Patents by Inventor Wayne R. Verkins

Wayne R. Verkins 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).

  • Device for fusing lengths of film over the open ends of cups
    Patent number: 4050971
    Abstract: A device for applying lengths of a heat sealable film over the open ends of cups. The device includes means which engage the end of a supply length of the film which is coiled in a cartridge, pull a predetermined length of the film from the cartridge, move the cup and predetermined length of film into engagement, heat fuse the film to the lip of the cup, and cut the fused length of film from the supply length at the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Wayne R. Verkins, Richard T. Podvin, Karl Frederick Rist, III
  • Cartridge for strip material
    Patent number: D251125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Paul E. DuFresne, Wayne R. Verkins