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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399267 | Method and apparatus for vacuum assisted bonding of corrugated cardboard and for manufacturing corrugated cardboard An apparatus and method for the vacuum assisted bonding of sections of corrugated cardboard and for manufacturing corrugated cardboard. A pressure plate has a bore for applying a vacuum therethrough. A first section of corrugated cardboard has an orifice which is al... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381176 | Method and machine for constructing a collapsible bulk bin A machine for making a reinforced, collapsible bulk bin assembly is provided. The machine includes a body blank feeding device for providing a body blank from a stack of body blanks, an erecting device for partially erecting the body blank, and a bottom insertion de... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7214174 | Apparatus for folding a nonbonded nonwoven web Apparatus and methods for folding a nonwoven web without mechanical contact against a folding surface. A first portion of the nonwoven web is secured to a collector by vacuum and a positive pressure differential is applied to a second portion of the moving nonwoven ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7163502 | Carton erecting apparatus Rotary transfer mechanism is mounted on a frame for removing a flat folded carton from a storage hopper to move the carton to a flight conveyor assembly and in cooperation therewith erect the carton to be in an open rectangular condition. The transfer mechanism incl... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7008363 | Apparatus and methods for folding a nonbonded nonwoven web Apparatus and methods for folding a nonwoven web without mechanical contact against a folding surface. A first portion of the nonwoven web is secured to a collector by vacuum and a positive pressure differential is applied to a second portion of the moving nonwoven ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6971980 | Machine for spreading out cardboard boxes automatically A machine is provided for spreading out cardboard boxes automatically, which is structured such that cardboards can be held in a holding mechanism upright and closely side by side, and fed to a main body one after another, and which have sucking disks for drawing th... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6951530 | Carton, a blank for producing a carton, and methods and apparatus for erecting, closing, and sealing a carton A method of and an apparatus for erecting a carton, and a method of and an apparatus for closing a carton. The carton has 180° fold lines with a compressed area at each end and a slit joining the compressed areas. A carton is erected by moving the blank in a first ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945924 | Method for conveying folded sheet elements A method and device for conveying folded sheet elements, whereby a sheet element, folded to have at least two superimposed portions connected along a fold, is fed along a given path by a movable gripping head, which engages and retains by suction a first of the two ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6929593 | Machine for spreading out cardboard boxes automatically A machine is provided for spreading out cardboard boxes automatically, which is structured such that cardboards can be held in a holding mechanism upright and closely side by side, and fed to a main body one after another, and which have sucking disks for drawing th... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926656 | Method and apparatus for fabricating corrugated composite stiffeners An apparatus and method for fabricating corrugated composite stiffeners provides a base tool having grooves formed in an outer surface and a roller having a rotating shaft and a removable, lobed, elastomeric member surrounding the shaft. The lobes of the elastomeric... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6764436 | Method and apparatus for squaring cases A case is gripped by its side panel by suction cups mounted on a squaring arm and rotated out of a magazine into contact with a squaring rail, which forces the case into a squared configuration as the case rotates into position between two drive belts, one fixed, an... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6758800 | Machine for assembling cardboard boxes The machine assembles cardboard boxes of the type that comprises a main piece or sheet and two independent sheets comprising the front ends, lateral sheets that attach to some laps that form part of the main piece. As a novel characteristic, it includes some side fe... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6712748 | Method and apparatus for folding a web A method for making a longitudinal fold in a web, including the steps of: (1) providing a web-supporting device; (2) providing a folding belt disposed adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the web-supporting device; (3) providing the web which is superimposed ont... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6699165 | Apparatus for removing and transferring folding boxes An apparatus for removing folding box blanks from a folding box magazine and transferring them to between drivers of a conveyor system has a suction rotor with suction cups. The suction rotor is coupled to a four-bar mechanism, which erects the folding bo... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6612973 | Version with markings to show changes made In the method for feeding blanks in the container-forming unit, the blank is advanced onto the wrapping mandrel which is attached to a moving structure, which moves the wrapping mandrel between the different processing stations of the container-forming un... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6582348 | Machine for the creasing, perforation or circular cutting of paper and the like A machine is provided for the creasing, perforation or circular cutting of a material in the form of sheets such as paper, plastic and the like. The machine includes a bed, a horizontal loading plane (11) that is intended to accommodate at least one stack... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6565501 | Method and apparatus for folding a web A method for making a longitudinal fold in a web, including the steps of: (1) providing a web-supporting device; (2) providing a folding belt disposed adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the web-supporting device; (3) providing the web which is super... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6544158 | High speed feeding apparatus for clamshell die cutter A processing station (10) for high speed printing, handling and die cutting of blanks or blanks (26) is provided which includes a clamshell-type die cutter (12), as well as a feeding device (14) including a transfer mechanism (16) and pickup member (18). ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6517472 | Device for separating material webs lying on top of each other A device for separating two webs of material which are arranged on top of each other. The webs of material are to be separated while they are being transported on a conveying device, the first of the webs of material being detachably fixed to the conveyin... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6406415 | Apparatus for forming a container The apparatus for forming a container is situated in a container-forming unit comprising different processing stations. The apparatus for forming a container includes a wrapping mandrel attached to a moving structure, which is arranged to move the wrappin... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6381927 | Method and apparatus for folding carton flaps in a packaging machine A flap folding assembly for engaging a work piece, such as a paperboard carton flap, and moving that flap into a desired position. The flap folding apparatus can be used in a continuous motion packaging machine to engage a sleeve type carton flap as the c... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6346068 | Box making machines An existing box-making machine is retrofitted by first removing the pull rolls and impression cylinder and other associated parts and cross-ties. However, the heavy duty side frames and drums, including the print cylinder are left intact in the box-making... | 02/12/2002 |
| 5924968 | Box-erecting apparatus An apparatus for erecting flat blanks into three-dimensional box parts has a machine frame, a bin on the frame holding a stack of the blanks with a lower surface of a lowermost blank largely exposed at a base of the stack, an erecting unit on the frame sp... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5782734 | Carton feed opening wheel assembly A carton feed opening wheel assembly for opening carton blanks into preformed cartons on a packaging machine is disclosed. The carton feed opening wheel assembly has a pair of spaced and generally parallel endless vacuum conveyor belts moving along a path... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5704196 | High speed blank set-up apparatus and methods Apparatus (10) for partially setting up a blank (12) is disclosed including first suction cups (122) for removing the first blank (12) from a magazine (96). The first suction cups (122) are pivotally mounted to the ends of pivot arms (110) to move the fir... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5385526 | Apparatus and method for packaging blanks The blanks (1) are withdrawn one after another from a storage part (20) by transfer means (21) and are disposed on the cylindrical support surface of a drum (3) driven rotatingly by portions of a revolution. Various processing operations are performed on ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5312316 | Machine for forming cardboard boxes The present invention concerns a machine for forming cardboard boxes. The principal feature is that the housing is square and consists of a supply tray, box-forming suction cup rocker arm assembly, four-joint tie bar folding assembly, rocker arm tie bar f... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5156582 | Box erector A box erector for erecting a box from a knock-down configuration into an open rectangular box is disclosed which includeds a frame (10) for an inventory section (20), a transfer section (22), a flap closure section (24), a taping section (26), and an exit... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5097649 | Packaging machine A packaging machine comprising a rotary body having blank bottom forming radial mandrels so arranged as to be successively stoppable at a plurality of process stations including a blank feed station, a feeder for fitting a tubular blank having a square or... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5078669 | Transfer apparatus for flat articles A transfer apparatus for folding boxes including suction heads disposed on a carrier and for holding the folding boxes by negative pressure. To enable adjusting the suction heads to a format of folding boxes to be manipulated, the suction heads have a plu... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5024640 | Method and apparatus for storing flat-folded cases in a pile, and for opening and sealing said cases A number of cases are stored horizontally in a stack in a magazine. A bottom upper-inner flap of a flat folded case is folded downward to open the case by a flap-folding member while the case is being lifted from a magazine station to a flap-folding stati... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4913691 | Device for assembling cuttings more particularly for the produciton of packing boxes This invention relates to a device for the assembling of cuttings, more particularly for the production of packing boxes, of the type including a plurality of work places arranged along a main vacuum conveyor, the work places consisting mainly of a first ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4892513 | Carton erector apparatus A carton erector apparatus for setting up foldable carton blanks. The apparatus includes a carton blank storage section, a carton blank setup section and a bottom flap folding section. The carton setup section includes a carton opening assembly comprising... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4816014 | Carton handle applicator A machine for receiving a handle strip from a dispenser, rotating the strip to align it with a predetermined location on a moving carton blank, and applying the strip to the blank. A vacuum head for gripping the strips is carried by an arm mounted for rot... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4767390 | Apparatus for and method of applying handle to carton closure flap An applicator for applying elongated strip members to a moving member. The applicator is particularly adapted to apply handle assemblies to moving closure panels of containers such as cartons. Hot melt adhesive stripes are applied to the moving closure pa... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4685272 | Sheet separating device in a packaging machine In order to constitute means for reliably separating sheets positioned at the lowermost level in a magazine one by one, there are provided two stages of main and auxiliary side hooks which can be rocked in the direction for supporting the sheets and in th... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4682975 | Machine and method for setting-up basket style article carriers A machine (10) for erecting article carriers (C) of the basket type comprises feeder assembly (34; 62) for withdrawing from a supply (20) and depositing the carriers in flat, folded condition one after the other in a feed path (F), flight bars for feeding... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4642085 | Apparatus for making window patches Apparatus for severing window patches from a web of patch material includes a mechanism for applying adhesive to selective portions of the web, a pair of cooperating rolls to feed the web to the adhesive applying mechanism, a vacuum roll engaging successi... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4437851 | Method and apparatus for handling and setting up large size slit-boxes A method and an apparatus for handling and setting up large slit-boxes of the type which is formed by a tubular slit-box blank (6) which is collapsed into a flat two layer blank and which comprises sides (7,8) with connected inner flaps (9) and outer flap... | 03/20/1984 |
