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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:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas William Bailey, Coventry, GB;
Andrew John Cleall, Coventry, GB;
Graham Richard James, Bucks, GB;
Robert Howard Taylor, Bucks, GB;
Assignee:
Molins PLC, Milton Keynes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 4/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 4/900 ;
Abstract
A packing machine comprising a rotary assembly ( ) which is adapted to receive articles ( ) travelling along a path which is adjacent one region of the periphery of the assembly, and means ( ) for receiving foil ( ) or other wrapping material, at a different peripheral region, the foil then being oriented in a tangential plane; the assembly further comprising means for reorienting the foil into a plane which is perpendicular to said tangential plane ( ) at a subsequent rotary position, where it is suitably aligned with a cooperating article wrapping means ( ).