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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413999 | Corner fitting using fiber transfer A corner fitting and a method of forming a corner fitting including steps of providing a flat woven fabric including a first woven portion having first and second direction woven fibers, a second woven portion adjacent the first woven portion having first direction ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407469 | Expandable folder An expandable folder (10) is disclosed for holding reports. The folder (10) is formed of a single sheet of material (12). The folder (10) includes a back (14), a front (20), two sides (16, 18) and a flap (22). ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7364360 | Package for horizontal transport A packaging system consisting of a sealable bag with an optional exterior pocket and an integral handle fastened across the top side that allows for the horizontal storage and transport of food products and other goods. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354387 | Folding device Folding device, for use in sealing flexible tubular containers by adhering two facing portions on the same end edge, which comprises two groups of rotating paddles that face one another, able to turn simultaneously and so that each paddle in the same group pushes re... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7211035 | Method for manufacturing reclosable packaging bag A reclosable packaging bag comprises a main bag body having an opening portion and at least one heat-sealed portion; and a linear fastener provided on the opening portion of the main bag body. The linear fastener is provided along the opening portion of the main bag... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7175584 | Refastenable bonding of garment side panels In a process for making prefastened and refastenable garments, a discrete article is transported in a primary direction of movement. The discrete article can define a leading half comprising first fastening components, a trailing half comprising second fastening com... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172546 | Apparatus for sealing bag bottom An apparatus for sealing the bottom of a bag includes a frame through which a bag to be folded is longitudinally advanced. The apparatus includes a pair of cooperating grippers carried by a reciprocably movable gripper carrier. The grippers are operated to opposite ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7118276 | Gift bag with napped filamentary surface A gift bag with napped filamentary surface of the present invention includes a gift bag having generally parallel front and rear panels, a pair of generally parallel side panels, each having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two lateral edges, wherein the lateral edges... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104943 | Method and unit for flexing a flat blank for producing a rigid package A method and unit for flexing a flat blank having preformed fold lines; the flat blank is fed by a seat on a conveyor along a path through a flexing station, where a rigid folding body is rolled over the seat to fold the blank against two fixed folding spindles of t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077797 | Apparatus and method for creasing media to make booklets This invention relates to an apparatus and method for making booklets. Such structures of this type, generally, employ a variety of creasing techniques in order to form the booklet. ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6962559 | Roller arrangement for a booklet maker A roller arrangement for booklet makers comprises at least a first (1) and a second (2) pair of rotatably driven rollers, between which booklets (4) are intended to pass successively for folding. The first pair of rollers comprises two rollers (... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6935782 | Bulk bag with seamless bottom A bulk bag is provided with a seamless bottom or base. The base is constructed of a single sheet of material which is folded at the corners thereby providing a continuous and seamless member which prevents leakage of material contained within the bulk bag as well as... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6908422 | Reclosable packaging bag and method for manufacturing same A reclosable packaging bag comprises a main bag body having an opening portion and at least one heat-sealed portion; and a linear fastener provided on the opening portion of the main bag body. The linear fastener is provided along the opening portion of the main bag... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6890612 | Article and method of making A sheet of material which is made two dimensional which includes portions that are removed that allows the sheet to be folded to create a three dimensional structure without the need for cutting and darting. ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6887554 | Multi-product A multi-ply tissue product has several plies (2, 3, 4, 5) The multi-ply configuration is made by at least one folding (a; b; c) of at least one ply sheet (P) of tissue material in order to reduce the possibilities of delamination and to make the product flexi... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6808066 | Pouch for heated appliances A pouch for heated appliances protects external articles from damage from heat emitted from the appliance immediately after use. The present pouch is formed of inner and outer fabric sheets, with the inner sheet comprising a heat resistant synthetic material and the... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6796932 | Manufacturing method and apparatus of gusset bag The present invention provides a manufacturing method and apparatus of a gusset bag, capable of coping with manufacture of various types of gusset bag and permitting improvement of productivity. A pair of flat films 12a and 12b are separa... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6723036 | Methods and apparatus for folding sheet material Methods and apparatus for folding pliable sheet material wherein the sheet material is wound on a mandrel to form a roll which subsequently is stripped off the mandrel and transferred to a pleating station at which successive creases are formed in the roll to produc... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6635003 | Method for laying out envelope blank A method for laying out an envelope blank on a sheet of material using a template having a straightedge portion with layout edge and an alignment portion with alignment field. The user places an item to be enclosed in an envelope onto the sheet, places ma... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6620279 | Automated fold and seal apparatus A folding and sealing apparatus comprising a housing supporting a feed platform for feeding a supply of pre-glued forms to the folding and sealing apparatus. The housing accommodating a first roller, a second roller, a third roller and a fourth roller, an... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6612356 | Apparatus for improving film machinability during film sealing A back-up pad is provided over an anvil surface of a back-up plate, and between the anvil surface and a sealing surface of a sealing die, in an apparatus for forming seals between layers of film material. The back-up pad has a slip layer on one side there... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6592699 | Process for making stretch film having heat-sealed edges A highly stretched film has permanently heat-sealed edges that are nearly invisible. A folding apparatus folds the edge portions of a film to form folded edges. The folded film then is passed through a bridle mechanism having two heated rolls. A series of... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6560832 | Structurally efficient airbag cushion exhibiting high available inflation volume The present invention relates to an airbag cushion which exhibits a low amount of seam usage (in order to attach at least two fabric panels or portions of a panel together) in correlation to an overall high amount of available inflation airspace within th... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6544160 | Former A former is used to fold webs longitudinally. During the web drawing-in process, the individually incoming paper webs in a group of paper webs are conveyed smoothly to a folding mechanism at the end of the former. This is accomplished by using a number of... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6526733 | Device for aligning a packing material tube with a position mark The invention relates to a device for aligning a packing material tube (1) with a treatment station in a packaging machine in which a tube (1) with a circular cross-section is produced from a strip of printed packaging material having embossed lines. Said... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6505732 | Apparatus for transporting folding package material forms in the tobacco-processing industry An apparatus for transporting folding packaging material forms in the tobacco-processing industry, particularly carton forms for cigarette hard packs that have been scored or pre-punched along fold lines, from a feed station to a processing station. A rot... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6488222 | Bag dispensing system and C-fold bag used therewith A folded gusseted plastic bag has a first side gusset formed by first, second, and third longitudinal folds, a second side gusset formed by fourth, fifth, and sixth longitudinal folds, a seventh longitudinal fold being on a side of the bag containing the ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6478723 | Method of making multiple solicitation envelopes with matching indicia A multiple envelope assembly is made at a common location from a number of different webs of paper using a machine with multiple stations. A first envelope is adhesively secured to a second envelope which has an area at least 10% (preferably at least 20%)... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6447436 | Combination folder and sealer machine A combination folder and sealer machine is much more compact than prior separate and individual folder and sealer machines. The combination folder and sealer machine comprises a folder station that grips a folded sheet simultaneously with a sealer station... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6432033 | Folding method for the gas bag of a side gas bag A method of folding a side gas bag in a packet form having a gas bag consisting of a substantially rectangular fabric section having rounded corners, a connecting plate for connecting to a gas generator and having fastening bolts projecting through the fa... | 08/13/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6406416 | Combination folder and sealer machine A combination folder and sealer machine is much more compact than prior separate and individual folder and sealer machines. The combination folder and sealer machine comprises a folder station that grips a folded sheet simultaneously with a sealer station... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6393804 | Method of forming open mouth zipper gusset bag A method of forming a gusseted plastic zipper bag. The zipper profiles are provided intermittently on a carrier web, the thickness of which is less than the bag film, the carrier web is attached to the bag film that has windows cut therein that are aligne... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6339911 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing packaging bags, and bags obtained thereby The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing packaging bags having lateral bellows, the method being characterized by the fact that it comprises the steps consisting in: forming respective cutouts (150, 160) in each of the two lateral, bello... | 01/22/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6283905 | System and method for producing folded articles A system (10) for producing folded articles includes a cutting station (58) operable to segment a fabric web (42) into a continuous stream of individual web segments (86). The system also includes a rotary folder (96) comprising a plurality of folding rol... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6264592 | Combination folder and sealer machine A combination folder and sealer machine is much more compact than prior separate and individual folder and sealer machines. The combination folder and sealer machine comprises a folder station that grips a folded sheet simultaneously with a sealer station... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6254520 | Manufacture of bags In the manufacture of bags with handles, an extruded plastics tube is extruded, folded inwardly by a first folding device (21) to form gusseted side portions (4) and flattened. A transverse heat seal is formed by a sealing device (22) and a cutting device... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6241287 | Dual coupon card assembly A coupon card assembly (10) having a first card half (12) and a second card half (14). Both the first (12) and second (14) card halves include a liner (20, 26) and two layers of card stock (22, 24, 28, 30) sandwiching the respective liner (20, 26) therebe... | 06/05/2001 |
