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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7037471 | Disposable paper weighing dishes A disposable paper weighing dish that is configured and arranged to hold a substance during weighing. The weighing dish includes at least one sheet of paper with at least one surface that is lubricious and substantially impermeable to finely powdered dry chemicals. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6904837 | Clamp pieces for lower frame assembly of blanking tool A frame assembly for a lower blanking tool of a carton die cutting machine. The frame assembly includes a rigid outer frame, an inner grid comprised of a plurality of lengthwise and crosswise extending bars, and a plurality of clamp devices attaching the bars to the... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6769342 | Clamp pieces for lower frame assembly of blanking tool A frame assembly for a lower blanking tool of a carton die cutting machine. The frame assembly includes a rigid outer frame, an inner grid comprised of a plurality of lengthwise and crosswise extending bars, and a plurality of clamp devices attaching the bars to the... | 08/03/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6162161 | Splitting machine for corrugated board profiles There is described a splitting machine for corrugated board profiles being moved, this machine comprising advancement mechanism (2, 9) for stacks (4) of cardboard sheets; and a splitting device (11) for the stacks (4) composed of an upper ram (23a) and a ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5980442 | Apparatus and method of producing a food server with pre-fold of glue panels A novel food server and method of producing a food server is disclosed. The novel method includes moving a web of paper at a constant rate of speed, rotary perforating a plurality of lines on the moving web, using rotary timing belts to score at least two... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5967960 | Closure lining machine A device for lining container closures in which a punch cuts undivided lining pieces from a strip of web material and pushes the piece through a die to seat the same within an individual closure. The closures are advanced by a pocket wheel having two oppo... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5941809 | Method of producing a protective device for use with containers having handhold openings The present invention provides a method of producing a protective device that is adapted for use with a container in order to inhibit ingress of unwanted materials through a handhold opening in a wall of the container. The method includes a first step of ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5288448 | Method for producing a package for flowable substances The present invention includes of a method for producing a cross sectionally tetragonal tube package for flowable substances, in particular milk and juices. A carrier material (12) coated with synthetic plastic is cut longitudinally and horizontally throu... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5151073 | Apparatus for the production of cigarette packs In the production of (cigarette) packs of the hinge-lid type, supplying a sufficient amount of material to the packaging machine presents a particular problem. In an advantageous solution, blanks (20) for producing the packs are severed from a continuous ... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5052993 | Process and apparatus for the production of (cigarette) packs In the production of (cigarette) packs of the hinge-lid type, supplying a sufficient amount of material to the packaging machine presents a particular problem. In an advantageous solution, blanks (20) for producing the packs are severed from a continuous ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4986803 | Apparatus for the production of cigarette packs In packaging machines with an integrated apparatus for the production, storage and conveyance of blanks, the arrangement of the apparatus within the packaging machine is important. It is necessary to ensure that, especially when the reel being, for instan... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4970828 | Guiding and sealing systems for movable windows of automobile doors The disclosure relates to a system for the guiding and sealing of a movable window of an automobile door, especially of a flush window, comprising a profiled section (7) made from a reinforced elastomer, a first part (9) of which is capable of being secur... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4943271 | Apparatus for the production of (cigarette) packs In packaging machines with an integrated apparatus for the production, storage and conveyance of blanks, the arrangement of the apparatus within the packaging machine is important. It is necessary to ensure that free unimpeded access to the units is possi... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4934994 | Mandrel insertion mechanism in a carton container-forming device A method and apparatus to form tubular shaped individual cartons from a web of flat tubular material. The flat tubular material is advanced to a tube forming station whereat a portion thereof is bulged so that it can be inserted on a mandrel to maintain i... | 06/19/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4861324 | Apparatus for manufacturing tobacco filter A tobacco filter manufacturing apparatus for making filter rods added with additives therein. A length of filter material is held between a conveyor system and a mask ring to be fed into a predetermined direction. The conveyor has laterally extending air ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4713048 | Process for the production of a liquid package and apparatus for implementation of the process A method and apparatus are disclosed for production of containers for packaging liquids. Plastic-coated supporting material is drawn as a web from a supply roll in a first direction along a web path. At a first position, the web is cut into sheets. The sh... | 12/15/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4545780 | Apparatus and method of making cartons Apparatus making foldable box blanks of pre-printed corrugated material by continuously delivering pre-printed web material to a reciprocating press which is operated intermittently to cut and score the web material and utilizing an accumulator mechanism ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4332577 | Packaging A gable-topped, flat-bottomed carton has a side seam which, in a fin of the gable top closure, fits in a gap between respective junctions of two pairs of internal sub-panels of the fin. Two opposite external sub-panels of the fin have tabs for pulling to ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4235160 | Process for making filter cups A percolator having a cylindrical basket concentric with a wand is provided with a filter paper cup having an annular bottom coextensive with the bottom of the basket and having upstanding fluted sides. The filter cups are formed by cutting and forming th... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4072549 | Method and apparatus for fabricating thermoplastic containers A cup or other nestable container is formed from two continuous web stocks of thermoplastic material, particularly an expanded thermoplastic material. A rectangular blank to form the sidewall of the container is severed from a first web stock, and formed ... | 02/07/1978 |
| 3983795 | Method of forming phonograph records on carton blanks An improvement in phonograph records, and method of making the same dealing particularly with a record formed in a coating applied to paperboard and normally used as a wall of a carton or the like.... | 10/05/1976 |
