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Packaging apparatus

US5337536A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Filing dateOct 19, 1992
Grant dateAug 16, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/26
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A packaging apparatus for packaging rolled articles. The apparatus forms a pair of packaging materials for wrapping side portions of the rolled article. Edges of the pair of packaging materials are adhered to additional packaging material which wraps a circumferential portion of the rolled article. A splicer splices a trailing end of the second packaging material to a leading end of the rolled article and a winder winds the leading end of the rolled article and the second packaging material around the periphery of the rolled article. A gusseting device gussets the pair of packaging materials along the sides of the rolled article.

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