Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web inventions 12/06

20060293157 - Method and apparatus for incorporating objects into cigarette filters: Cigarette filter rods having individual objects positioned at predetermined intervals therein are prepared by transferring the individual objects from a rotating horizontal pan to a rotating vertical wheel and then depositing the object into a web of filter tow. Each object is positioned within the moving web of tow. The... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060293158 - Method of manufacturing a food container: A low cost method of commercially manufacturing a food container of practical strength from vegetable-fiber material includes the steps of: forming aboard of a predetermined size from pulp and at least one kind of vegetable fiber material other than the pulp; coating the board with thermoplastic resin having a heat... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20060293159 - Apparatus for producing double-walled composite tubes: The invention describes an apparatus for producing double-walled composite tubes which have an outer wall with wave peaks and wave valleys and a smooth inner wall. The apparatus (10) has two rows of shaping-jaw halves (12, 14) which, along a common shaping section, form a shaping tunnel (16) for producing... Agent: Norris Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20060293160 - Apparatus and method for creasing media to make booklets: This invention relates to an apparatus and method for making booklets. Such structures of this type, generally, employ a variety of creasing techniques in order to form the booklet.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20060287180 - Dunnage sheet removal apparatus: A dunnage removal apparatus is situated adjacent a load conveyor and more particularly at a transfer device that moves a unitized load from the load conveyor to a pre-feeder. The dunnage removal apparatus includes a guide chute that funnels a loose flap of the dunnage sheet toward a sheet stripper... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20060287181 - Zippered film and bag: Reclosable bags, plastic film for making the bags, and a method and apparatus for making the bags are disclosed. The bag has a reclosable fastener (26) connected to a single wall of the bag, and the film (55) has a reclosable fastener (26) connected to one side thereof which does... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20060281614 - Filter tube making: A process of producing a filter tube comprises the steps of cutting a paper segment of given length and width from an endless paper supply. Next, a filter segment of cellulose acetate tow, for example, is centrally positioned on the paper segment. Opposed tube forming rollers engage the ends of... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20060281615 - Methods and systems for packaging a product: An assembly for packaging a product includes a carton having a top, a bottom, and a side extending between the top and the bottom. At least one of the top, the bottom, and the side includes a movable section that is movable between a first position and a second position.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20060281616 - Methods and systems for packaging a product: A method for applying a heat-shrink patch to a carton for forming a shape of the carton. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel and a movable section that is movable between a first... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20060281617 - Methods and systems for packaging a product: A method for applying a heat shrinkable film to a carton for forming a shape of the carton is provided. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel, and a movable section that is movable... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20060281618 - Reinforced plastic foam cup, method of and apparatus for manufacturing same: A reinforced plastic foam cup including a body which defines an open top end and a closed bottom end, wherein the top end has a greater diameter than the bottom end. The body includes a reinforced tapered side wall that extends from the bottom end to the top end. A... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLC

20060281619 - Reinforced plastic foam cup, method of and apparatus for manufacturing same: A reinforced plastic foam cup including a body which defines an open top end and a closed bottom end, wherein the top end has a greater diameter than the bottom end. The body includes a reinforced tapered side wall that extends from the bottom end to the top end. A... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLC

20060281620 - Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet processing apparatus including a folding unit, a crease processing unit, and a holding portion. The folding unit is configured to fold a sheet bundle, the crease processing unit forms a crease on a folded part of the sheet bundle, and the holding portion holds the sheet bundle between... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060281621 - Method and apparatus for making curled decorative grass: Curled decorative grass having a variety of configurations and methods for making such decorative grass is provided which, because of its increased bulk, can also be used as a packing material, an animal bedding, cat litter, mulch for soil and a media for plants. The curled decorative grass is produced... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20060276318 - Method for manufacturing paper containers: To provide a method for manufacturing a paper container, which can properly form a curved shape to bulge the bottom sheet of the paper container in an arch or sphere shape into a containing portion. The method manufactures the paper container, in which a bottom sheet and four side sheets...

20060276319 - Apparatus and method for adjusting a folding-jaw cylinder of a folder for a printing press: A folding-jaw cylinder of a folder for a printing press is disclosed. Actuable folding-jaw cheeks are assigned to a first cylinder part of the folding-jaw cylinder and fixed folding-jaw cheeks are assigned to a second cylinder part. Both cylinder parts are assigned one shaft, via which the cylinder parts can...

20060276320 - Method and machine for folding and finishing training pant diapers: A method and machine for folding and finishing training pant diapers, whereby the diapers are formed from respective flat blanks, each of which is fed to a continuously-rotating, suction-type first wheel, and is folded into a U by clamping an intermediate portion of the blank on the first wheel by...