Patents by Inventor Bart Verbeeck

Bart Verbeeck 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).

  • VFFS/HFFS Packaging with Opening Aid on the Longitudinal Seam
    Publication number: 20110094193
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a vertical/horizontal form, fill and seal packaging comprising a plastic film, a longitudinal seam (2) and a cross-directional seam (5), characterised in that the longitudinal seam (2) comprises a continuous teeth structure of adjacent notches (1) with no remaining horizontal cutting lines, representing tear initiations over the whole length of the longitudinal seam (2) said packaging being obtained by a machine reel (4) of said plastic film comprising on both lateral edges said continuous teeth structure (1) in order to avoid additional scrap in the VFFS/HFFS packaging process. The present invention is also related to a process of making such a packaging, said process starting out from a reel comprising a continuous teeth structure on its lateral edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: AMCOR FLEXIBLES EUROPE A/S
    Inventors: Eddy Daelmans, Bart Verbeeck
  • Vffs/hffs Packaging with Opening Aid on the Longitudinal Seam
    Publication number: 20080267541
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a vertical/horizontal form, fill and seal packaging comprising a plastic film, a longitudinal seam (2) and a cross-directional seam (5), characterised in that the longitudinal seam (2) comprises a continuous teeth structure of adjacent notches (1) with no remaining horizontal cutting lines, representing tear initiations over the whole length of the longitudinal seam (2) said packaging being obtained by a machine reel (4) of said plastic film comprising on both lateral edges said continuous teeth structure (1) in order to avoid additional scrap in the VFFS/HFFS packaging process. The present invention is also related to a process of making such a packaging, said process starting out from a reel comprising a continuous teeth structure on its lateral edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: AMCOR FLEXIMBLES EUROPE A/S
    Inventors: Eddy Daelmans, Bart Verbeeck