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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomas J. Lipton Co., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156176 ; 156297 ; 531342 ; 53413 ; 206-05 ; 206806 ; 426 83 ; 426 77 ; 426 82 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for tag and thread assembly for tagged infusion packets. Spaced tags from a strip of tags and a length of thread are laid over each other on the periphery of a first assembly wheel and the thread is drawn out in loops between successive tags. The spaced tags and looped thread are transferred to a second assembly wheel where they are connected to a web of sheet material that is to form the infusion packets. The web is subsequently formed into a series of compartments in which infusion material is contained. The compartments are severed from the web for forming the individual packets and the thread is simultaneously severed between the packets.