Patents by Inventor Vijayakumar Pandurangan

Vijayakumar Pandurangan 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).

  • Ice bagging system
    Patent number: 8850779
    Abstract: An ice bagging system includes an ice maker unit, an ice bagger unit, and an ice storing unit. The ice bagger unit includes a sheet of ice bags disposed on a bag roll, the sheet of ice bags is threaded through a plurality of guide rollers, a pinch roller assembly, and a sealing jaw assembly. The pinch roller assembly includes first and second pinch roller wheels that are axially movable inwardly and outwardly to selectively open or close an individual ice bag in the sheet of ice bags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Ice Bagging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Vijayakumar Pandurangan, David Makowski
  • ICE BAGGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120186202
    Abstract: An ice bagging system includes an ice maker unit, an ice bagger unit, and an ice storing unit. The ice bagger unit includes a sheet of ice bags disposed on a bag roll, the sheet of ice bags is threaded through a plurality of guide rollers, a pinch roller assembly, and a sealing jaw assembly. The pinch roller assembly includes first and second pinch roller wheels that are axially movable inwardly and outwardly to selectively open or close an individual ice bag in the sheet of ice bags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Vijayakumar Pandurangan, David Makowski