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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph C. Walsh, Boulder, CO (US);
Jeffrey T. Sloat, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 49/04 (2006.01); B31B 1/16 (2006.01); B31B 1/64 (2006.01); B31B 1/72 (2006.01); B31B 37/00 (2006.01); B31B 41/00 (2006.01); B65D 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/16 (2013.01); B31B 1/64 (2013.01); B31B 1/72 (2013.01); B31B 37/00 (2013.01); B31B 41/00 (2013.01); B65D 33/007 (2013.01); B31B 2219/23 (2013.01); B31B 2219/922 (2013.01); B31B 2237/20 (2013.01); B31B 2237/403 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of manufacturing reinforced bags having reinforcing elements applied about the bags to support the bags in an opened and/or upstanding configuration. A web of bag material can be fed from a supply and can be folded and secured to form the bags. A series of reinforcing strips can be fed through an adhesive application station for application of an adhesive material thereto in a desired pattern. The reinforcing strips and bags are brought into registration and are adhesively attached to form the reinforced bags.