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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7266935 | Case sealer assembly with spring-loaded side drive mechanisms A new and improved case sealer assembly comprises a pair of oppositely disposed case drive mechanisms for conveying a multiplicity of cases through a sealing station. The drive mechanisms are laterally separated from each other such that an interior space is formed ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7231748 | Adjusting device of film packaging machine An adjusting device that is mounted in a film packaging machine includes a moving mechanism that selectively moves two support blocks in opposite directions and toothed wheels mounted to the support blocks in a symmetric manner and driven by a timing belt that is me... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7214175 | Folding gear comprising a cylinder with adjustable circumference A folding gear is comprised of a cylinder that is mounted to a frame for rotation. At least one clamp is arranged on the outer surface of the cylinder. The at least one clamp can be positioned by an actuator which includes a flexible toothed shell that is shaped by ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214176 | Folding machine with removable plate A paper folding machine is provided including a housing having upper and lower fold plates constructed for quick and easy removal of the upper plates from the machine so that repairs can be made. The plates include a paper stop and an adjuster connected to the paper... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7096651 | Synchronously adjusting device for thermo shrinkable film machine An adjusting device of a thermo shrinkable film machine includes first and second blocks movably mounted on two rails between two sideswalls on the base of the machine. Each of the two blocks has a wheel for contacting the film on a shaft. Two rotatable rods have tw... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7060016 | Device for rotary converting a web or sheet matter A device for rotary conversion of a web or sheet material by cooperating cylindrical tools. The tools are arranged in a cassette. A driving device connects with the tools for rotating them. The cassette with the tools is placed in an adaptive cassette receiver. The ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6712749 | Folder A longitudinal folding device includes formers for longitudinally forming and folding paper webs having different widths. Each former, together with its folding rollers, hopper roller and longitudinal cutting device is supported in a frame such that the former can b... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6676588 | Automatically closing surface element at the periphery of cylinders The present invention relates to a copy-carrying cylinder which has a peripheral surface (2) supporting sheet-like copies and which is provided with retaining elements for fixing the sheet-like copies in place on the peripheral surface (2). A folding devi... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6659927 | Folding presser assembly A presser assembly for supporting blanking scrap during a blanking operation is provided. The presser assembly includes a support rail; a presser rail connected to the support rail; and a connecting rail connecting the presser rail to the support rail and... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6629403 | Mandrel with variable pocket widths for automatic packaging machines An automatic packaging machine has mandrels with a plurality of fingers for gripping an object. A cam track has contours which defines the location of positions along a conveyor carrying the mandrels. The fingers are closed by a spring and opened by a cam... | 10/07/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6457300 | Plastic film guiding device of packaging machine The present invention proposes a plastic film guiding device of a packaging machine, which comprises a frame, a screw rod, a walking block, a positioning rod, a pair of slanting rods, and a pair of slide bodies. The plastic film guiding device of the pres... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6398704 | Outside diameter adjuster for folding cylinder The present invention is directed to an outside diameter adjuster for a folding cylinder. The folding cylinder rotates about an axis and has a basic body having a columnar outer circumferential face, where an outer circumferential member forms one portion... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6319183 | Method and apparatus for setting up a box erecting machine A box erecting machine that can readily be set up to assemble boxes of different sizes contains pointers and scales permitting the vertical and horizontal adjustment of the box magazine, the centering of the flap folding structures, and the vertical adjus... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6318048 | Case sealer mast and trolley assembly A mast and trolley assembly for a case sealer machine includes a set of fixed bearing members mounted upon the trolley assembly, and a set of movably adjustable bearing members mounted upon the trolley assembly such that opposite sides of the trolley asse... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6224530 | Buckle folding mechanism with two or three folding pockets A buckle folder machine includes two or three folder pockets and several folding rollers mounted in a folding block which can be detached from the machine frame. The sheets are fed to the folding block via transport devices along an input plane in the dir... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6098372 | Packaging machine with movable members Apparatus, in particular packaging machine, with movable members which are exposed to wearing stresses on one side. Primarily packaging machines for the manufacture of cigarette packs (10) of the soft-cup type employ folding mandrels (15), on which blanks (14)... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6024684 | Device for producing folded items Folded products are produced in a web-fed press by directing the printed web to longitudinal formers and then to multi-width transverse folders. The longitudinal formers are supported so that at least selected ones of them can be shifted vertically with r... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5910090 | DC drive positioning system An apparatus for positioning a guide slidably mounted on a machine wherein the guide is driven by a lead screw turned by a DC motor through a worm drive gearhead. The DC motor is controlled by a programmable logic controller (PLC) with input from an opera... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5716314 | Optimal angle corrugated board folder A corrugated board folder is disclosed for folding the flap of a corrugated board onto the base of the corrugated board along a fold line having an inside fold line and an outside fold line. The corrugated board folder includes a conveyor mounted on a fra... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5588945 | Method and device for spacing a corrugating finger relative to a corrugating roll A device for and method of spacing a corrugating guide finger relative to a corrugating roll. The device includes a tail and a head. The head has a slot therethrough for sliding receipt of the corrugating guide finger. To space the finger, the slot is sli... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5553441 | Carton conveyor and loading apparatus with adjustable guide members A vertically oriented horizontally extending carton conveyor and loading apparatus incorporates a mechanical mechanism for simultaneously adjusting the distance between a pair of longitudinally extending guide rails at a plurality of locations. The carton... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5517798 | Carton conveyor and loading apparatus A vertically oriented horizontally extending carton conveyor and loading apparatus includes a mechanical mechanism for transporting a plurality of cartons along an endless pathway in a horizontal plane. The apparatus also includes carton finishing systems... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5503379 | Cross folding device with shiftable formers A device for making folded products, which is usable to simultaneously make two different folded products, includes a plurality of partial paper web train fold formers arranged on lower and upper levels and a double wide folding station. The fold formers ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5480370 | Side guiding mechanism for outsert folding machine A side jogging mechanism for aligning a sheet to be folded into an outsert by an outsert folding apparatus comprises a frame including first and second oppositely disposed side frame members between which the outsert folding apparatus is received, an adju... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5408806 | Horizontal type of packing machine with an adjustable pouch former A horizontal type of packing machine with an adjustable pouch former, in which a guide screw having half left-handed threads and half right-handed threads is used for adjusting the width of the pouch former; a cylindrical gear is in mesh with two gears to... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5355658 | Packaging machine with adjustable sides for a bucket Adjustable bucket packaging machine for the packaging of items and literature into a carton having conveyored buckets whose size is readily adjustable by phase adjusters, which move the leading and trailing bucket members about a central member. Alignment... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5350348 | Modular machine for making cardboard packages A modular machine for making cardboard packages having a plurality of modules. A controlling automatic indexing device is provided which cooperates with a length of shaft and blocking means attached to each module for stopping the length of shaft at a pre... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5339599 | Packaging system with a flite adjuster mechanism A packaging machine with a flite adjustment mechanism for readily changing the distance between a rearward and a forward set of flites where a flits head shaft is coupled by a chain to a slave shaft by a phase adjuster. The flight head shaft drives a pair... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5328437 | Paper web folder with laterally shiftable formers A paper web folder for a rotary web-fed press uses two laterally shiftable formers and folding roller pairs on a first level and a stationary former and folder on a second level to provide the capability of forming and folding various full width paper web... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5273513 | Automatic setting apparatus in box or carton blank erection machines A selection and setting apparatus in box or carton blank erecting machines which enables changing of the blank format in the machine. The apparatus includes format selectors coacting with at least two setting wheels. The setting wheels each include at lea... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5203760 | Apparatus for adjustment of the spacing of film drive assemblies in a tubular film forming device Apparatus for adjusting the spacing of drive assemblies for transport of tubular film over a forming tube includes adjustment arms attached to each of the separate spaced drive assemblies which are attached to a rotatable adjustment plate. Rotation of the... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5197590 | Hopper loader A hopper loader interfaced with a variety of hoppers/feeders having a horizontal infeed conveyor with a hand-feed belt section near the input end movable between an operative position for hand-feed operation and a lowered position to facilitate automatic ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5182898 | Bagging specification adjustment and automatic inward-contraction and outward-expansion mechanism for bagging machine An adjustment and automatic inward-contraction and outward-expansion machanism, and particularly a single mechanism that provides the function of variable specification adjustment as well as automatic inward-contraction and outward-expansion of the claw a... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5176614 | Three-portion folding machine having pockets A two-pocket folding machine has a case formed by a top case portion hinged to a bottom case portion. The case has a top pocket and a bottom pocket, with each pocket including a first plate and a second plate. The top case portion includes the first plate... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5167605 | Automatic setting apparatus in box or carton blank erection machines A selection and setting apparatus in box or carton blank erecting machines which enables changing of the blank format in the machine. The apparatus includes format selectors coating with at least two setting wheels. The setting wheels each include at leas... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5120297 | Machine for creasing and cutting endless webs of cardboard and the like The present invention describes an apparatus for creasing and cutting an endless web of cardboard. A pair of rollers operates on the web while another pair of rollers is in an inactive position where the tools mounted on the rollers can be moved to new po... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5114392 | Apparatus for folding paper boxes Apparatus and a method for folding flaps onto panels formed in folded box blanks, particularly those constructed from corrugated cardboard. As a blank advances along a paper line, a first station engages leading edges of the flaps and forces the flaps int... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5104365 | Paper sheet bending apparatus in bag making machine Computer controlled method and apparatus for paper sheet bending in a bag making machine for making hand bags, pocketbooks, vanity cases, etc. Two computers are used to store the information needed to allow the machine to make bags of various types and si... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5057068 | Device for sidewise shifting of a tool in a slotting station contained within a machine processing sheet-like workpieces The invention is directed to a device for sidewise shifting and positioning of a tool in a slotting station situated within a machine used for processing sheet-like workpieces. The station includes a creasing tool, a counter tool, which are mounted on a f... | 10/15/1991 |
