The present invention is directed to a method of incrementally stretching polymeric film formed from a blown film extrusion process. The present invention is further directed to a polymeric bag formed from an incrementally stretched polymeric film. The incremental stretching is performed on a collapsed polymeric bubble via a pair of intermeshing rollers. The incrementally stretched polymeric film may be stretched only along a portion of its width. The polymeric bag may be a drawstring trash bag with an extended hem where only the extended hem of the bag or the body of the bag comprises incrementally stretched polymeric film.

An apparatus (10) for converting a slit-sheet stock material (16) into an expanded dunnage product (12) includes a housing (20), a pair of rollers (22, 24) within the housing extending widthwise across a path of the sheet material, and a plurality of guide strips (90) extending from an upstream side of the pair of rollers to a downstream side of the pair of rollers at a plurality of locations spaced across the width of the path. The guide strips guide the sheet material between and around the rollers. Exemplary rollers have a plurality of grooves spaced across the width of the path, and the guide strips are received in respective grooves. The guide strips may be connected by a crossbar to form a guide member.

The invention relates to a device for providing a three-dimensional cushioning material for cushioning an void volume in a transport container, comprising a converting apparatus for converting a flat web-like starting material into the three-dimensional cushioning material and a receiving means for receiving at least regions of a stack of the web-like starting material folded in a zigzagging manner. The receiving means has a first lateral contact means for a first stack type, which has a first width (B1), and a second lateral contact means for a second stack type, which has a second width (B2), such that either a stack of the first stack type or a stack of the second stack type can be arranged in the receiving means in a centered manner relative to the same central axis.

Systems and processes for producing a product having a carrier and a card secured thereto. Such a process includes providing a blank having a card panel and carrier panel that are contiguous with a fold line therebetween. The process further includes cutting the card panel to at least partially define a partial cutout card therein such that a remaining portion of the card panel surrounds the partial cutout card, folding the card panel over and onto the carrier panel such that the partial cutout card is secured to the carrier panel with an adhesive, and then removing the remaining portion so that the remaining portion is separated from the partial cutout card, and the partial cutout card remains secured to the carrier panel and defines at least a portion of the card of the product.

A horizontal high-speed paper cup/paper bowl forming machine is provided. Specifically, the seven-station main rotation tower forming mechanism has a stamping die station, a paper feeding connection station, a first cup bottom preheating station, a second cup bottom preheating station, a bottom crimping station, a rolling station, and a main and auxiliary tower connection station. The seven-station auxiliary rotation tower forming mechanism has the main and auxiliary tower connection station, a cup rim lubrication station, a pre-crimping station, a first final crimping station, a second final crimping station, a cup outlet station, and a reserved vacant station. The stations arranged in sequence along the circumferential direction of the seven-station main rotation tower forming mechanism is in an opposite order to the stations arranged in sequence along the circumferential direction of the seven-station auxiliary rotation tower forming mechanism.

The present disclosure relates a machine for manufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reels. In certain embodiments, the machine includes: a continuous paper reel transmission mechanism, a modular cutting mechanism, and a counting wheel. The continuous paper reel transmission mechanism receives continuous paper from a continuous paper reel on a continuous paper reel rotating shaft. The modular cutting mechanism with a modular cutting wheel receives continuous paper reel from the continuous paper reel transmission mechanism and perforates the continuous paper reel using the modular cutting wheel to generate a continuous toilet seat cover. The counting wheel counts the number of toilet seat cover sheets on the continuous toilet seat cover generated. When the number of toilet seat cover sheets generated reaches a predetermined number, continuous toilet seat cover reel output device cuts last toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat cover to produce the continuous toilet seat cover reel.

The present disclosure relates to methods of using a machine for manufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reels. Methods include: loading a continuous paper roll onto a shaft in a first end of the machine; threading continuous paper on continuous paper roll through a continuous paper reel transmission mechanism, a printing wheel, a modular cutting mechanism, a counting wheel of the machine, onto a reel at a continuous toilet seat cover reel output device in a second end; perforating continuous paper roll to form sheet perforated tear lines, a splash prevention perforated tear line, one or more vertical splash prevention perforated tear lines and horizontal splash prevention perforated tear lines; counting the number of toilet seat cover sheets generated on the continuous toilet seat cover; and cutting the last sheet of toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat cover to produce the continuous toilet seat cover reel.

The present invention discloses a method of producing at least a pair of interlocking adjacent layers of a paper packaging product, the pair of interlocking adjacent layers being formed of a sheet of slit paper having a slit pattern, the slit pattern upon expansion, forming cells that include land regions that are inclined with respect to a plane of an unexpanded sheet. The method comprises slitting the sheet of slit paper with beveled blades that have a first wedge angle on one side of the blades and a second wedge angle on the other side of the blades, wherein the first wedge angle is wider than the second wedge angle to produce slits that upon expansion, produce the lands regions that have angles of inclination in a range for 50 to 85 degrees.

The present invention is directed to a method of incrementally stretching polymeric film formed from a blown film extrusion process. The present invention is further directed to a polymeric bag formed from an incrementally stretched polymeric film. The incremental stretching is performed on a collapsed polymeric bubble via a pair of intermeshing rollers. The incrementally stretched polymeric film may be stretched only along a portion of its width. The polymeric bag may be a drawstring trash bag with an extended hem where only the extended hem of the bag or the body of the bag comprises incrementally stretched polymeric film.

An improved expandable slit-sheet stock material is configured to aid in temporarily restricting opening of a plurality of slits of the slit-sheet stock material, such as during winding of the unexpanded stock material or during expansion of the stock material. Each slit of the plurality of slits includes one or more un-slit reinforcement portions, such as reinforcement ties, extending fully between opposite longitudinal sides of the slit, and disposed between opposed transverse endpoints of the slit. The reinforcement ties minimize or prevent tearing of the stock material during the winding or expansion. A dunnage conversion system for expanding the slit-sheet stock material includes an expander having a pair of opposed rollers. The rollers engage the stock material to effect breaking of the un-slit reinforcement portions and expansion of the slit-sheet stock material.