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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2008
Timothy Michael Wood, Royston, GB;
Adrian James David Howson, Colne, GB;
Ian Dunckley, Ridgmont, GB;
Cyrille Fuellemann, Schaffhausen, CH;
Alfred Wipf, Jestetten, DE;
Daniel Kummer, Neunkirch, CH;
Timothy Michael Wood, Royston, GB;
Adrian James David Howson, Colne, GB;
Ian Dunckley, Ridgmont, GB;
Cyrille Fuellemann, Schaffhausen, CH;
Alfred Wipf, Jestetten, DE;
Daniel Kummer, Neunkirch, CH;
Duff Design Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
Methods are disclosed for making a band-driven package or a band-drive component for a package, and machines for performing the methods. One method comprises feeding first and second flexible webs in a feed direction, one web being fed each side of a substrate such that the webs are in mutual face-to-face disposition ahead of and behind the substrate with respect to the feed direction; joining the face-to-face webs at a first join ahead of the substrate and at a second join behind the substrate, the joins bounding web portions that together encircle the substrate between the joins; and dividing the joined web portions from the remainder of the webs such that the joined web portions together define a band that encircles the substrate, to be slid around the substrate in use of the package.