Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Melvin Fletcher
  • Process for activating oxygen scavenger components during a gable-top carton filling process
    Patent number: 6689314
    Abstract: A method for inducing oxygen scavenging within paperboard package structures using ultraviolet light to activate the scavenging material during the filling process or prior to the filling process for gable-type paperboard packages. An ultraviolet light source is placed in close proximity to a gable-top blank or along the horizontal chain or line following bottom formation and prior to filling a carton with product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventors: Alexander Craig Bushman, Gregory J. Castle, Richard D. Pastor, Tricia S. Reighard