Duff Design Limited

Scottish & Newcastle Limited

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Rumen Chemie, Ag

Timothy Michael Wood

Alfred Wipf

Cyrille Fuellemann

Ian Dunckley

Daniel Kummer

Adrian James David Howson

Peter John Houzego

David Richard Stonehouse

Peter Erich Cox

Stuart Justin Nash

Philip Theaker

Frances Brindle

David Livingstone

Craig Harvey Nelson

John Poley

Michael John Newman

Andrew John Reynolds

Methods are disclosed for making a band-driven package or a band-drive component for a package, and machines for performing the methods. One method comprises feeding first and second flexible webs in a feed direction, one web being fed each side of a substrate such that the webs are in mutual face-to-face disposition ahead of and behind the substrate with respect to the feed direction; joining the face-to-face webs at a first join ahead of the substrate and at a second join behind the substrate, the joins bounding web portions that together encircle the substrate between the joins; and dividing the joined web portions from the remainder of the webs such that the joined web portions together define a band that encircles the substrate, to be slid around the substrate in use of the package.

Production of band-driven packages and their components

Chilling device for beverage container

Beverage packaging method and apparatus

Beverage enhancer

A dilution valve dilutes a liquid feed concentrate with water, to give a dilute feed for feeding to piglets. The valve has a plunger (20) which reciprocates within a mixing chamber (66), to which the water and liquid feed concentrate are admitted through separate valves (48,70). Water pressure drives the plunger (20) in a charging stroke, during which water and liquid feed concentrate are admitted to the mixing chamber (66). A change-over spring (60) causes the plunger (20) to change from a charging stroke to a delivery stroke, during which dilute feed is delivered, the plunger (20) undergoing alternate charging and delivery strokes driven by the pressure of the incoming water.

Dilution valves

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Royston, United Kingdom

Timothy Michael Wood