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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7231323 | Environmental monitoring and reporting system for EPA cluster rule 010094 A system and method are provided for tracking and documenting environmental compliance in a pulp mill, related primarily to the bypassing of liquid hazardous pollutants from a capture and treatment system. The method and system provide continuous information regardi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7082864 | Tool with protective sheath A protective sheath for tools to prevent marring of finished surfaces when the tool is being used. The sheath is integrally formed as a one-piece elastomeric body that is applied to the exterior surface of the tool, with at least one end of the sheath projecting sli... | 08/01/2006 |
| D525869 | Container lid | 08/01/2006 |
| 7069110 | System and method for tracking inventory An RFID enabled paper roll includes a tubular core, a paper stock wound around the core, and a radio frequency integrated circuit electrically coupled to an antenna and positioned on the core. A system for reading a radio frequency integrated circuit positioned on a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066333 | Office paper end-display shipper display A shipping container converts into a display tray, wherein the container has a base and a removable lid, and a single tear line crosses a plurality of side, end and bottom panels of the base, dividing the base into two sections of unequal size. The smaller section o... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059181 | Test to measure curling tendency of paper in laser printers The invention provides an apparatus and method for testing the tendency of a paper to curl. The paper is cut from a paper making machine and rapidly humidified to standard TAPPI conditions, and is thereafter run through an apparatus having a substantially vertically... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056421 | Underflow waterbox The specification discloses a waterbox for applying an aqueous mixture, such as a starch mixture, to a web in a calender stack. The waterbox includes a spillway disposed adjacent a calender stack having a bottom plate, substantially parallel front and rear walls, an... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037405 | Surface treatment with texturized microcrystalline cellulose microfibrils for improved paper and paper board The present invention relates to the production of texturized microcrystalline cellulose from raw pulp material. This texturized microcrystalline cellulose can then be used for surface treatment of paper or paper board. Additionally, the texturized microcrystalline ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036718 | Offset dove tail locks A container for carrying produce having dove tail locks is created from a container blank having nonsymmetrical, offset dove tail locks on the edges of the blank. When the blank is on a larger paperboard substrate having multiple blanks, the dove tail locks of a bla... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026024 | Heat transfer recording sheets A heat transfer recording sheet comprising a support layer; an adhesive layer; and at least one ink receiving layer comprising a microporous polymeric film including at least one thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer may be blended with a hydrophilic melt... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018708 | Gloss-coated paper with enhanced runnability and print quality This invention provides a gloss-coated electrophotographic paper with superior runnability and print quality in colour and monochrome copiers and printers. The coated paper product comprises a paper substrate coated on at least one side with a pigmented coating. The... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017500 | Monitoring of fuel on a grate fired boiler Method and apparatus for sensing the overall and/or distribution of fuel weight disposed on the top surface of the grate of a grate-fired device and adjusting the fuel infeed as a function of the flow rate of steam generated by the boiler. A plurality of weight sens... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018509 | Elimination of alum yellowing of aspen thermomechanical pulp through pulp washing This invention relates to an improved process for manufacturing bleached thermomechanical aspen pulp having reduced yellow after treatment with aluminum based chemicals such as alum which are used in paper making processes. In this improved process the pulp is washe... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7005514 | Process for preparing microcrystalline cellulose A process for producing microcrystalline cellulose comprised of the steps of contacting a paper grade pulp with an alkali hydrolysis agent, washing the hydrolyzed pulp and contacting the hydrolyzed pulp with an acid hydrolysis agent and washing the acid hydrolyzed p... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000370 | Apparatus and method for stretch-wrapping articles Apparatus and process for stretch wrapping articles, especially heads of lettuce, wherein a roll (23) of film (24) is supported on a housing (21), and the film is supplied from the roll around a dancer roller (50) and film feed roller ( | 02/21/2006 |
| D513991 | Handled container | 01/31/2006 |
| 6978895 | Tray with central offset score lines The invention provides an open topped tray having upright peripheral side and end walls. The end walls are inwardly positioned by use of an inwardly offset score design which permits the optimization of the dimensions of the tray. This scoring technique may be emplo... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6968947 | Shipping of live plants with perforated plastic overwrap The shipping system envelopes plants within their containers in perforated plastic. The perforations of the plastic are sized and spaced to allow respiration but to prevent the plant from becoming dislodged from their container. The container can be a tray having mu... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6946186 | Uncoated facestock for adhesive-backed labels Disclosed is an uncoated facestock product having enhanced printability, holdout, and edge wick properties, which are attained through a combination of manufacturing techniques including increased refining of the furnish, sizing, increased hard nip calendering, and ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942102 | Inverted office shipper display A container converts into a display tray, wherein the container has a base, a removable lid and a single tear line crossing the removable lid and dividing the lid into two sections of unequal size. The display tray is created by inverting the container and tearing t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6918228 | Automated bulk box strapper A machine and method for applying reinforcing strapping to bulk boxes. The machine includes a plurality of strapping head assemblies arranged in series, with each adapted to apply a strap in encircling relationship to a box at a predetermined location on the box. As... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918533 | Handled container A container of the gable top variety having a handle which resides within the bounds of the footprint of the container while further providing for the placement of a pouring spout on the top end of the container. In accordance with a further aspect of the invention,... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6905450 | Clam shell container with cover and inner tray The clam shell container is formed by a cover formed of cardboard, chipboard or other similar material. A thermoform plastic tray is adhered to the inner surface of the cover to form the completed clam shell container. When closed, the edges of the tray move closer ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902650 | Method of making a stratified paper The present invention provides a method making stratified paper by redistributing the pulp suspension inside the headbox nozzle using acoustic radiation waves. Acoustic radiation forces fractionate fibers based on fiber radius. The acoustic radiation waves separate ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899266 | Stackable paperboard container A paperboard container folded from a single unitary blank of paperboard has a bottom wall, opposite side walls, and opposite end walls. Stacking tabs project from an upper edge of the side walls for receipt in corresponding slots in an edge of the bottom wall of an ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6887191 | Carton bottom forming method and apparatus An apparatus for forming the bottom end wall of a carton from a rectangular carton blank having oppositely disposed scored end panels and oppositely disposed unscored end panels includes a rotating mandrel assembly adapted to receive an open-ended carton blank throu... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6881180 | Apparatus for forming a bottom closure for a container A method and apparatus for forming a bottom closure of a container employing multiple assembly lines and including a universally foldable seal fin as a part of the bottom closure. A novel blank for the container is disclosed. ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6874678 | Shipping and display container The carton has a front panel provided with a dispensing opening. Partitions extend from an inner back panel to organize the contents of the container. A shelf is formed at the bottom edge of the dispensing opening to facilitate the dispensing of the contents. A cove... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6749108 | Box container with protective beam support A container for carrying produce is reinforced with at least one cross beam extending longitudinally across the upper side of the container and supported by the container's side walls. The cross beam is supported by die cut recesses in the upper edge of opposing sid... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6732057 | Methods for engineering and manufacturing score-line-crack-resistant linerboard A method of engineering score-line-crack-resistant multi-ply linerboard. The propensity for score-line cracking may be eliminated by engineering a ductile, plastically deforming top ply of a two-ply construction. Plasticity essentially extends the life span through ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6712936 | Method for manufacturing paper and paperboard using fracture toughness measurement A mathematical model is used to design paper and paperboard having improved runnability. The mathematical model provides an estimate of fracture toughness for an optimized paper product based on specific measurement parameters, e.g., filler percent, softwood content... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6684167 | Method and apparatus for measuring energy consumed during plastic deformation in multi-ply board systems A method and an apparatus for predicting a score-line cracking propensity of a multi-ply substrate. The method includes the steps of: bending the multi-ply substrate; acquiring tensile load data from the multi-ply substrate during bending; and computing a... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6637749 | Seal for clean-in-place enclosure for a packaging machine A seal for the selective sealing of a rod which is reciprocatable within an opening through the wall of an enclosure such as the filling station of a packaging machine, the seal being actuatable to selectively provide a fluid-tight seal between the rod an... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6625923 | Biodegradable paper-based agricultural substrate A substrate comprising a paper layer and at least one biodegradable polymer layer extruded thereon is provided. The paper layer may have an extruded polymer layer on each side, it may have multiple polymer layers extruded on one side, or both. Additives a... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626810 | Carton bottom forming method and apparatus An apparatus for forming the bottom end wall of a carton from a rectangular carton blank having oppositely disposed scored end panels and oppositely disposed unscored end panels includes a rotating mandrel assembly adapted to receive an open-ended carton ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6609355 | Adjustable carton stop In a packaging machine that includes an elongated mandrel for the formation of a blank into a carton, wherein the mandrel includes a secured end and a distal end, a method and apparatus are provided for correctly positioning the blank relative to the dist... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6599225 | Method of closing the bottom of a container A method and apparatus for forming a bottom closure of a container employing multiple assembly lines and including a universally foldable seal fin as a part of the bottom closure. A novel blank for the container is disclosed.... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592712 | Method to manufacture paper using fiber filler complexes A method for manufacture of loaded paper or paperboard products, comprising the steps of separating at least one process stream from the papermaking process, wherein the process stream includes fines and/or filler; combining the process stream with long f... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6548120 | Recyclable and repulpable ream wrap and related methods of manufacture Recyclable and repulpable coated paper stock, preferably for use as ream wrap, comprising a substrate coated on at least one surface with a base coat and at least one additional coat over said base coat. Both coats are water based dispersions of a polymer... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543708 | Gas-controlled spray gun and metering apparatus A spraying apparatus without electrical connections comprising means for controlling air supplies with signals generated with compressed air. The apparatus may further include a metering device which delivers metered amounts of powder to a spray gun and w... | 04/08/2003 |
