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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence J. O'Connor, Winnipeg, CA;
Darrell Van Mol, Winnipeg, CA;
Assignee:
BKI Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/320 ; B65B 3/104 ; B65B 6/120 ; B65B 6/304 ; B65B 6/124 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/320 ; B65B 3/104 ; B65B 6/120 ; B65B 6/304 ; B65B 6/124 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for forming a package of a plurality of side-by-side stacks of continuous strips of material without intervening rigid container walls. Each strip is folded back and forth about first and second fold lines to form a stack of a plurality of folded overlying strip portions. The fold lines are transverse to the strip and arranged at opposite ends of the stack. The strip portions of each stack are arranged side-by-side so that the side edges are aligned. The strips are fed simultaneously through a guide slot in a movable carriage that is parallel to the stacks end upon which the stacks are arranged.