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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120017543 | AGRICULTURAL STORAGE BAG LOADING SYSTEM A system for loading a bale in a continuous storage bag includes a structure configured and disposed to releasably dispense the bag in response to receiving a bale directed inside the structure, the directed bale being inserted inside the bag. A bale wagon receives the ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110258967 | PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR PACKAGING A POWDER The invention is directed at a process for enabling the packaging of a powder (32), in particular a pharmaceutical product powder, including the steps of: providing a first bag (9) from a flexible packaging material; fixing the opening (19) of the f... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110107730 | DEVICE FOR FILLING OF CONTAINERS Apparatus for filling packages of the collapsible type, comprising a first station and a second station, a transport unit for intermittent transport of said packages from the first station to the second station along a transport direction (P) which extends between the f... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110072767 | BAGGING APPARATUS An article bagging apparatus designed to reduce impacts caused by stopping at advance and retraction terminal points. The article bagging apparatus has an upper scoop 12 and a lower scoop 14 rectilinearly movable forward and backward together in a horizont... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20100313524 | RETROFIT ICE MAKING AND BAGGING APPARATUS AND RETROFIT METHOD OF INSTALLATION ON AISLE FREEZER A retrofit ice making and bagging apparatus and retrofit installation method provide automatic supply of bags of ice into a freezer compartment. The apparatus has an outer housing with a lower end configured for securing on top of an aisle freezer so that openings in th... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100269458 | BAG CLAMP PUCKERING SYSTEM A bag-puckering system has a pairs of grippers engageable with upper corners of respective bags. The grippers of each pair are shiftable between an inner position in which the respective bag is puckered open and an outer position in which the respective bag is held flat... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100192524 | MACHINE FOR FILLING ENVELOPES OR BAGS ALSO IN CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE A machine for filling bags or envelopes, also under controlled atmosphere, consisting of a prismatic wheel (G), having polygonal shape and provided on each side with at least a couple of opposite prehensile equipments (M), whose mutual horizontal distance can be regulat... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100180550 | Bag opening method and apparatus for use in bag filling and packaging A bag opening method and apparatus for use in bag filling and packaging in which a bag B is gripped at its laterally opposite side edges with a pair of gripping members and moved along a predetermined path. A pair of suction cups 23 disposed facing each other at ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100107555 | MEDICINE PACKAGING APPARATUS A distance from a printing section to a heat sealing section of a medicine packaging apparatus is shortened without generating wrinkles on a package sheet. A unfolding guide 65 included in a packaging unit 4 for unfolding and opening a package sheet 61<... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100064641 | BAG INSTALLATION FOR BAGGING MACHINE Bag installation for bagging machines may include bag installation systems and/or methods that provide efficient, convenient, safe, and/or simplified means and/or steps for installing a bag on, and/or maintaining bag on, a bagging machine.... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100040311 | PACKAGE WITH A RESEALABLE CLOSURE A package having a resealable closure is disclosed and comprises a body, a frame, a door and apparatus. The body is a bag in which is disposed a product and has an inner surface defining the inner surface of said package. The frame defines an opening and has a surface a... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100024363 | Method and Apparatus For Producing, Bagging and Dispensing Ice An apparatus for producing, bagging and dispensing ice has an ice supply station, an ice collection station, a film supply, a bag forming station, and an ice transport device to transport ice from the collection station to the bag forming station. A controller controls ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090308031 | Gripper for an automatic bag filling apparatus In an intermittently rotating table type bag filling apparatus, a plurality of pairs of grippers being provided at equal intervals around an intermittently rotating table, the grippers including pairs of left and right swing levers mounted on the intermittently rotating... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090241487 | BAGGING ASSEMBLY A bagging assembly for bagging bales of fibrous material is disclosed. The bagging assembly incorporates a chute defining a channel for receiving a bale, which is pushed there between by a stuffing assembly. Aspects of the bagging assembly include raising a bale using a... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090113850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING FLEXIBLE BAGS A method for treating flexible bags, comprising transporting, opening, filling and closing the bags in subsequent treatment stations in which the bags are transported in holding devices on several tracks from one treatment station to the next. In one embodiment of the p... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090025340 | Method for Producing a Package and Packaging Machine A method for producing a package with the following steps is described. Forming of a container (13) in a web of a first web material (7); subsequent sealing of a cover (14) onto the container produced within an outer contour of the package to be pro... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080256905 | VALVE BAG PLACING SYSTEM AND METHOD In one example embodiment, a system for opening a valve bag includes a bag separator assembly and a valve opening assembly. The bag separator assembly is rotatable about a rotation axis and is configured to move along a taxis toward a plurality of valve bags to obtain a... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080141633 | APPARATUS FOR BAGGING MATERIAL An apparatus (10) for bagging material into a stretchable bag having an open end, comprises a movable bag stretching structure (18) displaceable between a first position for receiving the bag and a second position for holding the bag in a stretched state, ... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080072542 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR ASEPTICALLY PACKAGING FOOD PRODUCTS IN PRESEALED POUCHES The present invention relates to a process and an apparatus (1) for the aseptic packaging of a food product in presealed and internally presterilized pouches. The apparatus comprises a filling chamber (2b) positioned above a sterilization pre-chambe... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080063323 | Moisture-Repellent Receptacle and Method for the Production Thereof The invention concerns a container, in particular a bag, for packaging bulk material such as cement, comprising at least one gas-permeable and moisture-repellent container wall 1 which essentially forms the container and which has a carrier layer 2 and a p... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20070289262 | Method and Device for Producing and Filling Sacks The invention relates to a method and a device for producing and filling sacks comprising at least four longitudinal seams. According to prior art, the production of said sacks generally involves the longitudinal welding of a flat film to form a tubular section. The tub... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070251191 | Apparatus For Producing A Self-Standing Bag For Bales Of Compressed Loose Material And A Method Thereof A self-standing bag containing a generally rectangular-shaped bale of compressed loose material. The self-standing bag has a generally elongated shape with a height and a base section defined by a first side and a second side. The bag is formed from a tube of impervious... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070240386 | Method and apparatus for making packages with internal headers from preformed bags A method and apparatus for making packages with internal headers from an elongated web of preformed interconnected bags. The packages with internal headers are made by inserting a product or a header into a bag. The bag is sealed to form a first compartment that contain... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070220830 | Methods and apparatus for preserving pallet units of fresh perishables in modified atmosphere-containing bags Methods and apparatus for enclosing a palletized container of fresh containers of perishables inside a modified atmosphere-containing plastic bag stretched over the containers and over upwardly-extending margins of a plastic sheet placed between the pallet and the conta... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070220831 | APPARATUS FOR BAGGING MATERIAL An apparatus (10) for bagging material into a stretchable bag having an open end, comprises a movable bag stretching structure (18) displaceable between a first position for receiving the bag and a second position for holding the bag in a stretched state, ... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070204570 | Bag filling and packaging method and bag filling and packaging apparatus A bag filling and packaging system including gripper pairs around a rotating table so that the grippers of each gripper pair grip two side edges of a bag on which various packaging processes are performed. A gripper distance adjustment auxiliary cam is provided to ascen... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070193229 | Food article packaging apparatus and method Packaging apparatus and method for inserting food articles into a bag of comparable size. The apparatus has a conveyor that orients the product along a longitudinal axis and delivers the food article to a tray disposed below the conveyor so the product drops from the co... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070157579 | Automatic bagger with intelligent programmable controller An automatic bagging system and method of operation having an intelligent programmable controller is described. Articles are discharged, one at a time, at a rapid rate into compartments of an article receiving housing and are then discharged in a bag. The article receiv... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070157560 | Advanced packaging method and device, bags obtained and use thereof The invention relates to a packaging method comprising the following steps: provision of a bag whose mouth comprises opening/closing means for multiple successive openings and closings and a cleavable linking veil, located at a distance therefrom inside the bag in relat... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070074492 | Bag-filling packaging machine A bag-filling packaging machine in which supplied bags 1 are gripped by pairs of grippers 2 disposed on the periphery of an intermittently turning round table 3, and the bags, at stopping positions, are successively subjected to prescribed packaging... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070044429 | Pneumatic system for the seizure and transfer of packs of products A pneumatic system for seizing (10) and transferring packs (11) of products, suitable for transferring packs from a feeder and inserting them into bags (12), comprising at least one opening (20) connected at one end to the suction plant (1... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070044436 | Equipment and method for the packaging of packets of products in bags Equipment (10) for the packaging of packets (11) in bags (12) comprises a bag forming device (13), a transfer line (14) of the formed bags by means of a conveyor with independent trolleys or drawers or independent compartments, a feedi... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070044430 | Equipment for inserting packets into bags Equipment (10) for inserting packets (11) into bags (12) comprises a device (30) suitable for deforming the bag and squaring and stiffening means (40) of the bag suitable for forming a draft and guide for the insertion of one or more p... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060288665 | CONTAINER PACKAGING APPARATUS Since both side ends of an opening of a packaging bag are positioned and held in place by a side edge chuck means during a deaeration operation, therefore development of crimps in a sealed area of the packaging bag can be suppressed, so that a high level of sealing prop... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060288668 | CONTAINER PACKAGING APPARATUS After a wafer case having been inserted into a packaging bag, firstly an ear folding and shaping bar is pressed against a root of each corresponding triangular ear portion in its side to be folded back for making a folding-back line therein. After that, each of the tria... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060288667 | CONTAINER PACKAGING APPARATUS Since a rear end portion of a packaging bag is fixed by a bag rear end chuck means when a wafer case is inserted into the packaging bag, therefore the degree of freedom of positioning of the packaging bag can be reduced, so that the wafer case can be smoothly packed in ... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060283156 | Apparatus for Transporting Bags for Bag Forming and Filling Machines Transportation apparatus for machines for filling bags (1) with bulk material (2), comprising at least one station (F) for forming the bag (1), at least one station (R) for filling the bag with the material (2), provided with fixed bag grippi... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060266009 | Method for detecting a hopper insertion state for a bag-filling packaging machine A method for detecting a hopper insertion state for a bag-filling packaging machine using photoelectric sensors 7 provided at an item supply step position. The photoelectric sensors 7 detect deformation of the bag mouth that occurs when the hopper 4 | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060196152 | Device and method for filling foil bags with food The invention relates to a device (1) for the filling of foil bags (24) with foods (42), a transport device (23) for transporting the foil bags (24), a filling device (27) for the dosed filling of the foil bags (24) with ... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060157081 | Packaging machine and process A packaging machine utilizing side connected chains of open bags is disclosed. The machine has loading and closure sections which are moveable between operating and cleaning/service positions. A resistance heater subassembly is removeable to enable washdown. ... | 07/20/2006 |
