Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Liakopoulos

Thomas W. Liakopoulos 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 for securing an array of components for processing in a gas-flush packaging machine
    Patent number: 6715264
    Abstract: A method and apparatus described to stabilize and secure individual component items in an array during gas flushing and packaging, without obstructing or preventing the free flow of the gas-flush throughout the component. In accordance with the present invention, when the array has been composed, it is over-wrapped with a loop of thin, inexpensive, gas-permeable film applied under pressure or shrunk around the array, leaving two opposite faces of the array free of the over-wrapping loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: M-Tek, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Liakopoulos, Richard N. Maskell
  • Heat sealing device
    Publication number: 20030168444
    Abstract: A device and method are described for heat sealing together portions of thermoplastic film, especially in packaging operations. Heat sealing of the films is carried out by applying heat and pressure using one or more inductively heated, moving platen. The platen is heated uniformly in its entirety by passing through electromagnetic induction core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas W. Liakopoulos
  • Method for securing an array of components for processing in a gas-flush packaging machine
    Publication number: 20030140602
    Abstract: A method and apparatus described to stabilize and secure individual component items in an array during gas flushing and packaging, without obstructing or preventing the free flow of the gas-flush throughout the component. In accordance with the present invention, when the array has been composed, it is over-wrapped with a loop of thin, inexpensive, gas-permeable film applied under pressure or shrunk around the array, leaving two opposite faces of the array free of the over-wrapping loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas W. Liakopoulos, Richard N. Maskell