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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896792 | Packaging machine and method for cutting packages A packaging machine and a method for cutting packages is provided in which containers (4) are formed from a web of film (1) and transported through working stations of the packaging machine in a fixed-cycle way. After filling and sealing, the web of fi... | 03/01/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7233424 | Steering assembly with electromagnetic actuators A laser cutting system, including a steering mirror assembly for directing a laser beam through a predetermined cutting path along a workpiece or substrate material. The steering mirror assembly includes a base, and a mirror pivotally supported on the base by a flex... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6913185 | Method of manufacturing a food packaging article Food packaging articles are manufactured by providing top and bottom sheets of flexible material and securing selected areas of the sheets along sealing edges to define a plurality of triangular-shaped pouches, with each pouch corresponding to an individual food pac... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6656100 | Apparatus and methods for finishing graphic containers An integrated apparatus for forming folded containers comprising a film attaching unit, a fold/glue unit, and a common transport system coupling the film attaching unit to the fold/glue unit. The film attaching unit can have a pattern glue applicator for ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6206815 | Method and device for manufacturing hinge-lid packets Blanks (10) made of thin cardboard for hinge-lid packets or similar are produced in the region of a packaging machine. To this end, a material web (19) made of thin cardboard and if necessary partially pre-prepared, is led through a blanks device (20) in ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6068583 | Consumer-activated clip lift feature for tissue cartons A facial tissue carton, which enables the user to elevate the clip of tissues within the carton as the tissues are removed from the carton, comprises a strip of material, such as a paper strip, which is fixed at one end of the carton and extends underneat... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6027436 | 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 th... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5876317 | Method and apparatus for preparing blanks A method and apparatus are provided for preparing discrete blanks from a wound strip comprising a plurality of connected blanks. Each blank has a determined separation point and a marker at a determined distance from the determined separation point for ma... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5704886 | Method and apparatus for scoring paperboard package sheets A container and corresponding blank from which such container is formed is particularly suitable for packaging liquid products and aseptically packaging liquid foods. The rectangular shaped blank may be formed of a laminated sheet material that preferably... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5363981 | Bridged integral liner A carton blank having an integral liner, an erected carton made from the blank and a process for making the carton blank. The integral liner includes portions excised therefrom to reduce paperboard resource and refuse. The blanks are preferably made by cu... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5356028 | Folding box with inner bag and process for manufacturing same A pre-glued, flat folding box contains a section of tubular film (5) glued to the box to form an inner bag. The tubular film section has bending lines (8,9) in all four corners of the body of the folding box which extend to the edges of the section of tub... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5052992 | Cut and score die apparatus and method A cut and score die apparatus is provided for progressively converting a sheet of material into blanks. The apparatus includes a punching section for punching scrap material from the sheet of material to define an array of interconnected blanks arranged i... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4931031 | Method for improved container internal raw edge protection A method of forming a skived edge on the inside panel of a thermoplastic coated paperboard container, in part while the container is part of a web or sheet of paperboard material, and in part on individual blanks after being cut from the web or sheet. Mor... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4929226 | Process and apparatus for producing and conveying pack blanks When blanks for producing (cigarette) packs are made in the region of the packaging machine itself, especially by being severed from a web of material (12), the blank production must be matched to the performance of the packaging machine. For severing bla... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4680023 | Container forming apparatus having in-line blanker Apparatus for making paper receptacles includes a magazine fed rotary turret receptacle forming machine having a magazine defined by a plurality of spaced apart and upwardly extending magazine rods. An independently operable blanking machine continuously ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4398900 | Method of forming paperboard blanks for liquid container with straw opening means The accompanying description and drawings disclose a method of forming a paperboard blank for a gable top type liquid carrying paperboard carton having straw opening means formed in a side panel of the gable top closure structure. The straw opening means ... | 08/16/1983 |
