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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7794380 | Pre-opened resealable bags A series of pre-opened resealable bags formed as a continuous web and received on a roll suitable for implementation in an automatic bagging machine are presented. The web of bags consist of top and bottom films thermally bonded together along the edges thereof. Tra... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7758484 | Packaging and method for making the same A method of manufacturing a package is provided, comprising a first and second layer attached by a sealing process to create a peelable seal. The package also includes perforation cuts at regular intervals. A traverse cut is provided through both the first and secon... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7604585 | 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... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7442156 | Method of forming a package having reclosable pour spout A package having a reclosable pour spout is disclosed, with the package including front and rear package panels which may be joined at respective side edges thereof by inwardly extending side gussets. An upper edge portion of the package is removable, including one ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7406810 | Reclosable packaging A method of fabricating reclosable bags comprising: disposing a releasably engaged closure between a first and a second bag film portions, the closure including a loop-engageable fastener strip comprising an array of loop-engageable fastener elements integrally mold... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7399262 | Method for the manufacture of bags, that includes cuts, and the corresponding bag A method for the manufacture of packaging bags, which includes a step of forming at least one bag in a scrolling film, welding opening and closing zippers that include a series of operating sliders onto the scrolling film, and effecting at least one cut in the zippe... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7351188 | Hooded reclosable packages and related methods of manufacture A reclosable package comprising a hooded zipper with a pair of off-center lines of perforations that are hermetically sealed by a layer of material. The lines of perforations facilitate tearing off the hood to gain access to the zipper. One method of manufacture inv... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335148 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a bag equipped with spouts An intermittently rotating table-type apparatus for manufacturing a bag equipped with spout(s). The apparatus attaches spout(s) to at least one of the mouths of a bag that are at both shoulders of the bag. The mouth(s) of the bag is expanded by bag mouth suction cup... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331153 | Apparatus and method for creating easy to open packages A product packaging apparatus that includes a notch former and a tab setter for creating an integrated tab on a product package. The notch former and tab setter are capable of forming a tab or an exposed area at any location of the product package, including creatin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328543 | Apparatus and method for the application of pressure relief valves An applicator unit for a system applying pressure relief valves to packaging during the packaging process. A punch shaft and an applicator shaft each have an axis and opposed ends. The punch shaft has a punch at one end. The applicator shaft has an applicator vacuum... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329217 | Application of zippers to film material The apparatus applies a transverse zipper strip to a film (10) moving continuously in a direction (12). A continuous belt (18) is driven by sprocket wheels (16a, 16b) and carries upper seal bars (22a,... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320662 | Method for manufacturing a flexible recloseable container Apparatus and methods for forming, filling, and sealing a flexible recloseable container. Both vertical and horizontal methods for placing product within the container are disclosed. The invention includes guiding a web of film which has interlocking fastener strips... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316641 | Reclosable bags with tamper evident features and methods of making the same A reclosable package comprises first and second opposing body panels, a reclosable seal and a one-time breakable element. The reclosable seal extends along one end and includes first track and second tracks. The first track includes a first fin portion and a first r... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311442 | Air valve for a fillable poly bag An air valve for a poly bag that permits the escape of air from the bag as it is filled by a filling tube. The air valve consists of a plurality of slitted openings in one top corner of the bag and a valve flap mounted in the poly bag near the slitted openings that ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290660 | Storage system having a disposable vacuum bag The present invention provides a storage system having a storage device having at least one polymeric sheet sealed along a portion of its' periphery to provide an opening to a storage space; a resealable closure structure adapted to seal the opening to the storage s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7266934 | Reclosable bag production The bags are produced on a form-fill seal machine operating horizontally or vertically. Zipper strips (16) are initially attached to a continuous web (12) which is subsequently formed into a continuous run of bags having end seals (20) and a bac... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7238253 | Bag manufacturing system A placement component rapidly moves individual bag blanks from a pack or magazine to a conveyor system in uniformly spaced relationship. Each bag blank has opposite surfaces. While the conveyor system continues to move the bags, opening tabs are automatically applie... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228608 | Methods for applying sliders to reclosable plastic bags Methods are provided for making slider-operated fasteners for use in reclosable plastic bags using at least a double index and dual unit operations. The methods involve forming two preseals, forming two notches within the preseals, applying two sliders into the prev... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223222 | Slider zipper assembly and shroud with high pressure pasteurization protection system The present disclosure relates to methods for forming reclosable bags with slider zippers which can be used in high pressure pasteurization. In particular, these methods form reclosable bags with a shroud formed over the slider zipper, with a patch or cap for protec... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7200911 | Methods for applying sliders to reclosable plastic bags Methods are provided for making slider-operated fasteners for use in reclosable plastic bags using at least a double index and dual unit operations. The methods involve forming two preseals, forming two notches within the preseals, applying two sliders into the prev... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178713 | Easy open envelope The easy open envelope comprising a front panel and a back panel hingedly connected to one edge of the front panel; a sealing flap connected to the opposite edge of the front panel at a fold line and having on an outer side of the sealing flap in one corner section ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175581 | Method of forming a flexible pouch with a straw-pierceable dimple A beverage container and method for forming a beverage container having a straw pierceable portion in a wall. The beverage container has a port formed of a rigid frame having a membrane covering an aperture. The frame member is bonded to a flexible wall of a pouch. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7147597 | Method of fabrication of gusseted flexible bottle with fitment A method for fabricating a fitmented flexible bottle is disclosed which involves feeding webs including one or more gussets, creating perimeter seals around only the top portion of the bottle, inserting the fitment from the input end of the machine in the direction ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147374 | Combination cosmetic purse and display package A combination cosmetic purse and display package whereby an article to be displayed for purchase may be hung on a conventional point-of-purchase display rod and then that portion of the overall package provided for such purpose removed such that the remaining purse ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137942 | Apparatus and process for assembling a slider The closure device (121) includes interlocking fastening strips (130, 131) and a slider (132) slidably disposed on the fastening strips for facilitating the occlusion and deocclusion of the fastening strips (130, 131) when moved towards f... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7037250 | Method of forming a burst-resistant easy-open corner in a heavy duty bag A method of forming a perforated tear line in a bag to form an easy-open corner portion. The perforation blade includes a base formed to span the corner portion of the bag. The base has a first end adapted to extend to the end edge of the bag proximate a seal line, ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022057 | Device for manufacturing packing bags A device for manufacturing packing bags from two packaging films, comprising two transport rollers, each of which pulls a film from a respective feed roll. The two films have marks printed on them at regular intervals. The transport rollers are pressed against corre... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6997858 | Side gusseted poly bag with a filling valve and its method of manufacture A side gusseted poly bag with a filling valve and its method of manufacture including a tubular body with opposed side gussets defining front and rear panels, and a filling valve formed by folding the front and rear panels with the interconnecting gusset portion at ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994663 | Slider applicator A slider applicator is disclosed for applying sliders to storage bags with zippers. The slider applicator includes a slider sorter and a slider pusher actuated by an actuator such as a linear servo motor. The slider pusher includes an applicating head which moves th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6945922 | System for cutting a moving web in the cross direction to form sheets of a given length at high web speeds A system, apparatus and method is provided for perforating a web such as a paper tissue or paper toweling into distinct and perforated sheets. The invention provides a laser array capable of providing an incident beam of light upon the surface of the web. The web tr... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942608 | Reclosable bag having wicket flap and slider-actuated string zipper A reclosable bag having a bottom flap with holes configured to allow a stack of the bags to be mounted on a wicket, a slider-actuated string zipper installed in a mouth at the top of the bag, and a band seal at the bottom of the bag. The bottom of the bag is closed.... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935996 | Drink pouches and methods for producing them There are disclosed methods of making drinking pouches constructed from at least two panels of flexible laminate web material, at least a first panel thereof having a structural layer (21), a barrier layer (22) and a sealant layer (23), the seal... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6930277 | Fastener element molding A method of forming a mold having cavities for molding loop-engageable, hook-shaped fastener elements, includes: supporting a first plate having an outer surface that defines a plane; manipulating a material-cutting beam of a laser along a predetermined curved profi... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929594 | Belt drive assembly for feeding zipper tape A method and an apparatus for automatically feeding zipper assemblies (with or without sliders) to a station, for example, a station where the zipper assemblies are sealed to thermoplastic bag making film. The zipper tape feeding apparatus comprises a pair of endles... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921359 | Apparatus for feeding zipper with sliders to packaging machine Methods and apparatus for feeding continuous zipper material with sliders to a thermoforming packaging machine that advances the packaging film N package lengths each advance, where N is a positive integer greater than unity. In the packaging machine, pockets are th... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913185 | Method of manufacturing a food packaging article Food packaging articles are manufactured by providing top and bottom sheets of flexible material and securing selected areas of the sheets along sealing edges to define a plurality of triangular-shaped pouches, with each pouch corresponding to an individual food pac... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905451 | Rope handle forming machine and method The rope handle forming machine is made of a cylinder having a channel therein, an U-shaped forming plate mounted along a horizontal plane tangent to the top surface of the cylinder on one side of the cylinder, and a D-shaped forming plate mounted in a same plane as... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6863645 | Method and apparatus for inserting sliders during automated manufacture of reclosable bags Methods and apparatus for low-cost manufacture of reclosable packages having slider-operated zippers. One method of manufacture comprising the following steps: (a) joining film material to a back side of a first flangeless zipper strip having a first closure profile... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6860844 | Method of manufacturing carrier web zipper for gusset bags A method of forming carrier web having discrete lengths of mating zipper profile thereon. The zipper profile is fed from a supply roll to overlie a carrier web, tacked to the web and then severed from its supply roll. ... | 03/01/2005 |
