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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7285082 | Airtight box with manufacturing method and apparatus A method, apparatus for practicing the method, and article manufactured by the method in which a block is cut out with side wall and end wall panels, the end wall panels attached to the side wall panels via end wall fold lines. The box includes a pour opening. Reces... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7244221 | Method and apparatus for simultaneously forming an articulable container with fold creases An apparatus for pressforming a paperboard sheet into an articulable pressformed container. The apparatus includes a pair of male and female, matingly engagable dies, which have interfacing forming surfaces in the shape of a container for engaging a paperboard sheet... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7056270 | Sandwich wall construction for a kit box or easily stored carrying case The present invention is a method and means for making a carrying case from two open topped boxes from sandwich wall construction, where one box will be lid and the other a base. Living hinges connect a floor section to four sidewalls ensuring accurate vertical alig... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7025201 | Pack of rigid type for tobacco products and a relative method of manufacture A rigid pack of substantially parallelepiped appearance for tobacco products appears as a container (5) with an open top end (6), surmounted by a lid (7) hinged to the container (5) and rotatable between positions in which the top end ( | 04/11/2006 |
| 6994662 | Machine for punching blanks out of a web of corrugated cardboard and for forming folding lines in said blanks A machine for punching blanks (10) of corrugated cardboard out of a web or plates of corrugated cardboard and for forming folding lines (5) in said blanks. The machine has two cylinders (2, 3) rotating towards each other and of which at least on... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6860843 | Package, package manufacturing method and package manufacturing system for carrying out the package manufacturing method A pair of superposed laminated films are fed by a web feed unit, and a longitudinal heat-sealing unit and a lateral heat-sealing unit unite together the pair of films by heat-sealing. A notch and tearing incision forming unit forms notches and tearing incisions in t... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6749550 | Central drive linkage for cutting and creasing machine This invention concerns an improvement of the central drive linkage for the cutting and creasing machine which comprises at least a plurality of differential gears mounted on the upper part, and a plurality of fine-tuning mechanism evenly distributed on the lower pa... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6640684 | Device for cutting blister packs in a blister packing machine In a device for cutting single blister packs from a blister band, a cutting member acts in a longitudinal direction with respect to the blister band, along the longitudinal edges thereof, so as to cut side extending strips of the blister band which extend... | 11/04/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6544158 | High speed feeding apparatus for clamshell die cutter A processing station (10) for high speed printing, handling and die cutting of blanks or blanks (26) is provided which includes a clamshell-type die cutter (12), as well as a feeding device (14) including a transfer mechanism (16) and pickup member (18). ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6527687 | Pressed paper cut-in-place die A die system (10) for cutting a piece of sheet stock (11) to create a blank and forming the blank to create a container includes first and second mating die halves (56, 96) and a cutting punch (68). The first and second mating die halves (56, 96) are conf... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6468375 | Package A packaging product for forming a package is disclosed. The package product comprises a planar member, with at least one surface (3) of the planar member having a first array of parallel creases (11) and a second array of parallel creases (13) perpendicul... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6318049 | Slitter machine for tab lock cases A slitter machine of the type where tab lock cases of varying height, width, and length are advanced therethrough in a product flow direction on a machine bed by a main drive motor, is presented. The slitter machine includes a frame, a centerline, a leadi... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6234385 | Side loading storage box A single-piece side-loading box having triple side-wall construction and a unique latching tab. The box incorporates walls, a floor, a top, a side-opening panel and latching tab in one unitary piece. The one piece box generally includes a bottom panel, fr... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6139480 | Cutting device for effecting a partial cut in a packaging material, and a blank produced therefrom A cutting device for imparting a partial incision to a blank, the blank produced therefrom, and a method for producing are disclosed herein. The partial incision in the blank creates an access area wherein a fitment is placed thereover in a post processin... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6099674 | Laminated package and method of producing the same A laminated paperboard package is produced by initially printing graphics by high speed printing on a sheet of clay-coated publication paper. The printed paper is then continuously applied to a surface of cellulosic substrate and bonded to the substrate, ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092653 | Method for manufacturing cases for compact discs and the like A method for manufacturing cases for compact discs, comprising the steps of: providing a sheet-like element which forms a base element, at least one first intermediate element with a pre-cut line which delimits a containment seat, and at least one coverin... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5746370 | Shaker pour spout dispenser A paperboard container having a reclosable shaker pour spout for dispensing granular products. The reclosable shaker pour spout is formed on a wall of the container from first and second minor flaps which are folded inwardly within the container, a first-... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5651851 | Method for making insulated container blank A flat insulated container blank for forming the sidewall of a conventional insulated paper container made on a rotary turret single wrap cup making machine includes an inner layer of container stock, an intermediate layer of insulating material adhered t... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5505309 | One-piece shipping container with integral dunnage A one-piece stackable shipping container with integral dunnage has a bottom, two pairs of opposite side walls, and a pair of cushioning parts. One pair of opposite side walls and the pair of cushioning parts integral therewith are made up by folding a fir... | 04/09/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5204142 | Method 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... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5083994 | Round container intended for dispatch in the empty state and method of making same A round container which is intended for dispatch in the empty state possesses a side wall and at least one closure wall, sealingly and firmly inset into the side wall at an angle to it, which closure wall is for example a base. The side wall consists at l... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5060852 | Windowed boxes, blanks for making the same and associated method A box having a cover with a plurality of windows and at least a majority of the windows being elongated and oriented in generally spaced relationship with respect to each other. Each window is defined at least in part by a pair of spaced window defining s... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5033348 | Box cutting machine Box cutting machine having driven knives that cut a line along a selected level on two intersecting side walls of a box.... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4955528 | Container for food and condiments A paperboard container for food and condiments is disclosed. The container is formed from a one piece blank cut from rectangular paperboard stock. The finished container has a first receptacle and an adjacent second fluid tight receptacle for condiments. ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4929223 | Packaging alignment system A system for aligning portions of a carrier blank during the folding of a carrier blank into a folded carrier wherein an abutment tab having an abutment edge is provided in one portion of the carrier blank with the one portion having a first linear edge a... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4740163 | Channel opening feature for cartons A container is constructed from a paperboard sheet having a channel including a surface area of the paperboard sheet from which paperboard material has been removed and a tear strip at least partially bounded by the channel for opening the container by se... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4702730 | Method for obtaining a wrapper sheet for a cigarette pack A method for obtaining wrapper sheet blanks from a continuous web having opposite parallel edges, wherein each blank is composed of first and second portions, the first portion having the shape of a rectangle and the second portion having the shape of a n... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4586916 | Corrugated carton separator Apparatus for separating folded two-on cartons is characterized by a carton supply station for advancing cartons seriatim to a separating station. At the separating station, opposite edges of each carton are gripped and first moved away from each other to... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4548593 | Folding carton for dry powder The invention provides a process for making a dry powder box with greater geometrical stability and free of pin holes, gaps and the like through which powder may sift. The process uses a carton blank having a bottom closure wherein a pair of relatively la... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4468212 | Method of nesting multiple paperboard carton blanks A one-piece T-shaped carton blank is disclosed which is utilized to form a rectangular cross-sectional container having its top and bottom end panels sealed in a plane substantially perpendicular to its sidewalls. The carton blank is formed having a defin... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4340558 | Scrim reinforced plastic film Process for forming a scrim-reinforced film wherein a molten, film-forming plastic, such as polyethylene, in a high state of fluidity is fed onto an unsupported scrim and solidified by cooling to produce a scrim at least substantially completely enclosed ... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4262583 | Method for fixing a handle to a packing Method for fixing a handle to a package. The closing flap of a package is provided with the ears is attached, which strip rises to form a handle when the foldable ears bearing the strip are folded towards the strip.... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4251022 | Pack, in particular cuboid cigarette pack The invention relates to a pack, in particular a cuboid cigarette pack, of stiff paper, cardboard or the like, with several flaps of differing transverse and/or longitudinal size which are folded over one another in layers and may or may not be bonded to ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4194439 | Method of making collapsible paperboard cup A method of making a folded lined paperboard container having an automatic bottom which locks in a set-up position when the container is manually manipulated from a flat knock-down condition to a set-up position and having a liquid proof liner made of a p... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4103596 | Apparatus for feeding and cutting cigarette filter wrapper material Wrapper portions, principally for use as uniting bands for joining together groups of component filter portions to form a composite filter rod, are obtained by longitudinally slitting a web, supporting the resultant strips on a plurality of suction tapes,... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4083293 | Apparatus for placing liners into shipping container Apparatus is disclosed for forming and placing a flexible liner into a shipping container with the open end of the liner draped over the sides of the container and the closed end of the liner spread into the bottom corners of the container. The device inc... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4052240 | Taping device and method of taping An improved box taping device of the type which propels a box past a tape applying head. The device includes means for holding a portion of the tape transverse of the box path so that it will engage the leading surface of the box and subsequently be appli... | 10/04/1977 |
