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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Encore Packaging Llc, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Inventors:
Timothy H. Nelson, Winnetka, IL (US);
Stephenson Nelson, Winnetka, IL (US);
John Parks, Mundelein, IL (US);
Assignee:
Encore Packaging LLC, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 67/08 (2006.01); B65H 16/04 (2006.01); B65H 23/06 (2006.01); B65H 75/08 (2006.01); B65D 71/00 (2006.01); B65B 61/02 (2006.01); B65B 11/00 (2006.01); B65B 11/04 (2006.01); B65B 65/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 67/085 (2013.01); B65B 11/006 (2013.01); B65B 11/045 (2013.01); B65B 61/02 (2013.01); B65D 71/0096 (2013.01); B65H 16/04 (2013.01); B65H 23/06 (2013.01); B65H 75/08 (2013.01); B65B 65/02 (2013.01); B65D 2571/00018 (2013.01); B65H 2402/412 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1944 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stretch film dispensing apparatus gathers the stretch film into a string or rope for use in securing an object to a pallet for shipping. The stretch film can be converted into a string or rope by passing it through one or more of a hook, funnel, apparatus, set of gears, or the like to effect stretching and/or twisting of the film into a string or rope.