Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web inventions 02/08

20080051276 - 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.

20080051277 - Cushioning product and method and apparatus for making same: The invention relates to a crumpled paper tube for use as a cushion in packing items, and to a method and apparatus for producing the same.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080045392 - Method of manufacturing a food container: Method of manufacturing a food container or cover includes the steps of: forming a paperboard article from pulp and/or other vegetable fiber material; coating front surface or back surface of the paperboard article with heat sealable thermoplastic resin; forming foldout pieces for connecting adjacent sidewall pieces at four corners of... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080045393 - Multi-layer tube of improved physical properties: A tube having walls of multi-layer construction, wherein said multi-layer construction includes one or more sub-layers, each said sub-layer consisting of a woven polymer mesh disposed in between one or more outer layers of material selected from the group consisting of paper, poly-propylene and polyethylene, wherein said tube is formed... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080039308 - Method for forming a double glued corner tray structure: A paper board blank is formed into a tray having a double glued side wall construction for providing a desirable strength to the tray. A platen drives the blank through forming rails which fold the blank into a partially formed tray having bottom, end and side walls, and inside corner... Agent: Carl M. Napolitano, Ph.d. Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20080032878 - Smart mandrel for container forming machines: A smart mandrel for use with a container forming machine to form a Bliss style container having one or more structural columns in a side or end of the container. In the preferred embodiment, the mandrel has a frame, a female profile mechanism having a female forming tool fixedly supported... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law