US3367221A
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Packing machines
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1966-05-20
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Granted: 1968-02-06
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Expires: 1986-05-20
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Schmermund Alfred
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 09:44
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B19/00; B65B19/02; B65B19/22; B65B19/228; B65B11/00; B65B11/58; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T83/00; Y10T83/202; Y10T83/2033; Y10T83/2037; Y10T83/2042
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
239 words
IN A PACKING MACHINE IN WHICH AN ARTICLE TO BE PACKED IS EMBRACED IN A U-SHAPED MANNER BY A WRAPPING HAVING A LONG AND A SHORT PORTION OF WRAPPING MATERIAL IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP AND IN WHICH THE TWO WRAPPING MATERIAL PORTIONS ARE CUT FROM A SINGLE WEB OF SAID MATERIAL, THE COMBINATION OF A ROTATABLE CUTTER, A COUNTER MEMBER POSITIONED FOR COOPERATION WITH SAID CUTTER, A FIRST CUTTER BLADE AND A SECOND CUTTER BLADE ARRANGED ON SAID CUTTER FOR ALTERNATELY CUTTING, BY PRESSURE AGAINST SAID COUNTER MEMBER, SHORT AND LONG PORTIONS OF WRAPPING MATERIAL FROM SAID WEB, MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID WEB AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT SPEED BETWEEN SAID CUTTER AND SAID COUNTER MEMBER, A SUCTION BELT MOVABLE AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT SPEED, A PORTION OF SAID SUCTION BELT BEING ARRANGED ALONG THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID PORTIONS OF WRAPPING MATERIAL FOR TAKING OVER THE FEED OF EACH PORTION OF WRAPPING MATERIAL AFTER IT HAS BEEN CUT FROM SAID WEB, MEANS ARRANGED NEAR THAT END OF SAID SUCTION BELT PORTION WHICH IS REMOTE FROM SAID CUTTER FOR DECELERATING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID LONG PORTION OF WRAPPING MATERIAL AFTER IT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SAID SUCTION BELT SO AS TO ALLOW THE NEXT FOLLOWING SHORT PORTION OF WRAPPING MATERIAL TO OVERTAKE THE TRAILING END OF SAID LONG PORTION THEREBY TO EFFECT AN OVERLAP BETWEEN SAID TRAILING END OF SAID LONG PORTION AND THE LEADING END OF SAID SHORT PORTION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
239 words
IN A PACKING MACHINE IN WHICH AN ARTICLE TO BE PACKED IS EMBRACED IN A U-SHAPED MANNER BY A WRAPPING HAVING A LONG AND A SHORT PORTION OF WRAPPING MATERIAL IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP AND IN WHICH THE TWO WRAPPING MATERIAL PORTIONS ARE CUT FROM A SINGLE WEB OF SAID MATERIAL, THE COMBINATION OF A ROTATABLE CUTTER, A COUNTER MEMBER POSITIONED FOR COOPERATION WITH SAID CUTTER, A FIRST CUTTER BLADE AND A SECOND CUTTER BLADE ARRANGED ON SAID CUTTER FOR ALTERNATELY CUTTING, BY PRESSURE AGAINST SAID COUNTER MEMBER, SHORT AND LONG PORTIONS OF WRAPPING MATERIAL FROM SAID WEB, MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID WEB AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT SPEED BETWEEN SAID CUTTER AND SAID COUNTER MEMBER, A SUCTION BELT MOVABLE AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT SPEED, A PORTION OF SAID SUCTION BELT BEING ARRANGED ALONG THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID PORTIONS OF WRAPPING MATERIAL FOR TAKING OVER THE FEED OF EACH PORTION OF WRAPPING MATERIAL AFTER IT HAS BEEN CUT FROM SAID WEB, MEANS ARRANGED NEAR THAT END OF SAID SUCTION BELT PORTION WHICH IS REMOTE FROM SAID CUTTER FOR DECELERATING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID LONG PORTION OF WRAPPING MATERIAL AFTER IT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SAID SUCTION BELT SO AS TO ALLOW THE NEXT FOLLOWING SHORT PORTION OF WRAPPING MATERIAL TO OVERTAKE THE TRAILING END OF SAID LONG PORTION THEREBY TO EFFECT AN OVERLAP BETWEEN SAID TRAILING END OF SAID LONG PORTION AND THE LEADING END OF SAID SHORT PORTION.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US2107482A
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1971-02-05 | 1971-08-07 | 1972-02-06 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1975-02-05 | 1975-08-07 | 1976-02-06 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1979-02-05 | 1979-08-07 | 1980-02-06 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |