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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6991592 | Method of folding flat bottom bag A method for folding a polymeric flat bottom bag. The process includes, in general, opening the partially folded bottom of the unfinished bag, pulling the bag bottom taught in the transverse direction, and forming a fin where the two material edges join. A sharp cre... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6932754 | Method for manufacturing angulated bottom paper bag with handle in rotary type bag manufacturing machine The invention concerns a rotary type bag manufacturing machine which feeds continuously material paper (R) to form angulated bottom bags (B) with handles (T) in which a top edge (S2) with the handles (T) pasted can be folded toward an inside in the manufactur... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6328683 | Device for pulling up the ends of continuously transverse-conveyed flat tubular segments during the production of sacks or bags A device for pulling up the ends of transverse-conveyed flat tubular segments during the production of sacks or bags comprises lateral support elements, which run parallel to the conveying zone and between which a slit is formed that lies in the conveying... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6059707 | Easy to open handle bag and method of making the same A method of forming a plurality of easy to open handle bags including the steps of providing a flattened tube of thermoplastic material oriented in a generally longitudinal direction. The flattened tube has a first longitudinal side edge and a second long... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5857954 | Apparatus for manufacturing cross bottom sacks An apparatus for manufacturing cross bottom sacks from laid-flat tubular sections consists of a frame having:- a table, means for holding the tubular section thereon in a processing station where the ends of the tubular section become opened out into a bo... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5728037 | Environmentally friendly pinch bottom bag assembly and method of making A method of making a factory end for a bag assembly, in which a removable plastic bag will be contained within a protective outer bag, includes steps of providing a tube assembly having a plastic inner tube within an outer tube; sealing one end of the pla... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5697879 | Method for folding glueing of a sheet of paper containing information A method for folding and glueing a sheet of paper that contains informations and serves both as a letter and an envelope, wherein the sheet (40) is folded transverse to its parallel lateral edges (41). The lateral edges (41), the end edge (45) of the last... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5672308 | Method and apparatus for forming seal portion of tubular body of synthetic resin An apparatus and method for forming a seal portion of a tubular body of synthetic resin is provided in which the seal portion has increased density and reduced foaming. The apparatus includes a pair of clamps that clamp an end portion of a tubular body of... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5048270 | Wrinkle free film spreader device for form, fill and seal machines A spreader device for the lower end of a forming and filling tube of a form, fill and seal machine has an operator located on the outside of the upper end of the tube. The operator may effect oscillations causing the finger to swing into and out of spread... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5002400 | Container for lifting, transportation and storage of bulk material A flexible container is formed from a hose-like blank having two diametrically opposite longitudinal slots or holes and at least one intermediate slot or hole. One half of the hose-like blank is inserted through the intermediate slot in such way that one ... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4934994 | Mandrel insertion mechanism in a carton container-forming device A method and apparatus to form tubular shaped individual cartons from a web of flat tubular material. The flat tubular material is advanced to a tube forming station whereat a portion thereof is bulged so that it can be inserted on a mandrel to maintain i... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4908009 | Corner-forming unit of a carton container-forming machine A corner forming unit of a package forming machine which employs an H-shaped guide over which the packaging material passes after it has been longitudinally sealed. A pair of rollers outside of the tube of material forms the edges of the packaging materia... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4664161 | Automatic filling apparatus, and bag mouth opening device thereof An apparatus for automatically filling bags with a material after separating each bag from a continuous chain of bags along perforations where each bag is joined to its neighbor has a guide section for guiding the chain of bags, a separating section for s... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4546592 | Apparatus for sealing a liquid pack Apparatus for sealing a liquid package made of paper coated with plastic on at least one surface including a pair of extending fingers that can be inserted in the open end of the package to flatten the top edges thereof into a single strip; a pair of weld... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4468213 | Method and apparatus for separating from each other two thin, slack sheets of material When two sheets of slack material, for example the two sides of a paper or plastics bag, are to be separated by means of a pointed tool, problems arise because the two sheets can easily bend over, both in the same direction. If moreover these sheets are f... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4230030 | Machine and method for manufacturing square or flat bottom bags having movable positions or stations including the use of a mandrel A method and apparatus for the rapid and continuous formation of reinforced flat bottom bags from a substantially endless roll of gussetted tubing.... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4129976 | Apparatus for forming, filling and closing bags An apparatus for forming, filling and closing bags has a hollow mandrel on which a hose is continuously formed from a sheet; two vertically reciprocating and horizontally oppositely movable shoes underneath the mandrel for cyclically pressing together a f... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4117649 | System for forming, filling and closing bags In a system including a bag forming apparatus for forming a succession of bags, bag filling and closing apparatus, and a conveying apparatus for conveying each bag, after it is formed, along a conveying path from the bag forming apparatus to the filling a... | 10/03/1978 |
| 3983914 | Bag mouth opener and support A device for supporting and holding open the mouth end of a bag during the filling thereof including an elongated, relatively thin, flexible, plastic sheet having hand openings and a series of spaced slots therein and depending locking tabs on one end the... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3971301 | Process for the production of the closure of a hollow stick of shirred sausage casing This invention relates to a unilaterally closed cylindrical hollow stick of shirred tubular casing having a closure within the stick bore in the zone of the stick beginning and formed from the casing end itself, said closure being composed of a U-shaped b... | 07/27/1976 |
