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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:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1995
Hans-Ulrich Stauber, Grut, CH;
Ferag AG, Hinwil, CH;
Abstract
Tubular packs (P) containing a wound scaled formation of printed products and are held together by a protective/holding element (10) wound around the wound scaled formation. The protective/holding element is equipped with a feature to facilitate opening and for identification. The element is produced by guiding the protective/holding element (10), before or during winding, past at least one coating device which is moveable transversely to the conveying direction and coating the protective/holding element locally. At least one strip (20) is formed on the protective/holding elements (10) running from one transverse edge (12.1) to the other (12.2) and having a varying distance from the longitudinal edges (13) and therefore showing a discontinuity (14) in an overlap area of the transverse edge (12.2) on the outside of the pack. The discontinuity allows the edge to be easily recognizable. The coating additionally can weaken or prevent adhesion between overlapping surfaces of the protective/holding element (10), providing a physical help for opening the pack. Identification is aided by the strip (20) having, in different packs, different colors and/or different widths.
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