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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 |
| 7437863 | Wrap dispensing apparatus A wrap dispensing apparatus for wrapping an article with wrapping material includes a base; a hub assembly; a threaded spindle mounted to the base and the hub assembly, and a brake assembly to control the movement of the threaded spindle. The threaded spindle suppor... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7328553 | Unit for overwrapping products, in particular packets, and a relative overwrapping method Packets of cigarettes with a predominating longitudinal axis, presenting two larger side faces, two smaller flank faces and two end faces, are overwrapped by a unit incorporating a first conveyor rotatable about a relative axis, on which a sheet of transparent film ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7284360 | Bulk transportable container A method for filling a flexible container with a flowable material is provided, including the steps of filling the flexible container, suspending the flexible container, transferring the weight of the flexible container from being suspended to being supported by a s... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7269935 | Wrapping apparatus for wrapping load with flexible film and banner film An apparatus for wrapping a pallet load having a rotary swing arm carrying two upright towers, each tower having a film carriage mounted to and movable along the upright tower for holding a roll of flexible stretchable film and a roll of relatively unstretchable ban... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7168222 | Wrapping device A wrapping device includes a base body which is connected with support elements and a holding arm. The holding arm has rotatably connected thereto a wrapping arm. The wrapping arm carries a roll holder. At the roll holders a rotatably supported film roll is arranged... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7146777 | Packaging machine for cigarettes For the production of (cigarette) packs of different configurations, for example standard pack (13), round-edged pack (14) or octagonal pack (15), subassemblies and elements of the packaging machine are exchanged and/or uncoupled from the drive.... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134260 | Wrapping packaging machine A wrapping packaging machine (10) for the wrapping of an object (11), comprising a track (20) having the shape of a closed loop. The track carries a wrapping film (42) feed device (40) placed in conjunction with an elongated body (... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7040071 | Wrapping device A wrapping device includes a base body which is connected with support elements and a holding arm. The holding arm has rotatably connected thereto a wrapping arm. The wrapping arm carries a roll holder. At the roll holder, a rotatably supported film roll is arranged... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036289 | Wrapping machine and top foil wrapping machine A wrapping machine and/or a top foil wrapping machine machine frame, which is supported on a fixed base and has upright vertical columns and horizontal cross members connecting the vertical columns to each other. Each vertical column has at least two column parts de... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6945018 | Wrapping machine and top foil wrapping machine The invention relates to a wrapping machine and/or top foil wrapping machine, comprising a machine frame supported on a fixed base and comprising upright vertical columns; a lifting frame arranged to be vertically movable upwards and downwards and guided by the vert... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6880316 | Method and apparatus for wrapping a top and bottom of a load An apparatus and method for wrapping a top and bottom of a load with packaging material is provided. The apparatus includes at least one non-driven packaging material guide is provided for use in combination with a powered conveying surface. The non-powered packagin... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6874302 | Sleeve type packaging machine system, particularly useful for changing reels A sleeve-type packaging machine system comprises: first (10) second (20) and third (30) article conveyor means, piece wrapping means (40), piece conveyor means (50) with a conveyor belt (51), a first modular unit (T100 | 04/05/2005 |
| 6854247 | Method and apparatus for stretch wrapping a load A leading end of packaging material is attached to a retainer to hold the leading end of the packaging material as the retainer moves toward the load. The retainer is positioned adjacent the load and packaging material is dispensed from a packaging material dispense... | 02/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6739115 | Equipment for wrapping groups of products in plastic film Groups of products are wrapped in heat-shrinkable film by equipment comprising a first surface along which products advance in a conveying direction, and a second surface on which the products are ordered into groups and wrapped in a sheet of film cut to a length su... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6708469 | Wrapping machine A wrapping machine includes a first wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping around a bale to partially wrap the bale in wrapping material, a second wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping material around the bale to completely wrap the bale in wr... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6662831 | Depression container A depression container comprises a vessel including a compartment and a cover for enclosing and thus sealing the compartment. An air pump draws air out of the compartment and a pressure-activated switch controls on/off of the air pump. The pressure-activa... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6519921 | Coin wrapping machine A coin wrapping machine includes a rotatable disk for feeding coins toward a coin passage by centrifugal force produced by the rotation thereof, a disk motor for rotating the rotatable disk, a transporting belt for transporting the coins along the coin pa... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6474041 | Machine for packaging objects by means of a sheet of heat-shrink material A method for packaging objects by the use of heat-shrink material, in which there is wrapped in the manner of a sleeve around the objects, a sheet of heat-shrink material, heated to a temperature which is at least equivalent to the "defrosting" temperatur... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6470924 | Depression container A depression container includes a vessel including a compartment and a cover for enclosing and thus sealing the compartment. An air pump draws air out of the compartment and a pressure-activated switch controls on/off of the air pump. The pressure-activat... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6425228 | Method and apparatus for wrapping a load A non-powered packaging material transporting surface for use in combination with a load support surface of a wrapping apparatus for wrapping a top and bottom of a load is provided. The non-powered packaging material transporting surface includes non-driv... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6341470 | Wrapping machine A wrapping machine includes a first wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping around a bale to partially wrap the bale in wrapping material, a second wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping material around the bale to completely wrap the... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6293074 | Method and apparatus for stretch wrapping a load A leading end of packaging material is attached to a retainer to hold the leading end of the packaging material as the retainer moves toward the load. The retainer is positioned adjacent the load and packaging material is dispensed from a packaging materi... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6289652 | Method and apparatus for wrapping a load A non-powered packaging material transporting surface for use in combination with a load support surface of a wrapping apparatus for wrapping a top and bottom of a load is provided. The non-powered packaging material transporting surface includes non-driv... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6247294 | Wrapping apparatus Wrapping apparatus for winding a web of wrapping foil (F) around an object (1). The wrapping apparatus comprises a ring guideway (2) defining a track of variable curvature and foil dispenser (6). The foil dispenser is provided with idler assemblies (10, 1... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6128888 | Method and machine for packaging of objects, by means of pieces of sheet material obtained from a continuous strip A method for packaging of objects (50), by means of pieces (32a) of sheet material, obtained from a continuous strip (32), comprises translation, with continual motion, of the objects (5) in individual succession, from upstream towards downstream, on thre... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6085488 | Film carriage ring for horizontal stretch film wrapping or packaging machines, and a method of making the same A composite ring member comprises an annular ring member and an annular reinforcing ring member welded to the external peripheral portion of the annular ring member. The annular ring member comprises a tubular stock member, having a substantially rectangu... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6082076 | Bale wrapping machine A bale rotator is provided in a bale wrapping machine which wrape multiples end to end in a row. when the bale wrapping machine is used to wrap bales individually, the bale rotator is used to rotate a bale so that the bale is wrapped with plastic strip in... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5996315 | Gantry film wrapping system and method for wrapping elongated loads A gantry film wrapping system and method useable for wrapping film about an elongated load. The system includes an overhead frame with first and second lateral support members for supporting opposing end portions of a carriage, which is reciprocatably tra... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5850726 | Wrapping apparatus and method A stretch wrapping machine includes a packaging material dispenser for dispensing packaging material and a segmented wrapping frame for supporting the packaging material dispenser. The frame includes segments of track which are assembled to one another to... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5752358 | Stretch wrap dispenser head with coating applicator A device for coating film passing through a continuous film dispensing head on a coil wrapping machine with a liquid formulation, such as a vapour phase corrosion inhibitor, is described. The formulation is delivered from a reservoir to an applicator bar ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5671593 | Semiautomatic package wrapping machine An automatic package wrapping machine wraps a box of arbitrary size. The box is placed in the machine following which all operations are automatic. As the box is automatically advanced to a ready-to-wrap position, its length, width and height are automati... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5657608 | Method and an apparatus for wrapping of an article The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus (10) for wrapping of an article. The apparatus comprises backing means (20) adapted to be moved against the first and second ends of the article and simultaneously to dispose a wrapper material ag... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5655356 | Automatic package wrapping machine An automatic package wrapping machine wraps a box of arbitrary size. The box is placed in the machine following which all operations are automatic. As the box is automatically advanced to a ready-to-wrap position, its length, width and height are automati... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5636499 | Method and apparatus for wrapping covering elements around printed products A method and apparatus for wrapping covering elements around flat objects. The method and apparatus involve the formation of a compound object comprising a flat object to be wrapped and a covering element. A first main surface of the flat object is covere... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5628167 | Method and apparatus for wrapping elongate load having generally circular or generally annular ends An apparatus is useful for wrapping a wrapping film over an elongate load, which has a generally cylindrical exterior and two generally circular or generally annular ends. Two blocker rollers cradle the load with its axis extending horizontally and are ar... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5606849 | Apparatus for wrapping a package Apparatus for tightly wrapping a package such as disposed on a pallet in a thin film such as for shipping or storage includes a rotating deck adapted to receive the pallet and package to be wrapped. The deck is directly coupled to and supported by a gear ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5564254 | Method, a machine and an installation for packaging a load provided with at least one edge-protecting angle strip; apparatus for grasping, displacing, depositioning and holding such an angle strip A method of packaging a load that is generally prismatic in shape in which at least one rigid protective angle strip is initially placed on at least one edge of the load. The strip is then rigidly and permanently secured to the load. An apparatus is used ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5564257 | Bouquet wrap machine A method and apparatus for automatically wrapping a sheet of material about a bouquet of flowers. A sheet of material having spaced apart defined first and second portions is placed against a support member, such as a prepared table top, and the bouquet i... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5522207 | Air assisted feed through conveyor for rotary film wrapping apparatus An improvement in a bridge conveyor for a rotary stretch film wrapping apparatus for wrapping a product in a plastic film. The products are conveyed to a transition bridge around which the elongated shrink film is wrapped. The improved bridge conveyor sys... | 06/04/1996 |
