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| 7934356 | Machine for filling bag with medicine To quickly fill a bag with medicine containers without damaging the containers, a machine for filling a bag with medicine containers includes: a bag positioning member (4) for positioning and opening a bag (13); a first moving member (37) that r... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7523594 | Systems and methods for packaging solid pharmaceutical and/or nutraceutical products and automatically arranging the solid pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products in a linear transmission system A variety of systems and methods are described which quickly and conveniently provide for the selective transmission of individual solid pharmaceutical products from a common location into individual blister package product cavities. In accordance with the preferred... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7428805 | Semi-automatic medicine packaging machine A semi-automatic medicine packaging machine includes a medication feed outlet that feeds and discharges medications into a hopper, a sealing unit that seals medications in the hopper by medication envelope(s) on which instruction labels are printed by a printing uni... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7418808 | Method and apparatus for filling containers including a supporting band The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for placing patterns of product holders, more in particular placing stacks of layers of the holders, into boxes or crates, using a supporting band, cords or strips, whereby the use of complex gripper heads is ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7398629 | Flexible carton loading apparatus By loading both upright and flat tissue clips into their respective cartons by pushing on one end of the clip along the clip's longitudinal axis, a simple flexible carton loading apparatus is possible. To load flat tissue clips, the buckets of the carton loading app... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7340872 | Method of and device for packaging electronic components thus packaged The invention relates to a method of packaging an electronic component such as semiconductor device, where by the component is positioned in a cavity of a foil by tweezers and is supported by means of a further foil which is attached to the foil at one side thereof.... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7261129 | Machine for loading silage bag A machine for compactly loading an elongate polymer storage bag includes a chamber through which one or more rams reciprocate in a generally horizontal direction, forcing bulk material such as compost, distillers grains, silage, or feedstuffs from the chamber into a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258520 | Methods and apparatus for using substrate carrier movement to actuate substrate carrier door opening/closing A system for opening a substrate carrier includes a substrate carrier having an openable portion. The substrate carrier also has an opening mechanism coupled to the openable portion. A substrate transfer location has a support adapted to support a substrate carrier.... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246641 | Method and device for inserting a food stuff into a pliable bag A resilient foodstuff bag opener is disclosed, wherein the resilient bag opener is forcibly bent or bowed for easily entering a pliable food stuff bag, and upon relaxation of the bending forces, the bag opener resiliently deforms from its bent configuration to there... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7213386 | Device for filling a container with a plurality of objects A device for filling a container with a plurality of objects standing substantially upright on a floor portion of the container includes: a depositing cavity temporarily created and maintained in the container for receiving one of the plurality of objects; a first m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7137234 | Vertical flat stacking apparatus and method of use A device and method for stacking product into a container in a vertical orientation. The device includes at least one pivoting mechanism pivotable between a loading position and an initial/final position. The at least one pivoting mechanism retains a container there... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138726 | Protective interleaf for stacked wafer shipping A package includes a first and a second wafer stored therein in a stacked configuration. The first wafer has interconnection conductor material portions extending from a first surface thereof. The interconnection conductor material portions have a maximum height. An... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134256 | Packaging system The present invention provides a packaging system that includes a beak-shaped hopper, a pair of opening and closing bars, and a sensor for sensing a limitless opening and closing movement of the opening and closing bars. The beak-shaped hopper and the pair of openin... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7076933 | Method for packing products prone to decay A method and apparatus for packaging food products in a synthetic foil. The method generally comprising transporting the synthetic foil through a punching device in which perforations are made in the synthetic foil with high energy beams to yield a perforated foil. ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073310 | Flexible carton loading apparatus By loading both upright and flat tissue clips into their respective cartons by pushing on one end of the clip along the clip's longitudinal axis, a simple flexible carton loading apparatus is possible. To load flat tissue clips, the buckets of the carton loading app... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7048017 | Silage bag filling machine A silage bag filling machine for compactly loading an elongate polymer silage storage bag includes a generally horizontal chamber through which a ram reciprocates in a generally horizontal direction, forcing silage from the chamber into a frame which carries the gat... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032940 | Animal waste scooper and bagging system An animal waste scooper and bagging system, comprising a shovel with an open tray, a shovel handle extended from the back border of the shovel, four spaced apart bag hooks in the shovel tray, a plurality of disposable flexible bags, each bag having one open end fitt... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021026 | Netting chutes for manual and/or automated clipping packaging apparatus Netting chutes suitable for use with manual and automatic packaging operations to enclose product in netting packaging include a non-circular cross-sectional cavity shape. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007324 | Method and device for inserting a pillow into a pillowcase A method and device that provides an easily repeatable way in which to insert pillows into pillowcases. A flexible relatively thin sheet of material is provided that is sized and configured so as to attain a generally U-shaped configuration for insertion into a pill... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6973946 | Silage bag filling machine A silage bag filling machine for compactly loading an elongate polymer silage storage bag includes a generally horizontal chamber through which a ram reciprocates in a generally horizontal direction, forcing silage from the chamber into a frame which carries the gat... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968763 | Orienting and stacking parts The invention provides an apparatus and method for orienting a part detached from a web of parts. The apparatus and method use a duct with at least one interior sloped side to orient the part in a substantially vertical orientation. The invention further provides an... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6907714 | Bagging machine having a collapsible tunnel An agricultural bagging machine comprising a wheeled frame having a collapsible tunnel positioned at the rearward end thereof. The tunnel may be positioned in its operative position for bagging purposes but may be collapsed to reduce the width thereof for transport ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6834472 | Packaging system An article to be packaged and a packaging bag for covering the article are supplied to heat sealing mechanisms which arrive at uniform time intervals, in synchronism with cycle timing of the respective heat sealing mechanisms. A vertically openable beak-shaped hoppe... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6813870 | Method and apparatus for inserting insert material into an envelope A method and an apparatus of inserting insert or enclosure material into successive envelopes are disclosed. According to the envelope inserting method, the insert material is conveyed along a straight path successively to an envelope inserting position where the in... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6792741 | Container packing system Container packing system for use with conveyed articles. The system includes a carton having four sidewalls with four carton upper edges and four carton lower edges. Four upper flaps are connected to the respective upper edges and four lower flaps are connected to t... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6718729 | Cushioning conversion system with dunnage pad transfer mechanism A cushioning conversion system and method for transferring a dunnage pad are disclosed. The conversion system includes a cushioning conversion machine and a pad support. The conversion machine produces cushioning dunnage pads and discharges the pads in a predetermin... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6711878 | Cartoner with intermediate transfer A cartoner has an intermediate transfer disposed between each article infeed area and an adjacent bucket conveyor to transfer separate rows of select article count into buckets on the adjacent bucket conveyor. The intermediate transfer runs only the length necessary... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6668519 | Method and apparatus for packaging objects in a shipping container A method and apparatus for providing a shipping container for holding an object has a base for receiving the article is described. A plurality of corner posts is affixed to the base. Each post has a first end affixed to a portion of the base and a second,... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6662534 | Apparatus for charging tubular containers with a stack of flat items An apparatus for charging containers with a flat item stack, includes a supply conveyor; intermediate containers; and a transporting device carrying the intermediate containers into first and second stations. In the first station an item stack is loaded f... | 12/16/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6564528 | Method and apparatus for bagging potatoes A method and apparatus for apparatus for bagging a plurality of filled bags, such as 5-lb., 10-lb. or 15-lb. potatoes, into a larger baler bag, such as a 50 or 60 lb. baler bag, has a chute for receiving the filled bags and defining a path of travel for t... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6462459 | Generator/alternator remanufacturing kit apparatus In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a remanufacturing kit that reduces the assembly functions and time required for remanufacturing a 50 DN generator is disclosed. The kit includes a box member, a pre-tested 50 DN generator subassem... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6209295 | Plastic and metal tube holder for SOIC package A tube holder assembly is provided for use with an output track assembly of an IC test handler so as to eliminate the need of transferring tested SOIC packages loaded in plastic tubes to metal tubes for a "burn-in" process. The tube holder assembly is com... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6202392 | Flexible tissue handling apparatus Tissue clips are placed on the upper level of bi-level product buckets, with the length of the tissue clips in the machine direction. The lower level of the product bucket is comprised of a full-width transverse channel whose width is greater than the wid... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6189294 | Packaging for highly perishable, flexible slices of food, and process for inserting the slices The invention relates to a package filled with individually foil wrapped, rectangular, in particular square, flexible slices of a highly perishable food, wherein a large number of wrapped slices are disposed, standing substantially upright, as a stack in ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6182423 | Wire tie dispensing/packaging system A system for dispensing and packaging wire ties directly from a wire tie forming machine. While the prior art contemplates dispensing wire ties along first and second flexible strings or wires to form a coil of ties having the first and second strings or ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182425 | Process and apparatus for filling cans with fiber band Upon filling cans with fiber band, the movable bottom of the cans, as the filling process proceeds, moves downwardly from an initial upper to a lower final position. As this happens, between two elements, one inside, one outside the circumferential shell ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6148587 | Bag with an access hole in one panel A bag includes a first panel with at least one access hole in it, and a second panel without a hole corresponding to the at least one hole of the first panel. Preferably, two holes are present, preferably near the bag mouth. The panels are substantially e... | 11/21/2000 |
