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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:
Jun. 01, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1980
Leonard van der Meulen, Ariana, TN;
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for making thermoplastic carrier bags (so-called T-shirt bags) comprises means for feeding a continuous tubular strip of thermoplastic film, either side of which comprises a gusset fold, said strip being advanced with a constant velocity to a cylindrical drum the housing of which comprises embedded heatsealing means, said apparatus further comprising a cutting member and a transverse cutting knife co-operating with the strip said member sequentially providing the tubular strip with a U-shape cut upstream of the drum and said cutting knife operating synchronously with the cutting member in co-operation with the drum for transversely cutting through the strip somewhat beyond the legs of said U-shape cut so as to produce strip portions, said drum further comprising folding means for said strip portions.
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