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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441391 | Device for forming containers produced continuously from a tubular wrapper and unit for packaging the containers A device (8) for forming containers (2) produced continuously from a tubular wrapper (3) fed along a substantially vertical direction of advance (A). The device has at least one support carriage (8a) movable along a respective clos... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441390 | Device for forming containers produced continuously from a tubular wrapper and unit for packaging the containers A device (8) for forming containers (2) produced continuously from a tubular wrapper (3) fed along a substantially vertical direction of advance (A). The device has at least one support carriage (8a) movable along a respective clos... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7383671 | Blistering machine for producing blister packs A blistering machine (M1) for producing blister packs (B1) has a production line including, arranged in a series: at least one thermoforming station (101) of a first continuous band (102) of thermoformable material, in order to define a b... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7328545 | Packaging line and method for continuously packaging discrete products A packaging line and method for continuously packaging discrete products such as, for instance, magazines, CDs, DVDs and combinations thereof in a continuous manner, comprising: a product assembling path which is provided with a co... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322919 | Machine and method for forming tubular lengths of packaging film A machine for forming tubular film lengths from a linear portion of film comprises: a unit (1) for feeding linear film portions (2); at least one forming roller (3) that revolves about an axis (7) transversal to the direction of film feed... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7305808 | Packaging machine A packaging machine moves its heater unit for longitudinal sealing of a tubularly formed film between a sealing position at which the heater unit contacts the film and a retracted position at which it is separated from the film. In addition to the mechanism for this... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7263815 | Process for feeding products of variable height and length into a continuous packaging apparatus A Process for feeding products of variable height and length into a continuous packaging apparatus comprising a conveyor with thrusters that receives publishing products or similar, such as newspapers, magazines, books, envelopes, giveaways or other similar products... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7213384 | Device for the production of tubular bags A device for producing tubular bags filled with bulk goods from continuous foil tubes. The device includes a pair of sealing tools that seal or weld the foil tubes in bag-length intervals. A pair of closing bars connected to the sealing tools are biased toward each ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7178314 | Waste disposal apparatus The present invention discloses a waste disposal apparatus including a container having a first end and a second end. A tubing cassette for supplying tubing is mounted proximate the first end of the container. A first sealing member and a second sealing member are m... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171795 | Transverse sealing mechanism for bag-manufacturing and packaging machine and bag-packaging machine equipped therewith The bag-manufacturing and packaging machine transverse sealing mechanism is for a bag-manufacturing and packaging machine that makes bags by sealing a tubular packaging material longitudinally and transversely while also filling the bags with items to be packaged. T... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7121067 | Method of longitudinally sealing tubular bag-making material A packaging machine moves its heater unit for longitudinal sealing of a tubularly formed film between a sealing position at which the heater unit contacts the film and a retracted position at which it is separated from the film. In addition to the mechanism for this... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7069709 | Device for the production of tubular bags A device for producing tubular bags filled with bulk goods from continuous foil tubes. The device includes a pair of sealing tools that seal or weld the foil tubes in bag-length intervals. A pair of closing bars connected to the sealing tools are biased toward each ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6941733 | Waste disposal apparatus The present invention discloses a waste disposal apparatus including a container having a first end and a second end. A tubing cassette for supplying tubing is mounted proximate the first end of the container. A first sealing member and a second sealing member are m... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938393 | Packaging line and method for packaging separate products in a continuous manner A packaging line and method for packaging separate products such as, for instance, magazines, CDs, DVDs and combinations thereof in a continuous manner, comprising: a product assembling path (2) which is provided with a conv... | 09/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6889481 | Apparatus for processing continuously fed elongate material Apparatus for processing continuously fed elongate material, such as forming sealed bags from continuously fed film tubes, uses at least one pair of orbital tools that are cantilevered from tool drives (e.g., crank arms) at one edge of the material, extending transv... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6877295 | Method of producing sealed packages containing pourable food products from a tube of packing material, and packing unit implementing such a method A method and apparatus for producing sealed packages containing pourable food products from a tube of heat seal sheet packing material fed along a vertical path and filled continuously with the food product. The tube is pressure gripped at equally spaced cross secti... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6820392 | Apparatus for processing continuously fed elongate material Apparatus for processing continuously fed elongate material, such as forming sealed bags from continuously fed film tubes, uses at least one pair of orbital tools that are cantilevered from tool drives (e.g., crank arms) at one edge of the material, extending transv... | 11/23/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6629400 | Method and apparatus for sealing packages An apparatus and method is disclosed for sealing in a single package bundles of product cartons which are conveyed in series along a moving conveyor belt. A stationary frame is aligned with the conveyor, and a movable carriage assembly is connected to the... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6604343 | Latitudinal sealing mechanism for bag-packaging machine and a bag packaging machine having the same A latitudinal seal mechanism includes seal jaws 78, fixed cams 75, cam followers 76, a pair of partial cams 88, partial cam followers 78a, rotational shafts 80, coupling members 79, and shaft support portions. The seal jaws 78 are heated, and move circula... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6550219 | Speed adjustable packaging machine A packaging machine includes a machine chassis and a sealing device supported on the machine chassis. The sealing device includes upper and lower movable members each carrying heat-sealing blades for performing heat-sealing operation of a package film enc... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6526732 | End sealing device of packaging system A packaging system includes a conveyor belt having a carrying surface for carrying an article to be packaged by a package film and an end sealing device including spaced upper and lower sealing blocks between which the article passes. A recessed chamber i... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6421987 | Latitudinal sealing mechanism for bag-packaging machine and a bag packaging machine having the same A latitudinal seal mechanism includes seal jaws 78, fixed cams 75, cam followers 76, a pair of partial cams 88, partial cam followers 78a, rotational shafts 80, coupling members 79, and shaft support portions. The seal jaws 78 are heated, and move circula... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6408596 | Device for packaging In order to reduce the technical input for a device for packaging, for example a horizontal bagging machine, it is suggested to provide two sealing jaws which act against one another and weld a foil web, only one sealing jaw for a rotating operation. The ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6223506 | Method and machine for wrapping a product in a sheet of heat-seal wrapping material A method and machine for wrapping a product in a sheet of heat-seal wrapping material, whereby the sheet of wrapping material is folded by a fixed folding device onto a wall of the product so as to superimpose at least two portions of the sheet of wrappin... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6212861 | Forming, filling and sealing machine for standing pouch A forming, filling and sealing machine comprises three sealing mechanisms for heat sealing a film, a folding mechanism for inwardly folding the width direction middle part of the film along the longitudinal direction of the film, and an injection pipe for... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6178719 | Cross joining and/or cross cutting device in a packaging machine of the flow packing type In a cross joining and/or cross cutting station in a flow packing machine, opposed tool parts are moved in complementary round paths such that they can press against opposite sides of a tubular packaging web for cross closing/cutting the web between succe... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6178726 | Method of controlling end seal time in bag-making, filling and packaging machine An object of the present invention is to provide a control method for a box motion type end-sealing carried out by a longitudinal type or lateral type bag forming, filling and packaging machine, which can permit the end sealing time period to be set as lo... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6167681 | Sealing apparatus A sealing apparatus is provided with a sealing block and inductors embedded in the sealing block. Each of the inductors is partially exposed above the surface of the sealing block and is provided with a first pressing portion for pressing the packaging ma... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6145273 | Apparatus for sealing perforated flexible bags An apparatus is provided for filling and sealing flexible poly bags which are provided on a continuous roll. The apparatus has means for heat sealing filled bags. A drive mechanism conveys the bag into position for filling and sealing thereof. A clamp mec... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6094892 | Vertical sealing assembly for a packaging machine A sealing mechanism for sealing the open end of a container being processed on a packaging machine. The sealing mechanism includes a first and second jaw assembly positioned on opposite sides of a longitudinal pathway. Each jaw assembly includes a pair of... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6088994 | Packaging machine incorporating device for adjusting position for cutting bags A form-fill-seal packaging machine produces a dummy bag from a film by starting to move seal jaws after the film has been pulled over a specified length or for a specified length of time from the moment when an eye mark on the film is detected by a detect... | 07/18/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6050065 | Packaging machine In a driving system for the cross closing jaw (16) of a continually operating flow packing machine it is customary that the drive motor (30) for the vertical movements of the jaw is mounted on the sledge (8) reciprocating the jaws along the conveying path... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5934043 | Web cutting apparatus Transverse cuts are made in a web using a cutter/anvil combination which is subjected to high frequency vibration, preferable ultrasound. In one arrangement, particularly for cutting tea bag webs, a rotary cutter drum (4) cooperates with an ultrasonically... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5918441 | Apparatus for sealing perforated flexible bags An apparatus is provided for filling and sealing flexible poly bags which are provided on a continuous roll. The apparatus has means for heat sealing filled bags. A drive mechanism conveys the bag into position for filling and sealing thereof. A clamp mec... | 07/06/1999 |
