Patents by Inventor Eric A. Kane

Eric A. Kane 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).

  • Cleaning mechanism for fluid dispenser
    Patent number: 6283174
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for dispensing fluid into containers includes a cleaning mechanism that brings the discharge nozzle of a dispenser into the travel path of a film web so that the end-face can make contact with the film web to remove from the end-face at least a portion of any fluid or reaction-products of the fluid that may be in adherence with the end-face. A film for removing such fluid or reaction-products from the end-face of the dispenser is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation
    Inventors: Laurence Sperry, Steven Hickey, Eric Kane, Jesse Drake
  • Inflatable packing material
    Patent number: 6253919
    Abstract: A dunnage bag includes a sealed, flexible bag, and a rigid valve assembly connected in fluid communication to the flexible bag. The valve assembly has a rigid collar which mounts in an opening in a wall of a container to receive an exit end of a fill nozzle of an inflating system which supplies pressurized gas for inflating the flexible bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation
    Inventors: Laurence B. Sperry, Eric Kane
  • Inflatable packing material
    Publication number: 20010001921
    Abstract: A dunnage bag includes a sealed, flexible bag, and a rigid valve assembly connected in fluid communication to the flexible bag. The valve assembly has a rigid collar which mounts in an opening in a wall of a container to receive an exit end of a fill nozzle of an inflating system which supplies pressurized gas for inflating the flexible bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Publication date: May 31, 2001
    Applicant: Sealed Air Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
    Inventors: Laurence B. Sperry, Eric Kane