packmaking

Packmaking possible.—While some hospitals prepare their surgical and obstetrical packs in the laundry to some degree, this could be set up as a regular procedure in a cooperative plan. This would relieve the pressure on many central supply departments. A few hospitals do their autoclaving right in the laundry.

1964, Veterans' Administration Medical Program: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Hospitals of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 146 ... April 28, 29, 30; May 7, 8, and 12, 1964, U.S. Government Printing Office, pages 2775-2776

A method for forming and closing pack wrappers in cigarette packers comprising the steps of: providing a set of packmaking devices each with a tube-shaped box and a set of pack closing devices, the devices of each set being connected to one another and continuously driven along a closed path at least in part adjacent the path of the other set of devices, forming a foil sheet around each tube shaped box and folding a pair of opposed flaps at one end of said sheet at the bottom of the pack wrapper being formed, forming a wrapper sheet around each foil sheet which together provide a pack wrapper, rotating each tube shaped box and pack wrapper thereon to change its orientation relative to the path of said packmaking devices and folding the bottom flaps of the pack wrapper thereby closing one end thereof, returning each tube shaped box and pack wrapper thereon to its original orientation relative to the path of said packmaking devices and filling each pack wrapper, transferring each filled pack wrapper from a packmaking device to an adjacent pack closing device and pivoting each filled pack wrapper to change its orientation to the path of said packmaking devices while folding the flaps at the mouth end thereof, and thereafter returning each pack wrapper to its original orientation.

1976, United States Patent and Trademark Office, “U.S. Patent No. 3,978,639. Method and apparatus for forming pack wrappers in cigarette packers. Claudio Ferrozzi, Ferrara, Italy, assignor to AMF Incorporated, White Plains, N.Y.”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, volume 950, numbers 1-2, United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 49

It's Taken Ten, Long, Back-Breaking, Lead-Roping, Plate-Scraping Years. 1995 marks our tenth year in the packmaking business. In that time we've done more than just learn a trick or two, we've invented most of them. With vision, a lot of overtime and a little luck, we've created the most comfortable packs on the market today. Whether you're on a day hike or Denali, we have the pack for you.

1995 September 29, Dana Design Company, “[Advertisement for backpacks]”, in Backpacker, volume 23, number 144