Patents by Inventor Gary A. Dunhoft

Gary A. Dunhoft 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).

  • Pouch conditioning methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 5331790
    Abstract: A pouch conditioner inverts a group of pouches, urges them together while conditioning the by vibrating them, reinverts them and deposits them into a confine container. Product is more evenly dispersed throughout the pouch, reducing the maximum pouch thickness and allowing packaging of a group of pouches in a smaller case than possible with pouches having product which is settled in the pouch bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: R. A. Jones & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Harold T. Benner, Jr., Gary A. Dunhoft, Mark D. Smith