Outer Closure Includes Cutting Or Penetrating Means Patents (Class 220/258.4)
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Patent number: 11840383Abstract: A can-top reservoir attached to a lid of a beverage container is provided. The pull tab is used for opening a beverage container and dispensing edible material into the beverage container. The pull tab comprises a reservoir for storing an edible material, different than the beverage container. The reservoir is provided with a sealing element which when manipulated to selectively dispense the edible material from the reservoir to the mouth of the beverage container via an egress of the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventor: Russ Lynn Peterson
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Patent number: 11230408Abstract: A sheet packaging material for producing a sealed package of a pourable food product is disclosed. The packaging material may include at least one base layer for imparting stiffness to the sheet packaging material, at least one lamination layer applied to and covering said base layer, and a partially laminated opening zone. The opening zone may include a laminated cutting area having at least three longitudinal portions extending between the center and the periphery of the opening zone, and at least three removable portions adjacent to the laminated cutting area, each removable portion being located between two longitudinal portions and having a folding zone adjacent to the periphery of the opening zone. In use, the removable portions are partly detached from the packaging material by penetration of the laminated cutting area prior to being folded at the folding zone to form an opening in the packaging material for pouring a food product from the package.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Gabor Benkö, Niclas Björup
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Patent number: 11148674Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for acquiring a control amount for a performance test of an unmanned vehicle, including: acquiring coordinates of y key points on a trajectory of a simulated obstacle vehicle and speeds at the y key points, where y?2; acquiring trajectory equations of the obstacle vehicle between every two adjacent key points according to the coordinates of the y key points, where the trajectory equation is an nth degree polynomial equation, n?2; acquiring accelerations of the obstacle vehicle between every two adjacent key points according to speeds at the y key points and a trajectory curve corresponding to the trajectory equation; for each running duration, according to the accelerations, acquiring a dynamic attribute and a coordinate when the obstacle vehicle has run for the running duration according to trajectories corresponding to the trajectory equations.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Chen Yang, Dun Luo, Jiming Mao, Fangfang Dong
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Patent number: 11049595Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are provided for managing interventional radiology. The method and system store in memory a plurality of data entry sheets and structured report templates corresponding to different interventional radiology (IR) procedures, wherein each data entry sheet includes IR data entry fields concerning IR procedural data and patient data. The method and system determines a procedure designator that designates a particular IR procedure, presents at least one data entry sheet corresponding to the particular IR procedure, collects IR data through the IR data entry fields of the presented at least one data entry sheet, identifies a particular structured report template corresponding to the particular IR procedure, and imports the collected IR data into corresponding fields of the particular structured report template to create a patient-procedure specific structured report. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: EBIT srlInventors: Elena Vergaro, Irene Minetti
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Patent number: 10377540Abstract: A container cap configured to couple to an access opening of a container, and the access opening having a seal configured to cover the access opening. The container cap includes a cap body including a cylindrical-shaped side wall having a bottom edge that defines an opening to an interior of the cap body, and a top wall portion integrated with the cylindrical-shaped side wall and at least partially enclosing the interior of the cap body. The container cap further includes a seal opening assembly integrated with the cap body. The seal opening assembly includes a slot defined in the top wall portion of the cap body, and a seal piercing member formed on a first side of the slot. The seal piercing member is configured to pierce the seal covering the access opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: ABBVIE, INC.Inventors: Joy Elizabeth Borgardt, James J. Hughes, Ted Klikuszowian, Todd Marshall, Marc Plew, Kelsey M. Coffey, Scott L. Fisher, Jason A. Rowe
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Patent number: 9708096Abstract: The invention relates to a self-opening closure with a pouring spout (12), a self-opening sleeve (20) which is guided in the connector in a helical manner, and a cover (30) which covers the pouring spout (12). A driver cam (24) is formed on the self-opening sleeve, said driver cam defining a guide surface (241). The cover has a driver (34) which defines a front edge (341). The front edge interacts with the guide surface of the driver cam. The front edge and the guide surface are inclined by the same angle of inclination relative to the longitudinal axis in order to allow an optimal force transmission between the cover and the self-opening sleeve. Additionally, the guide surface can be designed in a concave manner, and the front edge of the driver can be rounded in a corresponding manner in order to prevent a radial deflection of the driver towards the inside.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Terxo AGInventors: Fritz Dill, David Koller, Markus J. Schellenberg
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Patent number: 9050852Abstract: A combination paint container and tray that includes a container for a supply of a paint product including a base and an upper peripheral closure edge, and a lid constructed and arranged as a paint tray structure having first and opposed second peripheral edge elements. The paint tray has a storage position relative to the container and an opposite use position relative to the container. The paint tray, in the storage position thereof, has the first peripheral edge element for sealed engagement with the upper peripheral closure edge of the container. The paint tray, in the use position thereof, has the opposed second peripheral edge element for positioning on the upper peripheral closure edge of the container. The paint tray, in the use position, is provided with a paint receiving tray surface for receiving a supply of paint.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Inventor: Khalid Abuzarifah
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Publication number: 20150144630Abstract: A pack having an opening region provided in the top of the pack which forms a pouring opening after it is cut through by an applied pouring element, the pouring element including a base body, a cutting element arranged movably therein, and a screw cap, the screw cap being used for first opening of the pack by actuating the cutting element and for reclosure, and the opening region having a weakened line. The weakened line has a round first section and a second section. The first time the composite pack is opened by moving the cutting element, the weakened line is cut in the first section and tears in the second section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Martin Backes, Hansjörg Huber
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Patent number: 9016502Abstract: A cap and gasket for a compressed gas cylinder arranged to operate with a gas cylinder having a neck with a top surface around a gas outlet and a side surface extending downwardly from the top surface. The cap may define an inner space to house the gasket and may be attached to the gas cylinder neck. The cap may restrain gasket movement, and define a volume in which the gasket can deform, when making a seal as a piercing element enters the inner space to contact the gas outlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Coravin, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Hollars, Carey Costle
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Patent number: 9016505Abstract: The present invention regards a package (1) for food products comprising a flexible container (2) having a first wall (5) and a second wall (6) opposite each other and peripherally sealed along at least the respective side edges (5a, 6a, 5b, 6b), a space (8) inside said walls containing, optionally in sterile conditions, a food product (73), and a gusset element (10) extended between the upper edges (5c, 6c) of said first wall (5) and of said second wall (6), said gusset element (10) defining a pocket (14) turned towards the interior of said flexible container (2), characterized in that it comprises an opening and closing device (3) housed in said pocket (14) and constrained to said flexible container (2), said opening and closing device (3) comprising a pourer body (15) associated with an opening and closing cap (16), and cutting means (42) suitable to perforate said flexible container (2) at the time of the first opening of said packaging (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: GRC Pack Luxembourg S.A.Inventor: Pierottavio Canegallo
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Patent number: 9004305Abstract: The present invention discloses a container cover produced from a plastics film, having a rotating closure which has a rotatable cylindrical cutting device (100, 300), wherein the latter has a lower rim (110) on which at least one cutting edge section (120) is arranged, and wherein said at least one cutting edge section (120) has at least three teeth (130) which are located on a line extending in an inclined manner in relation to the bag, and wherein the front-most tooth in the direction of rotation comes first into contact with the plastics film during the cutting operation. The cutting device (100, 300) is characterized in that the inclination of the line on which the teeth (130) of each cutting edge section are located is selected such that, in the case of at least approximately maximum deformation of the plastics film before the latter is perforated by the front-most tooth, at least two following teeth of the same cutting edge section (120) are in direct contact with the plastics film.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Dan Barron
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Patent number: 8991631Abstract: A beverage container comprises a body for receiving fluids, having a base, a first side wall adjoining the base, and an opening section adjoining the first side wall and having a discharge opening. The container further comprises a cover module that is placed on or is present on the body and has a second side wall and a cover flap adjacent thereto. When the cover module is present on the body, the first and the second side walls form an outline shape of the container, at least in sections, the diameter of which has at least one maximum. At least one film, at least in regions, rests on the first and second side walls, and extends on one side and an opposite side at the body at the at least one diameter maximum. The film may be a shrink film that is shrunk on the first and second side walls.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Red Bull GmbHInventors: Joachim Kalchmair, Catherine Reiter, Nathalie Mikhaeel, Peter Huels, Roland Concin, Gabriele Weber-Trinkfass, Matthias Rinderer
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Publication number: 20150083724Abstract: A closure is provided having a closure body dimensionally formed for closing an opening within a container. A closing flap is pivotally positioned on the closure body and is moveable between an opened position, wherein the flap is pivoted upward, and a closed position, wherein the flap is pivoted to overlap a recess in a top surface of the body. A frangible area is provided in the recess. A flexible dome is formed on the closing flap. A contact member projects from the flap, opposite the dome. The contact member is positioned adjacent the frangible area when the closing flap is in the closed position. A downward actuation force to the dome causes a flexing of the dome toward the frangible area and at least a partial tearing of the frangible area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventors: Chad E. Lagace, Keith E. Antal, SR.
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Publication number: 20150060450Abstract: Containers comprising a closure system comprising a fixed element and a movable closure element are disclosed. The containers may be constructed to be resealable and improve sanitary conditions of the dispensing portion and allow for easier opening with the ability to be reclosed, over a conventional container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventor: Evan Ira Phillips
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Publication number: 20150034644Abstract: A container closure comprising a pouring spout having a neck defining a pour opening and a cover portion closing one end of the neck; a cap fittable to and removable from the spout and having a lateral wall cooperating with the neck and an end wall facing the cover portion; a weakening line on the end of the neck; first opening promoter on the spout; and second opening promoter on the lateral wall of the cap to engage the first opening promoter upon removing the cap from the spout to separate the cover portion from the neck along the weakening line; after separation, the cover portion is held by the second opening promoter in a containing zone of the cap; the closure further comprises flow hampering mechanism for limiting, after separation of the cover portion from the neck, the product flow towards and from the containing zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Fabrizio Pucci, Mats Qvarford, Bo Larsson
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Patent number: 8944271Abstract: A tube head assembly includes a tube head that includes a solid insert forming a lid closing the neck, a cap that includes a punch, and a removable spacing ring disposed against the shoulder around the neck. The ring and the cap are formed integrally in one piece and are joined by material bridges and configured in such a way as to allow sliding of the cap through the ring after breakage of the material bridges, characterised in that the ring includes internal stops adapted to limit the movement of the cap through the ring in such a way as to keep the punch spaced from the lid when the cap is screwed onto the neck and butts against the ring.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Albea ServicesInventor: Franck Seguin
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Patent number: 8893912Abstract: A closure device (1) for a product dispensing container. The closure device comprises a base (2) having a body with a connector portion (2a) adapted to mount the closure device on a product container. The base comprises a product channel (5) and a rupturable seal (4) occluding the product channel and forming a lower seal of the closure device. A rotary part (20) is rotatably journalled on the base. The rotary part has a product passage (21) in communication with the product channel in the base. An upper sealing arrangement (30) is arranged on the rotary part and forms an upper seal of the closure device that is remote from the lower seal and seals the product passage of the rotary part. A lower seal rupturing member (40) is movable in a rupturing motion relative to the base to rupture the rupturable lower seal. A motion transfer (27, 42, 3b, 41) means is provided and is adapted so as to effect the rupturing motion of the lower seal rupturing member upon suitable rotary actuation of the rotary part.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: IPN IP B.V.Inventors: Peter Jan Van Der Molen, Laurens Last, Jeroen Gerrit Anton Gebbink
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Patent number: 8839982Abstract: A dispensing capsule, comprising a cap body including a chamber, whereby the bottom of the chamber is sealed by a sealing member. The cap body includes one or more plungers, each plunger received in a sub-chamber of the chamber, and one or more flexible actuators engaged to the one or more plungers, whereby the actuators are accessible at a top portion of the cap body. The flexible actuators may comprise a bellow-type blast or stepped blast. In some embodiments, a dust cover is provided to cover said top portion of the cap body. By applying pressure to the one or more actuators, the one or more plungers displace downward and break at least a portion of the sealing member. This allows for independent dispensing of an ingredient stored in each of the sub-chambers.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Inventors: Michael R. Anderson, Lillemor I. Anderson
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Patent number: 8820554Abstract: A vessel cap is comprised of a body mounted at a vessel inlet through which a liquid material stored in a vessel is discharged outwardly and having a certain space therein. A pressing plate is disposed in the body to be movable in upper and lower directions. A cutter is formed at an edge of a lower surface of the pressing plate in a circumferential direction for penetrating a sealing member when the pressing plate is pressed and which cuts the sealing member when the body is rotated. A hooking member downwardly protrudes at the lower surface of the pressing plate for storing the sealing member cut by the cutter in the body. A connection portion is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the pressing plate and an inner circumferential surface of the body for guiding the pressing plate to be moved in upper and lower directions.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Inventor: Hee Kwon Rho
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Publication number: 20140224801Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a very safe opener cap that can easily open a film serving as a section to be opened without scattering the contents. A can body (10) and a screw cap (20) are screwed together, and the screw cap (20) and an opener (30) are ratcheted together so as to rotate as a unit in the direction of the screw cap (20) tightening. Blade angles of an annular blade (34) are configured so that the blade angle in the direction of the screw cap (20) loosing is gentler than the blade angle in the direction of tightening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: KEY COFFEE INC.Inventors: Hiromitsu Ueda, Masahiro Takenaka, You Yamamori, Kazuo Kawamata, Takeshi Sou, Syouzo Fujii
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Patent number: 8739999Abstract: A container has a body defining a compartment and a discharge opening. A material is provided within the compartment. A sealing assembly in a sealed state blocks communication of the material from the compartment to and through the discharge opening. A first assembly is provided for reconfiguring the sealing assembly to an operative state to establish a communication path from the compartment to and through the discharge opening. The first assembly has at least a first component that is movable guidingly relative to the body between: a) a storage position; and b) an operative position. The sealing assembly is changeable from the sealed state into the operative state as an incident of the at least first component moving from the storage position into the operative position without the at least first component fully separating from the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Inventor: George Kasboske
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Patent number: 8714380Abstract: A reclosable opening device for a sealed package of a pourable food product includes a frame fitted about a pierceable portion of the package and defining a through pour opening; a removable threaded cap that screws onto the frame to close the pour opening; a tubular cutter engaging the pour opening and having a cutting device which cooperates with the pierceable portion to unseal the package; a first connector connecting the cap to the cutter, and which, as the cap is unscrewed, pushes the cutter towards the pierceable portion and a second connector connecting the frame to the cutter, and which, in use, feed the cutter along a predetermined piercing path through the pierceable portion in response to unscrewing of the cap; and the piercing path, as the cap is unscrewed, has a first portion of pure axial translation, followed by a second portion of both axial and rotary motion.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Tetra Laval Holding & Finance S.A.Inventors: Cristiano Casale, Angelo Sorbara
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Patent number: 8701906Abstract: A dispensing cap for storing one or more ingredients in the cap body until the time of use. The stored ingredients in the cap are dispensed manually into a primary container for mixing. The dispensing cap includes a push-pull, flow-through drinking spout with a fluid valve for opening and closing the fluid flow from the primary container. The dispensing cap body includes several elements all of which are formed in a single molded cap body. The storage chamber of the dispensing cap includes a foil seal that can be partially opened by an activating member manually connected to the drinking spout for dispensing the ingredients into the primary container. The cap body is threadably attached to a primary container threaded neck.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Blast Max LLCInventor: Michael R. Anderson
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Publication number: 20140097184Abstract: A cap and gasket for a compressed gas cylinder arranged to operate with a gas cylinder having a neck with a top surface around a gas outlet and a side surface extending downwardly from the top surface. The cap may define an inner space to house the gasket and may be attached to the gas cylinder neck. The cap may restrain gasket movement, and define a volume in which the gasket can deform, when making a seal as a piercing element enters the inner space to contact the gas outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Coravin, LLCInventors: Anthony Hollars, Carey Costle
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Publication number: 20140083879Abstract: A closure (100) for a container (110) includes a stationary member (200) having an inner surface (210) and an outer surface (220), the inner surface is configured to be secured to an outer circumference (150) of a neck (130) of the container at a first inner portion (215) having a first set of threads (218) and includes a second inner portion (225) having a second set of screw threads (230), the outer surface includes a third set of screw threads (320). A substantially cylindrical cap member (270) includes a top (280) and a sidewall (290) that extends downward from an outer circumference of the top, the sidewall includes sidewall threads for rotational engagement with the third set of screw threads of the stationary member. A cutting member (330) includes outer threads (340) located on an outer circumference of the cutting member and an engagement member (360) located on an inner circumference of the cutting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIESInventor: David C. Ulstad
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Publication number: 20140041338Abstract: Resealable beverage containers include caps that are twisted to impart translational motion of the cap to push a tear panel into the container. Cam elements are used to convert rotational movement to translational movement. The caps are preferably made of molded plastic material, and include cam elements formed on the sidewalls of the caps that engage cam followers or projections formed on the inner cylindrical surface of a socket which is formed in the lid of the beverage container. Methods of manufacturing resealable beverage containers avoid the need to form rivets and to attach pull tabs, thus saving costs and making the beverage containers more easily recycled.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: POWERCAN HOLDING LLCInventors: Daniel A. Zabaleta, Sam Hackett
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Patent number: 8627975Abstract: A content-saving system featuring a plunger series, a cap series, and a winder series. After a hand-squeeze type tube or a cartridge gun type tube is opened for use, the caps are used to prevent hardening of contents during storage. The winder aids in forcing the contents out of the hand-squeeze tube. If the product contents harden to prevent use, the plunger is used to clear the obstruction in the end of either type tube. Additional caps of both sizes and winders may be provided with the plunger assembly in kit form or sold separately when the consumer needs additional units for storage surplus.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Inventors: Gordon Whitbeck, Helen Whitbeck
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Patent number: 8590723Abstract: The invention relates to a container seal, in particular for a milk container (7?), whereby said container seal may be mounted in a container lid (6?) and manually operated without tools. According to the invention, the container seal is at least partly made from plastic and may be inserted in a cut-out in the container lid (6?), whereby the container seal seals the cut-out in the container lid (6?) and comprises a pouring opening. The invention further relates to a corresponding container lid (6) and a container with said container seal.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2003Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Euro-Cap GmbHInventor: Jurgen Sooth
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Patent number: 8528771Abstract: The invention closures that opens sealed containers and close such containers thereafter and method of using the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Leslie A. Voss, Catie A. Morley, James Timothy Davis, Gary S. Hall
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Patent number: 8522995Abstract: The invention closures that opens sealed containers and close such containers thereafter and method of using the same.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Leslie A. Voss, Catie A. Morley, James Timothy Davis, Gary S. Hall
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Patent number: 8459478Abstract: The self-opening closure includes a pouring spout (10), which can be assembled leak-proof on a combipack or a container spout sealed with foil material, twist cap (9) and a self-opening sleeve (1) arranged inside the pouring spout, which can be made to rotate by the twist cap. The self-opening sleeve forms on its upper edge an indentation (4), which becomes smaller towards the bottom edge (6) and tapers off into the same. There are guiding means present on the outer side of the self-opening sleeve and on the inner side of the pouring spout so that the self-opening sleeve is guided downwards by rotation on the pouring spout. The indentation (4) lies partially inside the pouring spout and partially below the same after unscrewing of the cover cap and forms an air inlet channel, which results in a steady outpour of the liquid content of a combipack.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: SIG Technology Ltd.Inventors: Roger Alther, Rolf Weiss, Egon Lang, Thomas Hocker
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Patent number: 8454567Abstract: Multi-conduit connector apparatuses for use in negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) apparatuses to wound dressing, and methods for installing multi-conduit connector apparatuses in NPWT apparatuses.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Justin Alexander Long, Aidan Marcus Tout, Larry Tab Randolph, Christopher Brian Locke
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Patent number: 8302795Abstract: Caps for bottles with a box of powder material for preparation of beverages. The cap is applied to a basic box with a basic substance enclosed, as e.g. drinking water. The cap contains the other box with the other liquid or powder substance. The box is closed on the bottom-side with aluminum foil and a slant damper and on an upper side by a cover. The damper may be twisted around a hinge and have on an upper surface a one-arm vertical flexible lever arranged above the aluminum foil. The cover has on an internal plane bottom tangs, as well as a barrier, by which during winding up and winding off the cover acts on the lever. By winding off the cover a free end of the lever is elastically bent, creating in it a moment of force, which twists the damper and breaks through and removes the aluminum foil. Upon finishing mixing substances, the blend may be drank through the opening of the box.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Cedevita D.O.O.Inventors: Lucas Karel Johannes Van Den Broek, Gerard Van Amerongen
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Patent number: 8292112Abstract: An aluminum container for dispensing beverage, includes a can having a cylindrical side wall, and transverse top and bottom walls. A pull tab mechanism is provided on the top wall to effect opening of the container. The transverse top wall has an upstanding peripheral rim, with one or two interrupted wall portions, one of said portions forming a spout for pouring the contents, or drinking from the container directly. The other of the interrupted wall portions provides a clearance space for facilitating the insertion of the user's finger beneath the pull tab in readiness for opening the container. The bottom wall of the container is provided with a removable appliqué, which may contain printed text/pictorial information, or information in the nature of a store or manufacturer's product coupon.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Inventor: Charles Chang
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Patent number: 8286818Abstract: A portion container which can be unsealed easily by an extremely simple operation, and the lid of which can be opened easily with no possibility of scattering of the contents. The container body is constituted of a nonflexible tubular upper structure which is resistant to press deformation, and a flexible bottomed tubular lower structure extending downward from the lower edge of the upper structure and being susceptible to press deformation, wherein a press board connected rotatably with the upper structure and equipped with a cutter is provided vertically in the container. A lid plate is cut by pressing the press board from the outside to rotate the cutter.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuo Suzuki
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Patent number: 8201700Abstract: Provided is a container 1 for inspection which stores and pours out contents therein, and the container is provided with a container main body 2 having a mouth portion 22 formed thereon, a cover portion 3 attached to the mouth portion 22 to seal the container main body 2, and an opening cap 4 attached to the cover portion 3. The cover portion 3 has a closing wall 34 for closing the mouth portion 22, and the opening cap 4 is provided with an pouring outlet 421, and a cutting portion 431 for cutting the closing wall 34. When the opening cap 4 is attached to the cover portion 3, the cutting section 431 cuts the closing wall 34 to enable pouring out the contents. Thus, in the provided container 1 for inspection, sealing properties of the container main body 2 are ensured by the cover portion 3, and the closing wall 34 of the cover portion 3 is cut by the opening cap 4 attached to the cover portion 3 without removing the cover portion 3, whereby the contents can be poured out.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignees: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd., Eiken Kagaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Shibata, Manabu Hosokawa, Hiroaki Hayashi, Natsuki Masuya, Yoshiaki Seto, Shingo Saito, Hidetoshi Kanda
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Patent number: 8162161Abstract: A bottle container in which sealing of the opening of a container body filled with a chemical liquid etc. and installation of a shoulder part, an unsealing member, and a cap can be made at the same time and that has a shoulder part fall-off prevention mechanism. A bottle container (1) has a container body (2) having a hollow cylindrical neck (21) whose upper part is open and having a step formed on a container body shoulder; a shoulder part (3) screwed on the outer peripheral surface of the neck (21) and having on its upper surface a hollow cylindrical body (32) that has a spout at its head; a cap (4) screwed on the outer peripheral surface of the hollow cylindrical body (32) and having a spout sealing means; and an unsealing prevention member (5) installed between the shoulder par (3) and the cap (4).Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Fancl CorporationInventor: Koji Suzuki
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Patent number: 8157115Abstract: A child-resistant cap comprises: an inner cap mounted at a vessel inlet of a vessel; an outer cap disposed at an outer circumferential surface of the inner cap so as to perform an idling with the inner cap; a rotation force transmitting portion disposed between the inner cap and the outer cap for transmitting a rotation force of the outer cap to the inner cap only when the outer cap is downwardly moved with a force more than a certain degree; and a sealing member removing unit formed at the inner cap for removing a sealing member sealed at the vessel inlet when the inner cap is detached from the vessel inlet, and storing the removed sealing member in the inner cap. Since the sealing member removing unit is integrally formed at the cap, the sealing member is automatically removed at the time of opening the cap. Accordingly, the sealing member needs not to be additionally removed, and thus a usage convenience is enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2006Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Inventor: Hee Kwon Rho
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Patent number: 8113374Abstract: A closure for a container includes a base having an aperture therethrough, a membrane attached to the bottom of the base and adapted to be attached to the container to seal the opening, a pull tab positioned within the aperture and connected to the base around at least a portion of an inner periphery of the aperture by a frangible portion, and a cap connected to the base by a hinge. The base is adapted to be connected to the container such that the aperture is positioned over the opening. The pull tab is connected to the membrane, so that when a user pulls on the pull tab, the frangible portion breaks to allow removal of the pull tab to open the aperture, and removal of the pull tab causes the portion of the membrane to tear away to unseal the opening of the container. The cap is pivotable about the hinge between an open position and a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2007Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.Inventors: John Steiger, Machelle D. Stockwell
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Patent number: 8020720Abstract: A stopper member (C) for mounting on an opening (31) of a fluid reservoir (P), said member being characterized in that it comprises: a base body (1) forming a fluid dispenser orifice (17); an assembly part (20) for mounting in stationary manner on the base body (1); and a closure lid (25) for closing the dispenser orifice (17), the lid (25) being connected to the assembly part via a hinge (26), characterized in that the lid (25) and the part (20) are made as a single piece, the lid (25) initially being connected to the assembly part (20), before the lid is opened for the first time, via at least one bridge (28) of material able to be broken at the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Valois S.A.S.Inventors: Frédéric Duquet, Fabrice Perignon
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Patent number: 7980243Abstract: A cartridge for propellant-free administration of a liquid pharmaceutical composition by inhalation includes: an elongate displacing device including an upper end and a lower end, the lower end for at least partial insertion into a container; a cartridge chamber disposed at the lower end of the displacing device and operable store a pharmaceutical formulation, the cartridge chamber including at least one pierceably sealed opening; and a cannula guide extending from the upper end of the displacing device to the cartridge chamber, wherein insertion of a cannula through the guide pierces the sealed opening and releases the pharmaceutical formulation into a liquid solvent in the container to form the liquid pharmaceutical composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co., KGInventor: Dieter Hochrainer
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Patent number: 7967135Abstract: A beverage can having a primary fluid volume and a segregated secondary container. The secondary container could contain a liquid or a granulated solid. The two containers are separated by a barrier which can be opened. The beverage can has a lid with a conventional pull-tab and downward-opening hatch. However, the hatch is equipped with a piercer extending down into the can. When the pull-tab is actuated, the piercer breaches the barrier separating the secondary container from the primary fluid volume. The contents of the secondary container can then be mixed with the primary fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Inventor: Barry Boatner
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Publication number: 20110127266Abstract: A container has a body defining a compartment and a discharge opening. A material is provided within the compartment. A sealing assembly in a sealed state blocks communication of the material from the compartment to and through the discharge opening. A first assembly is provided for reconfiguring the sealing assembly to an operative state to establish a communication path from the compartment to and through the discharge opening. The first assembly has at least a first component that is movable guidingly relative to the body between: a) a storage position; and b) an operative position. The sealing assembly is changeable from the sealed state into the operative state as an incident of the at least first component moving from the storage position into the operative position without the at least first component fully separating from the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventor: George Kasboske
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Patent number: 7942284Abstract: An apparatus removes a tamper-evident seal from a mouth of a container and retains the tamper-evident seal to prevent any of the seal from falling into the container. The apparatus includes a body having a top surface and a bottom surface. A sidewall circumscribes the body and extends substantially perpendicularly from the top surface of the body. A first projection extends substantially perpendicularly from the top surface and is disposed radially inward from the side wall. The first projection includes a first tip, a first portion, and a second portion, wherein an indentation is defined between the first and second portions. The first portion is located between the body and the second portion. The second portion has a diameter that is wider than a diameter of the first portion. A plurality of second projections extend from the top surface of the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Minimizim, L.L.C.Inventors: Alex H. Amanat, Paul H. Wunderlich, Douglas Hidding
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Patent number: 7934616Abstract: A flip-top closure for composite and cardboard packaging, which permits the automatic opening of a package by flipping open the lid of the closure, includes a frame base element, which is designed to be welded by its level underside to composite or card-board packaging, and has a continuous peripheral overhang that protrudes upwards in order to form a pouring neck with an interior opening. A cover that flips open and closes is fixed to the base element. A guide, or tongue, element is pivotally mounted on the base element extends over the interior expanse of the overhang and friction-fit elements act between the tongue, or guide, element and the cover to pivot the tongue downwardly by force when the cover is flipped open for tearing and pivoting away a piece of the packaging lying below the tongue or guide element.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2005Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: SIG Technology Ltd.Inventor: Josef Felber
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Patent number: 7886922Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic closing device comprising a bottom part, a closing cap, and a cutting ring which is mounted inside the neck of the bottom part so as to be helically movable. A driving cam (16) which is axially disposed in the closing cap acts upon the non-continuously circular cutting ring when the closing cap is unscrewed such that the cutting ring perforates and cuts through the receptacle in a helical cutting movement. The cutting ring forms a ventilating concavity (6) which cooperates with the driving cam (16). The non-circular cutting ring, the bottom side of which is provided with a sharp cutting edge extending at an obtuse angle relative to the bottom edge of said ring, performs a helical cutting movement similar to an advancing knife when the closing cap is unscrewed such that the receptacle wall is easily cut by applying a minimum amount of force because a new sharp point constantly attacks the packaging material, thus preventing shredding.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Inventor: Fritz Seelhofer
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Patent number: 7841484Abstract: There is provided a capped container in which the angle of rotation of a screw cap required for unsealing the same can be rendered small and in which a cut piece can be prevented from being completely cut away from a container body. The capped container includes a container body (11) including a wall portion and a rupture portion (36) formed at a predetermined position of the wall portion; a tubular base portion attached to the wall portion and surrounding the rupture portion (36); a movable tube (16) disposed in the base portion and thread-engaged with the base portion; and a screw cap (17) disposed outside the base portion, thread-engaged with the base portion, engaged with the movable tube (16), and adapted to rotate the movable tube (16) while being rotated. A cutting member (38) including a plurality of blades (t1 to t6) and adapted to cut the rupture portion (36) as the screw cap (17) is rotated is formed at a lower end of the movable tube (16).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Masamichi Kaneko, Hiroyuki Serizawa
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Publication number: 20100237073Abstract: The self-opening closure consists of a pouring spout (10), which can be assembled leak-proof on a combipack or on a container spout to be sealed with foil material, appropriate twist cap (9) as well as a self-opening sleeve (1) arranged inside the pouring spout (10). This can be made to rotate by the twist cap (9). The self-opening sleeve (1) forms on its upper edge an indentation (4), which becomes smaller towards the bottom edge (6) and tapers off into the same. There are guiding means present on the outer side of the self-opening sleeve (1) and on the inner side of the pouring spout (10) so that the self-opening sleeve (1) is guided downwards by the rotation on the pouring spout (10). The indentation (4) lies partially inside the pouring spout (10) and partially below the same after the unscrewing of the cover cap and forms an air inlet channel, which results in a steady outpour during the pouring out of the liquid content of a combipack.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: SIG TECHNOLOGY LTD.Inventors: Roger Alther, Rolf Weiss, Egon Lang, Thomas Hocker
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Publication number: 20100230410Abstract: A twist cap closure assembly comprising: an injection moulded thermoplastic base (1) including a tubular part, which has an interior side defining a channel in said tubular part and also has an exterior side, said tubular part forming a mouth of said channel at one end thereof, an injection moulded thermoplastic twist cap (50) adapted to be fitted on said tubular part of said base so as to close off the mouth in a closed position of said cap, said cap including a top wall and a downward skirt depending from said top wall, said skirt having an interior side, an exterior side and a lower edge, said exterior side of said tubular part and said interior side of said skirt having mating bayonet connector members, said bayonet connector members being adapted to hold said cap (50) in its closed position on said tubular part and allow for the cap to be twisted about a twist axis to release said cap (1) from the base so that the channel is opened, wherein a plug (70) is arranged within said tubular part of the base, saType: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2007Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: IPN IP B.V.Inventors: Laurens Last, Peter-Jan Van Der Molen
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Publication number: 20100224629Abstract: A liquid pack with a filling gland having a post fill sealed membrane interposed between the product and the, or a, surround of the opening into die filling gland. An insertor integral part of the filling gland defines a dispensing gland, piercing adaptor and/or collar. This has been both (i) engaged to said filling gland if not integral therewith and (ii) had a surround of its opening sealed to said membrane. In use a suitable piercer to be guided by or received said dispensing gland, piercer adaptor and/or collar can pierce said membrane to allow egress of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2008Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventor: Peter John Schroeder