Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7867156 | Spout applicator An apparatus for attaching a spout having a flange to a preformed hole in an open-ended container. The apparatus comprises of an applicator system and a mandrel. The applicator system is able to translate a linear motion to an arc motion. The mandrel is attached to ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7500940 | Spout applicator An apparatus for attaching a spout having a flange to a preformed hole in an open-ended container. The apparatus comprises of an applicator system and a mandrel. The applicator system is able to translate a linear motion to an arc motion. The mandrel is attached to ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7322918 | Soft container and method of manufacturing the container, and highly viscous conditioned liquid filled body The flexible container relating to the present invention comprises a cylindrical member (10) made from flexible film, a bottom plate member (12) which is harder than the flexible film, fitted into the inner side of a first end section of the cylindrica... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313895 | Molding unit for forming direct injection molded closures A form, fill and seal packaging machine is configured to mold a closure directly onto a carton. The machine includes a carton erection station to receive and erect a carton and a direct injection molding station. The molding station has an internal mold tool for rec... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306553 | Bag-making method To provide a bag-making method ensuring excellent liquid tightness at the melt-bonded part between the mouth member and the bag unit. A bag-making method for producing a bag by melt-bonding and thereby integrating a mouth member formed of a preliminarily heated synt... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7285082 | Airtight box with manufacturing method and apparatus A method, apparatus for practicing the method, and article manufactured by the method in which a block is cut out with side wall and end wall panels, the end wall panels attached to the side wall panels via end wall fold lines. The box includes a pour opening. Reces... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7241254 | Container and methods associated therewith Disclosed herein is a container defining an interior and an exterior provided with a first access panel and a second access panel for creating an opening for passage between the interior and the exterior, and methods for making and using such a container. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7217231 | Device for sealing spouts in pouches The invention relates to a device for sealing-in pouring spouts in bags (1), comprising at least one station for opening (4) the bag (1), a station for inserting (4) the pouring spout into the opened bag (1), and at least one stati... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7188749 | Container adapted to hold and dispense bagged fluids A fluid dispensing apparatus comprising a bag containing fluid, a container that provides support for the bag, a spike comprising a hollow stem through which fluid can flow, the spike being connected to the bag at a joint created upon the puncturing of the bag by th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7147597 | Method of fabrication of gusseted flexible bottle with fitment A method for fabricating a fitmented flexible bottle is disclosed which involves feeding webs including one or more gussets, creating perimeter seals around only the top portion of the bottle, inserting the fitment from the input end of the machine in the direction ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7121991 | Bottom sealing assembly for cup forming machine A bottom sealing workstation is provided for a cup forming machine. The bottom sealing workstation has a linear motion assembly, a rotation assembly, a phase change assembly. A first motor is mechanically connected to a linear motion assembly of the bottom sealing w... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097093 | Carton opening feature A carton is provided having a door that is shiftable from a closed position to an open position to permit access to an interior of the carton. The door includes a gripping tab for opening the door. The gripping tab is restricted from movement by a blocking member pr... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090630 | Machine for forming containers in particular containers for food products Containers (2) for food products are manufactured on a machine (1) equipped with a feed station (4) supplying a single file of tubular elements (2a), a first heat sealer (10) by which a first open end (2b) of e... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7032363 | Linear fitment applicator and method A linear fitment applicator for applying fitments to a series of containers being conveyed along a form, fill, and seal packaging machine includes an anvil, a fitment dispenser, a sealer, at least one drive source for moving the anvil, and a wedge. The containers ar... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017322 | Closure feed system with a spout diverter/singulator A closure feed system for use on an associated dual train form, fill, and seal packaging machine for feeding, diverting and singulating closures from a common closure storage region to a closure applicator includes an upper chute for conveying the closures from the ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017796 | Method of manufacturing paper packaging container and paper packaging container A paper packaging container is obtained by tube forming with a longitudinal seal of web-shaped packaging material. The package is filled with liquid food, and a transverse seal of the tube packaging material is made to form a pillow-shaped preliminary shape containe... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010902 | System and method for capping A capping mechanism comprising an active feeder (20) device in which caps (1, 10) are fed actively forward arranged top-to-bottom along a feeding axis (30), and a hollow rotatable and linearly movable chuck device (40) arranged at the fee... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6996949 | Packing container and method of manufacturing the containers The packaging container includes a container body formed from a packaging material, and a cap unit attached to a top wall of the container body. The cap unit includes a lip, a pull tab which covers a discharge opening and an inner tape which covers the discharge ope... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6968669 | Flexible packaging Methods and apparatus for forming and filling a flexible package are provided in which cross seals are made substantially parallel to a central axis (60) of fitments (40). The cross seals (68, 82) are substantially parallel to the vertical plane... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959709 | Manner of attaching component elements to filtration material such as may be utilized in respiratory masks A component is attached to filtration material by providing the component with a deformable extension member that is preferably integral with the component and that extends from a base portion of the component. The extension member is inserted through an opening pro... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958033 | Thin wall fitment for spouted pouch A fitment has walls with a spout aperture therebetween. Reduced wall thickness results in a reduced amount of plastic in the fitment. An alternative embodiment uses radially extending meltable fins. During installation in a sealing apparatus, a heated mandrel engage... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6913566 | Size adjustment of corrugated boards in a box making machine A rotary die cutter mechanism for cutting and/or creasing corrugated boards including a rotatable die cylinder with a cutting die, and a rotatable anvil against which the corrugated boards are cut as they pass between the die cylinder and the anvil. A computer is us... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6807792 | Spout singulator for closure feed system A closure feed system for use on an associated form, fill and seal packaging machine for feeding and singulating closures from a closure storage region to a closure applicator. The feed system includes a chute for conveying the closures from the storage region to th... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6722102 | Method and apparatus for applying articles to thermoplastic materials A method for securing thermoplastic pour spout fitments 22 to thermoplastic-coated containers 20, wherein at least a surface of the pour spout fitment 22 is heated remotely at heating stations 42-46 to a temperature significantly below th... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6676585 | Arrangement utilizing star wheels and material supply stations for manufacturing a paper can An arrangement for manufacturing a paper can includes processing stations arranged one behind the other along two star-shaped wheels. Packaging material from supply stores is fed to each star-shaped wheel. The two star-shaped wheels and the processing sta... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6662524 | Closure applicator with swinging arm anvil An applicator is used for applying an associated closure to an interior surface of an associated carton in a form, fill and seal packaging machine. The associated closure has a flange that is sealed to the interior surface of the carton. The applicator in... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6527688 | Application of parts to material In an off-line, free standing, parts-orienting and feeding device, selected parts are fed by a hopper to and oriented in a centrifugal or vibratory parts feeder unit, and then discharged to a programmed transferring arrangement. The latter includes a slid... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6526725 | Apparatus and method for attaching straws to containers A straw application machine for automatically applying drinking straws, wrapped in protective cover, to beverage containers at very high speeds. The machine comprises a guide roller which presses each straw of a web of parallel straws into a slotted straw... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6467238 | Direct injection molded closure and method therefor A form, fill and seal packaging machine for forming, filling and sealing a carton, molds a closure directly onto the carton. The machine includes a carton erection station adapted to receive a carton in a generally flat form and to erect the flat form car... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6464096 | Fitment having removable membrane A fitment for use as a pour spout for a paper carton or flexible bag for liquids and powders has a flange which may be welded around a hole in the carton or bag. A spout projecting outward from the flange is provided with a removable membrane integral wit... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6241646 | Tear-away container spout The present invention is directed to a method of using a laser to manufacture a container that has a tear-away spout. First, a flat card is formed by providing an outer substrate layer and then securing an inner aseptic layer to the outer substrate layer.... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6231491 | Method for transporting fitment A fitment for use as a pour spout for a paper carton or flexible bag for liquids and powders has a flange which may be welded around a hole in the carton or bag. A spout projecting outward from the flange is provided with a removable membrane integral wit... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6228011 | Bag-in-carton and method and device for forming the bag-in-carton A method and apparatus for forming a bag-in-carton using a forming jig to shape a side-sealed closed portion of the inner bag in accordance with the related shape of the carton. The forming jig helps form a bag-in-carton having an inner bag formed with hi... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6151861 | Apparatus for automatically continuously supplying retractable spouts for cardboard boxes and the like An apparatus for automatically and continuously supplying retractable spouts for cardboard boxes, which includes first and second storing devices for storing first and second spout webs and for continuously supplying said first and second spout webs from ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6145736 | Dispensing assembly for a lined carton and process and apparatus thereof Dispensing assembly for a carton with a dispensing opening in a side wall thereof and a separate liner therein. The pour spout is pivotably mounted to the dispensing opening between an open and closed position and includes a front panel. The liner is bond... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6145275 | Apparatus for applying a fitment to pre-formed carton at the infeed to a packaging machine An apparatus for attaching a fitment to an erected carton through ultrasonic welding at an infeed to a packaging machine is disclosed herein. The apparatus has two anvils that oscillate in a horizontal plane and oscillate along a vertical plane at a carto... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6129228 | Apparatus and method for transporting fitment and fitment therefor A fitment for use as a pour spout for a paper carton or flexible bag for liquids and powders has a flange which may be welded around a hole in the carton or bag. A spout projecting outward from the flange is provided with a removable membrane integral wit... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6125610 | Anvil for closure mounting A vacuum spud supports an associated closure for transport and mounting to an associated package. The closure has a spout integral with an outwardly extending flange. The spud includes a main body portion having a central region and an outer support surfa... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6092351 | Method and device for bonding pourers to flat-topped parallelepidal cartons filled with free-flowing products The invention relates to a method of applying pouring elements to flat-gabled packages filled with free-flowing products, where the pouring elements are glued to the individually conveyed and sealed packages, where a fully automatic application operation ... | 07/25/2000 |
