Process and apparatus for forming display packages

Claim 1

A process for automatically packaging articles for display which comprises the steps of: passing a web of first material along one side of a sized apertured flexible material, the width of said first material being less than the greatest dimension of the aperture in said flexible material; forming a loop of said first material through the aperture in said flexible material; positioning an article within said loop so that it conforms generally to the outline of said aperture; tightening said loop about the article to hold it firmly in the sized aperture in said flexible material by mechanical movement of said flexible material; affixing said first material to said flexible material on each side of said sized aperture therein, and securing a web of second material over the said first material and the said article on the said one side of the said flexible material.

Claim 5

An apparatus for the manufacture of display cards of shaped articles which comprises: a table adapted to support and guide a display card thereon and having an aperture therein; means for feeding a continuous web of a first material across the underside of said table; movable loop-forming means adapted to extend upwardly through said aperture to form a loop from the said first material positioned across the underside of said aperture; a movable die having a cavity adapted to be sequentially positioned above said aperture and to receive said loop-forming means; movable positioning means adapted to position an article within said die and said loop of first material when said die is positioned above said aperture; means to sequentially advance an apertured display card into registration with said aperture in said table and to tighten by such advance said loop of first material about said article positioned in said loop; means for affixing the web of first material to the underside of said display card, and means for feeding and securing a web of second material over the said first material and the said article on the underside to prevent backward movement of the article through the aperture.

Claim 6

An apparatus for the manufacture of display cards of shaped articles which comprises: a table adapted to support and guide a display card thereon and having an aperture therein; means for feeding a continuous web of a first material across the underside of said table; movable loop-forming means adapted to extend upwardly through said aperture to form a loop from the said first material positioned across the underside of said aperture; a movable die having a cavity adapted to be sequentially positioned above said aperture and to receive said loop-forming means; movable positioning means adapted to position an article within said die and said loop of first material when said die is positioned above said aperture; means to sequentially advance an apertured display card into registration with said aperture in said table and to tighten by such advance said loop of first material about said article positioned in said loop; means for affixing the web of first material to the underside of said display card, and means for feeding and securing a web of second material over the said first material and the said article on the underside to prevent backward movement of the article through the aperture.

Claim 9

An apparatus for the manufacture of display cards of shaped articles which comprises: a table adapted to support and guide a display card thereon and having an aperture therein; means for feeding a continuous web of a first material across the underside of said table; movable loop-forming means adapted to extend upwardly through said aperture to form a loop from the said first material positioned across the underside of said aperture; a movable die having a cavity adapted to be sequentially positioned above said aperture and to receive said loop-forming means. movable positioning means adapted to position an article within said die and said loop of first material when said die is positioned above said aperture; means to sequentially advance an apertured display card into registration with said aperture in said table and to tighten by such advance said loop of first material about said article positioned in said loop; means for affixing the web of first material to the underside of said display card, and air pressure means for forming said loop comprising air jets positioned at the center area on each side of the cavity and adjacent the lower opening of the cavity, which jets are adapted to be connected to a source of compressed air to give off bursts of air flow lengthwise of the cavity to assist in shaping the loop.

Claim 10

An apparatus for the manufacture of display cards of shaped articles which comprises: a table adapted to support and guide a display card thereon and having an aperture therein; means for feeding a continuous web of a first material across the underside of said table; movable loop-forming means adapted to extend upwardly through said aperture to form a loop from the said first material positioned across the underside of said aperture; a movable die having a cavity adapted to be sequentially positioned above said aperture and to receive said loop-forming means. movable positioning means adapted to position an article within said die and said loop of first material when said die is positioned above said aperture; means to sequentially advance an apertured display card into registration with said aperture in said table and to tighten by such advance said loop of first material about said article positioned in said loop; means for affixing the web of first material to the underside of said display card, and air pressure means for forming said loop comprising air jets positioned at the center area on each side of the cavity and adjacent the lower opening of the cavity, which jets are adapted to be connected to a source of compressed air to give off bursts of air flow lengthwise of the cavity to assist in shaping the loop.

Claim 11

An apparatus for the continuous automatic Manufacture of display cards of shaped articles which comprises; a table having an aperture therein and adapted to support and guide a web of semi-flexible material having spaced apertures therein; means for feeding a continuous web of a first material across the underside of said table; movable loop-forming means adapted to extend upwardly through said table aperture and to form a loop from the first material positioned across the underside of said table aperture; a movable die having a cavity adapted to be sequentially positioned above said table aperture and to receive said loop-forming means; movable positioning means adapted to position an article within said die and said loop of first material when said die is positioned above said table aperture; means to sequentially advance the apertured semi-flexible material into registration with said aperture in said table and to tighten by such advance said loop of first material about said article positioned in said loop; means for affixing the web of first material to the underside of said semi-flexible material; means for feeding a continuous web of a second material to contact the first material and to affix the second web to the first web, and means for severing the webs of material into display cards.

Claim 12

An apparatus for the continuous automatic Manufacture of display cards of shaped articles which comprises; a table having an aperture therein and adapted to support and guide a web of semi-flexible material having spaced apertures therein; means for feeding a continuous web of a first material across the underside of said table; movable loop-forming means adapted to extend upwardly through said table aperture and to form a loop from the first material positioned across the underside of said table aperture; a movable die having a cavity adapted to be sequentially positioned above said table aperture and to receive said loop-forming means; movable positioning means adapted to position an article within said die and said loop of first material when said die is positioned above said table aperture; means to sequentially advance the apertured semi-flexible material into registration with said aperture in said table and to tighten by such advance said loop of first material about said article positioned in said loop; means for affixing the web of first material to the underside of said semi-flexible material; means for feeding a continuous web of a second material to contact the first material and to affix the second web to the first web, and means for severing the webs of material into display cards.