Abstract: A method and apparatus for wrapping the liner of a tape, which has been peeled from the backing of a tape, around a pipe or other object in the same operation that the backing is applied. The apparatus includes a frame having at least two spaced apart bars which direct the path of the liner to an offset position which is parallel to and behind the portion of the backing which is currently being applied to the pipe. The liner is then wrapped around the pipe over the backing which has been wrapped around the pipe just in advance of the liner. The liner may also be perforated or otherwise treated before application to the pipe.

Abstract: An adjustable width split sleeve adapted to be securely wrapped around an elongate member. The sleeve includes a pliable laminated sheet having a first end and a second end. Each end of the sheet is wrapped around a respective first rod. Each first rod is rotated about a second rod which is parallel and adjacent to the first rod but which is separated from the first rod by the sheet. The first and second rods may be positioned various distances from the edges of the sheet as desired to provide a desired width of the sleeve and to provide a tongue to seal the gap between the sheet ends. By positioning the rods in this manner, the rods on each end of the sheet, which are floating and not restrained nor clamped, will lock together from the tension applied to the sheet when the sleeve is secured around the elongate member. Each end of the sheet is securely gripped between the respective first and second rods.

Abstract: The method of making from tube stock the bag pad arrangement of parent application Ser. No. 068,062 that is concerned with bagging a pair of liquid containers, such as containers for carry out for milk shakes, carbonated beverages, and other types of drinks, that are commonly available at fast food outlets, at the point of sale of such products, for easy and effective carry away by the customer, in which the bags of the bag pad are all the same and are incorporated in the pad in congruent relation.

Abstract: A bag pad arrangement, and method of making same from tube stock, for bagging a pair of liquid containers, such as containers for carry out for milk shakes, carbonated beverages, and other types of drinks, that are commonly available at fast food outlets, at the point of sale of such products, for easy and effective carry away by the customer, in which the bags of the bag pad are all the same and are incorporated in the pad in congruent relation, with each bag having a bottom fold that is gusseted for flat bottom shaping when open, front and back panels extending between side end seals that extend normally of the bag bottom that are spot welded together at the center of the bag but spaced from the bottom gusset thereof, and that define rectilinear side edgings forming the upper corners of the respective bags that extend to the bag end seals adjacent to but spaced from the bottom gusset thereof, and aligned handle forming openings formed in the bag front and back panels adjacent the upper end of each bag; as i

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for wrapping strips of sheet material in tape form around a pipe or conduit having a generally circular cross-sectional external shape. The apparatus includes a frame assembly having a pair of annular frame members connected by a desired number of frame cross members for structural support, each frame member being hinged to open around a conduit; a guide roller assembly including a plurality of drive wheels angularly adjustable with respect to the conduit being wrapped to vary the angle of the drive rollers with respect to the conduit being wrapped for varying the amount of sheet material overlap; a plurality of support rollers connected to the frame; a sheet material feeding assembly; a sheet material tensioning assembly; and a tape backing material take off assembly.