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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976450 | Post-processing apparatus and recording material processing apparatus used therewith A post-processing apparatus, includes: a restraining unit that restrains a periphery of the back portion of the booklet; a pressing unit that presses the back portion of the booklet restrained by restraining unit so that a curved back face of the back portion of the... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7540835 | Method and apparatus for flexible sheet folding In one embodiment of the present invention, a sheet folding system is provided. The sheet folding system includes a first wall, a second wall coupled to the first wall, a third wall and a fourth wall coupled to the third wall. The walls are configurable in a first c... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7407471 | Cutterless dunnage converter and method A tabletop converter has a conversion assembly that inwardly gathers and crumples a stock material to form a strip of dunnage. The conversion assembly includes a feeding assembly that moves the stock material and a controller that controls the feeding assembly to op... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7318800 | Pleating apparatuses A pleating apparatus comprises a support surface, first and second pleating surfaces, and a driver for compressing a portion of a filter material between the first and second pleating surfaces to form a pleat, where at least one of the pleating surfaces is curved or... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7285084 | Folded back portion flattening device, sheet processor, and image forming apparatus A folded back portion flattening device includes a gripper and a presser. The gripper grips a sheet bundle formed into a booklet with the folded back portion protruding from the gripper. The presser presses the folded back portion of the sheet bundle gripped by the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7186208 | Cutterless dunnage converter and method A tabletop converter has a conversion assembly that inwardly gathers and crumples a stock material to form a strip of dunnage. The conversion assembly includes a feeding assembly that moves the stock material and a controller that controls the feeding assembly to op... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7147598 | Folded back portion flattening device, sheet processor, and image forming apparatus A folded back portion flattening device includes a gripper and a presser. The gripper grips a sheet bundle formed into a booklet with the folded back portion protruding from the gripper. The presser presses the folded back portion of the sheet bundle gripped by the ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7083564 | Pleating methods A pleating method comprises disposing a filter material on a support surface and compressing a portion of the filter material between first and second pleating surfaces to form a pleat, where at least one of the pleating surfaces is curved or extends at an acute ang... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083560 | Cushioning conversion machine having heavy duty characteristics A cushioning conversion machine for converting multi-ply stock material is characterized by a conversion assembly which comprises one or more assemblies and/or devices for converting multi-ply stock material into a three-dimensional cushioning product and a stock su... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070203 | Airbag deployment rate sensor with electrostatic dissipative guide slots An airbag deployment rate sensor has a printed circuit board with a substrate that has guide slots for the withdrawal of deployable tapes. Each tape is fastened to the interior of the airbag. When the airbag is deployed, the tapes are withdrawn from tape cartridges ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6951532 | Method of folding an airbag containing sensor tapes integrated within the airbag An airbag is folded by attaching a line located inside the airbag to a front side an airbag and extending the line across a guide. The airbag is then compacted around the guide and the line. The line is then placed in communication with a sensor. The line may be a f... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6910997 | Machine and method for making paper dunnage Dunnage making machine and method in which a web of paper is drawn across a forming bar with curved end sections to roll the edge portions of the paper, then drawn through a first throat section to urge the rolled edge portions toward each other and cause them to ga... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6699167 | Cushioning conversion machine and method A cushioning conversion machine having a novel former around which a sheet material is folded to form an improved cushioning product. The former has longitudinally spaced side surfaces inclined from bottom to top toward a downstream end of the machine. Th... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6626812 | Cushioning conversion machine and method A cushioning conversion machine (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900) comprising a conversion assembly (101, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701, 801, 901) which converts a sheet stock material into a three-dimensional strip of cushioning. The conversion... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6428459 | Protective bag for shipment and storage of articles of equipment and method of fabricating same A protective furniture shipment and storage bag is formed as an envelope comprised of inner and outer transparent film layers with protective cushioning foam elements sandwiched therebetween at opposite ends of the envelope to define a furniture viewing w... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6183586 | Process and apparatus for the production of a padding material and padding material produced with this process and apparatus A process is for the production of a padding material (7) made from paper or similar flat structures that are folded together and are formed by tools. At least one intermediate layer (3, 4) is perhaps incorporated within a top layer (2) that is to be fold... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6168559 | Cushioning conversion machine including a pad-transferring assembly A cushioning conversion machine (10) comprising conversion assemblies (52, 54) which convert a sheet-like material (22) into a continuous strip (30) of a cushioning product; a cutting assembly (56) which cuts a leading portion of the strip (30) into a cut... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5897481 | Machine for making cellular packaging Machine for continuously making cellular packaging from a paper-like web material wound around at least one roll (2, 3) freely rotatable located at the input of the machine, each web travelling thereafter through a station (C) creating a transversal creas... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5873809 | Packaging material making machine In a machine for making packaging material, paper is pulled off a roll by two pairs of spaced rubber nip rollers, the lower ones of which rollers are driven. The edges of the paper roll over as the paper passes through the former and the rolled paper is p... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5840003 | Stalled sheet folding and flattening apparatus in an electrostatographic machine A stalled sheet folding and flattening apparatus for reducing a sheet, stalled between a withdrawable and a fixed component of a cut sheet handling system of a sheet handling machine, into a shape and size suitably enabling reliable removal of the stalled... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5816995 | Dispensing table for cushioning conversion machine In combination, a dispensing table (10) and a cushioning conversion machine (12) which is slidably mounted to the table (10). The table (10) includes a substantially horizontal work platform (14) and the machine (12) is situated below the platform (14). T... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5733403 | Product packaging material and its manufacturing method This invention relates to a product packaging material and method, and in particular to a product packaging material (27) formed from a length of rolled corrugated paper (20) and a method of manufacture therefor. There is provided a packaging material com... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5681255 | Dispensing table and guide system for a cushioning conversion machine In combination, a cushioning conversion machine and a dispensing table, the cushioning conversion machine connected underneath the dispensing table by a guide system. The guide system includes at least one multiposition guide track connected to the dispen... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5573491 | Method and apparatus for producing a resilient product A method and apparatus characterized by slitting a sheet of material having a natural resilience into a plurality of strips to form a body of such strips and folding each of the strips into a zig-zag shape. The folding step/function is accomplished by adv... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5525176 | Reinforced crimped paper objects and methods for making reinforced crimped paper objects Crimped paper articles are reinforced by rolling a piece of paper around a sleeve and pressing one end of the paper and sleeve against a hard surface. The sleeve is repeatedly lifted in small increments and the paper is pushed down towards the hard surfac... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5487717 | Dispensing table for a cushioning conversion machine In combination, a dispensing table (10) and a cushioning conversion machine (12) which is slidably mounted to the table (10). The table (10) includes a substantially horizontal work platform (14) and the machine (12) is situated below the platform (14). T... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5387173 | Fan-folded stock material for use with a cushioning conversion machine A stock material for use with a cushioning conversion machine is provided. The stock material includes a plurality of superimposed plies of a sheet-like material which are fan-folded into a rectangonal stack. The superimposed plies include a series of alt... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5352179 | Flattening folded miniature printed items The invention relates to flattening multiple folded miniature printed items by employing flat continuous belts encircling the large rollers and smaller input and output rollers so that the miniature printed items can be crushed and squeezed between the be... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5211620 | Edge-tension controlling device for a cushioning conversion machine A cushioning conversion machine for converting a sheet-like stock material, which may be viewed as having two edge sections and a central section, into a cushioning product is provided. The machine includes a conversion assembly for converting the sheet-l... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5188581 | Method for producing a narrow width cushioning paper product A converter mechanism and method for producing a relatively narrow width and small size cushioning dunnage product of pad-like form, from sheet-like stock material. A conversion kit comprising a funnel-like chute member and a coacting elongated generally ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5163892 | Forming machine Forming machine comprising a first and second pairs of former and jaw arrangements, each of the former and jaw arrangements being relatively movable from an open to a closed condition (and from the closed to the open condition), but only after correspondi... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5088972 | Folding and crimping apparatus This invention comprises apparatus and methods for folding and crimping shredded strips of sheet material into preselected lengths of interlocking, decorative material and/or bulk packaging material. The apparatus generally includes an attachment for a co... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4750724 | Apparatus for stacking a zigzag folded web An apparatus for stacking a zigzag folded web into piles includes means for directing the web folds into a fold stacking station and includes endless fold directing belts having a sloped run which tangentially contacts only the outer free edges of the fol... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4747816 | Apparatus for making a filter from a material for a filter element An apparatus performing a filter from a material for a filter element automatically and quickly. The filter made by the present apparatus has a plurality of wavy portions which are provided in such a manner that a plurality of wavy portions forms a circle... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4717613 | Mechanism and method for producing cushioning dunnage A cushioning dunnage producing mechanism and method wherein the mechanism utilizes one or more webs of sheet-like stock material, with the stock material being adapted to be disposed by the mechanism in generally superimposed relation and then fed into a ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4342182 | Card folding and creasing device A card having a product thereon is fed by a conveyor into a card folding device. This involves the use of an air jet located below the conveyor, which is activated and causes the leading portion of the card as it passes thereover to go into an upright pos... | 08/03/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4016808 | Method and apparatus for making expansible gusset envelopes Method and apparatus for fabricating expansible envelopes from a single blank by (1) inwardly folding side gusset sections between longitudinally extending triple score lines, (2) inwardly folding bottom gusset sections between transverse score lines hing... | 04/12/1977 |
