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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7332052 | 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... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326164 | Apparatus for making window envelopes Disclosed are a method and an apparatus designed to make a window envelope rapidly using a water-soluble clarifying agent without causing an inconvenience in its window area. Upstream of an envelope making stage wherein a continuous paper while traveling along a con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322924 | Apparatus for making an album leaf An apparatus and method for automatically folding a sheet of media, for example, a photographic paper about a fold line, such that a album page is formed. The photosensitive media has images only on one side. A heat activated adhesive sheet is provided between the s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7264582 | Pouch containers having advertising media and methods for their dissemination Improved methods of disseminating advertising messages to consumers are provided for. In particular, the subject invention provides for methods for disseminating manufacturer coupons to a target consumer group. The method comprises packaging a product in a pouch con... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7231750 | Method and system for creating mailpieces from a single continuous web of printed material A method for creating mailpieces from a single web of printed material. The web of printed material includes printed matter to be used on envelopes, and other printed matter to be used on mail content to be included in the envelopes. The content pages are rectangula... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7147105 | Hand held remote cover A sheath is disclosed for covering a manually manipulated controller having at least one user accessible control thereon. The sheath is elongated and includes a nose portion and linear side portions forming a sheath perimeter removably secured to a carrier for dispe... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7104942 | Side seamed plastic produce bag, method of making and dispenser for same A side seamed plastic produce bag includes a front wall and a taller back wall, first and second side edges sealed together and a seamless bag bottom. The taller back wall provides means for finding the bag opening. The bag is joined at the side edges to additional ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077307 | Envelope that is conducive to printing a facing identification mark with an information based indicia An envelope that enables personal computer printers to be able to print a Facing Identification Mark (FIM) as part of a Information-Based Indicia (IBI) registered along the top edge of the envelope. The personal computer printers will also be able to print the FIM, ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6995674 | Package assembly The invention provides a package assembly for an article such as radio frequency identification device. The package assembly defines a pocket for receiving the radio frequency identification device and can be attached to a second article for maintaining the position... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6974406 | Side-sealed bag having label section and method of production therefor The present invention provides an improved side-sealed bag comprising an open, mesh-like fabric and a label section. The bag has a closed end formed by a fold in the fabric, an opposing end and longitudinal, heat-sealed side seams extending from the closed end to th... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966134 | Pocket calendar A pocket chamber calendar and an assembly blank therefor which calendar is provided with a slit entering into said chamber for receiving a notice or the like so that a portion of the notice when positioned in the pocket chamber extends outwardly therefrom for ease i... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6886309 | Custom-decorated giftwrap, kit, and method of and system for custom-decorating the giftwrap A custom-decorated giftwrap is made by feeding a folded sheet into a printer, while avoiding paper jams therein by holding together sheet portions of the sheet. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6811527 | Method of producing printed packaging laminate, and an apparatus for carrying the method into effect In the production of printed packaging laminate in web form, a method of reducing both waste quantity and stereo cost in connection with lamination, printing and splitting a material web, the material web being split into narrower semi-webs which are provided with a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6290634 | Pressure seal form configurations which reduce printer jams A business form intermediate with pressure activated cohesive in separable side margins is otherwise conventional except for the particular patterns of cohesive. The patterns prevent cupping (i.e. flexing or distortion) of the vertical edges. Substantiall... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6248049 | Envelope A printable sheet is disclosed including a first portion and a second portion foldable together about a fold line and adherable together by adhesive means. The printable sheet also includes frangible means for allowing the sheet to be unfolded. The adhesi... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6129389 | Self mailer with return envelope formed from a single cut sheet A single sheet business form construction printable in an impact or a non-impact printer includes a base sheet of face stock having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and first and second sides. The base sheet is adapted to receive a first line of weakenin... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6110088 | Integrated transport system A integrated transport system includes automated mass mailing material handling. An infeed accepts material directly the output of a folder, applies an address to each article, and outputs the addressed articles on a collection table. Because the infeed i... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6076332 | Process for manufacturing containers having high quality, weather resistant graphics on exterior surfaces A method for making weather resistant packaging with high quality graphics on the exterior of packaging material wherein the desired graphics are printed on a thin vinyl sheet with an offset lithographic printing process using solventless, styrene-based, ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6041574 | Method of printing film at form-fill-seal packaging machine and form-fill-seal packaging machine using the method Accelerating the processing speed of a form-fill-seal packaging machine by continuously running a strip-like film, even if using a printing device of an intermittent printing type. Arm members (35) pivot around support axes (36) and are provided on a feed... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5961432 | Forgery preventive sheet and method of manufacturing same Anti-falsification paper is provided in which a thread is exposed at window portions provided on the surface of the paper, and which does not produce any cockles even when wound up continuously in a roll and has good appearance in terms of design. This an... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5938243 | Paper product and related method A paper product, such as an advertising brochure, a cover or the like, is formed by using the novel method of the present invention. In the present method, a continuous moving web of paper is provided. The web is longitudinally slit at positions offset to... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5897733 | Method and apparatus for printing single sheet folded documents A method and apparatus for producing a folded document, such as a mailer, including a camera and microprocessor for viewing printed information on a printed sheet and storing the information in a memory. The printed sheet is then folded to enclose the pri... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5857952 | Flat trapezoidal container of brightly printed thermally sealable film A flat trapezoidal container provides a generally frustoconical single cavity for snugly sheathing a flower pot. The container is specifically dimensioned sheath a flower pot so as either (a) to leave therebeneath, a surplus of film in an transition zone ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5807224 | Sheets and sheet rolls of wrapping material having information selectable by choice blocks Sheets and rolls of sheets with labels having multiple choice blocks and information areas corresponding to the choice blocks. The sheets include a closure bonding material for securing the sheets around items to be wrapped. The labels are detachably conn... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5803889 | Packet mailers and the methods and apparatus for making them A method for making a packet mailer includes the steps of applying wet glue patterns to a sheet, then folding that sheet and perforating the sheet to form a packet mailer that includes an outer enclosure with at least two open ends and at least one inner ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5795280 | Apparatus for the registration of printed matter during the manufacture of bags An apparatus for facilitating the registration of printed matter during the manufacture of bags on fixed-size bag formation equipment, from a continuous web of a substantially non-stretchable material. Printed matter, printed upon the continuous web at re... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5690774 | Apparatus and method for maintaining the confidentiality of printed information An apparatus and method for maintaining the confidentiality of information contained in a printed document is accomplished by enclosing the document in an envelope, or similar enclosure, before the document is discharged from the apparatus. The apparatus ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5685815 | Process of using paper containing alkaline sizing agents with improved conversion capability Fine paper that is sized with a 2-oxetanone alkaline sizing agent and that does not encounter machine feed problems in high speed converting or reprographic machines, including continuous forms bond paper and adding machine paper, processes for converting... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5603529 | Color brochure with integral return mailer and method of making it A color brochure with integral return mailer includes a single piece of paper which is folded along three fold lines to define four panels and eight panel sides. One side of the piece of paper is imprinted in color and the other side is imprinted in black... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5555703 | Method and system for preparing items to be mailed A method of preparing items to be mailed, in which periodically at least one main document is inserted into an envelope by way of a mail preparation system comprising an inserter station. A printing is printed through use of a printer on an envelope, whic... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5496252 | Method for making a flat trapezoidal container of brightly printed thermally sealable film A flat trapezoidal container provides a generally frustoconical bag with a single cavity when at least partially filled with a pulverulent material such as soil which may have a live plant growing therein, or comestible goods such as popcorn and other sna... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5328438 | System and method for manufacturing sealed packages A system and method for constructing sealed printed packages and one-piece mailers provides fixedly applying printing toner to predetermined locations upon a first part of a face of a printable sheet. The sheet is then folded so that a second part of the ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5290225 | Method of making a self mailer with return envelope formed from a single cut sheet A single sheet business form construction printable in an impact or a non-impact printer includes a base sheet of face stock having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and first and second sides. The base sheet is adapted to receive a first line of weakenin... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5242365 | Process for manufacturing package having separable overlay A package having a separable overlay is formed by a high speed web roll manufacturing method and adapted for multiple marketing of retail goods. The package has at least three layered sheets of flexible material, the outermost sheet being quickly and easi... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5049117 | Dual-envelope making machine and method of using An envelope machine which makes two envelopes at once. One web is used up to a relatively advanced point in the envelope forming process to simultaneously form two envelopes. At a terminal portion of the envelope processing, the web is cut lengthwise to f... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5041072 | Method of making flapped envelope with peel-off strip for band of pressure-sensitive adhesive In making the product, the manufacturer coats a longitudinal band of a web with a release coating. A longitudinal pressure-sensitive adhesive strip is applied in a longitudinal band on the web. Transverse glue lines are provided and the web is longitudina... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5011466 | Method of making a T-shirt grocery bag having a coupon A T-shirt type grocery bag having a tear-off coupon provided during manufacture. An endless tube of blown thermoplastic is collapsed and printed, including printing for the coupon indicia. The bag is "W" folded forming side for the to-be-formed bag. The f... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4999973 | Sheet material advancer A sheet material advancer includes a base frame with a pair of spaced-apart end plates projecting from the frame. A first cylinder is mounted between the end plates and will redirect a sheet of material from a generally vertical position to a horizontal o... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4997504 | Method and apparatus for high speed pouch and bag making A method and apparatus for high speed pouch or bag making from thin, extensible heat-sensitive thermoplastic film webs in which the method is applied to a continuously moving web and sealing is achieved at temperatures below the softening temperatures of ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4934993 | Bag making apparatus with automatic compensation system A machine for making plastic bags from plastic film utilizes a rotatable drum having an adjustable diameter. The drum is constructed of a plurality of slats and includes a gear mechanism adapted for infinite variation of the drum diameter between a first ... | 06/19/1990 |
