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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4235062 | Collapsible web wrapping apparatus A process for automatically making a spiral wrapped unitary package with a single web of stretchable material to form a netting overwrap. A series of loads, each containing a plurality of units are fed one at a time onto a turntable adjacent a film dispen... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4232501 | Economy automatic wrapping apparatus An apparatus and process for automatically wrapping packages with a full-web or spiral overwrap. The apparatus includes a film handling assembly in which stretched film is wrapped around the load rotated by a turntable. When the load is stopped in a home ... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4229925 | Skein and ball banding machine The machine is disclosed for banding skeins or balls of bunched or wound material such as wool thread. The machine includes a banding apparatus comprised of a plurality of individual banding units connected in a closed loop chain. Each banding unit includ... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4229924 | Gripping device and method The specification discloses a gripping device and method for using it. The gripping device is an elongated flat strip of flexible, elastic material having at least 100 to 300% elasticity and having an enlargement at one end and a slot at the other whereby... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4204377 | Process and apparatus for wrapping netting material around a load An apparatus and process for automatically making spiral wrapped unitary package having a netting overwrap. In the apparatus a series of loads, each containing a plurality of units are fed one at a time onto a turntable adjacent a netting dispenser with t... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4203273 | Tubing with formed ends for heat exchangers A grouping of straight tubes, bundled and packed for shipment, having the tube ends on one end of the bundle deformed for locating and supporting the tubes in a tube sheet, with the deformations located and produced in a manner resulting in a compact ship... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4189894 | Method of and apparatus for wrapping products Method of and means for wrapping generally cylindrical products with plastic film in which the film extends from a supply roll over a supporting means and terminates in a free end. The product is placed on the supporting means, the free end of the film is... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4188871 | Band and clip method The specification discloses an article and method for banding objects. A clip is releasably secured to a common closed loop rubber band, thereby enabling one to wrap the band around objects to be banded together and slip the loop over the clip to hold it ... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4187276 | Method of making a plastic package A package is provided comprising an uprightly unstable thermoplastic bottle having a generally convex bottom and a peripheral sidewall extending upwardly therefrom and a base directly contacting and loosely supporting the bottle in an upright position the... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4184309 | Method and apparatus for assemblying tubular sleeve preforms and containers This invention relates to method and apparatus for producing a composite container having a neck label or tubular sleeve mounted temporarily thereon adapted to be shrunken into final surface covering position. The tubular sleeve is preformed of relatively... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4178734 | Reverse wrap An apparatus for wrapping a plurality of loads into a wrapped package comprising a conveyor adapted to receive a plurality of loads and a film dispensing apparatus. This film dispensing apparatus comprises a frame, a ring member rotatably mounted on the f... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4167841 | Foil packing apparatus and method Apparatus for wrapping a stretchable foil around goods to be packed, comprising an upper supply roller for a packing foil with a hold-down and stretch beam and a lower supply roller for a packing foil with guide and stretch means. Clamping, sealing and cu... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4152879 | Spiral-wrap apparatus An improvement is disclosed in wrapping apparatus for palletized loads of the kind having a rotatable platform where the load is received, and a roll of plastic film mounted adjacent to the platform for vertical movement so that plastic film can be dispen... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4102513 | Film wrapping dispenser A dispenser for wrapping a roll of plastic stretch film under tension about an object has a reel assembly provided with an adjustable drag arrangement to set and adjust the tension on the film during the wrapping operation by the manipulation of a hand gr... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4092815 | Method of loading glass sheets on a collapsible rack for storing or shipping A collapsible rack includes a base for supporting articles, e.g., glass sheets, on an edge and is detachably secured to a pair of L-shaped supports to maintain the supports in spaced relationship. A pair of struts is detachably secured to vertical portion... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4079566 | Method of forming unitized modular loads A pallet sized unitary load is formed of a plurality of full height separately and tightly bound stacks of containers. Each bound stack of containers is suitable for handling by itself, as a unit, by, for example, a two-wheeled hand-truck. The bound stack... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4054474 | Shrink wrapping A system is disclosed for applying plastic labels on cylindrical can bodies which includes moving the cans end-to-end in a continuous series through a forming horn over which a strip of heat-shrinkable sheet plastic is drawn to form the plastic strip into... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4043094 | Method and apparatus for processing taped components In a system for processing strips of taped axial lead components of different types and values extending from separate supplies, wherein the leads of the components are joined together by elongated tapes, the strips of the components are advanced linearly... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4041672 | Apparatus for bunching broccoli and a method therefor Apparatus for bunching vegetables having a stalk comprising a frame, a chain formed into an endless band, a motor mounted to the frame for recirculatingly driving the chain in a generally elongated loop, a plurality of members affixed to the chain, each m... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4021992 | In-line system of packaging, securing, and weighing An in-line system of packaging, securing, and weighing items which are originally collected in a tote pan and delivered to a packaging bench where they are placed into a container and then onto a conveyor which moves them to a first photo-electric eye and... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4016704 | Method and apparatus for encapsulating container with tubular wrapping member A method and apparatus for encapsulating a container with a tubular wrapping member. The tubular wrapping member is dilated by a suction unit and fed onto one end of a guide member which is aligned with the container to be encapsulated and which is held a... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4011122 | Method for producing plastic-covered containers The disclosure relates to method and apparatus for producing a base article, such as a container, with a shrunken, surface covering of plastic thereon. While conveyed in axial registry with each other, a sleeve form of shrinkable plastic is telescopically... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3996719 | Automatic bag strapper A method and apparatus are disclosed for applying a strap, which may have identifying indicia printed thereon, about an article, such as a piece of luggage, or other package. The article is placed within an opening defined by a closed loop support frame, ... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3987601 | Method for covering a book with a single sheet A method for manufacturing a covered book comprises the steps of: (a) aligning a stack of sheets to provide an edge surface; (b) fixing a protective sheet to an area, adjacent said edge surface, on the first sheet of the stack; (c) fixing an adhesive bind... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3986611 | Cling film overwrap for palletized articles Pallet supporting an array of articles which are vertically enveloped by at least two substantially superimposed tensioned wraps of a flexible cling film web and to a method of enveloping said array of palletized articles.... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3975883 | Coiling and binding strand material Coiling and binding of strand material such as telephone cordage is accomplished by revolving cyclically spaced coiling heads mounted rotatably on a rotatably mounted turret between one position where a length of deformable tie material is preloaded on th... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3970491 | Method for mutually connecting two strips of a thermoplastic material Two thermoplastic strips are weld together frictionally by positioning the ends of the strips together in overlapping relation. A third strip of thermoplastic is interposed between the overlapping strips. Gripping the ends of the two overlapping strips so... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3968619 | Method and apparatus for producing enclosed bales of compressible material Enclosed bales of compressible material such as tobacco are produced by forming a compressed cake of the material in a compression zone, placing the compression zone in communication with a laterally extending sleeve, placing a container such as a bag or ... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3948016 | Method of wrapping bales of staple fiber Before the ram is released, the end flaps of the bale wrap are wrapped around the loose bale wires and pinned in such a manner that the wire wrapped is bowed. When the ram is released, the end flaps are drawn extremely tight against the bale by the now ta... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3940904 | Method for making a covered book A method for manufacturing a book having a security cover comprises the steps of: (a) aligning a stack of sheets to provide an edge surface; (b) locating a first kraft paper sheet adjacent the first sheet of the stack; (c) locating a second kraft paper sh... | 03/02/1976 |
