Cryovac, Inc.

Other

Jeffrey Linyard Walker

Gregory E McDonald

Glenn W Killinger

Andrew W Moehlenbrock

George Dean Wofford

Thomas Duane Kennedy

Daniel L McKamy

John Richard Campanelli

Andrew W VanPutte

Timothy S Dennison

Julian L Pruitt

Jay B Wilson

David Wayne Grams

William Z Snow

Kyle B Bullock

Robert D All

Howard D Connor

Elizabeth Roberson McGee

Shawn D Harris

F Ted Oakhill

Daniel Lee Mckamy

Elizabeth Roberson Mcgee

A bag-in-box system for use in dispensing a pumpable product includes a carton, a flexible thermoplastic pouch disposed in the carton, a spout joined to the pouch, a spout closure, and a pumpable product disposed in the pouch, the flexible thermoplastic pouch including an outer wall including a coextruded film having a polyethylene layer, a tie layer, and a polyamide layer, and a discrete inner wall including an ethylene polymer or copolymer, or a composition like that of the outer wall, the outer wall sealed to the inner wall at the perimeter of the pouch. Optionally, a discrete intermediate wall can be disposed between the outer wall and inner discrete wall of the pouch. The system can further include a pump operatively connected to the pouch and carton to dispense the pumpable product from the pouch.

Bag-in-box system for use in dispensing a pumpable product

An apparatus for selectively dispensing a web from a plurality of rolls of serrated bags or layflat tubing comprises a web selector for selecting and advancing a web from the plurality of rolls; a bag driver for advancing the selected web and separating a bag from the web; and a bag transfer device for transporting the separated bag from the bag driver to a location for processing. A sealer/cutter is used to produce a bag from the layflat tubing. A method of selectively dispensing a web from a plurality of rolls of serrated bags or layflat tubing comprises selecting and advancing a web from the plurality of rolls of serrated bags; advancing the selected web and separating a bag from the web; and transporting the separated bag to a location for further processing. In the case of layflat tubing, the selected web is sealed and cut to make a bag.

Web dispenser

The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and system for loading, vacuumizing, and sealing bagged articles. The invention includes placing a bagged article onto a subplaten, and advancing the loaded subplaten through a synchronizing assembly which allows synchronized placement of the loaded subplaten onto the platen of a vacuum/seal apparatus. The invention provides improved automation of the entire loading/vacuumizing/sealing process for a wide variety of bagged articles, especially food articles such as meat, poultry, cheese, and the like.

Method for high speed loading, vacuumizing and sealing of a bagged article

In the packaging of a wide variety of products in flexible film bags, problems with edge tear and incomplete bag cut-off have been encountered. The edge tear and incomplete cut-off are worse for films containing low melting polymers, such as metallocene-catalyzed ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymers. These problems can be solved using a clamp-cut-seal process, as opposed to a clamp-seal-cut process. By cutting before sealing, the film is still cool, and the strain on the film due to the cutting does not pull on the seal area enough to cause edge tearing (i.e., tearing at the seal). The higher resistance to elongation of the cool, clamped film also serves to reduce or prevent incomplete bag tail cutoff. Also, by providing a means for sealing which clamps the film before it is cut, defective seals from bag &ldquo;pull back&rdquo; can be avoided.

Method of cutting and sealing film

A fish hook barb removing tool that includes a clipping mechanism having a handle assembly, a return spring assembly, a jaw assembly, upper and lower replaceable triangular cross-section shaped cutting blades, and upper and lower replaceable permanent magnets each having a magnet base with a partial triangular shaped cross-section; the jaw assembly including an upper jaw portion and a lower jaw portion, the upper jaw portion having an upper blade retaining keyway channel and an upper magnet retaining keyway channel formed therein, the lower jaw portion having a lower blade retaining keyway channel, a lower magnet retaining keyway channel, and a hook alignment slot formed therein, the upper blade retaining keyway channel and the lower blade retaining keyway channel each having a portion thereof having partial triangular cross sectional shape that is sized to receive and hold, respectively, a blade base portion of the upper and lower replaceable cutting blades, the upper magnet retaining keyway channel and the lower magnet retaining keyway channel each having a partial triangular cross sectional shape and are each sized to receive and hold, respectively, the magnet base of one of the upper and lower replaceable permanent magnets.

Fish hook barb removing tool

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Easley, SC, United States of America

Jeffrey Linyard Walker