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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2001
Lawrence J. O'Connor, Winnipeg, CA;
Darrell Van Mol, Winnipeg, CA;
BKI Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for forming a package of a plurality of side-by-side stacks of continuous strips of material. 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 which are arranged side-by-side so that the side edges are aligned. The fold lines are transverse to the strip and arranged at opposite ends of the stack. A splice tail portion extending from a first strip end portion of each stack is spliced to a second strip end portion. The stacks are compressed such that their height is equal to that of the container and the splice tail portions remain loose and uncompressed.