Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
053455000 | Making a pocket in web material by folding and side sealing (e.g., flat bag making) | 17 |
20080202073 | Sandbag Wall Ststem with Multi-Compartment Sandbag - A bag for holding fill material for use in the construction of sandbag retaining walls and erosion control has two or more longitudinally-extending compartments formed by a line of attachment between opposed bag wall sections. In use, if one compartment wall fails, the bag as a whole will remain functional within the wall. The compartments can also be filled with different fill materials, for example soil and dry mix concrete, to provide walls having characteristics suited for particular applications. | 08-28-2008 |
20080271418 | Method for Manufacturing an Ingredient Package - Tandem, vertically-aligned vertical form, fill, and seal (VFFS) assemblies enable a method for manufacturing an ingredient package. In inner ingredient-bearing package is manufactured by a first superior VFFS assembly, which inner package is then downwardly displaced to a second inferior VFFS assembly. The inner package and a second ingredient are deposited (filled) into an open-ended outer packaging material being formed by the inferior VFFS assembly. After deposing the inner package and the second ingredient into the formed outer package, the outer package and inner package are sealed to one another at superior ends thereof to finally form an ingredient package. The finally formed package may be removed from partially formed packages in superior adjacency thereto. The finally formed package compartmentalizes the first and second ingredients for later consumer consumption. | 11-06-2008 |
20080313998 | METHOD OF MANFACTURE FOR A SQUEEZABLE FLEXIBLE PACKAGE - A method and apparatus for manufacturing a non-rectilinear flexible package comprising an in-line process including application and selective sealing of a semi-rigid strip to an inner wall of the package and further including a dual-stage die-cutting technique to remove and cut a non-linear shape into a formed web of film. The semi-rigid strip is sealed to one interior wall of the package but not the other to provide a reinforced opening to the package through which a material can be dispensed. Additionally, the dual stage die-cutting method comprises first cutting and removing a portion of the web material prior to filling the package and again cutting and removing a portion of the web material after filling, resulting in a package having a narrowed neck adjacent the closed reinforced opening at an upper portion of the package and a body of the package that is tapered towards the reinforced opening. | 12-25-2008 |
20090013651 | Method and apparatus for feeding bags to a packaging machine - A bag-making and packaging machine, in which a horizontal bag-making machine and a packaging machine are provided, including a positioning conveyor for positioning bags fed out from the horizontal bag-making machine, a feed conveyor for feeding the bags to the packaging machine, and first, second, and third transport mechanisms provided between the positioning conveyor and the feed conveyor. The first transport mechanism lifts up the bags up and change their attitude to a vertical attitude with the bag mouths oriented upward. The second transport mechanism receives the bags from the first transport mechanisms, transports them, and rotates the bags to orient bag surfaces in the feed direction of the feed conveyor. The third transport mechanisms receives the bags from the second transport mechanisms, changes their attitude to a horizontal attitude, and places them on the feed conveyor with the bag mouths oriented in the feed direction. | 01-15-2009 |
20090056281 | Shaped Flexible Pouch With Elongated Neck And Method Of Manufacture - Accordingly, the present invention is an improved flexible pouch for a product and an improved apparatus and method for manufacturing the pouch. The flexible pouch, apparatus and methodology for a pouch includes an upper edge and side edges extending therefrom. The upper edge includes an elongated spout portion extending therefrom. The elongated spout portion can have shape representative of a bottle cap attached to a top of bottle throat. In addition, the elongated spout portion can have an opening element that affords for tearing off the bottle cap shaped portion and allow access to the product. | 03-05-2009 |
20090193762 | APPARATUS FOR HANDLING TOBACCO BAGS - For the purpose of handling tobacco bags ( | 08-06-2009 |
20090293434 | Method of forming a pre-packaged, flexible container of ice and air - A method of forming a pre-packaged container of ice and air is disclosed. The method includes forming a first member and a second member from a plastic material. The first and second members are physically overlapped one upon the other to establish a coterminuous outer periphery. A seal is formed about a portion of the outer periphery to form a void area. The seal extends from between about 50% to about 80% around the outer periphery and the unsealed portion of the periphery forms an inlet to the void area. Air is introduced through the inlet to create a cavity having a preselected volume. Individual pieces of ice are inserted into the cavity through the inlet. The method further includes sealing the inlet to form a pre-packaged, flexible container of ice and air. The air occupies at least about 50% of the volume of the cavity. | 12-03-2009 |
20100139217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING AND FILLING A FLEXIBLE PACKAGE - A flexible package is formed and filled in an in-line process by directing a web of film and a semi-rigid strip in a machine direction; folding the web of film into a pair of opposing walls with the semi-rigid strip there between; and selectively attaching the strip to only one of the opposing walls by controlling applied heating to opposing walls of the pair to seal one wall but not the other to the semi-rigid strip to define an opening between upper edges of the opposing walls. | 06-10-2010 |
20100212266 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING POCKETS PROVIDED WITH NAPKINS - The invention relates to a method of producing pockets containing a napkin ( | 08-26-2010 |
20110005172 | PACKING-PACKAGING APPARATUS - A packing-packaging machine includes: sheet feeding means; a horizontal bonding unit for forming a bag body by forming horizontal bonding on a tubular body at predetermined intervals; and an object dispensing unit for dispensing an object to be packaged to the bag body during a repetition of the formation of the horizontal bonding. The object dispensing unit includes a shutter for opening and closing a falling path of a predetermined amount of the object into the bag body. The shutter is opened and closed such that the predetermined amount of the object and another predetermined amount of the object fall with a spacing therebetween, and that before the horizontal bonding is formed on the bag body packed with the predetermined amount of the object which has been dropped during opening-closing operation of the shutter, the other predetermined amount of the object for a next bag body starts falling. | 01-13-2011 |
20110265429 | System and Method for Assembly of Packettes Having Closures - A method of automatically manufacturing a filled packette having a closure where a film is advanced from a feed roller to a punch that produces a series of holes in the film. Individual closures are then positioned into each punched hole and ultrasonically welded into place. The film is folded and oriented vertically so that heat sealing may be used to form the side and bottom edges of individual pockets. The film is then clipped to form individual pockets and filed with the appropriate amount of desired material from a bulk feeder. The filled pockets may be sealed along the top edge to form a closed packette and die cut to form the final packette shape. | 11-03-2011 |
20130086874 | Cavitated Polypropylene Films Having Improved Interfacial Adhesion - Provided is an oriented, opaque polypropylene film, methods of making the oriented, opaque film, and methods of enveloping an article in a VFFS or HFFS unit using the film, the film comprising at least one core layer having a first and second side comprising polypropylene and from 2 wt % to 30 wt % calcium carbonate and from 0.5 wt % to 20 wt % of a whitening agent, each based on the weight of the core layer materials; at least one skin layer adhered to each of the first and second sides of the core layer; wherein the film possesses a density within the range from 0.65 g/cc to 0.88 g/cc and an interfacial adhesion of at least 600 g/inch. | 04-11-2013 |
20130219832 | Method for Forming Packages - A method and apparatus for formation, filling, and sealing unit dose packages for consumer products are described herein. A filling system with a filling control system is also disclosed. Although the filling system is described in conjunction with a method for forming, filling, and sealing unit dose packages, the filling system and filling control system can be used in other dispensing processes. | 08-29-2013 |
20130283736 | Reclosable Multi-Compartment Package - A reclosable, multi-compartment package for storing foodstuff separately in at least two compartments which are combined upon opening is disclosed, and methods of use and manufacture thereof. The package also provides for mixing of the separated foodstuff upon opening of the package just prior to use. The opening of the package further includes a reclosable structure. Upon opening the package, the frangible seals are separated thus combining the at least two compartments into one compartment. | 10-31-2013 |
20140157727 | Package Containing a Breachable Bubble in Combination with a Closure Device - A sealed package is disclosed that includes a breachable bubble for opening the package in combination with at least one reclosable device. The reclosable device may comprise a pair of opposing interlocking members. The breachable bubble allows for the package to be easily opened while the reclosable device allows for the package to be closed once opened. The breachable bubble and the reclosable device can be preformed on opposing strips that are then incorporated into the package as the package is being formed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140250838 | Squeezable Dispensing Package and Method - A fluid dispensing container is provided. The container includes a container body formed from a first flexible material defining an interior cavity. The container includes a membrane formed from a second flexible material and a seal coupling the membrane to the inner surface of the container body. The membrane divides the interior cavity into a contents chamber and a dispensing chamber, and the membrane and the seal are configured to be fluid tight to maintain fluid within the contents chamber prior to rupture of the membrane. The rupture stress of the second flexible material is less than the rupture stress of the first flexible material such that, as fluid pressure within the contents chamber increases, the membrane is configured to rupture without the container body rupturing. | 09-11-2014 |
20140360135 | Bags, Method of Making Bags and Method of Use Thereof for Enveloping Rectangular Bales - A continuous web of closed, preformed end-to-end bags for enclosing bales of material are made by forming an elongate sheet into a helix tube, flattening the tube into first and second elongate bag walls and securing the bag walls at closure seams located along the flattened helix tube. The helix tube is formed by nesting the elongate sheet side edges into U-shapes and sewing. The bag walls are secured to one another by nesting them into U-shapes and sewing. Bales are enveloped by severing the web and thereby providing a bag with an open end, separating the bag walls, inserting a bale therein, closing the bag and severing from the remaining web. Each bag is located along the web with a pair of sensors which provide a locating signal responsive to the bag closure seams. | 12-11-2014 |