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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6805660 | Process for manufacturing a flat-bottom bag and bag formed thereby A process for manufacturing a flat-bottom bag is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of providing a bag preform and a patch, the patch having a first adhesive coating thereon. The preform is positioned at an open configuration thereof, whereat its flaps exten... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6471629 | Tooling for forming packaging from unitary blanks An apparatus for the formation of packaging from unitary blanks comprising a first tool having a convex end surface said convex end surface having edges that define a first center segment and a first plurality of triangular segments and a second tool havi... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6319184 | Apparatus and process for producing cold seal in plastic bags A process of cold sealing two layers of plastic film material together is used as part of the structural element of a plastic bag made from plastic film. The bag has a closed bottom, a continuous closed periphery, and an open top. The improvement provides... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6220998 | Collapsible container and method of making and using same A method of manufacturing a container having a plurality of side panels, a floor panel having corner sections, and a side panel forming an enclosure having an open top. Each side panel includes a web having a perimeter, an edging attached to the perimeter... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6195965 | Container with dispensing spout and method for making same A method for manufacturing a plurality of containers from a tube of flexible packaging material includes transversely severing the tube into a plurality of individual containers, each having a main body with two opposed pointed lower corners, pinching eac... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6068585 | Gored packing bag with an opening and closing fastener and method for producing same A gored packing bag which comprises a front body 1, a rear body 2, gores 3,4 formed by gluing the front body and the rear body into a combined situation, and a pair of fasteners 5, 6 in arranged between the front or rear body and the gores, one of a base ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6056681 | Apparatus for forming flat-bottomed plastic bags A method and apparatus for forming flat-bottomed plastic bags uses a flattened plastic tubing as a raw material. The tubing is unwound from a roll, and is passed around a gusset plate assembly, where guide members on opposite sides of the gusset plate ass... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6042526 | Method of and apparatus for making a bottom of a tubular section for formation of a bag or sack In a method and apparatus of making the bottom of a flat tubular section, a tubular section is transported by a conveyor at a continuous rate in an alignment transversely to a longitudinal direction of the conveyor, with a first suction unit partially ope... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5947884 | Method of producing a bag for carry out food or other articles A carry out bag having a base portion of which opposing two sides are facing each other, first side portions extending from the opposing two sides of the base portion until a middle area of the base portion respectively, and second side portions extending... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5913764 | Method of manufacturing flat-bottom bags with a glued-on bottom lining A method for manufacturing flat-bottom bags with a glued-in bottom lining includes the steps of applying a contact adhesive, which develops a desired adhesive force only when two surfaces, both of which are coated with the contact adhesive, are pressed ag... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5868658 | Method of and apparatus for producing beverage containers The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for producing beverage containers. For making beverage containers having a piercable through-hole for a straw in their front sheeting, which is sealed on the inside of the front sheeting by means of a ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5857952 | Flat trapezoidal container of brightly printed thermally sealable film A flat trapezoidal container provides a generally frustoconical single cavity for snugly sheathing a flower pot. The container is specifically dimensioned sheath a flower pot so as either (a) to leave therebeneath, a surplus of film in an transition zone ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5795283 | Decorative bag making apparatus and method of use A decorative bag making apparatus 10 and method of use wherein the apparatus 10 comprises a sizing unit 11, a centerpiece unit 12, and a face unit 13 which cooperate with one another and a sheet of decorative material 100 to fabricate a finished decorativ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5762595 | Flat-sitting container bottom end closure and mechanism for forming same A flat-sitting bottom end closure for liquid filled, thermoplastic-coated paperboard containers, and mechanism for forming same. The mechanism includes an indexible rotor having a plurality of mandrels on which tubular container blanks are mounted, wherei... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5549538 | Process for manufacturing flap-style square-bottom bags A process for manufacturing a multi-ply square bottom bag having a front wall, a back wall, a pair of gusseted side walls, each of which join to said front and back walls. There is also formed a gusseted square bottom panel having spaced but substantially... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5273362 | Stand up plastic bag and method of manufacture Containers are produced from a sheet of flexible material having a thermally bondable inside surface. In one embodiment flaps are formed and folded outwardly to form two windows in the sheet. Pleats are formed and bonded to transverse the windows so that ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5135463 | Bottom pressure pad for gable carton forming apparatus A pressure pad is provided for bottom sealing of a gable carton. The pressure pad cooperates with a mandrel which is urged into an opened-top gable carton for sealing the carton bottom. The pressure pad is provided with a sealing bar matrix which is dispo... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5135464 | Method for manufacturing a container A container and method of making the same preferably from a single web of flexible material wherein the method comprises placing a V-fold, or modified flat V-fold, in a sheet of such material, creating two subsections whose V-fold members are attached to ... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5102383 | Method of manufacturing a sack or bag with a bottom being rectangular in the filled state and a handle portion joined thereto A method for manufacturing a sack or bag with a bottom being rectangular in the filled state and a handle portion joined thereto. An economical method for production by machine, according to the invention includes the following steps carried out sequently... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5102384 | Method for making flat bottom plastic bag A method is disclosed of constructing a flat bottom in a plastic film tube having an open upper end, a closed lower end formed by a transverse seal, forward and rearward sides and a pair of opposing pleated sides that interconnect the forward and rearward... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4685276 | Method for producing and filling bottom-fold bags and apparatus for execution of the method Bottom-fold bags, made of endless tubular material, which can be made of endless flat material and having a substantially rectangular standing-surface, together with a method and apparatus for producing and filling such bags are disclosed. Two lateral, su... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4649696 | Process and apparatus for welding and cutting off at least one top horn of a bag of synthetic material Welding and cutting process in which the bag is disposed in a holding unit (107) supporting and positioning it, and is composed of a side plate (108), a stop plate (109), and a closing angle member.... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4636190 | Apparatus for manufacturing a web of plastic bags A web of interconnected plastic bags with gusset folds. Each bag is provided with first fold part seals (8, 9, 10, 11) and with second fold part seals (13, 14, 15, 16). Additional seals (36) extend parallel to fold edges of the foil and are connected with... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4566927 | Pattern bonding of webs by electron beam curing A method and apparatus for high speed pouch or bag making from thin, heat-sensitive thermoplastic film webs or multiply webs of paper, film and foil in which the seal pattern may be simple or complex sealing and in which the method is applied to a continu... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4526565 | Method of making flat bottom plastic bag A flat bottom plastic film bag includes triangular gusset portions formed by a plurality of parallel heat welds which fuse portions of opposed pleats together and cooperate with a transverse central bottom seam to form a flat bottom bag from a seamed or s... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4510732 | Machine for the processing of packing containers A machine for the processing of packing containers of the type used for example for milk products. Such packing containers are manufactured from a filled material tube and are first given cushion-shape. With the help of the machine in accordance with the ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4453370 | Square ended bag Open mouth square ended bags are formed from a tube-like band and in a chain with the back wall and top end of each bag partially sealed together from each side wall to provide an open mouth therebetween. Each bag in turn may be filled through the mouth l... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4406646 | Method of producing self-supporting plastic bag A method of producing a synthetic foil flat-bottom bag capable of receiving liquid, fluid or pourable material and capable of standing up-right when filled, in which a bag closed at the bottom and open at the top is spread apart at opposite sides whereby ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4358466 | Freezer to microwave oven bag A disposable or reusable and reclosable thermoplastic bag capable of being compactly stored as a food container in freezers, yet capable of standing with an upright spout in a microwave oven for non-spill thawing and cooking of food contained in the bag. ... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4184413 | Apparatus for manufacturing a bag and delivering a bag in an open configuration to a check-out counter A method and apparatus for manufacturing a square bottom bag is disclosed herein. The method comprises the steps of driving a web in a first direction and bending the web upon itself across its width as it is driven in the first direction to assume a U-sh... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4129976 | Apparatus for forming, filling and closing bags An apparatus for forming, filling and closing bags has a hollow mandrel on which a hose is continuously formed from a sheet; two vertically reciprocating and horizontally oppositely movable shoes underneath the mandrel for cyclically pressing together a f... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4117649 | System for forming, filling and closing bags In a system including a bag forming apparatus for forming a succession of bags, bag filling and closing apparatus, and a conveying apparatus for conveying each bag, after it is formed, along a conveying path from the bag forming apparatus to the filling a... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4041851 | Method for making plastic bags The invention provides a novel method of making a plastics bag and a novel plastics bag, the method comprising folding a sheet of plastics material to form a U-shaped blank, welding the longitudinal edges of the blank, and providing either two or four wel... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3988970 | Apparatus for forming flat bottom plastic bags Flat bottom bags are formed from a supply of substantially endless plastic tubing, gusseted along two sides to form a flat reel. A sleeve of predetermined length is withdrawn from the reel and allowed to hang along a vertical plane between two foraminous ... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3967544 | Grocery sack process and machine Apparatus and process for continuously and repetitively producing grocery sacks from a thermoplastic web at high speed, including particularly a folding operation involving applying grasping action to bag blanks formed from a heat sealed gusseted flattene... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3942416 | Square bottomed bag folding apparatus An apparatus for refolding a tapered, transversely sealed, gussetted bag into a gussetted square bottom bag, comprising: opening means whereby the wall portions are formed into distinct walls having a generally rectangular configuration; a rotating main d... | 03/09/1976 |
