Patents by Inventor Peter Thurig

Peter Thurig 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).

  • Patent number: 12409995
    Abstract: Heat shrink apparatuses and devices can heat shrink selected portions of containers made from heat shrinkable plastic film. The apparatuses and devices selectively heat shrink a main portion of the container where a product is housed, or a terminal portion of the same container. A packaging line including one or more of the heat shrink apparatuses and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventors: Riccardo Palumbo, Giulio Benedetti, Silvia Bottini, Stefan Landolt, Peter Thurig
  • Patent number: 12325571
    Abstract: A package comprises a plastic bag delimiting a seat sealingly housing a product. The plastic bag has plastic film walls (4) and at least one sealing band connecting together opposed wall portions of the plastic film walls at a connecting zone. A tab is coupled with the connecting zone of the plastic bag. The tab includes an easy opening feature at one or more of its perimeter edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventors: Riccardo Palumbo, Giulio Benedetti, Silvia Bottini, Stefan Landolt, Peter Thurig
  • Publication number: 20240270429
    Abstract: Heat shrink apparatuses and devices can heat shrink selected portions of containers made from heat shrinkable plastic film. The apparatuses and devices selectively heat shrink a main portion of the container where a product is housed, or a terminal portion of the same container. A packaging line including one or more of the heat shrink apparatuses and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Riccardo Palumbo, Giulio Benedetti, Silvia Bottini, Stefan Landolt, Peter Thurig
  • Publication number: 20240270428
    Abstract: A package comprises a plastic bag delimiting a seat sealingly housing a product. The plastic bag has plastic film walls (4) and at least one sealing band connecting together opposed wall portions of the plastic film walls at a connecting zone. A tab is coupled with the connecting zone of the plastic bag. The tab includes an easy opening feature at one or more of its perimeter edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Riccardo Palumbo, Giulio Benedetti, Silvia Bottini, Stefan Landolt, Peter Thurig
  • Patent number: 11814201
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus includes a frame, a lower tool engaged with the frame and configured to receive one or more supports, and an upper tool configured to engage a film portion with at least one support. The lower tool is movable relative to the frame at least between: a packaging position, in which the lower tool is aligned with the upper tool, and a loading position spaced from the packaging position in which the lower tool is configured to receive said support. The packaging apparatus comprises a barrier configured to intercept the package during the movement of the lower tool from the packaging position to the loading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Thurig, Riccardo Palumbo
  • Patent number: 11414228
    Abstract: A device (1) for evacuating gas from a package (50) in a packaging apparatus, the package (50) having an open end (55), the open end (55) having a terminal portion (54), a non-terminal portion (52), and an intermediate portion (53) located between the terminal portion (54) and the non-terminal portion (52) of the open end (55), the device (1) comprising a vacuum chamber (10) having an elongated opening (14) extending along a longitudinal axis of the vacuum chamber (10), an evacuation means configured for providing the vacuum chamber (10) with an internal vacuum pressure that is lower than an ambient pressure outside the vacuum chamber (10), means for moving (30) a package (50) relative to the vacuum chamber (10), and a control unit (60) programmed for controlling the means for moving (30) to relatively move a package (50) to be evacuated with respect to the vacuum chamber (10), the package (50) and the means for moving (30) each being arranged with respect to the vacuum chamber (10) so that a main movement di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventors: Riccardo Palumbo, Giulio Benedetti, Stefano Landolt, Jvanohe Rizzi, Glen Samuel Kirkpatrick, Peter Thurig, Haris Nazic
  • Publication number: 20210171229
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus includes a frame, a lower tool engaged with the frame and configured to receive one or more supports, and an upper tool configured to engage a film portion with at least one support. The lower tool is movable relative to the frame at least between: a packaging position, in which the lower tool is aligned with the upper tool, and a loading position spaced from the packaging position in which the lower tool is configured to receive said support. The packaging apparatus comprises a barrier configured to intercept the package during the movement of the lower tool from the packaging position to the loading position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Thurig, Riccardo Palumbo
  • Publication number: 20210107693
    Abstract: A device (1) for evacuating gas from a package (50) in a packaging apparatus, the package (50) having an open end (55), the open end (55) having a terminal portion (54), a non-terminal portion (52), and an intermediate portion (53) located between the terminal portion (54) and the non-terminal portion (52) of the open end (55), the device (1) comprising a vacuum chamber (10) having an elongated opening (14) extending along a longitudinal axis of the vacuum chamber (10), an evacuation means configured for providing the vacuum chamber (10) with an internal vacuum pressure that is lower than an ambient pressure outside the vacuum chamber (10), means for moving (30) a package (50) relative to the vacuum chamber (10), and a control unit (60) programmed for controlling the means for moving (30) to relatively move a package (50) to be evacuated with respect to the vacuum chamber (10), the package (50) and the means for moving (30) each being arranged with respect to the vacuum chamber (10) so that a main movement di
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Riccardo Palumbo, Giulio Benedetti, Stefano Landolt, Jvanohe Rizzi, Glen Samuel Kirkpatrick, Peter Thurig, Haris Nazic
  • Patent number: 10906677
    Abstract: A device (1) for evacuating gas from a package (50) in a packaging apparatus, the package (50) having an open end (55), the open end (55) having a terminal portion (54), a non-terminal portion (52), and an intermediate portion (53) located between the terminal portion (54) and the non-terminal portion (52) of the open end (55), the device (1) comprising a vacuum chamber (10) having an elongated opening (14) extending along a longitudinal axis of the vacuum chamber (10), an evacuation means configured for providing the vacuum chamber (10) with an internal vacuum pressure that is lower than an ambient pressure outside the vacuum chamber (10), means for moving (30) a package (50) relative to the vacuum chamber (10), and a control unit (60) programmed for controlling the means for moving (30) to relatively move a package (50) to be evacuated with respect to the vacuum chamber (10), the package (50) and the means for moving (30) each being arranged with respect to the vacuum chamber (10) so that a main movement di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventors: Riccardo Palumbo, Giulio Benedetti, Stefano Landolt, Jvanohe Rizzi, Glen Samuel Kirkpatrick, Peter Thurig, Haris Nazic
  • Publication number: 20180319523
    Abstract: A device (1) for evacuating gas from a package (50) in a packaging apparatus, the package (50) having an open end (55), the open end (55) having a terminal portion (54), a non-terminal portion (52), and an intermediate portion (53) located between the terminal portion (54) and the non-terminal portion (52) of the open end (55), the device (1) comprising a vacuum chamber (10) having an elongated opening (14) extending along a longitudinal axis of the vacuum chamber (10), an evacuation means configured for providing the vacuum chamber (10) with an internal vacuum pressure that is lower than an ambient pressure outside the vacuum chamber (10), means for moving (30) a package (50) relative to the vacuum chamber (10), and a control unit (60) programmed for controlling the means for moving (30) to relatively move a package (50) to be evacuated with respect to the vacuum chamber (10), the package (50) and the means for moving (30) each being arranged with respect to the vacuum chamber (10) so that a main movement di
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Riccardo PALUMBO, Giulio BENEDETTI, Stefano LANDOLT, Jvanohe RIZZI, Glen Samuel KIRKPATRICK, Peter THURIG, Haris NAZIC
  • Patent number: 4966206
    Abstract: The filling device houses a compressor which is connected via a suction line comprising an inlet shut-off valve to a source of gaseous fuel, and is adapted to be connected to a gaseous-fuel container via a supply line equipped with a pressure-limiting valve and a discharge valve. The inlet valve and the discharge valve are connected to a control device which together with the pressure-limiting valve, the discharge valve and, if required, the inlet valve is disposed in a pressure-resistant casing connected to a discharge line leading away from the device. The control device is adapted to be influenced in dependence on control signals from a temperature sensor detecting the environmental temperature, a pressure sensor detecting the pressure at which the compressor is supplied, and a pressure-difference sensor disposed in front of the inlet valve and detecting the difference between the pressure in the suction line and in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Sulzer Brothers Limited
    Inventors: Heinz Baumann, Heinz Mutter, Kurt Schreiber, Peter Thurig