Patents by Inventor Ray Kaercher

Ray Kaercher 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).

  • Process for making pouches
    Patent number: 7127874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous, horizontal process for making water-reactive pouches, involving the steps of: a) continuously feeding a first water-soluble film onto a horizontal portion of an continuously and rotatably moving endless surface, which comprises a plurality of moulds, or onto a non-horizontal portion thereof and continuously moving the film to said horizontal portion; b) forming from the film on the horizontal portion of the continuously moving surface, and in the moulds on the surface, a continuously moving, horizontally positioned web of open pouches; c) filling the continuously moving, horizontally positioned web of open pouches with a product, to obtain a horizontally positioned web of open, filled pouches; d) closing the web of open pouches, to obtain closed pouches, preferably by feeding a closing material onto the horizontally positioned web of open, filed pouches, to obtain closed pouches; and preferably sealing the closed pouches and whereby step d) and preferably step
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Louis John Viltro, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Tanguy Marie Louise Alexandre Catlin, Gregory Martin Gressel, Carl Noble, Ray Kaercher
  • Process for making pouches
    Publication number: 20040144064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous, horizontal process for making water-reactive pouches, involving the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Louis John Viltro, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Tanguy Marie Louise Alexandre Catlin, Gregory Martin Gressel, Carl Noble, Ray Kaercher