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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7963086 | Package unbundling system A package unbundling station receives bundles of articles to be unwrapped. The station includes a clamp for holding a bundle in a fixed position and a pair of spaced-apart movable cutter assemblies which cut at least one of wrapping and banding on at least two sides... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7343722 | Unwrapping stretch film from a palletized load An apparatus for unwrapping stretch film from a palletized load. The unwrapping apparatus can also include a spooler unit for collecting the film after the film has been cut by the cutting unit. The spooler unit can include a roller guide having two roller members w... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341416 | Machine and method to feed filled bags, open the bags, empty the bags, and dispose of the empty bags A filled plastic bag may contain insulation. The bags are stacked in a loader. A pair of reciprocating arms rotate a bottom-most bag causing that bag to fall through an opening of a base. A conveyor receives the bag and moves it through a transverse knife and a long... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322166 | Apparatus for unwrapping and transporting frangible wafers for ice cream sandwiches and the like The present invention is an apparatus and method for unwrapping a package of frangible articles bearing a wrapping material, the wrapping material having a rear portion and a forward tab, the forward tab adapted to open the wrapping material when pulled, the apparat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7174695 | De-packaging machine A de-packaging system for removing film and bands from packages includes a first conveyor configured to move packages. The de-packaging system also includes a loading station for loading packages onto the conveyor, and a film cutting station associated with the firs... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165928 | Seed cotton handling system Wrapped cotton bales transported from a cotton harvest area to a receiver at the gin are moved intact to a position generally above a receiver upstream of the ginning equipment. As the bales are supported and conveyed, knife or similar cutting structure severs a por... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7146781 | Apparatus and method for insertion of material into uncontaminated containers In a system and method for packaging sensitive materials, such as parenteral medications, the materials are reliably packaged by being inserted into an uncontaminated reservoir without being contaminated during such packaging. The reservoir is a component of a conta... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7118648 | Paper Strap Among other things, the present invention provides various apparatus useful in paper manufacturing and recycling. On such apparatus is a paper strap that includes a paper body that is formed of a compound structure. Such a paper strap further includes an adhesive ma... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7021033 | Container strap cutting method A device is disclosed that can automatically remove lids from trays and place lids on trays. Further the device can sense the presence of a lid on a tray and can sense the dimensions of the tray. Based on the sensed dimensions of the tray, the device can select an a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6990787 | Method and apparatus for packing of items Methods are known for conveying bags in the form of a continuous web such that they open at a suitable place during continuous conveyance and during maintenance of the open condition so they can be filled and sealed after closing. Prior art methods utilize complicat... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6986233 | Bale dewiring system A bale dewiring system for removing one or more wires wrapped around a bale from the bale includes a frame, a bale receiving region defined by the frame and defining a longitudinal direction, an upper compression platen mounted to the frame for vertically moving int... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6883296 | Case tab-lock slitting and flap sealer in combination with a continuous radial motion case packing apparatus and method A case packing and case flap separation apparatus is disclosed for packing articles into cases and closing the cases. The cases typically have first and second major and minor flaps interconnected by tab-locks and held in folded positions adjacent vertical ends and ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6792738 | Pack wrapper opening system A system for removing a plastic wrapper from a package using a device including a horizontal panel having a planar upper surface and a planar lower surface. An abrasive sheet is secured to the planar upper surface of the horizontal panel. The package is rubbed again... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6766630 | Method and apparatus for unwrapping stretch film from a stretch wrapped palletized load An apparatus and a method for unwrapping stretch film from a palletized load. The unwrapping apparatus has two legs between which a load to be unwrapped is positioned, each leg including an upper and lower portion. Upper and lower grippers are attached to the upper ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6725631 | Apparatus and method for stripping filmic casings from products The invention provides an apparatus and a method for processing packages made up of a filmic casing containing a product, to separate the casing from the product for subsequent further processing of the product. The package is moved through a series of steps to firs... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715266 | Bottle unpack/repack apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods are provided to enable the removal of tablet and capsule medication from bottles. The apparatus includes a bottle opener assembly that enables the removal of the medication from the base of the bottle. Removal of the medication from the base of... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6694852 | Method and apparatus for cutting a case containing product An apparatus and method for cutting open a case of product having a top and a bottom is provided. The case is placed on a conveyor and moved to a cutting apparatus. The top is cut open at the cutting apparatus. The case is moved to a lift apparatus. The t... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6666003 | Method and device for filling drums containing dangerous waste Dangerous wastes, such as very low level radioactive waste are processed and compacted under the form of flat cakes (12) stacked in metallic drums (10) closed by an intermediary lid (16) provided with a cap. A blocking material is then injected into the d... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6591586 | Method and a system for filling goods in bags from a coherent series of bag members In connection with the packaging of items or loose material in sheet packings it is known to use a web of cohering flat bag members, which is successively conveyed to a filling station, in which the bag members are opened, one by one, for filling and subs... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6557740 | Device for removing a pill from its package A device for removing a pill from its package including a lower base portion having a generally rectangular configuration. The lower base portion has a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, and opposed side walls. The front wall has an upper... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6481185 | System for modifying the atmosphere within the interior of a package A system for packaging of perishable food products involves initially packaging the food product in a receptacle containing an inert gas atmosphere and sealing a film to the receptacle. The inert gas atmosphere prevents deterioration of the food product s... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6453787 | Device for removing end packaging from web rolls A pair of drawing members, separated by a prescribed distance, are rotated toward each other in contact with an end packaging material covering the ends of a web wrapped on a web roll. The drawing members are brought toward one another, creating an insert... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6393799 | Coin box cassette loading system A box opening machine adapted to opening a pre-packaged box containing coin rolls and emptying the coin rolls into a coin roll cassette. The invention provides a platform with a box slicer. The box is pushed over a platform work surface whereby the box bo... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6286292 | Method for feeding blanks of packing material on a packing machine A method and device for feeding blanks on a packing machine, whereby a store, having a horizontal axis, feeds a succession of blanks to a pickup station from which the blanks are withdrawn one by one; and the blanks are fed to an input station of the stor... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6269613 | Method of opening a perforated article A method for opening perforations in an perforated article having a perforated lid exerts an impact force on an end portion of the perforated lid. A separator member is used to capture the perforated lid and then retract for separating the perforated lid ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6269614 | Apparatus and method for bursting perforations on an article An apparatus for bursting perforations on an article has a retractable burst member and an opposed second retractable burst member that imposes an impact force on the perforations on the perforated lid. Retractable burst members are arranged for vertical ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6233906 | Carrier tape cutter and component packaging machine The apparatus comprises a reciprocal blade (30) having edges (31, 32) respectively set at a side of a forward end and at a side of a return end of reciprocation, and fixed blades (33, 34) having edges respectively set at the side of the forward end and th... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6192661 | Return envelope assembly In order to ensure the prompt processing of payments of bills with personal checks while using automatic mail opening equipment, a return envelope assembly includes a front panel and a rear panel each having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of side e... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189298 | Method and apparatus for opening a package utilizing bonded portions thereof At a top face of a substantially parallelepipedic package, plate members having cutting blades at side edges thereof are inserted into a gap between a pair of bonded flaps of packaging material on the one hand and, on the other, packaged items and folded ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6098373 | Strap processing apparatus and a paper processing apparatus The strap processing apparatus comprises a first carrying conveyer for carrying a bundle of a predetermined number of layered valuable papers sealed with a sealing strap, a second carrying conveyer and an upper conveyer for bending the bundle of layered v... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5918735 | Package for stacked sheets, and process for manufacturing the same A package for stacked sheets to be freely taken out one by one. The stacked sheets are deformed to have their two longitudinal end portions close to each other and to have a recess, and the two end portions are arranged in common planes in the vertical di... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5911666 | Method and apparatus for disposing of packaging material Plastic packaging material on a wrapped load is disposed of by applying a stream of air to a selected region of the packaging material on the load at a sufficient temperature, volume, and velocity and causing to weaken and the packaging material to be sep... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5907946 | Method and apparatus for repacking a photosensitive tabular printing plate An opening part cuts a periphery of a package which contains a bundle of PS (photosensitive) plates. Then, a lifter separates a top piece of the package from the bundle of the PS plates, and a cartridge body, which has been transferred by the lifter, is p... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5870886 | Transfer system for transferring objects into a barrier isolator A transfer system for transferring objects into a barrier isolator is provided. The barrier isolator includes a barrier wall to maintain a decontaminated environment in an isolated space. The transfer system includes a port opening located in the barrier ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870882 | System for automatically opening cartons and removing packages therein A system for automatically opening cartons and removing packages therefrom includes a centrifugal orientation bowl for orientating closed or unopened cartons in a position to be fed to a slitting apparatus. The slitting apparatus includes a pair of cutter... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5865014 | Method of unsealing coin-collection boxes A pipelined system for removing the contents of sealed coin-collection boxes, wherein each box requires a set of different operations to be performed in seriatim to remove the box contents. The operations include removing a seal, opening a box lid, removi... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5863499 | Light weight vented package for liquids A self-venting package (A) contains peracetic acid or other strong oxidants in a unit dose that assures sterilization of instruments and equipment in an automated sterilizing apparatus (FIG. 3) or of biological wastes in a biological waste comminuting app... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5813199 | Method and apparatus for severing fiber bale ties An apparatus for severing a fiber bale tie surrounding a fiber bale includes a bale advancing device for moving the fiber bale in an advancing direction along a travel path; a tie cutter for severing the tie; a bale position determining device for emittin... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5813192 | Bag discharge device An apparatus for discharging contents of a bag which includes an enclosure having a pair of pans mounted for pivotable movement therein, a bag spike associated with each pan mounted for movement along the pivot axis of the pan between a position retracted... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5806278 | Dispenser for sealed wrapped articles A dispenser for wrapped packages each containing an article and having an edge. The dispenser includes a housing defining a package receiving chamber, the housing including (i) a wall with an outer surface and an inner surface, (ii) a first end longitudin... | 09/15/1998 |
