Patents by Inventor Carmelo ARREGUI MAIZTEGUI

Carmelo ARREGUI MAIZTEGUI 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).

  • Thermoforming machine and method of instituting a format change
    Patent number: 10201926
    Abstract: Format change method for a thermoforming machine and a thermoforming machine. A station of the machine includes an upper tool and a lower tool, at least one of the upper and lower tools being suitable for moving in a substantially vertical actuating direction during the operation of the machine. In the method, the upper tool is supported on the lower tool and both tools are subsequently withdrawn from the station and are replaced with new tools. When withdrawing the upper and lower tools from the station and when introducing the new tools therein, the tools are moved simultaneously and jointly in a replacement direction different from the actuating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: ULMA PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES CENTER, S.COOP.
    Inventors: Eneko Izquierdo Ereño, Carmelo Arregui Maiztegui
  • Thermoforming machine and method of instituting a format change
    Publication number: 20150174815
    Abstract: Format change method for a thermoforming machine and a thermoforming machine. A station of the machine includes an upper tool and a lower tool, at least one of the upper and lower tools being suitable for moving in a substantially vertical actuating direction during the operation of the machine. In the method, the upper tool is supported on the lower tool and both tools are subsequently withdrawn from the station and are replaced with new tools. When withdrawing the upper and lower tools from the station and when introducing the new tools therein, the tools are moved simultaneously and jointly in a replacement direction different from the actuating direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: ULMA Packaging Technological Center, S.COOP.
    Inventors: Eneko IZQUIERDO EREÑO, Carmelo ARREGUI MAIZTEGUI