Michael A Kalinowski

US Patent:

7075035, Jul 11, 2006

Filed:

Nov 2, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/979379

Inventors:

Michael A. Kalinowski - Merrimack NH, US

Assignee:

Shanklin Corporation - Ayer MA

International Classification:

H05B 3/08

US Classification:

219241, 219512, 219494, 219243

Abstract:

Control system and apparatus for controlling current input to an electrical resistance element such as a seal wire. The system and apparatus of the present invention is a closed loop feedback modification to conventional systems, and takes advantage of the inherent expansion of the seal wire as it is heated. The feedback mechanism monitors the length of the sealing wire, and adjusts the current applied to the wire, responsive to that monitored length.

US Patent:

7411162, Aug 12, 2008

Filed:

Dec 26, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/645375

Inventors:

Michael A. Kalinowski - Merrimack NH, US
Mitchell W. Smith - Newton NH, US
Russell T. Christman - Dunstable MA, US
James L. Michaelian - Palmer MA, US

Assignee:

Shanklin Corporation - Ayer MA

International Classification:

H05B 1/02

US Classification:

219486, 219494, 219497, 219492, 533759, 1565832

Abstract:

Control system and apparatus for controlling current input to an electrical resistance element such as a seal wire. The system and apparatus of the present invention is a closed loop feedback modification to conventional systems, and takes advantage of the inherent expansion of the seal wire as it is heated. The feedback mechanism monitors both the actual current passing through the wire, and the length of the sealing wire, and adjusts the current applied to the wire, responsive to those monitored inputs. The usage of the sealing machine is also monitored and the application and amount of current flowing to the wire is varied based on this usage.

US Patent:

20130118690, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/672164

Inventors:

Shanklin Corporation - Ayer MA, US
Todd Brown - Arlington MA, US
Michael Kalinowski - Merrimack NH, US
Russell Christman - Dunstable MA, US
Edward Hunt - Andover MA, US
James Michaelian - Palmer MA, US

Assignee:

Shanklin Corporation - Ayer MA

International Classification:

B65B 51/10

US Classification:

156378

Abstract:

The problems associated with the prior art have been overcome by the present invention, which describes a tubular heating element having a more reliable and accurate temperature monitoring system. The tubular heating element has a thermocouple attached to its exterior surface, in close proximity to the cutting and sealing portion of the tubular heating element. In addition to improving the accuracy of the temperature measurement, this technique reduces electromagnetic interference caused by the interaction between the heating wire and the thermocouple.

US Patent:

20220324597, Oct 13, 2022

Filed:

Jun 28, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/851121

Inventors:

- Charlotte NC, US
Mark Garceau - Bethlehem CT, US
David Cenedella - Shirley MA, US
Robert Simonelli - Worcester MA, US
Michael Kalinowski - Nashua NH, US
Kyle Brown - Frisco TX, US
John Gilbert - Lowell MA, US

International Classification:

B65B 9/067
B65B 31/04
B65B 51/10
B65D 75/38

Abstract:

A system for enhanced conveying of flexible packages includes a packaging system, an inflation system, and a conveying system. The packaging system is configured to place an object in a flexible package. The inflation system is configured to insert a gas into the flexible package. The packaging system is further configured to seal an edge of the flexible package in an inflated state with the object and the inserted gas inside the flexible package. The conveying system is configured to convey the flexible package while the flexible package is substantially in the inflated state. The flexible package is configured to permit gas to escape the flexible package at a controlled flow rate such that the flexible package remains substantially in the inflated state while being conveyed by the conveying system and the flexible package transitions to being substantially in a deflated state after being conveyed by the conveying system.

US Patent:

20210269182, Sep 2, 2021

Filed:

Jun 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/254448

Inventors:

- Charlotte NC, US
Robert J. Simonelli - Worcester MA, US
Zi K. Chan - Lancaster MA, US
Michael A. Kalinowski - Nashua NH, US
Russell T. Christman - Dunstable MA, US
John J. Gilbert - Lowell MA, US

International Classification:

B65B 9/067
B29C 65/00

Abstract:

A form-fill-seal system includes a tube feeding system, an end seal carriage (), and a computing device. The tube feeding system feeds a tube () of flexible material at a first velocity (v). The computing device controls the end seal carriage () to cause an increase in a velocity of the end seal carriage to substantially the first velocity (v), a start of a dwell time of the end seal mechanism () on the tube () of flexible material while the velocity of the end seal carriage is at substantially the first velocity (v), and an increase in the velocity of the end seal carriage to a second velocity (v) during the dwell time. The end seal mechanism cuts a package () from the tube during the dwell time. The increase in the velocity of the end seal carriage to the second velocity (v) results in an increased distance of the package from the tube.

US Patent:

20200399007, Dec 24, 2020

Filed:

Sep 3, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/011415

Inventors:

- Charlotte NC, US
Donald Durant - Andover MA, US
David Cenedella - Shirley MA, US
Michael Anthony Kalinowski - Nashua NH, US
Thomas P. Orsini - Leominster MA, US
Steven E. Matson - Princeton NJ, US

International Classification:

B65C 9/00
B65B 53/02
B65C 1/02

Abstract:

An object can be heat-shrinkable packaged by placing an object inside of heat-shrinkable film, sealing the heat-shrinkable film around the object to form a heat-shrinkable package, coupling a first portion of a label to the heat-shrinkable package, and causing the heat-shrinkable film to shrink into heat-shrunk film and the heat-shrinkable package to form into a heat-shrunk package. The label includes an identifier on a second portion of the label. The label remains coupled to the heat-shrunk film after the heat-shrinkable film is caused to shrink into heat-shrunk film. The second portion of the label remains substantially undeformed after the heat-shrinkable film is caused to shrink into heat-shrunk film.

US Patent:

20200377278, Dec 3, 2020

Filed:

Jun 15, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/624068

Inventors:

- Charlotte NC, US
Robert J. Simonelli - Worcester MA, US
Russell T. Christman - Dunstable MA, US
Robert J. O'Dowd - Denver NC, US
Mark Ryan Garceau - Bethlehem CT, US
Michael Kalinowski - Nashua NH, US
Zi K. Chan - Lowell MA, US
Steven E. Maston - Princeton MA, US

International Classification:

B65D 81/03
B65B 9/067
B65B 9/073
B65B 31/00
B65B 35/24
B65B 53/02
B65B 55/20
B65C 1/02
B65C 3/26

Abstract:

A cushion package can be formed around an object. The object can be removed from and reinserted into the cushion package. The cushion package includes a cushion material () having a longitudinal length and two longitudinal edges (). The two longitudinal edges () of the cushion material are folded into an overlapping position to form a tube of the cushion material. The cushion package includes first and second transverse seals () in the tube of the cushion material. The first and second transverse seals () respectively form first and second ends of the cushion package. Each of the first transverse seal and the second transverse seal () seals the cushion material with the two longitudinal edges () in the overlapping position. The two longitudinal edges () of the cushion material are uncoupled between the first transverse seal and the second transverse seal ().

US Patent:

20200002042, Jan 2, 2020

Filed:

Mar 15, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/493396

Inventors:

- Charlotte NC, US
Donald Durant - Andover MA, US
David Cenedella - Shirley MA, US
Michael Anthony Kalinowski - Nashua NH, US
Thomas O. Orsini - Leominster MA, US
Steven E. Matson - Princeton NJ, US

International Classification:

B65C 9/00
B65B 53/02
B65C 1/02

Abstract:

An object can be heat-shrinkable packaged by placing an object inside of heat-shrinkable film, sealing the heat-shrinkable film around the object to form a heat-shrinkable package, coupling a first portion of a label to the heat-shrinkable package, and causing the heat-shrinkable film to shrink into heat-shrunk film and the heat-shrinkable package to form into a heat-shrunk package. The label includes an identifier on a second portion of the label. The label remains coupled to the heat-shrunk film after the heat-shrinkable film is caused to shrink into heat-shrunk film. The second portion of the label remains substantially undeformed after the heat-shrinkable film is caused to shrink into heat-shrunk film.