Patents by Inventor Ekkehard Kleinschmidt

Ekkehard Kleinschmidt 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).

  • Method for producing stand-up blister packages, and apparatus for executing the method
    Patent number: 6550224
    Abstract: A method for producing stand-up blister packages, and in particular a stable, easy-to-fill stand-up blister package that has no undercut of the blister dome, and can be produced with a high cycle number, without malfunctions and with a good, reproducible quality, in hot-seal machines. For this purpose, a fold line is produced through the heating of a linear region, independently of the heating during the process of sealing the blister edges with the carrier part. The apparatus has a corresponding heating station for heating and creating a fold line in the blister dome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Adolf Illig Maschinenbau GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Ekkehard Kleinschmidt
  • Method for producing stand-up blister packages, and apparatus for executing the method
    Publication number: 20020059783
    Abstract: A method for producing stand-up blister packages, and in particular a stable, easy-to-fill stand-up blister package that has no undercut of the blister dome, and can be produced with a high cycle number, without malfunctions and with a good, reproducible quality, in hot-seal machines. For this purpose, a fold line is produced through the heating of a linear region, independently of the heating during the process of sealing the blister edges with the carrier part. The apparatus has a corresponding heating station for heating and creating a fold line in the blister dome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventor: Ekkehard Kleinschmidt