Packaging a strip of material
CA 2291184 A1 · Owner: O'Connor, Lawrence J. · Inventors: O'Connor, Lawrence J.
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A strip (10) of material is packaged in a festoon type package by causing a first relative reciprocating movement between a guide member (18) and a support pallet (23C) in a first direction and in a second direction generally transverse to the first direction such that the lengths of the strip (10) traverse back and forth across the support pallet (23C). The second relative movement is intermittent including a series of stationary side by side positions where a plurality of lengths of the strip (10) are laid directly each on top each other to form a step of stacked lengths. In between the positions the strip (10) is traversed from one position to a next adjacent position. The …
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- Filed June 16, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 16, 2018.
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