Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6948296 | Dunnage material and process A process of forming dunnage is disclosed. A chain of interconnected plastic pouches (38) are fed along a path of travel to a fill and seal station (24). The pouches (38) are sequentially opened as each pouch is positioned in the fill station. E... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6884208 | Method and apparatus for making reclosable bags having slider-actuated string zippers Methods and apparatus for eliminating unattached remnants or tails of bag making film adjacent a string zipper during manufacture of reclosable bags. Gathered film tails may interfere with slider insertion or slider operation or may cause the film to be pulled off o... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6254519 | Tape-sealed bag and method for producing the same In an automatic filling and closing process for flexible package in which a film is supplied while being longitudinally fused, and the respective steps of filling the longitudinally fused film with contents, laterally fusing the film and cutting the later... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6173554 | Pouch of flexible packaging material with integrated weakness for opening Pouches of flexible packaging material exhibit a tearing zone in the form of a weakness such as perforations or a separation in the material, this in order to be able to remove the contents easily. The packaging material is covered over by at least one fi... | 01/16/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5947882 | Bag-making apparatus An apparatus for making bags out of a thermoplastic web has a transport unit for feeding a leading end of the web in a transport direction to a cutting/welding station, tools at the station for transversely welding the web and cutting a bag from the leadi... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5830119 | Bag with closure tie and method of making A double-ended bag is formed from a tubular woven sheet having at least one tie member extending along the length of the tubular sheet. The tubular sheet is cut to create bag panels and tie member segments in registration. The bag panels are sewn together... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5711751 | Hermetic seal for a plastic bag A plastic bag manufacturing method to produce bags with a removable release strip in covering relation over an adhesive deposit adjacent an upper edge of the bag rear panel, in which the height of the release strip is increased to provide continuity along... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5514067 | Easy open feature for polymeric package with contents under high compression An improved top opening, rectangular flexible bag for containing a stack of highly compressed flexible articles. The bag has front and back panels, two side panels and top and bottom panels, all of which are connected together to form an internal compartm... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5470300 | Web registration system and method A system and method in the manufacture of plastic bags for accurately registering a web having graphic material printed repetitively thereon with respect to a transverse cutting and sealing device comprise detecting the passage of an eyemark printed on th... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5421805 | Method and apparatus for producing handled bags Apparatus for producing handled bags includes a web dispenser; a perforator for creating perforated seams transversely across the web at predetermined intervals to generate a succession of adjacent web sections; means for attaching at least one handle to ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5393294 | Method and apparatus for producing sheets of corrugated cardboard with a variable format Method for producing sheets of corrugated cardboard with a variable format in which a web of corrugated cardboard is removed continuously from a heating and pulling device of s conventional corrugated cardboard installation. The sheets are processed to th... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5312318 | Packaging method and means Twin compartment packets, e.g. tea bags, are formed with the compartments connected at the heads of the packet and optionally at the tails. The packets are produced from a pair of compartmented tubular webs that are brought together with the compartments ... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5149316 | Die cutting and welding device for an on-demand bag forming machine incorporated in a checkout counter A welding and die cutting device for an apparatus for automatically forming bags on demand from an elongated web of film is selectively switchable between a first operating mode in which the formed bags are provided with unitary handles and a second opera... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5100371 | Envelope blank forming machine An envelope blank forming machine for forming generally rectangular booklet envelope blanks and generally diagonal envelope blanks on the same machine includes a pair of removable turnbars, adjustable pull rolls and an adjustable cutoff device. Preselecte... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5050999 | Open-mesh net bag and method of forming the same An open-mesh net bag is formed of a rectangular piece of open-mesh netting and a pair of elongated flexible cords. A central length portion of each cord is interlaced through the meshes of netting piece along a respective end edge region, a pair of loop-f... | 09/24/1991 |
| 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 |
| 5019030 | Envelope blank forming machine An envelope blank forming machine for forming generally rectangular booklet envelope blanks and generally diagonal envelope blanks on the same machine includes a pair of removable turnbars, adjustable pull rolls and an adjustable cutoff device. Preselecte... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4992128 | Method of making holder for flat objects such as computer disks Holders for flat objects such as computer disks which can provide pages of a book which carries such objects, instruction for their use and etc. Each page is made of a single sheet of foldable material, preferably spunbonded olefin (such material being av... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4988332 | Method for producing packing bags which can be stacked on a wicket A method for the production of packing bags which can be stacked on a wicket and unfolded while being filled, and for that purpose are provided at the bottom end of the bag with exposed wicket perforations disposed in a wicket tab. The bag is made from an... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4962797 | Cross-cutting method for bag filling machines A method for separating a pair of plastic bags, connected together at a transversely disposed parting line, comprises the steps of intermittently moving the pair of bags along a path disposed in a horizontal plane, stopping the bags and placing the partin... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4913693 | Method of manufacturing a top gusset bag with integral handle A false gusset (12, 82) is positioned between bag panels (26, 28 and 98, 100) to form a bag having a handle (24, 80) at its upper end formed by upward continuations of the sides (26, 28 or 98, 100) of the bag (10, 78). This construction removes the false ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4909779 | Bag stacking machine A web of flat plastic bag stock formed with transverse perforations and heat seals is separated into individual bags, then individually formed in plural folds and the folded bags are stacked for packaging. To form as many as three folds, four rollers are ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4899520 | Packaging apparatus and method A packaging machine and method for simultaneously loading, sealing and severing bags forming part of at least two independent chains of bags. Two juxtaposed nip roll assemblies including axially aligned feed roll portions can be independently actuated in ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4761197 | Apparatus for sealing a web of film An apparatus for sealing a web of film including a heater member for melting a portion of the film to create side and chevron seals. A back-up bar is located diametric the heater member. The heater member includes two elongated heater bars and two wing he... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4679474 | Cutting thermoplastic webs Disclosed is an apparatus for slitting a continuous strip of thermoplastic web by a knife heated to a temperature below the melting or fusing temperature of the web. By heating the knife the cutting force is substantially reduced.... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4664161 | Automatic filling apparatus, and bag mouth opening device thereof An apparatus for automatically filling bags with a material after separating each bag from a continuous chain of bags along perforations where each bag is joined to its neighbor has a guide section for guiding the chain of bags, a separating section for s... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4652253 | Method for preparing flat-bottom thermoplastic sack Method and system for preparing a flat-bottom thermoplastic sack including forming a transverse sealed seam across the mid-section of a collapsed, gusseted tube and simultaneously or subsequently forming a preweakened transverse line closely next adjacent... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4650453 | Apparatus for cross cutting a running web A flexible web which is caused to run through a cross cutter to be severed at regular intervals in order to yield a series of discrete sections is engaged by a pair of holders which attract the web by suction immediately behind the severing plane when the... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4571235 | Methods for preparing flat-bottom thermoplastic sack and systems therefore A method and system for preparing flat bottom thermoplastic sacks comprising process steps and means for forming a tube of thermoplastic film, collapsing said tube while forming two oppositely disposed gussets therein, simultaneously or spatially sequenti... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4464156 | Method of manufacturing parallelepipedic packing container provided with an opening arrangement A parallelepipedic packing container of the type which is provided with a sealing fin which extends over the upper end wall of the packing container as well as over triangular, double-walled lugs adjoining this end wall. The sealing fin comprises a narrow... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4338083 | Apparatus for transferring tablet strip packages An apparatus in which tablet strip packages are transferred with the aid of revolving suction devices out of a horizontally-functioning stamping device to a horizontally disposed conveyor belt. The suction devices are radially secured on a transfer head, ... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4330288 | Packaging machine with pouch transfer and opening mechanism Successive pouches severed from the leading end of a continuously moving strip of pouches are picked up by a series of spaced paddle assemblies and are turned from edgewise positions to broadwise positions. Each paddle assembly ducks into the pouch to pic... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4330290 | Method of producing wrapping for cigarettes A web 26 of packaging material on which a plurality of cigarette wrapper blanks 10 are defined in oppositely rotated and laterally displaced pairs, is fed between a reciprocatable punch 38 and a fixed support 36 having cooperating cutting edges 39 and cou... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4297929 | Separator and feeder for a strip of flexible bags Apparatus for receiving a strip of flexible bags with capped spouts at longitudinally spaced intervals which are to be separated at transverse joints and then fed individually to a point of use. It includes draw rolls for drawing the strip horizontally in... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4285681 | Tear resistant separable end-connected bags Continuous strip closed-bottom open-mouthed packaging bags are produced by continually making, at spaced intervals in a continuous flattened tubular oriented plastic film supply, a transversely extending heat seal to define a bag bottom, and, adjacent eac... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4268260 | Feeding mechanism of bag manufacturing machine The present invention relates to a feeding mechanism for a bag manufacturing machine, in which a continuously fed film strip which has been folded double is cut to predetermined lengths to manufacture bags. The feeding mechanism includes a bar for forming... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4174657 | Method of forming a plastic shopping bag having a reinforced handle A plastic shopping bag is provided with an integral handle portion of wave configuration having a strip of reinforcement material therein of heavier gauge plastic than the remainder of the bag. The heavier gauge strip extends across the handle portion in ... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4138934 | Envelope forming assemblies An assembly is provided of a known high speed envelope blank cutting unit with a known envelope folding unit and an envelope conveyor to transport a continuous stream of envelope blanks from the blank cutting unit to the folding unit in a predetermined ti... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4055109 | Method and apparatus for producing self-standing bags A self-standing bag is made of two similar side wall sheets disposed in an opposing relation and a bottom wall sheet having two edges thereof heat-fused with the lower edges of the two side wall sheets and being folded along a central folding line into th... | 10/25/1977 |
