Patents by Inventor Gerardo MENDIZABAL ALTUNA

Gerardo MENDIZABAL ALTUNA 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).

  • Method and apparatus for vacuum packaging a product
    Patent number: 10301047
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for vacuum packaging a product. According to one embodiment a film tube is generated, and, in the film tube a product (P) is introduced and at least one cut is made. In the method, a vacuum may also applied inside the film tube, and a transverse seal is formed therein, a film tube closed at one end being obtained upstream of the cut and a package closed at both ends being obtained downstream. Furthermore, the film tube is transversely pinched, a portion the inside of the film tube which is isolated from the inside of the rest of the film tube being obtained, and a chamber is demarcated around at least part of said portion, the vacuum being applied and the transverse sealing operation being performed inside said chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ULMA PACKAGING TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER, S.COOP.
    Inventors: Alberto Otxoa-Aizpurua Calvo, Gerardo Mendizabal Altuna, Eneko Izquierdo Ereño
  • Method and Apparatus for Vacuum Packaging a Product
    Publication number: 20160347489
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for vacuum packaging a product. According to one embodiment a film tube is generated, and, in the film tube a product (P) is introduced and at least one cut is made. In the method, a vacuum may also applied inside the film tube, and a transverse seal is formed therein, a film tube closed at one end being obtained upstream of the cut and a package closed at both ends being obtained downstream. Furthermore, the film tube is transversely pinched, a portion the inside of the film tube which is isolated from the inside of the rest of the film tube being obtained, and a chamber is demarcated around at least part of said portion, the vacuum being applied and the transverse sealing operation being performed inside said chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Alberto OTXOA-AIZPURUA CALVO, Gerardo MENDIZABAL ALTUNA, Eneko IZQUIERDO EREÑO