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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7326168 | Method and apparatus for forming corrugated board carton blanks An in-line method and apparatus for making a corrugated board and carton blanks from the corrugated board include: a laminating station for completing the formation of a corrugated board having a corrugated medium, an inner liner, and a printed outer liner; an adhes... | 02/05/2008 |
| 6485402 | Device for heating a moving material strip, especially preheater for a corrugated board machine The invention pertains to a heating arrangement for a moving material web, particularly a pre-heater for a corrugated cardboard facility, with a rotating heating roll (3) which can be wrapped around by the material web (13) to be heated at a predetermined... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6186935 | Method and apparatus for producing folders A method and an apparatus for producing folders of the kind comprising two cover sheets, a spine, which is connected with the cover sheets by means of creasing lines, and a binding agent, which is applied to the inside of the spine and which is activable ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6129654 | Heating device for a corrugated cardboard facility A heating device (1) for a corrugated cardboard facility includes several heating plates (3) arranged sequentially along a path in the advancing direction of a sheet of corrugated cardboard (2). Compression elements (4) are arranged above the heating plat... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6090028 | 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... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5766121 | Method and device for making packets from packaging sheets, especially for cigarettes or the like A method and an apparatus for making packets from packaging sheets, especially for cigarettes or the like, which method involves folding or wrapping a preshaped packaging sheet (1), for example of paper or carton board, the packaging sheet (1) having part... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5582570 | Method and apparatus for binding sheets using a printing substance A method and apparatus for binding sheets using a reactivatable printing substance such as toner comprises a printing device for applying printing toner to a binding edge of a sheet. Printing text can be applied simultaneously to the sheet by the printing... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5456646 | System and method for manufacturing sealed packages A system and method for constructing sealed printed packages and one-piece mailers provides fixedly applying printing toner to predetermined locations upon a first part of a face of a printable sheet. The sheet is then folded so that a second part of the ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5417394 | Fastening device for heating plates of a heating device of a corrugated board plant A fastening device for heating plates of a heating device of a corrugated board plant. Each heating plate is fastened on a form-stiff and fixed frame. The ends of the heating plates are supported by loose support devices. Thus, a flat heating surface for ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5328438 | System and method for manufacturing sealed packages A system and method for constructing sealed printed packages and one-piece mailers provides fixedly applying printing toner to predetermined locations upon a first part of a face of a printable sheet. The sheet is then folded so that a second part of the ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5306224 | Method and apparatus for integrally forming a cutter on a carton blank A paperboard shaped into a profile substantially the same as that of a carton blank for folding into a carbon is formed with a plurality of first slits on an edge of the paperboard at a predetermined angle relative to the edge and with a plurality of seco... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5228272 | Product and process for heat sealing a paperboard carton having polymer coating on one side only Folded paperboard food cartons having a polymer coating only on the interior surface and sales graphics on a substantially unplasticized clay coated exterior surface are heat sealed at contiguous areas of overlapping flaps wherein the polymer coated inter... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5213560 | System and method for manufacturing sealed packages A system and method for constructing sealed printed packages and one-piece mailers provides fixedly applying printing toner to predetermined locations upon a first part of a face of a printable sheet. The sheet is then folded so that a second part of the ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5154687 | Rotary accumulator for pallet stringers or decking members A rotary accumulator for folded beams of corrugated paperboard with adhesive applied thereto, such as pallet stringers or decking members, comprises a conveyor for feeding the beams longitudinally with spaces therebetween, a generally circular array of be... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4636186 | Apparatus for setting and shaping glued cigarette packs Cuboid (cigarette) packs (10) are conventionally provided with folding tabs joined by glueing. So that the adhesive can set before the packs (10) are exposed to loads, a first drying turret (14) is provided for temporarily receiving the packs (10) in indi... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4626236 | Apparatus for separating bag ends during manufacture A pair of specially designed suction wheels are preferably placed after the glue applicator on a known pinch bottomer bag-making machine. During manufacture, paper bags are guided horizontally through the machine by a conveyor forming part of the machine.... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4615689 | Method for preparing paperlike products from fibers threaded with polymer Fibers, such as wood fibers, are treated with a solvent solution of a thermoplastic polymer, e.g., polypropylene; the solvent is removed; and the treated fibers are fused into an article such as a fiber-polymer sheet or a board.... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4581004 | Paper pressing device for an arbor turret packaging machine A paper pressing device has a pair of presser plates being positioned opposite the lateral faces of an arbor. The opening and closing operation of the presser plates is conducted by a lever which is engaged with an oscillator by a spring. The oscillator a... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4566927 | Pattern bonding of webs by electron beam curing A method and apparatus for high speed pouch or bag making from thin, heat-sensitive thermoplastic film webs or multiply webs of paper, film and foil in which the seal pattern may be simple or complex sealing and in which the method is applied to a continu... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4484432 | Bottom-folding packaging machine Apparatus for packaging cigarettes, the apparatus comprising means for applying a strip of packaging material about a group of the articles to form a tube and folding and gluing the ends of the wrapper to define the package is provided with a plural stage... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4437850 | Process of manufacturing of reinforced corrugated cardboard type packaging container A process of manufacturing of corrugated cardboard type packaging container in which a corrugated core liner adhered at its one side surface to one side liner is applied at its other side surface with an adhesive agent and then with a reinforcing agent an... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4428177 | Cigarette packaging apparatus with radial transfer An apparatus for packaging cigarettes includes a magazine 35 for supplying cigarette groups 23 to pockets 37 of a first revolver 32, whereafter they are transferred into foil lined pockets 38 of a second revolver 33 and then into paper lined pockets 39 of... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4330976 | Packing machines A packing machine has a main rotor (104) carrying hollow mandrels (141) to which foil and paper blanks are fed by respective feed units (160, 170) and folding/tucking devices to produce a packet with one end closed on each mandrel successively. Groups of ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4196562 | Methods of making feminine hygienic pads with anterior leading edges Methods of making feminine hygienic pads from non-layered and layered material by use of folding, pressure molding and various methods of bonding to create a long geometric form with an anterior leading panel of narrow thickness and a thicker posterior un... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4050361 | Plow folding and heat sealer apparatus for continuous business forms An apparatus to effect longitudinal plow folding and subsequent heat sealing of previously computer printed continuous business forms stationary includes a folder and a plurality of elongated heating ribbons disposed parallel to the direction of web trave... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3974748 | Apparatus for collating sheet like elements Apparatus for collating sheet like elements that includes initially feeding the sheet elements by a first conveyor in a spaced tandom relation at a high linear velocity into a spiral carrier. The spiral carrier includes a plurality of arcuate fingers havi... | 08/17/1976 |
