Invention Grant
- Patent Title: One-way valve score design
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Application No.: US15474557Application Date: 2017-03-30
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Publication No.: US10281050B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Jacob Donald Prue Branyon
- Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US SC Hartsville
- Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Hartsville
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP
- Main IPC: F16K15/14
- IPC: F16K15/14 ; B29C65/48 ; B29C65/74 ; B29C65/00 ; B65D33/01 ; B65D77/22 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
In flexible package, a one-way valve may include a substrate forming a portion of the flexible package and having at least one inlet score, a top sheet having at least one outlet score and secured thereto by an adhesive to define a valve chamber in which the substrate and the top sheet are not permanently adhered to each other, and a liquid film within the valve chamber and adhering the top sheet to the substrate within the valve chamber until a pressure differential exists causing gases to pass through the one-way valve. The inlet scores and the outlet scores may be non-linear, or may be linear scores that are not parallel to each other to prevent the scores from collapsing on themselves and preventing gas flow when the package buckles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170307091A1 One-Way Valve Score Design Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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