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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434373 | Method for automatically cutting and removing stacks of pieces in a web of sheet material Stacks of pieces (24) are cut out from the lay-up (20) on a cutting table, on the basis of recorded information relating to the locations of the pieces on the surface of the lay-up, and the skeleton (26) of the lay-up is split up (lines 28 | 10/14/2008 |
| 7410454 | Loose fill packing material and apparatus for manufacturing same This invention forms a loose fill packing material comprising clean, elongated strips of paper formed from corrugated cardboard having internal fluting formatted to expand in height, improving the ability of the strips to lattice. A vertical slitter divides cardboar... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7367251 | Format change in a corrugating plant A method of implementing a change of format in a system for cutting sheets of corrugated board comprises the application of at least three first longitudinal cuts by a first group of longitudinal-cutter tool and at least three second longitudinal cuts by a second gr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7329216 | System for manufacturing containers A system (1) for manufacturing containers (5) is designed around a supporting structure (2) with which all the stations (7, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25) and the devices (14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 26) needed to produce the containers are assoc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322177 | Machine for gathering ground strewn articles A machine for removing articles strewn on a tract of ground generally consisting of a wheel unit; a support frame mounted on the wheel unit, having device for advancing the machine along the tract of ground; an endless conveyor mounted on the support frame, having d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322923 | Dunnage sheet removal apparatus A dunnage removal apparatus is situated adjacent a load conveyor and more particularly at a transfer device that moves a unitized load from the load conveyor to a pre-feeder. The dunnage removal apparatus includes a guide chute that funnels a loose flap of the dunna... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313838 | Powered cleaner/polisher A motorized cleaning/polishing device includes a housing and a carrier with a detachable cleaning/polishing attachment. The housing contains a rechargeable battery, motor and flex mount having flexible pillars to which the carrier is mounted. The carrier is also cou... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7182010 | Apparatus and process for producing different hole patterns in sheet-shaped print materials The invention relates to a device for producing different hole patterns in sheet-shaped print materials. An apparatus and process for producing different hole patterns in a sheet-shaped print material is provided wherein a punch in a tool roller is raised and lowere... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171885 | System for fixing rotary cutting dies in machines for die cutting laminar material System for fixing rotary die cutters in die cutting machines for cutting laminar material includes a fixing means between the die (1) and a die-holder surface or cylinder (2) around which the die (1) is arranged, wherein the a fixing element inc... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156798 | Blanking station of a diecutting press The blanking station of a diecutting press comprises an upper cradle for a blanking device and gripper bars for conveying the sheets in progress. This upper cradle includes devices for the removable mounting alternately of a blanking device or of a delivery device o... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146891 | Device for transferring two-dimensional products onto a transportation device A method for segregating and transferring a product from a web of material includes the steps of conveying the web of material between a punching roll and a counter pressure roll, the punching roll having at least one cutting edge and at least one suction orifice; p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138169 | Cloth-like polymeric film with directional tear A polymeric film having a plurality of perforations, which are specially structured and arranged is described. The polymeric film provides a strong, high-tensile strength material that permits hand tearing of the film along a desired tear path, providing a controlle... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137539 | Method and apparatus for slitting and processing a web into plural use supply forms An apparatus and method of converting a web of indefinite length into a plurality of web portions by slitting the web at a transverse point prior to processing the web portions into a plurality of use supply forms (such as rolls), wherein the plurality of web portio... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7115088 | Folder cylinder with support plate A folding cylinder includes a plurality of gripping devices supported on a first rotatable support with a first gripping device for holding a signature on the cylinder. A plurality of tucking devices are supported on a second rotatable support, the tucking devices i... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7087006 | Album leaf and method and apparatus for making an album leaf An apparatus and method for automatically folding a sheet of media, for example, a photographic paper about a fold line, such that a album page is formed. The photosensitive media has images only on one side. A heat activated adhesive sheet is provided between the s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7044184 | Plastic bag making apparatus An apparatus is arranged to successively make plastic bags each of which has a shape of circumference. The apparatus comprises web feeding means by which a web material is intermittently fed for a length along a longitudinal feeding path. The web material comprises ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044040 | Leading and trailing edge stitch tab scrap strippers Leading and trailing edge stitch tab scrap strippers utilize pivot arms which are secured to die block bodies for pivotable motion intermediate their two ends. One end of each arm is adapted to engage a stitch tab scrap portion to be stripped and to effect the remov... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036413 | Device for the transverse cutting of at least one web in a folding apparatus A printed, endless web is transversely cut by the cooperation of a cutting blade cylinder and a sheet gripping cylinder that also carries cutting blocks. If the web that is to be cut, is noted as having a defect, for example in the printing applied to it, the cuttin... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7011616 | Cutting cylinder for crosscutting a printing material web in a rotary press A cutting cylinder is mounted such that it can rotate and be driven and is provided with four cutting blades on its circumference, which blades divide the circumferential length into four sections arranged on the circumference of the cutting cylinder. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6949059 | Two cylinder one piece pin stripping device A device used to separate and discard a skeleton formed when a blank is cut into the pattern of a folding carton, envelope, or other desired shape is provided. The device includes first and second separating cylinders. The second separating cylinder includes at leas... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945923 | Method for producing a newspaper A method of producing a newspaper having at least one section which is formed from at least one centrally folded printed sheet. The following steps are carried out according to the invention: a) individual sequentially printed sheets, which are intended for forming ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938529 | Shortening the flap of paper following a supply-roll change A flap projecting from a glue joint between two paper strips after an on-the-fly supply roll change is shortened by continuously displacing the strips in a straight line, in a travel direction, and at a travel speed along a path such that the flap lies flatly agains... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926653 | Two piece pin and sleeve stripping system A device for separating and stripping waste material from a blank during a carton or envelope manufacturing process is provided. The device includes first and second separating cylinders. At least one pin and sleeve assembly is coupled to the second separating cylin... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6817274 | Cam driven pin stripping device The present invention generally encompasses a device for removing waste material from a blank. The invention includes a rotatable stripping pin housing and a stationary cam. The stripping pin housing includes a number of radially extending grooves in its axial surfa... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6733430 | Universal ejection tool This universal ejection tool (1) for the waste from a blanking press for cutting out sheet elements, particularly for a press for cutting sheet elements such as paper or cardboard intended for the production of packages, comprises a frame (2), the top ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6726614 | Method and device for shortening the flap of paper resulting after an unsupported roll change A method and device for trimming flaps formed upon joining a leading end of a new roll to the trading end of a web of a preceding roll in which the web, after joining, is guided around an upstream roller, along a straight path and then onto a downstream roller. A no... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6648808 | Plastic big making apparatus In an apparatus for making plastic bags from a web material comprising two or more layers of plastic film, the material is intermittently fed for a length along a longitudinal feeding path, to successively make plastic bags with wastes, each of the wastes... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6644153 | Ejector configuration and method and apparatus for mounting the same A method and apparatus for mounting an ejector to a die board including an ejector retaining recess in the die board and a portion of the ejector retained in such base without glue.... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6467382 | Extractor for extracting cut partially cut parts from a sheet of material An extraction apparatus for extracting or separating cut or partially cut pieces or parts from a cut sheet at an extraction station comprises: a sheet gripping and moving device for gripping and moving a cut or partially cut sheet through an extraction st... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6159136 | Easy to open handle bag and method of making the same A method of forming a plurality of easy to open handle bags is provided. The method includes providing a flattened tube of thermoplastic material oriented in a generally longitudinal direction. The flattened tube has a first longitudinal side edge, a seco... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6059707 | Easy to open handle bag and method of making the same A method of forming a plurality of easy to open handle bags including the steps of providing a flattened tube of thermoplastic material oriented in a generally longitudinal direction. The flattened tube has a first longitudinal side edge and a second long... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5967962 | Apparatus and method for forming aperture cutouts for a pack of self-opening plastic bags An apparatus, method, and pack of tabless, self-opening bags with flapless aperture cutouts pack. In the apparatus and method, cylindrical dies connected to a vacuum source are used to cut out plugs of holes, and the plugs are evacuated to a receptacle. C... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5881620 | Apparatus for ejecting cut corrugated board from a cutting die An elongated rubber ejector is mounted to a die board that forms a part of a cutting die and the ejector functions to engage cut corrugated board and eject the same from the cutting die. The rubber ejector includes upper and lower faces or surfaces with e... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5857395 | Apparatus for the manufacture of sheets of corrugated board of variable size An apparatus for the manufacture of sheets of corrugated board of variable size comprises a cross cutter for severing the entire web of corrugated board disposed, in the conveying direction of a web of corrugated board, downstream of at least one longitud... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5823934 | Automatic trimming machine with split rotary knife assembly The automatic trimming machine of the present invention utilizes a conventional web press to print various sizes of postal and insert cards, flyers and coupon books completely on-line. The automatic trimming machine of the present invention includes a dev... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5810233 | Device for separating blanks from a sheet of cut blanks A device for removing blanks which have been cut into a sheet of paper or cardboard and are separated from each other by intermediate strips and are surrounded by a crosswise frontal and a crosswise back strip and two lengthwise side strips. The device in... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5776046 | Doilies and method of manufacturing same A method of producing doilies includes coating sheets of paper stock with a lubricious release fluid, collecting the sheets into a multi-layered web, and cutting and embossing doilies from the web. The fluid is preferably a solution of mineral oil and sil... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5769773 | Paper product and related method A paper product, such as an advertising brochure, a cover or the like, is formed by using the novel method of the present invention. In the present method, a continuous moving web of paper is provided. The web is longitudinally slit at positions offset to... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5766123 | Presser assembly A presser assembly (10) is provided for supporting carton blanking scrap during a blanking operation. The presser assembly (10) includes a presser rail (114) having a first end (116) mounted to a guide cylinder (32) and a second end (154) mounted to a sec... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5697878 | Pin stripper A rotary pin stripper is disclosed for separating scrap pieces of paperboard from finish pieces after the pieces have been cut in a die cutter. In the preferred embodiment, the pin stripper cylinder is supported at mid-length, and the stripper cylinder is... | 12/16/1997 |
