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US3367589A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Film selector for plastic film wrapping station

Assignee: J B DOVE AND SONS Inc
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Filing: 1967-01-23
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Granted: 1968-02-06
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Expires: 1987-01-23
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Albert H Chant
  • 👤 Jr William F Wilson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 17:26
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B67/00; B65B67/08; B65B67/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 167 words
IN A WRAPPING STATION HAVING A WRAPPING POSITION; MEANS SUPPORTING AT FIXED AXIAL POSITIONS A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE SUPPLY ROLLS OF PLASTIC FILM OF DIFFERENT WIDTHS OR OTHER DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS; AND A SELECTOR MECHANISM FOR PRESENTING SELECTED ONES OF SAID FILM TO THE WRAPPING POSITION IN ANY SEQUENCE AS DESIRED, SAID SELECTOR MECHANISM COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF SQUEEZE ASSEMBLIES FOR SQUEEZING AND HOLDING A PLURALITY OF ENDS OF FILM AT SPACED APART POSITIONS, THERE BEING A DIFFERENT SQUEEZE ASSEMBLY FOR EACH DIFFERENT END OF FILM TO BE PRESENTED TO THE WRAPPING POSITION; COMMON SUPPORT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID PLURALITY OF SQUEEZE ASSEMBLIED NEAR THE FORWARD END OF THE WRAPPING POSITION; AND LEVER MEANS SECURED TO SAID COMMON SUPPORT MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SQUEEZE ASSEMBLIES AS A UNIT TO CARRY THE END OF A SELECTED ONE OF SAID FILMS TO THE WRAPPING POSITION AND TO CARRY THE END OF A NONSELECTED FILM AWAY FROM THE WRAPPING POSITION WHILE MAINTAINING SAID SUPPLY ROLLS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE FIXED AXIAL POSITIONS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 167 words
IN A WRAPPING STATION HAVING A WRAPPING POSITION; MEANS SUPPORTING AT FIXED AXIAL POSITIONS A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE SUPPLY ROLLS OF PLASTIC FILM OF DIFFERENT WIDTHS OR OTHER DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS; AND A SELECTOR MECHANISM FOR PRESENTING SELECTED ONES OF SAID FILM TO THE WRAPPING POSITION IN ANY SEQUENCE AS DESIRED, SAID SELECTOR MECHANISM COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF SQUEEZE ASSEMBLIES FOR SQUEEZING AND HOLDING A PLURALITY OF ENDS OF FILM AT SPACED APART POSITIONS, THERE BEING A DIFFERENT SQUEEZE ASSEMBLY FOR EACH DIFFERENT END OF FILM TO BE PRESENTED TO THE WRAPPING POSITION; COMMON SUPPORT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID PLURALITY OF SQUEEZE ASSEMBLIED NEAR THE FORWARD END OF THE WRAPPING POSITION; AND LEVER MEANS SECURED TO SAID COMMON SUPPORT MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SQUEEZE ASSEMBLIES AS A UNIT TO CARRY THE END OF A SELECTED ONE OF SAID FILMS TO THE WRAPPING POSITION AND TO CARRY THE END OF A NONSELECTED FILM AWAY FROM THE WRAPPING POSITION WHILE MAINTAINING SAID SUPPLY ROLLS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE FIXED AXIAL POSITIONS.

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