Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7736287 | Rotary method for forming a vaginal applicator A rotary method for forming a vaginal applicator. The method includes the steps of providing a forming mandrel, an applicator tube, and die then arranging the forming mandrel to be inside the applicator tube and then engaging the forming mandrel and the applicator t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7316640 | Craft-making tool A tool for forming articles from sheets of conformable material comprises a base and a handle. The base includes a circular-shaped groove formed in a face thereof whereby the circular-shaped groove defines a circular-shaped protrusion encompassed thereby. The handle... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7200978 | Process for producing hinge-lid boxes for cigarettes Process for producing packs made of thin cardboard with an outer wrapper made of shrink-wrap film. Folding tabs of the outer wrapper are connected to one another by full-surface-area heat sealing. The shrink-wrapping process for the outer wrapper may be initiated as... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7144358 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing tube-shaped packages made of flexible material Method for manufacturing a tube-shaped package having longitudinal sides and a bottom and made of flexible material, wherein the longitudinal sides of the package are sealed prior to forming the bottom and the bottom is formed by pushing an annular portion of the fl... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121991 | Bottom sealing assembly for cup forming machine A bottom sealing workstation is provided for a cup forming machine. The bottom sealing workstation has a linear motion assembly, a rotation assembly, a phase change assembly. A first motor is mechanically connected to a linear motion assembly of the bottom sealing w... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7066870 | Method of producing a corrugated tampon applicator A method of manufacturing a tampon applicator having a corrugated region, the method including the steps of: a) providing a tampon applicator having a first end, a second end, a length and a diameter; and b) forming a plurality of corrugati... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6910314 | Random automatic case sealer A case sealer has a frame with a conveyor for moving boxes into a pair of spaced-apart lateral conveyors. The lateral conveyors have converging centering conveyor belts that center the boxes and first advancing conveyor belts that open to the width of the box to be ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6749551 | Resealable container with magnetic closure system A container body with a container opening and a flap partially secured to the container body and completely covering the container opening is disclosed. The flap is secured to the container by a hinge or fold line and formed from the same substrate as the container ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6740019 | Method of manufacturing bags having complementary closure strips, a manufacturing machine, and bags obtained thereby The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing bags including complementary closure strips, the method comprising the steps consisting in: separately feeding a film and closure strips having sequential thin zones at the same pitch as the bags; and fixing... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6558305 | Apparatus that clamps an end member to a casing A container-forming apparatus comprising a movable mandrel supporting the casing and the end member, which closes the open end of the casing and an end sealing station comprising a clamping means in order to press together the edge of the casing, said cas... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6510673 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing tube-shaped packages made of flexible material A method for manufacturing tube-shaped packages made of flexible material, characterized in that an annular portion is pushed inward in a U-shaped arrangement at at least one closed end of a tube-shaped package, said annular portion being at least partial... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6381923 | Packaging machine A packaging machine comprises a folding box transporting device and a closing device for alignment and insertion of the closing flaps of a folding box, wherein the closing device supports at least one closing tool which rotates, via a drive and a gearing,... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6361485 | Method and apparatus for constructing an end portion of a food sauce dispensing cartridge A method and apparatus for constructing a dispensing end portion of a cartridge used to hold and dispense food sauce. A flat end disk is held in a transfer pocket and moved by a disk punch through a die opening smaller in diameter than the disk. The die b... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6059182 | Sealable carton with improved 4-ply spout and method of making same A novel box construction is provided having a numerous sealing features therein to provide a waterproof and sift resistant container. A first sealing feature is a pouring spout of three or four plies, the first and second plies of which provide a way for ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5683339 | Container fabrication method The bottom of a paperboard container of the type suitable for consumer distribution of liquid foods such as milk and fruit juice includes an embossed concavity to reinforce the bottom against bulging under content fill pressure for improved free-standing ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5588943 | Carton bottom sealing dies The bottom of a paperboard container of the type suitable for consumer distribution of liquid foods such as milk and fruit juice includes an embossed concavity to reinforce the bottom against bulging under content fill pressure for improved free-standing ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5571540 | Apparatus for crimping, pleating and forming a tip on a hollow tube An apparatus and method are disclosed for crimping, pleating and forming a tip on a hollow tube. The apparatus includes a first punch having a tubular section sized to receive the tube and having a configured tip with a plurality of elongated grooves form... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5569143 | Cup bottom finishing station for a cup making machine A workstation for use with a turret type cup making machine is disclosed. The workstation is designed for sealing and finishing the bottom regions of paperboard style cups. A finishing wheel is mounted to a pair of nested housings that are configured to m... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5556364 | Cup bottom incurl workstation for a cup making machine A workstation for a use with a turret-type cup making machine is disclosed. The workstation is designed for use in making containers, such as paperboard style cups. The workstation includes a rotatable roller assembly and a rotationally stationary guide m... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5417032 | Convertible flap folding mechanism A carton having upper and lower end flaps and which is movable along a path of movement is manipulated by a machine having upper and lower rotatable flap folders mountable in either a fixed primary or a movable secondary location. The secondary location b... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5234398 | Method and apparatus for folding end closure panels A folding and tucker-tacker station operates upon a flat bottom end closure of a packaging sleeve, which closure comprises first and second panels opposite each other, third and fourth panels opposite each other and between the first and second panels, an... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5161302 | Apparatus for forming sleeve and plunger assemblies An apparatus simultaneously forms a plurality of sleeve and plunger assemblies and creates dispensers of the pushup type. A platen inserts a plurality of plungers into a corresponding plurality of cardboard sleeves. The apparatus provides a plurality of s... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5122218 | Tubular plastic crimping method and apparatus This invention is directed to apparatus, and to the method for crimping and sealing the end of a thin walled, inflexible plastic tubing member, such as made from vinyl, PVC and the like, where such end preferably exhibits a uniquely configured end design ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4957581 | Method and apparatus for centering tubes To prevent an end of a filled container, upon heating by a hot air for subsequent welding of edges thereof, from coming into contact and sticking to a retainer, a centering gas such as, for example, air is supplied from an external source to the container... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4852793 | Sealed container and process of manufacture thereof A sealed container and method for manufacturing the same is disclosed in which the sealed container has a waterproof container barrel body made of paper and having opposing open ends, and a pair of closure members, one for each end, with each closure memb... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4834823 | Package for flowable filling materials having a re-closable opening A fluid packaging means comprises tubular side walls and end walls disposed at the ends thereof, forming a bottom and a top, wherein the top comprises thermoplastic material without a carrier material, is injection moulded to the outer edge of the tube al... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4757936 | Sealed container and process of manufacture thereof A sealed container and method for manufacturing the same is disclosed in which the sealed container has a waterproof container barrel body made of paper and having opposing open ends, and a pair of closure members, one for each end, with each closure memb... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4755164 | Method of and apparatus for making applicators of pledgets and the like An applicator for tampons has a sleeve for the tampon and for a portion of a reciprocable pusher which can expel the tampon by causing the latter to flex outwardly a set of domed petals at the front end of the sleeve. The sleeve is formed by advancing a s... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4526563 | Folding ice-cream carton, carton blank and method A carton or package for packaging semi-fluid material which can be hardened by freezing, such as ice cream, sherbet, and the like, is formed from specially constructed integral carton blank and a special process for assembling the same. The carton blank h... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4394209 | Arrangement for affixing the bottom of a thermoplastic container An improved arrangement for weldingly connecting an annular connecting edge of a synthetic thermoplastic bottom to a cylindrical thermoplastic section to form a cylindrical container having one open end and one end which is closed by the bottom. The arran... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4342562 | Package and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same A method and apparatus for manufacturing a package from a package blank which includes a series of lateral surfaces and end wall sections connected by fold lines are disclosed. The method disclosed includes folding the package blank along fold lines betwe... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4284228 | Packing containers of laminated material having venting means A packing container e.g. for sterile milk is manufactured from laminated material which is folded and sealed to the desired container shape. In the seal, cut surfaces facing towards the inside will occur which have to be sealed so as to prevent the centra... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4127059 | Method of forming a container A method is provided for forming a container having a tubular sidewall and a bottom closure member secured to the sidewall. The method includes forming a bottom member having a bottom panel and a depending skirt with the free end of the skirt having a dia... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4079664 | Collapsible container forming machine A thin flat strip of laminated material is directed through a die which forms it into a tubular member. The longitudinal margins of the tubular member are overlapped and sealed together. Thereafter, the tube is severed from the strip and fed on to a spind... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4075938 | Method and apparatus for making end closures for shirred casing sticks A hollow shirred casing stick is provided having the terminal pleats of one end thereof twisted into a cylindrical configuration which is implanted within said hollow stick to form an end closure. The end closure may be formed by twisting successive termi... | 02/28/1978 |
