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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Henry G. Schirmer, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Inventor:
Henry G. Schirmer, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 43/04 (2006.01); B65B 5/04 (2006.01); B31B 70/00 (2017.01); B31B 70/64 (2017.01); B65D 35/08 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B65B 53/02 (2006.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B65B 61/12 (2006.01); B29C 61/08 (2006.01); B65B 61/02 (2006.01); B31B 155/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 43/04 (2013.01); B29C 61/08 (2013.01); B31B 70/001 (2017.08); B31B 70/645 (2017.08); B32B 1/08 (2013.01); B65B 5/022 (2013.01); B65B 5/045 (2013.01); B65B 53/02 (2013.01); B65B 61/02 (2013.01); B65B 61/12 (2013.01); B65D 35/08 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0036 (2013.01); B31B 2155/003 (2017.08); B32B 2439/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for making a shrink pouch having strong shrink tension in the pouch transverse direction and minimal or no shrink tension in the pouch longitudinal direction is provided. The process includes the steps of reinflating and cold-stretch orienting a previously collapsed blown film and feeding the cold-stretch oriented blown film in a flattened configuration into a side-fed pouch making machine, whereupon the longitudinal direction of the blown film becomes the transverse direction of the pouches thus formed, and vice versa. A shrink pouch having strong transverse shrink tension and little or no longitudinal shrink tension is also provided.