Patents by Inventor Cardell Miller

Cardell Miller 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).

  • Patent number: 6104013
    Abstract: An induction sealing apparatus for inductively sealing a cover to a container where the shape of the cover and the shape of the container and the shape of the induction sealing apparatus are different from each other with the induction sealing apparatus directing the magnetic field proximate magnetic focusing members that direct the induction energy into specific regions of the cover so that so that the cover can be heated sufficiently to seal the cover to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Inventor: Cardell Miller
  • Patent number: 6035607
    Abstract: A system and method for on-the-go forming of a cover seal, on-the-go filling of a container and on-the-go induction sealing of a cover seal to a container with the system including a first transfer mechanism for picking empty containers from a conveyor, a traveling punch for on-the-go punching a cover seal from a roll of cover seal material, a rotateable head carrying a set of positionable filler spouts that fill the containers to a preselected level and a set of elevator platforms that raise and lower a container located thereon to facilitate low splash filling, a cam-and-spring system for maintaining a cover seal in pressure contact with a container, a cover-sealing apparatus for on-the-go inductive sealing of a cover seal to a container and a second transfer mechanism for returning the filled and sealed containers to the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Cardell Miller