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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 |
| 7387059 | Sheet punching apparatus, sheet finishing apparatus, and image forming apparatus A sheet punching apparatus includes a transport unit for receiving a sheet; a hole punching device for punching a hole in the sheet transported to the transport unit; a punch scrap container for storing punch scraps after the hole punching device punches the hole; a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7341551 | Flush mounted presser assembly A presser assembly is provided for a die cutting machine. The presser assembly includes a support member and a channel extending along an axis. The channel has an opening directed towards the support member and is movable between a first retracted position wherein t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335150 | Apparatus for making pre-fastened absorbent undergarments In a method and apparatus for mechanically fastening an absorbent undergarment during the initial manufacturing thereof, the undergarment is transported in a transport direction and folded longitudinally by a folding device such that first and second end regions of ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329220 | Sheet punching and embossing machine A sheet punching and embossing machine includes a device for punching blanks from sheets. The device has a frame and a bearing plate is mountable in the frame. The bearing plate is equipped with punching and grooving knives. Hydraulically activated clamping elements... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325368 | Apparatus for feeding inner wrapper for wrapping cigarette bundles An apparatus for feeding an inner wrapper for an inner pack in a cigarette package has a rotatable web roll (R) formed by winding a web for the inner wrapper. The web has aluminum foil and a paper layer laminated onto the aluminum foil and containing menthol. The fe... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7290305 | Mop with cleaning pad insertion tool A cleaning pad insertion tool for facilitating coupling of disposable cleaning wipes onto a head of an electrostatic mop by inserting a portion of the disposable cleaning wipe into a grip assembly of the electrostatic mop, and method of use therefore. The cleaning p... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7225731 | Sheet punching and embossing machine A sheet punching and embossing machine includes a device for stripping waste from a punched and embossed sheet at a stripping station, the device having a stripping plate for supporting the sheet. Also included are gripper carriages fixed to revolving chains, for gr... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7128703 | Flush mounted presser assembly A flush mounted presser assembly for a die cutting machine. The presser assembly includes a support member having an upper surface which defines a substantially horizontal plane, a presser movable vertically in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the su... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7096529 | Box finishing machine with cleaning apparatus and method A corrugated box finishing machine has a station where dust, debris and other particles are cleaned from the corrugated boards before they are conveyed to the printing station. Electrostatic charges on the particles are neutralized by a static bar and the particles ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6997364 | Locator bracket for the lower frame assembly of a blanking tool A bracket for properly locating a lower blanking tool with respect to a pull-out frame during a blanking operation in a carton die cutting machine. The bracket is mounted on the inner side of a side rail for the lower blanking tool and includes a projecting spring m... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6966873 | Flush mounted presser assembly A flush mounted presser assembly for a die cutting machine. The presser assembly includes a support member having an upper surface which defines a substantially horizontal plane, a presser movable vertically in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the su... | 11/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6939280 | Document folding apparatus A document folding apparatus comprising: a fold plate having one end adjacent a pair of output rollers which have a nip for receiving a document from the fold plate wherein the fold plate, is pivotable about a pivot point spaced from the output rollers and means for... | 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 |
| 6811526 | Folding-box gluing or adhesive-bonding machine with an ejector or removal device A folding-box gluing or adhesive-bonding machine for producing folding boxes from blanks includes a folding station for folding parts of the blanks provided with a strip of adhesive. An adjoining transfer station includes at least two pairs of conveyor belts acting ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6776748 | Device for breaking the nicks connecting the blanks of a pile of cardboard sheets A stack of sheets, e.g. cardboard, with each sheet having lines of cut longitudinally and/or transversely. Apparatus for breaking the nicks connecting two edges of line of cut on the stacked sheets includes a first support and transport moving longitudinally and a f... | 08/17/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6723034 | Presentation of fastening components for making prefastened and refastenable pants A process for making prefastened and refastenable garments includes providing a plurality of discrete articles with mating fastening components disposed in the waist regions. First fastening components are separated from one another by an initial transverse distance... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6705979 | Method of and apparatus for machining web-shaped workpiece and apparatus for processing scrap An apparatus for machining a web-shaped workpiece includes a workpiece supply for supplying workpiece rolls each of an elongate thin metal sheet, a processing machine for machining the elongate thin metal sheet into caps, a workpiece feeder for feeding the elongate ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6692425 | Folding presser assembly A presser assembly for supporting blanking scrap during a blanking operation is provided. The presser assembly includes a support rail; a presser rail connected to the support rail; and at least one connecting rail connecting the presser rail to the suppo... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6682470 | Cutting apparatus with fold-mark function A cutting apparatus comprises a casing, a driving mechanism and an upper roller set. The roller set comprises a first roller, a second roller, a third roller and a fourth roller parallel to each other and rollers have a plurality of cutting blades and fol... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6673000 | Method and apparatus for separating scrap cuttings from a panel that was punched or cut from a sheet of material and arrangement for producing a panel from a sheet of material Scrap cuttings are separated from a panel that was punched or cut from a sheet of material by providing a transport device (22) that attracts a sheet of material (10), supported by a platen (15) of a machining device (16), that was punched or cut via the ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6659927 | Folding presser assembly A presser assembly for supporting blanking scrap during a blanking operation is provided. The presser assembly includes a support rail; a presser rail connected to the support rail; and a connecting rail connecting the presser rail to the support rail and... | 12/09/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6635004 | Apparatus and method for removing material from a fabric web An apparatus and method for removing cutout material that is at least partially severed from a web has a vacuum passage for drawing a vacuum, and a vacuum inlet plate connected to the vacuum passage. The vacuum inlet plate has an inlet edge defining at le... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6602007 | Pin tape for scrap removal A pin tape has a series of pins mounted on a pin tape, which can then be releasably secured at a desired position in a printing process and produce more efficient collection of scrap paper, thereby enhancing the efficiency of the crane process.... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6589148 | Moveable presser rail assembly The invention is a moveable presser rail assembly for supporting blanking material during operation of a blanking tool for making packaging blanks. The moveable presser rail assembly includes a mount housing having a cavity that pivotally secures a pivot ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6520900 | Methods for erection of female blanking die and universal press frames for use in such methods Methods for setting-up a female blanking die for a die cutting machine for die cutting and/or blanking a carton blank, and universal press frames for use in such setting-up are all provided herein. The first stages in the erection of the female blanking d... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6357201 | Packaging machine, in particular for cigarettes Packaging machine, in particular for cigarettes, having subassemblies and elements for handling packaging material and cigarettes. In order to reduce the outlay on servicing for the packaging machine, the practice, in the region where dust and material pa... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6196892 | Kit for tops A kit for spinning tops having an spindle, at least one body element which has a hole roughly in the area of its center of gravity and which constitutes the body of the top, with a cross section which is essentially equal to the cross section of the spind... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6162156 | Packaging machine A packaging machine comprises a rotor 22 having radial mandrels 21 each adapted to carry a tubular blank 11 of square to rectangular cross section as fitted therearound and arranged to successively stop at a plurality of processing stations I to VIII, a g... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6095962 | Planar member and a control table mounting the planar member The planar member for a stripping station for a machine for cutting sheet elements consists of a board which may be provided with openings if it is a stripping template, or if it is one of the upper or lower stripping boards is provided with working parts... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6007469 | Method for forming a honeycomb corner protector with self-locking panels A method for forming a honeycomb protector for protecting the corners, edges or other surfaces of articles during shipping of such articles comprising self-locking honeycomb panels. In one embodiment, the protector includes first and second unitary panels... | 12/28/1999 |
| 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 |
