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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1978
Lawrence R Finn, Toledo, OH (US);
Daniel A McCartan, Heath, OH (US);
Gary M Schmandt, Bellevue, WA (US);
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for packaging compressible fibrous batts and a package of same are provided. The batts are formed by severing a longitudinally-extending strip of compressible fibrous material into batts of discrete lengths with the batts then being collected in end-to-end relationship. The batts are then moved into a loop of a packaging machine, which loop is formed by a belt maintained under controlled tension. The batts are fed longitudinally in abutting, end-to-end relationship into the belt loop which places them under compression as they are wound into a package, with the loop gradually expanding in diameter as the package size increases. Tapes are placed directly around the outermost batt to hold the package in the compressed state and the completed package is then discharged from the machine.