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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425191 | Methods for forming a reverse kiss cut and score line in a sheet of deformable material Methods and apparatus for forming a score line with a reverse kiss cut in a deformable material are provided. A method can include providing two plates, such as a die plate with a scoring rule thereon and a counter plate with an aligned corresponding recess with a k... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7339298 | Compliant motor driven variable electrical device A motor driven electrical device includes: a variable electrical device having a rotational variable control; a first support plate positioned above the variable electrical device; a motor support plate pliably attached to the first support plate using a pliable sep... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7303519 | Automatic machine and method for forming a corrugated pallet A folding and gluing machine is provided for converting a corrugated blank into a panel having at least two parallel struts formed from the blank. The machine forms the struts by having compression chains on each side that exert pressure on the sides of the blank so... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7226405 | Methods and apparatus for forming a reverse kiss cut and score line in a sheet of deformable material Methods and apparatus for forming a score line with a reverse kiss cut in a deformable material are provided. A method can include providing two plates, such as a die plate with a scoring rule thereon and a counter plate with an aligned corresponding recess with a k... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7056270 | Sandwich wall construction for a kit box or easily stored carrying case The present invention is a method and means for making a carrying case from two open topped boxes from sandwich wall construction, where one box will be lid and the other a base. Living hinges connect a floor section to four sidewalls ensuring accurate vertical alig... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6508751 | Method and apparatus for preforming and creasing container board A method and apparatus for preparing container board having a corrugated medium and at least one liner formed thereon for folding which comprises a tool for displacing in a non-destructive manner the corrugated medium and the liner in a portion of the boa... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6440050 | Method of forming a variable sized and shaped pizza box and apparatus thereof A generally rectangular blank of preferably cardboard material having a multitude of strategically positioned cut lines, fold lines, and perforated tear lines. The present invention can be formed into at least two differently shaped and sized boxes; thus,... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6332488 | Apparatus for use in forming carton blanks Apparatus having laminating rolls for laminating continuous strips of different kinds of material together wherein all of the continuous strips enter the nip between the laminating rolls from one side of a plane tangent to each of the laminating rolls at ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6221192 | Method for and apparatus for use in forming carton blanks Individual carton blanks formed from a lamination of a continuous strip of a relatively rigid material and a relatively flexible fluid impervious material and in some instances from spaced apart continuous strips of a relatively flexible material wherein ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6168075 | Breakaway container with thumb slit An improved breakaway container for food and other perishable products comprising a simple construction and reliable breakage mechanism using a thumb cut scoring. By applying pressure to the thumb cut scoring, a tear is initiated in a circumferential scor... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6142366 | Breakaway container with thumb slit An improved breakaway container for food and other perishable products comprising a simple construction and reliable breakage mechanism using a thumb cut scoring. By applying pressure to the thumb cut scoring, a tear is initiated in a circumferential scor... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6105853 | Exterior packaging with integrated lateral handle A parallelepiped cardboard package for a group of containers with a precut lateral handle integrated into one of the end surfaces of the package. The cardboard package is either pre-glued or wrapped around the contents formed from a flat sheet. The packag... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6102280 | Collapsible corrugated plastic box having improved tear resistance This invention provides a collapsible box made of corrugated plastic, which has improved hinge line/score line configurations between walls and panels and improved hand holds. A plastic box of this invention preferably has an automatically lockable bottom... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6093460 | Paper receptacle A paperboard material 101 is mainly composed of a paperboard having a weight of 200 to 450 g/m2, a density of 0.65 to 0.82 and a gas permeability of 50 to 200 sec. A first resin layer having liquid-impermeability and thermal resistance is forme... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6004251 | Plastic sheets with scoring lines A plastic blank for packaging and a method of making same is disclosed. The blank includes a score line having high and low portions such that the total length of a high portion plus the total length of a low portion is about 1/65 inch or less. The low po... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5964686 | Method for forming slotted and creased box blanks The invention provides an improved method of forming one or more box blanks (20) from a generally-rectangular sheet of material, comprising the steps of: providing a frame (28) for supporting and guiding the sheet; placing a sheet of material on the frame... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5888183 | Method of working paperboard blanks A method of working paperboard blanks is disclosed. The method includes providing first and second pairs of parallel rotary shafts supporting first and second pairs of tool heads respectively. The first pair of tool heads is moved to a predetermined longi... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5509885 | Creasing apparatus The present invention relates to a creasing apparatus with a male part with bars and a cooperating female part with grooves. Elastic material elements are inlaid in the grooves of the female part. The elements are pretensioned and locked in their grooves ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5480605 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing coin pouch An apparatus and method for manufacturing leather coin pouches. The method provides for wetting a leather assembly comprising a substantially flat, flexible leather cover laminated to a substantially flat, more rigid centerpiece, to soften the leather whi... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5417640 | Method for preventing cohesion between carton blanks An improved method of preventing cohesion between plastic coated, paperboard, folding carton blanks after they come off a die cutter or cutting section of a press. The method comprises providing different scoring patterns for the carton blanks of alternat... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5232149 | Tote container made from a blank having diagonally biased corrugations and method for constructing same A tote container which is cut to form a blank from a single sheet of double-faced corrugated plastic material, the blank being scored to define individual panels, and those panels folded to an upright position to define a receptacle region. The corrugatio... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5167606 | Method of forming a ply separation region in a paperboard blank A tear strip is formed in a paperboard container blank by scoring a line of weakness on each of the opposite surfaces. The lines are offset from each other to form between them an area where the piles are easily separated. One or both lines are formed by ... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5152736 | Concave shaped container bottom end closure and method of forming same A bottom end closure for a liquid-carrying paperboard container, wherein particular diagonal and sloped score lines are formed on the inner closure panels by modified sealing jaws, such that, upon being engaged by the sealing jaws, the score lines enhance... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5151074 | Method of manufacturing medical appliance disposal container A medical waste disposal container has a unitary body structure formed of a substantially flat sheet having a plurality of laminated layers of compact fiberboard, and one or more thin pliable layers of absorbtion resistant plastic material. The laminated ... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5011070 | Display carton A display container having a display window to display articles of manufacture held in the container is provided with at least three panels and a bottom panel which is formed from a cut-out section partially cut from one of the panels, yet remaining conne... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4951824 | Carton having an opening feature and a carton blank A paperboard carton blank consisting of a first panel having side walls connected thereto by scored fold lines formed between a respective side wall and a respective edge of the first panel is provided. The blank further includes a second panel having sid... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4846396 | Container made of folded planar material having precreased gripping area and blank for same and method of manufacture A container and blank for a container comprising folded planar material wherein the planar material is provided with fold lines during manufacture, the planar material adapted to be folded along the fold lines so as to form the container, the container wh... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4834823 | Package for flowable filling materials having a re-closable opening A fluid packaging means comprises tubular side walls and end walls disposed at the ends thereof, forming a bottom and a top, wherein the top comprises thermoplastic material without a carrier material, is injection moulded to the outer edge of the tube al... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4795086 | Gable-topped container A parallelepipedal gable-topped bulk-material container made out of a multilayer plastic laminate and with its head sealed by a ridged seam, leaving two superimposed triangular folding tabs at the ends of the seam, whereby each tab is wrapped out and arou... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4559259 | Packing laminate provided with crease lines A packing laminate which is intended to be converted into packing containers is often provided with crease lines in order to facilitate folding and shaping. At the places where crease lines cross each other a multiple folding of the laminate takes place o... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4300716 | Paperboard carton A one-piece T-shaped carton blank is disclosed which is utilized to form a rectangular cross-sectional container having its top and bottom end panels sealed in a plane substantially perpendicular to its sidewalls. The carton blank is formed having a defin... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4281787 | Container and blank for constructing same A coated paperboard container and a blank for constructing same are disclosed as including a body portion having a side seam flap secured adjacent the edge portion of one of four side panels and an upper end that is closed by a folded top end closure whic... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4276043 | Ring grooving apparatus for use with a packaging machine or the like An improved multi-station machine is disclosed for assembling ring-type closures from generally cylindrical paperboard cylinders and generally circular paperboard discs. The machine employs a rotatable dial plate, carrying eight mandrels and an improved r... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4256025 | Apparatus for forming a hinged carton Apparatus for forming a hinged or clamshell type carton from a paperboard blank includes a carton forming die for receiving the paperboard blank, a movable frame for transferring the carton blank from the stack into registration over the die, and a recipr... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4233888 | Method of making a collapsible drum-type container A collapsible drum-type container is formed by scoring lines on a generally rectangular blank of fiberboard or the like so that the blank can be initially folded along one score line into two flat overlying panels. The longitudinal free edges of the panel... | 11/18/1980 |
