US PATENT SUBCLASS 53 / 582
.~ Band or tube

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53 /   HD   PACKAGE MAKING

580  DF  PARTIAL COVER APPLICATION {3}
582.~ Band or tube {11}
583  DF  .~.~> Bag neck banding
584  DF  .~.~> Cigar banding
585  DF  .~.~> Preformed tube
586  DF  .~.~> U-fold forming initial banding
587  DF  .~.~> Applied by rotation of contents
588  DF  .~.~> Applied by rotation of band
589  DF  .~.~> Applied by guiding band end about contents
590  DF  .~.~> Applied by manipulating opposed band ends about contents
591  DF  .~.~> Applied about series contents
592  DF  .~.~> Applied by manual operation
593  DF  .~.~> End or band interleaved with contents (e.g., book or magazine band)

DEFINITION

Classification: 53/582

Band or tube:

(under subclass 580) Apparatus for applying the cover means which encircles the contents in one direction only, such as girth, but leaves both sides or ends thereof fully exposed, and which is in frictional contact with the contents so as to be retained thereon.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

135.1, for apparatus for applying nonencircling bands or labels.

138.6, for apparatus for binding completed packages by means of strands and/or wire.

169, for apparatus for applying the tubular shell part of a sliding tray and shell-type receptacle.

176, for plural superimposed cover and cover material applying apparatus in which at least one applied cover is a band.

399, for corresponding methods. 545, for apparatus which applies a band by progressively seaming one or more webs about the contents and successively severing the webs to form individual-banded units.