Collapsible Wall-type Container Patents (Class 222/92)
  • Patent number: 5823387
    Abstract: A method an apparatus for simultaneously dispensing a plurality of viscous materials, such as dentifrice pastes, produces a striped outer layer of a first material surrounding a core of a second viscous material. The apparatus includes a collapsible tube or pump-type dispenser containing a first viscous material and a second viscous material of a contrasting color in contact with the first material so that both materials are dispensed simultaneously. The tube or dispenser includes an outlet nozzle having a shaped outlet capable of scraping and removing a portion of the outer layer of viscous material to dispense the core material having stripes of the outer material. The nozzle is capable of forming a plurality of fine pin stripes on the core material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Yap Manadanas, James Michael Skaggs, Sean Patrick O'Sullivan, Christopher John Hedin
  • Patent number: 5810783
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an easy to use and more cost effective medication injector. The injector comprises a fluid container (1) made, preferably, of one bent, or two straight, edge heat-sealed neutral, flexible, pressure resistant and autoclavable plastic films, containing, at the discharge side, a rigid plastic tube (2) with reinforcement wings (3), in whose distal end is attached a needle (4), tightly enclosed in a plastic tube (5), closed at its distal end (6), the set being enclosed in an air-tight envelope (7) with rims (8). For large volumes infusion, the container (1) is attached to an infusion tubing (9) with a simple drip chamber (40) and an optional clamp (11) and a three-way stopcock (41) adapted to connect a syringe (42) for an initial bolus in a biphasic administration. For large volumes pressure injections, the container (1) is placed between pressing plates (14and 17) respectively attached to a lower (13) and upper (15) elements, both connected by the main link (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Inventor: Jorge Antonio Rodrigues Claro
  • Patent number: 5804270
    Abstract: A collapsible tube is obtained by heat bonding a head to a polyolefin sleeve, the head comprising a composition which comprises a polyolefin resin (A), a saponified product of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (B) having a melting point of at least 135.degree. C., and a saponified product ethylene-vinyl acetate. copolymer (C) having a melting point of not more than 130.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syukiti Kawamura, Sumio Itamura, Kazuyori Yoshimi
  • Patent number: 5779109
    Abstract: An assembly for dispensing a fluid product includes a container and a dispensing head with a channel for dispensing product. A closure is located at a terminal part of the channel. The closure includes a flexible flap at least partially closing the terminal part, when dispensing is not taking place, moving away at least partially from the closing position by flexing under the pressure of the product being dispensed, and returning, by elasticity, to the closing position, when dispensing ceases. The flap is normally urged into the closing position by a stressing member, which is a heel formed continuously with the flap and connected in the dispensing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
  • Patent number: 5773067
    Abstract: In the method for preparing metered amounts of a drink in situ such as coffee, from soluble powder, a concentrate of a drink is produced by dissolving determined quantities of soluble powder with water. Then part or all of the concentrate is diluted in hot or cold water in order to produce a metered amount of a drink. The device for the implementation of the method includes an enclosure using a defined large volume of soluble powder and a relatively small defined quantity of liquid such as water, for dissolving the powder in the liquid so as to produce a concentrate in situ, and device for diluting part or all of the concentrate in a liquid in order to rapidly produce individual metered amounts of a drink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Societe Agricole de Produits de Base
    Inventors: Alain Freychet, Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Bassereau
  • Patent number: 5772651
    Abstract: A packaging ready for the use for the oral administration of air-free diagnostic contrast solutions or suspensions comprising an air-tight collapsible container, equipped with a distributing beak with a sealing detachable cap, containing a diagnostic degassed aqueous composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Dibra S.P.A.
    Inventors: Christoph De Haen, Valtero Canepa
  • Patent number: 5750216
    Abstract: A bag accommodated in an outer box of a bag-in-box is made of film-like material to be collapsible to push out the contents such as beverage syrups and liquid foods and comprises a bag body and a mouthpiece provided on the bag body for passing the contents therethrough. The bag body is made of polyester resin at a thickness of 20-150 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignees: Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha, Kirin Beverage Corporation, Mitui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Morikatsu Horino, Tsuyoshi Kage, Yutaka Takahashi, Akira Shimomi
  • Patent number: 5740945
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sterile dispensing of product from an aseptic source is described. There is provided a valve device adapted for mounting at the outlet of the source, mounting the valve device on the outlet, providing sterilizing medium and sterilizing the outlet and valve with the medium prior to dispensing the product. There is provided a sterilizing chamber between a valve member and the valve device for continuously sterilizing part of the valve member in the chamber while product delivery occurs to create an aseptic barrier between the product and the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: David S. Smith Packaging Limited
    Inventor: Malcolm Shipway
  • Patent number: 5718383
    Abstract: A system of dispensing viscous liquid, such as vegetable oil containing products is provided which includes a sealed flexible barrier pack filled with viscous liquid, preferably filled with a viscous liquid oil having a viscosity of about 60 cps or greater. The flexible barrier pack includes a sealed fluid outlet located in the sealed flexible barrier pack. A manual pump sprayer preferably a hand pump sprayer of the trigger type is provided for delivering vegetable oil from the flexible barrier pack to a pre-selected surface such as a griddle in a fast food restaurant. Desirably, the hand pump sprayer includes a first and second discharge outlet to discharge pressurized liquid to the atmosphere along intersecting discharge axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Par Way Group
    Inventors: Robert Smith, John Shively
  • Patent number: 5697139
    Abstract: A method and device for retaining, in a rolled-up configuration, a portion of a collapsible container that holds a quantity of a product. The method includes forming a roll of a collapsible container holding a quantity of a product. The opening of a U-shaped clip is then urged into engagement with the roll of the collapsible container until the opening passes about the roll, and the roll becomes disposed between arms of the U-shaped clip. Thus arranged, an layer of a resilient, open-cell foam material lining the inside of the U-shaped clip is juxtaposed with and compressed by the roll of the collapsible container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Inventor: Hubert J. Gaetke
  • Patent number: 5667101
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing container is disclosed including a collapsible housing, the collapsible housing having first and second opposing end walls and collapsible side walls connecting the opposing end walls. A flexible drinking tube is provided on the collapsible housing, the flexible drinking tube including a first end connected to the collapsible housing and in liquid communication with the interior of the container, a formed tube portion connected to the second opposing end wall of the container, and a second end opposite to the first end for dispensing the contents of the container. The second end of the flexible drinking tube is removably sealed, and the second end of the drinking tube is removably secured to either the formed tube portion or a recessed area within the second end wall of the collapsible housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Marshall Barrash, William S. Credle, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5633340
    Abstract: This invention relates to a molded object prepared from a copolyester having an inherent viscosity of 0.4 to 1.1 dL/g,wherein the acid component comprises repeat units from 90 to 40 mole % terephthalic acid and from 10 to 60 mole % of one or more additional dibasic acids selected from the group consisting of isophthalic acid, cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, diphenyldicarboxylic acid, and stilbenedicarboxylic acid;wherein the glycol component comprises repeat units from 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Douglas C. Hoffman, Thomas J. Pecorini, James P. Dickerson, Joseph A. DeLoach
  • Patent number: 5615791
    Abstract: A system comprising a bottle with a variable volume the outer side wall of which is deformable in the direction of the height and a device integrated into the inside of the bottle and retained in the latter to hold the bottle in one of a series of states of volume and to allow its gradual deformation from one state of given volume to another state of smaller volume, the system being applicable in particular to fizzy beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Inventors: Yves Vatelot, Jacques Demeester
  • Patent number: 5588559
    Abstract: A dispenser for pharmaceutical solutions which includes membranes which are placed in a dropper of the dispenser and are used to achieve the flow of essentially all the active product and the retention of essentially all the preservative during pharmacological treatment. The membrane is coupled between two cylinder units on parts of the dropper, which remain in a relatively movable position, owing to the existence of a certain play between the cylinder units; or the cylinder units may be in a relatively fixed position, owing to the lack of such play. The cylinder unit may also be in a fixed position but with a membrane treated adequately so as to have a small area or "stain" that permits the flow of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Laboratorios Cusi, S.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Vallet Mas, Francesc X. Gimenez Guasch
  • Patent number: 5586689
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a squeezable receptacle (1), especially for ice cream, comprising a body (3) which tapers downwards from a receptacle opening (2) and the wall (4) of which is defined by a circumferential surface (9) held together in an overlapping area (5) extending along a left-hand side and a right-hand side surface line (6, 7), said body (3) having at the lower end (8) thereof a flattened end section (17). This receptacle is to be improved in such a way that it will not leak, not even if it is subjected to stress for a prolonged period of time, and that it still has the advantages of the known receptacle and can be produced without any difficulties. In accordance with the present invention, these problems are solved by the features that, in the end section (17), a cut-out portion (10, 11) is formed in at least one surface line (6, 7), said cut-out portion (10, 11) being open towards the respective other surface line (6, 7) and being arranged, at least partially, in the overlapping area (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Seda S.p.A.
    Inventor: Antonio D'Amato
  • Patent number: 5584418
    Abstract: A flexible container for dispensing a fluid product includes a flexible tube-like sleeve having a closed end and a head end, as well as a dispensing head secured to the head end of the sleeve. The dispensing head includes a tip portion having an aperture for discharge of a fluid product in the container, and a substantially truncated conical base portion extending radially outwardly from the tip portion so as to define a substantially annular shoulder portion. A depending portion depends from the shoulder portion and extends generally away from the tip portion. The headed end of the sleeve is secured to, and terminates at, the depending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Tubed Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Schroeder, William B. Kenyon, Jr., James T. Farley, Jr., Russell P. Cisek
  • Patent number: 5560517
    Abstract: Packaged toothpaste formulations which contain air sensitive components, e.g. vitamin C, are prevented from discoloring or otherwise degrading, by placing adjacent to an area of the packaging which may allow air access to the formulation, e.g. an air permeable collar, a nozzle, or the wall of an air permeable tube, a body (e.g. plug or layer) of material which does not contain any air sensitive components. Preferably, the latter body of material is the packaged toothpaste but without the air sensitive components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Creeth, Paul I. Riley, Mark E. Laing
  • Patent number: 5553745
    Abstract: A container for holding and dispensing carbonated beverages characterized by a top portion, a bottom portion, and a side wall portion in the form of collapsible tubular bellows. A valve for dispensing a fluid is removably mounted on the container and communicates with the interior portion of the container. The valve includes a valve chamber having an opposing fluid inlet and fluid outlet and two oppositely disposed valve seats positioned adjacent to the inlet and the outlet respectively. Two oppositely disposed poppet valves, each having a stem centrally extending therefrom, are cooperatively movable between a closed position sealingly engaging the valve seats and an open position allowing fluid flow through the valve. The poppet valves are coupled to a shaft by the stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Inventor: Ray M. McMillian
  • Patent number: 5551454
    Abstract: Assembly for packaging products for lightening the hair, containing, in one container, a flexible plastic sachet containing a bleaching powder, and a recipient containing a fluid developer. The sachet is fixed to a rigid head including an annular element forming a neck equipped with at least one thread, the sachet being closed by a cap screwed onto the annular element. The recipient is a tube of flexible material having a neck equipped with a thread for cooperating with the annular element. The tube is closed by a top which is screwed onto the thread of the tube neck. At least one element of the container is a dish for receiving the mixture of the powder and the developer for applying to the hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Antonin Goncalves
  • Patent number: 5505337
    Abstract: A hygienic toothpaste dispenser for selectively distributing toothpaste onto a toothbrush from one of a plurality tubes oriented so as to form a stand for a toothpaste container shaped as a cylinder, the tubes being capped with snap type covers. The tubes have indicia thereon to identify with a specific user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Inventors: Carrie W. Littman, Kenneth C. Wenzer
  • Patent number: 5458274
    Abstract: A cap and tube device comprising a tube having an opening terminating in a nozzle with an open end and having threads for rotational engagement with a cap. Also included is a check valve in the interior of the nozzle for permitting flow of tube contents substantially only out of the tube while preventing return flow of contents into the tube. The cap is sized to engaged the nozzle at its open end and has a closed terminal end having a first inwardly facing axially centered locating cup for engagement with the open end of the nozzle, and a second inwardly facing axially centered sealing cup for engagement with the open end of the nozzle to form a seal in the nozzle open end. Finally, the cap and tube have a cooperative ring and groove for locating the cap on the nozzle at the position where the sealing cup is in engagement with the nozzle and the ring and groove provide a signal upon full engagement of the cap and tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Inventor: Michael G. Maietta
  • Patent number: 5448275
    Abstract: A thermal ink jet pen including a main ink storage compartment wherein a block of foam is completely sealed off from the surrounding ambient. The pen further includes an ink delivery section which is fluidically coupled at one end to the ink storage compartment and has a thin film printhead mounted on an outer surface thereof. The above main ink storage compartment includes a pair of flexible major side walls which begin to collapse as ink and air are drawn out of the pen during an ink jet printing operation. As this happens, and the collapsible side walls are forced into the opposite surfaces of the compressed foam block, and the inherent spring force of the foam block produces an equal and opposite force in equilibrium with these side walls within the ink storage compartment. This equilibrium condition operates to stabilize the negative backpressure within the ink storage compartment at a relatively constant value and prevents the pen from drooling ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Jon J. Fong
  • Patent number: 5425479
    Abstract: A bag valve and spout for a bag-in-box bag wherein the bag valve is all plastic and recyclable. The bag valve is caused to rotate inside of the spout as a result of the hose connector being a screw threadedly connected to and disconnected from the bag valve. In the open position, holes in the bag valve align with holes in the spout, and vice versa for the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventor: William S. Credle, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5406320
    Abstract: The present invention constitutes in an ink jet printing apparatus, an improved ink replenishment system. An ink supply housing of the improved ink replenishment system includes a pair of opposed side walls having a plurality of attachments spaced in respective opposing vertical columns and detachable detents coupled to one of the attachments. An attachable ink supply conduit is associated an associated ink supply module includes a container of ink having an ink egress constructed to attach to the conduit, and a housing having bottom and side wall members supporting the container. The side walls have a vertical edge with a plurality of removable sections located in spaced relations corresponding to the column spacing of the attachments and sized to correspond to the detents. Only an ink supply module having proper sections removed can be moved into the housing to an extent sufficient for its egress to connect to the supply conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
    Inventors: Homer D. Durst, Sven Sonnenberg
  • Patent number: 5373965
    Abstract: A collapsible container for extrudable viscous fluids comprising a tube, two opposing side walls of the tube being deformable under applied compressive pressure, the tube closed at one end and open at the other, the open end having a nozzle and openable cap means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Inventors: Hans Halm, Manfred Hansen, Stefan Bender
  • Patent number: 5361939
    Abstract: The present invention is a retaining device for maintaining a collapsible tube in a rolled condition. This retaining device is for placement over the rolled portion of a flexible tube and is made from flexible material which molds to the shape of the tube bottom. The shape of the retaining device is such that it does not interfere with the storage or use of the collapsible tube. A gripping tab may be provided to aid in both the removal of the device from the tube and the placement of the device on the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Inventor: James A. Robertson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5333660
    Abstract: An improved apparatus and method for self-service dispensing of purified water with enhanced efficiency and safety. Personal injury and property damage caused by inadvertent impact of the movable dispensing spout is prevented by use of an adjustable slip clutch connected to the spout drive motor. Additionally, intermittent delivery of small quantities of purified water i.e. "topping off", is achieved without a motorized pump through manual tapping of an accumulator tank of variable storage capacity, containing a pressurized internal bladder. When emptied, the accumulator tank activates a motorized pump to provide for refilling the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Inventors: Michael J. Kohlmann, Randall W. Williams
  • Patent number: 5263609
    Abstract: A disposable container for a liquid such as soy sauce, detergent or cosmetics, discharges its contents when the container is folded over and pressure is applied to the container by the palm or fingers of the hand. The container includes a sealed portion that has a narrow width and which is formed into a circular, elliptic, rhomboid or other shape in such a manner that the center of the sealed portion coincides with the center line of the container about which the container may be folded. A discharge port is formed in the central portion of the sealed portion or in the side of the container from which the contents are desired to be discharged so that when the container is folded over and pressure applied thereto to rupture the sealed portion, the contents of the containers are discharged through the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Toyo Bussan Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 5195658
    Abstract: A disposable container for liquids may be squeezed to apply pressure to a sealed portion of the container to cause the sealed portion to rupture, thereby releasing the contents of the container. The sealed portion includes an inwardly projecting concavity with a nipple-like projection into the sealed portion of the container. When pressure is applied to the container, the nipple-like portion ruptures first, thereby facilitating rupture of the remainder of the sealed portion. A flow resistor may be included near the opening of the sealed portion to reduce the velocity of the contents of the container released upon rupture of the sealed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Toyo Bussan Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 5170910
    Abstract: A blow-moulded container having a collapsible spout through which the parting line of the container passes. The spout has a neck and a shoulder with concentric ridges joined by thin webs to permit the shoulder to fold concertina style. The ridges do not cross the parting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Lawson Mardon Group Limited
    Inventor: Peter A. Hamm
  • Patent number: 5169030
    Abstract: A dispenser tube provides a flexible envelope portion having an open end selectively sealed with a removable cap, and a sealed base, and includes at least one flexible diaphragm member bearing at least one one-way valve positioned in the tube internal cavity and defining a pair of cavity sections. As the tube is squeezed, the fluid material in the tube is sequentially displaced from one cavity section into the next in the direction of the open end, and is prevented from flow back towards the sealed end by the one-way valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Inventor: Jack R. Lewin
  • Patent number: 5165573
    Abstract: An adhesive container including an adhesive reservoir, a discharge opening provided at one end of the reservoir, an adhesive inlet provided at the other end of the reservoir, and a bottom cap having two projections inside. When the cap is attached to the inlet of the container, one of the projections slips over an annular step formed on the inlet of the container to secure the cap to the container, and when the cap is bent due to the increased inside pressure of the container, the other projection inside the cap comes into contact with the adhesive inlet, preventing the cap from coming off the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Florex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Kuboshima
  • Patent number: 5147071
    Abstract: A collapsible bag for use in containing and dispensing a liquid, such as in a bag-in-box arrangement, and a method for making the bag. Prior to sealing together two bag walls to form the bag, a one-piece spout and evacuation strip unit is attached to the outside surface of one bag wall and one or more openings are provided through the bag wall in liquid communication with a plurality of liquid channels in the strip. The two bag walls are then sealed together to form the bag and the evacuation strip provides liquid passageways for the liquid in the bag to flow to the spout to achieve complete withdrawal of the liquid from the bag as the bag collapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Christopher C. Rutter, James H. Rebholz
  • Patent number: 5139168
    Abstract: The flexible pouch (2) contains a semi-rigid component (6). The relative dimensions of the pouch (2) and the semi-rigid component (6) are such that the component (6) cannot move into a position in which its median plane would be perpendicular to the output axis of the product being dispensed. The component (6) can be free or fixed to the outlet pipe for the product to be dispensed. The component (6) defines flow channels for the product being dispensed from the bottom of the container towards the outlet pipe for the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 5135785
    Abstract: A pouch container can be produced for household products such as bleaches using a multi-layer film and RF sealing techniques. The film has at least one barrier layer and at least one seal layer. The film also has an oxygen permeability of at least about 600 cm.sup.3 /m.sup.2 /day/bar and a transmissivity for fragrances. In addition, the film should be of an age after manufacture of about 2 weeks to about 24 weeks. The pouches that are formed have strong seals and overall strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Joel Millon
  • Patent number: 5096698
    Abstract: Dental cream in contact with a polyolefin resin surface of a package such as a laminate tube, a mechanical dispenser or a flexible sachet. The dental cream contains a dentally acceptable water-insoluble alkaline earth metal salt, a liquid vehicle, a gelling agent and an additive which prevents syneresis. The liquid vehicle contains water, glycerine and sorbitol. The additive which prevents syneresis due to contact between the dental cream and the polyolefin resin is a nonionic block copolymer containing moieties of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Mitchell, Gary A. Durga
  • Patent number: 5090597
    Abstract: A masonry grout bag having an integral semi-rigid tip formed by immersing the tip in a liquid rubber-like coating compound. The liquid rubber-like coatings cure to form a semi-rigid layer upon the internal and external surfaces of the tip. The grout bag is used for applying grout to masonry structures, such as tile floors, during athe installation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Westco Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5083678
    Abstract: A semi-rigid bottle of unitary molded construction and formed of thermoplastic material for dispensing liquid includes a bottom wall having an offset spout, a pair of collapsible primary walls, and a pair of auxiliary walls interconnecting the primary walls. One of the primary walls is located further from the spout than the other primary wall and collapses a greater distance than the other primary wall collapses during dispensing of the bottle contents. The primary walls engage above the spout when collapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: James River Corporation
    Inventor: Donald A. Waring
  • Patent number: 5030341
    Abstract: Apparatus for partitioning a pre-selected phase of a sample of liquid, such as blood, having a plurality of phases of differing densities. Disclosed is an apparatus for separating a pre-selected phase of a sample contained in an enclosed chamber, wherein said apparatus can be used with a separating means which rotates the chamber about either a longitudinal axis of the chamber, or about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the chamber and not passing through the chamber. In addition, separating means in which such an enclosed chamber is rotated about a longitudinal axis is described. Also disclosed is an apparatus for dispensing fluid from said enclosed chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: Andronic Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. McEwen, William J. Godolphin, Rainer M. Bohl, Mark N. Dance, Marty L. Furse, John C. Osborne
  • Patent number: 5018646
    Abstract: An improvement in certain types of fluid containers is disclosed. The improvement is particularly directed to a certain type of squeezable fluid container that is made of a flexible plastic material. Such a fluid container defines a longitudinal axis and a cavity for containing a dispensable fluid. The fluid container has flexible side walls, a sealed bottom, a pair of spaced-apart sealed deformable side-edge margins, and a sealed deformable upper-edge margin which is unitary with an upper-edge portion of each of the side-edge margins and which defines a fluid-discharge passageway that communicates with the fluid cavity. The improvement comprises an indent, defined by at least one of the side-edge margins, for dividing the fluid cavity into two fluid chambers along the longitudinal axis. The two chambers are in fluid communication with each other. One of the two fluid chambers is located adjacent to, and is in fluid communicaton with, the fluid passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred L. Billman, Mark D. Jamison, Russell B. Wortley
  • Patent number: 4998990
    Abstract: A collapsible bag for use in containing and dispensing a liquid, such as in a bag-in-box arrangement, and a method for making the bag, wherein an elongated reinforcing strip is attached to the outside surface of the inner bag layer of one of the bag walls and extends from adjacent to the spout to remote therefrom, and a plurality of grooves are provided in the strip and also in the portion of the inner bag layer of the bag wall attached to the reinforcing strip, thus providing liquid passageways inside of the bag to achieve complete withdrawal of the liquid from the bag as the bag collapses, without the expense and complication of having to insert a separate dipstrip member into the bag and to connect it to the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Simon J. Richter, Alva C. Cobb
  • Patent number: 4988016
    Abstract: A container for fluids is disclosed in which the container is comprised of two flexible sheets joined so as to form a fluid reservoir. Leading from the reservoir is an exit flow channel to permit the expulsion of the fluid contents when pressure is applied to the container. When the applied pressure falls below a predetermined critical value, the exit flow channel will automatically self-seal, thus preventing further fluid flow, leakage, or spoilage. This self-sealing is achieved so long as the exit channel exhibits characteristics of width and length which are proportional to certain dimensionless parameters which are, in turn, proportional to several specific parameters which are dependent on the fluid, material of the container, and the desired context in which the container is intended for use. Thus, self-sealing can be achieved by an exit flow channel which is independent of its path (i.e., the course it follows), thus permitting great flexibility in container and exit flow channel design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: James P. Hawkins
    Inventors: James P. Hawkins, Hassan Aref
  • Patent number: 4964538
    Abstract: A package for a flowable material comprising, an elongated collapsible tube defining a chamber to receive the material, the tube having a tapered shoulder, with the shoulder having a generally central opening. The package has a separate insert comprising a hollow tubular section received in the opening, with the tubular section having an outer end portion located outside of the shoulder, and an inner end portion extending into the chamber a sufficient distance to prevent extrusion of the material in the region of the shoulder through the tubular section, and a device for sealingly engaging the shoulder around the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Alan Nimmey, Harry Hayes
  • Patent number: 4949883
    Abstract: This invention relates to a one-piece closure which has a lower part and a cap connected with a hinge. The side walls of the lower part are inclined from the cover surface to the exterior. A discharge spout penetrates the cover surface. The discharge spout is inclined and parallel to a side wall part in the area of the hinge. The specific geometry of the closure makes it possible to inject into a mold a one-piece hinge closure, with walls inclined outwardly, without using a slide unit. This invention also makes it possible to construct the lower part of the closure as a tube head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Alfatechnic AG
    Inventor: Werner F. Dubach
  • Patent number: 4938386
    Abstract: A cup trip assembly is disclosed for use on bag-in-the-box and membrane type beverage containers of the type having an outlet nozzle with a manually operable dispensing valve carried at the end thereof. The cup trip assembly comprises a mounting collar adapted to releasably encircle and lock to the nozzle at a location adjacent the dispensing valve. A transversely extending operating member is pivotally carried by the mounting collar at a location axially outward of the nozzle. The operating member has operating fingers extending rearwardly therefrom for engagement with the dispensing valve for moving the valve to an open position when the operating member is rotated in a first direction and moving the valve to a closed position when the operating member is rotated in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: The Meyer Company
    Inventors: Henry G. Roethel, James P. Leigh
  • Patent number: 4915261
    Abstract: A carbonated beverage dispensing system for dispensing a mixed beverage consisting of a flavoring constituent contained in an individual serving packet and a base liquid. The dispensing system includes an actuating unit having a platen that is movable between a retracted position in which a flavoring constituent containing packet is positionable into the actuating unit with a rupturable discharge end thereof directed downwardly and an actuated position which progressively presses against a side of the packet for forcing the contents of the packet in a downward direction for rupturing the discharge end of the packet and for expelling the contents thereof into a discharge nozzle. A carbonated water supply is provided for simultaneously dispensing a predetermined quantity of carbonated water into the nozzle for mixing with the expelled flavoring constituent prior to discharging therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Hays MacFarland & Associates
    Inventor: Marshall C. Strenger
  • Patent number: 4899911
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for dispensing an individual beverage serving are disclosed wherein a rupturable packet containing a flavoring constituent is ruptured by a mechanically actuated platen. Platen movement during the dispensing cycle is controlled by a specially configured cam and dependent upon predetermined volumes of flavoring constituent and gas within the packet. A nozzle assembly is employed for mixing the flavoring constituent with a base liquid and includes a deflector for insuring substantially uniform mixing and elimination of undesired foaming in the beverage. A specially configured rupturable packet is employed in which the side seals and the seal forming the packet spout are stronger than the peel seal of the packet, but weaker than the top closure seal. Another packet design employed with the apparatus has a spout which is angled to one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Multimix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Rohde, Joseph J. Pletka, Brian R. Hochstatter, Olaf Kivioja, Thomas Otto
  • Patent number: 4893731
    Abstract: A collapsible bag for use in containing and dispensing a liquid, such as in a bag-in-box arrangement, and a method for making the bag, wherein an elongated reinforcing strip is attached to the outside surface of one of the bag walls and extends from adjacent to the spout to remote therefrom, and a plurality of grooves are provided in the strip and also in the portion of the bag wall attached to the reinforcing strip, thus providing liquid passageways inside of the bag to achieve complete withdrawal of the liquid from the bag as the bag collapses, without the expense and complication of having to insert a separate dipstrip member into the bag and to connect it to the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1990
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventor: Simon J. Richter
  • Patent number: 4890744
    Abstract: An easy open pouch is formed from front and back thin films by a seal formed between the films. The seal defines a product storage chamber and a dispensing cavity between the films. The seal completely surrounds the product storage chamber. An opening to the exterior of the pouch is formed in the seal in the dispensing cavity. The product storage chamber and the dispensing cavity are located adjacent to one another with a common wall located between them. The common wall is formed as a part of the seal and is frangible in response to a pressure differential between the product storage chamber and the dispensing cavity. Upon creating a pressure differential between the product storage area and the dispensing cavity the seal across the common wall delaminates to join the product storage chamber to the dispensing cavity. Product can then be dispensed from the product storage chamber through the dispensing cavity and out of the dispensing cavity opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Assignee: W. A. Lane, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Lane, Jr., Steven D. Davis
  • Patent number: 4871091
    Abstract: A package for shipping, storing and controlled dispensing of a unit or single use quantity of liquid comprises a pair of flexible, liquid-impermeable sheets superposed one over the other. Each of the sheets comprises a first substantially rectangular section and a second substantially rectangular section, having different widths, and a transition section interconnecting the other two sections. One of the sheets has a recess formed therein which defines a pocket receivable of a unit or single use quantity of liquid. The other sheet defines a cover extending across and covering the recess. The recess also includes a portion defining an elongated and narrow spout extending outwardly of the pocket. The sheets are hermetically sealed to one another about their periphery completely about the recess. The "seal" may be manually peeled back in the region of the spout to open the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: Mason-Keller Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Preziosi