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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7507195 | Method of manufacturing a food container Method of manufacturing a food container or cover includes the steps of: forming a paperboard article from pulp and/or other vegetable fiber material; coating front surface or back surface of the paperboard article with heat sealable thermoplastic resin; forming fol... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7338422 | Folding and threading station of a folding box gluing machine and method of moving the threading station A folding box gluing machine contains one upper and lower transport belt disposed on each side of the machine. A lower transport belt is guided in a roller cheek and an upper transport belt is guided in a roller rail. A central roller cheek and a central roller rail... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326163 | Pressure pad for closing bottom of carton Pressure pads useful in the closing and sealing of multiple components which define the bottom of a carton, particularly a gable-type carton, bottom having a square or rectangular footprint. The invention is especially useful in the closing of the bottom of cartons ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7223317 | Method of assembling a storage unit A method of assembling a storage unit is disclosed. The method comprises applying heat to a groove separating a pair of walls to melt at least a portion of the plastic material, and pivoting the walls so that the surfaces of the groove contact and join as the melted... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7128704 | Wet waste compostable bag and method and apparatus for manufacturing same An energy efficient method and apparatus for manufacturing a biodegradable, compostable, liquid-impermeable lined paper bag for containing wet (i.e. food) wastes by which all adhesives used in the process are cold glues applied without using heat and are applied thr... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7074171 | Method for two-piece box construction The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for a two-piece box construction which is a continuous, in-line process in which a pair of panels or blanks are fed simultaneously from one end of the apparatus and move along a substantially linear path throug... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6863644 | Beverage container holder A machine and method for producing beverage container holders of consistently high quality at high production rates and at an economical cost is disclosed herein. Beverage container holders (500) can be produced on the machine using the method disclosed herei... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6758800 | Machine for assembling cardboard boxes The machine assembles cardboard boxes of the type that comprises a main piece or sheet and two independent sheets comprising the front ends, lateral sheets that attach to some laps that form part of the main piece. As a novel characteristic, it includes some side fe... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6620086 | One-pass seaming machine for assembling an oversized two-piece box A box seaming machine assembles an oversized box including first and second box pieces. Each of the box pieces is folded to form top and bottom panels having respective proximal edges joined together at the fold and respective free edges opposite the join... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6503181 | Machine for gluing folding cartons for producing folding cartons from blanks A collapsible-box gluing machine for the production of collapsible boxes from blanks has a folding station for folding blanks, a subsequently arranged transfer station and a collecting and compression device, wherein the flat-lying folded collapsible boxe... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6319185 | Resilient roll and process for producing such a roll A roll and a process of making a roll for smoothing a web. The roll includes a roll core having an outer surface. A covering layer disposed on the outer surface of the roll core, the covering layer having an inner surface and an outer surface. The coverin... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6315705 | Pressure pad having sculpted quadrantal regions A pressure pad suitable for use in the heat sealing of a substantial universe of bottom-panel folding designs for closing the bottom of a carton or container. This new pressure pad includes a pattern of sculpting of that surface thereof which is presented... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6099450 | Squaring carriage with pneumatic squaring fingers The disclosed squaring device utilizes an upper squaring carriage with compression belts and pneumatically actuated squaring fingers. In one embodiment, the upper squaring carriage includes at least three compression belts. At least one of the compression... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6056840 | Method and apparatus for heavy corrugated plastic construction A heated blade arrangement in a press is brought down on a plastic work piece of heavy corrugated plastic held on the bed of the press to compress the work piece along fold lines. The work piece may then be folded up to form a box-like structure. The arra... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5980440 | Carton forming Cartons are formed from die cut carton blanks two at a time from two feed magazines each holding a stack of carton blanks, two adhesive application means having optical sensors for sensing adhesive application to the carton blanks, a centrally mounted rot... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5976317 | Sheet material sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement for sealing overlapped edge portions of laminates folded onto a support member. The arrangement includes a pressure pad assembly and a drive member. An elastomeric disk is retained compressed between the drive member and the pressure... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5807223 | Container forming method and apparatus A machine for forming a variety of different sturdy, stackable three-part fiberboard containers having a depth dimension greater than their width dimension, and which are suitable for holding bags filled with liquid. The machine includes a slidable, remov... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5555708 | Pressure closing mechanism A pressure sealing mechanism having a yoke into which a mandrel is positioned while having a carton tube mounted thereon with overlapped end closure panels, the yoke including side walls, a closed outer end wall, oppositely disposed, inwardly extending fl... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5551211 | Vacuum operated bottom former An apparatus for forming a flattened seating area from a gabled bottom of a carton. The apparatus includes a cup having a recess that conforms to the bottom cross-section of the gabled bottom. The cup has an inlet in fluid communication with an underpress... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5312316 | Machine for forming cardboard boxes The present invention concerns a machine for forming cardboard boxes. The principal feature is that the housing is square and consists of a supply tray, box-forming suction cup rocker arm assembly, four-joint tie bar folding assembly, rocker arm tie bar f... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5147270 | Equipment for folding and joining boxes made from flat or basically flat materials An apparatus for folding and joining boxes formed from flat or basically flat box material includes a device for advancing box materials from stock or storage to a device for pre-treating the box materials by heating prior to welding or by application of ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5131208 | Method and apparatus for forming cartons A die cut and scored carton blank is formed into a carton. The carton blank is placed in a trough having a side wall and at least one retractable stop for turning upwardly elongate edge flaps of the carton blank, with the trough having two end walls for t... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4986058 | Pressure application arrangement on a packing machine Packing machines which manufacture packing containers of the so-called gable-top type from flexible packing laminate frequently handle prefabricated, tubular packing container blanks which are provided with a bottom section by folding in and sealing of a ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4761156 | Apparatus for forming a denesting lip on paperboard containers Apparatus for forming a denesting lip in paperboard containers by folding, heating, and sealing or tacking a side extension flap to form a denesting lip for nested stacks of such containers. The denesting apparatus includes a pair of pressure pads which g... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4746321 | Automatic machine for forming boxes of the double-plinth type A machine for forming cardboard boxes of the double-plinth type provides for the supply to the machine of flat punched sheets, already partially glued, intended to constitute the bottom, the side walls and the hinged lid with a first attached plinth of th... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4744197 | Tray carton end flap auxiliary sealer In a machine for packaging articles in a tray carton a first stationary rail section folds up the end panels of a moving tray carton blank to an intermediate position and, after the application of glue to either the end flaps or the end panels, a third st... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4717371 | Apparatus for making bulk containers from laminated paperboard Apparatus and method for making a bulk container from a pair of outer and inner blanks of foldable sheet material such as paperboard wherein the blanks are laminated to each other to form a multi-ply sheet then scored to provide fold lines, and then glued... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4692133 | Method and machine to form box parts A machine to form an end of a unit of a box from a flat box blank that includes two sides, a bottom, and, at each end, an end flap supporting a cantilevered sealing tab, and two side tabs supported by the two sides. A planar movable table receives the box... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4673381 | Cartoning machine having auxiliary flap sealer Apparatus for adhesively affixing together flaps of a container box includes a conveyor belt on which the box is carried, a glue applicator for applying glue to at least one of the flaps, a main flap folding unit for folding the flaps together during norm... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4651501 | Wrapping machine for use in a packaging system There is disclosed a wrapping machine for use in a packaging system, which comprises a conveyor for transporting a U-shaped case adapted to warp an article and formed in such a way that front and rear flaps of a flat sheet are folded toward the front and ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4648859 | Apparatus for applying a sealing material to the edge of a length of packaging The invention relates to a device which seals a base or a lid onto a length of section and in particular to apparatus for sealing tubular section used as packaging and obtained by adhesion of several strips of fibrous, cellulosic, metallic, plastic and ot... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4608038 | Apparatus and method for lining, folding and gluing container blanks An apparatus and method are disclosed for serially and automatically folding and gluing container body blanks, with optional lamination of a liner to the body blank prior to folding and gluing thereof. The apparatus includes a blank conveyor arrangement w... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4596543 | Apparatus and method for setting up a basket-type carrier Apparatus and method are provided for setting up a basket-type carrier from a collapsed state. The carrier includes pair of foldable end panels connected to opposite ends of a slotted base panel, side panels foldably connected to opposite sides of base pa... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4515579 | Programmable case set-up and bottom sealing machine A case set-up and bottom sealing machine, including a programmable controller that controls: (a) the movement of cases from a hopper to a case set-up station and, then, to a mandrel station; (b) the erecting of cases at the case set-up station; (c) the tu... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4498893 | Case erector and bottom sealer apparatus Case erector and bottom sealer apparatus having a pick up assembly for grippingly engaging a flat folded case blank on the top of a plurality of case blanks in vertical stacked relationship and elevating and moving the picked up blank forwardly, an infeed... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4474563 | Top end flap sealer Method and apparatus for sealing top end flaps of cartons into engagement with the inner walls of the cartons comprising a horizontal support plate, a first pair of juxtaposed parallel axes rollers mounted adjacent one end of the plate, a second pair of j... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4447218 | Method and apparatus for the automatic folding of floppy disc storage envelopes Presented is a method and apparatus for the substantial automatic folding of flat pre-cut blanks of sheet material to form storage envelopes for floppy or rigid disc storage devices. The machine includes a pedestal formed in part by an electromagnet assoc... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4437851 | Method and apparatus for handling and setting up large size slit-boxes A method and an apparatus for handling and setting up large slit-boxes of the type which is formed by a tubular slit-box blank (6) which is collapsed into a flat two layer blank and which comprises sides (7,8) with connected inner flaps (9) and outer flap... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4420147 | Web folding and sealing machine A machine for folding and gluing a continuous web in high speed operation. A continuous web which has solidified glue thereon in selected regions is folded. Heat is applied to the folded web to melt the glue, particularly in specific areas of the folded w... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4368052 | Method and apparatus for lining bulk box blanks A method and apparatus for lining bulk box blanks starting with flat, seamed blanks and resulting in flat, lined, tubular blanks. Glue is applied across the length of the seamed blanks excluding the seam regions. After a liner is placed on the adhesive be... | 01/11/1983 |
