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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399264 | High frequency induction welding of austenitic stainless steel for pressure vessel tubing A process for producing high pressure tubing from austenitic stainless steels. The process entails passing a continuous austenitic stainless steel strip through pre-weld rolls enclosed in a forming housing to produce a continuous tubular shape having opposing edges ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7322918 | Soft container and method of manufacturing the container, and highly viscous conditioned liquid filled body The flexible container relating to the present invention comprises a cylindrical member (10) made from flexible film, a bottom plate member (12) which is harder than the flexible film, fitted into the inner side of a first end section of the cylindrica... | 01/29/2008 |
| 6589147 | Lightweight former and former assembly A former whose wing component incorporates periodic openings, a tube component (that may, or may not, incorporate periodic openings) and a base component (that is shaped to conform substantially to the former's tube geometry) is described. Such a former, ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 5814382 | Bag and method of making the same A bag suitable for use in microwave cooking is constructed of an elongated tube of flexible material closed at one end by means of a cold seal closure and having a heat seal adhesive deposit applied to the other end thereof for use in closing the bag afte... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5002523 | Method of manufacturing a waterproof paper container A method of manufacturing a waterproof paper container which is a thick paper tube made of multiple paper layers by adhering an adhesive and coating a thermofusible synthetic resin on the surface of the adhesive.... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4834822 | Method for joining overlapping edges of a multi-layer foil, and a tubular liner produced according to the method Of two edges (14, 16) to be joined together of a multilayer foil, the inner edge (16) is obliquely trimmed in the longitudinal direction prior to the pressing together in such a way that the layer (6) located remote from the surfaces (10, 12) to be presse... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4717374 | Method for forming a composite container with high barrier liner layer A composite container includes a high barrier inner liner member including a metal layer of vacuum-deposited aluminum parallel with and spaced from the longitudinal edge of a synthetic plastic base thereby to define a first web that is helically wound in ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4685989 | Process and apparatus for producing welded can body with an organic coated welded part A process and an apparatus for producing a welded can body having an organic coated welded part are provided in which the exposed metal portion on the inside of the welded part of the can body and its vicinity is covered with a tape of an organic resin al... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4257316 | Method for pre-cutting labels for composite containers An improved one-step easy-open composite container for dough products and the like, together with a method and apparatus for forming the same, are disclosed, which composite container includes a fibrous body wall layer having an unbonded helical butt join... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4227612 | Two-ply resin capsule for mining roof bolting systems A multi-compartment capsule having a longitudinally extending tubular inner compartment for containing a catalyst and a longitudinally extending tubular outer compartment around the inner compartment for containing a resin composition. The container is fo... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4182225 | Apparatus for producing fiber cans A can is provided that includes a tubular can body having a separation line extending from one end to the other with a label over it to prevent the separation line from opening during shipment or storage. The label includes a partial circumferential colla... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4080879 | Method of producing a container and apparatus herefor There is provided a method and an apparatus for producing a sleeve from a heat-sealable foil blank, wherein the blank is wrapped around a mandrel by means of a strip of flexible material acting on the side of said blank remote from the mandrel. A strip se... | 03/28/1978 |
| 3984268 | Method of making a foldable tubular package A laminated settable tubular package is disclosed having integral end and body portions of the same material. The tubular package is formed with a process and apparatus which permits head and shoulder portions to be formed as a continuation of the tubular... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3945108 | Core inserter for filters Method and apparatus for repetitive insertion of filter cores into filters in an automatic manner wherein filter elements of closed loop accordion-pleated configuration are fed to the apparatus and accelerated substantially downwardly upon an upright "wan... | 03/23/1976 |