Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web inventions 01/07

20070021283 - System and method for the automated folding of textiles: A system and method for automated identification and folding of textile items. A folding unit includes an item identifier for identifying, for example, an article of clothing and matching its identification with a corresponding stored article ID in a memory database. Preferably, each textile item is embedded with a readable... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070021284 - Method and apparatus for attaching a hook-and-loop fastener to a carton with a lid: A pair of hook-and-loop fasteners are attached onto a carton for securing a lid thereof. First fasteners are provided spaced apart along a first exfoliation sheet. Second fasteners adapted to mate and engage with the first fasteners are provided spaced apart along a second exfoliation sheet. The first sheet is... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070021285 - Method for installing closure in mouth of pre-made bag: A method for installing a closure in the mouth of a pre-made flexible bag. The closure may, for example, be a shrouded plastic zipper with or without a slider. The bag may, for example, have side gussets. In the disclosed embodiment, the bag is made using a laminated material comprising... Agent: Dennis M. Flaherty, Esq. Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman P.C.

20070021286 - Cushioning conversion machine having heavy duty characteristics: A cushioning conversion machine for converting multi-ply stock material is characterized by a conversion assembly which comprises one or more assemblies and/or devices for converting multi-ply stock material into a three-dimensional cushioning product and a stock supply assembly for providing stock material to the conversion assembly. The stock supply assembly... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070015649 - Flow folder apparatus and methods: Sheet processing systems and methods for folding sheets are provided. Sheet folder systems include conveyor rollers, drive rollers, drive belts, and spliceable conveyor belts for advancing sheets along a sheet processing path having a receiving zone for receiving the sheet and a folding zone for folding the sheet. Sheets can... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070015650 - Folder unit for processing sheet-like materials: Methods and devices for folding a continuous web of material are provided. Systems can include a spiral folder assembly having first and second sets of rotatable spirals, a deflection means to guide the continuous web toward the first set of spirals and the second set of spirals, a beater assembly... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070010386 - Packaging material consisting of an at least double-layered composite material for producing containers for packing liquids: Packaging material comprises an at least two-layer laminate of a paper engine-sized in each case with a polymer size or sized cardboard and at least one water-impermeable film or foil for producing containers for packaging liquids, and paper products which are obtainable in each case by (i) engine sizing of... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070010387 - Machine and method for forming helically wound paper tubes having improved mechanical resistance: The invention relates to a machine for producing a tubular product (T) by means of helical winding of strips of web material, comprising a mandrel (4) and a winding member (7) to helically wind the strips (S1, S2) of web material around said mandrel. To improve adhesion between the strips... Agent: Breiner & Breiner, L.L.C.

20070010388 - Intravaginal device with fluid transport plates: An apparatus for producing an absorbent article includes a holding tool, a female tool disposed along a machine axis, and a male tool disposed along the machine axis. The holding tool has an aperture aligned along the machine axis and means for holding a flexible sheet across the aperture. The... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070010389 - Hands-free towel dispenser: A novel dispenser for a paper product is provided. The dispenser comprises a feed and cut module that is oriented 90° relative to the width of a roll of web material. The dispenser is essentially hands-free. A method of dispensing a length of web material and a longitudinally folded paper... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070004573 - Apparatus for the processing and/or manufacture of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry: An apparatus includes at least one group of at least two adjacent sections. Each section comprises components for the processing and/or manufacturing of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry during the transport of the articles through the section. Each section is adapted for a separate processing and/or manufacture of rod-shaped... Agent: Venable LLP

20070004574 - Slider zipper assembly and shroud with high pressure pasteurization protection system: The present disclosure relates to methods for forming reclosable bags with slider zippers which can be used in high pressure pasteurization. In particular, these methods form reclosable bags with a shroud formed over the slider zipper, with a patch or cap for protecting the slider during high pressure pasteurization. When... Agent: Pitney Hardin LLP Account: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070004575 - Fan-folded web of pressure-sensitive labels and method and apparatus for making and using same: A label product in web form has alternating, oppositely indented creases in the liner of the product to produce a fan-folded stack having alternating, reversely folded plies. Each crease is substantially, if not entirely, perforation-free to maximize the strength of the liner at the fold lines. The product is preferably... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070004576 - Technology for continuous folding of sheet materials into a honeycomb-like configuration: A machine and method for the continuous folding of sheet material into different three-dimensional patterns. The innovative machine and method folds sheet material by force converging the sheet to a final stage that imparts a final fold or pattern into the sheet material, the patterns selectively including one of a... Agent: Kenneth Watov, Esq. Watov & Kipnes, P.C.