Patents by Inventor Mark R. Nease

Mark R. Nease 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).

  • Publication number: 20150273782
    Abstract: A method of sealing pouches formed of multiple plies such as in gusseted pouches having a bottom gusset structure requiring seals through at least four plies of pouch film and upper pouch structures having a two-ply upper structure requiring seals through only two-plies. Differential sealing heat is applied with more thermal energy applied to the bottom pouch structure than to the upper pouch structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Mark R. Nease
  • Patent number: 6119440
    Abstract: A single level filler wheel for filling pouches with multiple products including a filler wheel having at least two sets of funnels defined within the wheel and spouts attached to the underside of the wheel, alternating spouts communicating with funnels of each set so that products dispensed on the wheel into two different feed paths are respectively received by the respective funnel sets and transferred directly into alternating spouts for filling at least two products, one into each alternate pouch. The total product drop is halved with respect to dual level filling devices and through-put speeds can be significantly increased. Multiple products in excess of two and varied feed drops can be provided by adding funnel sets, alternating spouts differently and the like. Methods and apparatus are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: R. A. Jones & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Thomas Benner, Jr., Mark R. Nease
  • Patent number: 5117608
    Abstract: A web of pouches is fed past a detector. Inflating mechanism inflates individual pouches to create individual profiles. The detector responds to the appearance of a preselected distance between the surface of the pouch and the detector as each pouch passes the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: R. A. Jones & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Nease, Robert M. Kalany, Michael E. Myers
  • Patent number: 4956964
    Abstract: A web is folded upon itself and transversely sealed. The web is cut into individual pouches which are fed into gripper units, on an endless conveyor, each having a fixed leading jaw and a movable trailing jaw which grip the leading and trailing edges of the pouches. To open a pouch, the trailing jaw is moved toward the fixed jaw by a cam and held in position by friction. Each opened pouch is carried around a filler unit where it is filled. Thereafter, a cam causes said jaws to spread apart, stretching the mouth of the pouch, where it is sealed in a heat sealer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: R. A. Jones & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Wickliffe Jones, deceased, Eric W. Scarpa, Joseph D. Greenwell, Mark R. Nease, Robert M. Kalany, Michael E. Myers