Patents by Inventor Craig R. Bonneville

Craig R. Bonneville 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).

  • Web packaging system with ergonomic forming plug change
    Patent number: 8181432
    Abstract: A web packaging system provides easy access and changing of forming plug tooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Alkar-RapidPak-MP Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig R. Bonneville, Daryl W. Shackelford
  • Apparatuses and Methods for Assisted Tooling Extraction
    Publication number: 20100287889
    Abstract: Packaging machines are disclosed including a web transport conveyor transporting a web of flexible packaging material from upstream to downstream locations through a series of stations. Packaging apparatuses are disclosed including a forming station and a closing station, each having movable die members that are counterbalanced. Methods of operating the packaging apparatus are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc
    Inventor: Craig R. Bonneville
  • Packaging Machines and Methods
    Publication number: 20100287888
    Abstract: Packaging machines are disclosed including a web transport conveyor transporting a web of flexible packaging material from upstream to downstream locations through a series of stations. Packaging apparatuses are disclosed including a forming station and a closing station, each having movable die members that are counterbalanced. Methods of operating the packaging apparatus are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl W. Shackelford, Craig R. Bonneville
  • Web Packaging System with Ergonomic Forming Plug Change
    Publication number: 20100175350
    Abstract: A web packaging system provides easy access and changing of forming plug tooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig R. Bonneville, Daryl W. Shackelford
  • Web packaging system with ergonomic forming plug change
    Patent number: 7703265
    Abstract: A web packaging system provides easy access and changing of forming plug tooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig R. Bonneville, Daryl W. Shackelford
  • Surface pasteurization method
    Patent number: 7629012
    Abstract: A method for processing a food product involves transporting the food product through a plurality of stations including a loading station, a pasteurization station, and a closing station. The surface of the food product is pasteurized by convectively transferring heat from the pasteurizing medium to the surface of the food product at a rate such that the surface heat transfer coefficient becomes sufficiently higher than the food product conductance coefficient that the surface temperature of the food product is substantially instantaneously elevated above temperatures which are instantly lethal to microbes which may be present. Preferably, steam is condensed on the food product surface in dropwise condensation, and the onset of film condensation is retarded by removing condensate film from such surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon D. Karman, Gary Lee Hahn, Craig R. Bonneville, Tou T. Vang, Nelly Feze, Robert E. Hanson
  • Web packaging system with ergonomic tooling change
    Patent number: 7607279
    Abstract: A web packaging system provides easy access and changing of tooling, to change a product receiving cavity pocket in a lower web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl W. Shackelford, Craig R. Bonneville, Kenric Gibbs, Tou T. Vang, Ryan Gitzlaff
  • Web Packaging System with Ergonomic Forming Plug Change
    Publication number: 20090100804
    Abstract: A web packaging system provides easy access and changing of forming plug tooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventor: Craig R. Bonneville
  • Form-fill-seal web packaging system with sealing station
    Patent number: 7490448
    Abstract: A form-fill-seal web packaging system includes a pressure monitor at the sealing station monitoring sealing pressure. A bladderless actuator effects relative movement of dies and applies sealing pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig R. Bonneville, Ryan T. Gitzlaff, Daryl W. Shackelford
  • Web packaging pasteurization system
    Patent number: 7458197
    Abstract: In a web packaging machine (10) and method packaging a food product (P) between upper and lower webs (14 and 25), wherein the lower web (14) is transported through a series of stations which form the lower web (14) into a component of a package at a forming station (18), and receive the food product (P) at a loading station (20), and close the package with the upper web (25) at a closing station (26), a pasteurization station (300) is provided between the loading station (20) and the closing station (26) and pasteurizing the food product (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Hanson, Craig R. Bonneville, Tou T. Vang, Vernon D. Karman, Gary Lee Hahn, Nelly Feze, John J. Jurkowski
  • Web Packaging System with Ergonomic Tooling Change
    Publication number: 20080134643
    Abstract: A web packaging system provides easy access and changing of tooling, to change a product receiving cavity pocket in a lower web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl W. Shackelford, Craig R. Bonneville, Kenric Gibbs, Tou T. Vang, Ryan Gitzlaff
  • Web packaging system with ergonomic tooling change
    Patent number: 7340871
    Abstract: A web packaging system provides easy access and changing of tooling, to change a product receiving cavity pocket in a lower web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl W. Shackelford, Craig R. Bonneville, Kenric Gibbs, Tou T. Vang, Ryan Gitzlaff
  • Surface pasteurization method
    Patent number: 6976347
    Abstract: A method for processing a food product involves transporting the food product through a plurality of stations including a loading station, a pasteurization station, and a closing station. The surface of the food product is pasteurized by convectively transferring heat from the pasteurizing medium to the surface of the food product at a rate such that the surface heat transfer coefficient becomes sufficiently higher than the food product conductance coefficient that the surface temperature of the food product is substantially instantaneously elevated above temperatures which are instantly lethal to microbes which may be present. Preferably, steam is condensed on the food product surface in dropwise condensation, and the onset of film condensation is retarded by removing condensate film from such surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Alkar-Rapidpak, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon D. Karman, Gary Lee Hahn, Craig R. Bonneville, Tou T. Vang, Nelly Feze, Robert E. Hanson
  • Web packaging pasteurization system
    Patent number: 6843043
    Abstract: In a web packaging machine (10) and method packaging a food product (P) between upper and lower webs (14 and 25), wherein the lower web (14) is transported through a series of stations which form the lower web (14) into a component of a package at a forming station (18), and receive the food product (P) at a loading station (20), and close the package with the upper web (25) at a closing station (26), a pasteurization station (300) is provided between the loading station (20) and the closing station (26) and pasteurizing the food product (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Alkar RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Hanson, Craig R. Bonneville, Tou T. Vang, Vernon D. Karman, Gary Lee Hahn, Nelly Feze, John J. Jurkowski
  • Surface pasteurization method
    Publication number: 20040105927
    Abstract: A method for processing a food product involves transporting the food product through a plurality of stations including a loading station, a pasteurization station, and a closing station. The surface of the food product is pasteurized by convectively transferring heat from the pasteurizing medium to the surface of the food product at a rate such that the surface heat transfer coefficient becomes sufficiently higher than the food product conductance coefficient that the surface temperature of the food product is substantially instantaneously elevated above temperatures which are instantly lethal to microbes which may be present. Preferably, steam is condensed on the food product surface in dropwise condensation, and the onset of film condensation is retarded by removing condensate film from such surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Vernon D. Karman, Gary Lee Hahn, Craig R. Bonneville, Tou T. Vang, Nelly Feze, Robert E. Hanson
  • Web packaging pasteurization system
    Publication number: 20040050020
    Abstract: In a web packaging machine (10) and method packaging a food product (P) between upper and lower webs (14 and 25), wherein the lower web (14) is transported through a series of stations which form the lower web (14) into a component of a package at a forming station (18), and receive the food product (P) at a loading station (20), and close the package with the upper web (25) at a closing station (26), a pasteurization station (300) is provided between the loading station (20) and the closing station (26) and pasteurizing the food product (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Robert E. Hanson, Craig R. Bonneville, Tou T. Vang, Vernon D. Karman, Gary Lee Hahn, Nelly Feze, John J. Jurkowski