Needle package and needle pouch, as well as packaging method
AssigneeGroz-Beckert KG
InventorArmin Faller
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Abstract
A needle pouch made of a flexible material, such as paper or plastic, for an orderly packaging of needle sets (6), formed of a strip-shaped portion from the desired material. One end of the strip is folded onto the shanks of the needles and is, at the edges, connected to a mid portion on which the needle set is positioned. The connection is effected between the folded-over pouch portion (15) and the mid portion (14) which are in a face-to-face relationship. The strip-shaped locations of connection bilaterally confine the needle set and thus tightly hold the needles against one another. The needle pouch (2) may be made automatically and in a simple manner and may be adapted in the simplest way to different needle sets.
Claims25
A needle pouch (2), particularly for knitting machine needles (5),
- comprising a first strip (12a) of flexible material;
- the width of the first strip (12a) is greater than the width of a needle set (6) and its length is greater than the length of a knitting machine needle (5),
- a second strip (12b) of flexible material;
- the width of the second strip (12b) is greater than the width of the needle set (6),
- the second strip (12b) lies face-to-face on a portion (14) of the flat-disposed first strip (12a), and
- at least two strip-shaped connecting regions (21, 22), by means of which the second strip (12b) is connected to the first strip (12a) under the formation of a pouch (18).
A needle package comprising at least one needle pouch (2) as defined in any one of the foregoing claims and a box (3) for receiving the needle pouch (2).
A method of packaging elongated, flat elements, such as knitting machine needles (5), comprising the following steps:
- gathering several elements into a group (6) in which the elements lie laterally against one another,
- placing the group (6) on a mid portion (14) of a strip (12) of flexible material and holding the elements together,
- folding a portion (15) of the strip (12) of flexible material onto the elements,
- attaching the folded-over portion (15) of the strip (12) at both sides of the elements up to the elements under the formation of a pouch (18), and
- closing the pouch (18) by folding over a lid portion (23) of the strip (12) and attaching the lid portion (23) to the packaging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.