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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Tna Australia Pty Limited, Homebush Bay, AU;
Inventor:
Marek Grus, Homebush Bay, AU;
Assignee:
TNA Australia Pty Limited, Lidcombe, New South Wales, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 70/00 (2017.01); B31B 49/04 (2006.01); B31B 160/10 (2017.01); B31B 70/36 (2017.01); B31B 70/26 (2017.01); B31B 155/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 49/04 (2013.01); B31B 70/00 (2017.08); B31B 70/261 (2017.08); B31B 70/36 (2017.08); B31B 2155/001 (2017.08); B31B 2160/10 (2017.08);
Abstract
A former shoulder () for a packing machine. The former shoulder () includes a former () having an external surface () over which strip bag material passes to be reconfigured into a tubular configuration. The bag material passes downwardly through a central opening () in the former shoulder (). The former shoulder () includes a pair of pivoted guides () that engage edge portions of the tubular bag material to form a fold () in the bag configuration () of the tubular bag material.