IP Library Granted Patent US 12,252,322
Granted Patent B2
US 12,252,322 · App. 17/640,070 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Valve for a packaging container

Inventors: Hans-Peter Stadel (Lorch, DE); Jenny Haase (Allmersbach, DE); Holger Poell (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
B65D77/225
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,252,322
App. No.
17/640,070
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A valve for a packaging container includes at least one base film ( 10 ) with an opening ( 11 ), at least one frame film ( 13 ) encompassing a free region ( 17 ), wherein the frame film ( 13 ) is connected to the base film ( 10 ), wherein at least one membrane ( 12 ) is provided, which is arranged on the base film ( 10 ) and covers the opening ( 11 ), wherein a fluid is provided between the membrane ( 12 ) and the base film ( 10 ), wherein the membrane ( 12 ) is arranged movably within the free region ( 17 ) on the base film ( 10 ).

Claims (26)

1. A valve for a packaging container, comprising at least one base film ( 10 ) with an opening ( 11 ), at least one frame film ( 13 ) encompassing a free region ( 17 ), wherein the frame film ( 13 ) is connected to the base film ( 10 ), wherein at least one membrane ( 12 ) is provided, which is arranged on the base film ( 10 ) and covers the opening ( 11 ), wherein a fluid is provided between the membrane ( 12 ) and the base film ( 10 ), wherein the membrane ( 12 ) is arranged movably within the free region ( 17 ) on the base film ( 10 ), wherein the frame film ( 13 ) has at least one interruption such that at least one channel ( 18 ) is formed, and wherein the channel ( 18 ) extends within the frame film ( 13 ) unbroken from an outer perimeter of the frame film ( 13 ) to an inner perimeter of the frame film ( 13 ).

2. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the frame film ( 13 ) is implemented so as to encompass the membrane ( 12 ) at least partially or completely, such that the membrane ( 12 ) cannot leave the free region ( 17 ).

3. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the frame film ( 13 ) is embodied in a one-part implementation.

4. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the free region ( 17 ) is formed in a circular shape, with a radius that is greater than a radius of the membrane ( 12 ) that is embodied in a circular shape.

5. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the frame film ( 13 ) is greater than the thickness of the membrane ( 12 ).

6. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the base film ( 10 ), the frame film ( 13 ) and the membrane ( 12 ) are equally usable and/or arrangeable within a packaging container or outside a packaging container.

7. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein at least one cover film ( 15 ) is provided, which is connected to the frame film ( 13 ).

8. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein at least one filter ( 16 ) is provided for covering the opening ( 11 ).

9. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the base film ( 10 ) and/or the frame film ( 13 ) and/or the cover film ( 15 ) are/is made of polypropylene, OPP, PET, polyolefin or of a synthetic material.

10. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the frame film ( 13 ) is connected to the base film ( 10 ) and/or to the cover film ( 15 ) via a welding connection.

11. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the base film ( 10 ) has a thickness between 0.1 mm and 0.25 mm and/or the frame film ( 13 ) has a thickness between 0.1 mm and 0.2 mm, and/or the cover film ( 15 ) has a thickness between 0.05 mm and 0.15 mm, and/or the membrane ( 12 ) has a thickness between 0.025 mm and 0.075 mm.

12. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the frame film ( 13 ) encompasses the membrane ( 12 ) at least on two sides, wherein at least two channels ( 18 ) are formed via which an overpressure can escape, wherein a width of the respective channel ( 18 ) is smaller than the diameter of the membrane ( 12 ).

13. The valve according to claim 8 , wherein another side of the opening ( 11 ), which faces away from the membrane ( 12 ) is covered by the filter ( 16 ).

14. The valve according to claim 5 , wherein the thickness of the frame film ( 13 ) is greater than the thickness of the membrane ( 12 ) by 75% to 225%.

15. The valve according to claim 8 , wherein the filter is a nonwoven filter.

16. The valve according to claim 9 , wherein the base film ( 10 ) and/or the frame film ( 13 ) and/or the cover film ( 15 ) are/is made of sustainable raw materials or bio-degradable synthetic materials.

17. The valve according to claim 10 , wherein the frame film ( 13 ), the base film ( 10 ), and/or the cover film ( 15 ) are laminated together.

18. The valve according to claim 11 , wherein the base film ( 10 ) has a thickness of 0.125 mm, and/or the cover film ( 15 ) has a thickness of 0.1 mm, and/or the membrane ( 12 ) has a thickness of 0.05 mm.

19. A valve for a packaging container, comprising at least one base film ( 10 ) with an opening ( 11 ) and at least one frame film ( 13 ) encompassing a free region ( 17 ),

wherein the frame film ( 13 ) is connected to the base film ( 10 ),

wherein the valve further includes at least one membrane ( 12 ) that is arranged on the base film ( 10 ) and covers the opening ( 11 ),

wherein a fluid is provided between the membrane ( 12 ) and the base film ( 10 ),

wherein the membrane ( 12 ) is arranged movably within the free region ( 17 ),

wherein the frame film ( 13 ) includes an outer perimeter,

wherein the outer perimeter of the frame film ( 13 ) is open at least in one point such that a channel ( 18 ) is formed in the frame film ( 13 ), and

wherein the channel ( 18 ) extends within the frame film ( 13 ) unbroken from the outer perimeter of the frame film ( 13 ) to an inner perimeter of the frame film ( 13 ).

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2022
From: STADEL, HANS-PETER; HAASE, JENNY; POELL, HOLGER
To: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 059159/0893 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 214 315.6 · Sep 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220332489A1 · Oct 20, 2022
References Cited (28)
US 5727881A · Domke · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 6662827B1 · Clougherty et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 8038023B2 · Moore · 2011 [cited by examiner]
US 10311759B2 · Birk · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 20050103798A1 · Luigi · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20080011751A1 · Stotkiewitz et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20120048853A1 · Stadel et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120243807A1 · Pascoe · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20130048125A1 · Hoffman et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 20200239214A1 · Knappe et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
DE 2625350A1 · 1977 [cited by applicant]
DE 102004062026A1 · 2006 [cited by applicant]
DE 102004061262A1 · 2006 [cited by examiner]
DE 102006016594A1 · 2007 [cited by applicant]
DE 102019200860A1 · 2020 [cited by applicant]
EP 0760790B1 · 2000 [cited by applicant]
EP 1538107A2 · 2005 [cited by applicant]
EP 2396244B1 · 2011 [cited by applicant]
EP 2719637A1 · 2014 [cited by applicant]
GB 1583503A · 1981 [cited by applicant]
JP H0324379A · 1991 [cited by applicant]
JP 2014076858A · 2014 [cited by applicant]
Translation of DE 102004061262 from Espacenet. (Year: 2024). [cited by examiner]
Translation of International Search Report for Application No. PCT/EP2020/076114 dated Dec. 8, 2020 (2 pages). [cited by applicant]
Japanese Patent Office Action for Related Application No. 2022517304 dated Mar. 22, 2023 (6 pages, including an English translation). [cited by applicant]
German Patent Office Search Report for Application No. DE 10 2019 214 315.6 dated Aug. 7, 2020 (9 pages including English translation). [cited by applicant]
International Preliminary Report on Patentability for Application No. PCT/EP2020/076114 dated Mar. 15, 2022 (6 pages). [cited by applicant]
European Patent Office Action for Application No. 20775845.9 dated Jul. 26, 2023 (7 pages, English translation included). [cited by applicant]