Richard Dennis Tobin

US Patent:

D624573, Sep 28, 2010

Filed:

Feb 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/356197

Inventors:

Andrew L. Hall - Boynton Beach FL, US
Jeffrey A. Smith - Pompano Beach FL, US
Augusto Picozza - Boca Raton FL, US
Richard Neil Tobin - Wellington FL, US

Assignee:

Sunbeam Products, Inc. - Boca Raton FL

International Classification:

1599

US Classification:

D15146

US Patent:

D624574, Sep 28, 2010

Filed:

Feb 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/356198

Inventors:

Andrew L. Hall - Boynton Beach FL, US
Jeffrey A. Smith - Pompano Beach FL, US
Augusto Picozza - Boca Raton FL, US
Richard Neil Tobin - Wellington FL, US

Assignee:

Sunbeam Products, Inc. - Boca Raton FL

International Classification:

1599

US Classification:

D15146

US Patent:

20130097967, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Apr 12, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/445605

Inventors:

Augusto Picozza - Boca Raton FL, US
Richard Neil Tobin - Wellington FL, US
Andrew L. Hall - Hendersonville TN, US
Jeffery A. Smith - Pompano Beach FL, US

International Classification:

B65B 31/04

US Classification:

53408, 53 79

Abstract:

An appliance for dispensing, forming and vacuum packaging a container is provided including a base, a vacuum motor disposed in the base, a vacuum sealing compartment formed in the base including a vacuum trough fluidly connected to the vacuum motor, a sealing element disposed in the vacuum sealing compartment adjacent the vacuum trough, and a bag roll storage compartment formed in the base vertically disposed above the vacuum sealing compartment. At least one section of the container material may be dispensed from the storage compartment and cut from the roll of container material and sealed on a first free end with the sealing element to form an unsealed container. The unsealed container may then be evacuated by the vacuum motor through a second free end inserted into the vacuum trough and/or sealed on the second free end with the sealing element to form a hermetically sealed container.

US Patent:

20160325863, Nov 10, 2016

Filed:

Jul 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/217280

Inventors:

- Boca Raton FL, US
Richard Neil Tobin - Wellington FL, US
Andrew L. Hall - Hendersonville TN, US
Jeffery A. Smith - Pompano Beach FL, US

Assignee:

Sunbeam Products, Inc. - Boca Raton FL

International Classification:

B65B 31/00
B65B 41/12
B65B 51/10
B65B 61/06
B65B 7/02

Abstract:

An appliance for dispensing, forming and vacuum packaging a container is provided including a base, a vacuum motor disposed in the base, a vacuum sealing compartment formed in the base including a vacuum trough fluidly connected to the vacuum motor, a sealing element disposed in the vacuum sealing compartment adjacent the vacuum trough, and a storage compartment formed in the base vertically disposed above the vacuum sealing compartment configured to store a roll of flexible container material. At least one section of the container material may be dispensed from the storage compartment and cut from the roll of container material and sealed on a first free end with the sealing element to form an unsealed container. The unsealed container may then be evacuated by the vacuum motor through a second free end inserted into the vacuum trough and/or sealed on the second free end with the sealing element to form a hermetically sealed container.