engage the opening. The filter valve assembly includes a flexible membrane, a contiguous side wall, an end wall, and a microbial filter. The end wall has an opening and extends across one end of the side wall to form a major cavity within the side wall and the end wall. The flexible membrane has a slit spanning the membrane and is disposable within the major cavity such that the membrane sealingly divides the major cavity into (i) a chamber formed between the end wall and the membrane and (ii) a minor cavity formed by the membrane and a portion of the side wall. The minor cavity is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Henry Joseph Cattadoris, Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner
  • Publication number: 20120067842
    Abstract: A gasket for a bottle closure that regulates the diffusion of oxygen into the bottle is provided. In one example, the gasket includes a flexible substrate permeable to oxygen and a barrier film that is less permeable to oxygen than the substrate layer, where the combined structure has a light transmittance of between 0.5% and 10%. In some examples, the substrate includes a polymer layer and the film comprises a metal or non-metal film, where the film may be vapor deposited or sputtered onto the substrate. The metalized film layer may be deposited on the substrate to allow oxygen to diffuse there through at a rate of 1.5 cc/m2/day to 20 cc/m2/day, or 5 mg of oxygen to diffuse through over a period of 6 months to 8 years. The exemplary gasket or liner may further include a film that is perforated to create areas of differing oxygen transmission through the substrate and film structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: Timothy P. Keller
  • Patent number: 8051998
    Abstract: In embodiment, the present invention relates to a cap and container assembly comprising at least one selective gas permeable membrane, wherein the assembly is manufactured so that the membrane is an integral part of the assembly and wherein the membrane is composed of a material for controlling conditions of gas concentration in an internal portion of the assembly when the cap is closed. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of forming a cap and container assembly comprising at least one selective gas permeable membrane that is integral with the assembly comprising: cutting the membrane to a pre-selected form, wherein the membrane is composed of a material for controlling conditions of gas concentration in an internal portion of the assembly when the cap is closed; placing the membrane into a mold by robotic means; and overmolding the assembly about the membrane to form an assembly wherein the membrane is an integral part of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Joseph W. Rogers
  • Patent number: 7993743
    Abstract: A stopper, particularly for a wine bottle, comprising a barrier layer comprising a hot melt polymetric adhesive and optionally at least one sub-layer having lower oxygen permeability than the hot melt adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Bacchus Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: David Graham Taylor
  • Patent number: 7784630
    Abstract: There is provided a gasket element having at least one first inner layer and at least one first outer layer. Each of the at least two layers have differing material properties. The gasket element is well suited to cooperate with an ingress/egress opening of a container that in turn is well suited to retain an active pressure and/or temperature sensitive substance. The gasket element may be operatively connected to a cap element that is suitable to selectively close the at least one ingress/egress opening of the container. The cap element may be a stand alone sealing cap or may be operatively associated with a spray nozzle or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Dewall Industries
    Inventor: Edward D. Walsh
  • Patent number: 7621412
    Abstract: A method for hot-filling and closing a polymer container is disclosed in which one of the closure for the container and the head space area of the container is provided with a hole covered with a hydrophobic air permeable membrane. The container is then filled with a hot liquid and the filled container is closed but for the air permeable component. The filled container is then cooled with the pressure between the interior of the container and the ambient pressure being equalized due to the air permeable membrane. Subsequent to cooling, an air-tight seal is provided over the membrane-covered hole. An associated container and closure cap is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.
    Inventor: Subodh K. Raniwala
  • Publication number: 20090230079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to containers suitable for uses such as liquid hot-fill processes. More specifically the invention relates a containers having gas permeable vents with an integral sealing means that is externally activatable by non-mechanical means to effect hermetic sealing of the containers after filling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Daniel D. Smolko
  • Publication number: 20090230078
    Abstract: A venting liner is connectable in fluid communication between a closure and an interior of a device for venting gas from the interior into the ambient atmosphere. The venting liner has a first fluid impervious and gas permeable outer layer, a second relatively rigid and substantially incompressible outer layer defining an open cell structure, and an inner foam layer defining an inner surface and an outer surface, a plurality of fluid-flow apertures spaced relative to each other, extending between the inner and outer surfaces, and forming substantially vertical fluid-flow paths through the inner layer. The first outer layer is in fluid communication with the interior of the device for venting gas through the interior of the first outer layer, substantially vertically through the apertures and, in turn, through the interior open cell structure of the second outer layer and into the ambient atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Edward D. Walsh
  • Patent number: 7556720
    Abstract: Container for the storage and/or transportation of liquids or powders, in particular inflammables, suitable for preventing the formation of electrostatic charge, comprising a tank supported by a pallet, housed in a metallic cage and having an outer surface in contact with said metallic cage. The tank comprises a base layer of plastic material, a layer modified through plasma and a layer of metallic material deposited with vacuum PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition )technique. The metallic layer is in contact with the cage. The metallization of a plastic tank is carried out by generating in a chamber a plasma which activates the outer surface of said tank so as to form a surface layer and carrying out, with vacuum PVD technique, the deposition of a layer of conductive metallic material superposing said surface layer to obtain a tank metallized on the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Daviplast-Servicos de Consultoria, Sociedade Unipessoal Lda.
    Inventor: Virginio Cassina
  • Publication number: 20090148941
    Abstract: This invention provides cylindrical cell culture tubes with a cap having both a septum and gas exchange membranes. The culture tubes can be used to inoculate media, culture cells, harvest cells and store cells in the same container with reduced risk of contamination, while facilitating automated handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Peter Florez, Shun Luo, Louis Cheung, Kimberley Florez
  • Publication number: 20090090689
    Abstract: There is provided a gasket element having at least one first inner layer and at least one first outer layer. Each of the at least two layers have differing material properties. The gasket element is well suited to cooperate with an ingress/egress opening of a container that in turn is well suited to retain an active pressure and/or temperature sensitive substance. The gasket element may be operatively connected to a cap element that is suitable to selectively close the at least one ingress/egress opening of the container. The cap element may be a stand alone sealing cap or may be operatively associated with a spray nozzle or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Edward D. Walsh
  • Patent number: 7461754
    Abstract: There is provided a gasket element having at least one first inner layer and at least one first outer layer. Each of the at least two layers have differing material properties. The gasket element is well suited to cooperate with an ingress/egress opening of a container that in turn is well suited to retain an active pressure and/or temperature sensitive substance. The gasket element may be operatively connected to a cap element that is suitable to selectively close the at least one ingress/egress opening of the container. The cap element may be a stand alone sealing cap or may be operatively associated with a spray nozzle or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: DeWAL Industries
    Inventor: Edward D. Walsh
  • Publication number: 20080257853
    Abstract: A stopper (1, 100, 200) for sealing bottles (3), particularly for sealing bottles of wine for ageing, comprises:—a main body (2) shaped in such a way as to be removably housed in engagement in an aperture (3a) of the bottles,—a first surface (5) and a second surface (6) formed on the main body and facing, respectively, the outside and the inside of the bottles when en the main body is received in engagement in the aperture,—at least one passage (4) extending between the first and second surfaces and capable of making the inside of said bottles communicate with the environment outside the bottles,—a permeable element (16, 101, 201) which is impermeable to liquids and permeable to oxygen, the said permeable element being extended to seal the said passage in order to regulate the flow of oxygen between the inside and the outside of the bottle, and having an oxygen permeability, measured at 2O° C., in the range from 10?5 to 10?11 (Ncm3*cm/cm2*cmHg*s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventor: Giovanni Cappello
  • Patent number: 7381453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to packaging film for use in packaging of food products which may be heated whilst still packaged. In particular, the invention relates to packaging which may be hermetically sealed and, during heating, is able to allow a build up of pressure within the packaging, without the packaging exploding or bursting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: International Trex, Ltd
    Inventor: Abdul Aziz Okhai
  • Patent number: 7364048
    Abstract: A cheese server including a flat serving tray with an upwardly domed closure mountable thereover and including an enlarged vent opening generally parallel to and aligned over the tray with the vent opening closed by a removable vent panel having multiple openings therethrough with the openings overlaid by a venting foil of a material which is both waterproof and has a predetermined degree of vapor permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Victor J. J. Cautereels, Johan M. J. K. Mortier, Jean-Marie De Craim
  • Patent number: 7357266
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a venting closure that reduces the amount of headspace in a container. The venting closure has a patch that changes the location and reduces the size of the vent opening. Accordingly, the vent closure enables a container which has a vent opening to holds more product without having to expand the size of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward John Giblin, Jaimee Terese Simone
  • Patent number: 7255354
    Abstract: A gas-permeable plug is adapted to be inserted in an insertion hole formed through a part of a casing in an inward-outward direction. The gas-permeable plug has a plug body and a permeable sheet including therein countless minute permeable pores. The plug body is injection molded from a material having rubber-like elasticity and the permeable sheet is integrally bonded to a sheet bonding portion by an anchor operation such that when the plug body is injection molded, at the sheet bonding portion, a part of a heat-melted liquid resin enters the minute permeable pores and/or the permeable gaps in irregular directions by the injection molding pressure and is solidified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Company Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tamura, Kouichi Hara