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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7510516 | Packaging device A method of and a device for folding a bottom of a package, which includes a sleeve of packaging material with a transversal seal in the end of the bottom forming portion of the package, the portion having the shape of a fin. The method includes folding the fin and ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7409810 | Vertical pouch making machine and method of making pouches A vertical form fill and seal continuous pouch machine includes a forming tube having a cross section area of CA is disclosed. A film tube is continuously formed about the forming tube and fed downward. A horizontal sealing assembly includes at least one pair of opp... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7191575 | Vertical pouch machine A vertical form fill and seal continuous pouch machine includes a forming tube having a cross section area of CA is disclosed. A film tube is continuously formed about the forming tube and fed downward. A horizontal sealing assembly includes at least one pair of opp... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6918227 | Method and device for end closing tubular wrappings of products A method and device for end closing tubular wrappings of products, whereby the arms of a scissor-type parting device, once inserted in a closed position inside an end portion of a tubular wrapping, are allowed to part, and are pushed by springs into a fully open pos... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6849038 | Method for making a tool container An improved tool container a corner-less exterior adjacent a craftsman to minimize trauma when carried and to provide better access to objects therein than convention designs. In the preferred embodiment, the tool container comprises a substantially cylindrical body... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6729112 | Tubular bagging machine A tubular bagging machine in which expanding elements projecting away from the fill pipe are provided in order to create bags with welded edges. A separate longitudinal welding device for welding of an area adjacent to the edge of the tube is provided. It is thus po... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6609999 | Perforation blade for forming a burst-resistant easy-open corner in a heavy duty bag A perforation blade is used for cutting 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 ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6558306 | Multi-ply composite container with regions of weakened strength and method for manufacturing same A multi-ply composite container for consumer products with at least one region of weakened strength and method for manufacturing same is provided. The composite container includes a multi-ply composite tube having a tubular body ply, a liner ply adhered t... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6544159 | Method for manufacturing a press-on lid for a tubular packaging and lid manufactured by implementing the method The lid is formed, on the one hand, of a ring (7) and, on the other hand, of a disk (D). The ring (A) comes from a strip cut parallel to the fibers of a fibrous rigid material. Having formed the ring (A) using a two-stage tool, the disk (D) is pressed on ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6517472 | Device for separating material webs lying on top of each other A device for separating two webs of material which are arranged on top of each other. The webs of material are to be separated while they are being transported on a conveying device, the first of the webs of material being detachably fixed to the conveyin... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6513308 | Device for manufacturing tubular bag packages A device for manufacturing tubular bag packages has a forming tube with a rectangular cross section. In order to produce reinforcing seams in a projection of the broad side walls of the tubular bag package, the device has a forming and folding device. The... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6511451 | Method of making and apparatus to make a tampon applicator Tampon applicator for feminine hygiene, comprising a cylindrical applicator barrel of paper-like material, having a front end comprising segments which are bent forwards and inward with respect to the longitudinal center axis of the applicator barrel, for... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6428457 | Former for a bag maker A former for forming an elongated planar bag-making material into a tubular form is composed of a hollow cylindrical tubular part and a shoulder part which has a planar guide section and is connected to the tubular part along a connecting line surrounding... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6270833 | Separator for an alkaline cell and a method of producing the separator A new separator for an alkaline cell is provided, which can prevent deformation to an end of the separator and also prevent short circuits within the cell structure when an external force is added to the cell. The separator has a characteristic that a rat... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6050056 | Packaging bags and apparatus A packaging bag for containing a product is provided. The bag includes an end with four bag projections that are to be folded over the product. A first pair of opposing bag projections are folded down to form generally triangular portions, and the other p... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6027439 | Two-piece paperboard lids having spiral-wound side wall and non-circular geometries, and methods of making the same Spirally-wound circular side walls may be re-formed into non-circular geometries which are then mechanically joined to conformably shaped non-circular closure disks and thereby produce non-circular two-piece paperboard container lids.... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5862652 | Tubular bagging machine with an asymmetrical forming shoulder and tubular bags with an edge-side longitudinal seam To avoid the folding of a flat tubular bag 1, which has been set up supported on its bottom-side cross seam 4, a welding seam 7, 8 reinforcing the tubular bag 1 is provided along at least one edge 5, 6. A further tubular bag 101 is introduced, where on th... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5857310 | Unpleating system for machines for molding, filling, and automatic closing of flexible-film-based wrappings This invention relates to an unpleating system for machines for molding, filling, and automatic closing of flexible-film-based wrappings, characterized by the fact that it comprises two units capable of sequenced travel toward and away from the transverse... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5814382 | Bag and method of making the same A bag suitable for use in microwave cooking is constructed of an elongated tube of flexible material closed at one end by means of a cold seal closure and having a heat seal adhesive deposit applied to the other end thereof for use in closing the bag afte... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5672308 | Method and apparatus for forming seal portion of tubular body of synthetic resin An apparatus and method for forming a seal portion of a tubular body of synthetic resin is provided in which the seal portion has increased density and reduced foaming. The apparatus includes a pair of clamps that clamp an end portion of a tubular body of... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5571540 | Apparatus for crimping, pleating and forming a tip on a hollow tube An apparatus and method are disclosed for crimping, pleating and forming a tip on a hollow tube. The apparatus includes a first punch having a tubular section sized to receive the tube and having a configured tip with a plurality of elongated grooves form... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5501063 | Apparatus and method of reducing the force to expel a tampon from a tampon applicator and the applicator itself An apparatus and method are disclosed for reducing the force required to expel a catamenial tampon from a tampon applicator. The tampon applicator is also disclosed. The tampon applicator includes a first member which is capable of housing an absorbent ta... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5493849 | Method and apparatus for corking up sample-contained containers A sample-contained container corking-up method of the present invention comprises a first step of holding each stopper supplied from a stopper supply means by a stopper holder and opposing an inserted portion of the stopper to the open top of the containe... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5469619 | Tubular core assembly having inside-diameter reducing end members secured by mechanical interlocking member A tubular core assembly for winding or unwinding sheet material, such as newsprint or Rotogravure Print, wherein the opposed ends of an elongate cylindrical core are provided with inside diameter-reducing annular core insert members. The inside diameter-r... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5214988 | Tube positioning apparatus A tube positioning apparatus has at least one mandrel for positioning tubes for processing. A variable tube positioning stroke length is facilitated for optimizing stroke length and for optimizing the time required to position and process tube, such as by... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5203759 | Apparatus for applying a first tie to casing material Apparatus for application of a first tie to a hollow casing material includes a mechanism for cutting incremental units of casing from a reel and for simultaneously punching openings through the casing. Incremental units are then transferred from the cutt... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5167607 | Packaging A folding and tucker-tacker station operates upon a flat bottom end closure of a packaging sleeve, which closure comprises first and second panels opposite each other, third and fourth panels opposite each other and between the first and second panels, an... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5161302 | Apparatus for forming sleeve and plunger assemblies An apparatus simultaneously forms a plurality of sleeve and plunger assemblies and creates dispensers of the pushup type. A platen inserts a plurality of plungers into a corresponding plurality of cardboard sleeves. The apparatus provides a plurality of s... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5122218 | Tubular plastic crimping method and apparatus This invention is directed to apparatus, and to the method for crimping and sealing the end of a thin walled, inflexible plastic tubing member, such as made from vinyl, PVC and the like, where such end preferably exhibits a uniquely configured end design ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5085036 | High speed contact sealer Apparatus for the high speed manufacture of elongated tubular film products from lengths of flexible, flat films. Film is unspooled passed over a forming collar, and onto a tube. On the tube, the film has a circular cross-section, with overlapped edges. A... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4959045 | Filter socks A construction of filter sock which has a panel (1) with two leaves (2,3) of unequal width such that when folded along a foldline (4) the leaves form a double leaf panel with a projecting side (9). The side (9) is folded back along a second fold line (11)... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4897138 | Sealing of plastic tubes A plastic tube is sealed at its end by placing the tube in a pair of spaced apart tube holders having tube receiving pockets. The tube is cut by a cutting device movable into and out of the space between the pockets to form two distinct tube sections whic... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4877526 | Flexible filter bag and method of fabrication A flexible filter bag, the filter element of which is seamless and avoids prior leakage problems, is made by wrapping a flexible, preferably perforated, filtering fabric and a flexible nonfiltering transport material together onto a cylindrical mandrel to... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4674153 | Method of making a shirred casing stick having an implanted end closure A shirred casing stick article, and method of manufacture thereof, having an implanted end closure positioned in the stick bore, or in a support tube within the casing stick, such that the closure is axially displaced away from the first-to-be-stuffed end... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4642083 | Method and apparatus for making and manipulating inner tubes for use in dry cells or the like Discrete sheets of separator material for use in dry cells are introduced tangentially into an annular clearance between the cylindrical internal surface of an outer tool and the cylindrical peripheral surface of an inner tool, and the inner tool is rotat... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4636188 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing cardboard tubes with incorporated closure A process and apparatus are provided for manufacturing cardboard tubes with incorporated closure for packing or sending articles or documents and tubes obtained by implementing this process. The process comprises the continuous formation of a cardboard tu... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4621763 | Container end construction A paperboard container having a side wall formed from a single blank. A band or zone along one edge of the blank is provided with a plurality score lines each of whose edges are non-parallel to thereby yield a wedge score indentation. The blank is rolled ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4620665 | Container with integral toggle closure A container defining an inner containment region and having means for positively sealing and opening at least one end to provide access to the containment region. An enclosure member is provided with at least one closure secured thereto for hinged movemen... | 11/04/1986 |
