Patents by Inventor Ronald Herman Ketel

Ronald Herman Ketel 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).

  • Apparatus for producing packets
    Publication number: 20030092550
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a tag and a thread length to a web of filter material with one end of the thread length secured to the tag and the other end being secured to the web adjacent one side edge of the web and the tag being attached to the web adjacent the opposite side edge. The apparatus has a gripper for drawing the tag, with the thread secured thereto, across the web from that one edge to an extended position beyond the opposite side edge before returning the tag to a final extended position over the web. The apparatus also has a mechanism for attaching the tag to the web in the final position, a displacement mechanism for the gripper means that has a first linear guide on which the gripper is slidable, and a second inner guide that is transverse to the first guide and fixedly located in the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Herman Ketel, Kevin John Stamp
  • Apparatus for producing packets
    Patent number: 6511410
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a tag and a thread length to a web of filter material with one end of the thread length secured to the tag and the other end being secured to the web adjacent one side edge of the web and the tag being attached to the web adjacent the opposite side edge. The apparatus has a gripper for drawing the tag, with the thread secured thereto, across the web from that one edge to an extended position beyond the opposite side edge before returning the tag to a final extended position over the web. The apparatus also has a mechanism for attaching the tag to the web in the final position, a displacement mechanism for the gripper means that has a first linear guide on which the gripper is slidable, and a second inner guide that is transverse to the first guide and fixedly located in the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Herman Ketel, Kevin John Stamp