Patents by Inventor Thomas Stemper

Thomas Stemper 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 forming and filling a flexible package
    Patent number: 8875478
    Abstract: A flexible package is formed and filled in an in-line process by directing a web of film and a semi-rigid strip in a machine direction; folding the web of film into a pair of opposing walls with the semi-rigid strip there between; and selectively attaching the strip to only one of the opposing walls by controlling applied heating to opposing walls of the pair to seal one wall but not the other to the semi-rigid strip to define an opening between upper edges of the opposing walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Louis Fitzgerald, IV, Thomas Stemper
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING AND FILLING A FLEXIBLE PACKAGE
    Publication number: 20100139217
    Abstract: A flexible package is formed and filled in an in-line process by directing a web of film and a semi-rigid strip in a machine direction; folding the web of film into a pair of opposing walls with the semi-rigid strip there between; and selectively attaching the strip to only one of the opposing walls by controlling applied heating to opposing walls of the pair to seal one wall but not the other to the semi-rigid strip to define an opening between upper edges of the opposing walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Matthew Louis Fitzgerald IV, Thomas Stemper