Patents by Inventor Ron Tuckner

Ron Tuckner 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).

  • Orienting apparatus for an orientationally sensitive closure
    Patent number: 5992129
    Abstract: The orienting device of the present invention will properly orient a closure which is transferred from a hopper to be applied to a container in connection with a form, fill and seal packaging machine. The present invention will also maintain the orientation on an anvil as the anvil moves the closure from the orienting device to a container through exertion of a vacuum on the closure. The present invention also discloses a specific closure for use with an overall orienting closure system. The orienting device will have at least two channels which maintain the closure as the closure is oriented into a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, SA
    Inventors: Ron Tuckner, Bengt Bengtsson, Ken Nortman, Glen Peterson