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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7569010 | Apparatus and method for operating a folding machine for a web-fed printing press An apparatus and method for operating a folding machine for a web-fed printing press is disclosed. The folding machine includes a cutting blade cylinder operable with a folding blade cylinder and a folding jaw cylinder. A drive is connected to the cutting blade cyli... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7279125 | Take-off unit A withdrawal device for blow-molded film has an air turning bar with an air cushioned surface for transporting the film, and the bar surface includes at least in part a sintered material. The sintered material portion of the bar surface provides a region of increase... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261948 | Three-dimensional ornament and method of making same A three-dimensional ornament (1) comprising a plurality of folded elements (8), (9), (10), (11), (22) and (23) created from a plurality of nesting cuts (6), (7), (20) and (21) in a planar s... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7207934 | Three piece basket carrier A glued three piece folding basket carrier which has two partitions for dividing the carrier into six cells with each partition being constructed of a different material than used to construct the outside basket carrier. Each partition is glued to a handle panel and... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7174938 | Apparatus for folding and applying onserts onto consumer goods A machine for folding and applying onserts onto consumer goods such as cigarette packs comprises a continuous roll of preprinted onserts and a transverse cutter assembly for cutting onsert segments from the continuous roll. Each onsert segment includes a pair of sid... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7156398 | Card game and deck for use therewith A game system including twenty-four cards, each respective card having respective top and bottom portions, each characterized by the following respective first and second suit-rank pairings: Ace of Spades and Nine of Hearts, King of Spades and Ten of Hearts . . . Ni... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7127844 | Reminder display envelope A reminder card having a printed message is printed directly on the mailing envelope on the rear lower portion of the envelope and is perforated for easy removal. The reminder card is slipped into a window pocket on the front face of the envelope to display the remi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7101358 | Tampon wrapper with opening means comprising stopper The present invention relates to a wrapper for individually packaging absorbent articles for personal hygiene, especially tampons. The wrapper of the present invention is provided with an opening means comprising a tear tape and a stopper, the tear tape is used for ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097607 | Folding roller for paper converting machine An interfolding machine, having first and second folding counter rotating rollers, a substantially cylindrical body and a plurality of folding means for engaging at a contact line (15) for making a stack of folded and/or interfolded sheets in a folding area. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6938529 | Shortening the flap of paper following a supply-roll change A flap projecting from a glue joint between two paper strips after an on-the-fly supply roll change is shortened by continuously displacing the strips in a straight line, in a travel direction, and at a travel speed along a path such that the flap lies flatly agains... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6821239 | Snap-hinge closure with tamper-evident lid and method of making A tamper evident hinge type closure includes, as is conventional in such closures, a body portion, a lid portion and a hinge portion. Advantageously, at least one tamper evident band is provided so as to mechanically secure the lid portion to the body portion at a p... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6726612 | Continuous supply of preformed reclosable fasteners A continuous supply of preformed reclosable fasteners suited for use in combination with an apparatus for attaching a reclosable fastener to a web of flexible material primarily intended for use with a host packaging machine to form a reclosable container. Strips of... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6605170 | Synthetic decorative grass simulating spanish moss and method for making same Curled decorative grasses and methods for producing same are disclosed wherein the curled decorative grasses have improved bulk and simulate Spanish moss in color and appearance.... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6354984 | Indirect registration of elements of web-derived product This invention pertains to methods of defining and developing first and second sets of periodic features of a web wherein neither the first set or second sets of features is readily sensed as a reliable registration element against which the location of t... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6338707 | Folding apparatus of low overall height for use in a web-fed rotary press A folding apparatus that is useable in a web-fed rotary printing press has a lower overall structural height. The folding apparatus includes a web delivery device and a folding cylinder group. The folding cylinder group is arranged generally at 90° to th... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6234944 | Securement of a pad to the inside of a bag A storage bag formed from a thermoplastic film includes a pad secured to the inside bottom thereof. The pad is disposed adjacent the bag material at or near the bottom by one or more strips of material extending across the pad. Each strip has an intermedi... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6117060 | Continuous supply of preformed reclosable fasteners A continuous supply of preformed reclosable fasteners suited for use in combination with an apparatus for attaching a reclosable fastener to a web of flexible material primarily intended for use with a host packaging machine to form a reclosable container... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6059708 | Method of making a foldable pinata An innovative method of making pinatas utilizes pre-cut and scored cardstock designed with tab and slot closures. Once the shapes are folded and secured, the pinatas can be decorated using traditional or innovative methods. By designing the tab/slot closu... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5944646 | Apparatus and method for automatically forming an article An apparatus and method for forming a sheet of material into an article, such as a flower pot cover, is provided. The apparatus includes a female die and a male die. A sheet of material is positioned between the male die and the female die. The male and f... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5879278 | Method and machine for cutting liners and inserting cut liners into closures Method and apparatus for repetitively making products, such as cap liners continuously from web material. A rotary knife drum having an array of die cutters cooperates with a counter-rotating anvil to thereby define a convergent web working zone therebetw... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5827166 | Device for joining strips of a flexible material A device is provided to join the lower end of a strip of paper coming from a nearly-empty reel to the upper end of another strip of paper coming from a full reel. The joining device comprises a rotating striking arm equipped with a hammer on one of its en... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5776045 | Machine for attaching a reclosable fastener to a flexible material A machine for attaching a reclosable fastener to a web of flexible material primarily intended for use with a host packaging machine to form a reclosable container. The fastener attaching machine includes a motor that indexes the flexible material along a... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5709010 | Cotton swabs with expanded tips A cotton swab is described whose stick is formed from an elongate stem with a conical member at each end flared outwardly and having a hollow center. The hollow flared conical members provide expanded swab ends rendering the tips softer and larger yet emp... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5609557 | Paper pallet with an immproved configuration A paper pallet (D, D1) formed by cutting and combining a plurality of cardboard panels (3). A cutting device (A), extruding mechanism (B), and an adhesive application mechanism (C) are generally provided to sequentially cut and adhesively accumulate layer... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5599267 | Display boxes The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for making display boxes having windows made of substantially rigid plastic material. The boxes comprise substantially rigid opaque material, such as paperboard, in combination with substantially rig... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5540645 | Display boxes The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for making display boxes having windows made of substantially rigid plastic material. The boxes comprise substantially rigid opaque material, such as paperboard, in combination with substantially rig... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5447488 | Decorative plate producing method A method of producing a decorative plate is provided, in which a substrate of a foamed plastic plate is prepared, and slits of a predetermined pattern are formed. Then, the slits are widened for firmly receiving a flexible thin tape to form a predetermine... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5447487 | Device for detaching and reattaching aportion of a case blank in a stepwise operated packaging lines A device for detaching a portion from the main part of a blank and for reattaching the portion to another zone of the main part, includes gripping and pushing means for gripping and moving the portion of the blank, while supporting means support the main ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5169374 | Method and apparatus for securing a pouring spout to a container A spout is attached to a wall of an article, such as a paperboard container, by pushing a stem of a spout longitudinally through a pre-formed hole in the article and against an inclined face of a flare tool so that a portion of the stem is bent laterally ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5122108 | Method and apparatus for applying a tab to the edges of a mailer to hold the same together An apparatus for automatically applying a pressure-sensitive tab to the edge of a mailer which includes a feed spool of pressure-sensitive tape. The pressure-sensitive tape is fed through a tape slot of a tape guide block from where it is wound upon a dri... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5098365 | Method of connecting a gripping device to sheet or web-formed packaging material A method is disclosed of attaching a gripping device to a sheet of packaging material that is to be formed into a container includes the steps of forming a hole in the sheet of packaging material, inserting an anchorage device in the hole, sealing the anc... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5083997 | Suspension pack and apparatus for producing suspension packs The invention relates to suspension packs for articles and to an apparatus for producing suspension packs for articles, in particular, suspension packs in the form of a folded card to which is attached a suspension member.... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5083996 | Method for manufacturing pallet assembly A disposable pallet assembly includes cylindrical reinforcing pieces which are engaged with the stringer members along bottom side portions thereof.... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5069658 | Method and apparatus for making display boxes having windows The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for making display boxes having windows made of substantially rigid plastic material. The boxes comprise substantially rigid opaque material, such as paperboard, in combination with substantially rig... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5062340 | Cutting and positioning apparatus Apparatus for cutting a continuous web into precise length sheets and precisely stacking the sheets, relative to each other, includes first and second moving endless belt tables for advancing the web, a sheet orientation table and a stacking table. A vacu... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4998985 | Method of utilizing a videocassette identifying storage and display sleeve The present invention relates to a videocassette storage and display sleeve having identifying indicia thereon for use with or without the videocassette. The sleeve is convertible from its rectangular box-like original form to a flattened display form wit... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4963125 | Method of making promotional pop-up Promotional pieces including pop-up structures and methods for mass production on a web press or the like are disclosed. After manipulating the web to create a double thickness in a region of two pop-up panels, die-cutting of the double-thickness region c... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4874356 | Method of making a piece containing multiple pop-ups An improved method for making promotional pieces wherein a high speed web-press operation results in mass-production of attractive pieces which include three or more interconnected pop-up panels which assume a three-dimensional shape when the outer folder... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4846774 | Rotary die cutting and laminating process and machine A machine and process for making container lid assemblies with a flexible membrane with a pull tab adhesively secured to a rigid ring so that when desired the membrane can be peeled off and removed from the ring to provide access to the container. Individ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4468912 | Apparatus for depositing coupons on cartons An apparatus for placing coupons, and the like, on cartons includes a supply source of coupons in the form of a web of coupons, a coupon advance drum for moving the coupon web from the supply source to the location of the cartons upon which the coupons ar... | 09/04/1984 |
