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Apparatus for wrapping drinking straws

  • US 6,212,860 B1
  • Filed: 07/20/1999
  • Issued: 04/10/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for confining elongated open-ended sipping straws in discrete envelopes, comprising:

  • a facility for temporary storage of an accumulation of unconfined straws;

    means for transporting at least one file of spaced-apart successive straws from said facility lengthwise along a predetermined path;

    means for advancing to a predetermined portion of said path a strip of wrapping material having two marginal portions;

    means for applying adhesive to at least one marginal portion of the strip not later than in said portion of said path;

    means for draping the strip around successive spaced-apart straws in said portion of said path so that the at least one marginal portion overlies and adheres to the other of said marginal portions; and

    means for severing the draped strip between successive confined straws.

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