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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354387 | Folding device Folding device, for use in sealing flexible tubular containers by adhering two facing portions on the same end edge, which comprises two groups of rotating paddles that face one another, able to turn simultaneously and so that each paddle in the same group pushes re... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7290382 | Container packaging apparatus A wafer case is inserted into a packaging bag, and an ear folding and shaping bar is pressed against a root of each corresponding triangular ear portion, making a folding back line in each triangular ear portion. Each of the triangular ear portions is folded back ov... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7254930 | Stationary tucker bar mechanism A stationary tucker bar mechanism attached to a vertical form, fill, and seal packaging machine used to construct a vertical stand-up pouch and a gusseted flat bottom bag. The invention involves producing a vertical stand-up pouch or flat bottom bag from a single sh... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7200979 | Shrink- or stretch-wrapping system for object stack An apparatus for wrapping an object having vertical sides and a top with a hood-shaped foil having a closed end and an open end fits the foil over the object in such a manner that excess-foil projections are formed at the closed end that project outward from the top... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6951530 | Carton, a blank for producing a carton, and methods and apparatus for erecting, closing, and sealing a carton A method of and an apparatus for erecting a carton, and a method of and an apparatus for closing a carton. The carton has 180° fold lines with a compressed area at each end and a slit joining the compressed areas. A carton is erected by moving the blank in a first ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945016 | Shrink- or stretch-wrapping system for object stack An object having a top and sides is wrapped by first covering it with a hood-shaped foil such that excess-foil projections are formed that project from the top of the object past the sides of the object. Then the foil is pulled adjacent the projections out of contac... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918227 | Method and device for end closing tubular wrappings of products A method and device for end closing tubular wrappings of products, whereby the arms of a scissor-type parting device, once inserted in a closed position inside an end portion of a tubular wrapping, are allowed to part, and are pushed by springs into a fully open pos... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6895729 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a bag having an indent bottom wall A method and apparatus for forming a bag provides a tube of material that is passed over a former. A portion of the tube is folded over the former to define the rim of the bag. Portions of the rim are then welded. The apparatus includes arms that move transverse to ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6892510 | Bag closing apparatus A bag closing apparatus including a frame structure, a cinching assembly and an actuator assembly. The cinching assembly includes at least three pivot arms, each pivot arm including an arcuate portion and pivotably connected to the frame structure. The pivot arms ar... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6698164 | Method for producing containers from a film of heat-sealable flexible material The method entails unwinding portion of film stored in roll form. The film is made of a heat-sealable single- or multilayer flexible material. The flaps for the unwound portion are folded until they are side by side or overlapped along a narrow band. The ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6553742 | Method and machine for wrapping cigars A method and machine for wrapping cigars provides for feeding the cigars continuously along a given path, along which a sheet of wrapping material is folded about each cigar, the sheet of wrapping material is closed about the cigar and at the opposite end... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6543206 | Apparatus and method for formation of sealed packages An apparatus and method for evacuating and sealing a bag made of a sealable material and containing a comminuted product. The bag is positioned with its open upper end around a sleeve through which a hollow probe can be extended. A pair of upper jaw membe... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6526733 | Device for aligning a packing material tube with a position mark The invention relates to a device for aligning a packing material tube (1) with a treatment station in a packaging machine in which a tube (1) with a circular cross-section is produced from a strip of printed packaging material having embossed lines. Said... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6502367 | Bag closing apparatus A bag closing apparatus including a frame structure, a cinching assembly and an actuator assembly. The cinching assembly includes at least three pivot arms, each pivot arm including an arcuate portion and pivotably connected to the frame structure. The pi... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6357203 | Top pre-folding apparatus for an extended top panel gable top carton A top panel pre-folder for a form, fill and seal packaging machine for forming, filling and sealing an extended top panel gable top carton includes an mandrel positioned along the machine processing path that is movable from above the carton to the interi... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6343459 | Apparatus and method for formation of sealed packages An apparatus and method for evacuating and sealing a bag (133) made of a sealable material and containing a charge (134) of a comminuted or other flowable product, such as roasted and ground coffee. The bag (133) is positioned with its open upper end arou... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6308501 | Packaging apparatus A packaging apparatus for packaging a product, said apparatus having a bag magazine containing a number of preformed bags from which bags are separated by a lifting member which lifts each bag at or adjacent to its sealed end; a support device for separat... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6182417 | Angular bearing drive for package gussetting A gussetting machine having adjustable spans between the gussetting fingers. The gussetting fingers on opposite sides of a wrapper move in opposite directions driven by rotating a spline shaft which engages a hub having an angled bore therethrough such th... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6050056 | Packaging bags and apparatus A packaging bag for containing a product is provided. The bag includes an end with four bag projections that are to be folded over the product. A first pair of opposing bag projections are folded down to form generally triangular portions, and the other p... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5966907 | Multi-station sealing system and method therefor A system for packaging one or more articles surrounded by a tubular web moving downstream along a path includes a first station having a tacking jaw at a first downstream location along the path. The tacking jaw is movable between a first open position an... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5921067 | Pillow type packaging apparatus A pillow type packaging apparatus has a suction belt for conveying flexible continuous sheet material. A guide unit guides the continuous sheet material being conveyed, and forms the continuous sheet material into a quadrangular tube in which a pair of it... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5819509 | Bag shouldering and deaerating apparatus An apparatus for shouldering and deaerating filled bags provides rapid expulsion of excess gas from flexible top-closure bags containing particulate material. The automated apparatus permits completely controlled handling of the filled bags from the filli... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5809743 | Top folding and sealing apparatus for forming and sealing the fin of a gabled carton An apparatus for forming and sealing a fin at a gabled end of each carton in a plurality of cartons traveling along a predetermined carton path is set forth. In accordance with the apparatus, each carton has a first plurality of opposing top flaps dispose... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5605030 | Carton end closure score line pre-breaking method and mechanism A carton end closure score line breaker mechanism for pre-breaking the top closure score lines before the filling and closing and sealing steps does not include a center post, or any components which extend into the inside of a carton end closure, elimina... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5570563 | Apparatus for the folding of folding tabs of a pack and for the transport of the same Soft packs, especially for stacks of paper tissues, may be provided with a closing tab extending over an end wall up to a front wall. This closing tab may be attached to neighboring regions of the wrapping by gussets. Folding members, specifically folding... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5447012 | Method and apparatus for packaging groups of items in an enveloping film An apparatus for enveloping successive groups of items in a plastic film as the items traverse a linear path. Items are gathered in a group, and the group of items is then inserted in a tubular packaging film as the items and the film are conveyed at the ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5351463 | Method and apparatus for making a filled and closed vacuum pak The present invention describes a method and apparatus for closing a filled vacuum pack package. The open end of the package, which is made from a thin-wall, flexible foil, is folded above the height of the product in the package. The package is placed in... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5279094 | Apparatus for closing bags A method of and apparatus for uncuffing a bag in a case, forming the top of the bag into a neck, and taping the neck, operable on non-square rectangular cases as well as square cases of different sizes.... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5234398 | Method and apparatus for folding end closure panels A folding and tucker-tacker station operates upon a flat bottom end closure of a packaging sleeve, which closure comprises first and second panels opposite each other, third and fourth panels opposite each other and between the first and second panels, an... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5152124 | Apparatus for filling and sealing bags An apparatus for filling an article into a bag having an open end and a closed bottom includes an article insertion station which inserts an article into the bag through the open end thereof, an open end portion forming station which forms the open end po... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5001891 | Filling and packaging machine A filling and packaging machine for continuous filling and packaging of containers made from a sheeting tube (51) is described. It consists of a frame in which an extended sheeting tube (51) of rectangular cross-section can be fed vertically downwards (52... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4982557 | Device for smoothing out and pressing together the free projecting end extending over the filling material of filled sacks A device for smoothing out and pressing together the free projecting end extending over the filling material of filled sacks, said sacks comprising side walls which are inwardly folded and there being two movable pairs of fingers engaging in the sack in t... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4873815 | Apparatus for filling and closing sacks which are open at one end An apparatus for filling and closing sacks has a pair of grippers for gripping the lateral portions of the sacks adjacent to their opening-defining edges, the grippers of each pair are movable toward and away from each other, also a pair of suction cups f... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4516381 | Automatic carton packing machine A carton shifting device for use in an automatic carton packing machine, comprises a disc supporting a plurality of downwardly extending mandrels. The mandrels are arranged in pairs with outwardly facing surfaces lying in a common plane. A groove is defin... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4516382 | Automatic carton packing machine A folding device for imparting a folding habit to the opened top of a carton comprises a frame which is connected to a shaft for moving the frame upwardly and downwardly. A pair of squeezing plates are secured to the frame. The squeezing plates have oppos... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4515580 | Bottom sealing tab prebreaking apparatus A bottom sealing tab breaking method and apparatus for a paperboard carton bottom construction. The invention may be employed with existing apparatus for prebreaking paperboard container bottoms.... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4322932 | Bag filling and handling apparatus Apparatus for filling bags and providing completely controlled handling of bags from filling through their movement to a bag closing station. A pair of elongated forming bars supported for up and down movement and traversing movement between a bag filling... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4215522 | Carton erecting apparatus Cartons of the leakproof type comprising a rectangular sleeve each end of which is formed with crease lines to present four closure wall portions or flaps, two of said flaps being further provided with crease lines defining triangular portions to provide ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4162602 | Method and apparatus for filling and closing large sacks Sacks are successively filled and closed in an automatic process by suspending each sack from near the mouth and spreading the side walls apart, filling the sack, allowing it to settle on a support while keeping the side walls taut, bringing the side wall... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4071999 | Machine for bag closing and sealing A machine for closing and sealing a plastic bag filled with material, such as, for instance, peat moss. The machine includes a carriage which moves around the top open end of the filled bag, hook-shaped fingers carried by the carriage, pivot down into the... | 02/07/1978 |
