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Class 493/129 - And heat sealing


Subclass of Class 493 - Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web
Definition: Method or apparatus combined with applying thermal energy
No. of patents: 29
Last issue date: 04/29/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7364779Easy-opening high barrier plastic closure and method therefor
A plastic, easy-opening closure for a retortable container and a method for sealing are provided. The closure includes a plastic membrane having an outer layer of polypropylene, a first tie layer, an intermediate layer formed of EVOH, a second tie layer, an inner la...
04/29/2008
7097034Carrier
A carrier for cans, bottles, containers, or stackable items. In particular, the carrier can also cool or heat the cans, bottles, or other containers. ...
08/29/2006
7003969Condiment holder
A condiment holder comprises a top having a plurality of spaced apart openings therein constructed and arranged to receive condiment containers. A partial enclosure is connected to and extends below the top. The enclosure includes a bottom wall generally parallel to...
02/28/2006
7001319Candy box construction and method
A method of making a candy box by forming a side element and placing inside it a closure element, depositing a single glue fillet or a plurality of spaced-apart glue fillets in the interior corner defined by them. ...
02/21/2006
6802802Beverage carrier
A carrier for beverage containers formed of a sheet material such as plastic or paperboard which includes a bottom panel attached to side panels, a pair of opposed end panels connected to the bottom and side panels, and a central handle formed of two halves folded t...
10/12/2004
6511405Process and apparatus for producing cigarette packs
In order to improve the outer appearance of (cigarette) packs (10) of the hinge-lid-box type, said packs, once an outer wrapper (13) has been provided and sealed, are conveyed through a shrinking station (26) and subjected to the action of heat in the reg...
01/28/2003
6428456Apparatus for forming tubular containers with reinforced edges and container
An apparatus for forming containers with reinforced edges, comprising: a roll for feeding a flexible film; a forming collar upstream of a first tube around which the film is wrapped; a device for heat-sealing the longitudinal flaps of the film wrapped around the tu...
08/06/2002
6378764Tray for transporting products, and method for its fabrication
A tray for transporting products and a method for its manufacture, the tray being formed from a sheet of cardboard which is die cut and includes fold lines defining the bottom and sides of the tray. The tray includes a hollow corner column (5) into which ...
04/30/2002
6190485Methods of manufacturing tubular containers having polymeric liner plies
A method of manufacturing multi-ply tubular containers for food products is provided including the steps of advancing a continuous body ply formed of paperboard towards a shaping mandrel and advancing a continuous polymeric liner ply adjacent to one surfa...
02/20/2001
6145736Dispensing assembly for a lined carton and process and apparatus thereof
Dispensing assembly for a carton with a dispensing opening in a side wall thereof and a separate liner therein. The pour spout is pivotably mounted to the dispensing opening between an open and closed position and includes a front panel. The liner is bond...
11/14/2000
6071366Paper container for liquid and process for producing the same
A paper container for a liquid including a base material including: a paper layer, a polyolefin type resin layer disposed on one side of the paper layer, for providing an outer surface, and a saturated polyester resin layer disposed on the other side of t...
06/06/2000
6062467Dispensing assembly for a lined carton and process and apparatus thereof
Dispensing assembly for a carton with a dispensing opening in a side wall thereof and a separate liner therein. The pour spout is pivotably mounted to the dispensing opening between an open and closed position and includes a front panel. The liner is bond...
05/16/2000
5435804Cup making machine
A machine for making cups of thermoplastic coated paper, the machine including a frame or housing having a turret rotatably mounted on the frame, a number of work stations mounted on the frame in an equally spaced relation around the turret, a number of m...
07/25/1995
4730766Sealing of void area at the top of cup bead of hot melt
This relates to a carton or cup having a conventional type of gable end which includes sealing flaps which are heat sealed or bonded to one another. The cup is particularly adapted to be closed by hand wherein control over the sealing flap positions is no...
03/15/1988
4562690Method of heat sealing and forming a video tape cassette package
A package blank is made from a single sheet having at least surface layers of heat-sealable material. The blank sheet comprises first and second rectangular panels foldably formed on opposite sides of a backstrip. The first and second panels have first an...
01/07/1986
4490129Forming cartons
In the forming of cartons, a water-based adhesive, e.g. an aqueous-dispersed polyvinylacetate, is applied as an atomized spray by guns to selected parts of a carton blank of uncoated board and partially dried by hot gas (air) jets, and the carton is erect...
12/25/1984
4379008Method and apparatus for sealing cardboard containers
A method and apparatus for sealing plastic or synthetic coated sealing surfaces of cardboard containers to each other is disclosed. One feature of the invention resides in preheating (by 15) of at least one (48) of the plastic or synthetic layers and then...
04/05/1983
4256526Method for applying a hot melt adhesive pattern to a moving substrate
Hot melt adhesive is applied to a moving substrate in a pattern including at least two lines which extend transversely to one another, by conveying the substrate past a nozzle orifice through which a first line of molten adhesive is applied, as by extrusi...
03/17/1981
4249978Method of forming a heat resistant carton
A method of forming a heat-sealable carton having a pair of mating surfaces to be sealed includes the steps of coating at least one of the carton surfaces with a heat-activated thermosetting adhesive, spraying a fine mist of a water-based adhesive which e...
02/10/1981
4194440Method and apparatus for making drum-shaped cardboard containers
A stack of flat cardboard blanks, which may be preprinted with contents or advertising matter, and having approximately the dimensions of the developed circumference of the container, and slightly larger in circumferential direction, is positioned over a ...
03/25/1980
4123966Carton forming apparatus
Apparatus for forming a sealable carton for liquids accepts from a supply station a T-shaped blank of coated sheet material that is impervious to the fluid that the carton to be formed from the blank is to contain. The blank is pre-scored to delineate the...
11/07/1978
4100842Apparatus for forming a container
An apparatus for forming a container is provided wherein the container is comprised of a side wall having a top bead and also a bottom member secured to the side wall with the side wall being formed from a blank which is wrapped with convolute form having...
07/18/1978
4084489Method of forming carton
A one-piece blank which may be formed into a liquid-tight carton is T-shaped and is comprised of side wall panels integrally interconnected and numbering three or more to provide a carton of polygonal cross section. One of the side wall panels has integra...
04/18/1978
4033242Carton forming machine
A machine for forming cartons from pre-cut and pre-scored blanks comprising a carton blank storage and first feed subassembly for feeding blanks linearly from a stack thereof and which is adjustable to accommodate blanks of different lengths, widths and t...
07/05/1977
4024693Carton forming apparatus
Apparatus is disclosed for opening a folded paper box blank, inserting a product filled container into the opened blank, and closing and sealing the end flaps of the blank. The apparatus comprises a magazine for storing a vertical pile of the folded blank...
05/24/1977
4020751Apparatus for making composite filter plugs
Apparatus for making composite filter plugs for cigarettes or the like has a garniture which transports a web of cigarette paper or the like past a transfer conveyor which deposits on the web groups of aligned filter rod sections of two or more different ...
05/03/1977
4016807Box and method of covering a box edge
The exposed edge of a box is covered by placing a strip of heat-shrinkable PVC around the box so that it projects axially beyond the box edge and heating the strip so that the projecting portion shrinks and bends over the box edge, covering it. The projec...
04/12/1977
4012999Apparatus for forming trays
Apparatus and method of forming a tray which includes a bottom panel, four upstanding side panels and corner gussets for sealing and holding the bottom panel end flaps and side flaps in the formed position including means for receiving a stack of precut b...
03/22/1977
3943835Production of tobacco smoke filter rod
The invention relates to a method for wrapping a continuous filter rod and producing tobacco-smoke filter sections which comprises feeding a wrapping strip of a thermoplastics film material, particularly a heat-shrinkable thermoplastics material, past an ...
03/16/1976
 
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