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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4655871 | Device for feeding revenue stamps on a cigarette packing machine A device for feeding revenue stamps on a cigarette packing machine, whereby each packet coming off a wrapping unit is fed along an unloading route extending through a fork grip; between two arms of which grip there is stretched a revenue stamp withdrawn b... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4642965 | Device for automatically attaching an arrow label The disclosure describes a method of automatically attaching an arrow label in the center hole of a ball, skein or package of yarn or thread wound onto a winding mandrel. The arrow label is coaxially aligned with the winding mandrel. During withdrawal of ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4620891 | Applying labels to packets Apparatus for applying revenue stamps to cigarette packets known as soft packs, includes an oscillating transfer arm 12 and a continuously driven suction drum 6 formed with projections, e.g. pairs of pins 10. The projections engage the rear edges of succe... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4605459 | Literature applying machine and method A system for securing literature to a container by means of a band segment includes a supply of banding material, drawing rollers for drawing out a predetermined length of band segment and a knife for cutting it off. A dispenser of the literature and a co... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4583345 | Automatic packaging, measuring and pricing machine The present invention provides an arrangement wherein a cutting length for a film is included in PLU (price look up) data so that, upon PLU operation, a film can be automatically cut into a sheet having a length suitable to envelope therein an article to ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4578926 | Apparatus for packaging, weighing and labeling merchandise Merchandise discharged from a packaging machine in a lateral posture can be reliably aligned into a longitudinal posture, and the merchandise can then be sent to a labeling machine with one side of each article in sliding contact with an article-aligning ... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4574558 | Apparatus for the application of wrapped articles to package containers An apparatus for the application of wrapped articles to package containers which includes a transferring and sealing device by means which articles are transferred and sealed to the surface of a package container which is carried in a bucket wheel. The ap... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4557101 | Method and apparatus for attaching a token to a container A token, such as a coin for making change in a cigarette package dispensing machine, is inserted into a "hard pack" or box of the type having a hinged lid by placing the token on the front face of the box, pressing down on the front face to form a slit-li... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4551962 | Weighing and packing apparatus A novel weighing and packing apparatus is provided by which an article is weighed, and weighed article is manually packed with film. The apparatus may be provided at its working table with a packing device for manual packing and a weighing mechanism in an... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4548024 | Integrated stretch-wrap packaging system The disclosure concerns an integral weigh wrapper for wrapping products in stretch film, by weighing each product as it is placed on an infeed support surface, and feeding successive weight signals to a data processor. Successive signals are compared, and... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4543766 | Packaging system A weighing scale and a label printer/applier are cooperatively combined with a wrapping machine to form a packaging machine into which a trayed commodity can be inserted and a wrapped and priced package removed. The weight of a trayed commodity is prefera... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4537006 | Automatic apparatus for individually enshrouding fruit and vegetable containers in a net provided with a reinforcing strip and a label Disclosed herein is an apparatus that comprises a station for infeeding containers that subsequently pass inside a net carrying pipe and are supplied to a station where each container is enshrouded in a net and at which there is a station for fixing the r... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4535584 | Device for bonding an article to a commodity A device for contact bonding an article to a commodity which includes a vacuum transfer device and an adhering device. The vacuum transfer device includes a rotatable transfer drum, a plurality of suction pipes provided on the periphery of the transfer dr... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4519178 | Method and apparatus for placing tags on produce and the like Apparatus for bunching vegetables and like articles and for placing a closure or tag thereon comprising a plurality of arms (27) for holding and stretching an elastic band and a channel (34) along which is fed a strip (15) of tags. As the elastic band is ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4476619 | Method and apparatus for inserting bags onto cards A mechanism automatically mounts end-flanged bags upon a display card disposed in an upright position, with the bags suspended, prior to insertion, in such a manner as to promote movement of the contents away from the flange that is to be engaged by the l... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4468912 | Apparatus for depositing coupons on cartons An apparatus for placing coupons, and the like, on cartons includes a supply source of coupons in the form of a web of coupons, a coupon advance drum for moving the coupon web from the supply source to the location of the cartons upon which the coupons ar... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4462851 | Method for taxing cigarette packs and validating cigarette cartons A method for placing tax stamps onto the bottoms of cigarette packs contained in a carton includes the steps of selecting a sheet of tax stamps having at least two rows and five columns thereby defining individual tax stamp units bearing tax indicia there... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4437289 | Automatic machine for capping and labelling bottles or like containers Machine for automatically capping and labelling bottles or like containers comprising, in addition to the labelling and capping device, apparatus for orienting the caps synchronized with said labelling and capping device, and for holding the oriented caps... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4415048 | Weight measuring, price computing and packing apparatus A weight measuring, price computing and packing apparatus has a weight measuring unit, a packing device for automatically packing a commodity, and a label printer. An unpacked commodity is placed on the weight measuring unit, which is located at the inlet... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4390390 | Label applicator device A label applicator device for applying a label to the surface of a substantially rectangular package in a selected orientation includes a package conveyor for presenting a package at an applicator station, control means for manually selecting a first or a... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4338768 | Automatic machine for sorting items of correspondence, particularly magazines, into batches each having a different general destination Labels with and without final item identification mark are put on the individual items in a label collocation station located upstream an item wrapping station followed by a film sealing and cutting station, a heating tunnel and a stacker. Reading means a... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4312699 | Apparatus for attaching adhesive-coated sheets to cigarette packs or the like Apparatus for applying labels to successive cigarette packs has a feeding unit which delivers a series of labels downwardly past an adhesive-applying device which coats one side of each label with a hotmelt and through a stationary mouthpiece which direct... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4263766 | Transfer applying machine An improved machine for automatically applying transfers such as tax stamps to multiple packages contained in a carton is disclosed. The machine comprises a conveyor for advancing a carton through an opening station, where it is opened to expose the packa... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4198258 | Apparatus for applying adhesive-coated labels to cigarette packs or the like Apparatus is provided for the application of elongated labels to front end faces and adjacent lateral surfaces of cigarette packs which are transported at intervals through an elongated folding duct. The duct is mounted in a rotary barrel having openings ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4184305 | Machine for applying transfers A machine for automatically applying transfers such as tax stamps to multiple packages contained in a carton is disclosed. The transfer applying machine comprises a conveyor for intermittently and sequentially advancing cartons through an opening station,... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4160352 | Packaging method and apparatus Packaging method and apparatus for depositing a predetermined number of sheets, such as bookplates, in a rectangular box bottom having a bottom wall and four upstanding side walls, placing a box top of the same shape but slightly larger size over the box ... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4147011 | Bottle treating apparatus A bottle filling and closing machine and a bottle labeling machine are mounted on opposite sides of a bottle conveyor line close enough together so that both machines can be operated by a single operator. The filling and closing machine, the labeling mach... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4132053 | Apparatus for securing articles to a display board Disclosed is an apparatus for the display packaging of articles upon a card. The apparatus includes a conveyor assembly for moving display cards through the apparatus so that various operations for forming the display package can be performed, a card feed... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4115981 | Apparatus for assembling and packing photographic prints with associated developed films Apparatus for collating prints and related sections of developed photographic customer films in a processing laboratory has a first conveyor whose receptacles advance stepwise into register with discharge ends of feeding devices for film sections and prin... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4003782 | Apparatus for producing a package of imbricated bags An apparatus is disclosed for receiving bags from a source thereof and applying them, in an imbricated manner, to two lines of pressure sensitive adhesive coated tape. The source normally being a bag making machine of the intermittant type wherein the del... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3963557 | Article transferring apparatus A vacuum applicating apparatus for dispensing and applying measured lengths of tape on a moving substrate. The apparatus has a plurality of rotating applicating segments which are driven by a driving wheel. The segments can be disposed so that tape is fed... | 06/15/1976 |
