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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112969 | Transport system for bottles or similar containers and plant for the treatment of bottles or similar containers This present application relates to a transport system for the transport of bottles or similar containers between at least a first machine, for example a blow molding machine for the manufacture of the containers out of plastic, and at least one second machine, for ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8015776 | Overhead lug system for packaging machine A product packaging system is provided having a series of selector wedges that engage the lower portions of a series of products moving along a product infeed conveyor. The selector wedges separate the products into product groups for loading into product cartons mo... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7726096 | Continuous loading system A system is disclosed for loading a plurality of items into a plurality of containers. The system may include a plurality of pucks, each puck adapted to retain an item. A puck delivery sub-system may include a puck-infeed conveyor to move each of the pucks along an ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7673436 | Loading assembly for packaging system A loading assembly for a packaging system includes a carriage coupled and reciprocally moveable relative to a support structure. The carriage is moveable relative to the support structure along a longitudinal axis in a first direction and a second direction opposite... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7654062 | Packaging machine for inserting an article to be packaged into a package The invention relates to a packaging machine for inserting articles which are prepackaged in bags, into folding boxes in an insertion area. The bags can be inserted via an opening cross-section of the box which is able to be at least partially covered by an essentia... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7644558 | Robotic case packing system A robotic case packing system loads articles from a moving conveying system into a container. The system has a pivot drive shaft pivotally connected to a support frame for selective rotation about a selected axis of rotation and has a drive linkage operatively conne... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7587879 | System and method for top loading of items into receptacles A system for loading a plurality of items in series into a receptacle held in an item holding device, comprises a plurality of item holding devices each adapted for holding an item receptacle adapted to hold a plurality of items. A holding devices moving apparatus s... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7584590 | Machine especially for harvesting leaf vegetables A machine for harvesting and boxing leaf vegetables cultivated in greenhouses, comprises a main frame (11) holding a front cutting bar, first and second moving belts (21, 22) for transferring the product longitudinally from the cutting bar towards the ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7549265 | Device for introducing goods to be packed into packaging containers, especially folding boxes A device (10) for introducing goods to be packed (1, 3) into a packaging container (5) comprises transport devices (11, 15) for the packaging container (5) and the goods to be packed (1, 3). The goods to be packed (1, 3 | 06/23/2009 |
| 7533513 | Fill and packaging method An apparatus is provided for filling food product drafts into packages. A supply of open top containers are arranged in rows and carried by an elongated web of film and are movable by the web into a fill station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable c... | 05/19/2009 |
| RE40510 | Automatic prescription filling, sorting and packaging system In an automated prescription dispensing and packing system, empty prescription bottles are labeled and loaded in assigned locations in carriers. Pills are automatically dispensed into the prescription bottles in the carriers. Ranks of carriers containing filled pres... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7401453 | Packaging system having loading carousel A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392630 | Packaging system having loading carousel A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389622 | System for use in an assembly line A transfer system comprised of an air conveyor, a servo conveyor, and a fan feeder. In a typical configuration, the air conveyor is located at a first location where it receives packaged articles from a bagger system or a conveyor system. The servo conveyor abuts th... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7331156 | System for securely conveying articles and related components A system is disclosed for conveying articles for processing, the system including a conveyor configured to convey articles to the processing station. The conveyor includes a plurality of links, each link including at least one movable gripper for gripping an article... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328542 | Loading apparatus for food stacks An apparatus is provided for loading stacked food product into packages. Open top containers are arranged in rows and movable into a loading station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable conveying surface, the conveying surface having an end region ex... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325369 | Apparatus including a differential for rotating a cap relatively to a container An apparatus for rotating a cap relatively to a container. The container moves along a predetermined path at a container speed. The cap has a first and a second cap engagement location. The first and second cap engagement locations are circumferentially spaced apart... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325375 | Selective product inserter apparatus and process The combination of a plurality of streams of printed products. The first stream of products is selectively inserted into a packaging device while being merged into a second stream of products. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313898 | Container carrying system and method for use in an automated filling process In a container carrier system and method for use in an automated process for filling containers of multiple sizes, pucks of various sizes are inserted into compartments of container pallets to allow containers of different sizes to be held in the compartments. A puc... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308779 | Method and device for packing tubes Tubes (T), coming from a production line, are supplied by means of a grouping unit (1). The grouping unit comprises a conveyor belt (10), with product holders (11) and the tubes are supplied in groups by means of a stepping motor (12). A ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7293395 | Apparatus and method for inserting cup-shaped inserts into containers An apparatus and method for producing container assemblies having a cup-shaped insert disposed within a container. A container conveyor conveys a series of open containers along a lower horizontal path, the container conveyor bringing each container in turn to a sto... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284577 | Container control apparatus and manufacture-related plant Damage or deformation of a container in a processing device downstream a convey path is prevented. A filling device includes a filling unit (1), star wheel (2), and timing screw (3). Containers (10) are supplied to the timing screw (3 | 10/23/2007 |
| 7220094 | Transfer device for cylindrical stacks of products arranged on an edge A transfer device for transferring stacks (4, 4a, 4b, 5, 5a, 5b), which have a cylindrical external shape, of products resting on one of their edges between a conveyor (1) set upstream for advance of the... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213809 | Translation table for sheet feeder A linear translation table for use in conjunction with a sheet feeding machine and a conveyor for laterally translating the sheet feeding machine over rows of product receiving portions of boxes or blisters in sheets of bubble packaging such that the sheet feeding m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7191893 | Unit for transferring and spacing articles A unit (1) for transferring articles (1a) from a machine (MI) for producing the articles to a packaging machine (MA) includes a plurality of hoppers (4a) for receiving the articles (1a). The hoppers (4a)... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191578 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products and bakery tray loading system A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns includes a vacuum turntable. A first transfer apparatus moves groups of wrapped bakery products onto the vacuum turntable and a second transfer apparatus moves assembled patterns of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7155877 | System for use in an assembly line A transfer system (10) is comprised of an air conveyor (11), a servo conveyor (12), and a fan feeder (13). In a typical configuration, the air conveyor is located at a first location where it receives packaged articles from a bagger syste... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152756 | Dispensing systems and methods A dispensing system dispensing items includes a dispensing station and a first conveyor for transporting containers to the dispensing station. The dispensing station includes a dispenser for dispensing items to the containers, a mechanism for spacing the containers ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140162 | Unit for feeding products to a blistering machine A unit for feeding products (3) to a blistering machine (M) includes a delivery group (2, 2a, S) for selectively distributing products (3) to a station (SR), where the products (3) are introduced into respective blisters (40... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7104035 | Blister packaging machine A blister packaging machine comprises a forming station in which a plurality of cup-shaped depressions can be formed into a bottom sheet, a filing station, in which a product can be filled into the cup-shaped depressions, and a downstream sealing station, in which a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104027 | Product packaging system A product packaging system for receiving a series of products from one or more product transport lines. The products are loaded into a series of carriers and transported through a downstream inserter unit. Inserter assemblies moving in timed relation with the moveme... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089717 | Tray loader A method of loading a tray with at least one layer of items includes forming a plurality items into a group of items, moving the first group in a first generally horizontal direction so that the items are received through a top opening of the tray to form a layer of... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073658 | Unit for feeding solid drug forms to a conveyor line of a machine for filling capsules At least one solid drug form is fed into a capsule, housed inside a pocket on a first conveyor movable along an endless first path extending in a given first plane, by means of a seat on a second conveyor movable along an endless second path extending in a second pl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065936 | Fill and packaging apparatus An apparatus is provided for filling food product drafts into packages. A supply of open top containers are arranged in rows and carried by an elongated web of film and are movable by the web into a fill station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable c... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7013622 | System and method for handling and polywrapping articles The present invention relates to a system and method for extracting and polywrapping articles stored in a pocket of a container. The container may be part of a DPP machine. In operation, a separator sheet is extracted, the bottom of the pocket opened so as to allow ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000363 | System and process for loading containers with formed product The invention relates to a system and process for loading containers with formed product. The system includes a container transport assembly, a product transport assembly and a combined transport assembly. The container transport assembly advances and positions the ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000364 | Apparatus and method for stuffing a folder A novel apparatus and method of automatically stuffing folder pockets includes providing a folder with one or more pockets; providing one or more inserts which can be of differing sizes; the accumulation of the one or more inserts in a stack for insertion into the o... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996959 | Envelope-filling station for mail-processing systems An envelope-filling station for mail-processing systems. The station includes an enclosure feeder for transporting enclosures to an inserting arrangement pushing enclosures into envelopes in the same direction as the enclosure feeder. An envelope supply is positione... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993884 | Dispensing systems and methods A dispensing system dispensing items includes a dispensing station and a first conveyor for transporting containers to the dispensing station. The dispensing station includes a dispenser for dispensing items to the containers, a mechanism for spacing the containers ... | 02/07/2006 |
