Patents Examined by Sameh Tawfik
  • Patent number: 12643702
    Abstract: A sealing element for sealing a package, the sealing element configured to cooperate with an abutment for engaging the package for providing a seal to the package and a device for sealing a package. The sealing element includes a sealing element, an abutment and a base, the sealing element is releasably supported by the base, and at least one of the base and the abutment is moveably arranged for engagement with the package from opposing sides for providing a seal to the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Ecolean AB
    Inventors: Ulf Wennberg, Per Abrahamsson, Ulf Nordlof, Pontus Sundstrom
  • Patent number: 12637269
    Abstract: Film seal assemblies that seal one or more reagents within a sample cartridge, which allow for single lid cartridge designs. Such film seal assemblies can include one or more layers, a bottom-most layer that permanently seals with a sample cartridge having multiple chambers for one or more reagents, and top-most layer that releasably seals vent opening(s) in the film seal assembly and is removable by the end user. This configuration allows use of a single lid, which can be integrally formed with cartridge body or a separate component attached atop the cartridge body. The film seal assembly can include peelable liner(s) or can releasably attached to an underside of the single lid. Such film assemblies can include multiple layers that include a polypropylene layer for permanently sealing to a rigid propylene cartridge body and polyester top layers for releasably and hermetically sealing with a liner or the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Cepheid
    Inventors: Rohan Kurse, Douglas B. Dority, Pradeep Shivalingappa Magadum, Kavya Umachandran, Koua Vang
  • Patent number: 12623873
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of double-sheet detection, and discloses a double-sheet detection device. The double-sheet detection device includes a paper feeding machine body, wherein a main body plate is arranged on an outer side of the paper feeding machine body; a detection mechanism is arranged on an inner side of the main body plate; the paper feeding machine body is provided with a storage assembly; the detection mechanism includes a U-shaped plate; and the U-shaped plate is arranged on the inner side of the main body plate. When a detection wheel rolls on the paper feeding machine body, after a piece of paper passes, a moving distance of the detection wheel on the paper is matched with a thickness of the paper, so as to determine the number of pieces of paper and achieve the purpose of double-sheet detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Guangzhou Baiyi intelligent equipment Co., LTD
    Inventors: Qingxin Zhong, Wenjian Tang, Feifei Yu
  • Patent number: 12616099
    Abstract: A method for controlling, through a mobile device, wrapping operations in a wrapper for wrapping a round bale with a film, comprises the following steps, performed by a processor of the mobile device: coupling the mobile device to a control unit of the wrapper, by sending a coupling signal to the control unit; receiving control inputs from a user, through an interaction of the user with the mobile device; elaborating the control inputs and generating, based on the control inputs, a command message; sending the command message to the control unit of the wrapper; receiving, at the processor of the mobile device, operation data from the control unit of the wrapper, the operation data being representative of operations performed by the wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: KVERNELAND GROUP RAVENNA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Valerio Casadei, Cosimo Frascella
  • Patent number: 12617172
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for automatic wrapping of a wrapping blank (3) on lateral walls of a cardboard box (2), the wrapping blank (3) having a base (301) and a plurality of flaps (302, 303, 304, 305) connected thereto, comprises a plurality of folding heads (5) for folding the flaps of the wrapping blank (3) and tucking in their outer portions. Each folding head (5) includes a pair of fingers (502A), positionable inside the box (2) and movable reciprocally towards and away from each other so that the fingers (502A) can be reciprocally moved in sliding contact with the wrapping blank (3) on the internal surface of the lateral wall of the box (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: EMMECI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessio Giovanneschi, Pablo Baroni
  • Patent number: 12600106
    Abstract: Disclosed is a production machine which is used in producing the cornet cone packages used in the packaging of cornet-type ice-creams and which provides for the cornet cone packages to be vertically fed and brought into a cone shape by being crimped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Inventors: Umit Sahin, Mehmet Ulas Ipek
  • Patent number: 12594352
    Abstract: A pasteurization unit and process for pasteurization of products such as cannabis and hemp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: SANFILIPPO TECH, LLC.
    Inventors: James J. Sanfilippo, John Sanfilippo
  • Patent number: 12594738
    Abstract: A cushioning conversion machine converts a sheet stock material into a relatively lower-density cushioning dunnage product. An exemplary sheet stock material includes two sheets that each overlap a common side of another sheet and are connected to respective lateral edges of the other sheet. The conversion machine includes a forming assembly having a former for shaping and randomly crumpling the sheet material, a set of adjustable guide members to guide the crumpled sheet material to a feeding assembly downstream of the forming assembly, and a severing assembly downstream of the feeding assembly that separates discrete lengths of cushioning. The severing assembly includes a window frame passage that guides the crumpled sheet material to an outlet during operation of the feeding assembly and constrains the crumpled sheet stock material during operation of the severing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Dennis J. Wagner, Peter L.C. Lemmens, Rob A.H. Pluijmen
  • Patent number: 12583199
    Abstract: A dunnage conversion machine includes a bunching assembly that randomly crumples at least two plies of sheet stock material into modified plies having a relatively thicker three-dimensional shape, and a feeding assembly that advances and connects together longitudinally-extending portions of the modified plies to form a dunnage strip. A diverter minimizes overlap of and encourages separation of lateral edges of the modified plies from one another, and a severing assembly severs distinct dunnage products from the strip. An exemplary resultant dunnage product includes two or more plies of crumpled sheet material interconnected along a longitudinally-extending portion having interconnected overlapped portions of each of the plies and a longitudinally-extending line of connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Steven Toneff
  • Patent number: 12570423
    Abstract: Apparatus and method of manufacturing open-mouth bags, comprising a storage device with a supply of bag film, a control device for controlling, a conveying device for conveying the bag film and/or the bag body along a conveying path, a welding device with welding means for making a bottom seam in the bag film and a cutting device with a cutting means for separating a predetermined film length of the bag film to form the bag body of an open-mouth bag. The control device controls the conveying device so as to cause a relative motion of the bag body and the bag film and a distance between the bag body and the bag film is generated prior to making the bottom seam. The control device controls the conveying device and the welding means so that while welding the bottom seam the welding means extend at least up to the bottom end of the bag body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: HAVER & BOECKER OHG
    Inventor: Willi Vollenkemper
  • Patent number: 12565019
    Abstract: The invention discloses a manufacturing process for an environmentally friendly paper packaging bag. A paper film bag obtained by the invention completely uses paper for packaging and avoids the degradation problem caused by the use of plastic films, such that the paper film bag can be sufficiently degraded; to prevent adhesive diffusion during heat sealing, a special water-based heat-sensitive adhesive is used to ensure stable adhesion during heat sealing; and a front side of a paper sheet is flexographically printed with an aqueous flexographic ink, such that the packaging bag obtained by the manufacturing process can package a product completely with paper and does not use any plastic materials, thereby being quickly degradable after being discarded, avoiding pollution, and more environmentally friendly from production to application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: SUN HING PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Kenneth Chi Kin Chan
  • Patent number: 12552125
    Abstract: A system and methods for operating a cardboard processing machine, the method comprising creating a pre-processing crease at a location on the cardboard where it is required to process the cardboard; and processing the cardboard along the pre-process crease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: HIGHCON SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Michael Zimmer
  • Patent number: 12528664
    Abstract: A folding unit has two folding rollers with a common folding nip. A first insertion slot has a first insertion plane for a selectively insertable buckle plate and is configured so that a buckle plate mouth of the buckle plate is at an inlet side of the folding nip. A second insertion slot has a second insertion plane for a buckle plate. The second insertion plane is inclined with respect to the first insertion plane and the second insertion slot is designed for the buckle plate mouth of the selectively inserted buckle plate to be arranged on the inlet side of the folding nip. Printing substrates with different properties are processed in a high-quality and highly productive manner in a pocket folding process, especially in buckle folding units of industrial folding machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2025
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Herbert Ackermann, Martin Haupt-Terlau, Gerhard Lubberger, Stefan Waldreiter
  • Patent number: 12521958
    Abstract: In certain examples, a machine that forms a web into bags or pouches includes a sealing section through which the web is conveyed in a machine direction. The sealing section is configured to form a lap seal in the web and has an input end configured to receive the web which has a first web section and a second web section. An ultrasonic sealer with a horn and an anvil defines a nip therebetween through which the first web section passes. The ultrasonic sealer is configured to form the lap seal in the first web section. The anvil is positioned between the first web section and the second web section. An output end is configured to dispense the web with the lap seal formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: CMD Corporation
    Inventors: John Holmes Evans, Christopher Lee White
  • Patent number: 12515432
    Abstract: Discrete items are conveyed, preferably by a vacuum conveyor, in a machine direction toward a pair of rotating blades. A first intended target of folding, for instance a right portion of front and back panels of a diaper, travels up a ramp, raising the level of the intended target. A rotating blade passes under the intended target of folding, and folds the right portion of front and back panels of a diaper over. If desired, a second intended target of folding, for instance a left portion of front and back panels of a diaper, travels up a second ramp, raising the level of the intended target. A rotating blade passes under the second intended target of folding, and folds the left portion of front and back panels of a diaper over. The folded diaper then exits the folding system and travels downstream for further processing as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Curt G. Joa, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Nelson, Thomas Muhs, Ryan Ferguson
  • Patent number: 12509256
    Abstract: A method for operating a tubular bag machine having a film web capable of unwinding from a supply reel, a shoulder for forming the web into a film tube, a take-off unit serving to move the tube, a longitudinal sealing device for welding the tube parallel to its transport direction by a longitudinal seam, a sealing device with jaws for producing transverse seams in the tube, a separating element for separating finished tubular bags from the tube, the machine being accelerated in a positive acceleration phase from an initial speed to a target speed when starting or being decelerated in a negative acceleration phase from the target speed to a final speed for stopping, wherein, in the positive acceleration phase and/or in the negative acceleration phase, at least one sealing parameter of the jaws for producing tubular bags changes as a function of the conveying speed of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: ROVEMA GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Rinn
  • Patent number: 12486067
    Abstract: A method for packaging a food product is provided. The method can comprise receiving at least one piece of packaging material (PM) in a packaging machine, said packaging material (PM) comprising a cellulose-based mid-layer, an inside layer arranged to face the food product (FP), and an outside layer, wherein an ink-based print is provided on the outside layer, curing the inside layer of the at least one piece of packaging material (PM) such that ink particles, released from the outside layer to the inside layer, are bound to the inside layer, thereby preventing the ink particles from being released into the food product (FP), forming the at least one piece of packaging material (PM) into packages, and filling the packages with the food product (FP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventor: Daniel Cederström
  • Patent number: 12466151
    Abstract: A magazine for packs of blanks includes a vertical channel configured for inserting and extracting packs of blanks, a succession of groups of supporting parts movable between a retracted position to allow the packs of blanks to move along the channel towards a portion under the supporting part, and an at least partly extracted position, in which the supporting part intercepts a pack of blanks moving down the channel and provides a steady support for the pack of blanks, and transmission means configured to automatically move each supporting part from the retracted position to the at least partly extracted position when the supporting part immediately below it intercepts a respective pack of blanks, thereby defining the steady support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Salvatore Carboni, Andrea Biondi, Antonio Vitali
  • Patent number: 12454113
    Abstract: First and second panel webs are superposed on each other and fed in their longitudinal direction. After a side gusset is temporarily fixed to the second panel web, the side gusset is divided by a dividing device to form a pair of open edges. The open edges are aligned with a line of weakness of the first panel web when the first and second panel webs are superposed on each other. The side gusset is temporarily sealed to the first and second panel webs by a temporary seal device to form temporary sealed sections. The first panel web is guided to be divided along its line of weakness and to be folded on the sides of its division edges. This guiding of the panel web and the temporary sealed sections cause the side gusset to be opened at the open edges to form open surfaces. An end face web is then disposed on the panel web to be superposed on folded parts of the panel web and the open surfaces of the side gusset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Ohnishi, Toshiki Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 12447708
    Abstract: In one example, a plastic product such as a plastic bag includes one or more seals. One of the seals includes respective portions of first and second plastic films that are arranged one on top of the other. The respective portions are joined together and are aligned generally parallel to a direction of elongation associated with the plastic films, where the direction of elongation is a direction in which the plastic films elongate when under load. As well, the respective portions extend along a length of the joined plastic films and have a length that is greater than a length of the plastic films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: THE GLAD PRODUCTS COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyle R. Wilcoxen, Michael K. Kirk