Patents by Inventor Russ Bliss

Russ Bliss 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: 11919270
    Abstract: A system for forming a pressware product comprises rollers, a scoring tool, a scoring station actuator, a forming tool, and a forming station actuator. The rollers pull the web along a path having an angle. The scoring tool receives the material from the rollers and includes a vertically shiftable scoring punch with an edge that extends about an outline of the pressware product and a striker plate. The scoring station actuator shifts the scoring tool to form a slot in the web. The forming tool receives the scored web and includes a vertically shiftable positive mold assembly and negative mold assembly. The forming station actuator shifts the positive mold assembly to press against the web and form the pressware product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Brown LLC
    Inventors: Victor L. Chun, Steffen Brown, Russ Bliss, Philip Eichbauer, Brian Keeley, Robert Abel
  • Publication number: 20230373181
    Abstract: A system for forming a pressware product comprises rollers, a scoring tool, a scoring station actuator, a forming tool, and a forming station actuator. The rollers pull the web along a path having an angle. The scoring tool receives the material from the rollers and includes a vertically shiftable scoring punch with an edge that extends about an outline of the pressware product and a striker plate. The scoring station actuator shifts the scoring tool to form a slot in the web. The forming tool receives the scored web and includes a vertically shiftable positive mold assembly and negative mold assembly. The forming station actuator shifts the positive mold assembly to press against the web and form the pressware product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Victor L. Chun, Steffen Brown, Russ Bliss, Philip Eichbauer, Brian Keeley, Robert Abel
  • Patent number: 11780193
    Abstract: A system for forming a pressware product comprises rollers, a scoring tool, a scoring station actuator, a forming tool, and a forming station actuator. The rollers pull the web along a path having an angle. The scoring tool receives the material from the rollers and includes a vertically shiftable scoring punch with an edge that extends about an outline of the pressware product and a striker plate. The scoring station actuator shifts the scoring tool to form a slot in the web. The forming tool receives the scored web and includes a vertically shiftable positive mold assembly and negative mold assembly. The forming station actuator shifts the positive mold assembly to press against the web and form the pressware product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Brown LLC
    Inventors: Victor L. Chun, Steffen Brown, Russ Bliss, Philip Eichbauer, Brian Keeley, Robert Abel
  • Publication number: 20230173779
    Abstract: A system for forming a pressware product comprises rollers, a scoring tool, a scoring station actuator, a forming tool, and a forming station actuator. The rollers pull the web along a path having an angle. The scoring tool receives the material from the rollers and includes a vertically shiftable scoring punch with an edge that extends about an outline of the pressware product and a striker plate. The scoring station actuator shifts the scoring tool to form a slot in the web. The forming tool receives the scored web and includes a vertically shiftable positive mold assembly and negative mold assembly. The forming station actuator shifts the positive mold assembly to press against the web and form the pressware product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Victor L. Chun, Steffen Brown, Russ Bliss, Philip Eichbauer, Brian Keeley, Robert Abel
  • Publication number: 20230010876
    Abstract: A system for scoring a web of a roll of material comprises a plate, a scoring punch, a scoring station actuator, and a controller. The plate has a slot extending about a shape representing an outline of a pressware product. The scoring punch has a protruding blade operable to enter the slot of the plate. The scoring station actuator is configured to shift the scoring punch or the plate to press the blade against the web to form a slot in the web. The controller is configured to direct the scoring station actuator to press the blade to a first predetermined scoring depth within the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Brown LLC
    Inventors: Victor L. Chun, Steffen Brown, Russ Bliss, Philip Eichbauer
  • Publication number: 20230008774
    Abstract: A system for forming a pressware product comprises rollers, a scoring tool, a scoring station actuator, a forming tool, and a forming station actuator. The rollers pull the web along a path having an angle. The scoring tool receives the material from the rollers and includes a vertically shiftable scoring punch with an edge that extends about an outline of the pressware product and a striker plate. The scoring station actuator shifts the scoring tool to form a slot in the web. The forming tool receives the scored web and includes a vertically shiftable positive mold assembly and negative mold assembly. The forming station actuator shifts the positive mold assembly to press against the web and form the pressware product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Brown LLC
    Inventors: Victor L. Chun, Steffen Brown, Russ Bliss, Philip Eichbauer, Brian Keeley, Robert Abel
  • Patent number: 6286800
    Abstract: An elongate note holder for paper and the like which is mounted to the topside or lateral side of a CRT computer monitor 21 which serves as a retainer to vertically display notes and the like so that the user may easily insert the notes into the holder and make ready reference to the information contained on the note and then easily remove the note after the use is completed. The note holder is an elongate structure with a socket 10 with generally the cross-sectional shape of the letter U encasing two adjacent tubular resilient members 12 and thus forming three grooves for holding notes along the length of socket 10. The multiple groove design multiplies the number of notes that may be individually organized and manipulated without having to bunch unrelated notes together after the length of the first groove is filled with notes. Socket 10 is comprised of two parallel lateral walls 10A connected by base wall 10B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventors: Tristan P. Junius, Khathrinah Russ Bliss