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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7227051 | Disposable wearing article A disposable wearing article includes a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet, a liquid-absorbent core interposed between the top- and backsheets, a pair of liquid-impervious leak-barrier sheets and a pair of elastically stretchable sheets. Each po... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7104943 | Method and unit for flexing a flat blank for producing a rigid package A method and unit for flexing a flat blank having preformed fold lines; the flat blank is fed by a seat on a conveyor along a path through a flexing station, where a rigid folding body is rolled over the seat to fold the blank against two fixed folding spindles of t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7001320 | Process for producing hinge-lid boxes In the production of (cigarette) packs of the hinge-lid-box type with round edges, preliminary deformation of blanks (10) is desirable for producing hinge-lid boxes of satisfactory quality. The preliminary deformation of the round edges takes place in the reg... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6863644 | Beverage container holder A machine and method for producing beverage container holders of consistently high quality at high production rates and at an economical cost is disclosed herein. Beverage container holders (500) can be produced on the machine using the method disclosed herei... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6789370 | Cigarette packing machine A cigarette packing machine wherein an output wheel advances a number of gripping heads, each for receiving, at an input station, a respective packet with its longitudinal axis crosswise to the travelling direction of the gripping heads, and with outer longitudinal ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6740018 | Application of adhesive to and processing of adhesive on receptacles for smokers' products Flaps, tucks, panels, tabs, walls and analogous parts of paper or cardboard blanks which are to be converted into packets, cartons or otherwise configurated receptacles for smokers' products are bonded to each other by patches, strips or otherwise configurated films... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6689034 | Transfer glue system and method for a right angle gluing machine Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for applying adhesive to packaging in a variety of configurations. The adhesive may be applied by a nozzle in a first direction, a second direction and a stationary spot, wherein the first direction and the secon... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6632163 | Laser-etching of paperboard carton blanks A carton blank is etched with a laser to remove at least a portion of a coating material on a glue panel area of the carton blank. The laser-etching process allows the use of cold-resin or other standard glue in manufacturing a carton from the carton blan... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6626353 | Sift proof container and method of folding and sealing a sift proof container A sift proof container comprising an open end having a plurality of flaps including first and second minor flaps and first and second major flaps. The minor flaps have opposed edges when folded inwardly to respective closed positions over the open end. Th... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6616585 | Method and device for assembling paper box A method of assembling a paper box, comprising a 1st step of carrying a paper box (10a) with unfolded both side wall members (26) and (27) into a clearance between a fixed stand (101) and a guide member (100) in the condition that the positions of folded ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6488201 | METHOD FOR FORMING A CORNER JOIN AT A CORNER OF A BOX, METHOD FOR MAKING A SOLID BOARD BLANK PERMEABLE TO AIR, BOX OBTAINED USING ONE OR BOTH METHODS, ASSEMBLY OF A BOX AND FILLING, THE USE OF A BOX AND A BOX BLANK A corner join in a box is formed from a blank having a base section (2) and two side wall panels (4, 6) each joined thereto via a fold line (3, 5). A joining flap (15) is joined to one of the side wall panels (6) via a fold line (7). The fold line of the ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6206816 | Method for inverting a folded collation A method is disclosed for processing a collation in a folding station (100) having a folding roller assembly (106, 108, 110, 112), a first fold plate assembly (102) and a second fold plate assembly (104) downstream of the folding roller assembly and the f... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6159137 | Apparatus for folding sheet material having improved slitting, scoring/crushing, gathering, and folding sections or devices A apparatus for manufacturing an object of a folded sheet material has improved slitting, scoring/crushing, gathering, and folding sections or devices. Qualifying means, slitting means, and scoring/crushing means are adjustable with respect to a flat, pla... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6059182 | Sealable carton with improved 4-ply spout and method of making same A novel box construction is provided having a numerous sealing features therein to provide a waterproof and sift resistant container. A first sealing feature is a pouring spout of three or four plies, the first and second plies of which provide a way for ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6056680 | Method for manufacturing an airtight and moisture-proof cardboard box A method for manufacturing an airtight box from cardboard. The box has side wall panels and end wall panels. After a blank has been cut out, a flexible material strip is connected with the side wall panels and a number of end wall panels through adhesion.... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5980440 | Carton forming Cartons are formed from die cut carton blanks two at a time from two feed magazines each holding a stack of carton blanks, two adhesive application means having optical sensors for sensing adhesive application to the carton blanks, a centrally mounted rot... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5954263 | Liquid-tight boat-shaped packaging tray and its manufacturing method Fluid-tight, boat-shaped packaging tray comprises a bottom surrounded by sides, connected in pairs by means of inwardly backfolded bellows. These bellows comprise two portions which contact one of the sides. The first portion of the bellows, adjacent to t... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5878946 | Carton or carton cover of rigid sheet material with reinforced handle, blank and process for manufacturing such a carton or such a cover The invention pertains to a carton, a blank and a process for manufacturing a carton of sheet material. The carton includes a cover formed by inner and outer flaps, and two sinkable corner regions situated respectively on either side of the carton or of t... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5876502 | Glue gun type gluing apparatus A glue gun type gluing apparatus has glue guns 8a and 8b for applying glue to a gluing area in a joint flap 2 of a corrugated board sheet 1 for manufacturing a box, which runs on a box manufacturing line, a sheet end detection sensor 3 for detecting the f... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5855317 | Carton tray and method of forming same A carton tray has an improved corner construction including long and short overlapped connector tabs wherein the long connector tab is secured by adhesive both to the adjacent short connector tab and to the end panel to which the short connector tab is fo... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5797241 | Station in a packaging line for folding a flap of a bag At a station (1) in a packaging line for folding a flap (2) of a bag (3) along a shaping line (10) of the flap (2) and for compressing the folded flap (2) by a folding element (5) against a resistance member (4), the folding element (5) is driven by a dri... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5772569 | Method and apparatus for the continuous production of package blanks The invention relates to a method and apparatus the continuous production of package blanks. The package blank is intended for delivering books by mail and it is fabricated by drawing from a roll, a web of cardboard (1w), having a surface which is coated ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5716473 | Method of making a semi-rigid cereal carton A paperboard container of generally semi-rigid construction and formed from a unitary blank of paperboard folded in the general shape of a U. The interior surface of the container is coated with a thermoplastic polymer barrier layer, the container having ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5688218 | Method of making sift proof carton A method of folding and sealing the major and minor end flaps of a carton to provide a sift proof container wherein the method includes providing a carton having first and second inside and outside major flaps and a pair of minor flaps, and folding the mi... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5656007 | Apparatus for constructing multi-piece cartons An apparatus for constructing multi-piece cartons, comprising a tray member supply hopper, a tray conveyor, a glue station, a web placement and compression station including a reciprocating placer, a preform conveyor, a forming station having at least thr... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5489061 | Carton with multi-ply folds A carton including a bevel panel and adjacent areas comprised of multi-ply construction. The bevel panel of each ply is defined in part by spaced score lines. The score lines of each ply are spaced apart a distance greater than the spacing of the score li... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5385526 | Apparatus and method for packaging blanks The blanks (1) are withdrawn one after another from a storage part (20) by transfer means (21) and are disposed on the cylindrical support surface of a drum (3) driven rotatingly by portions of a revolution. Various processing operations are performed on ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5183201 | Carton tray with improved corner construction and method of making A carton tray formed from a flat carton blank including a bottom wall panel, four side wall panels integral with the bottom wall panel along four side fold lines and a gusset wall panel integral with each pair of adjacent side wall panels along two end fo... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5106359 | Carton formation system A method is disclosed for erecting flat carton blanks into a tubular configuration, folding the minor flaps inwardly normal to the minor sides in three steps at a first work station, moving the erected carton blank to a second work station while partially... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5071401 | Folding carton blank and method of forming same A modified glue flap of a folding carton blank for preventing glue from being squeezed out during the step of adhering the glue flap to the opposite end panel. The face of the glue flap engaged by the glue back-up wheel includes a protrusion near the trai... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5024709 | Contact-free method of forming sift-proof seals A method of forming a sift-proof seal for closure of a box having a plurality of folded flaps, the seal being formed by an adhesive strip pattern. The flaps are moved linearly toward a plurality of nozzles which extrude adhesive in a pattern of closely sp... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4894104 | Method and apparatus for sealing cartons A method and apparatus for sealing cartons by sticking together facing surfaces of a hinged flap and a wall of each carton by means of a solvent-based, preferably water-based, adhesive, in which the cartons are continuously moved along a line past an adhe... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4861325 | Carton former In apparatus for the formation of a planar blank into a flanged dual-compartment container, an inclined feeder with a generally vertical discharge end at which the blanks are sequentially presented for transfer. Vertically reciprocating glue applicators a... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4746052 | Tamper evident packaging and method All sealed flaps of a box or carton are provided with viewing window apertures which are in registration with frangible parts of underlying flaps. The underlying flaps have scored areas in the skin portions thereof to which cold glue is applied for sealin... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4746321 | Automatic machine for forming boxes of the double-plinth type A machine for forming cardboard boxes of the double-plinth type provides for the supply to the machine of flat punched sheets, already partially glued, intended to constitute the bottom, the side walls and the hinged lid with a first attached plinth of th... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4708704 | Process for producing packs with rounded or bevelled edges Process and apparatus for forming cigarette packs having rounded or beveled longitudinal edges includes forming the contoured edges on a flat blank at a shaping station as a preliminary shaping step. The shaping station includes a shaping mandrel or plate... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4692133 | Method and machine to form box parts A machine to form an end of a unit of a box from a flat box blank that includes two sides, a bottom, and, at each end, an end flap supporting a cantilevered sealing tab, and two side tabs supported by the two sides. A planar movable table receives the box... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4676860 | Machine for forming open ended cartons A machine for forming open ended cartons from flat die cut blanks of flexible material. The machine includes a magazine adapted to contain a supply of the blanks, and first, second and third forming stations through which the blanks are successively shift... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4673381 | Cartoning machine having auxiliary flap sealer Apparatus for adhesively affixing together flaps of a container box includes a conveyor belt on which the box is carried, a glue applicator for applying glue to at least one of the flaps, a main flap folding unit for folding the flaps together during norm... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4636185 | Apparatus for fabricating a box-like article The invention features an apparatus for fabricating a box-like article or slipcase. The apparatus feeds a box blank from a hopper containing stacked blanks to a work station. The work station comprises a forming block about which the panels of the box bla... | 01/13/1987 |
