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US3821046A
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Method of making dispensers
Assignee: Kraft Inc
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Filing: 1971-12-06
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Granted: 1974-06-28
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Expires: 1991-12-06
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus are provided for feeding packages, dispensing nozzles and attaching strips and for securing the strips on the packages to hold the dispensing nozzles in position on the packages for dispensing the contents of the packages upon a squeezing thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 H Runge
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 20:24
CPC Classifications
B; B31; B31B; B31B70/00; B31B70/74; B31B70/81; B31B70/84; B31B70/844; B31B2160/00; B31B2160/10; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1002; Y10T156/1028; Y10T156/1033
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A method of making a dispensing package having A dispensing nozzle positioned thereon from a nondispensing, imperforate, collapsible wall, closed package, comprising providing a flexible strip adapted to be secured to the outer surface of the imperforate wall of the closed package to restrain the wall against tearing during dispensing of its contents, said strip including a dispensing nozzle inserted therethrough, engaging said strip and its nozzle with the outer surface of the imperforate collapsible wall of the closed nondispensing package, conforming said strip to the shape of the collapsible wall, and securing said strip and its nozzle against the outer surface of the imperforate wall of the closed package.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
110 words
A method of making a dispensing package having A dispensing nozzle positioned thereon from a nondispensing, imperforate, collapsible wall, closed package, comprising providing a flexible strip adapted to be secured to the outer surface of the imperforate wall of the closed package to restrain the wall against tearing during dispensing of its contents, said strip including a dispensing nozzle inserted therethrough, engaging said strip and its nozzle with the outer surface of the imperforate collapsible wall of the closed nondispensing package, conforming said strip to the shape of the collapsible wall, and securing said strip and its nozzle against the outer surface of the imperforate wall of the closed package.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
127 words
A method of making a dispensing package having a dispensing nozzle positioned thereon from a nondispensing, imperforate, collapsible wall, closed package having a generally cylindrically shaped wall between opposite ends thereof, comprising providing a flexible strip adapted to be secured to the outer surface of the imperforate collapsible cylindrically shaped wall of the closed package to restrain the cylindrically shaped wall against tearing during dispensing of its contents, said strip having an aperture therein adapted to receive a nozzle, inserting a nozzle into the aperture in said strip, engaging said strip and said nozzle with the outer surface of the imperforate collapsible wall of the nondispensing closed package, and bonding said strip and said nozzle thereto with said nozzle being disposed intermediate the ends of the package.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
127 words
A method of making a dispensing package having a dispensing nozzle positioned thereon from a nondispensing, imperforate, collapsible wall, closed package having a generally cylindrically shaped wall between opposite ends thereof, comprising providing a flexible strip adapted to be secured to the outer surface of the imperforate collapsible cylindrically shaped wall of the closed package to restrain the cylindrically shaped wall against tearing during dispensing of its contents, said strip having an aperture therein adapted to receive a nozzle, inserting a nozzle into the aperture in said strip, engaging said strip and said nozzle with the outer surface of the imperforate collapsible wall of the nondispensing closed package, and bonding said strip and said nozzle thereto with said nozzle being disposed intermediate the ends of the package.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
85 words
A method in accordance with claim 1 in which said strip has adhesive coating thereon and is carried on a carrier sheet and comprising the further steps of stripping said strip from said carrier sheet by forcing the carrier sheet about a sharp corner so that the strip peels automatically from the carrier feeding and peeled strip to a wrapping station, and exerting a pressure differential on said pressure adhesive strip to hold the same in a predetermined position for engagement with said package wall.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method in accordance with claim 3 in which said peeled strip is conveyed by a pressure differential to said wrapping station.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method in accordance with claim 2 in which said nozzles have a flange and a protruding cylindrical part with a cap thereon and including the step of vibrating said nozzles to position said caps in a predetermined orientation and for feeding the same in a procession and inserting the protruding cylindrical part through an aperture with the flange abutting the strip.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
60 words
A method in accordance with claim 2 including the steps of moving said packages forwardly in a procession along a predetermined path of travel, feeding said strips along an intersecting path to a wrapping station, and feeding said nozzles along another path to be inserted into an aperture in a strip prior to bonding said strip about said package wall.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
272 words
A method of attaching a reinforcing pressure-sensitive adhesive label strip and a dispensing nozzle projecting through an aperture in said strip to the outer surface of a flexible, imperforate wall of a closed, generally cylindrical nondispensing imperforate collapsible wall package, comprising feeding a series of nondispensing imperforate collapsible wall cylindrical packages along a given first path of travel, orienting each of said cylindrical packages so that the longitudinal axis of said package is disposed in a predetermined position relative to said first path of travel, feeding a series of label strips along a second path of travel intersecting said first path of travel of said cylindrical packages, each of said strips having an aperture therein adapted to receive a nozzle and a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating on one surface thereof, holding one of said strips at a time with its adhesive coated surface outward at a nozzle attaching station, feeding a series of nozzle means having a flange and a projecting outlet oriented with their projecting outlets outwardly along a third path of travel to said nozzle attaChing station, inserting the projecting outlet of said nozzle means into the aperture in said strip held at said nozzle attaching station and engaging the flange of said nozzle means against the adhesive coated surface of said strip, rolling one of said cylindrical packages across said strip and the flange of said nozzle means at said nozzle attaching station, and bonding said strip to the outer surface of the imperforate collapsible wall of said cylindrical package by means of the adhesive coating thereby reinforcing the imperforate wall while holding the nozzle means against the imperforate wall.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
272 words
A method of attaching a reinforcing pressure-sensitive adhesive label strip and a dispensing nozzle projecting through an aperture in said strip to the outer surface of a flexible, imperforate wall of a closed, generally cylindrical nondispensing imperforate collapsible wall package, comprising feeding a series of nondispensing imperforate collapsible wall cylindrical packages along a given first path of travel, orienting each of said cylindrical packages so that the longitudinal axis of said package is disposed in a predetermined position relative to said first path of travel, feeding a series of label strips along a second path of travel intersecting said first path of travel of said cylindrical packages, each of said strips having an aperture therein adapted to receive a nozzle and a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating on one surface thereof, holding one of said strips at a time with its adhesive coated surface outward at a nozzle attaching station, feeding a series of nozzle means having a flange and a projecting outlet oriented with their projecting outlets outwardly along a third path of travel to said nozzle attaChing station, inserting the projecting outlet of said nozzle means into the aperture in said strip held at said nozzle attaching station and engaging the flange of said nozzle means against the adhesive coated surface of said strip, rolling one of said cylindrical packages across said strip and the flange of said nozzle means at said nozzle attaching station, and bonding said strip to the outer surface of the imperforate collapsible wall of said cylindrical package by means of the adhesive coating thereby reinforcing the imperforate wall while holding the nozzle means against the imperforate wall.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1977-06-27 | 1977-12-27 | 1978-06-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1981-06-27 | 1981-12-27 | 1982-06-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1985-06-27 | 1985-12-27 | 1986-06-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |