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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7351128 | Holder for stuffed toy animal for use with a plant or floral arrangement A holder for efficiently and cleanly affixing a stuffed toy animal in standing position adjacent a container for a plant or floral arrangement. The holder includes a rod and first and second ribbons. The first ribbon interconnects the head of the stuffed animal and ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 6375604 | Method of forming a tabbed assembly Tab material which is wrapped tightly around an edge of a sheet is adhered flat to both faces of the sheet. The sheet is passed through a printer, and indicia is printed on both sides of a tab material fold line on at least a portion of the tab material o... | 04/23/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5893823 | Method of producing a string of multiple cleansing net packages A method of producing a string of multiple cleansing net packages for cleaning and massaging the back of a person taking a bath includes the steps of mounting looped net packages of even or odd numbers onto a U-shaped bracket; and tying a pull loop to the... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5873216 | Method and apparatus for the production of tagged packets A method and apparatus are provided for assembling together tags (6), thread (8) and a web of envelope material for producing tagged packets. The tags are held on spaced seats on the periphery of a rotary carrier (2) and the thread is laid over the carrie... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5836861 | Filter assembly apparatus An apparatus for assembling a filter having a peripheral frame and at least one filter media component includes a continuous conveyor for feeding a plurality of filter frames, in succession, to a plurality of workstations, each filter frame having a close... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5738621 | Cushioning conversion machine and method for a cushioning product having a tab portion A cushioning conversion machine for converting stock material into a continuous strip of a cushioning product. The machine includes a stock-preparing assembly which prepares the stock material; a stock-shaping assembly which shapes the prepared stock mate... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5492522 | Method of making pop-up action products A method of manufacturing pop-up action products from a single continuous web of material. A preferred form of the method includes the steps of cutting the web into two separate ribbons, defining a continuous series of predetermined shapes in one of the r... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5429580 | Filter assembly apparatus Apparatus for use in a filter assembly operation wherein filter components are seated within a filter frame such that the frame has a generally upstanding leading flap, side flaps and a trailing flap. The apparatus includes side flap engaging members adap... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5230687 | Semi-automatic machine for folding and gluing paper covering borders for cardboard and other materials The machine is used to fold and glue paper covering borders onto cardboard or other materials and includes a folding element (9) with a symmetrical row of bristles for folding and gluing the borders passing through in both directions and capable of acting... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5211618 | Self-centering laminated process for corrugated containers and blank therefor A process for the automatic centering of a corrugated liner onto a corrugated blank, comprising the steps of providing a pair of opposed, longitudinally extending first fold lines in the blank with the distance between the first fold lines being the width... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5113637 | Nested plastic bags and method of manufacture An article of manufacture comprises a plurality of nested plastic bags for use in lining containers such as garbage cans or waste paper baskets. The assembly is manufactured by placing successive plastic bags over a jig. The upper edges of the plastic bag... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4915679 | Manufacturing method of pleated multilayer bag In a method of manufacturing a pleated multi-layer bag, a tubular synthetic resinous film collapsed flatly, with each side edge of the film folded inwardly to form a pair of pleats extending along the side edge, is laid upon a length of an outer-layer bag... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4892515 | Artificial ribboned flower making methods and apparatus A method of producing a wide variety of ribbon flowers; wherein, a framework unit (10) is employed in conjunction with a length of ribbon (18) a stitching means (11) and a severing means (12), to produce the basic core elements of the various flower varie... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4790804 | Bag manufacturing apparatus A lapel provided at the one end of a paper sheet to forming a paper bag is introduced into the interior of an opening on the rotary cylinder by means. The folding blade has a rotational axis located outside the rotary cylinder parallel to an axis of rotat... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4721502 | Apparatus for sealing a hem in a moving web of film Apparatus for sealing a hem in a moving web of plastic film having a structure including a folding surface having a web passing on one side of the surface and an edge of the web on the other side of the surface to produce a hem in the web prior to leaving... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4655389 | Collapsible containers and methods of manufacturing the containers This invention relates to containers and methods of, and apparatus for, manufacturing containers. A container in accordance with the invention includes four walls (202-205, FIG. 1, or 301-303 and 305, FIG. 4), and a base (201, FIG. 1, or 306, FIG. 4). The... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4525154 | Foil transfer device for an installation for manufacturing hollow truncated cone shaped articles and in particular wine bottle caps The invention provides a transfer device comprising at least one gripping member (19) mounted for pivoting about a first shaft (19a), on a support (16) mounted for rotation about a second shaft (16a). The support (16) rotates through three angular steps p... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4289493 | Apparatus for applying an overlay to a substrate An overlay is applied to a substrate, for example in the manufacture of book covers, by serially wrapping the overlay around a first pair of oppositely disposed edges of the substrate, folding the corners of the overlay into the substrate and wrapping the... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4280811 | Bag dispenser Bags are dispensed from a stack of bags by locating the stack of bags on a dispensing surface and elastically pinching the stack of bags to the dispensing surface with an elastic compression means. The bags are thus capable of being removed from the stack... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4247289 | Paper spring method A paper spring is formed by longitudinally folding a sheet along parallel fold lines to provide a strip and thence transversely folding the strip in a zigzag manner. The resulting paper spring may be contained in a paper housing in the form of an open-sid... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4220075 | Method of making a slide calculator A construction comprising a sheet of two contiguous detachable leaf members is folded and separated to form slide and sleeve components of the calculator. Fold lines in the sheet are formed parallel to a separation or tear line that divides one leaf membe... | 09/02/1980 |
| 3998135 | Bag structure and method of producing A bag structure of the flap type wherein the flap is tack heat-sealed for ready opening by virtue of heat-sealing webs together, wherein the heat-seal overlies a coating substantially resistant to union with thermoplastic material when the latter is in a ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3998447 | Method and apparatus for folding flaps of a sanitary pad Method and apparatus for folding first and second end flaps of a sanitary pad, such as a disposable diaper, against the pad. The pad is advanced in one direction with the first flap disposed at the front end of the pad and the second flap disposed at the ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3986917 | Apparatus for fabricating bolsters Apparatus for manufacturing bolsters used to form the core for fabric windings includes apparatus to apply glue to specific areas of pre-sized cardboard cards, crimp the cards at specific locations to produce edges for the finished product, fold the crimp... | 10/19/1976 |
