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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299604 | Method and apparatus for moving a welding jaw To be able to weld different items, in particular films of different thickness and composition, in an optimized way in each case, it is proposed in the case of a welding jaw circulating along a closed path, for example a transverse welding jaw of a vertical tubular ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7069707 | Vertical tubular bagging machine In order to be able to easily exchange the fill pipe in a vertical tubular bagging machine, where a flat foil web is reshaped on a forming shoulder into a foil tube running over a fill pipe, a forming shoulder is suggested which can be opened. A shoulder sleeve out ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7036293 | Device for welding of a foil tube In order to be able to realize complicated jaw movements in a device for welding of a foil tube, comprising two welding jaws, which can be moved opposingly and clamp the foil tube between one another, whereby a linear motor is provided as the jaw drive, it is sugges... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028451 | Vertical tubular bagging machine In order to be able to remove in a vertical tubular bagging machine in a simple manner a worm-dosing means stored in a fill pipe, it is suggested that the fill pipe is formed out of two troughs aligned against one another with their insides, and that a trough is rel... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017641 | Device for welding of a foil tube In order to realize in a device for welding of a foil tube, comprising two welding jaws, which can be moved against one another and clamp the foil tube between one another, a simple gearing, it is suggested that two rods are provided in the gearing, that each rod is... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011129 | Device for welding of a foil tube In order to achieve, in a device for welding of a foil tube comprising two welding jaws, which can be moved against one another and clamp the foil tube between one another, a relatively low building height of the device and a high welding force, it is suggested that... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6872176 | Device for unfolding of folded boxes A device for unfolding of folded boxes, comprising a magazine for receiving of flat folded-box sleeves, a removing device for the individual removal of the folded-box sleeves from the magazine and for feeding the folded-box sleeves to an unfolding station where the ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6729112 | Tubular bagging machine A tubular bagging machine in which expanding elements projecting away from the fill pipe are provided in order to create bags with welded edges. A separate longitudinal welding device for welding of an area adjacent to the edge of the tube is provided. It is thus po... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6659928 | Device for removing flat articles A device for removing flat articles, in particular blanks of collapsed boxes from a delivery station and for transferring them to a receiving station which has a transport device thereat. Plural suction arms each with suction devices thereon are provided,... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6615567 | Vertical tubular bagging machine Bags with welded edges are created by a vertical tubular bagging machine. The bags are flat on top and are relatively wide at the bottom. Only one edge-welding device to create a top seam is provided on one side of the fill pipe. Two edge-welding devices ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6453649 | Device and method for feeding an article or several articles into a package A carrier (4) with articles (2) provided thereon is moved quickly toward a package (3) and is slowed down at the package (3) such that by utilizing the articles (2) kinetic energy, they slide off the carrier (4) and move into the package (3). The carrier ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6408596 | Device for packaging In order to reduce the technical input for a device for packaging, for example a horizontal bagging machine, it is suggested to provide two sealing jaws which act against one another and weld a foil web, only one sealing jaw for a rotating operation. The ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6220000 | Packaging device A downwardly acting air-outlet nozzle (8) is provided in a device (1) for packaging between a funnel (2) and a fill pipe (5) for the purpose of producing an air stream and to thus enable filler to fall quicker through the fill pipe (5). In order to be abl... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6205751 | Method and device for feeding of articles into a moving, rotating transporting device In order to be able to quickly and inexpensively feed articles, in particular bags, into spaces, for example insides of folding boxes of a continuously moving, transporting device, the speed of the transporting device is slower during a feed-in operation ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6179015 | Device and method for packaging In order to further accelerate a pourable product (4) falling into a fill pipe (2) or in order to compress the particle cluster of the product (4), it is suggested to blow air in timed intervals into the fill pipe (2). An air flap (13) is operated for thi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6167677 | Tubular bagging machine In a tubular bagging machine with two cross-sealing jaws 1, 2, which are movable toward one another and thereby cross-weld a foil tube, product that moves between the cross-sealing jaws 1, 2, interferes with the cross seam, and results in a leaky cross-se... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6116001 | Device for packaging A downwardly acting air-outlet nozzle is provided in a device for packaging between a funnel and a fill pipe for the purpose of creating air flow and to thus cause a fill material to drop quicker through the fill pipe. It is possible through the special a... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5966909 | Packaging machine In a packaging machine 2 with a movable part 27, which can be moved toward a packaging 26 or a product to be packaged, and a carrier movable with the part 27 and connected to the part 27, the part 27 and/or the carrier consists of a magnesium alloy 28, fo... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5881965 | Changing device in a packaging machine for a storage roller having thereon a foil strip The sleeve 6 of a storage roller 3 is held by two supporting pins 4, 5 on a changing device 1 of a packaging machine. One supporting pin 5 is connected to a drive motor 9 for rotation of the supporting pin 5. The supporting pin 5 can be moved together wit... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5832700 | Vertical tubular bagging machine and a method for operating a tubular bagging machine The lower end 11 of a foil tube 6 rests in a vertical tubular bagging machine 1 without any mechanical tension from the remainder of the foil tube 6 on a scale 17. The scale 17 weighs the end 11 together with dosed product portion of a flowable product, w... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5797241 | Station in a packaging line for folding a flap of a bag At a station (1) in a packaging line for folding a flap (2) of a bag (3) along a shaping line (10) of the flap (2) and for compressing the folded flap (2) by a folding element (5) against a resistance member (4), the folding element (5) is driven by a dri... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5791126 | Tubular bagging machine The welding jaws 7, 8 in a tubular bagging machine 1 for the creation of cross seams are driven by a drive 3 acting perpendicularly with respect to the foil-transporting direction 4 through a movable element 11. The jaw force (sealing force) is clearly in... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5715647 | Device for the formation of a longitudinal seam of a tubular foil In a device for the formation of the longitudinal seam of a tubular foil, a flexible foil is placed around a formatting tube by means of a formatting shoulder. The device has a transporting device for moving of the foil and the formed tubular foil. The in... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5575137 | Cross-sealing device for a tubular bag packaging machine A cross-sealing device for a tubular-bag packaging machine operable with stripping rods moved along the plastic foil tube to be sealed, which stripping rods assure that the sealing surfaces are free of packaging material prior to the sealing task. A drive... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5175976 | Feed station for folding boxes A feed station having a plate-retaining device which consists of a stationary guide arranged in front of or preceding the bridging belt for folding or swinging the side edge flaps of the folded box during an abutting thereof to a position wherein the plan... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5170608 | Device for closing a package provided with at least one flap The invention relates to a device for closing a package (1) provided with at least one flap (2), comprising a path of movement for the package (1) and comprising a rotatable closing element (3) arranged next to the path of movement. In order to prevent th... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5117612 | Method and apparatus for controlling the movement of cross-welding jaws of a tubular bagging machine In order to avoid in a tubular bagging machine the disadvantages resulting from the state of the art through a cam-plate control of cross-welding jaws, it is suggested according to the invention, that the control of the movement of the cross-welding jaws ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5092450 | Method and apparatus for conveying and synchronizing the movement of articles A method and an apparatus for conveying and synchronizing the movement of articles. Two conveyor belts are thereby provided. A synchronizing device is arranged between the conveyor belts. The phase relationship of the individual articles and the speed of ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4947618 | Bag sealing device A device for the cross-welding and/or cross-cutting of sealable foil material having inserted therein at regular intervals a particularly bulky fill material. Swingably mounted sealing jaws are forcedly guided in closed cam guideways which are an inverted... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4581764 | Sack, and a method and apparatus for filling, removing air from, and closing the sack A tube sack has a fill chamber and a flag at one end thereof, the flag having a sealing seam at the outer end thereof and a labyrinth seam which is adjacent the fill chamber and which is arranged to provide small passages through which air can flow from t... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4558779 | Conveyor apparatus, in particular for use in packaging plants A conveyor apparatus includes first and second elongate conveyor belts which are parallel and adjacent, which have support surfaces which are approximately flush, and which each have a plurality of compartment walls secured on and projecting outwardly fro... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4524566 | Packaging machine A packaging machine includes a magazine which has a plurality of vertical compartments open at the top and bottom and which is supported for steplike movement between first and second positions in a direction forming an acute angle to a horizontal referen... | 06/25/1985 |
