Patents by Inventor James E. Podsiadlo

James E. Podsiadlo 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).

  • Sheet material sealing arrangement
    Patent number: 5976317
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for sealing overlapped edge portions of laminates folded onto a support member. The arrangement includes a pressure pad assembly and a drive member. An elastomeric disk is retained compressed between the drive member and the pressure pad assembly. A drive unit serves to extend the drive member to thereby urge the pressure pad via the elastomeric disk into pressure sealing engagement with the overlapped laminates on the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Elopak Systems AG
    Inventors: James E. Podsiadlo, Mark R. Kucera
  • Sheet material sealing arrangement
    Patent number: 5743997
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for sealing overlapped edge portions of laminates folded onto a support member. The arrangement includes a pressure pad assembly and a drive member. An elastomeric disk is retained compressed between the drive member and the pressure pad assembly. A drive unit serves to extend the drive member to thereby urge the pressure pad via the elastomeric disk into pressure sealing engagement with the overlapped laminates on the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Elopak Systems AG
    Inventors: James E. Podsiadlo, Mark R. Kucera
  • Carton end panel folding mechanism
    Patent number: 5634323
    Abstract: A carton end panel folding mechanism for forcing both the leading and trailing panels of a gable top carton inwardly prior to the sealing of same. The folding mechanism includes four equally spaced blades, wherein each blade is shaped along its leading and trailing edges so as to be engaged at its trailing edge by a leading panel, forcing the leading panel inwardly and the blade forward, causing the leading edge of the next blade to engage the trailing panel and urge same inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Elopak Systems A.G.
    Inventor: James E. Podsiadlo