Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360668 | Tablet packing apparatus A tablet packing apparatus having a tablet feeding section and storage shelves for storing tablet vessels in which tablets fed from the tablet feeding section are packed. The storage shelves include a plurality of container chambers in which the tablet vessels which... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347034 | Sleeving equipment for egg package Sleeving equipment for egg packages includes a sleeve dispenser that cuts and dispenses a sleeve one by one, a sleeve control jig that controls a sleeve that is dispensed by the sleeve dispenser, a first egg package conveying device that conveys egg packages before ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7231748 | Adjusting device of film packaging machine An adjusting device that is mounted in a film packaging machine includes a moving mechanism that selectively moves two support blocks in opposite directions and toothed wheels mounted to the support blocks in a symmetric manner and driven by a timing belt that is me... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7028452 | Packaging device for fitting and heat-shrinking packaging film A packaging device includes a film fitting mechanism, a film shrinking mechanism and a controller. The film fitting mechanism fits a tubular heat shrinkage film over a film cylinder and moves the film a distance along the cylinder and cuts a length of the film off. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024841 | Device for sleeve-label labeling machines Device for sleeve-label labeling machines, with proposal that means are provided that render the label tube taut and/or spread the label tube during the cutting step. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6966164 | Tubular banding applicator and method The tubular banding applicator converts a flat tubular material into a cut length expanded tubular sleeve and mounts the sleeve circumferentially on a container. A driver moves a selected length of flat tubular material from a supply station, around a spreader, and ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6047738 | Method and an arrangement for closing of at least one end of a tube and a plug for said closing The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for closing of at least one end of a tube to protect the tube (8) against internal dirtying. According to the method, a strip (5) comprising a number of plugs (4) is fed up to a position in front of a t... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6016641 | Apparatus and method for applying a tubular member over an article An apparatus for applying a tubular member over an article includes means for feeding a continuous web of a flattened tubular material, means for cutting an individual tubular member from the web, a first belt conveyor unit for conveying the tubular membe... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5606847 | Method and device for filling and closing a package A method for filling and closing a package which is initially open on its upper side and has sealable plastic material about the periphery (2) of that side. The package is first conveyed to a location (6), where it is filled. Thereafter, a covering foil s... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5479759 | Method and apparatus for packaging food A method and apparatus for modified atmosphere packaging uses a rotary conveyor to transport a plurality of trays to be packaged between a plurality of stations in a circular arrangement. The trays may be loaded onto a receiving platform by depositing the... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5419097 | Method and apparatus for packaging food A method and apparatus for modified atmosphere packaging uses a rotary conveyor to transport a plurality of trays to be packaged between a plurality of stations in a circular arrangement. The trays may be loaded onto a receiving platform by depositing the... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5408805 | Method of placing a length of heat-sealable strip over receptacles, and apparatus implementing the method The method applies to a receptacle-closing carousel that includes a rotary platform fitted with receptacle holding members and associated with a receptacle insertion member and with a receptacle extraction member. The method consists in cantilevering out ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5371996 | Apparatus for sealing containers A container sealing apparatus wherein a strip of closure material can be transported intermittently a desired distance at a time, and this distance is variable in accordance with the size of containers to be sealed to achieve savings in the material witho... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5363629 | Device for closing receptacles by welding on lids, and installation including the same The closure device includes a roll of heat-fusible strip material, an end-of-strip support member, a receptacle placing member for placing successive receptacles at a receptacle closure location facing the end-of-strip support member, a weld head disposed... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5182896 | Apparatus and method for heat-sealing a film cover to open ended containers A film cover is heat-sealed to the open end of containers and cut from a film stock by a cam-actuated, orbitally moving knife blade which severs the film stock along a circumferential region closely adjacent the container's open end. A major extent of the... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4719739 | Continuous motion in-line sealer A continuous motion in line sealer assembly includes a sealer star wheel which is coordinated with a plurality of rotatable and receiprocable vacuum heads. Each vacuum head obtains a flexible foil sealing disk from a point of supply and positions the disk... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4682463 | Apparatus for forming and attaching a flexible foil sealing disk A two part closure for a container is comprised of a flexible foil sealing disk together with a flanged linerless screw threaded closure cap. During the process of applying the closure to a container, the flexible foil sealing disk in formed, heated, and ... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4674270 | Apparatus for banding cut produce A mobile apparatus for field packing of broccoli and other cut product includes a mobile frame and a rotatable sorting table. Individual broccoli stalk cut by workers walking along with the mobile packer and placed on conveyors on the packer and are disch... | 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 |
| 4625498 | Apparatus for applying recessed membrane seals to containers A method and apparatus for applying and sealing recessed membranes to containers in a single operation. The membranes are partially cut from a continuous flexible web of film material and remain on the web due to thin necks of film material that are left ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4592192 | Apparatus for the packaging of contaminated waste materials A method of and apparatus for packaging contaminated or poisonous waste materials. The waste materials are deposited in a plastic bag disposed on a cylindrical opening in a container provided with a lid and having vacuum and filter means for sucking air o... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4575987 | Apparatus for closing a container The container closure and sealing apparatus includes opposed and oppositely rotating screw feeders for moving the containers from the feed conveyor to tacking apparatus which exerts sufficient force on a tape of pre-punched covers to dislodge a cover from... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4575992 | Apparatus for producing cloth cut outs for packaging in a container together with the production at a different rate of closure cut out for the container This invention concerns an apparatus for cutting out discs or another shape of material in fibre form, for example cotton, and for cutting out and closing small bags filled with said discs, by a cover of the same shape, the apparatus being provided with a... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4516380 | Portable apparatus for filling and closing containers A compact portable apparatus for filling open ended preformed containers with a substance, such as liquid, and then heat bonding a thin flexible closure material to the periphery of the open end of the container, for sealing the latter, comprising a frame... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4345412 | Cup lidding apparatus and leakproof cup Apparatus is provided for automatically applying and heat-sealing a lid of thermoplastic film to the top of a cup. The film is supplied in a roll and the leading end is fed into a position between the top of the cup and a heat-sealing head. When the appar... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4296589 | Packaging machine with cam-operated cutter and container supports therefor A packaging machine for applying and securing a continuous web of material, especially of the heat sealable type, to containers, especially open-topped containers. The machine includes an intermittently rotatable cutter for severing the web between adjace... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4282699 | Heat sealing apparatus For sealing the open end of a flanged container, a heated reciprocable sealing block having a heat emitting surface is arranged with its path of reciprocatory movement in general alignment with a container to be sealed and a sealing head is mounted on the... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4282698 | Liquid filling machine A liquid filling machine comprising a plurality of discrete stations that cooperatively provide for automatic filling and capping containers including a cup dispensing station, a liquid filling station, a foil supply station, a heat sealing station and di... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4226072 | Apparatus for applying a film lid to a cup Apparatus is provided for automatically applying a lid comprised of a film of thermoplastic sheet material to the top of a cup. The film is supplied in a roll and the leading end is fed into a position between the top of the cup and a heat sealing head. I... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4139979 | Apparatus for sealing the heads of containers The apparatus for sealing the heads of containers with a biaxially oriented plastic film comprises a horizontal conveyor for conveying the containers to be sealed, and a horizontal endless belt disposed above the conveyor in parallel thereto and including... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4134248 | Container capping apparatus and method therefor An apparatus and method is provided for the placement of a heat-shrinkable film over the open portion of a container such as a glass, paper or plastic cup. The apparatus is particularly suitable for rapid placement of a heat-shrinkable film on food and be... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4092817 | Film applying device with a straw-hole perforator An improvement in a device for advancing an end portion of a strip of heat sealable film along a path from a cartridge to an applying station, sealing the end portion across the lip of a cup and severing the end portion from the strip of film. The device ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4035987 | Apparatus for sealing the heads of containers The apparatus for sealing the heads of containers comprises means for cutting out from a continuous plastic film a sealing sheet, means for folding the peripheral portion of the sealing sheet toward the outer peripheral surface of the container and means ... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3939627 | Apparatus for capping containers The invention provides a machine for capping containers with closures made of heat shrinkable film and includes a film feeding mechanism, a film cutting mechanism, and a film shrinking head which is adapted to accommodate containers of different sizes. Th... | 02/24/1976 |
