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Apparatus for making cushioning packaging material

US4384442A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1979
Grant dateMay 24, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 21, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB31D2205/0082
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for making cushioning material for packaging materials is disclosed and includes means for driving webs of heat sealable material in face-to-face relationship, distending the webs by a stream of air or the like, transversely sealing and severing the distended webs to provide discrete capsules which are yieldable and capable of cushioning objects of commerce.

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