Patents by Inventor Erik J. Ebert

Erik J. Ebert 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).

  • Bladder devices for moving components of web packaging machines
    Patent number: 10507626
    Abstract: A bladder device is for moving a component of a web packaging machine that forms and encloses a food product in a food product package made of webs of packaging material. The bladder device has a bladder and a nipple stub coupled to the bladder and having a first end configured to receive a gas and a second end configured to dispense the gas into the bladder to thereby inflate the bladder and move the component of the web packaging machine. A collar coupled to the nipple stub such that the bladder is sandwiched between the collar and the second end of the nipple stub. The second end of the nipple stub has a depression and the collar has a boss that is oriented towards the depression such that tightening the collar on the nipple stub forces the bladder into the depression and thereby forms a fluid tight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig R. Bonneville, Erik J. Ebert, Daryl W. Shackelford
  • Bladder Devices for Moving Components of Web Packaging Machines
    Publication number: 20170326828
    Abstract: A bladder device is for moving a component of a web packaging machine that forms and encloses a food product in a food product package made of webs of packaging material. The bladder device has a bladder and a nipple stub coupled to the bladder and having a first end configured to receive a gas and a second end configured to dispense the gas into the bladder to thereby inflate the bladder and move the component of the web packaging machine. A collar coupled to the nipple stub such that the bladder is sandwiched between the collar and the second end of the nipple stub. The second end of the nipple stub has a depression and the collar has a boss that is oriented towards the depression such that tightening the collar on the nipple stub forces the bladder into the depression and thereby forms a fluid tight seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig R. Bonneville, Erik J. Ebert, Daryl W. Shackelford