Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“Flexible containers, for example storage bags, are commonl y handled by mechanical devices in facilitiesin high volumes and at rapid speed s. Such facilities may include a food manufacturing plant, a restaurant,or othe r distribution or handling facilities. An inherent problem with known handling d evices is that forflexible bags that are difficult to grasp, damage may occur d ue to the application of too great a pressure orforce on the product. These bag s are not generally mechanically strong or resilient to compressive forces,or b ecome shapened in such a way that makes them difficult to grasp. The bags are of ten non-uniformin shape, and have different surface textures or levels of lubri city.
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