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- Patent Title: Method and system for forming packages
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Application No.: US16720126Application Date: 2019-12-19
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Publication No.: US11325336B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Joseph C. Walsh
- Applicant: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
- Current Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Main IPC: B65D33/02
- IPC: B65D33/02 ; B29C65/00 ; B29C65/02 ; B31B70/00 ; B31B70/81 ; B31B70/26 ; B31B155/00 ; B31B160/20 ; B31B160/10 ; B31B70/64 ; B31B70/16 ; B29L31/00 ; B31B70/98 ; B31B70/62 ; B31B170/20

Abstract:
A method of forming reinforced packages. The method can comprise forming an attached web by adhering a blank to a web of material and moving the attached web in a downstream direction through at least a tube forming assembly and a carton forming assembly. The method also can comprise at least partially forming a tube by folding at least a portion of the web of material as the attached web moves through the tube forming assembly, forming a reinforcement sleeve by folding at least a portion of the blank so that the reinforcement sleeve extends at least partially around the tube as the attached web moves through the carton forming assembly, and forming a reinforced package comprising the reinforcement sleeve and a tube portion by separating the tube portion from a remainder of the tube, the reinforcement sleeve being adhered to the tube portion.
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