Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7674219 | Device and method for producing container blanks A device for producing container blanks from a material web having a plurality of tools supported by a rotary tool holder. The tool holder is on rotation arranged to move each tool along a working path along which each tool is engageable with the material web for jo... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7410452 | Pouch with a straw hole and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a pouch with a straw hole is provided that includes the steps of feeding a front-side film forming one panel of the pouch and a back-side film forming an other panel, from a roll of material, and punching a straw hole in one panel of the po... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370564 | Cutting device and transporting roller for webs of material The transporting roller, which serves for transporting a web of material which is wound up onto a winding shaft, is provided with a cutting device, which comprises a cutter and a cutter holder. The transporting roller has a groove, in which the cutter is guided. A c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7326162 | Bag making machine A plastic bag making machine is disclosed, and includes a dancer assembly that receives film from which the bags are to be made. The film travels from the dancer assembly to a drum-in nip and then to a sealing drum. After the sealing drum, the film travels to a drum... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320206 | Device for processing flat objects, especially for packing printed products For processing flat objects (10), in particular for packing printed products or small groups thereof, using a continuous packing material, the objects are conveyed in a conveying stream in which they are arranged in succession and essentially parallel to the ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314439 | Process for manufacturing a pouch-type form of packaging A process for manufacturing a tetrahedral-shaped pouch (100 from a flexible strip of film material is such that a tube (13) is formed from a strip (32) in a continuous manner involving the creation of a longitudinal sealing seam (12), and... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7285083 | Method of manufacturing thin-walled containers from film webs and production facility for carrying out the method The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing thin-walled containers from film web. The method includes the steps of: manufacturing a tubular structure from at least one film web; forming at least one fold projecting into the tubular structure; and ultr... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7175172 | Method and device for inserting a plurality of individual sheetlike forms of administration in a dispenser by forming a multilayer pile A process for introducing a plurality of segregated sheet-like administration forms into a dispenser under formation of a multilayered stack for individually dosable removal, with sheet-like tapes wound-up on rolls being present as starting material, utilizes the fo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171795 | Transverse sealing mechanism for bag-manufacturing and packaging machine and bag-packaging machine equipped therewith The bag-manufacturing and packaging machine transverse sealing mechanism is for a bag-manufacturing and packaging machine that makes bags by sealing a tubular packaging material longitudinally and transversely while also filling the bags with items to be packaged. T... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169102 | Process for manufacturing a pouch-type form of packaging A process for manufacturing a, tetrahedral-shaped pouch (100 from a flexible strip of film material is such that a tube (13) is formed from a strip (32) in a continuous manner involving the creation of a longitudinal sealing seam (12), an... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144357 | Method and apparatus for folding continuously fed web in two Here is disclosed a method and apparatus for folding a continuously fed in two. The web is folded along guide means defining a folding guide line with a fold angle gradually reduced. In the course of gradually reducing the fold angle, a plurality of guide rolls thro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144469 | Method of forming a printable media sheet construction A method of forming a printable media sheet construction, including: (a) cutting cross-direction lines through a cardstock web; (b) after step (a), laminating a plurality of strips to the web; and (c) after step (b), cutting machine-direction lines through the web a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7087006 | Album leaf and method and 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... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7025318 | Container support A container (10) having a plurality of panels (12–18) joined together to form a sleeve (64). The panels (12–18) each have an end edge that cooperate to define an imaginary plane (P) at one end of the sleeve (64). The container ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011615 | Method for making a multicompartment thermoplastic bag A method of making a multicompartment reclosable thermoplastic bag having at least two compartments is disclosed. Each compartment has a top, a bottom, two side edges, and two opposing sidewalls joined at the side edges and the bottom. Each compartment has a closure... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6962557 | Device for welding plastic films Devices for cross-welding or cross-separating welding plastic films (2) are used in a manner known per se in machines for producing bags, said devices comprising a welding roller (3) and a heated welder terminal (4) which can be moved reciprocal... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6926654 | Method and apparatus for folding continuously fed web in two Here is disclosed a method and apparatus for folding a continuously fed in two. The web is folded along guide means defining a folding guide line with a fold angle gradually reduced. In the course of gradually reducing the fold angle, a plurality of guide rolls thro... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6669615 | Plastic film hinging and pre-creasing process A hinge is disclosed for a plastic film. This film has a predetermined thickness sufficient for the plastic film to remain planar in an absence of a first bending moment applied across the plastic film. The hinge includes at least one linear groove config... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6635002 | Seal cutter for plastic bag A seal cutter for a plastic bag includes a folding device, a conveyor device, a point cut-off device, a tension control device, and a coreless winding device. The folding device includes a rectangular guide plate, a triangular guide plate rested on the re... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6629917 | Sealer apparatus for plastic film processing including an adjustably mounted seal bar, particularly for bag making machines A cross sealer for a plastic bag making machine includes a frame with an upper moveable seal bar unit and an opposed lower stationary seal bar unit. The movable unit is a lightweight construction seal beam. A rotating shaft spans the cross sealer and is c... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6561962 | Line plastic bag machine The line plastic bag machine comprises: first and second side walls; a plurality of rollers mounted between the side walls for receiving a web of plastic film that is trained through the machine over and around the rollers; a main drive motor; a main driv... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6425847 | Method for producing a packing material from plastic film or a similar weldable material In the case of a method for producing a packing material from plastic film or a similar weldable material in the form of a bag or sack with side folds, the front and rear walls, as well as the side walls are formed from separate sections of material, whic... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6422986 | Sealer apparatus for forming a cross seal in plastic film processing and particularly for bag making machines A cross sealer for a bag making machine includes a frame with an upper seal bar unit and a lower seal bar unit in aligned opposed relation. One is movable seal bar unit which includes a rigid support beam of a lightweight construction and a light weight s... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6210308 | Apparatus and method for sealing foil material The present invention relates to a sealing apparatus for sealing foil material, the apparatus comprising a foil conveying means and a sealing means including a sealing head which has at least one sealing position for performing the foil sealing operation,... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6139479 | Apparatus and method for manufacture of containers of variable length An apparatus for manufacturing containers or bags includes a sealer that produces seals on a moving film. These seals are spaced at intervals that determine the length of the containers. An operator can change the desired container length while the film i... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6117058 | Bag making machine A plastic bag making machine is disclosed, and includes a dancer assembly that receives film from which the bags are to be made. The film travels from the dancer assembly to a drum-in nip and then to a sealing drum. After the sealing drum, the film travel... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6110089 | Bag making and packaging machine A bag making and packaging machine has a pair of transverse sealing members on opposite sides of a film path for transversely sealing a bag-making film moving longitudinally along this path. A pair of support members supports these transverse sealing memb... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6080093 | Apparatus for wicket-top converting of a cross-laminated synthetic resin fiber mesh bag A cross-laminated synthetic resin fabric mesh material is formed into wicket-top produce bags for use with automatic bag filling equipment. A longitudinally moving sheet of the mesh is folded and formed into a folded, gusseted tubular web. Laterally space... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6056681 | Apparatus for forming flat-bottomed plastic bags A method and apparatus for forming flat-bottomed plastic bags uses a flattened plastic tubing as a raw material. The tubing is unwound from a roll, and is passed around a gusset plate assembly, where guide members on opposite sides of the gusset plate ass... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6030329 | Machine for making disk jackets An automated machine for making standardized disk jackets of consistent quality from non-woven cloth and polypropylene materials includes a machine table, and a raw material mount, a feed roller unit, a first cutter unit, an ultrasonic closure unit, a sec... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5984850 | Gusseted bulk bag liner and method of manufacture An apparatus for manufacturing gusseted bulk bag liners having a continuous web of gusseted bulk bag liner material, wherein the continuous web is advanced along a predetermined path, includes four simultaneous cutting and resealing apparatus that engage ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5976299 | Method for making a non-peelable, sterilizable bag A method for making a non-peelable, sterilizable receptacle having a low particulate count for receiving articles for storage in pharmaceutical intermediate processing. This method involves providing a continuous first web of polyolefin film, providing a ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5857953 | Draw tape machines This invention pertains to draw tape equipment, and methods for incorporating draw tapes into plastic and like bags. In general, a continuous plastic web is slit at a slitting station to form layers, and respective free edges. The web then passes to a hol... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5830117 | Torque control for continuous motion bag machine There is provided a torque control assembly for use on a continuous motion bag machine comprising torque driven means and a drive for driving a motor wherein the torque driven means is operatively connected to the motor for lowering a tension in a web pri... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5759144 | Gusseted bulk bag liner and method of manufacture An apparatus for manufacturing gusseted bulk bag liners having a continuous web of gusseted bulk bag liner material, wherein the continuous web is advanced along a predetermined path, includes four simultaneous cutting and resealing apparatus that engage ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5746862 | Method of making a liner for roll-off waste containers A tube of polyethylene or similar polymeric material having a continuous sidewall is extruded using conventional technology. Two horizontal gussets are formed from the sidewall of the tube, one on each side. The tube is flattened into a substantially flat... | 05/05/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5662575 | Method and apparatus for continuously forming bags A method for continuously forming bags comprising continuous steps of heat-sealing a continuous tubular plastic film, such as a continuously formed inflation tube or the like, widthwise at given positions thereof while the tubular film is being conveyed, ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5618254 | Gusseted bulk bag liner and method of manufacture In a method of manufacturing gusseted bulk bag liners, a continuous web of gusseted bulk bag liner material having longitudinally extending fold line is advanced along a predetermined path. Simultaneous cutting and resealing apparatus are engaged with the... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5571361 | Apparatus and method for fabricating breather bags An automated continuous heat sealing apparatus and method are disclosed having dedicated operating stations for fabricating continuous hermetically sealed tubular structures and individual bags from rolls of continuous webs of polymer material, the first ... | 11/05/1996 |
