Eric A Kane

US Patent:

6561236, May 13, 2003

Filed:

Mar 8, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/521259

Inventors:

Laurence B. Sperry - Boston MA
Eric A. Kane - Lynn MA
Jesse S. Drake - Maynard MA

Assignee:

Sealed Air Corporation (US) - Danbury CT

International Classification:

B65B 104

US Classification:

141314, 141114

Abstract:

An inflatable packing article including a flexible, air tight bag; and a valve assembly defining a passage through which air is introduced into the bag during inflation, the valve assembly having an inlet end, the inlet end having an outer exposed surface with an adhesive adhered thereto and circumscribing a predefined area through which access to the passage is obtained.

US Patent:

6729110, May 4, 2004

Filed:

Jan 22, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/766937

Inventors:

Laurence B. Sperry - Brighton MA
Eric Kane - Lynn MA

Assignee:

Sealed Air Corporation - Danbury CT

International Classification:

B65B 3100

US Classification:

53503, 53 79, 531395, 141 68, 141 95, 141197

Abstract:

A dunnage bag includes a sealed, flexible bag, and a rigid valve assembly connected in fluid communication to the flexible bag. The valve assembly has a rigid collar which mounts in an opening in a wall of a container to receive an exit end of a fill nozzle of an inflating system which supplies pressurized gas for inflating the flexible bag.

US Patent:

6862868, Mar 8, 2005

Filed:

Dec 13, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/319123

Inventors:

Laurence B. Sperry - Boston MA, US
Eric Kane - Lynn MA, US
Jesse Drake - Belmont MA, US
Anthony Davlin - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

Sealed Air Corporation (US) - Saddle Brook NJ

International Classification:

B65B001/22

US Classification:

53525, 53127

Abstract:

A system for heating and dispensing foam-in-bag packaging bags comprises a housing that rotatably supports a roll of a continuous web of interconnected foam-in-bag packaging bags, and at least one heater for heating bags to an elevated temperature prior to the bags being dispensed from the housing. A heated bag is dispensed and is detached from the web, and is then manipulated to mix foam precursor chemicals contained in separate compartments in the bag to begin a foam-forming reaction in the bag.

US Patent:

6895732, May 24, 2005

Filed:

Sep 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/237507

Inventors:

Laurence B. Sperry - Brighton MA, US
Anthony O. Davlin - Cambridge MA, US
Eric A. Kane - Lynn MA, US
Jesse S. Drake - Belmont MA, US

Assignee:

Sealed Air Corporation (US) - Saddle Brook NJ

International Classification:

B65B043/04

US Classification:

53562, 53553, 53555, 533705, 533735, 533758, 533762

Abstract:

A packaging apparatus includes a pair of rolls forming a nip through which two web portions are passed with an item to be packaged between the web portions. The rolls include resiliently compliant roll portions that deform to accommodate the thickness of the item, and the roll portions press the web portions to seal them together in peripheral regions surrounding the item and to center the item between the webs in the thickness direction. The apparatus also includes side seal devices that traverse inwardly toward the item to seal the webs together close to the item's opposite side edges to prevent the item from laterally shifting. The web portions may have cohesive disposed on their facing surfaces such that the web portions adhere to each other with pressure but tend not to adhere to the packaged item or other surfaces.

US Patent:

6971221, Dec 6, 2005

Filed:

Oct 28, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/975710

Inventors:

Laurence B. Sperry - Brighton MA, US
Anthony O. Davlin - Cambridge MA, US
Eric A. Kane - Lynn MA, US
Jesse S. Drake - Belmont MA, US

Assignee:

Sealed Air Corporation - Saddle Brook NJ

International Classification:

B65B009/00
B65B043/02

US Classification:

53450, 53562, 53555, 533735

Abstract:

A packaging method and apparatus employ web material having cohesive on facing surfaces of two web portions between which an item is packaged. The cohesive adheres to itself by application of pressure alone, without heat, but tends not to adhere to other surfaces. The web portions are sealed together about the item by seal devices that apply pressure without heat to the web portions. The web portions and item can be passed through a resilient nip formed by two rolls, at least one of which has resiliently compliant roll portion(s) for pressing the web portions closely about the item.

US Patent:

7225599, Jun 5, 2007

Filed:

Apr 5, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/099289

Inventors:

Laurence B. Sperry - Newton MA, US
Eric A. Kane - Lynn MA, US
Brian A. Murch - Woburn MA, US
Ross Patterson - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

Sealed Air Corporation - Elmwood Park NJ

International Classification:

B65B 9/02
B65B 31/06
B65B 51/16

US Classification:

53403, 53450, 53455, 53553, 53562, 533744, 53 79

Abstract:

An apparatus for making inflated articles from a film web having two juxtaposed film plies. One version of the apparatus generally includes a first rotary sealing device for producing transverse seals that bond the film plies together, an inflation assembly for directing gas between the film plies, and a second rotary sealing device for producing a longitudinal seal between the film plies. The longitudinal seal intersects the transverse seals so that the gas is enclosed between the longitudinal seal, transverse seals, and film plies to thereby form an inflated article.

US Patent:

7389626, Jun 24, 2008

Filed:

Apr 4, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/732571

Inventors:

Laurence B. Sperry - Newton MA, US
Eric A. Kane - Lynn MA, US
Brian A. Murch - Needham MA, US
Ross Patterson - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

Sealed Air Corporation (US) - Elmwood Park NJ

International Classification:

B65B 9/02
B65B 31/00

US Classification:

53403, 53450, 53553

Abstract:

An apparatus for making inflated articles from a film web having two juxtaposed film plies. One version of the apparatus generally includes a first rotary sealing device for producing transverse seals that bond the film plies together, an inflation assembly for directing gas between the film plies, and a second rotary sealing device for producing a longitudinal seal between the film plies. The longitudinal seal intersects the transverse seals so that the gas is enclosed between the longitudinal seal, transverse seals, and film plies to thereby form an inflated article.

US Patent:

7603831, Oct 20, 2009

Filed:

Mar 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/093731

Inventors:

Laurence B. Sperry - Boston MA, US
Eric A. Kane - Lynn MA, US
Atul Arora - Piscataway NJ, US
Charles Kannankeril - North Caldwell NJ, US
Ross Patterson - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

Sealed Air Corporation (US) - Elmwood Park NJ

International Classification:

B65B 57/12
B65B 9/02

US Classification:

53450, 53553, 53 57, 53 58, 53 73, 53 74

Abstract:

A packaging method and apparatus wherein each product is packaged by capturing the product in flexible packaging material. The packing apparatus includes a product detector for detecting the presence or absence of a product to be packaged. The detection of the product may cause the advancement of packaging material and the product through a nipping station to form a package. The failure to detect a product may cause the advancement of the packaging material to stop and conserve packaging material until a product is detected. The product detector may be a color sensor trained to detect a color of the first web, a luminescence sensor trained to detect a luminance of the first web, or a light-sensitive sensor trained to detect a difference in light passing through the first web. Also, a luminescence additive may be joined with the lower web to provide a distinct luminance.