Patents by Inventor Steven Daniel Harges

Steven Daniel Harges 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).

  • Vacuum packaging machine
    Patent number: 7302784
    Abstract: A vacuum packaging machine includes a vacuum chamber and a sealing mechanism within the chamber. A product-filled package can be supported within the chamber with its open end disposed between sealing bars of a sealing mechanism. At least one of the sealing bars is continuously heated including as the package is placed within the chamber, as a vacuum is drawn in the chamber, as the sealing bars are closed around the open end of the package and as the package is removed after sealing is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: DePuy Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Harges, Rodney Dale Patch
  • Vacuum packaging machine
    Publication number: 20040060262
    Abstract: A vacuum packaging machine includes a vacuum chamber and a sealing mechanism within the chamber. A product-filled package can be supported within the chamber with its open end disposed between sealing bars of a sealing mechanism. At least one of the sealing bars is continuously heated including as the package is placed within the chamber, as a vacuum is drawn in the chamber, as the sealing bars are closed around the open end of the package and as the package is removed after sealing is complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Harges, Rodney Dale Patch