Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web inventions 12/08

20080318749 - Methods and systems for packaging a product: A method for applying a heat-shrink patch to a carton for forming a shape of the carton. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel and a movable section that is movable between a first... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080318750 - Packaging machine and discharging device for a packaging machine: Packaging machine and discharging device for a packaging machine, and a method for filling bags by means of a packaging machine, wherein a bag to be filled is filled by means of a filling element and the filled bags are taken off by means of a bag take-off device and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080318751 - One-piece integrated paper art and method for making the same: A method of generating an integrated module directly by the design patterns of a cardboard, a method of modularizing a variety of paper crafts can transform to a method of combining a set of modules into an integrated module via pattern designs. In addition to using double etching to etch... Agent: CovenantIPConsulting Co.

20080318752 - Sheet folding apparatus, sheet folding unit and image forming apparatus: A sheet folding apparatus, including: a stacker configured to stack a plurality of sheets; a first folding roller configured to rotate around a first axis; a second folding roller configured to rotate around a second axis which is parallel with the first axis and biased to the first folding roller... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080318753 - Sheet folding apparatus, sheet folding unit and image forming apparatus: A sheet folding apparatus, including: a stacker configured to stack a plurality of sheets; a first folding roller configured to rotate around a first axis; a second folding roller configured to rotate around a second axis which is in parallel with the first axis and biased to the first folding... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080318754 - Sheet folding apparatus, sheet folding unit and image forming apparatus: A sheet folding unit, including: a first folding roller configured to rotate around a first axis; a second folding roller configured to rotate around a second axis which is in parallel with the first axis and biased to the first folding roller separably to a separating direction to make a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080312054 - Storage box: A stackable and collapsible storage box (100) comprising a foldable wrapper (10) having side wall and end wall panels which are releasably retained within a peripheral channel (30a) on a separate base portion (30). The wall panels have lower extension portions (11, 12) that are folded upwardly to provide a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080312055 - Storage box: The present invention relates to improvements introduced in invention patent number 200102600 relating to a process for obtaining a continuous mesh tube which is used to produce bags for vegetable and fruit products and similar products, and the tube obtained by means of said process, the tube of which is... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080312056 - Method and apparatus for making bags: A machine and method for making bags is described and includes a web , traveling from an input section to a rotary drum, to an output section. The rotary drum includes at least one seal bar, having a first sealing zone, and an adjacent weakening zone. The weakening zone may... Agent: George R Corrigan

20080312057 - Polymer bag: A method of manufacturing a bag from a polymer film is disclosed. The method comprises (a) forming a bag with a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, opposed sides defined by heat seals of the front and back walls, skirts extending outwardly from the heat seals and an... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080312058 - Method and an apparatus for picking up flat folded tubular blanks from a magazine and for moving them to an erecting station: In an apparatus for picking up flat folded tubular blanks from a magazine and for moving the blanks to an erecting station, a horizontal transmission shaft transmits a rotational movement about a first articulation axis to a functional arm hinged with one side to a terminal portion of the transmission... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20080312059 - Folding apparatus: A folding apparatus includes a feed unit for supplying a medium to be folded, a folding substrate forming a convexly curved support surface for the medium and adapted to be driven back and forth in a circumferential direction of the curved support surface, and a pinch and guide structure for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080300120 - Creasing device for corrugated board sheet and corrugated-box making machine: A slotter-creaser unit includes an upper creasing head and a lower creasing head. A protruding portion is arranged on a periphery of the lower creasing head in a circumferential direction. A first pressing portion and a second pressing portion having different lengths and different curvature radiuses in a width direction... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080300121 - Method and apparatus for making skirtless seals: A machine and method for making bags is described and includes a web traveling from an input section to a rotary drum, to an output section. The rotary drum includes at least one seal bar, having a single sealing zone, and a weakening zone disposed within the single sealing zone.... Agent: George R Corrigan

20080300122 - 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

20080300123 - Article handling device: A device for fully erecting a flat collapsed carton into an erected carton sleeve, the device comprising an arm linkage comprising a first arm (20a, 20b) coupled to a shaft (12), said shaft (12) being coupled to a drive means to achieve rotational movement of the arm linkage, a second... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation