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US 5,634,317 AGranted
Packaging apparatus and process
AssigneePCM Packaging Concepts & Materials, Inc.
InventorPeter G. Bylenga
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Abstract
A packaging apparatus and process for producing and using the same is provided having a tubular lining material defining a hollow-space therein with the lining material being folded outwardly over itself providing a chamber in which a casing material is positioned circumferentially over an inner layer of the lining material.
Claims20
A packaging apparatus comprising:
- a tubular lining material defining a hollow space therein, said lining material being folded outwardly over itself providing an inner layer and an outer layer with an elongated chamber therebetween;
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- an axially compressed continuous piece of soft casing material positioned in said chamber circumferentially over said inner layer;
- a closed circumferential opening between said inner and outer layers at an end of said elongated chamber opposite the fold, said circumferential opening, when opened, permits the axial dispensing of said axially compressed continuous casing material of said chamber to define a packaging sleeve.
1 more element
The packaging apparatus according to claim one wherein first and second ends of said packaging apparatus are both closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.