141 |
Method and apparatus for forming notches for gussets for expandable
envelopes |
US517010 |
1983-07-25 |
US4540390A |
1985-09-10 |
Donald Thorschmidt |
An improved method and apparatus for forming notches at a fold for the corner portion of an expandable gusset envelope, such as a file pocket. A pleated gusset member is placed on a ridged upper surface of a table structure of the apparatus, thereby initiating operation of the apparatus. The bottom portion of the pleated gusset member is clamped against the top of the table. Pressing rolls bend the end portion of the clamped gusset member downwardly against a ridged side surface of the table. The pressing rolls then are rolled upwardly with respect to the pleats of the end portion and form notches adjacent the fold at the clamped bottom portion of the gusset member. A plurality of stacked and gusset members can be notched at one time. |
142 |
High speed method of making envelopes each with a separate enclosure |
US568547 |
1984-01-05 |
US4530731A |
1985-07-23 |
William P. Bradley |
An improved high speed method for producing quantities of discrete envelope assemblies, each assembly including an envelope and separate enclosure formed from the same blank of sheet material and having personalized information printed on both the envelope and enclosure that is unique to each assembly.The method provides for continuous operation of the method steps all occurring one after the other as each assembly travels in the same general direction throughout all processing operations. |
143 |
Method of making envelope assemblies |
US464648 |
1983-02-07 |
US4530730A |
1985-07-23 |
William P. Bradley; Michael Herman; Robert W. Paltrow |
A method for producing quantities of discrete envelope assemblies including at least one separate enclosure for each assembly, the invention allows formation of the envelope and enclosure from the same sheet of material and allows marking of both envelope and enclosure with indicia which can be unique to each assembly. The method particularly allows continuous, high speed manufacture of assemblies personalized by name and address or the like by printing the indicia on a web of sheet material followed by formation of the web into a plurality of separate envelopes and enclosures with the envelopes and enclosures having like indicia being associated, the method including the use of a fugitive adhesive effected during manufacture, the contour cutting of the web prior to folding and the maintenance of a singular direction of travel of the web and elements cut therefrom throughout manufacture. |
144 |
Process and apparatus for making a multi-pocketed album page |
US534417 |
1983-09-21 |
US4462854A |
1984-07-31 |
Roger A. Wenstrom; Donald E. Irvin; George L. MacKay; Hugh A. Robinson |
A process and apparatus for making a multi-pocketed album page includes means for supporting and guiding a plurality of transparent plastic strips into contacting relation with opposite surfaces of a paperboard web, the latter being moved through a predetermined path of travel. Longitudinal heat sealing means are provided for heat sealing the plastic strips to the paperboard web in a direction along the path of travel of the strips and paperboard web. Transverse heat sealing means are also provided for heat sealing the strips to opposite surfaces of the paperboard web transversely of the path of travel. Shiftable cutting or shearing means are provided for cutting the paperboard web and transparent strips, after sealing, into page size so that each page is provided with a plurality of upwardly opening transparent pockets on both surfaces thereof. |
145 |
Apparatus for the production of jackets for recording disks |
US254259 |
1981-04-15 |
US4347091A |
1982-08-31 |
Karl Hauck; Hubert Fehrenbach; Dieter Mayer; Herbert Wagner; Kurt Zwintzscher |
An apparatus for the production of a jacket for a recording disk from a foldable blank, comprising a stationary receiving surface for one half of the blank and a further surface, pivotable essentially through an angle of 180.degree., for bending over the other half of the blank; a sheet-like spacer member which can be positioned over the stationary receiving surface, and one of whose edges, serving as a folding blade, is allocated to the swing point of the two said surfaces; and means for heating the fold area of the blank. |
146 |
Method of making a container strip having inserts |
US151320 |
1980-05-19 |
US4337058A |
1982-06-29 |
Bernard Lerner |
A method of forming a container strip of flexible sheet material having anti-corrosion inserts is disclosed. The method includes the steps of bringing two webs of flexible material into superimposed relationship, applying an adhesive to one of the webs, and feeding inserts, one by one, between the two webs. Thereafter, the webs are passed between rolls which compress the webs and the inserts to adhere the inserts to the web having adhesive. Edge seals, end seals, and perforations then are formed to produce a strip of flexible containers suitable for reception of corrosion prone articles.In an alternative embodiment, an adhesive is applied to both webs at spaced locations and an insert then is compressed between the webs at a location toward one end of the container. This technique produces a container having a header portion to provide support for display purposes. |
147 |
Mechanism for making an envelope around an insert |
US122278 |
1980-02-19 |
US4312169A |
1982-01-26 |
Roman M. Golicz; William H. Gunther, Jr.; James W. Hough |
An improved machine and method of making and folding an insert and a personalized envelope therefor. |
148 |
Apparatus for the manufacture of a jacket for a flexible disk for data
recording |
US177855 |
1980-08-14 |
US4304621A |
1981-12-08 |
Hans Appoldt; Werner Wagner; Karl Hauck; Reinhold Baur |
An apparatus for the manufacture of a jacket, comprising two cover sheets joined to one another, for a flexible disk for data recording, the cover sheets and the nonwoven lining being punched out in the form of blanks including the functional apertures, and the cover sheet blank and the nonwoven blank being joined to one another and then folded to form the jacket, wherein the sheet material for the cover sheets is transferred from a magazine, with the aid of mechanical, air-operated grippers provided with positioning means, to an assembly surface and is there positioned, the sheet of nonwoven material from a second magazine is tacked onto the cover sheet material by spot-welding and is then joined thereto over the entire surface by thermal welding, thereafter the cover sheet material thus provided with the nonwoven covering is transferred to a holder frame and then conveyed, with this frame, to a punching device where it is punched out to form a blank provided with the functional apertures, subsequently the blank is removed from the holder frame by means of mechanical, air-operated grippers and is placed in the correct position on a carrier and folded to form the jacket, and at the same time the folds are stabilized by heating and subsequently cooling the material in the region of the folds, and the surfaces which come into contact on folding are welded to one another in the marginal portions of the jacket. |
149 |
Manufacture of sealed-end tubular thermoplastic net bagging |
US79526 |
1979-09-27 |
US4289569A |
1981-09-15 |
Kenneth H. Rabeneck; Jerry R. Kantlehner; David E. Gallaher |
A tube of thermoplastic netting is drawn through a work station in a radially collapsed, condensed condition. At the work station, the netting is angularly twisted to rope-like form, to increase its bulk density and, in such condition, is drawn between the die and platen of an ultrasonic welding horn. Periodically, the die and platen momentarily bear against a succeeding short length of the twisted, condensed rope-like form making a fused seal nugget integrating all strands of the netting at that site. The resulting product may be a long length of such tubing, having such a seal every so often, or a plurality of bags formed from the intermediate product by making one transverse cut through the netting tube beside each seal nugget. |
150 |
Method and apparatus for folding and sealing a floppy disc envelope |
US963451 |
1978-11-24 |
US4272235A |
1981-06-09 |
David L. Barnett |
A center fold is produced in a floppy disc envelope by partially folding a pre-cut sheet of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) having two spaced center holes. The center holes are forced over a precision pedestal affixed to a flat support surface. A first fold bar is lowered against the partially folded sheet, flattening first and second sections of the sheet on each side of a fold line against the support surface, producing a fold of controlled radius. A heat lamp is utilized to anneal the fold for a predetermined time, after which the fold bar is raised. A flap extending from the first section of the sheet is folded back against the second section of the sheet by means of an apparatus including a flat support, a precision pedestal for aligning and retaining the partially folded envelope, and a second fold bar having a lip for engaging the edge of the flap. The second fold bar moves along an arcuate path controlled by a four bar linkage, folding the flap back against the second section and simultaneously forcing the fold end of the flap against a resilient pad adjacent a rigid stop attached to the support surface, producing a permanent end fold having a controlled radius of curvature. The folded flap is then sealed by means of an apparatus including a clamp bar, a heat lamp, and a movable hot sealing bar. After the envelope is aligned, the clamp bar engages the flap adjacent the end fold and forces the flap against the envelope. The heat lamp is turned on, annealing the fold. The hot sealing bar is forced against the free end of the flap, welding the end of the flap to the envelope. |
151 |
Method of and apparatus for manufacturing envelopes |
US699301 |
1976-06-24 |
US4091596A |
1978-05-30 |
Charles L. Jones |
A method of and a machine for the simultaneous forming of and stuffing of an insert into an envelope blanked from a paper web wherein the web is intermittently advanced along a first path, scored along preselected fold lines and notched at preselected spaced intervals for defining unsevered envelope blanks having a bottom flap, a closure flap and end flaps. The bottom flap of each envelope blank is folded as the web advances along the first path to form a pocket, the leading envelope blank is stopped and registered at a preselected position, severed and charged with an insert into the pocket defined by the bottom flap. The charged envelope blank is advanced along a second path perpendicular to the first path, where adhesive is applied to the end flaps, the end flaps folded into sealing relationship with the bottom flap. The charged envelope blank is then advanced along a third path perpendicular to the second path where adhesive is applied to the closure flap and the closure flap folded into sealed relationship with the bottom and end flaps. |
152 |
Manufacturing apparatus for fabricating a disposable crust rolling form |
US725448 |
1976-09-22 |
US4077307A |
1978-03-07 |
George B. Davis, Jr. |
Manufacturing apparatus for fabricating a disposable crust rolling form wherein crust dough, after being placed within the form, may be rolled therein into the shape of the form and thickness of the finished crust. |
153 |
Method of making multiple enclosure mailer |
US766552 |
1977-02-07 |
US4067171A |
1978-01-10 |
Everett H. Herbert; Randolph S. Lyon, Jr.; Kurt E. Volk, Jr.; Robert W. Wassmer |
Methods for preparing multiple separate personalized enclosures such as lettersheets, forms, return-mail applications and the like, contained in an envelope, which enclosures and envelope are prepared from two or more integral sheets. |
154 |
Apparatus for preparing sealed envelope units with messages |
US637694 |
1975-12-04 |
US4031818A |
1977-06-28 |
James W. Kehoe |
A multiple, potentially variable message printing method is disclosed which comprises: storing desired message information in a computer system; moving a single, continuous strip of paper in the direction of its long axis across printing means operated by said computer system to print the desired message information on the continuous strip; and thereafter folding and severing the single strip of paper to form a plurality of separate, sealed envelope units, each carrying a specific message which may be of variable content if desired. Alternatively, separate paper sheets are processed through such a computer system and then folded into separate message units. |
155 |
Static-type mixer and receptacle |
US596171 |
1975-07-15 |
US4002289A |
1977-01-11 |
Thomas B. Moore |
Mixing means comprising a disposable static-type mixer having opposed walls of sheet material secured to one another in a pattern such as to establish a flow path therethrough having a plurality of inlets at one end thereof for entry of the materials to be mixed (e.g., two resins forming a two-part plastic foam), an outlet at the other end thereof for exit of the mixture, and a plurality of flow passages between the inlet and the outlets. The flow passages cross one another at a plurality of intersections between the inlets and the outlet for mixing the materials flowing through the passages to the outlet.A receptacle adapted to receive an item to be packaged and to have plastic foamed in place around the item for protecting the item from damage during shipping, the receptacle having a mouth for placement of the item in the receptacle and for introduction of the plastic material and a disposable static-type mixer secured to the receptacle adjacent its mouth, this static-type mixer being adapted for removable connection to plastic foam material dispensing means and for introducing mixed plastic foam material into the receptacle for foaming in place around the item.A method of packaging involving placing the item to be packaged in a receptacle, attaching plastic foam material dispensing means to a static-type mixer carried by the receptacle and dispensing mixed plastic foam material into the container around the item via the static-type mixer. The foam dispensing means is then removed from the static-type mixer and the receptacle is closed. |
156 |
Improvement in postal-card machines |
US138028D |
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US138028A |
1873-04-22 |
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