Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web inventions 05/07

20070123404 - Folding drum and method of operation: A folding drum and method of operation is disclosed. The folding drum is used for folding material, in particular for a printing press. The folding drum is mounted rotatably on its longitudinal axle. The folding drum has a folding-blade spindle, the longitudinal axle of which is coupled to the longitudinal... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070123406 - Cutterless dunnage converter and method: A tabletop converter has a conversion assembly that inwardly gathers and crumples a stock material to form a strip of dunnage. The conversion assembly includes a feeding assembly that moves the stock material and a controller that controls the feeding assembly to operate in both a forward direction and a... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070123405 - Dunnage conversion machine with translating grippers, and method and product: A dunnage conversion machine for converting stock material into a dunnage product includes a forming assembly and a pulling assembly. The pulling assembly includes at least two grippers movable together through a transfer region in opposition to one another and cooperative to grip therebetween the dunnage strip for advancing the... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070123407 - Folding blade: Folding blade (1) that is particularly applicable to devices for the closure of flexible tubular packaging, taking the form of a flat plate, provided on one of its lateral edges with a tab (5) in the form of a hook that is adapted to hold the packaging, of the type... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070117700 - Filter rod making machine: A filter rod making machine comprises a plurality of feed wheels (50) for feeding filter elements (fA, fC) at intervals; a conveyor (18) for receiving the filter elements (fA, fC) from the feed wheels (50) and forming an element stream in which the filter elements (fA) and the filter element... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070117701 - Method for eliminating detrimental effects of flash on cups used for sport stacking: A method of making a cup that decreases the amount of flash on a bottom surface of the cup is provided. More specifically, a cup is provided that includes a thickened lip around an open surface. The lip also includes a recess for the receipt of excess material generated by... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070117702 - Heat-insulating container and apparatus for producing the same: A heat-insulating container is used for an instant dried food and is excellent in heat-insulating property, design and economy. The container comprises a paper cup body with a bottom, which has an inner surface coated with a polyolefin resin and is provided with an outward curled portion formed at an... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070117704 - Compact apparatus and system for creating and dispensing cushioning dunnage: A system for creating and dispensing cushioning dunnage is small and permits flexible installation configuration options for a single or multiple packing stations. A compact apparatus of the system is capable of being pivotally mounted as a unit on a stand and includes a motor and a material feeding arrangement... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070117705 - Cushioning conversion system and method: A system for creating and dispensing cushioning dunnage includes a plurality of material shaping members to convert a sheet stock material into a continuous strip of cushioning product. The shaping members include a constant-entry roller assembly having at least two tapered rollers supported end to end for rotation about respective... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070117703 - Machine and method for converting a web of material into dunnage: A machine and method for converting a web of material into dunnage, the machine comprising a mechanism for conveying the web through the machine, a first web-shaping device for crumpling the web, a second web-shaping device for further crumpling the web, and a severing mechanism to sever the web into... Agent: Thomas C. Lagaly Sealed Air Corporation

20070105698 - Spout installation method and spout installation device: A rotary type pouch reception/delivery unit is configured to receive a pouch supplied by a pouch supply unit at a pouch reception/delivery position α, conveys it to a pouch reception/delivery position β, and delivers it to a spout installation unit at a pouch reception/delivery position β. The pouch reception/delivery unit... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070105699 - Folding machine with a rotary stand: The folding machine has a cross fold module which includes a cross-fold folding blade (18), a sheet-supporting device (38) which is arranged below the cross-fold folding blade (18) and on which an incoming sheet comes to rest, and a roller frame (27) which is arranged below the sheet-supporting device (38)... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070099782 - Slotted drain: A slotted drain having a first channeled half having a first engaging structure and a second channeled half having a second engaging structure mating within the first engaging structure is disclosed. The first channeled half can define a cantilever snap-fit recess and the second channeled half can comprise a cantilever... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070099783 - Bag forming device: A bag forming device includes a movement device adapted to move bag material in a folded configuration through the bag forming device along a path. The folded configuration provides a first portion and a second portion of the bag material joined at a fold. The first portion is wider in... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P.

20070099784 - Process for manufacturing a pouch-type form of packaging: A process for manufacturing a tetrahedral-shaped pouch (100 from a flexible strip of film material is such that a tube (13) is formed from a strip (32) in a continuous manner involving the creation of a longitudinal sealing seam (12), and a tetrahedral shaped pouch (10) is formed from the... Agent: Fisher, Christen & Sabol

20070099785 - Method and apparatus for flexible sheet folding: In one embodiment of the present invention, a sheet folding system is provided. The sheet folding system includes a first wall, a second wall coupled to the first wall, a third wall and a fourth wall coupled to the third wall. The walls are configurable in a first configuration in... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP