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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096931 | Cutting device and manufacturing method for absorptive article A cutting device feeds a web between a die roll and an anvil roll, and cuts a continuous portion of the web. The cutting device includes a continuous portion transport unit configured to hold and transport the continuous portion of the web being continuous in a movi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7435209 | Contact-bonding film insertion means included in contact-bonding paper manufacturing apparatus A contact-bonding film insertion device included in a contact-bonded paper manufacturing apparatus which produces releasable and expandable contact-bonded paper such as postcards (Q) by inserting a contact-bonding film (F) carried on a vertically movable support pla... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7320661 | Queue-based bag forming system and method A method of forming a series of bags for bulky articles from rolled thermoplastic film and padding element includes arranging a linear, longitudinally traveling queue of layers of film and padding element according to a set of desired bag dimensions and characterist... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7201714 | Paperboard cartons with laminated reinforcing ribbons and method of printing same A method of making reinforced cartons comprises the steps of advancing a length of carton material along a path and progressively laminating at least one ribbon of reinforcing material to the advancing length of carton material. The ribbon of reinforcing material ge... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7044902 | Printing press folder and folder components A folder operable to cut a printed web received from a printing press. The folder includes a cutting section having cutting cylinders that cut the web into individual printed products, and a cutting motor that is operable to drive the cutting cylinders. A delivery a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6929004 | Medicament carrier There is provided a carrier comprising a sheet (10) having a first portion and a second portion; a retainer (20) in said first portion for containment of product; a fold in said second portion such that the second portion is foldable towards said retai... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6820869 | Variable folder In order to provide a variable folder which allows smearing-free operation, the cutting blade of an upstream cross-cutting arrangement is provided with recesses, which leave behind residual crosspieces in the strand which is to be cut, and arranged in the product-di... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6193640 | Paper feeding in a folder Folders in a web-fed rotary printing press are associated with two spaced horizontal planes. Each of these planes is provided with a superstructure carriage that supports a plurality of turning bars. Each of the superstructure carriages can be displaced h... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5058873 | Data card and mailer inserter system A transport apparatus transports forms of a serial, continuous supply having transverse perforation lines separating successive said forms. The apparatus positions the top edge of the serial form supply at an initial alignment position and employs an enco... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5041073 | Apparatus for cutting off and applying tear-off strips to a web of packaging material An apparatus for cutting tear-off strips from a strip of material having a width equal to the length of the tear-off strip and for applying the tear-off strip to a conveyed web of packaging material is disclosed. The apparatus has one movable and one stat... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4959046 | Apparatus for feeding adhesive coated stitches to continuous forms for binding the forms Apparatus for feeding stitches of adhesive tape for binders of continuous forms for tabulating machines with a sprocket wheel for feeding each stitches so as to insert the leading end of each stitch into a corresponding hole of the perforation provided at... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4957579 | Method and apparatus for applying liquid acid to a surface Method and apparatus for applying liquid acid to a treatment surface according to the teachings of the present invention is disclosed utilizing an acid pack formed in a preferred aspect by stencil cutting a supply stock of a layered assemblage including f... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4949870 | Reinforced pouring assembly and its method of construction A device for perforating a pack made of flexible synthetic material and having a closing-off and pouring assembly including a cylindrical shank and a plug for interacting with the shank and for cutting and perforating the pack in order to access a liquid ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4744856 | Device for producing paper from which a bag having a waterproof, leakproof bottom may be fabricated, and method for producing said bag A device is disclosed herein which will apply strips of plastic to paper, such as kraft paper, transversely to the travel of such paper as it is fed from a roll. The resulting paper may then be formed into a bag by machinery commonly in use in the industr... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4735601 | Device serving to fashion carrying handles for attachment to sheet wrapping material In a device according to the invention, a roll of relatively narrow strip is unwound, measured into discrete lengths in which two C-shaped incisions are punched, then indexed through a cutting station and conveyed forward singly above the level of the she... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4698954 | Guide for zippered film in a form, fill and seal packaging machine An apparatus is disclosed for providing uninterrupted guidance of a reclosable bag through a filling station in a form fill and seal system. The apparatus includes a guide mechanism positioned inside the bag film for providing uninterrupted guidance of th... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4349346 | Method of making slide calculator A construction comprising a sheet of two contiguous detachable leaf members is folded and separated to form slide and sleeve components of the calculator. Fold lines in the sheet are formed parallel to a separation or tear line that divides one leaf membe... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4288224 | Apparatus for securing a suspension thread to filter bags for infusion products Apparatus for securing a suspension thread to filter bags made of filter papers intended for infusion products, comprises means for attaching tags at regular intervals to a thread including, an intermittently rotatable member having a plurality of radial ... | 09/08/1981 |