An apparatus for manufacturing a protective gown, such as disposable surgical (PPE) gown formed of non-woven gown materials, comprises a first ultrasonic welding apparatus and a drum anvil with a gown pattern formed on the outer surface. The gown pattern comprises a body portion, two shoulder portions, two sleeves each ending in an outer wrist tie and an inner wrist tie, and a pair of waist ties. The non-woven gown material is ultrasonically welded according to the gown pattern in a single rotation of the drum such that a pair of continuous outer seams are formed from the neck portion, a respective outer shoulder portion, a respective outer sleeve portion and an outer wrist cuff, and a pair of continuous inner seams are each formed from an inner wrist cuff along an inner side of the respective sleeve, and along a side of the body portion including a waist tie to the respective base of the body portion, and a back opening portion is formed from an inner edge of the first lower piece and an inner edge of the second lower piece. This creates a welded gown including sleeves in a single rotation. The first drum may also cut the seams and create a neck opening, two hand openings and a waist opening, or the first drum may perform welding and a second drum with a cutting pattern is used to cut the neck opening, two hand openings and a waist opening in a single rotation of the drum.
A cord dispensing apparatus for dispensing elastic cord for attachment to a disposable face mask comprises a roller, cord guides, a primary cord feeder, a secondary cord feeder, a drive motor, a roller motor, and a control circuit. The roller feeds cord from a cord source and is driven by a drive motor. The primary cord feeder comprises a pair of pincher wheels (a drive wheel driven by driver motor, and an idle wheel) and a first bobbin constrained to move along a linear path. A position sensor detects a position of the bobbin on the path. The second cord feeder comprises a second bobbin constrained to move along a linear path. The cord is fed through the arrangement to a production line. The control circuit receives the output of the position sensor and detects that cord is being drawn by the production line machinery and turns the drive motor and the roller motor on, and when the control circuit detects that cord is no longer being drawn by the production line machinery, the control circuit turns the drive motor and the roller motor off.
B65H 59/38 - Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material, e.g. for preventing snarlingApplications of tension indicators by regulating speed of driving mechanism of unwinding, paying-out, forwarding, winding, or depositing devices, e.g. automatically in response to variations in tension
B65H 54/12 - Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers for making packages of specified shapes or on specified types of bobbins, tubes, cores, or formers on flanged bobbins or spools
D05B 35/06 - Work-feeding or work-handling elements for sewing machines, not otherwise provided for for attaching bands, ribbons, strips, or tapes or for binding
B29C 65/78 - Means for handling the parts to be joined, e.g. for making containers or hollow articles
B65H 59/10 - Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material, e.g. for preventing snarlingApplications of tension indicators by devices acting on running material and not associated with supply or take-up devices
A cutting tool for cutting netting used for encasing meat products comprises a blade and a guard. A control circuit is electrically connected to the blade, and configured to maintain the temperature of the blade at a cutting temperature in the range of 300°C to 500°C. The guard defines an interior cavity surrounding the blade and further comprises a slot exposing a portion of the blade. The guarding is further shaped to define a funnel at a distal end of the cutting tool leading to the slot such that in use the funnel guides a netting to be cut towards the blade. The cutting tool may be provided as a hand tool or in a bench mounted form.
A cutting tool for cutting netting used for encasing meat products comprises a blade and a guard. A control circuit is electrically connected to the blade, and configured to maintain the temperature of the blade at a cutting temperature in the range of 300°C to 500°C. The guard defines an interior cavity surrounding the blade and further comprises a slot exposing a portion of the blade. The guarding is further shaped to define a funnel at a distal end of the cutting tool leading to the slot such that in use the funnel guides a netting to be cut towards the blade. The cutting tool may be provided as a hand tool or in a bench mounted form.
An improved tubular openwork fabric or net for food products, the openwork fabric including a plurality of filament assemblies. Each filament assembly is formed from one or more filaments and the filament assemblies are knitted as alternating conjoined and intermediate members. Each intermediate member includes a single filament assembly and each conjoined member includes a pair of filament assemblies that are worked together. The openwork fabric further includes an extension limiting member to limit a longitudinal extension of the openwork fabric.
A double tube encasing apparatus and methods of encasing for encasing meat products in a double casing including a film (e.g. collagen film) and a net in which a first tube is loaded with a height reduced shirred film and a second coaxial tube which supports a shirred netting. In one embodiment a casing tube is placed over a meat stuffing horn and is preloaded with a loose shirred film. A second casing tube which supports the netting is pushed or placed over the loose shirred film, and causes a reduction in diameter of the loose shirred film for example by forcing the vertically pleated shirred film to layback.
The present disclosure relates to improved tubular openwork fabric or net for food products, the openwork fabric comprising a plurality of filament assemblies wherein each filament assembly is formed from one or more filaments and the plurality of filament assemblies are knitted as alternating cojoined and intermediate members. Each intermediate member comprises a single filament assembly and each cojoined member comprises a pair of filament assemblies that are worked together. The openwork fabric further comprises an extension limiting means to limit a longitudinal extension of the openwork fabric.
An encasing apparatus for encasing meat products in a double casing including a combined film and a net is described. A casing tube is placed over a meat stuffing horn and is preloaded with a shirred film and net casing for double casing meat exiting the meat stuffing horn. To reduce the risk of tearing of the collagen as it is deshirred and stuffed, the casing tube is oversized with respect to the meat stuffing horn and has a first outer diameter within 10-20% of the diameter of the expanded collagen casing.
A double tube encasing apparatus and methods of encasing for encasing meat products in a double casing comprising a film (e.g. collagen film) and a net is described in which a first tube is loaded with a height reduced shirred film and a second coaxial tube which supports a shirred netting. In one embodiment a casing tube is placed over a meat stuffing horn and is preloaded with a loose shirred film. A second casing tube which supports the netting is pushed or placed over the loose shirred film, and causes a reduction in diameter of the loose shirred film for example by forcing the vertically pleated shirred film to layback. In another embodiment the film is shirred onto the first casing tube with a curved over or wave like profile rather than a vertical profile to reduce the height of the film, so that the second tube loaded with a shirred netting can be loaded over the first tube. This enables double casing of small diameter meat products where the expanded netting diameter is 5-30% less than the expanded film diameter to cause indentation or surface patterning of the meat product.
A double tube encasing apparatus and methods of encasing for encasing meat products in a double casing comprising a film (e.g. collagen film) and a net is described in which a first tube is loaded with a height reduced shirred film and a second coaxial tube which supports a shirred netting. In one embodiment a casing tube is placed over a meat stuffing horn and is preloaded with a loose shirred film. A second casing tube which supports the netting is pushed or placed over the loose shirred film, and causes a reduction in diameter of the loose shirred film for example by forcing the vertically pleated shirred film to layback. In another embodiment the film is shirred onto the first casing tube with a curved over or wave like profile rather than a vertical profile to reduce the height of the film, so that the second tube loaded with a shirred netting can be loaded over the first tube. This enables double casing of small diameter meat products where the expanded netting diameter is 5-30% less than the expanded film diameter to cause indentation or surface patterning of the meat product.
An encasing apparatus for encasing meat products in a double casing comprising a combined film and a net is described. A casing tube is placed over a meat stuffing horn and is preloaded with a shirred film and net casing for double casing meat exiting the meat stuffing horn. To reduce the risk of tearing of the collagen as it is deshirred and stuffed, the casing tube is oversized with respect to the meat stuffing horn and has a first outer diameter within 10-20% of the diameter of the expanded collagen casing.
An encasing apparatus for encasing meat products in a double casing comprising a combined film and a net is described. A casing tube is placed over a meat stuffing horn and is preloaded with a shirred film and net casing for double casing meat exiting the meat stuffing horn. To reduce the risk of tearing of the collagen as it is deshirred and stuffed, the casing tube is oversized with respect to the meat stuffing horn and has a first outer diameter within 10-20% of the diameter of the expanded collagen casing.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
Goods & Services
Edible collagen and in-edible collagen casing incorporated with elastic or in-elastic netting used in the manufacturing of netted casings for meat products, being fibrous, knitted, plastic; collagen used to be incorporated with netted casing for curing, smoking, cooking, packaging and applying surface patterns to meat products Elastic and inelastic knitted fabric casings for meat packaging; Elastic and inelastic netting for meat packaging; Elastic and non-elastic netting for meat packaging; Elastic netting for meat products; Netting; Packaging materials being elastic tubular netting and net casing, and elastic fibrous, knitted casing incorporated with netted casing; Netting, including elastic and non-elastic netting, for meat packaging; packaging materials being elastic tubular netting and net casing, and elastic fibrous, knitted casing incorporated with netted casing; and all other net-related packaging products included in this class, namely, elastic tubular netting and net casing, and elastic fibrous, knitted casing for use with meat products
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
Goods & Services
Edible collagen and in-edible collagen casing incorporated with elastic or in-elastic netting used in the manufacturing of netted casings for meat products, being fibrous, knitted, plastic; collagen used to be incorporated with netted casing for curing, smoking, cooking, packaging and applying surface patterns to meat products Elastic and inelastic knitted fabric casings for meat packaging; Elastic and inelastic netting for meat packaging; Elastic and non-elastic netting for meat packaging; Elastic netting for meat products; Netting; Packaging materials being elastic tubular netting and net casing, and elastic fibrous, knitted casing incorporated with netted casing; Netting, including elastic and non-elastic netting, for meat packaging; packaging materials being elastic tubular netting and net casing, and elastic fibrous, knitted casing incorporated with netted casing; and all other net-related packaging products included in this class, namely, elastic tubular netting and net casing, and elastic fibrous, knitted casing for use with meat products
An improved tubular openwork fabric or net for food products, the openwork fabric including alternating cojoined and intermediate members, each intermediate member including a filament assembly and each cojoined member including a pair of filament assemblies that are worked together, the filament assemblies being extensible and the open work fabric being extensible in both longitudinal and transverse directions.
The invention is a restrainer for a spool (10) of thread to prevent the thread (13) from being freely drawn off of the spool (10). It comprises a resilient element (12) that extends around the circumference of the outer surface (14) of the spool (10) so that the thread (13) being drawn from the spool (10) must pass between the outer surface of the spool (10) at the inner surface of the resilient element (12) there by impeding the free removal of the thread (13). The invention prevents excessive thread being jerked from the spool.
The invention is a restrainer for a spool (10) of thread to prevent the thread (13) from being freely drawn off of the spool (10). It comprises a resilient element (12) that extends around the circumference of the outer surface (14) of the spool (10) so that the thread (13) being drawn from the spool (10) must pass between the outer surface of the spool (10) at the inner surface of the resilient element (12) there by impeding the free removal of the thread (13). The invention prevents excessive thread being jerked from the spool.
B65D 75/14 - Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks folded-up around all sides of the contents from a portion on which the contents are placed
B65B 11/00 - Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
B65D 75/06 - Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes
B65H 49/08 - Package-supporting devices for a single operative package enclosing the package
B65H 55/00 - Wound packages of filamentary material
B65H 57/22 - Guides for filamentary materialsSupports therefor adapted to prevent excessive ballooning of material
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
18 - Leather and imitations of leather
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
Goods & Services
(1) Netting, namely elastic and non-elastic netting for meat packaging; bags used for packaging; casing, fibrous and woven casing and collagen casing; cotton netting; twine for nets.
