Patents by Inventor William Baranek

William Baranek 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 and method for handling partially formed containers
    Patent number: 8234839
    Abstract: A machine (2) for handling partially formed containers (6) comprising an indexing conveying device (8), a feeder (4) arranged to supply to the conveying device (8), per index, a plurality of partially formed containers (6), one or more stations (18, 20) comprising a plurality of devices arranged to perform substantially identical operations on a group of containers constituted by the plurality of partially formed containers (6), the indexing conveying device (8) being arranged to advance the group through the stations (18, 20), and a controlling device arranged to cause the feeder (4) to reduce to an integer the number of partially formed containers (6) supplied, per index, to the conveying device (8). The machine (2) is operated by the controlling device via a number of servomechanisms associated with each of the operations carried out by the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Elopak Systems AG
    Inventors: Russell P. Miller, Chadwick A. Wierenga, Kenneth A. Poublon, Per I. Stykket, William Baranek
  • Apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20090301599
    Abstract: A machine (2) for handling partially formed containers (6) comprising an indexing conveying device (8), a feeder (4) arranged to supply to the conveying device (8), per index, a plurality of partially formed containers (6), one or more stations (18, 20) comprising a plurality of devices arranged to perform substantially identical operations on a group of containers constituted by the plurality of partially formed containers (6), the indexing conveying device (8) being arranged to advance the group through the stations (18, 20), and a controlling device arranged to cause the feeder (4) to reduce to an integer the number of partially formed containers (6) supplied, per index, to the conveying device (8). The machine (2) is operated by the controlling device via a number of servomechanisms associated with each of the operations carried out by the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Elopak Systems AG
    Inventors: Russell Paul Miller, Chadwick Axel Wierenga, Kenneth Archie Poublon, Per Inge Styllet, William Baranek