Patents by Inventor Mark Wayne Erickson

Mark Wayne Erickson 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).

  • Pressure sensitive labeler-liner eliminator
    Patent number: 6726796
    Abstract: A system and method for transporting an adhesive side of a sheet media, particularly a sheet media having an adhesive side with an encapsulated adhesive ruptured by an activator unit. This activation unit can include one or more of the following: a pressure roller, a pair of pressure rollers, an activator blade, a set of rotatable discs or a series of sets of rotatable discs. A sheet media having an encapsulated adhesive is fed past the activator unit in the system and method, whereby the capsules will be ruptured and the adhesive side of the sheet media is activated. A release liner device such as a belt or roll of releasable sheet media transports the activated sheet media throughout subsequent process steps, e.g. label printing, cutting, die casting, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Appleton Papers Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Leigh Wells, Steven Michael Wilhelms, Todd Arlin Schwantes, Mark Wayne Erickson
  • Pressure sensitive labeler-liner eliminator
    Publication number: 20020134500
    Abstract: A system and method for transporting an adhesive side of a sheet media, particularly a sheet media having an adhesive side with an encapsulated adhesive ruptured by an activator unit. This activation unit can include one or more of the following: a pressure roller, a pair of pressure rollers, an activator blade, a set of rotatable discs or a series of sets of rotatable discs. A sheet media having an encapsulated adhesive is fed past the activator unit in the system and method, whereby the capsules will be ruptured and the adhesive side of the sheet media is activated. A release liner device such as a belt or roll of releasable sheet media transports the activated sheet media throughout subsequent process steps, e.g. label printing, cutting, die casting, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: APPLETON PAPERS INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Leigh Wells, Steven Michael Wilhelms, Todd Arlin Schwantes, Mark Wayne Erickson