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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061512 | Coin holding apparatus A coin holding apparatus includes a first plate and a second plate. The first and second plates are transparent and each of the first and second plates has a first side and a second side. The first sides of each of the first and second plates has a semi-cylindrical ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7305806 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products and method for loading and unloading bakery products A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns comprises a perforated vacuum turntable. Vacuum is applied to the vacuum turntable while bakery products are loaded thereon and positioned in a predetermined pattern. Once the bakery... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7089712 | Apparatus and method for producing a DVD carrier assembly An apparatus and method are provided for producing an assembly comprising a plurality of digital data storage media carriers attached to a carrier strip. In the production of the assemblies, carriers are positioned for movement in a longitudinal direction of the con... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076932 | Apparatus and method for wrapping Embodiments of the present invention provide for a wrapping apparatus and associated methods. The wrapping apparatus may include a first holder for holding first items to be wrapped. The wrap is placed on a rotating table when the rotating table is rotated into a fi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076934 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns includes a vacuum turntable comprising a perforated plate which is driven by a belt extending around the periphery of the vacuum turntable and actuated by a motor. A first transfer a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7051559 | Message delivery assembly and a method for conducting business using the message delivery assembly A message delivery assembly (10) and a method for conducting business (400) using the message delivery assembly (10) which has an exterior (12) in the shape of a Teddy-bear or substantially any other desired shape. Particularly, the messa... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7018286 | Coin holding device for filling coin cassettes A coin stacking device is used to refill a coin cassette of a coin dispenser. The coin stacking device includes a cylindrical structure having an inner diameter approximately the same as a diameter of the coins. The cylindrical structure has one open end and one clo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6973764 | Method of stacking and wrapping protectors for sheet metal coils A protector for sheet metal coil is formed of plastic with a flange and sleeve which are joined together at a ridge portion. The protectors incorporate symmetrically disposed groupings of stacking features or components which include a finger within a stacking acces... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966828 | Money tube and associated dispensing units A first embodiment of a money tube includes a centrally divided tube body having a first end, a second end, and a central portion. The tube body is composed of a first body portion and a second body portion. The first body portion includes the first end and defines ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6823648 | Media disc packaging apparatus and method In some preferred embodiments of the media packaging apparatus and method according to the present invention, a plurality of stations are positioned adjacent to a conveyor. A disc case enters a feed path preferably from an empty disc case receptacle, is conveyed to ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6733380 | Coin wrapping attachments for a coin sorter A coin handling machine (10) having sorting openings from which respective denominations of coins are sorted prior to exiting the coin handling machine (10), includes a plurality of coin tubes (20) for holding coin wrappers (24) for respe... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6694219 | Method and apparatus for assembling personalized electronic media into printed products A method and apparatus for assembling personalized CDs, DVDs and other types of optical disks, magnetic media, and data storage devices into magazines, catalogs, pamphlets, and other printed products in order to enhance the amount and quality of personali... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6637178 | Bagger method and apparatus An improved can end bagging system comprises four subassemblies: (1) the end gathering and stick assembly apparatus, (2) the bag feeding, opening, and loading apparatus which places a predetermined number of stacked can ends into an open end bag, (3) the ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6626752 | Device for sorting coins with a coin collection container configured as a sleeve container A machine for the sorting of coins and the placement of the coins into coin wrapper sleeves, containers or bags according to their type. A coin feed device in the form of a rotating table (1) feeds coins to a sorting plate (2) having a plurality of sortin... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6609352 | Machine for folding and filling of containers for CD disc A machine for manufacturing packages for compact discs or similar out of cardboard work piece. The packages consist of a casing part and a slide part inserted therein, with a compact disc and a booklet. These two components are manufactured in separate tr... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6594969 | Equipment for assembling products such as packages for compact discs Apparatus for assembling products including at lest one rigid thin part of a first type (in particular a compact disc tray) glued on a plane part of a second type (in particular a casing formed by a pre-cut cardboard matrix), including at least one suctio... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6578344 | Apparatus for charging tubular canisters with a stack of flat, disk-shaped items, particularly potato chips An apparatus for charging tubular canisters in a charging direction with a stack of face-to-face oriented flat items, includes a conveyor for supporting and positioning an item stack thereon; a canister holder for supporting and positioning a canister; an... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6557320 | Compact disk packing machine A the compact disk packing machine includes a base having a box providing device for move empty boxes to a box opening device which opens the empty boxes one by one. A transferring device transfers the opened boxes to a disk providing device and a disk po... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6536194 | Method and apparatus for feeding DVD or CD boxes, empty and closed, to means for opening, customizing, filing and closing said boxes A cyclical extraction of an empty and closed box from a feeding magazine is performed by an extractor and an opposite contrast device which transfer the box into an opening station. The contrast device rotates of 90°, opening the box and entering it. Whi... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527500 | Automated packaging system for loading compact discs and booklets into compact disc cases An insertion automation apparatus for discs and booklets in disc packages has plural parallel belts for transporting containers through successive stations. A first station is adjacent the belts for unstacking containers. A second station is adjacent the ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6494021 | Contact lens transfer and material removal system A method and apparatus for transferring a wet object, such as a contact lens, from a first station to a second station includes a probe having a barrel with a passage for communication with a vacuum source and a pressurized gas source, a nozzle at the end... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6487832 | Apparatus for wrapping confectionery products and the like The apparatus for wrapping confectionery products and the like comprises a device for feeding the products to be wrapped, an organ for extracting such products from the aforesaid feeding device able to co-operate with a device dispensing a piece of materi... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6381922 | Transverse displacement mechanism for compact disc packaging machine The present invention mainly relates to a transverse displacement mechanism for a compact disc packaging machine includes a working table, an intermittent driving member, a motor, a rocking lever set, and a plurality of transverse displacement frames. The... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6374582 | Method and device for handling of paper bags by automatized packing of can lids The present invention relates to a method and a device for picking-up and opening in the shape of elongate bags for automatic packing of cylindrical articles, preferably can lids. The method is charaterized by picking-up essentially flattened packages fro... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6324816 | Method and apparatus for inserting a title sheet into an optical disk case A title sheet inserting machine includes a rotatable turret having a plurality of equally spaced copes, which each have a corrugated contact face adapted to hold a title sheet. A drag is provided movably toward and away from the cope at the first station ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6238172 | Empty case centering device for a disk packaging apparatus An apparatus for positioning a case to be loaded with an optical disk, includes a pair of slide plates slidable in opposite, horizontal directions for moving a pair of positioning members (5A, 5B) rotatably connected to the ends of the slide plates. The p... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6109324 | Method and apparatus for preparing labelled digital disc Methods and apparatus for labelling digital discs. In the method, a disc is provided that has an alignment mark. An image is printed onto the disc in registration with the alignment mark.... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6052969 | Patty loader and method An apparatus and method for stacking and loading disc-like objects into receptacles is provided. The apparatus includes a lane combining conveyor which receives multiple lanes of product and combines one or more of the outer lanes into the remaining lanes... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6035605 | Device for bending and transferring leaflets into box-shaped casings A device for bending and transferring leaflets into box-shaped casings including a transfer head including elastically openable tapering end portions which cooperate with preforming edges and forming elements rotatably supported in a bending station to be... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5950401 | Method of producing a printed product having a packaged compact disk A method of producing a printed product having a computer disk incorporated therein, including the steps of providing a sheet of material, placing personalized indicia onto either the disk or the sheet of material, depositing the disk onto the sheet of ma... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5943845 | Process and device for the packaging of compact discs Process for packaging compact discs (CD's) in CD boxes, in which process a CD box, with a lower side and a lid held thereon in a swingable fashion, is opened, a booklet is inserted into lid of the box, and the box is closed by a swinging back of the lid, ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5881538 | Method of producing a printed product having a packaged compact disk A method of producing a printed product having a computer disk incorporated therein. The method includes the steps of depositing the disk onto the sheet of material, folding a first portion of the sheet over the disk and over at least a second portion of ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5875614 | Apparatus and methods for forming flexible packaging containers for discs An apparatus (100) for making flexible packaging containers (20, 70, 84) and inserting and sealing discs (22) within the containers in one continuous operation includes a nip roll indexer (116) which intermittently advances free ends of a first web (108) ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5765337 | Apparatus and method for stacking and boxing stackable articles A packaging system includes a stacking apparatus which utilizes a supplemental stacking member on a transfer mechanism for receiving at least one article from a conveying mechanism while the transfer mechanism is transferring a stack, such that a new stac... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5752366 | Automatic placer with velocity component dampening Thin and lightweight baked products such as crackers and the like are dispensed from a stack and placed into a compartment of a packaging tray or the like. An escapement gate assembly supports the product as it falls into a accumulator opening and before ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5685129 | Automatic can lid bag sealer An apparatus and a method for loading and closing bags or sleeve containers are disclosed. An automated arm with pinchers at one end moves from a resting position to an extended position, grasps the unfilled end of a partially filled sleeve container, and... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5664407 | Packaging machine A machine for packaging uniform-sized articles having generally flat, parallel sides and uniform length, width and thickness comprising the use of an array of articulating vanes attached in tandem and moved in a closed curvi-linear path. As the vane passe... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5561970 | Automated robotic lens load system A method of automatically transferring contact lenses from a plurality of cups good positioned at a first location to a plurality of packages positioned at a second location wherein each good cup contains a transferable contact lens for placement in an in... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5513481 | Coin handling machine A coin handling machine includes a rotatable disk for receiving deposited coins and feeding out the received coins to a coin sorting passage by the centrifugal force produced by rotation thereof, the coin sorting passage having a pair of guide members for... | 05/07/1996 |
