Cinching Or Wiping Around To Form Initial Wrap Patents (Class 53/465)
  • Patent number: 6519920
    Abstract: The coin wrapping machine of the present invention comprises a coin feeding device for feeding a plurality of coins one by one; a stacking device for stacking the fed coins; a wrapping paper winding and clamping device for performing a wrapping operation to produce wrapped stacks of coins by winding a wrapping paper around the circumference of the stacked coins, and clamping the wrapping paper by a pair of upper and lower clamping nails by moving the respective nails upwardly and downwardly; an insufficient/excess number detecting device for detecting an insufficient or excess number of the wrapped stack of coins; and a wrapping paper multiple winding control device for directing the wrapping paper winding and clamping device to perform the wrapping operation twice or more for the wrapped stack of coins when the insufficient or excess number of coins is detected by an insufficient/excess number detecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichiro Shinbashi
  • Patent number: 6505459
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for wrapping paper and board rolls in a wrapper, in which method the roll (10) to be wrapped is conveyed to a wrapping station, is placed on support means and is rotated resting on said support means. The wrapper (24, 27) is threaded about the roll (10) to be wrapped so as to form at least two wrapper plies and the wrapper plies are bonded to each other at least partially with the help of a binder. The rolls to be wrapped are wrapped into at least two parallel and overlapped courses of wrapper using a wrapper web material whose surface is coated with a hot-melting and heat-sealable material that is melted prior to the wrapping of the wrapper about the roll in order to bind the superimposed plies of the wrapper to each other and to seal the joints of said overlapped courses of wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Valmet Corporation
    Inventors: Raimo Ruohio, Risto Forsström, Pertti Ojala
  • Patent number: 6502370
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a package for packaging food products, composed of an outer sheet made of heat-sealable material and of an undulated inner sheet. In a first step of the method, the two sheets are unwound from respective reels, so that the outer sheet forms two lateral borders left exposed by the inner sheet. By way of appropriate longitudinal movements of the sheets, the inner sheet is centered on the outer sheet so as to form, at their opposite ends, two transverse borders which are perpendicular to the lateral ones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Guglielmo Martelli
  • Publication number: 20020192406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to repulpable wrappers comprising water-activatable adhesive(s). The present invention is also concerned with methods for wrapping a master roll of paper manufactured in a paper-maker plant. The present invention is also concerned with a master roll of paper wrapped with a wrapper having a water-activated adhesive. The wrappers of the invention are fully recyclable and fully repulpable. They are also less sensitive to blocking than regular commonly used wrappers. The methods for wrapping master rolls of paper according to the invention are more effective and much more environmentally friendly than the methods actually used in the industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Michel Labbe, Martin Parenteau, Hughes Prud'homme
  • Patent number: 6494020
    Abstract: A sticky element, comprising a sticky element having an insect-attracting color and an insect-attracting scent, the sticky element comprising sufficient sticky qualities to cause an insect to become permanently attached to the sticky element when any portion of the insect contacts with the sticky element, the sticky element adaptable to being disposed upon a surface. The surface may comprise a wrapping material, a flower pot cover, a flower pot, a floral arrangement, or other surface. When the sticky element is disposed on a wrapping material, the wrapping material is used to wrap a floral arrangement or decoratively cover a flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 6474042
    Abstract: A sticky element, comprising a sticky element having an insect-attracting color and an insect-attracting scent, the sticky element comprising sufficient sticky qualities to cause an insect to become permanently attached to the sticky element when any portion of the insect contacts with the sticky element, the sticky element adaptable to being disposed upon a surface. The surface may comprise a wrapping material, a flower pot cover, a flower pot, a floral arrangement, or other surface. When the sticky element is disposed on a wrapping material, the wrapping material is used to wrap a floral arrangement or decoratively cover a flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Publication number: 20020124529
    Abstract: A device for wrapping bales of agricultural produce such as bales of hay, straw or green crop with a film. The bales are completely wrapped with the film and are marked to set forth the quality of the bale as silage and with further information. The information may include the amount of film used to wrap the bale and thus the number of wrapping layers, and the name of the person responsible for wrapping the bale. Electronic devices may be applied to the wrapping film for ascertaining the location of the bale after it has been wrapped by GPS or DGPS. The information can be imprinted directly on the film used for wrapping the bale or on labels applied to the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: LELY RESEARCH HOLDING AG Butzenweg 20 CH-6300 ZUG
    Inventor: Olaf van der Lely
  • Patent number: 6425225
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically wrapping a sheet about a bouquet of flowers. The sheet having spaced apart defined first and second portions is placed against a support member, such as a prepared table top, and the bouquet is positioned on the sheet with the first and second portions of the sheet extending on right and left sides, respectively, of the bouquet. The first sheet portion is then moved in a path to at least partially encompass the bouquet, and the second sheet portion is moved in a path to at least partially encompass the bouquet and to extend over part of the first sheet portion. The two sheet portions may be secured together by a bonding material, or the first and second portions of the sheet of wrapping material can themselves act as a bonding material by application of appropriate heat sealing, sonic welding, vibratory welding, and similar methods. A stiff wrap ring form may be positioned suspended over the sheet, and the bouquet inserted in the wrap ring form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Fantz, Donald E. Weder, Franklin J. Craig
  • Patent number: 6418699
    Abstract: A sticky element, comprising a sticky element having an insect-attracting color and an insect-attracting scent, the sticky element comprising sufficient sticky qualities to cause an insect to become permanently attached to the sticky element when any portion of the insect contacts with the sticky element, the sticky element adaptable to being disposed upon a surface. The surface may comprise a wrapping material, a flower pot cover, a flower pot, a floral arrangement, or other surface. When the sticky element is disposed on a wrapping material, the wrapping material is used to wrap a floral arrangement or decoratively cover a flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Southpac Trust Int'l. Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Publication number: 20020035816
    Abstract: A wrapping machine includes a first wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping around a bale to partially wrap the bale in wrapping material, a second wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping material around the bale to completely wrap the bale in wrapping material, and a transfer device for transferring the partially wrapped bale from the first wrapping station to the second wrapping station. This transfer device is swingable through approximately 90° from the first wrapping station to the second wrapping station. The first wrapping station includes a dispenser for dispensing a strip of plastic film and a device for rotating the dispenser about a substantially vertical axis around the bale. The second wrapping station includes a device for rotating the bale about a substantially horizontal axis and a dispenser for dispensing wrapping material around the bale as it is turned on the horizontal axis. A compaction station is provided to compact loose material into the bale before wrapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: Comtor Limited
    Inventor: Liam J. Lacey
  • Publication number: 20020033003
    Abstract: A method of shipping a plurality of preformed flower pot covers is provided. Each preformed flower pot cover includes a sheet of material formed into a shape sized to receive a flower pot. The preformed flower pot cover has a base with a closed lower end and an open upper end with an object opening extending therethrough for receiving the flowerpot. The method includes providing a portable platform having a plurality of stacking shells disposed therefrom. Each stacking shell is configured to be received in the object opening of one of the preformed flower pot covers. A stack of preformed flower pot covers is formed on each of the stacking shells such that the preformed flower pot covers of the stack are nested within one another and supported on the stacking shell and secured to the portable platform. The platform with the preformed flower pot covers is then transported to a predetermined destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, William F. Straeter, Philip G. Hereford, P. J. Vermeer
  • Patent number: 6357204
    Abstract: A method of wrapping a floral grouping, preferably an orchid, with a wrapper which may be a sheet of material, a sleeve or a preformed pot cover. The wrapper is preferably constructed from a laminated material made up of at least a waxy layer and a support layer which are superposed upon each other and connected or laminated to each other. A second waxy layer may be connected or laminated to the other surface of the support surface. The waxy layer is made from a waxy material such as waxed paper, waxed tissue or high density polyethylene. The wrapped floral grouping may also contain a shredded material for cushioning the blooms of the floral grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 6347498
    Abstract: A wrapping machine for a paper roll having a first wrapping head including at least one supply of a first wrapping material. A first movement device moves the first wrapping head in a first predetermined direction. The wrapping machine further has a second head including at least one supply of a second wrapping material. A second movement device moves the second wrapping head in a second predetermined direction. The wrapping machine assembles a wrapped paper roll including a paper roll, at least one first layer of plastic material positioned adjacent to the paper roll, at least one intermediate layer of cushioning material positioned adjacent the first layer of plastic material and a second layer of plastic material positioned adjacent to the intermediate layer of cushioning material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Automatic Handling, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Pienta, Daniel J. Pienta
  • Publication number: 20020017081
    Abstract: Chocolates are wrapped individually by a method that involves feeding single wrapping sheets along a first path in a first direction spaced at a selected pitch, in such a way that the trailing edge of one wrapping sheet and the leading edge of the next are distanced one from another, and at the same time feeding a continuous ribbon in a second direction along a second path that merges with the first path at an assembling station where the ribbon is stably united with the sheets; ribbon and sheet then advance together in a third direction, along which the ribbon is divided into discrete slivers by repeated cuts, each made between the trailing edge of one sheet and the leading edge of the next and at a distance such that each sliver will present a portion projecting from the trailing edge of the wrapping sheet to which it is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventor: Mario Spatafora
  • Patent number: 6343457
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically wrapping a sheet about a bouquet of flowers. The sheet having spaced apart defined first and second portions is placed against a support member, such as a prepared table top, and the bouquet is positioned on the sheet with the first and second portions of the sheet extending on right and left sides, respectively, of the bouquet. The first sheet portion is then moved in a path to at least partially encompass the bouquet, and the second sheet portion is moved in a path to at least partially encompass the bouquet and to extend over part of the first sheet portion. The two sheet portions may be secured together by a bonding material, or the first and second portions of the sheet of wrapping material can themselves act as a bonding material by application of appropriate heat sealing, sonic welding, vibratory welding, and similar methods. A stiff wrap ring form may be positioned suspended over the sheet, and the bouquet inserted in the wrap ring form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Fantz, Donald E. Weder, Franklin J. Craig
  • Patent number: 6324813
    Abstract: A flexible sleeve disposable about at least a portion of a flower pot or floral grouping is disclosed wherein the flexible sleeve is formed of a flexible, expanded core polymeric material in which at least one surface of the material has been textured or modified so that the material is provided with a cloth-like appearance. The flexible sleeve having a cloth-like appearance may also be provided with perforations at preselected areas. A method for making the perforations in the sleeve in preselected areas further comprises both vertical perforations and circumferential perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Publication number: 20010000735
    Abstract: A method for making decorative grass having a three-dimensional pattern which constitutes at least a portion of the decor of the decorative grass. Printed designs or materials and/or embossed materials can also constitute a portion of the decor of the decorative grass. The method includes slitting a material having a three-dimensional pattern on at least a portion of at least one surface thereof and then cutting the slit material into segments of a predetermined length to provide the decorative grass having a three-dimensional pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: May 3, 2001
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 6185909
    Abstract: A method for packaging a web roll, where a packaging sheet is wrapped in a helical line around the web roll, in order to create a body packaging, and where the packaging sheet is wrapped in the circumferential direction around the web roll at the beginning and/or end of the web roll, to form a substantially uniformly shaped axial projection during creation of end packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Finishing GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Schölzke, Jakob Hannen, Jozef-Franc Zajec, Frank Rostek, Hans-Josef Peters, Udo Ticheloven
  • Patent number: 6128888
    Abstract: A method for packaging of objects (50), by means of pieces (32a) of sheet material, obtained from a continuous strip (32), comprises translation, with continual motion, of the objects (5) in individual succession, from upstream towards downstream, on three conveyors (1, 2, 3), and, for each object (50), during the wrapping operations, the transverse wrapping bar (14) is stopped during its path of longitudinal advance downstream, in a specific position, which is further forwards than the rear end of the object (50), and simultaneously, the means (25) of supply of a continuous strip (32) of packaging material are stopped, in order then to actuate cutting means (21), which cut off a piece (32a) from the said continuous strip (32) which is rendered stationary, and, when the cutting off has taken place, the advance of the wrapping bar (14) is resumed, and the packaging of the object (50) itself is completed. A machine for implementation of the said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Baumer S.R.L.
    Inventor: Mario Gambetti
  • Patent number: 6115999
    Abstract: A gift wrap article is formed by providing wrapping material which is padded and waterproof. The inner surface of the wrapping material has a cohesive coating, while the outer surface has a layer of gift wrap decorative design. The article is placed on a portion of the inner surface of the wrapping material and the wrapping material is applied over the article so that the article is between and completely surrounded by two layers of the wrapping material. The layers of the wrapping material are squeezed together to cohesively secure the inner surfaces of the two layers together and form a closed package with the article within the package and with the gift wrap outer layer visually exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: The Crowell Corporation
    Inventor: Robert W. Adelman
  • Patent number: 6070390
    Abstract: A method of wrapping a floral grouping, preferably an orchid, with a sleeve. The sleeve is preferably constructed from a laminated material made up of at least a waxy layer and a support layer which are superposed upon each other and connected or laminated to each other. A second waxy layer may be connected or laminated to the other surface of the support surface. The wrapped floral grouping may also contain a shredded material for cushioning the blooms of the floral grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 6058677
    Abstract: A sticky element, comprising a sticky element having an insect-attracting color and an insect-attracting scent, the sticky element comprising sufficient sticky qualities to cause an insect to become permanently attached to the sticky element when any portion of the insect contacts with the sticky element, the sticky element adaptable to being disposed upon a surface. The surface may comprise a wrapping material, a flower pot cover, a flower pot, a floral arrangement, or other surface. When the sticky element is disposed on a wrapping material, the wrapping material is used to wrap a floral arrangement or decoratively cover a flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 6052968
    Abstract: A method of wrapping a floral grouping, preferably an orchid, with a wrapper which may be a sheet of material, a sleeve or a preformed pot cover. The wrapper is preferably constructed from a laminated material made up of at least a waxy layer and a support layer which are superposed upon each other and connected or laminated to each other. A second waxy layer may be connected or laminated to the other surface of the support surface. The waxy layer is made from a waxy material such as waxed paper, waxed tissue or high density polyethylene. The wrapped floral grouping may also contain a shredded material for cushioning the blooms of the floral grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust Int'l, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 6038834
    Abstract: A method for protecting a roll of pressure-sensitive paper and a package produced by the method uses bubble wrap and film to protect the roll of paper. The bubble wrap has a plurality of bubbles which permanently entrap air. These pockets of air in the bubble wrap cushion the roll of paper initially as well as over long periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Appleton Papers, Inc.
    Inventor: Tedford E. Haley
  • Patent number: 6023913
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for wrapping a napkin about silverware items into a wrapped arrangement involves a worktable within which is provided an upwardly-opening trough for accepting a napkin and silverware items positioned therein. The napkin is automatically placed over the opening of the trough in a spread condition and then silverware items are automatically directed onto the napkin so that the silverware falls to the bottom of the trough thereby positioning the napkin between the silverware and the bottom of the trough. A rotatable blade is positioned within the trough for automatically spinning the napkin and silverware items about the longitudinal axis of the trough until the napkin and silverware items are wound in a wrapped arrangement. The wrapped arrangement is thereafter removed from the trough in preparation of a subsequent napkin-wrapping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Reginald M. Mudd
    Inventors: Charles Woodard Gray, William Edward Brown, Dwight Clanton
  • Patent number: 6014852
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for covering a flower pot by automatically providing a sheet of material and automatically wrapping the sheet about the flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust Int'l, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Patent number: 5996315
    Abstract: A gantry film wrapping system and method useable for wrapping film about an elongated load. The system includes an overhead frame with first and second lateral support members for supporting opposing end portions of a carriage, which is reciprocatably translatable back and forth along the first and second lateral support members. A film wrapping apparatus having a rotary arm is coupled to the carriage, and a film wrapping carriage is coupled to a dependent member extending from an end portion of the rotary arm. The rotary arm and film wrapping carriage are rotatable in approximately 180 degree rotational increments between and during back and forth translations of the carriage along the first and second lateral support members of the overhead frame, wherein the film wrapping carriage is orbital in a substantially oval orbit about an elongated load disposed below the overhead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Mima, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip G. Scherer, Werner K. Diehl
  • Patent number: 5983606
    Abstract: A device and method for packaging a web roll with a packaging sheet dispenser that dispenses a packaging sheet at an adjustable angle relative to the radial direction of the web roll, that can be moved parallel to the axial direction of the web roll, and on which a supply roll of the packaging sheet is provided, along with a motor-drive for the web roll to be packaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Finishing GmbH
    Inventors: Jakob Hannen, Jozef-Franc Zajec, Volker Scholzke, Frank Rostek, Hans-Josef Peters, Udo Ticheloven
  • Patent number: 5974767
    Abstract: A sticky element, comprising a sticky element having an insect-attracting color and an insect-attracting scent, the sticky element comprising sufficient sticky qualities to cause an insect to become permanently attached to the sticky element when any portion of the insect contacts with the sticky element, the sticky element adaptable to being disposed upon a surface. The surface may comprise a wrapping material, a flower pot cover, a flower pot, a floral arrangement, or other surface. When the sticky element is disposed on a wrapping material, the wrapping material is used to wrap a floral arrangement or decoratively cover a flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5974765
    Abstract: A method for both wrapping a floral arrangement and removing the wrapping material from the floral arrangement, comprising a sheet of material having a pull tab and pull indicia thereon, the pull tab sized to be easily graspable, a bonding material disposed on the sheet of material near the pull tab. A floral arrangement is utilized, the floral arrangement being wrapped in the sheet of material, the sheet of material being crimped about a portion of the floral arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, William F. Straeter
  • Patent number: 5966904
    Abstract: Device and method for packaging a material web roll, having a longitudinal axis, with a packaging sheet. The device may include a carrier positioned to carry the material web roll, a packaging sheet dispenser positioned to be movable parallel to the longitudinal axis and to dispense the packaging sheet onto at least a portion of a longitudinal extend of the material web roll to form an acute angle between a dispensing direction of the packaging sheet and the longitudinal axis, and a positioning sensor positionable to determine an axial position of the material web roll on the carrier. The method may include substantially continuously determining an axial position of the material web roll during the helical wrapping and controlling an axial advance of a packaging sheet dispenser in accordance with a momentary determined axial position of the material web roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Finishing GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Josef Peters
  • Patent number: 5943843
    Abstract: A device and method for packaging a web roll, having a longitudinal axis, with a packaging sheet. The device includes a packaging sheet dispenser which dispenses the packaging sheet to produce a body packaging by dispensing, on at least a portion of a longitudinal extent of the web roll, the packaging sheet. The packaging sheet dispenser is positioned to dispense the packaging sheet to form an acute angle between the lateral direction of the packaging sheet and the longitudinal axis. The packaging sheet dispenser is further arranged to dispense the packaging sheet to produce an end packaging having an axial projection on an end of the web roll. The packaging sheet dispenser is posited so that the lateral direction of the packaging sheet is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. During the production of the body packaging, the web roll migrates, which leads to problems in the subsequent placement of the face cover by the packing presses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Finishing GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Scholzke, Jakob Hannen, Jozef-Franc Zajec, Hans-Josef Peters, Udo Ticheloven, Frank Rostek
  • Patent number: 5934044
    Abstract: A method of forming a flower pot or a flower pot cover is provided. The method includes the step of providing a sheet of material having an upper surface and a lower surface with at least one of the upper and lower surfaces being a bondably connectable surface. The sheet of material has a label area which has information related to a floral grouping displayed thereon. The method further includes forming the sheet of material into a base having a closed lower end, an open upper end, and an object opening extending through the open upper end and dimensioned to receive a flower pot in which the floral grouping is disposed. The base is formed to have a plurality of overlapping folds that are bondably connected so as to retain the base in a predetermined shape with the information on the label area being viewable when the flower pot is disposed in the object opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5930981
    Abstract: An assembly for both wrapping a floral arrangement and removing the wrapping material from the floral arrangement comprising a sheet of material having a pull tab extending outwardly a distance from the sheet of material, the pull tab being positionable adjacent an overlapped portion of the sheet of material and having a bonding material thereon for connecting the pull tab to the adjacent overlapped portion of the sheet of material, thereby securing the sheet of material in a wrapped condition about at least the stem portion of the floral arrangement. The pull tab is readily visible and graspable to remove the wrapping assembly from the floral arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc. as Trustee of The Family Trust U/T/A dtd 12/8/95
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, William F. Straeter
  • Patent number: 5921063
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically wrapping a sheet of material about a bouquet of flowers. A sheet of material having spaced apart defined first and second portions is placed against a support member, such as a prepared table top, and the bouquet is positioned on the sheet with the first and second portions of the sheet extending on right and left sides, respectively, of the bouquet. The first sheet portion is then moved in a path to at least partially encompass the bouquet, and the second sheet portion is moved in a path to at least partially encompass the bouquet and to extend over part of the first sheet portion. The two sheet portions may be secured together by a bonding material, or the first and second portions of the sheet of wrapping material can themselves act as a bonding material by application of appropriate heat sealing, sonic welding, vibratory welding, and similar methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Fantz, Donald E. Weder, Franklin J. Craig
  • Patent number: 5901530
    Abstract: At a certain stage in the fabrication of a rigid cigarette packet, which appears essentially as a rectangular cup or body with a coaxial lid, the partly formed packet is transferred from a first feed path onto a second feed path, still having longitudinal flaps that project on either side from a front face of the body and a front face of the lid; the transfer is effected by means of a device that includes in a rotatable platform with at least one gripper head designed to engage at least the two front faces of the single packet in such a way that the body and lid remain stably interconnected, and during the course of the transfer movement to rotate the packet through 90.degree. about an axis which is normal to the front faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Draghetti, Fulvio Boldrini
  • Patent number: 5852916
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a flower pot cover or sleeve by automatically delivering a sheet of material to a forming mold, automatically forming the sheet about the mold, and removing the formed cover from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Patent number: 5842323
    Abstract: A method of wrapping a floral grouping, preferably an orchid, with a wrapper which may be a sheet of material, a sleeve or a preformed pot cover. The wrapper is preferably constructed from a laminated material made up of at least a waxy layer and a support layer which are superposed upon each other and connected or laminated to each other. A second waxy layer may be connected or laminated to the other surface of the support surface. The waxy layer is made from a waxy material such as waxed paper, waxed tissue or high density polyethylene. The wrapped floral grouping may also contain a shredded material for cushioning the blooms of the floral grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5832694
    Abstract: Sheets and rolls of sheets with detachable labels and having a closure bonding material for securing the sheets around items to be wrapped. Spots of closure bonding material may be placed on the detachable labels to hold the detachable labels in a wrapped position. The detachable labels may contain graphical, narrative and bar code information related to pricing, inventory, sales display, product description and care instructions. The sheets may also include detachable sleeves for protecting wrapped items during shipping and handle areas which may be punched out of the sheets for grasping the wrapped items. The handle areas may also contain information similar to that on the detachable labels. Sheets having detachable labels may also be used for forming flower pots or flower pot covers. By providing such labels on the unformed sheets, it is not necessary to add tags or labels after the sheets are formed into flower pots or flower pot covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5829226
    Abstract: Sheets and rolls of sheets with labels having multiple choice blocks and information areas corresponding to the choice blocks. The sheets include a closure bonding material for securing the sheets around items to be wrapped. The labels are detachably connected to the sheets with an adhesive, a perforation or a tear line. Spots of closure bonding material may be placed on the labels to hold the labels in a wrapped position. The information areas typically include data which may be selected to describe the source, type and characteristics of the items to be wrapped in the sheets. The sheets may also include detachable sleeve areas for protecting wrapped items during shipping and handle areas which may be punched out of the sheets for grasping the wrapped items. The handle areas may also contain information similar to that on the detachable labels. Sheets having labels with choice blocks may also be used for forming flower pots or flower pot covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5816021
    Abstract: A wrapper for a floral grouping comprising a first and a second sheet of material. The first sheet of material is constructed of a polymer film, metal foil, fabric, denim, cellophane or burlap. The second sheet of material is constructed of a paper. At least one of the first and the second sheets of material includes a closure bonding material on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of such sheet of material. The second sheet of material is disposed adjacent the first sheet of material and the two sheets of material then are wrapped about the floral grouping with the closure bonding material bondingly engaging a portion of at least one of the first and the second sheets of material for cooperating to secure the first and the second sheets of material in a wrapped condition about the floral grouping to form the wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5816020
    Abstract: A wrapping material comprising a sheet of material having a bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive used to wrap floral groupings and/or flower pots. Methods for using a wrapping material having a cold seal adhesive thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5813198
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for covering a flower pot by automatically providing a sheet of material in a vertical or semi-vertical orientation and automatically wrapping the sheet about the flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Patent number: 5782062
    Abstract: A method for covering a floral grouping by automatically providing a sheet of material and automatically wrapping the sheet about the floral grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Patent number: 5782057
    Abstract: A wrapper for a floral grouping comprising a first and a second sheet of material. The first sheet of material is constructed of a polymer film, metal foil, fabric, denim, cellophane or burlap. The second sheet of material is constructed of a paper. At least one of the first and the second sheets of material includes a closure bonding material on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of such sheet of material. The second sheet of material is disposed adjacent the first sheet of material and the two sheets of material then are wrapped about the floral grouping with the closure bonding material bondingly engaging a portion of at least one of the first and the second sheets of material for cooperating to secure the first and the second sheets of material in a wrapped condition about the floral grouping to form the wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5778636
    Abstract: A sticky element, comprising a sticky element having an insect-attracting color and an insect-attracting scent, the sticky element comprising sufficient sticky qualities to cause an insect to become permanently attached to the sticky element when any portion of the insect contacts with the sticky element, the sticky element adaptable to being disposed upon a surface. The surface may comprise a wrapping material, a flower pot cover, a flower pot, a floral arrangement, or other surface. When the sticky element is disposed on a wrapping material, the wrapping material is used to wrap a floral arrangement or decoratively cover a flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5775057
    Abstract: A method for forming a decorative cover about a floral grouping from a sheet of optical effect material having at least one hologram such that the hologram is visible and constitutes at least a portion of the decor of the decorative cover. The sheet of optical effect material may include printed matter and/or embossed pattern to provide at least a portion of the decor of the decorative cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5768858
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for packaging a roll of web material with a packaging material includes a wrapping station that has a roller drive. A packaging strip dispenser has a packaging material delivery device. A position of the packaging strip delivery device is adjustable so that an acute angle is defined between a longitudinal axis of the packaging material being dispensed by the packaging material delivery device and a circumferential direction of the roll of web material. The circumferential direction is a direction that is tangent to a circumferential surface of the roll and is parallel to an axial end of the roll. The packaging material is axially movable with respect to the roll of web material. A first strip of the packaging material is placed against the roll so that a longitudinal axis of the first strip of packaging material is disposed at an acute angle with respect to the circumferential direction of the roll of web material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Finishing GmbH
    Inventor: Jakob Hannen
  • Patent number: 5761881
    Abstract: An apparatus for wrapping paper rolls as a roll handler to position a roll, a wrapping mechanism that applies a side wrapper, a header applicator that places a header against an end of the roll, and a pressure mechanism with one of a heated roller or a cooled roller that presses the outer portions of the header against the side of the roll. The heat or cooling and the pressure induce rapid bonding connection of the outer portions of the header with the side of the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Inventor: Benjamin Wall
  • Patent number: 5752360
    Abstract: A method for wrapping a floral grouping or flower pot or both wherein a sheet of material constructed of paper and having a pattern embossed thereon and a printed pattern in register with the embossed pattern printed on the embossed pattern is wrapped about at least a portion of the floral grouping or the flower pot or both. The sheet of material may be provided in the form of a pad of a plurality of sheets of material or a roll wherein the sheets of material are separated from the roll of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder