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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954307 | Adjustable pouch forming, filling and sealing apparatus and methods An adjustable pouch machine comprises a vertical sealer module forms transverse seals between two plies of a pouch web to partially define a plurality of pouches. Rollers selectively tension and relax the web on the vertically oriented wheel, allowing them to drop a... | 06/07/2011 |
| 6711878 | Cartoner with intermediate transfer A cartoner has an intermediate transfer disposed between each article infeed area and an adjacent bucket conveyor to transfer separate rows of select article count into buckets on the adjacent bucket conveyor. The intermediate transfer runs only the length necessary... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6698163 | Method of handling flexible tissues Methods of selectively packaging clips of tissues in flat or boutique cartons include depositing clips on carriers and turning and dropping clips into transverse channels in the carrier floors from where fat clips can be pushed into flat cartons, or selec... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6447435 | Top load, top feed article magazine A blank feeder includes a blank stack with blanks inclined forwardly in a magazine section and rearwardly in a discharge section so the stack has two effective top ends, one for supply and one for feeding. Blank inclination is reversed intermediate the st... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446416 | Vertical insert bucket A bucket on a bucket conveyor has a movable member or wall movable to a laid down position for receiving a horizontally disposed item. The member or wall is moved to reorient the item into an upright position for loading into a carton with another item la... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6168372 | Top load, top feed article magazine A blank feeder includes a blank stack with blanks inclined forwardly in a magazine section and rearwardly in a discharge section so the stack has two effective top ends, one for supply and one for feeding. Blank inclination is reversed intermediate the st... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5829332 | Variable count direct deposit knife A rotary knife apparatus for depositing filled pouches in preselected count stacks along a travelling product conveyor. The rotary knife apparatus includes a rotating disc valve intermediate negative and positive pressure sources on one side and a rotary ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5664931 | Edge lifting end effector An end effector for a robot for material handling of a stack of carton blanks or other items is disclosed. The end effector includes a pair of movable abutment members which engage opposing side edges of the blanks to thereby lift, transfer or manipulate ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5611194 | Tuck roller with improved web tension control An improved tuck roll apparatus includes a drive roll, backup roll and tuck roll driven by clutch for tensioning and driving a pouch web without slippage on said rolls and for feeding the web to a filler wheel of a pouch filling machine. The tuck roll app... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5502951 | Convertible pitch pouch machine Methods of converting pitch on a pouch machine include using a standard drive table with above table change parts including sealer wheel, filler wheel and knife. The sealer wheels and filler wheels are retained at respectively the same diameters to facili... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5502952 | Low thermal inertia sealer Vertical sealer apparatus in a pouch form, fill and seal machine capable of reducing undesirable vertical seal growth along a web of heat-sealable material. The apparatus includes a drum cast of aluminum and having a plurality of elongated slots directed ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5337887 | Quick-disconnect lug for a cartoning machine A quick-disconnect lug for transporting cartons along the conveyor of a cartoning machine. The lug includes a base member for attachment to studs extending from the endless chain of the conveyor. The base member preferably has a pair of slots or recesses ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5333721 | Pouch transfer apparatus and method A transfer apparatus for transferring groups of shingled pouches from a pouch conveyor to the product buckets of a bucket conveyor. The shingled pouches are conveyed in groups on a pouch conveyor having an oscillating end. A drop box or accumulation chamb... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5220993 | Multiple lane pouch drop-off Pouch transfer apparatus for positioning over and generally transverse to the upstream end of a multiple lane pouch conveyor. The apparatus includes a transfer wheel carrying a plurality of suction heads about its outer periphery for picking pouches off a... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5060450 | Apparatus for shifting particulate material in pouches Apparatus for shifting particulate material from one end of a pouch toward the other. In pouch form, fill, seal apparatus, a web of pouches is filled, the material tending to lodge in the bottom portion of each pouch. A pair of twisted belts pass the web ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4998614 | Conveyor discharge control Apparatus and method for controlling the discharge of packages from a conveyor utilizing a rotary stop having a generally planar first surface selectively positionable to blocking and discharge positions; in one embodiment, the rotary stop further having ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4998910 | Packaging container ejection apparatus Apparatus for removing defective knocked down carton blanks, from a carton erecting machine. In one embodiment opposed sets of tractors for clamping the selected unit and driving it from the conveyor line with moving tractive belts. A sensing device detec... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4974717 | Apparatus for transferring articles Apparatus for transferring articles from one or more supply conveyors to one or more conveyors feeding cartoners. Articles are fed from the supply conveyors into a compartmented drum. The drum rotates and drops the articles onto the conveyors feeding the ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4958667 | Tube holder for tube filling machines A tube holder is adapted to be positioned in a ring on the conveyor of the tube filling machine. The tube holder is cup-shaped and has a central, generally cylindrical, tube gripper consisting of eight upwardly extending fingers. The fingers have radially... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4956964 | Adjustable pouch form, fill, seal machine A web is folded upon itself and transversely sealed. The web is cut into individual pouches which are fed into gripper units, on an endless conveyor, each having a fixed leading jaw and a movable trailing jaw which grip the leading and trailing edges of t... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4934682 | Apparatus for feeding cartons A magazine for conveying cartons to a metering wheel. The magazine has a stack conveyor holding the bulk of the cartons in the magazine and a feed conveyor downstream from the stack conveyor. The two conveyors are separated by an upper inclined stop and l... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4933041 | Method and apparatus for sealing plastic tubes Method and apparatus for sealing the end of a thermoplastic tube wherein a tapered mandrel is heated to a temperature above the melting point of the tube and is inserted into the tube to force direct contact of the tube with the mandrel. After the contact... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4917659 | Packaging container ejection apparatus Apparatus for removing defective knocked down carton blanks, from a carton erecting machine. In one embodiment opposed sets of tractors for clamping the selected unit and driving it from the conveyor line with moving tractive belts. A sensing device detec... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4872382 | Apparatus for adjusting knives for a pouch form, fill, seal machine Apparatus for adjusting the knives of a pouch form, fill, seal machine. The knives are to cut pouches from a web. The knives are mounted in a generally cylindrical cage for radial sliding movement with respect to the cage. An axially movable cone inside t... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4869486 | Method and apparatus for feeding carton blanks Method and apparatus for feeding carton blanks to a side seam gluer. The blanks are removed from the discharge end of a conveyor by a friction belt so as to shingle the blanks. The shingled blanks are delivered to a feed hopper in such a way that the feed... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4848421 | Pouch filling apparatus having duck bill spout Pouch filling apparatus having a horizontal rotatable drum, an inclined spout plate rotatably mounted above the drum and a metering wheel mounted above the spout plate. A plurality of duck bill spouts are mounted on the spout plate and a plurality of cams... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4779860 | Aligning apparatus for rotary carton feeder A cartoner has a generally horizontal magazine and a rotary feeder at the discharge end of the magazine, the rotary feeder having a knife that is generally parallel to the plane of the cartons to slice the cartons one at a time from the stack in the magaz... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4718540 | Automatic changeover for cartoners A cartoner having a main drive and elements such as transport lugs, product bucket elements that are adjustable to accommodate different sizes of cartons. The disclosure is directed to automatic means for varying the positions of those elements automatica... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4702289 | Volumetric filler for pouch machine A web of pouches is carried around a rotating drum. Above the drum is a filler. The filler has a lower stationary plate with an arcuate slot in it. Above the stationary plate are two rotating plates which are vertically-spaced apart. The plates have align... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4660353 | Intermittent motion cartoning apparatus for cartoning liquid-filled pouches Apparatus for cartoning liquid-filled pouches. A horizontal intermittent motion cartoner conveys cartons in a vertical orientation. At a first station, a hole is formed in a lower major flap. At a second station, glue is applied in a circular pattern arou... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4601691 | Carton feeder In a cartoning machine, apparatus for erecting a carton. The apparatus includes a channel-shaped element having spaced parallel walls and suction cups between the walls of the channel-shaped element. The channel-shaped element engages a carton in a magazi... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4596545 | Orbital feeder Apparatus for feeding flat folded cartons from a stationary magazine to a continuously moving conveyor. The magazine has a choke at its discharge end formed from parallel guides which are spaced apart a distance less than the distance between the two fold... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4585113 | Apparatus for transferring articles An apparatus transforms a single file of articles on a conveyor into separated batches of articles on the conveyor. The batches of articles are discharged into receptacles such as product buckets. The separation of the articles into batches provides suffi... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4582315 | High speed carton feeder A high speed feeder for cartons being fed into a cartoner includes both mechanical and fluid flow environments for precisely delivering cartons. A preferably inclined conveyor receives cartons stacked on their edges and in a generally vertical orientation... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4578927 | Pusher head diverter for a carton loader A barrel loader for a cartoner having a product conveyor and a carton conveyor. A plurality of pusher heads are carried on two spaced endless chains. A cam track between the chains cooperates with cam followers on the heads to cam the heads toward the pro... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4571236 | Carton squaring mechanism In a cartoner for filling and sealing tubular cartons wherein the cartons are carried between leading and trailing transport lugs, a mechanism for squaring the cartons consisting of inclining a leading lug in a rearward direction to engage a corner of a c... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4562692 | Accumulating apparatus between a cartoner and a side seam gluer A cartoner has a side seam gluer for forming flat folded cartons which are vertically oriented in a magazine for feeding into the cartoner. A conveyor having a horizontally-movable discharge chute feeds the flat folded cartons in a vertical orientation on... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4526564 | Flap separator for a cartoning machine In a cartoning machine, a conveyor conveys flat folded cartons with their end flaps projecting laterally. A rotating disk having a horizontally-projecting pin engages the flaps in timed relation to their longitudinal movement to press a lower major flap d... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4518301 | Orbital feeder Apparatus for feeding flat folded cartons from a stationary magazine to a continuously moving conveyor. The magazine has a choke at its discharge end formed from parallel guides which are spaced apart a distance less than the distance between the two fold... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4514181 | Apparatus for forming a flip top carton Apparatus for forming a flip top carton wherein the top of the carton has a front flap and side flaps, each having a lower section folded upon the body of the carton and a middle section folded on the lower section. The apparatus has a former associated w... | 04/30/1985 |
