Patents by Inventor Tom F. Gaasch

Tom F. Gaasch 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).

  • Publication number: 20240425257
    Abstract: A verification system for a blister card packaging system. The verification system includes an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to capture a successive plurality of images of a blister of a blister card, display an image of at least a portion of the blister card for verification, receive a selection of the blister subsequent to the display of the image, and display the successive plurality of images in response to receiving the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: William K. Holmes, Tom F. Gaasch, Aaron Arsenault
  • Publication number: 20240367843
    Abstract: An automatic packaging system including an automatic packager and a sorting device interoperably coupled to the automatic packager. The sorting device is configured to receive a strip of pouches and includes a holder assembly configured to hold the strip of pouches received from the automatic packager. The sorting device also includes a cutter assembly provided downstream of the holder assembly to receive the strip of packages from the holder assembly. The cutter assembly includes a blade and is configured to cut and separate an individual pouch from the strip of pouches using reciprocal motion of the blade. The sorting device receives the individual pouch from the cutter assembly and dispenses the individual pouch into a first bin or a second bin based on the verification status of the individual pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: William K. Holmes, Tom F. Gaasch, Aaron Arsenault
  • Publication number: 20210289958
    Abstract: A point of sale barrier includes an upright panel configured to separate a first person on a first side of the upright panel from a second person on a second side of the upright panel, an opening formed through the upright panel, and a dispenser positioned within the opening and movable relative to the upright panel between a first position, in which an object on the dispenser is accessible to the first person, and a second position, in which the object on the dispenser is accessible to the second person. The point of sale barrier also includes an actuator coupled to the dispenser and operable to move the dispenser between the first and second positions. The dispenser and the wall are shaped to inhibit free air flow through the opening as the dispenser moves between the first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: William K. Holmes, James Robertson, Tom F. Gaasch, Hailey Zoellner