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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360345 | Beverage bottle cap treatment device A treatment device handles and treats bottle or container caps, which treatment device may be used in a capping machine in a beverage bottle or container filling plant. The treatment device transports the caps on carrier rings and transfer chutes inside a housing, w... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353643 | System for feeding caps with rotating-drum accumulation device System for feeding bottle-tops to a bottle closing machine, in particular for feeding caps to an automatic capping machine, comprising an accumulation device, an entrance channel for feeding caps to the accumulation device and an exit channel to discharge the caps f... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347032 | Capping head for the application in vacuum conditions of caps on bottles or containers in general, a capping machine comprising said head, and a method for the application of caps that can be applied by means of said machine Described herein is a capping head for the application of caps on bottles or containers, in which the capping head is enclosed within a casing having an end mouth that engages the bottle or the container during application of the cap so as to define a closed chamber... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7222470 | Processes for causing an extensible polymer film to adhere to the edge of the opening of a bottle or similar container made of plastic (pet or the like) or metal and various devices for implementing said processes Various processes and relevant devices for causing polymer films, which are extensible to adhere to the edges of openings of plastic or PET or even metal containers, by releasing electrostatic charges opposite in sign to those of containers and/or the polymer films ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7089715 | Beverage bottling plant and method for filling bottles including a treatment device for beverage container caps A beverage bottling plant and method for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a treatment device for beverage container caps. The treatment device for treating beverage container caps includes a first tower and a second tower provided with parallel axes and... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6820401 | Method and apparatus for tensioning cover tape A method and apparatus for packaging parts in compartments of a carrier tape and affixing a cover tape over the carrier tape to trap the parts in the compartments. The method and apparatus provide for deflecting a flange of the carrier tape and sealing the cover tap... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6735924 | Device for presenting lids to moving sealing stations A device for presenting lids to moving sealing stations. The device includes at least one lid production module mounted stationary relative to a path of the sealing stations and having a lid cutting member fitted with a cutting tool for cutting lids from a strip. Gr... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6543203 | Microplate lidder/delidder A machine for engaging/disengaging a cover with a microplate. The machine is manually operated by hand crank. By turning the crank in one direction, a user may engage a cover with microplate. Turning the crank in the opposite direction disengages a cover ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6536500 | Unit for feeding and applying seals to security cassettes for banknotes Banknotes are placed for transportation purposes in cassettes comprising a container and a hinged lid, made secure by applying a seal composed of two parts that can be coupled non-releasably and are provided with latch elements appearing as curved teeth p... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6449929 | Machine for manufacturing, filling, and closing bags of meshed fabric A machine for manufacturing, filling, and closing bags of meshed fabric, from a continuous roll of meshed fabric of the type which manufactures inverted bags comprised of a portion of tubular meshed fabric closed at the top by a sheet folded over itself, ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6336309 | Method and apparatus for providing hygenic protection on cans or groups of cans A method and apparatus for covering the top of a container with a cap made of a plastic material, wherein the container is hermetically sealed by said cap thereby protecting the top portion of the container and the contents of the container from contamina... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6216419 | Tape-shaped parts package, parts storing tape, tape-shaped cover and parts packaging apparatus In a parts storing tape, a first stepped part which has the predetermined height and is more extended than the other inner side faces of a recessed part in the width direction and the longitudinal direction of the above parts storing tape is provided at e... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6192660 | Cap applying apparatus An apparatus for supplying and applying cap bodies (51) to a packaging container includes a gas supplying device (11) which supplies a hydrogen-oxygen gas mixture obtained by electrolyzing water, a burner unit (22) that is connected to the gas supplying d... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5894711 | Box handling apparatus and method A box handling apparatus having particular application in the packaging of semiconductor wafers, includes a box opening assembly which can unlatch a lid from a bottom of the box and separate the lid from the bottom. Arms can grip an article, such as a waf... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5758469 | Automated pail lidding device A machine for applying toggle strap fitted lids to open container bodies comprising a lid holding station (1), a container body holding station (2), a lid working means (3) adapted for movement between said lid holding station and said container body hold... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5657617 | Shipping cassette lid and unlid automation Apparatus for placing covers (5, 8) on a cassette (1) and taking covers (5, 8) off a cassette (1) comprises an upper cover removal structure (100U), a lower cover removal structure (100L), and means for holding the cassette in place (170-176). The upper c... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5491955 | Suture winder machine A suture winder machine and, more particularly, a semi-automated suture winding station of the machine adapted to facilitate the high-speed winding of multiple sutures, which are each attached to needles, into a peripheral channel of a tray utilized for p... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5316603 | Easily openable sealed container and process for producing the same The present invention provides an easily openable sealed container consisting of a lid and a main body having a flange, wherein a sealing layer of the main body or a sealing layer of the lid has a number of microdents in the flange portion, the thickness ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5005275 | Carrier tape and cover applying and removal devics for same An improved carrier tape is disclosed comprising an elongated base strip and an elongated cover strip both formed of a plastic film material. The base strip is provided with longitudinally spaced cavities for components to be transported therein as well a... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4982554 | Apparatus for applying closures to containers Apparatus for applying closures to containers, comprising a first rotating conveyor adapted to move containers to be closed to a second rotating conveyor, and a third rotating conveyor adapted to remove the closed containers from the second conveyor. The ... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4970844 | Method and apparatus for making a balloon container A device and method of constructing articles of fresh cut parts of plants and artificial decorative embodiments. The packaging is characterized by enveloping such articles with an inflated balloon. The article being placed in an open container, a balloon ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4947627 | Heat-shrunk threaded bottle cap A recipient having an axially upwardly open neck formed with at least one radially projecting neck thread is capped by fitting a circumferentially thermally shrinkable sleeve around a plug, fitting the plug into the open neck to block same, fitting the sl... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4809482 | Packaging system A system of packaging a predetermined number of relatively flat packages or envelopes containing delicate articles such as hosiery, pantyhose, etc., into boxes. The packages or envelopes are printed and garments placed therein at a selected location and t... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4736568 | Machine for sealing cups A web of heat-sealable material is advanced in overlying relation with a row of filled cups to a sealing station where both the web and a cup dwell momentarily. During the dwell period, a head at the sealing station advances downwardly and successively ta... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4674261 | Machine for loading and closing a shipping case with a telescopic lid An automatic machine for loading and installing a telescopic lid on a shipping case is disclosed. The machine provides for bottom loading an open-top case with product which may extend slightly above the case sidewalls when loaded therein. After the machi... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4660357 | Machine for placing sleeve around objects that are laid flat The apparatus for placing decorative or protective sleeves of heat-shrinkable plastic over objects which do not easily stand upright. The machine comprises a device to place sleeves vertically over intermediate pins, of suitable diameter, fastened to an e... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4604853 | Method and apparatus for sealing a container with a tamper-evident closure A container capping method and system for applying mechanical lock type tamper-evident closures to containers wherein the closures are heated prior to closure application to temporarily increase the flexibility thereof in a manner that tamper-indicating p... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4459791 | Telescoping box assembly An assembly in which a loaded container is covered with a box top in telescoping relationship with the loaded container. The box top is pressed over the loaded container and during the telescoping action is held in telescoping relationship by means of a s... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4285186 | Device for positioning printed caps Printed caps to be placed upon filled and corked bottles are forwarded onto slanted parallel guide rods which are caused to selectively rotate to present the successive caps thereon to a cap gripping and setting device with said caps having a determined p... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4274456 | Apparatus for dispensing fluid sealant An apparatus for accurately dispensing predetermined amounts of fluid sealant onto can ends which comprises a dispenser arm mounted at one end for horizontal and vertical arcuate movement, a clamp for releasably holding the arm in one operative position, ... | 06/23/1981 |
