IP Library Granted Patent US 11,155,395
Granted Patent B2
US 11,155,395 · App. 16/580,097 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Pressure relief valve with floating diaphragm

Inventors: Peter Knappe (Stuttgart, DE); Herbert Stotkiewitz (Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE); Jenny Haase (Allmersbach, DE)
Assignee: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
B65D77/225
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Patent No.
US 11,155,395
App. No.
16/580,097
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Pressure relief valve of a packaging container, comprising: a main body ( 2 ) with an edge region ( 3 ) and with a sealing face ( 4 ), wherein the edge region ( 3 ) is connectable in sealing fashion to a wall ( 10 ) of a packaging container ( 100 ) and wherein at least one passage opening ( 51 ) is formed in the sealing face ( 4 ), said passage opening extending through the main body ( 2 ), a first diaphragm ( 6 ) that is arranged over the passage opening ( 51 ) and at least partly covers the sealing face ( 4 ), a second diaphragm ( 7 ) that at least partly covers the first diaphragm ( 6 ), and a fluid ( 8 ) that is applied to the sealing face ( 4 ) and by means of which fluid the first diaphragm ( 6 ) is held on the sealing face ( 4 ) in floating fashion.

Claims (20)

1. A pressure relief valve for a packaging container, the pressure relief valve comprising:

a main body ( 2 ) with an edge region ( 3 ) and with a sealing face ( 4 ), wherein the edge region ( 3 ) is configured to be connected in sealing fashion to a wall ( 10 ) of the packaging container ( 100 ) and wherein the sealing face ( 4 ) surrounds at least one passage opening ( 51 ) that extends through the main body ( 2 ),

a first diaphragm ( 6 ) that is arranged over the passage opening ( 51 ) and at least partly covers the sealing face ( 4 ),

a second diaphragm ( 7 ) that at least partly covers the first diaphragm ( 6 ), and

a fluid ( 8 ) that is applied to the sealing face ( 4 ), wherein the fluid ( 8 ) is arranged between the sealing face and the first diaphragm ( 6 ), wherein the fluid ( 8 ) brings about lateral mobility of the first diaphragm ( 6 ) and of the second diaphragm ( 7 ) with respect to the sealing face ( 4 ) and within the edge region ( 3 ), wherein the fluid ( 8 ) is arranged, completely in each case, between the first diaphragm ( 6 ) and the sealing face ( 4 ) and between the first diaphragm ( 6 ) and the second diaphragm ( 7 ).

2. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein the first diaphragm ( 6 ) has a first external dimension (D 1 ) in a plane parallel to the sealing face ( 4 ), wherein the second diaphragm ( 7 ) has a second external dimension (D 2 ) in a plane parallel to the sealing face ( 4 ) and wherein the first external dimension (D 1 ) is less than or equal to the second external dimension (D 2 ).

3. The pressure relief valve according to claim 2 , wherein the first external dimension (D 1 ) and a position of the at least one passage opening ( 51 ) on the sealing face ( 4 ) are matched to one another in such a way that the first diaphragm ( 6 ) completely covers the at least one passage opening ( 51 ) in the case of any lateral displacement of the first diaphragm ( 6 ) on the sealing face ( 4 ).

4. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a fluid volume of the fluid to an internal volume (V) of the main body ( 2 ) is at least 3:100.

5. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein two passage openings ( 51 , 52 ) are formed in the main body ( 2 ) and wherein the two passage openings ( 51 , 52 ) are arranged in off-centered and symmetric fashion with respect to a central axis ( 21 ) of the main body ( 2 ).

6. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein the first diaphragm ( 6 ) and the second diaphragm ( 7 ) are each embodied as a circular film disk.

7. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein the first diaphragm ( 6 ) has greater flexibility than the second diaphragm ( 7 ).

8. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein the main body ( 2 ) has a round cross-sectional form.

9. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein the main body ( 2 ) is an injection-molded part.

10. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a fluid volume of the fluid to an internal volume (V) of the main body ( 2 ) is at least 5:100.

11. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a fluid volume of the fluid to an internal volume (V) of the main body ( 2 ) is no more than 3:10.

12. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein the main body ( 2 ) is an injection-molded part and is formed from plastics.

13. A packaging container comprising at least one pressure relief valve ( 1 ) according to claim 1 .

14. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid ( 8 ) is a liquid.

15. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein the second diaphragm ( 7 ) is formed of plastic.

16. The pressure relief valve according to claim 1 , wherein the first diaphragm ( 6 ) is held in floating fashion on the sealing face ( 4 ) and the second diaphragm ( 7 ) is held in floating fashion on the first diaphragm ( 6 ).

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2026
From: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: SYNTEGON FENWAY GMBH
Reel/Frame 075427/0791 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 28, 2026
From: SYNTEGON FENWAY GMBH
To: HESSER PACKAGING GMBH
Reel/Frame 075427/0961 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 8, 2021
From: ROBERT BOSCH PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 054941/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2020
From: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
To: ROBERT BOSCH PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 054831/0279 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2020
From: KNAPPE, PETER; STOTKIEWITZ, HERBERT; HAASE, JENNY
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 051534/0683 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102019200860.7 · Jan 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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