Patents by Inventor Pamela Czechowski

Pamela Czechowski 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).

  • Method and device for permanently deforming a flexible film material
    Patent number: 7516598
    Abstract: A method for permanently deforming a flexible film material, in which the film material is deformed, forming a receptacle depression, the film material being kept under controlled tension while it is being moulded, so that controlled creases are formed in the film material, and a method of manufacturing a product packed in flexible film material, especially a food product, using the method and device for permanently deforming a flexible film material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Merken-Schiller, Stefan Eberhardt, Pamela Czechowski
  • Method of manufacturing thin-walled containers from film webs and production facility for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 7285083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing thin-walled containers from film web. The method includes the steps of: manufacturing a tubular structure from at least one film web; forming at least one fold projecting into the tubular structure; and ultrasonically joining sections of film webs of the folded tubular structure lying flat and parallel on top of one another to form the containers. The invention also includes an apparatus for carrying out the method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Mars, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Merken-Schiller, Stefan Eberhardt, Pamela Czechowski
  • Method and device for packing products in films and film-packed product
    Patent number: 7231752
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of wrapping products in films, including the steps of: positioning the products on a first sheet of film which is continuously advanced in one transport direction; covering the products with a second sheet of film, which is continuously advanced in the transport direction and which is aligned plane-parallel to the first sheet of film; ultrasonically welding the first and second films on the outer edges of the products in each case and ultrasonically separating the overlapping films at selected positions; separating the wrapped products or groups of wrapped products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Merken-Schiller, Stefan Eberhardt, Pamela Czechowski
  • Method and device for permanently deforming a fexible film material
    Publication number: 20060202396
    Abstract: A method for permanently deforming a flexible film material, in which the film material is deformed, forming a receptacle depression, the film material being kept under controlled tension while it is being moulded, so that controlled creases are formed in the film material, and a method of manufacturing a product packed in flexible film material, especially a food product, using the method and device for permanently deforming a flexible film material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Merken-Schiller, Stefan Eberhardt, Pamela Czechowski
  • Method of manufacturing thin-walled containers from film webs and production facility for carrying out the method
    Publication number: 20050227845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing thin-walled containers from film web. The method includes the steps of: manufacturing a tubular structure from at least one film web; forming at least one fold projecting into the tubular structure; and ultrasonically joining sections of film webs of the folded tubular structure lying flat and parallel on top of one another to form the containers. The invention also includes an apparatus for carrying out the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: MARS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Richard Merken-Schiller, Stefan Aberhardt, Pamela Czechowski