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...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367408 | Scraping device and a system and a method for collecting materials A scraping device, a system and a method for collecting a material are provided. The scraping device may have a bowl having a first end and a second end. A lip may be positioned at the first end and may cover an opening at the first end. In an embodiment, direct mou... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7338421 | Method and a device for making filters for tobacco products Filters for tobacco products are manufactured by a device comprising a conveyor drum rotatable about a horizontal axis and furnished with peripheral grooves, each holding a leaf of paper material preassembled with a first filter element. The single groove is flanked... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316103 | Continuous motion packaging system A continuous motion packaging system for packaging a series of articles in cartons as the cartons are moved along a carton conveyor. A series of selector wedges engage and form groups of articles received on the cartons, which are folded or wrapped about the article... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7220935 | Welding torch and shield A welding torch (10) for welding on a component has an electrode (12) within a nozzle (14) through which a flow of gas passes. A shield (20) defines an enclosure (22) around the nozzle (14). Means are provided for supplying ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7096645 | Method of and apparatus for packaging rolled article A packaging apparatus has a packaging sheet feed mechanism for gripping a side edge of a light-shielding leader and feeding the light-shielding leader to a winding position to position it in the winding position, a rotating and supporting mechanism for positioning a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7080734 | Industrial reel wrap with scored folding An industrial reel wrap is designed for wrapping an industrial reel having a central spool and a pair of end plates connected thereto. The reel wrap includes a central portion that is spannable across a distance between the end plates of the reel. The reel wrap addi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7032358 | Device for closing the side ends of a package enclosing one roll or rolls of material in an automatic packaging machine In a device for closing side ends of packages enclosing only one roll or one row of rolls in an automatic packaging machine, operating apparatus are connected to the machine packaging line. A package, partially wrapped by a sheet, is fed to the packaging line in a f... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032361 | Method of and system for automatically packaging rolls A system for automatically packaging photosensitive rolls includes a flanged member installing device for selecting flanged members corresponding to a photosensitive roll and automatically installing the flanged members respectively on opposite ends of the photosens... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6973764 | Method of stacking and wrapping protectors for sheet metal coils A protector for sheet metal coil is formed of plastic with a flange and sleeve which are joined together at a ridge portion. The protectors incorporate symmetrically disposed groupings of stacking features or components which include a finger within a stacking acces... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6941734 | Production line banding system An apparatus and a method for banding fence posts are disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of vertically disposed conveyor systems with U-shaped cradles for delivering the fence posts in a horizontal disposition to a pair of stationary strapping machines. Opposi... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935502 | Industrial reel wrap with overlapping end tabs An industrial reel wrap is designed for wrapping an industrial reel having a central spool and a pair of end plates connected thereto. The reel wrap includes a central portion that is spannable across a distance between the end plates of the reel. The reel wrap addi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6851252 | Film feeding device and an automatic wrapping device A wrapping device provides at least a circular track structure which forms a closed track, and a film feeding device which is arranged to circulate along the track and to feed a film around a piece to be wrapped. The film feeding device includes a frame structure wi... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840023 | Combination of a baler and wrapping apparatus, and a chassis to accommodate them A combined large round baler and whole bale wrapping apparatus includes a wheeled chassis carrying and extending between the baler and the wrapping apparatus and including tandem wheels carried at opposite ends of walking beams. A lower region of the baler is secure... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6775961 | Web tensioning device A device for tensioning web, such as a plastics web dispensed from a shuttle in a wrapping machine, is disclosed. The wrapping machine usually includes an endless track positioned about an object to be wrapped and the shuttle travels on the endless track, dispensing... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6745676 | Method and machine for packaging skeins, shaped as rings, of a flexible, elongated element A method for packaging skeins shaped as a circular ring of a flexible element of elongated shape, in particular a cable or a hose, wherein the turns are held unitarily to each other, comprises the following phases: sustaining the skein in overhang towards a binding ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6705060 | Method and apparatus for wrapping a coil This disclosure describes an apparatus for wrapping all exposed surfaces of a large annular coil, including its hollow cylindrical core, to prevent contamination and to prepare it for shipping. A pair of opposing robotic arms hand off or transfer a roll of wrapping ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6688076 | Apparatus for wrapping articles in film material Apparatus for wrapping articles having a central axial opening includes a guide arm and article turning gear. The guide arm supports a ring member in the form of a split frame having an inside and outside diameter. A drive wheel is mounted on the guide ar... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6594976 | Packaging device The object of the present invention is to provide a packaging apparatus that supplies the packaging material by the packing material supply means provided independently of the mobile body that moves along the annular guide body. In order to achieve the ob... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6546852 | Method and machine for packaging skeins, shaped as rings, of a flexible, elongated element A method for packaging skeins shaped as a circular ring of a flexible element of elongated shape, in particular a cable or a hose, wherein the turns are held unitarily to each other, comprises the following phases: sustaining the skein in overhang towards... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6520445 | Coil wrapping machine A coil wrapping machine having an annular frame with a track encircling an opening in the frame. A carriage assembly is mounted for movement on the track around the opening, the carriage being configured to dispense wrapping material onto the coil. An end... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6446418 | Packaging device A circular track (11) constructed to open and close supports a truck (4) riding on the track (11). A packaging material feeder (7) is mounted on the truck (4) to feed packaging material (6) from a packaging material coil (5). Part of the item for packagin... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6324820 | Spool transfer coil wrapping machine A wrapping machine for wrapping a generally toroidal body having an opening therethrough with an elongated length of wrapping material has supports for a body to be wrapped with the central axis of the opening through the body in a predetermined position ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6305145 | Wrapping apparatus Wrapping apparatus for winding a wrapping foil web (F) around an object (1) includes a foil dispenser (2) arranged to circulate along a ring-like endless track (3) around the object to be packaged. The foil dispenser (2) comprises a frame (4), a detachabl... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6192653 | Packaging device A circular track (11) constructed to open and close supports a truck (4) riding on the track (11). A packaging material feeder (7) is mounted on the truck (4) to feed packaging material (6) from a packaging material coil (5). Part of the item for packagin... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192656 | Method of and apparatus for packaging cylindrical article A packaging apparatus packages a cylindrical article having a hollow region therein by gathering an end of a wide packaging sheet wrapped around the cylindrical article, and pressing the gathered end into the hollow region in the cylindrical article. The ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6178385 | Method and apparatus for checking the wrapping state of a roll A method of and apparatus for checking a wrapping state of a wrapped roll having end face covers by detecting the force required to press-fit a bushing into a cylindrical core tube and comparing the detected force with a threshold value which is based on ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6164585 | Roll storage apparatus A roll storage arrangement for sheet-like articles, in particular banknotes, having two roll cores, each of which is connected to a drive whose driving direction can be reversed, and between which a common storage tape can be rereeled. The storage tape is... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6109003 | Method for bundling side-fold bags A method and apparatus for the fixed combination of side-fold bags to form stacks. The side-fold bags to be combined, arriving from a machine which produces side-fold bags, are previously separated into stacks of a controlled quantity. During combining, e... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6098371 | Automatic machine for the individual packaging of rolls of paper or similar cylindrical products The machine comprises a main carousel including a horizontal axis having seats which are angularly equidistant and open outwardly and including at the front a gripper and at the rear a folding device. Each seat passes first adjustable means with the gripp... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6067774 | Process and device for packaging foodstuffs having an aperture Process and device for packaging foodstuffs having a recess, such as meats and sausages and gutted poultry, in which a previously sealed tubular section is taken through the aperture by means of an insertion pin, whereafter one end of the tubular section ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5987847 | Wrapping machine and method A machine and method for wrapping cylindrical workpieces such as rolls of bathroom tissue and paper towel. The machine includes a workpiece infeed conveyor, a wrapping paper feeder, a rotating carousel having a plurality of pockets, and a discharge convey... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5829234 | Device for winding a wrapping film around an article to be packaged Device for winding a wrapping film around an article (1) to be packaged, the article to be packaged having the shape of a substantially flat rectangle in cross-section. The article to be packaged comprises two substantially parallel broad sides (2, 3) and... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5795434 | Machine for continuously manufacturing tape strip folded about ring, and device for correcting tape twist As tape drawer rollers are driven for intermittent rotation, a continuous tape is intermittently fed along a tape traveling path with a leading end portion of the tape inserted through a ring at a tape folding section. When the continuous tape has been fe... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5782058 | Method and apparatus for wrapping coils A method and apparatus for wrapping coils of metallic strip and the like to protect against atmospheric corrosion are described. A plastic film sleeve is inserted through the open cylindrical centre and held in place by flanged collars at each end. The sl... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5755083 | Wrapping apparatus with shuttle change In a wrapping apparatus comprising a two-part endless track surrounding a wrapping station, a shuttle for dispensing wrapping medium able to ride around the track and thereby wrap an article in said station, and a track support structure such that at leas... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5709068 | Packaging apparatus and process A packaging apparatus and process for producing and using the same is provided having a tubular lining material defining a hollow-space therein with the lining material being folded outwardly over itself providing a chamber in which a casing material is p... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5706631 | Method and device for packaging a roll formed by a wound web of material A method and device for packaging a roll formed by a wound web of material. The roll has a first axial end and a second axial end. The method includes the steps of (1) wrapping the roll with a web of packaging material; (2) forming an axial projecting len... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5634317 | Packaging apparatus and process A packaging apparatus and process for producing and using the same is provided having a tubular lining material defining a hollow-space therein with the lining material being folded outwardly over itself providing a chamber in which a casing material is p... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5572848 | Rolled paper wrapping apparatus A header heat plate for a large paper roll wrapping machine comprising a plurality of separate face plate sections that are mounted on a common backing plate to form a complete header plate for applying a roll header to an end of a paper roll. A roll head... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5501058 | Coil packing line equipped with independently reciprocating carriages A coil packing line in which coils are packed by a plurality of operation processes is provided. The coil packing line is provided with a plurality of work stations, stationary skid mechanisms, carriage mechanisms and a plurality of reciprocating mechanis... | 03/26/1996 |
