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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:
Oct. 06, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
William W Simpson, Durham, NC (US);
Irvin G Fulton, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
USM Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53551 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for flattening the horizontal seal area of a form-fill-seal pouch or bag comprising a pair of spreaders adapted to be located in the interior of the film pouch to stretch the film in the horizontal seal area to eliminate wrinkles in the film to insure an air-tight seal.