Patents by Inventor Carl J. Gerlach

Carl J. Gerlach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wrapping method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4035984
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for packaging a twin row of articles in a web of wrapping material by moving longitudinally and transversely spaced pairs of articles along two rows onto a moving web of wrapping material which is then folded over the articles to form two parallel tubes of articles with the longitudinal edge portions and a central portion of the web disposed between the tubes. The edge portions are longitudinally sealed to the central portion, the central portion may then be longitudinally severed, and if severed the tubes of articles are thereafter transversely sealed and severed between entubed articles to form article filled packages at a rate in excess of about 400 packaged articles per minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Carl J. Gerlach, Jerome Vande Castle