Patent ID: 11904568
Assignee: S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A process for making a container, comprising:
providing at least one of a slider, sticker, textured surface, pattern, or embossed surface along a folded web of thermoplastic material that comprises a plurality of container templates, each container template having a first opposing wall and a second opposing wall, a seam defined by a junction of the first opposing wall and the second opposing wall, opposing first and second upper ends of the first and second walls, respectively, defined opposite the seam, and a first side and a second side defined between the seam and the opposing first and second upper ends;
fixing each container template in place relative to a first conveyor;
carrying each container template along the first conveyor in a first direction of travel, the first and second sides of each container template perpendicular to the first direction of travel;
picking up, with a turner, each container template, the turner including one or more rotator assemblies including a rotatable shaft and a bag-contacting surface connected to an end of the rotatable shaft, the bag-contacting surface being configured to engage a top exterior side of each container template;
reorienting, with the turner, each container template, the rotatable shaft being configured to horizontally translate and rotate each container template, wherein each container template remains horizontal during translation and rotation;
depositing each reoriented container template along a second conveyor; and
carrying each reoriented container template along the second conveyor in a second direction of travel, the first and second sides of each container template parallel to the second direction of travel.