Labeling Or Embossing Indicia Patents (Class 264/509)
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Patent number: 11318655Abstract: Discloses is a method for manufacturing a dual cosmetic container.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: JUNG MIN CO., LTD.Inventor: Jung Min Hong
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Patent number: 10611509Abstract: A system for labeling a container includes a label forming section, a buffer section, and a bonding section. The label forming section includes a first rotatable turret having a plurality of forming mandrels. The buffer section includes a second rotatable turret having a plurality of buffer receptacles. The bonding section includes a third rotatable turret having a plurality of bonding stations. The label forming section forms a label in a frustoconical shape using one of the forming mandrels and transfers the label to one of the buffer receptacles of the buffer section. The buffer section receives, in a buffer receptacle, the label followed by a container blank, and transfers the label and the container blank together to one of the bonding stations of the bonding section. The bonding section bonds the label to the container blank in the bonding station.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Grupo Convermex, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: Charles E. Busse, Efrèn de Urquijo Carmona, Lawrence Maccherone
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Patent number: 10589889Abstract: This disclosure relates to a labelling machine (1), comprising a carousel (3) rotatably mounted a supporting frame (2) in such a way that it can rotate about a first axis of rotation (30) and a plurality of supporting elements (4) for articles to be labelled (9). The supporting elements (4) are mounted on the periphery of the carousel (3) and are able to rotate about respective second axes of rotation (40). The machine (1) is characterised in that it comprises an operating unit (55) which is mounted on a rotary support (6) mounted on the supporting frame (2). The support (6) is able to rotate about a third axis of rotation (60) which is at a distance, along a radial line, from the first axis of rotation (30).Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: KOSME S.R.I. UNIPERSONALEInventor: Giovanni Saccardi
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Patent number: 9808984Abstract: The objects of this invention are to set a predetermined height position for the portion of parison or preform that is the first to come in contact with body molding planes of a split mold and to prevent air from being trapped between in-mold labels and the container which is blow molded from the parison or the preform. In-mold labels are fixed to the entire outer surface of body of main container. An annular thinnest wall portion is formed in the wall of the body so that the thinnest wall portion is the first to come in contact with the body molding planes of a split mold. Under this construction, no bulge of air is formed between the body and the in-mold labels fixed to the entire surface of the body.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Motegi, Shinichi Ishiyama, Takao Kurosawa, Yasuyuki Shimizu
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Patent number: 9676137Abstract: A method of forming a blow molded plastic article wherein the article comprises an airflow conduit, comprising: providing a first sheet of insulation material located on a insulation carrier; providing a blow molding mold including two halves and having a molding surface defining a molding cavity to form the article; locating the insulation carrier between the two halves of the blow molding mold; transferring the first sheet of insulation material from the insulation carrier to the blow molding mold; introducing an extrudate of thermoplastic composition between the two halves of the blow molding mold; closing the blow molding mold; forming the extrudate to a shape of the mold cavity of the blow molding mold to form the article; and bonding the extrudate to the first sheet of insulation material as the extrudate is being formed to the shape of the mold cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc.Inventors: David Vanhorn, Paul Nagy
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Patent number: 9114905Abstract: It is provided a container having at least in one part a textured surface (12), wherein the container (10) has an in-mold label (14) on the textured surface (12). An in-mold label (14) on a textured surface (12) dispenses with the need to provide a smooth area on an otherwise textured container (10) for attaching the label thereto. This facilitates the fabrication of containers (10) with textured surface (12). An in-mold label (14) on a textured surface (12) further provides a visually and/or haptically appealing labeling which provides a good durability on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: KAO Germany GmbHInventor: Sebastian Kraus
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Patent number: 8999223Abstract: A device for producing labeled plastic containers includes a blowing wheel including a plurality of blow molds each being configured to mold one of the containers. A labeling device is disposed in a region of the blowing wheel and is configured to label the containers while the containers are circulating on the blowing wheel.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Krones AGInventor: Klaus Voth
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Patent number: 8986584Abstract: A process for making an embossed web. A precursor web is provided between a forming structure and a compliant substrate. The forming structure has a plurality of discrete protruded elements and lands completely surrounding them. Pressure is provided between the compliant substrate and the forming structure to conform the precursor web to the forming structure to form the embossed web. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of discrete extended elements completely surrounded by land areas.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Keith Joseph Stone, Roger Dale Young
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Patent number: 8980160Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a labeled container which uses deep drawing, in which a label which is cut to size is laid in a mold and a deep-drawable thick film is heated using heating elements to a temperature at which the polymer is thermoplastically deformable and subsequently the film is drawn into a mold using a molding tool or pneumatically, so that the film is tailored to the mold and a container is molded and simultaneously the inserted label is applied, wherein the label comprises a biaxially oriented film having a microporous layer, which has an open-pored, net-like structure, which was generated during the production of the film by converting ?-crystalline polypropylene into alpha-crystalline polypropylene during the stretching, the microporous layer facing toward the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Bertram Schmitz, Karl-Heinz Kochem, Wilfrid Tews
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Patent number: 8974624Abstract: A label applicator that includes an applicator housing having a flow chamber and a suction side. The suction side has one or more openings that allow air to pass therethrough. The label applicator also includes first and second air flow generators that are fluidly coupled with the flow chamber. The first and second air flow generators are configured to generate first and second air flows, respectively, through the flow chamber. The label applicator also includes a valve mechanism that is positioned in the flow chamber to direct the first and second air flows through the flow chamber of the applicator housing. The valve mechanism includes a diverter valve and an electric actuator. The actuator is configured to move the diverter valve within the flow chamber to different positions during a label application operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Bixen
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Publication number: 20150064051Abstract: A manufacturing method of an embossment structure formed in a mold in the present invention is applicable to plastic or metallic in-mold shaping products, such as computers, communication products, consumer electronic products, electrical appliances, parts of machines and instruments or common household products. A base layer provided with embossment structure or tri-dimensional ornament and a separable layer is stably fixed in a shaping mold by making use of absorption mode of the shaping mold. After shaped completely, the base layer on the surface of the in-mold shaping product is torn off to present delicate tri-dimensional embossed streaks on the surface of the in-mold shaping product, which is designed according to personalization or individuation, able to lower cost and increase external beauty of the in-mold shaping product and conform to economic gain.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicants: SUPREME TECHNIC PACKAGE CO., LTD.Inventor: SHENG-CHANG HUANG
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Patent number: 8968632Abstract: The invention relates to a biaxial oriented film with a microporous layer, comprising a propylene polymer and at least one ?-nucleating agent the microporosity of which is generated by conversion of ?-crystalline polypropylene on drawing the film and the use thereof for the labelling of containers in blow molding. The Gurley value for the film is 10,000 to 300,000 Gurley.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Karl-Heinz Kochem, Bertram Schmitz, Mathias Roth, Wilfrid Tews
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Patent number: 8940221Abstract: There is disclosed a process for manufacturing an in-mold labelled article, the process comprising the steps of: placing a label comprising a polyvinylidene chloride coated film (15) into a mold for injection molding, thermoforming, or blow molding; holding the label in position; injecting a polymeric melt into, or thermoforming or blowing a polymeric preform in said mold so as to bind with the label; and removing the article from the mold. A process of in-mold labelling using a label comprising a polyvinylidene chloride coated film is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Innovia Films LimitedInventors: Richard Waning, Stephen Langstaff
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Publication number: 20140377575Abstract: There is disclosed an in-mould labelling process for the manufacture of a labelled article comprising the steps of: feeding a labelstock web into a mould; forming an article in the mould such that the formed article contacts and effectively adheres to a label of the labelstock web; detaching the adhered label from the labelstock web; and removing the formed and labelled article from the mould.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Stephen Langstaff, Christopher Konkel, Robert Siegl
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Patent number: 8871135Abstract: A labeler for in-mold labeling of plastic bottles as well as to a labeling method for use of the labeler, including that a transfer star wheel and a transfer device of the labeler move the preforms and the labels in a transfer region towards one another in such a way that a respective label is only affixed to a circumferential subarea of a perform. In this manner, the label can be inserted in the blow mold in a particularly fast and reliable manner and excessive stretching of the label during blow molding can be avoided.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Krones AGInventors: Wolfgang Hausladen, Christian Popp, Werner Britten
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Patent number: 8871134Abstract: A labeler for labeling plastic containers in the blow mold in a rotary blow molder, with a blow wheel having arranged thereon a plurality of blow molds with a lowerable blow mold bottom, and at least one label dispenser used for providing tubular labels. The blow mold bottom is implemented such that a label can be introduced via the blow mold bottom into the blow mold before the blowing process takes place, which facilitates a spatial separation of the label supply from the feeder star wheel of the blow wheel and allows a substantially simultaneous insertion of the label and of the preform.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Krones AGInventors: Christian Popp, Werner Britten, Wolfgang Hausladen
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Publication number: 20140272097Abstract: The invention provides a method of marking an item with a naturally-derived or synthetic non-natural polymeric marker molecules, such as a DNA or Peptide marker in conjunction with optional visible or rapid scan reporters for authenticating or tracking, in which the method includes providing an item for marking, and applying a medium including a DNA marker to the item. The invention also provides a method of marking an item with a DNA marker for authenticating or tracking, in which the method includes providing a medium including a DNA marker, and molding the medium including the DNA marker to provide all or part of the item. The DNA marker encodes information unique to the item and/or the model of the item as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: APPLIED DNA SCIENCES, INC.
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Patent number: 8585951Abstract: A process for making an embossed web. A precursor web is provided between a forming structure and a compliant substrate. The forming structure has a plurality of discrete apertures or depressions. Pressure is provided between the compliant substrate and the forming structure to force the precursor web into the apertures or depressions of forming structure to form the embossed web. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of discrete extended elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kevin Gerard Muhs, Richard George Coe, Keith Joseph Stone, Sarah Beth Gross
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Publication number: 20130256178Abstract: It is provided a container having at least in one part a textured surface (12), wherein the container (10) has an in-mold label (14) on the textured surface (12). An in-mold label (14) on a textured surface (12) dispenses with the need to provide a smooth area on an otherwise textured container (10) for attaching the label thereto. This facilitates the fabrication of containers (10) with textured surface (12). An in-mold label (14) on a textured surface (12) further provides a visually and/or haptically appealing labeling which provides a good durability on the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: KAO GERMANY GMBHInventor: Sebastian Kraus
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Patent number: 8540926Abstract: A method of, and apparatus for, profiling a tube to form at least one profiled product having a first open end and a second open end. The tube (30) is supported on a support (19) which supports the tube along at least a substantial part of the length of the tube corresponding to the product(s) to be formed. At least a portion of the tube is heated to form at least one heat-softened portion of the tube in the region(s) corresponding to the product(s) to be formed. A fluid pressure change (28) is applied to the region(s) of the tube corresponding to the product(s) to be formed to form at least one profiled product having a first open end, a second open end, and a predetermined shape with one or more three dimensional profile features.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Inventor: Alan Mark Crawley
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Publication number: 20130240631Abstract: A container cap having identification function and its manufacturing method includes a cap and a radio frequency identification label provided with a radio frequency identification system and an antenna with extension antennas. The cap has a top wall formed with an extending-down circumferential surface having its under side disposed with a positioning circumference. A method for manufacturing such a container cap is to have the label combined with a male mold of a cap-shaping mold in advance to let the main body of the label combined with the inner side of the top wall of the cap, and the extension portion of the label combined with the circumferential surface and extended to the positioning circumference of the cap. When the container cap is turned open, parts of the extension antennas will be broken off for blocking or sending forth radio frequency identification signals, thus producing efficacies of anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicants: SUPREME TECHNIC PACKAGE CO., LTD.Inventor: SHENG-CHANG HUANG
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Publication number: 20130214459Abstract: A process for making an embossed web. A precursor web is provided between a forming structure and a static pressure plenum. The forming structure has a plurality of discrete protruded. elements. Pressure is provided by the static pressure plenum against the precursor web and the forming structure to conform the precursor web to the discrete protruded elements of the forming structure to form the embossed web. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of discrete extended elements having open proximal ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent number: 8512623Abstract: A labeler for labeling plastic containers in the blow mold as well as to a labeling method for use of the labeler, where due to the fact that the rotating insertion device of the labeler comprises articulated arms having each rotatably supported thereon a gripper, it is possible to remove labels from stationary magazines at a comparatively low relative speed. The articulated arms are able to follow the path of the blow molds during insertion of the labels with high speed. The grippers are rotatably supported which allows an exact radial orientation of the gripper with respect to the axis of rotation of the blow wheel that continues to rotate during insertion of the labels, to thus allow a particularly accurate and reliable labeling.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Krones AGInventors: Wolfgang Hausladen, Christian Popp, Johannes Weiss
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Publication number: 20130193027Abstract: A process for producing containers includes the steps of providing a container having a shaping region, the shaping region comprising a thermoplastic material; applying an ink to the shaping region; discretely heating the shaping region to a shaping temperature; and discretely shaping the shaping region to take a desired three dimensional shape. A system for producing containers having three dimensional decorations, and containers having three dimensional decorations, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: Altira, Inc.Inventor: Faustino Poo
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Patent number: 8431215Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a biaxially oriented film having a porous layer, which contains propylene polymer and at least one ?-nucleating agent and whose microporosity is generated by converting ?-crystalline polypropylene during stretching of the film, for labeling containers during a drawing process.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Bertram Schmitz, Karl-Heinz Kochem, Wilfrid Tews
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Publication number: 20130093125Abstract: An in-mold labeling system includes a molding apparatus having a first mold half and a second mold half that opposes the first mold half, the mold halves defining at least one mold cavity contained within a cavity wall. The in-mold labeling system further comprises a polymeric label receptor fixed to at least a portion of the cavity wall of the at least one mold cavity. The polymeric label receptor has a tacky contact face facing the inside of the at least one mold cavity when the molding apparatus is in the closed position. During a molding process, the tacky contact face of the polymeric label receptor receives a mold-side face of a label. The label is held in position against the tacky contact face during the molding process by surface tension between the mold-side face of the label and the tacky contact face of the polymeric label receptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventors: Thomas Furey, Robert Freund
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Patent number: 8377366Abstract: There is disclosed a process for manufacturing an in-mold labelled article, the process comprising the steps of: placing a label comprising a polyvinylidene chloride coated film (15) into a mold for injection molding, thermoforming, or blow molding; holding the label in position; injecting a polymeric melt into, or thermoforming or blowing a polymeric preform in said mold so as to bind with the label; and removing the article from the mold. A process of in-mold labelling using a label comprising a polyvinylidene chloride coated film is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Innovia Films LimitedInventors: Stephen Langstaff, Richard Waning
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Publication number: 20130011559Abstract: There is disclosed a process for manufacturing an in-mould labelled article, the process comprising the steps of: placing a label comprising a polyvinylidene chloride coated film (15) into a mould for injection moulding, thermoforming, or blow moulding; holding the label in position; injecting a polymeric melt into, or thermoforming or blowing a polymeric preform in said mould so as to bind with the label; and removing the article from the mould. A process of in-mould labelling using a label comprising a polyvinylidene chloride coated film is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: INNOVIA FILMS LIMITEDInventors: Richard Waning, Stephen Langstaff
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Patent number: 8344045Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes (A) a polymerizable silicone compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a silicone chain, (B) tetrahydrofurfuryl (meth)acrylate, and (C) a radical polymerization initiator. There are also provided an inkjet recording method that includes (a1) a step of discharging onto a recording medium the ink composition and (b1) a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation, a printed material obtained by the inkjet recording method, and a process for producing a formed printed material that includes (a2) a step of forming an image on a support by discharging the ink composition by an inkjet method, (b2) a step of obtaining a printed material having a cured image on the support by irradiating the obtained image with actinic radiation so as to cure the ink composition, and (c2) a step of molding the printed material.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hironori Ohnishi, Kazuhiro Yokoi
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Publication number: 20120161369Abstract: A blow mold is disclosed. The mold comprises a pair of mold halves having an operative configuration wherein said mold halves together define a cavity for a container. The container has a main body and a characteristic selected from the group of characteristics consisting of: a push-up base; an integral finish; and an embossed or a debossed feature. Each of the pair of mold halves has a first portion and a second portion formed integrally with the first portion. When the pair of mold halves is in the operative configuration, the first portions collectively define the main body and the second portions collectively define the characteristic. The blow mold can be used for prototyping, and can also be used for production.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: GARRTECH INC.Inventor: Tony Paget
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Patent number: 8206628Abstract: A process for making an embossed web. A precursor web is provided between a forming structure and a compliant substrate. The forming structure has a plurality of discrete protruded elements and lands completely surrounding them. Pressure is provided between the compliant substrate and the forming structure to conform the precursor web to the forming structure to form the embossed web. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of discrete extended elements completely surrounded by land areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Keith Joseph Stone, Roger Dale Young
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Publication number: 20120104663Abstract: A method for forming an overmolded container by covering a hollow inner bottle made of resin with an injection of a molten resin which forms an outer. The method comprises steps of setting the inner bottle in a mold with a space therebetween for forming the outer and circulating a pressurized gas into and out of a hollow space of the inner bottle through an upper opening thereof. The pressurized gas is supplied through a first path which opens toward an inner wall of the inner bottle and discharged out of the inner bottle through a second path. The pressurized gas supplied into and discharged out of the inner bottle is adjusted in pressure while the molten resin is being injected to the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: Satoshi OGATA, Kenzo TESHIMA, Susumu HIROSE
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Patent number: 8168109Abstract: Coating compositions suitable for UV imprint lithographic applications include at least one vinyl ether crosslinker having at least two vinyl ether groups; at least one diluent comprising a monofunctional vinyl ether compound; at least one photoacid generator soluble in a selected one or both of the at least one monofunctional vinyl ether compound and the at least one vinyl ether crosslinker having the at least two vinyl ether groups; and at least one stabilizer comprising an ester compound selectively substituted with a substituent at an ester position or an alpha and the ester positions. Also disclosed are imprint processes.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, JSR CorporationInventors: Frances A. Houle, Sally A. Swanson, Taiichi Furukawa
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Patent number: 8098162Abstract: A container includes a container body having a sidewall and an end wall extending across the sidewall and closing an end of the container body. A retainer is received on the container body with a central portion of the retainer adjacent to the end wall of the container body and a flexible edge portion of the retainer engaging the sidewall of the container body at an angle to resist removal of the retainer away from the end wall. An RFID tag is disposed between the central portion of the retainer and the end wall of the container body. The retainer and the RFID tag may be disposed outside of the container body interior, but more preferably are disposed within the container body interior. The retainer preferably is imperforate, and the edge portion of the retainer preferably is in continuous peripheral contact with the container sidewall to seal the RFID tag from the container interior.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Rexam Healthcare Packaging Inc.Inventors: Douglas W. Abbott, John M. Shingle
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Publication number: 20110265362Abstract: The present technology provides an illustrative display post that includes a first side, a second side, and a third side. The third side of the display post has a concave portion extending along a length of the third side such that the concave portion is configured to receive a convex surface. The third side also has a first flat portion along a side of the concave portion and extending along the length of the third side and a second flat portion along an opposite side of the concave portion as the first flat portion and extending along the length of the third side.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Gregory Allen GLESINGER, Bradley Christopher Hegg
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Patent number: 8048363Abstract: A container having a scented label attached using an in-mold label process and methods of making the same. A scented material is supplied to the label, and the label is attached to the container using an in-mold label process. In another embodiment, a container comprises an interior cavity for retaining a substance, and a label adapted to dispense a scent, wherein the label is disposed on an exterior surface of the container using an in-mold label process. The scent may be suggestive of the content of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Robert Samuel Schlaupitz, Timothy P. Clare, Marilyn A. Roberts
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Publication number: 20110189397Abstract: There is disclosed a process for manufacturing an in-mould labelled article, the process comprising the steps of: placing a label comprising a polyvinylidene chloride coated film (15) into a mould for injection moulding, thermoforming, or blow moulding; holding the label in position; injecting a polymeric melt into, or thermoforming or blowing a polymeric preform in said mould so as to bind with the label; and removing the article from the mould. A process of in-mould labelling using a label comprising a polyvinylidene chloride coated film is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: INNOVIA FILMS LIMITEDInventors: Stephen LANGSTAFF, Richard WANING
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Publication number: 20110180975Abstract: A labeler for labeling plastic containers in the blow mold as well as to a labeling method for use of the labeler, where due to the fact that the rotating insertion device of the labeler comprises articulated anus having each rotatably supported thereon a gripper, it is possible to remove labels from stationary magazines at a comparatively low relative speed. The articulated arms are able to follow the path of the blow molds during insertion of the labels with high speed. The grippers are rotatably supported which allows an exact radial orientation of the gripper with respect to the axis of rotation of the blow wheel that continues to rotate during insertion of the labels, to thus allow a particularly accurate and reliable labeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: KRONES AGInventors: Wolfgang Hausladen, Christian Popp, Johannes Weiss
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Publication number: 20110180974Abstract: A labeler for in-mold labeling of plastic bottles as well as to a labeling method for use of the labeler, including that a transfer star wheel and a transfer device of the labeler move the preforms and the labels in a transfer region towards one another in such a way that a respective label is only affixed to a circumferential subarea of a perform. In this manner, the label can be inserted in the blow mold in a particularly fast and reliable manner and excessive stretching of the label during blow molding can be avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: KRONES AGInventors: Wolfgang Hausladen, Christian Popp, Werner Britten
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Publication number: 20110140313Abstract: An insertion plunger for inserting at least one wrap-around label and at least one bottom label into an injection mold for producing a plastic container has an outer plunger and an inner plunger that is movable relative to the outer plunger. In a method for insertion of a wrap-around label and a bottom label into an injection mold, the labels are inserted by an insertion plunger in that the wrap-around label and the bottom label are inserted in a single stroke performed by the insertion plunger into the injection mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: MARBACH MOULDS & AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Daniel Döbler
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Publication number: 20110109018Abstract: An apparatus includes a first operating machine arranged for processing objects, a second operating machine positioned downstream of the first operating machine and arranged for further processing the objects, an accumulating arrangement interposed between the first operating machine and the second operating machine and arranged for receiving the objects, and a command and control arrangement arranged for detecting a parameter indicating the quantity of the objects contained in the accumulating arrangement and regulating the operation of the second operating machine on the basis of the parameter. A method includes dispensing synthetic plastics in a pasty state, compression-moulding the plastics to obtain a perform, blowing the perform to obtain a container, and filling the container with a product. Each step maintains its own regulated temperature so that the dispensing temperature is greater than the blowing temperature and the blowing temperature is greater than the filling temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' CooperativaInventors: Fiorenzo Parrinello, Zeno Zuffa, Matteo Camerani, Ivan Bonzi, Gabriele Stocchi
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Patent number: 7927541Abstract: A layer on a substrate is formed using an imprint lithography system. The layer is formed by providing a plurality of flowable regions on the substrate, spreading material in the flowable regions, and contacting the regions with a plurality of imprint lithography molds that are disposed on a template.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Molecular Imprints, Inc.Inventor: Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan
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Publication number: 20110049771Abstract: A single-sided shuttle-type blow molding apparatus having an extruder for substantially continuously extruding a thermoplastic material in tubular form at a moldable temperature downwardly along a vertical axis. The apparatus includes a mold having a set of mold parts adapted to open and close relative to each other to define, when closed, a mold cavity. A shuttle having the mold mounted thereon is arranged to move along a closed path from a first position wherein the mold engages, when open, a finite length of the thermoplastic tube, to a second position away from the first position. The apparatus further includes a blow head adapted to blow the finite length of the thermoplastic tube to form the container as the mold moves from the first position to the second position of the closed path. The apparatus includes no more than one mold. A method is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Graham Packaging Plastic Products, Inc.Inventors: Daniel McGlynn, Gregory A. Geisinger, Thomas J. Krall
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Patent number: 7887741Abstract: A method includes heating a thermoplastic sheet to a predetermined temperature, and placing the heated sheet between a male die and a female die. The female die has a grain pattern on an inner surface thereof and a plurality of minute holes extending therethrough. The method further includes closing the male die and the female die to press the sheet against the inner surface of the female die, drawing the sheet to the female die by vacuum pressure through the plurality of minute holes, and thereby the grain pattern on the female die is transferred to the sheet. After that, thermoplastic molten plastic material is injected into a space between the laminate material and the male die, and is cooled down so that the plastic product is formed by integrating the sheet and the injected material.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2002Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Sakaeriken Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohisa Kato, Takashi Okano
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Publication number: 20100291329Abstract: The present invention concerns an in mould label comprising a polymeric or cellulosic carrier base film (1) having a first decorative surface (1a) and a second, backing surface (1b), said label comprising a pattern (3) printed on said first decorative surface (1a) thereof, said printed first surface (1a) being laminated with a transparent protective top film (2), affixed thereto by means of an adhesive (4), the printed pattern (3) being visible through said transparent protective top film (2). It also concerns a method for manufacturing such a label and a method for incorporating it onto the surface of a polymeric article.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2007Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: I.S.D.I S.A.Inventor: Eric Di Duca
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Publication number: 20100255287Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a bixailly oriented film having a porous layer, which contains propylene polymer and at least one ?-nucleating agent and whose microporosity is generated by converting ?-crystalline polypropylene during stretching of the film, for labeling containers during a drawing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: Treofan Germany GmbH & Co.KGInventors: Bertram Schmitz, Karl-Heinz Kochem, Wilfrid Tews
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Patent number: 7807243Abstract: The invention relates to: a label for in-mold forming having excellent suitability for delabeling which comprises a thermoplastic resin film base layer (I) and a heat-sealable resin layer (II) and in which the heat-sealable resin layer (II) has an adhesion strength as measured at 23° C. of 300 gf/15 mm or higher and an adhesion strength as measured at 90° C. of 290 gf/15 mm or lower; and a labeled resin container having the label bonded thereto.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2006Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Yupo CorporationInventors: Yasuo Iwasa, Masaki Shiina, Takatoshi Nishizawa
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Publication number: 20100237543Abstract: The invention relates to a mould for thermoforming food pots having a decoration, and to an associated method, the mould (1) being in the form of a plate in the thickness of which at least one cell (2) for thermoforming a pot is formed, characterized in that it comprises an element (3) with an effusivity less than that of the mould, which is arranged on at least a part of the peripheral wall (21) of the cell, the said part being intended to be in contact with an overlap zone of the decoration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventor: Paul Le Roi
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Patent number: 7700188Abstract: This invention relates to an in-mold label comprising a core layer with a first and second surface and a heat seal layer on the first surface of the core layer, wherein the heat seal layer comprises a polyolefin, having a peak melt temperature of less than about 110° C. and where less than about 25% of the polyolefin melts at a temperature of less than 50° C. as measured by differential scanning calorimetry. The label may also contain a skin layer on the second surface of the core layer. The invention also relates to plastic substrates bonded to the label. In another aspect, the present invention also relates to a process for in-mold labeling and a process for preparing an in-mold label. The labels and processes provide reduced amounts of one or more of the following: blisters, both before and after bonding, shrinkage, bagginess and gage bands.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2003Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Ramabhadran Balaji, Mark Wisniewski
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Patent number: 7670544Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a biaxially oriented microporous film, which contains a propylene polymer and at least one ?-nucleating agent and whose microporosity is produced by converting ?-crystalline polypropylene when drawing the film, in order to label containers during blow molding.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Detlef D. Busch, Karl-Heinz Kochem, Bertram Schmitz, Wilfrid Tews