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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7047709 | Straw-filling device An automated, fully programmable, and adaptable device fills straws or straw-like packages with any type of flowing, or flowable, liquid. A straw is dropped from a hopper down chutes into a capture area where it is held and filled with liquid, after which it is seal... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6672038 | Bag manipulating method and assembly for a bag filling station A bag manipulating method and assembly including a pair of bag grippers that receive and grip opposing side edges of a bag positioned in a loading station. The bag grippers are movable in a plane substantially normal to a longitudinal axis of the loading ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6658821 | Bag loading method and assembly for a bag filling station A bag loading method and assembly including a bag tray for holding a stack of bags and a conveyor assembly positioned above the bag tray. The conveyor assembly is movable between a first position, where the conveyor assembly engages a bag, and a second po... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6574946 | Method and device for end closure of packaging tubes A method and apparatus for the end closure of packaging tubes is provided. In one embodiment, the tube which is to be sealed presents an intermediate wall having a surplus length across the tube cross-section, and the intermediate wall is fixed at the fil... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6062002 | Adjustable ultrasonic top sealer The ultrasonic sealing device (50) may be integrated on a packaging machine (20) such as a TETRA REX.RTM. packaging machine and used for sealing one end of a carton (200). The ultrasonic sealing device (50) includes a frame (52), an anvil (56), a horn (54... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5927046 | Sealing device for aseptically filled packages under germ-free conditions A device for sealing the closing seam of a germ-free filled package made from plastic coated paper in germ-free conditions in a clean room; where, in the direction of movement of a sealing jaw, a drive mechanism having a hydraulic cylinder using germ-free... | 07/27/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5249408 | Process of and apparatus for packaging a stack of flat objects To package a stack of flat objects, such as bags provided with handles, the stack having a height exceeding widths of the objects, the stack is wrapped by a section of a web of paper or plastic. The marginal portions of the web section which overlap at on... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5097648 | Apparatus for evacuating and closing bag package A bag evacuating and closing apparatus having two opposing jaws which face ends that move toward one another. The jaws encompass a top closure of a bag package to be sealed. The jaws have hollow spaces open toward one another which are surrounded by frame... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4693058 | Bag sealing bar A sealing bar for heat sealing a length of heat-sealable material, such as tubing, to form packages and the like. The sealing bar has a surface adapted for pressure engagement with the heat-sealable material for flattening it and heating it. A slot extend... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4603535 | Portable sealing device Portable sealing apparatus for the sealing of plastic coated paperboard cartons includes a frame and a fixed jaw mounted thereto. A single movable jaw is utilized to seal top portions of the carton by fusing of a polyethylene coating thereon. Guide means ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4549388 | Package sealing apparatus The invention comprises a novel apparatus for making unitary completely wrapped packages. In the apparatus, a series of loads are fed into a wrapping apparatus onto a wrapping conveyor assembly comprised of a plurality of conveyors. The film is continuous... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4484977 | Arrangement for the processing of a packing container In the manufacture of packing containers of the non-returnable type for, e.g., milk, the forming and closing of the ridgelike top of the filled packing container represents the final phase in the manufacture. The top is provided with sealing panels which ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4341054 | Apparatus for filling and heat sealing a bag A process and apparatus are described for closing, by means of a line of heat-welding, the opening in a flexible plastic bag filled with a product; a slack is provided in the part of the bag below the line of heat-welding immediately before the heat-weldi... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4148170 | Product wrapping machine and method A high speed, automatic machine for wrapping elongate semi-rigid products such as spaghetti. The machine includes means for cutting and positioning two sheets of wrapping material during a single portion period of the machine into two tandem buckets mount... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4145236 | Carton sealing method and apparatus Apparatus for forming a seal between layers of a carton of thermoplastic coated paperboard material and the like wherein the thermoplastic material in the area to be sealed serves as the sealant and is activated to flow by frictional heat generated by a v... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4070853 | Open top plastic bag sealer A machine is described for closing and sealing the upward ends of filled plastic bags. It includes a locating mechanism that positions bags successively at a closing and sealing station. The normally flexible top of each partially filled bag is formed int... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4020608 | Wrapping and sealing machine A device for sealing wrapping material on pieces of candy or similar products, in what is known as the "soap" style of wrapping, and for exiting the products, in their sealed wraps, from the wrapping machine. Each wrapped product is first received in a co... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4011800 | Bottom seal horn and mandrel Vibration sealing apparatus including a vibrating horn and a stationary mandrel having rectangular work faces for opposing each other to seal a rectangular end closure of a thermoplastic coated paperboard carton. The work face of the vibrating horn define... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3983682 | Apparatus for forming, filling and inserting filled bags into cartons A method of packaging particulate material in a carton within a flexible bag comprising forming a tube of flexible material, sealing a narrow length of the tube transversely to provide a bag length above the seal closed at the bottom and open at the top a... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3981121 | Machine for filling a sack with piece goods and closing mouth opening of the sack A machine for filling a sack and closing the mouth opening of the sack. The machine comprises a sorting apparatus for stacking goods in a desired shape and a closing apparatus for folding and seaming of the mouth end of the sack. The sorting apparatus and... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3956975 | Packaging method and apparatus Apparatus and method for forming sealed joints by welding layers of thermoplastic coated paperboard together. One outer surface of the paperboard layers is placed in engagement with back-up means, and the opposite outer surface of the paperboard layers is... | 05/18/1976 |
