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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6951530 | Carton, a blank for producing a carton, and methods and apparatus for erecting, closing, and sealing a carton A method of and an apparatus for erecting a carton, and a method of and an apparatus for closing a carton. The carton has 180° fold lines with a compressed area at each end and a slit joining the compressed areas. A carton is erected by moving the blank in a first ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6746388 | Method of designing a standup bag A standup bags made of a flexible material and methods of producing these standup bags. In particular, the standup bags have at least one substantially flat surface which is free of seams and folds. When the bag is filled with a flowable substance, the pressure exer... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6106450 | Apparatus and method for set-up of a non-rectangular container from a knocked-down-flat (KDF) precursor A modification of conventional case packing equipment for forming rectangular containers from knocked-down-flat (KDF) precursors allows formation of non-rectangular containers having one or more oblique wall panels, e.g., an octagonal container. As part o... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5971906 | Tray forming apparatus and method A tray forming apparatus and method are provided which advantageously increase the quality and production speed of tray type containers. The apparatus takes a precut paperboard blank through loading, forming, glueing, and compressing phases of operation t... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5807225 | Apparatus for fabricating paperboard packaging Automated apparatus for forming paperboard packaging from an integral paperboard blank includes a blade for gathering a central portion of the paperboard blank, causing the width of the blank to contract. A reciprocating mandrel rams the blank into a holl... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5795281 | Apparatus and method for automatically forming an article An apparatus and method for automatically forming at least two sheets of material into an article, such as a flower pot cover, is provided. The apparatus includes a first roll of sheet material, a second roll of sheet material, a female die and a male die... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5656006 | Method and apparatus for forming a work object A method for forming a work object including the steps of moving the work object, initially disposed in a first configuration, along a path of travel to a forming position; defining an outer boundary for the work object, disposed in a second configuration... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5573789 | Apparatus having blades and plates for forming sheet material into a flower pot cover having outward fins An apparatus with pivoting blades and closable surfaces for forming a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover having fins. In an embodiment for forming outwardly extending fins, the apparatus includes a male mold and a plurality of plates ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5523046 | Method of using a female tool with movable plates to form a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover having outward fins An apparatus with pivoting blades and closable surfaces for forming a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover having fins. In an embodiment for forming outwardly extending fins, the apparatus includes a male mold and a plurality of plates ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5452844 | Stand-up type sachet intended to contain a liquid, pasty or pulverulent product Bag of the type obtained from a single elongate planar cutting presenting two parallel long edges with the cutting being backfolded in order to define the two faces of the bag. The faces meet at a transverse bottom formed by the medial portion of the cutt... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5411203 | Stand-up type sachet intended to contain a liquid, pasty or pulverulent product Bag of the type obtained from a single elongate planar cutting presenting two parallel long edges with the cutting being backfolded in order to define the two faces of the bag. The faces meet at a transverse bottom formed by the medial portion of the cutt... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5356069 | Stand-up type sachet intended to contain a liquid, pasty or pulverulent product Bag of the type obtained from a single elongate planar cutting presenting two parallel long edges witch the cutting being backfolded in order to define the two faces of the bag. The faces meet at a transverse bottom formed by the medial portion of the cut... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5286247 | Flower pot or flower pot cover with fins An apparatus and method for forming a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover with fins. The apparatus comprises a male mold, a female mold having an opening mating with the male mold, and means for moving the male mold into and out of the... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5256129 | Box forming apparatus with extensible wing elements A box forming apparatus for forming a box from a pressed cardboard blank which has been introduced on a forming matrix. The apparatus has two rectangular end plates joined together by a bridge by means of a guide and bolt system in each plate. The guide a... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5221248 | Flower pot or flower pot cover with fins An apparatus and method for forming a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover with fins. The apparatus comprises a male mold, a female mold having an opening mating with the male mold, and means for moving the male mold into and out of the... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5024641 | Programmable dynamically adjustable plunger and tray former apparatus A progammable, dynamically adjustable die stamping apparatus for die-stamping of cardboard blanks used in production of packaging trays is disclosed. The apparatus includes a dimensionally adjsutable die having a plurality of separate movable parts each c... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4988331 | Programmable dynamically adjustable plunger and tray former apparatus and method of adjusting A programmable, dynamically adjustable die stamping apparatus for die-stamping of cardboard blanks used in production of packaging trays, and a process for operating such apparatus. The apparatus includes a dimensionally adjustable die having a plurality ... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4832676 | Method and apparatus for forming paperboard containers A method and apparatus for forming a container from a sheet of blank material, whereby a segmented male die member first forms the bottom and then the sidewall and rim of the container prior to the formation of the lip portion of the container while the b... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4674998 | Forming assembly for automatic machines for forming boxes from semi-finished flat blanks A forming assembly for automatic machines for forming boxes from semi-finished flat blanks, comprises a plate support with associated suction means for the semi-finished blanks and a forming mould for the erection of the parts of the semi-finished blank i... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4345905 | Making of containers with tri-laminated end walls A machine for forming a container with full width 3-ply laminar end walls from a preformed cardboard container body blank having side and outer end wall ply forming panels along the sides and ends of a bottom forming panel and inner end wall ply forming p... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4341055 | Method for forming paper boxes and the like A box blank with receptacle and cover sections each with side flaps and end flaps has a hinge panel joining the two sections. A vacuum pickup draws a flat blank from a supply stack to a feed carriage which transfers the blank past sprays that apply glue t... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4315752 | Manufacture of H-dividers A machine, having a split mandrel and H-blank feed and fold means, for making a corrugated or fiber board H-divider in a single cycle of operation by feeding, erecting and gluing the H-blank upon itself within the mandrel gap. The vertical divider panels ... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4256025 | Apparatus for forming a hinged carton Apparatus for forming a hinged or clamshell type carton from a paperboard blank includes a carton forming die for receiving the paperboard blank, a movable frame for transferring the carton blank from the stack into registration over the die, and a recipr... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4052933 | Tray forming method A machine which forms a tray from a flat blank wherein the formed tray has horizontally disposed shoulders extending across the top thereof.... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4034657 | Manufacture of receptacles A method and apparatus are described for manufacturing receptacles such as yoghurt pots having a bottom at one end and a cover or border at the other end. A body portion of the receptacle is formed from a blank at a first working station and transferred t... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3952634 | Carton blank forming apparatus A machine for forming from a one-piece flat carton blank a carton suitable for packaging biscuits and the like, which carton can be folded between transit and display positions and which is normally shrink-wrapped for transit purposes, which shrink-wrappi... | 04/27/1976 |
