Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web inventions 10/07

20070249477 - Media cutting and ribbon curling device: A media cutting and ribbon curling device has opposing first and second surfaces bound by two side edges. The device includes a head comprising a cover and a guide disposed underneath the cover, the guide having an attached end and a free end and a blade disposed therein; a head... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070243985 - Fiber filter production: Method and device for producing filter rods of the tobacco-processing industry. The method includes combining and mixing fibers of finite length of two different fiber types, and separating the combined and mixed fibers. The combining and mixing occurs directly before the separating.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070243986 - Bottom pre-folder for carton with folded-in gusset tips: A bottom prefolding assembly prefolds the bottom panels of a package having a bottom wall formed with in-folded gusset tips. The prefolding assembly infolds the bottom gusset panels, leading and trailing panels of a carton and in-folds the gusset panel tips prior to forming the sealed carton bottom. The assembly... Agent: Tetra Pak US Intellectual Property Department Tetra Pak Inc.

20070243987 - Apparatus for folding ribbons tidily: An apparatus for folding ribbons tidily, particularly ribbons fed from a reel, comprising at least one support for supporting at least one first folding assembly and one second folding assembly on a main footing, and selective positioning pivots for arranging the folding assemblies with respect to the footing in respective... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070243988 - Drum for a creasing device: A drum for a creasing device, a resilient creasing ring and method are provided. The drum includes first and second drum parts that cooperate with one another to define a circumferential channel of the drum a base and two side wall for receiving a resilient creasing ring. At least one... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070243989 - 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

20070238594 - Protective shoe carrier bag for traveling and home storage: A protective shoe carrier for protecting shoes packed into a travel bag or suitcase and a protective shoe carrier for home storage use. The cushioned shoe carrier is used to protect the shoes in a travel bag or in a suitcase. The cushioned shoe carrier is coupled to the shoe... Agent: Diana Fisher Horner

20070238595 - Machine for the manufacture of paper padding: A machine for the manufacture of paper padding has a shaping device and a drive which is provided in a housing to pull a paper web through the shaping device and to form a piece of padding from the paper web. A shaft is provided in the housing and serves... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070238596 - Method and an apparatus for folding a medium: A method and apparatus for folding a medium in a folder, which includes a rotatable folding cylinder, a first rotatable press membercapable of engaging with said folding cylinder to form a first folding pinch, a second rotatable press membercapable of engaging with said folding cylinder to form a second folding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070238597 - Interfolder with mass damper: An interfolding apparatus including a frame, a first interfolding roll supported for rotation by the frame, a second interfolding roll, and a mass damper. The first interfolding roll is rotatable about a first axis, and the second interfolding roll is rotatable about a second axis and is disposed adjacent to... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070232472 - Method of forming a container: A method for forming a container having container side walls and a lid. The container side walls have end edges. The lid has a central panel, side panels attached to the central panel by score lines, and an annular crushed area conterminous with the score lines in the central panel.... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20070232473 - Food bag release valve: A method of making a plurality of flexible containers (12/112/212) comprising the steps of manufacturing a plurality of bag structures (13/113/213), separately manufacturing a plurality of valves (10/110/210), aligning the valves (10/110/210) with openings (24/124/224) in the bag structures (13/113/213), and securing the aligned valves (10/110/210) to the bag structures... Agent: Cynthia S. Murphy Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070232474 - Sheet folding apparatus: A sheet conveying section (B) sequentially conveys a sheet (P) from a sheet feeding section (A), and a sheet folding section (D) folds the sheet (P) received from the sheet conveying section (B) in a conveying direction. The sheet conveying section (B) comprises a conveyer belt (3), and a positioning... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.