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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Larry Chuba, Akron, OH (US);
Inventor:
Larry Chuba, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Automated Packaging Systems, Inc., Streetsboro, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/26 (2006.01); B65B 43/12 (2006.01); B65B 43/26 (2006.01); B65H 20/06 (2006.01); B65B 61/12 (2006.01); B65B 49/12 (2006.01); B65B 49/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/26 (2013.01); B31B 2237/406 (2013.01); B65B 61/12 (2013.01); B31B 2219/022 (2013.01); B31B 2237/10 (2013.01); B65B 43/123 (2013.01); B65B 43/267 (2013.01); B65H 2701/191 (2013.01); B31B 2219/9019 (2013.01); B65H 20/06 (2013.01); B65H 2301/44316 (2013.01); B65B 49/12 (2013.01); B65B 49/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveyor system pre-inserts a portion of the web into a first belt before the portion is gripped between the first belt and a second belt. In one exemplary embodiment, a pair of lips of a web are inserted into a corresponding first pair of belts and then the pair of lips are secured in the first pair of belts by inserting a second pair of belts into the first pair of belts over the pair of lips.