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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| 7065937 | Method of manufacturing and filling stand-up bags A standup bag for granular products or the like and a method of manufacturing the bag. The standup bag is manufactured from an extruded heat scalable material and includes both an integral handle and a perforation to facilitate opening and pouring out the contents o... | 06/27/2006 |
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| 6983576 | Package of cylindrical articles and method for producing the same To retain the virginity of cylindrical articles packed in a cylindrical article package, the present invention provides a package of a novel structure and a fabrication method for the same. More specifically, the present specification discloses a package wherein a f... | 01/10/2006 |
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| 6889483 | Easy-opening feature for flexible packages and process and apparatus for forming same An easy-opening feature in a flexible package is provided by forming a tear feature in the package material by slitting, perforating, or otherwise forming a stress riser in the material, and affixing a label to the package material so that the label adheres to the t... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6865860 | Form-fill sealing machines, resealable flexible packages and methods of manufacturing resealable flexible packages A form-fill sealing machine (1) for manufacturing resealable packages (W) includes a tearable line forming device (30) that serves to form tearable lines (104) in a film (F). A labeling device (40) serves to stick re-stickable labels (... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6845597 | Compact form-fill-seal machine A compact form-fill-seal machine capable of the high speed production, collation and loading into cartons of a variety of small dispensing packages with instant opening features including fault lines in the lower containment formation. It can make a variety of forma... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6826889 | Packaging of smoking articles A rigid of smoking articles is made to have improved shelf life and to be resealable. A barrier material is sealed around the rigid pack. The rigid pack has a potential or actual access aperture extending from a top face into a major face. The barrier material has a... | 12/07/2004 |
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| 6609998 | Method and apparatus for fabricating double-ended closure bags and double compartment bags A method and a machine for making a plastic film bag with opposed closable end openings as well as a double compartment bag is described. The bags may be formed from J-folded, U-folded or tubular film sheets. In one embodiment, a bag is formed with a guss... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6539688 | Easy open package for food items such as loaves of processed cheese A hermetically sealed package for food items, such as loaves of processed cheese, employing plastic film with serrated ends and an accessible tear strip, which together provide points of focus for easy opening of the package without unwanted tearing or un... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6440051 | Method and apparatus for fabricating double-ended closure bags and double compartment bags A method and a machine for making a plastic film bag with opposed closable end openings as well as a double compartment bag is described. The bags may be formed from J-folded, U-folded or tubular film sheets. In one embodiment, a bag is formed with a guss... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427420 | Method for the manufacture of a laser-precut pack and pack The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a pack, particularly intended for undergoing preservation treatment, from at least one film (10) comprising two plastic layers, an upper (11) and a lower (12), which form the outer and inner faces o... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6421988 | Automatic packing sealing and cutting machine for plastic film The present invention relates to a packing, sealing and cutting machine for plastic film comprising a film-delivery device mounted with a film tension adjusting button and a rolling needle delivery shaft such that the film is provided with a plurality of ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6343876 | Easy-to-open package having seal opening notch An easily openable sealed package bag (P) which hermetically seals a material to be packed (W), such as liquid, powder and viscous material, by longitudinally and laterally sealing three or four sides of a package film (F). A seal opening notch (N) compri... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6334288 | Apparatus for printing, cutting, cropping of blister packs obtained from a blister band In an apparatus mounted on an automatic machine for packaging articles into blister packs, a working station (A) applies numeric codes to a blister band and a scoring station (B) equipped with scoring members (20), traces scoring lines on the blister band... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6328203 | Opening feature for beverage container An opening feature for a beverage container with at least one extrusion over void area, a pull tab affixed to the package in the perimeter of the void area, and a perforation of the package film in the perimeter of the pull tab to allow for a simple low c... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6293073 | Apparatus for forming a pouch The present invention relates to sealed pouches, and apparatus and processes for producing the same. The pouch includes contoured first and second lateral edges, with each lateral edge having concave and convex surfaces. The concave surface of the first l... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6234943 | Process and device for preparing a packaging blank and packaging prepared by such blank Packaging, particularly for a carton of cigarette packs, includes opening structure permitting easy access to one or more of the objects or packs of cigarettes which it contains. The opening structure includes a line of pre-weakened resistance, comprising... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6223501 | Tear open packaging A perforating apparatus for use in the formation of shrink film packages is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a bottom seal tool with a plurality of peninsula regions forming a plurality of window areas. Each pair of window areas has a knife receiving ar... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6164038 | Heater assembly for automatic tablet sorting and counting machine A heater assembly for an automatic tablet dispenser is disclosed. The heater assembly includes a pair of heating rollers respectively having an insertion hole formed through each shaft thereof to receive a heating line therethrough, and a pair of peripher... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164042 | Container with dispensing spout and method for making same A container for fluids or liquids is formed of flexible material such as plastic and includes a body having an internal reservoir and a tubular spout extending upwardly from the body. The spout has an internal passage in fluid communication with the body.... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6115997 | Multiple lane packaging of feminine sanitary articles and resulting product A package and apparatus and a method for assembling the package, of a feminine hygiene article, wherein the package is laminated around all the side edges of the article. The apparatus and method feature multi-lane processing wherein at least two parallel... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6094886 | Method of manufacturing a flat container for samples A mold is formed the interior volume of which corresponds to the exterior envelope required for the container (2). A core corresponding to the shape required for the cavity (14) to be formed inside the container (2) is prepared. Said core is placed inside... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6086524 | Reclosable storage bag and method for making the same A storage bag and a method and apparatus for forming such a storage bag. The storage bag contains a reclosure tie formed as an integral marginal portion of the bag beyond an edge of the bag. The marginal portion includes overlying layers of bag material t... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6082614 | Package for pourable goods A packaging for bulk goods which comprises an inwardly laminated folded box body (1) and a lid (3), also of a laminated cardboard material, which is sealed or glued into position. In order to ensure the tightness of the packaging also in the corner region... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6044618 | Machine for making up ready to use doses of animal semen and dose of semen made up by this machine A machine to make up doses of semen in a container comprising welded thermoplastics films that can be opened by hand without using instruments in order to insert therein an insemination probe includes a tubular needle having a nozzle over which is threade... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5966898 | Easy open method, package, and apparatus A method of packaging an article comprises wrapping the article in a plastic film; and heat sealing the film using a sealing apparatus comprising a main sealing element, and a second sealing element attached at an angle to the main sealing element, and sh... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5806280 | Easy open method, package, and apparatus A method of packaging an article comprises wrapping the article in a plastic film; and heat sealing the film using a sealing apparatus comprising a main sealing element, and a second sealing element attached at an angle to the main sealing element, and sh... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5797247 | Photosensitive material package and packaging apparatus for the same One package for photographic film (PF) has five cassettes (3), which respectively contain the photographic film (PF). Five cylindrical watertight cases (2) respectively contain the cassettes (3). Heat shrinkable film (7, 25, 30, 57) is disposed around the... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5775063 | Process and apparatus for assembly-packaging pellet-like articles Disclosed is a process and an apparatus for assembly-packaging pellet-like articles in units of a predetermined, characterized in that a pellet-like articles group is ejected toward a packaging film locating at a stand-by position to be gripped together w... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5759145 | Tearability imparting apparatus An apparatus for imparting a tearable region to a pre-formed pouch. A lower block has a flat surface on which is provided a lower perforating member that corresponds to a corner of the unsealed pouch. The lower perforating member has been formed by deposi... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5671589 | Tape perforating head assembly and method A tape perforating head assembly for scoring a perforated tear line in a piece of packaging tape joining article carriers together includes a headpiece, a plurality of perforating blades supported on the headpiece parallel to and adjacent one another, eac... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5531061 | System and method for packaging bales of hay and an improved wrapping apparatus A system for packaging hay bales includes a press for compressing hay to small, compact bales and a wrapping machine which applies multiple sheets of a thin material to form a package of an effective strength that maintains the form and integrity of the h... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5519982 | Pouch having easy opening and reclosing characteristics and method and apparatus for production thereof A pouch for containing a food product such as shredded cheese, and a novel method and apparatus for forming, filling and sealing the pouch. The method involves providing one or more webs of material to define a pair of walls for the pouch, orienting the w... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5439102 | Package for surgical sutures A moisture impervious package for surgical elements such as retainers having suture-needle assemblies positioned thereon. The package is provided with a top wall of moisture impervious material having an access opening die cut into the wall over which a c... | 08/08/1995 |
