Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web inventions 12/07

20070298952 - Apparatus and method for creasing a carton board: Apparatus (31) is provided for the creasing of a carton board (30). The apparatus (31) has a body (32) with a front surface (43) from which a creasing tool (41) mounted in the body (32) protrudes. The apparatus (31) has means providing an air pressure differential at the front surface... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070298953 - Drink preparing machine with holding and warming device: A device and method for warming a cup in a machine for preparing a hot drink or beverage involving transmitting by conduction a part of the surface heat of the heating body to a cup holder. The heating body is also used to heat water in the machine. The device... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070298954 - Sculpted perforated header for reclosable packages: A machine direction method of manufacture of reclosable packages is disclosed wherein a semi-circular or similarly shaped perforated pattern is punched in the web in registration with the package side seals. Continuous lines of perforation are punched in the web parallel to the top of the package. The web is... Agent: Day Pitney LLP Account: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070298955 - 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.

20070293382 - Method and apparatus for making bags: A method and apparatus for making bags is disclosed. It includes receiving a film and imparting a plurality of successive seals to the film to form bags. The location of the imparted seals is determined by monitoring at least two sensors. A plurality of perforations are imparted to the film... Agent: George R Corrigan

20070293383 - Fan-folding mechanism for a case erector: Several implementations of a fan folding mechanism for folding flaps of a case into a fan fold arrangement are disclosed and described. In one implementation, the fan folding mechanism comprises four shoes, arranged to allow one shoe to contact a flap on each of four sides of the case. A... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070293384 - Slider assembly having a position changing module: A sliding assembly has a slider and at least one rail movably engaged with the slider for movement. The rail is coupled to a module operable in a number of module positions. A lever arm is connected between a pin on the slider and the module to change the module... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070287621 - Methods for forming a reverse kiss cut and score line in a sheet of deformable material: Methods and apparatus for forming a score line with a reverse kiss cut in a deformable material are provided. A method can include providing two plates, such as a die plate with a scoring rule thereon and a counter plate with an aligned corresponding recess with a knife edge positioned... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070287622 - Sheet processing apparatus and method: A sheet processing apparatus is operable to cut an edge portion of a sheet. The sheet processing apparatus is operable to calculate a sheet utilization efficiency based on an area of the sheet before cutting and an area of a sheet obtained by cutting the edge portion.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070287623 - Compact dunnage converter: A compact dunnage conversion machine includes a converging chute with a restricted inlet, a powered feed assembly with a sealed gearbox, a plurality of interchangeable power supplies, and a restricted outlet chute. The converter can convert a sheet stock material into dunnage for use in packaging one or more objects... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070281844 - Cup rim unroller: A tool for unfurling a rolled rim of a paperboard cup is disclosed. The tool comprises a rigid elongated member having a front side, a back side, and, preferably, four peripheral edges. One portion of the elongated member is rolled into a semi-spiral hook which is generally spiraled about a... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20070281845 - Procedure for production of conical ice cream wrappers: This is a continuous mode procedure wherein in a first cutting operation an upper band (5) is obtained and a lower band (6), followed by a second cutting operation to obtain some separate trapezoidal segments (4), to finish with a third cutting operation on the curled side (10) of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070281846 - Outsert-forming method: A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article; (b) making a fold in the first folded... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070281847 - Cushioning conversion machine and method: A novel cushioning conversion machine and method for converting sheet stock material into a novel cushioning product and for producing discrete sections or pads of desired length, without the need for a cutting assembly, thereby enabling the construction of a less expensive, smaller and less complex machine. The machine and... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP