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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7555878 | Device for sealing bags containing powder or granular materials Device for closing bags for containing powder or granular materials, suitable for installation within a belt, roller or similar line for conveying bags, including at least one sealing head (52) and a conveyor member (27) for feeding the bags (60... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7360347 | Method and device for wrapping articles A device for wrapping packets of cigarettes has a conveyor for feeding the packets successively along a path; and a number of heating heads, each of which is brought into contact with a respective packet and accompanies the packet from a contact station to a withdra... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7320206 | Device for processing flat objects, especially for packing printed products For processing flat objects (10), in particular for packing printed products or small groups thereof, using a continuous packing material, the objects are conveyed in a conveying stream in which they are arranged in succession and essentially parallel to the ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7299604 | Method and apparatus for moving a welding jaw To be able to weld different items, in particular films of different thickness and composition, in an optimized way in each case, it is proposed in the case of a welding jaw circulating along a closed path, for example a transverse welding jaw of a vertical tubular ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7155883 | Packaging machine for wrapping products in respective sheets of heat-seal wrapping material A packaging machine has a wrapping device for forming a tubular wrapping from a continuous web of heat-seal material, and for feeding products successively into the tubular wrapping; each product being located between two free tubular portions of the tubular wrappin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7104028 | Forming jaw for producing a succession of sealed packages from a tube of sheet packaging material A forming jaw for producing a succession of sealed packages from a tube of sheet packaging material filled with a pourable food product and fed in a direction parallel to its longitudinal axis is disclosed. The jaw includes sealing structure that seals a cross secti... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6962033 | Automatic high speed wrapping machine An automatic high speed packaging machine for wrapping packages in polymer film is disclosed wherein the film seal at the sides and ends of the packages is made at a high rate of speed as the packages travel through the machine. The packages travel continuously in a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6945530 | Device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper In a device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper, each stack is caused to advance along a pre-set path inside a pocket, which has a resting surface for supporting the stack and is provided with at least one pressure member designed to grip the stack on the restin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6907716 | Packaging machine for wrapping products in respective sheets of heat-seal wrapping material A packaging machine has a wrapping device for forming a tubular wrapping from a continuous web of heat-seal material, and for feeding products successively into the tubular wrapping; each product being located between two free tubular portions of the tubular wrappin... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6729113 | Lateral sealing mechanism for bag making and packaging machine, and bag making and packaging machine A lateral sealing mechanism for use in a bag-making and packaging machine includes movable rotary shafts. The movable rotary shafts are driven by a lateral drive mechanism so that the distance between the shafts is controllable. Support mechanisms are mounted on and... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6662527 | Bag forming-filling-packaging machine A tube film grip-pressing time by a pair of seal bars is controlled to set longer. A crank mechanism allows a seal bar frame supported by a pair of rails to reciprocate along the rails. The crank mechanism includes an arm which supports one end support sh... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6543205 | Form and seal unit for a machine for packaging pourable food products A form and seal unit (1) for producing aseptic sealed packages from a tube (2) of packaging material filled with a pourable food product; the unit having a fixed structure (3), and two forming assemblies (5, 5') interacting alternately and cyclically with... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6481188 | Apparatus and method for sealing an article An apparatus and method is provided for sealing a package. The apparatus comprises a first rotating belt and a second rotating belt adjacent to the first rotating belt. The first and second rotating belt have a synchronized travel speed. The first rotatin... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6387209 | Film sealing apparatus having an optical energy source An apparatus for sealing films together along a path includes a sealing shoe and a counter shoe defining a clearance through which the films pass. The sealing shoe includes an elongated optical energy source having a length dimension oriented generally pa... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6357211 | Cutter activating machine for packaging apparatus A machine for activating cutting members included in sealing dies carried by a rotating wheel to cause the cutting members to sever a tube of material held within the sealing dies. The machine includes a striker assembly and an actuator. The striker assem... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6324818 | Vacuum filling machine for bags A device for automatically vacuum filling and sealing bags comprising a bag handling and sealing mechanism that is moveable between a first, bag receiving position in close proximity to a material discharge spout and a second, bag discharge position away ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6212859 | Packaging machine with rotary top sealer A method of continuously forming, filling and sealing of packages with a continuous web of film material is disclosed and comprises the steps of providing a continuous web of film material and folding the web to provide confronting sides joined along a bo... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6085495 | Packaging unit for continuously producing sealed packages, containing pourable food products, from a tube of packaging material A packaging unit (1) for continuously producing aseptic sealed packages (2), containing a pourable food product, from a tube (14) of packaging material filled with the food product; the unit (1) has a first and second chain conveyor (10, 11) respectively ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6058680 | Method and apparatus for forming and hermetically sealing slices of food items An apparatus and method are provided for forming a hermetically sealed package for a slice of a food item. A web of thermoplastic material is first formed into a tubular arrangement with a hermetic longitudinal seal. To form the tubular arrangement, means... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6035615 | Packaging unit for continuously producing sealed packages, containing pourable food products, from a tube of packaging material A packaging unit (1) for continuously producing aseptic sealed packages (2), containing a pourable food product, from a tube (14) of packaging material filled with the food product; the unit (1) has a first and second chain conveyor (10, 11) respectively ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5966909 | Packaging machine In a packaging machine 2 with a movable part 27, which can be moved toward a packaging 26 or a product to be packaged, and a carrier movable with the part 27 and connected to the part 27, the part 27 and/or the carrier consists of a magnesium alloy 28, fo... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5941048 | Apparatus and method of sealing an envelope in a document security apparatus A sealing assembly includes a support roller. The sealing assembly also includes a center roller having a sealing ridge attached thereto which operatively contacts the support roller so as to urge a first enclosure sheet into contact with a second enclosu... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5937619 | Apparatus and method for sealing an envelope having a first lateral side and a second lateral side in a document security apparatus A sealing assembly for sealing an envelope having a first lateral side and a second lateral side includes a support roller. The envelope includes (1) a first enclosure sheet having a first pressure sensitive adhesive thereon, and (2) a second enclosure sh... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5921068 | Flow pack machine with at least two transverse sealing jaws A flow pack machine has at least two transverse sealing jaws, which are arranged on opposite sides of a film tube to be sealed on in each case one jaw carrier, which revolves cyclically at least approximately on circular paths and can be engaged on and se... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5904027 | Flowpackaging machine with adjustable closing jaws A flowpacking machine comprising a conveyor for bringing a row of products wrapped in a string casing into a closing station, in which an upper and a lower jaw (18,20) are reciprocated in counterphase to close and cut the string casing between the product... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5881539 | Transverse sealer for a packaging machine An elongated web of bag-making material (S) is bent into a tubular form by a former (2), transported along a path (A), is filled with articles (W) and sealed by a transverse sealer (10) transversely to its direction of motion. A pair of seal jaws (20) sup... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5852920 | Longitudinal seam sealer for continuous motion form, fill and seal machine A form-fill-seal machine in which an heated longitudinal seam sealer continuously forms a longitudinal seam along lapped edges of the tube being formed. This longitudinal seam sealer can be used in machines having conventional cross sealing jaws as well a... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5771660 | Transverse sealing apparatus for a tubular bag packaging machine Two holders (27-30) arranged on both sides of the mid-plane (4) of a conveyed tubular bag (1) are rotated in parallel directions by crank mechanisms (15-18). A sealing jaw (37) or matching jaw (38) is vertically guided in the holders (27-30) and prestress... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5771667 | Bag filling, closing, and sealing machine A fully automated apparatus and operating system for supplying, transferring, filling, and sealing bags, utilizing a clam shell type of filling spout is provided in combination with apparatus for sealing each filled bag in close proximity to the spout. Th... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5715647 | Device for the formation of a longitudinal seam of a tubular foil In a device for the formation of the longitudinal seam of a tubular foil, a flexible foil is placed around a formatting tube by means of a formatting shoulder. The device has a transporting device for moving of the foil and the formed tubular foil. The in... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5701724 | Method and apparatus for forming and hermetically sealing slices of food items An apparatus and method for continuously forming hermetically sealed packages of a food item. A continuous web of thermoplastic material is folded and continuously formed with a hermetic longitudinal seal. The food item is inserted between inner surfaces ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5685131 | Heat sealing device Heat-sealing device including mutually opposite active heads that are associated with respective counter-rotating driving shafts and are subjected to the action of cam elements that move the heads along a path that is partially parallel to a continuous tu... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5669201 | Device for sealing bags or packages in a heat-sealable plastic material provided with parts for regulating the welding pressure A device for sealing bags or packages in a heat-sealable plastic material containing a predefined portion of product, wherein a tubular strip is longitudinally fed and filled while said sealing device, by welding the opposite edges of said tubular strip, ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5653085 | Sealing device for packaging machine The present invention is intended to effect proper sealing of a film by automatically adjusting the gripping pressure exerted by seal bars on the basis of a change in unsteady current flowing through the seal bars which grip the film. When the main shaft ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5628163 | Modular cutting head apparatus for high speed wrapping machine A cutting head apparatus for use in a high speed horizontal wrapper. The apparatus has two modular cutting heads each with a cutting shaft. The cutting shafts cooperate for cutting and sealing wrapping material between the products being wrapped. The cutt... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5600939 | System for making plastic blister packages Apparatus and method for the packaging of an article in a plastic-card package which includes a flat card having a window aperture cut therein fed to the apparatus, and a flat, thermoformable plastic sheet, cut-to-size larger than the aperture and smaller... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5588944 | Apparatus for welding the tubular sections of sacks, bags or the like The invention concerns an apparatus for welding the tubular sections of sacks, bags or the like, having a rotating drum and with welding stations arranged on the periphery of the drum which rotate, fixed in position, with the drum, wherein the welding sta... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5584166 | Flexible package end sealing and cutting method and apparatus A counter rotating or reciprocating frame is pivotally connected at one end to a main frame and has a pair of sealing and cutting jaws counter-rotatably connected at the other end. A main drive transfers drive motion to a end seal drive on the reciprocati... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5440860 | Method and apparatus for forming and hermetically sealing slices of food items An apparatus and method are provided for forming a hermetically sealed package for a slice of a food item. A web of thermoplastic material is first formed into a tubular arrangement with a hermetic longitudinal seal. To form the tubular arrangement, means... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5439550 | Apparatus for longitudinal welding with fast and reliable trimmed scrap removal An apparatus for longitudinal welding with fast and reliable scrap removal, suitable for being coupled with a product conveyor for conveying products to be packaged inside a plastic material sheet comprising a saddle (16), capable of being reciprocated in... | 08/08/1995 |
