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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322919 | Machine and method for forming tubular lengths of packaging film A machine for forming tubular film lengths from a linear portion of film comprises: a unit (1) for feeding linear film portions (2); at least one forming roller (3) that revolves about an axis (7) transversal to the direction of film feed... | 01/29/2008 |
| 6682469 | Inside printing of flexible packages A flexible package, and method for manufacturing same, that provides for the presentation of graphics inside the package using existing converter and vertical form and fill packaging machine technology. The invention involves producing a slightly wider fi... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6589147 | Lightweight former and former assembly A former whose wing component incorporates periodic openings, a tube component (that may, or may not, incorporate periodic openings) and a base component (that is shaped to conform substantially to the former's tube geometry) is described. Such a former, ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6514185 | Method and apparatus for producing tubular hollow items In a method and an apparatus for producing tubular hollow items, in particular for containers, form card material or the like, to improve the efficiency and thus to reduce the costs on the production of known packages, the following steps are proposed: tr... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6416396 | Apparatus and method for milling multiple end surface on a textile package A grinding apparatus for grinding away sharp edges on an end of a textile package having an inner edge and a spaced-apart outer edge formed on the end of the package. The apparatus has a base, a first grinding element mounted on the base for movement rela... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6209784 | Locking sandwich collar The present invention discloses an improved, cylindrical, paperboard collar for placing around a specialty sandwich such as a multilayer hamburger or such. The collar blank is cut from flat paperboard stock in the form of an elongated rectangle which is f... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5775577 | Disposable insulated container with microflute structure A disposable insulated container comprises an inner container structure and n outer insulating wrap. The outer insulating wrap comprises a microflute laminated structure having a first corrugated laminate of microflute corrugations which extends substantia... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5492588 | Method for forming sleeves A sleeve forming method and apparatus where sleeves are formed by use of overlapping webs. The webs are twisted in one direction to form a seal at one side of a sleeve and later twisted in the opposite direction to form the seal at the opposite side of a ... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5403633 | Conical stacking tube body and method of producing the same A conical hollow tube body of paper or another organic molding material is made by forming a conical hollow tube body member having a narrow end and a wide end, and producing a spacing formation by making at least one dimple on an inside in the area of th... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5393292 | Paper cup handle attachment assembly A machine for securing a thermoplastic coated paper handle to a paper cup having a seam on one side of the cup, the machine including a die assembly for forming paper handles having a backing strip and a wing on each side of the strip, a mandrel turret ha... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5205473 | Recyclable corrugated beverage container and holder Corrugated beverage containers and holders are which employ recyclable materials, but provide fluting structures for containing insulating air. These products are easy to hold and have a lesser impact on the environment than polystyrene containers.... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5160307 | Machine for making a tapering carton A pack made of sheet material such as card or corrugated card has rectangular side faces that are interconnected in pairs by respective fold lines, said fold lines being mutually parallel and said side faces forming a rectangular parallelepiped. According... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5120294 | Method and apparatus for forming a tubular yarn carrier A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming a tubular yarn carrier of the type adapted to have a yarn wound thereon to form a yarn package, and which includes an inturned annular end portion which is adapted to support the carrier on an internal spin... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5067936 | Method for manufacturing a yarn carrier A method of manufacturing a yarn carrier designed to accommodate the tail of the yarn to be wound therearound without severing. A tube is wound from paper and a portion severed therefrom, producing a burr. A subsequent grinding operation removes the burr,... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5059136 | Apparatus for making container fiber tubes starting from a sheet material The invention relates to an apparatus for making frustum of cone shaped fibre barrels, comprising a substantially frustum of cone shaped drum (1) which is associated with driving means able of rotating the drum about its axis comprising means for removabl... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4896707 | Adjustable, disposible funnel A sheet of flexible material may be hand formed into a selected, conic, funnel shape; maintained in that shape while utilized as a funnel; then disposed of. A kit containing a quantity of such sheets provides ease of transport and ready access to a multip... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4645483 | Conical bobbin and method of forming same A cone-shaped bobbin is formed by rolling and gluing a paper or the like blank on a mounting mandrel with the cone being formed with a decreasing number of layers of paper or the like from bottom to top. Three embodiments of the blank are disclosed respec... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4526566 | Conical bobbin and method of forming same A cone-shaped bobbin is formed by rolling and gluing a paper or the like blank on a mounting mandrel with the cone being formed with a decreasing number of layers of paper or the like from bottom to top. Three embodiments of the blank are disclosed respec... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525154 | Foil transfer device for an installation for manufacturing hollow truncated cone shaped articles and in particular wine bottle caps The invention provides a transfer device comprising at least one gripping member (19) mounted for pivoting about a first shaft (19a), on a support (16) mounted for rotation about a second shaft (16a). The support (16) rotates through three angular steps p... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4452596 | Apparatus for making cup of surface protected paperboard A paper cup of surface-protected paperboard and an apparatus for making the same, with the paper cup including a wound cup wall and a cup bottom inserted therein. Ends of a wall blank forming the cup wall are overlapped after a winding of the wall blank, ... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4398904 | Machine for producing bodies of conical receptacles A machine for winding conical bodies of receptacles in a helical manner around a conical, rotating shaping member using webs of waste paper is disclosed.... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4365460 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing foam plastic containers by use of a tubular forming mandrel The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method wherein preprinted rectangular blanks of longitudinally stretch-oriented foam sheet material are continuously formed into cylinders by a tubular forming mandrel on which the blanks are folded, s... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4170172 | Method and apparatus for making rolled containers A conical mandrel rotatable at a first station for rolling a precut paper-like container blank into a conical shape and having two separate, angularly spaced and axially extending rows of vacuum retention ports timely connected to a low pressure source vi... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4096788 | Apparatus for forming a container side wall An apparatus is provided for making a container having a tubular side wall by wrapping a blank around a mandrel to form a tubular side wall wherein a pair of wrapping wings are rotated about the axis of the mandrel by respective drive means. The drive mea... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4080880 | Method for preparation of cylindrical corrugated article A method of preparing a cylindrical corrugated article, comprising supplying a sheet material in between a pair of rotatable forming rolls having interlocking corrugated surfaces thereby to press and corrugate said sheet material, mounting the resulting c... | 03/28/1978 |
