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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360348 | Method for controlling manufacture of a sheet material A sorting and conveying line provided at an X-ray film cutting and collection operation includes a defective sheet gate, a collection gate and a sample gate for sorting X-ray film sheets, which have been cut to a predetermined size at a cutting section, while the X-... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7320663 | Continuous medium folding device and continuous medium printing apparatus having thereof The present invention relates to a device for folding continuous medium including a swing arm pivotable about an axis at one end of the swing arm. The continuous medium is guided by the swing arm and accordion-folded with equal widths as a result of the swinging ope... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311650 | Thickness adjustment and stabilizer bar system for a case erector A case forming machine for erecting cases from knock down case form to an open form and move an opened case downward to a bottom forming station using a fixed and a moveable jaw system is improved by providing a plurality of stabilizer bars having their bottom edges... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302787 | Defect detection device and bag packaging system equipped with defect detection device A bag packaging system includes a bag packager and a defect detection device that receives bags manufactured by the bag packager and conveys the bags while checking for defects. The defect detection device includes a first conveyor belt that is arranged below the ba... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7165668 | Apparatus and method for the delivery of rod-shaped articles An apparatus for transferring rod-like articles from a longitudinal conveyor that longitudinal-axially conveys the articles onto a transverse conveyor that transverse-axially conveys the articles. Moreover, the apparatus includes a conveyor that receives the article... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7131941 | Thickness adjustment and stabilizer bar system for a case erector A case forming machine for erecting cases from knock down case form to an open form and move an opened case downward to a bottom forming station using a fixed and a moveable jaw system is improved by providing a plurality of radially spaced, concentric stabilizer ba... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128200 | Carton transfer unit A transfer unit is configured for use with a form, fill and seal packaging machine. The transfer unit receives a partially erected carton from a first station in a tubular form, conveys the carton to a second station, and conveys the carton from the second station t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7066869 | Machine for and method of securing a lining bag at precise locations on the inner surface of a container blank An automated machine for and the method of fabricating containers made from a cardboard paperboard or corrugated paperboard blank having an inner liquid holding bag secured to the inner surface of the paperboard box. The liquid holding bag includes a spout that exte... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044184 | Plastic bag making apparatus An apparatus is arranged to successively make plastic bags each of which has a shape of circumference. The apparatus comprises web feeding means by which a web material is intermittently fed for a length along a longitudinal feeding path. The web material comprises ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6971979 | Folded box gluing machine for producing folded boxes from blanks Known folded box gluing machines for producing folded boxes (1) from blanks comprise—a folding station (3), in which the parts of blanks provided with an adhesive strip are folded,—an adjoining transfer station (5) which is configured as a t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6718729 | Cushioning conversion system with dunnage pad transfer mechanism A cushioning conversion system and method for transferring a dunnage pad are disclosed. The conversion system includes a cushioning conversion machine and a pad support. The conversion machine produces cushioning dunnage pads and discharges the pads in a predetermin... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6689031 | Paper cutting apparatus for folder There is provided a paper cutting apparatus for a folder, the folder for a web rotary press being provided with a forming roller pair and at least one nipping roller pair on a downstream side of the forming roller pair in a paper passage between a former ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6477819 | Method and apparatus for producing (folding) cartons Apparatus for producing (folding) cartons or for closing the same by applying adhesive strips (13) to folding flaps (11) during an upward movement of the cartons (10) by a closing conveyor (21), the closed cartons (10) being transferred in the region of a... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6440049 | Folder with early warning jam detection system and related method A folder for processing a stream of printed signatures from a printing press and related method. The signatures have a desired path with a path edge and each signature has a lead and trail edge. The folder comprises a plurality of sensor sets, each sensor... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6340343 | Method and apparatus for producing foil bags The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing foil bags, wherein two foils are supplied for forming the side walls of the foil bag, wherein furthermore a bottom foil is supplied to have holes punched thereinto, said holes being ... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6323502 | Checking the accuracy of folding of parallelepiped boxes The method is disclosed for checking the accuracy of folding a parallelepiped box made from a cardboard blank (1) comprising four adjacent panels (Pa, Pb, Pc, Pd), at least some edges of the panels being associa... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6217501 | Cushioning conversion machine A cushioning conversion machine located below a work table includes a stock supply assembly, a conversion assembly for converting the stock material into a cushioning product and providing it through a machine exit, and a pad transferring system including... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5993367 | Method and system for the determination of a quality of bonded area in a boxmaking blank A method and system for determining the bonding quality of a bonded area of a flapped boxmaking blank in a boxmaking apparatus at an assembling station of a production line, where opposite end portions of the blank are bonded together with confronting edg... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5978499 | Apparatus and method for inspecting box blanks An apparatus and method for inspecting skived glue, hemming and skew, and backfold of cartons by means of real time image comparison. The apparatus comprises channel sensors, means for measuring conveyor travel distance, a system controller coupled to the... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5970682 | Method and device for the manufacture especially of hinge-lid packs for cigarettes To improve the efficiency of powerful packaging machines for cigarettes or the like, the blanks (10) for wrapping the cigarettes or the like are monitored in respect of correct formation whilst being conveyed along a blanks path (27) to a revolving foldin... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5868657 | Cushioning conversion system with accumulator conveyor A cushioning conversion system includes a cushioning conversion machine which converts stock paper into a plurality of cut pads, and a conveyor system positioned to receive pads produced by the cushioning conversion machine and including a conveyor which ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5749821 | Cushioning conversion system for converting paper stock into cushioning material with a staging area and a pick and place assembly A cushioning conversion system includes a cushioning conversion machine which converts stock paper into cut pads, a conveyor system positioned to receive a pad produced by the cushioning conversion machine and to move the pad to a staging area, the stagin... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5729954 | Envelope flap opener apparatus A flap opening apparatus wherein envelopes are sequentially conveyed past a jet nozzle, which delivers timed blasts of air to open the flaps of each envelope. A computer controller tracks the position of the envelopes by a shaft encoder, and activates the... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5616113 | Machine for folding a web in a zigzag manner Machine for folding a web (3) in a zigzag manner includes a transport mechanism (2) for the web (3), a receiving device (5) at the bottom for collecting the folded web, a folding mechanism (4) mounted between the transport mechanism (2) and the receiving ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5484374 | Method and apparatus for attaching a spout to a container An applicator and accompanying feed mechanism attaches spouts and other fitments to paperboard cartons and the like in automated packaging equipment. The applicator features a rotatable and translatable anvil having a plurality of radially extending lobes... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5360213 | Apparatus for separating folded web A web separator is provided that cuts a web at predetermined separation locations. Downstream of the cutting, the web is folded at predetermined fold locations. A continuously swinging director, downstream of the folding, guides advancing sections of web ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5212656 | Box inspection device and method A quality monitoring system employing vision processing equipment to photograph at least one of the edges of every folded-over box blank as it is conveyed through a box forming machine is used to determine in-line whether the blanks, when unfolded, will p... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5188348 | Signature inspection device for folder of web printing press A phase difference is determined between a signature detection sensor signal and a reference timing signal from a rotary encoder and displayed as a deviation amount to determine a tendency of the deviation, and the printing press can be adjusted according... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5154687 | Rotary accumulator for pallet stringers or decking members A rotary accumulator for folded beams of corrugated paperboard with adhesive applied thereto, such as pallet stringers or decking members, comprises a conveyor for feeding the beams longitudinally with spaces therebetween, a generally circular array of be... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5098362 | Spiral tube making methods and apparatus including splice rejection In apparatus for forming cut lengths of tube by winding one or more strips of material into a continuously advancing spiral wound tube and periodically cutting off lengths of the tube, lengths of tube containing splices present in the strips are rejected ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5059164 | Spiral tube winding methods and apparatus including ply break sensing In a spiral tube winder, the plies going to the winding mechanism are monitored to make sure that no ply is broken. If any ply breaks, the machine is stopped so that the broken ply does not become entangled in the apparatus, especially in the glue applyin... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5030188 | Spiral tube making methods and apparatus including splice rejection In apparatus for forming cut lengths of tube by winding one or more strips of material into a continuously advancing spiral wound tube and periodically cutting off lengths of the tube, lengths of tube containing splices present in the strips are rejected ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4984409 | Process and apparatus for the testing of carton packs Conventionally, large-volume carton packs are constructed in such a way that two mutually opposite walls (bottom wall 19 and cover wall 20) are formed from folding tabs (15 to 18) overlapping one another. The folding tabs are connected to one another by a... | 01/15/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4854927 | Method and apparatus for pressing perforated web fed materials A method and apparatus is disclosed for flattening perforated web fed materials so that when cut into sheets they stack easily without a tendency to fall to one side. The method and apparatus is particularly adapted to be installed on a web fed printing p... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4666422 | Apparatus for aligning a wicketer stacking station with an edge of a web Apparatus for aligning a wicketer frame with an edge of a tubular or semitubular plastic web. The positions of the edges of the web are sensed and the wicketer frame is transversely displaced in response to and in dependence on the sensed deviation of the... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4650173 | Method of operating a diaper producing machine and apparatus A method and apparatus for operating a diaper-producing machine where a series of unfolded diapers are advanced along a path containing a plurality of stackers each having a folding blade, the apparatus having means for periodically altering the movement ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4645339 | Apparatus for testing the base-folding of bases formed on tube sections In a bag-making macine where a base is formed on an end of a tube section by folding and successively folded tube sections are conveyed transversely at intervals with the main part of each tube section flattened and its folded base perpendicular thereto, ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4582506 | Method for the production control on bag machines Bag sections that pass through a machine are scanned as to their spatial positions within the machine. The measuring points have been arranged at distances corresponding to the stroke of the machine, so that it is possible to intervene in the operation of... | 04/15/1986 |
