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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2003
Don A. Forte, Evergreen, CO (US);
Roy V. Pogue, Littleton, CO (US);
Frank A. Mccampbell, Willows, CA (US);
David L. Summa, Smithville, MO (US);
Don A. Forte, Evergreen, CO (US);
Roy V. Pogue, Littleton, CO (US);
Frank A. McCampbell, Willows, CA (US);
David L. Summa, Smithville, MO (US);
Johns Manville International, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
In an insulation blanket-packaging machine and method for continuously packaging insulation blanket in the form of batts there is a continuous: infeed of batts into a loading station; movement of batts from the loading station into a transfer station that also functions as a batt-stacking station; formation of a batt stack in the transfer station; compression of a batt stack in a compression station; envelopment of a compressed batt stack within sheet material in a packaging station to form a package; and removal of a package from the machine. The machine can also be used to package insulation blanket in roll form.