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Package forming method and apparatus

CA 1101777 A · Owner: Nelham (R.) & Associates Incorporated · Inventors: Nelham, Roy W.

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Ice cream sandwich packages containing an ice, cream block and two wafers in separate adjacent compartments of a flat flexible polymeric material wrapper comprised of overlying layers of material heat sealed together at the marginal edges thereof, to separate the two compartments and at each end thereof, are continuously formed in apparatus consisting of rotary sealing elements to seal films together around the items to be packaged and rotary cutting elements to separate individual packages.

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  • Granted May 26, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 26, 1998.
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FiledMarch 12, 1979
GrantedMay 26, 1981
Term endedMay 26, 1998
Patent numberCA 1101777 A
Classification (IPC)B65B47/00

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMarch 12, 1979Patent grantedMay 26, 1981Term endedMay 26, 1998

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