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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1978
Filed:
May. 27, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas W Martinek, Covington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Teepak, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
9 3 / ; 17 34 ;
Abstract
A hollow shirred casing stick is provided having the terminal pleats of one end thereof twisted into a cylindrical configuration which is implanted within said hollow stick to form an end closure. The end closure may be formed by twisting successive terminal pleats into the bore of the stick about a rotating mandrel advanced thereinto. A device is provided for forming the closure including a rotating and translating mandrel having retractable pickup means and gripping means, whereby a cylindrical closure may be formed thereabout, and the mandrel withdrawn, without disturbing the closure formed.