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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363753 | Method for removing a pouch from a plurality of pouches including bending and pulling of the pouch A method and apparatus for removing the first pouch from a stack of pouches includes apparatus adapted to bend an edge of the first pouch away from the second pouch of a stack to define a bent edge and a bend in the first pouch. The first pouch is then slid away fro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7194849 | Apparatus for opening bags lying flat An apparatus for opening bags lying flat is part of a packaging system having a conveyor system, with receiving cups, located at equal intervals, for the bags. The bags are kept on hand in the form of blanks lying flat in bag magazines and are taken from the bags by... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182199 | Systems, methods and apparatuses for manufacturing dosage forms Systems, methods and apparatuses for manufacturing dosage forms, and to dosage forms made using such systems, methods and apparatuses are provided. Novel compression, thermal cycle molding, and thermal setting molding modules are disclosed. One or more of such modul... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7162852 | Device for filling stand-alone flat-bottom bags A device for filling stand-alone flat-bottom bags with opposing side edges and a bottom, in particular filling them with liquid including a filling carousel which can rotate about a vertical axis and which has a plurality of holders for one bag each provided on its ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7134256 | Packaging system The present invention provides a packaging system that includes a beak-shaped hopper, a pair of opening and closing bars, and a sensor for sensing a limitless opening and closing movement of the opening and closing bars. The beak-shaped hopper and the pair of openin... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7013625 | Bale bagging apparatus A bagging assembly for use with a bale bagging apparatus is disclosed. The bale bagging apparatus includes a frame assembly, a bale stuffer, and a bale chute. The bagging assembly includes a carriage frame having a first and a second side rail, a pivot end, and a mo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000364 | Apparatus and method for stuffing a folder A novel apparatus and method of automatically stuffing folder pockets includes providing a folder with one or more pockets; providing one or more inserts which can be of differing sizes; the accumulation of the one or more inserts in a stack for insertion into the o... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6964146 | Portable pouch opening machine A portable pouch opener for countertop positioning for opening and filling a bag includes a portable housing positionable upon a desktop bench workspace. The housing has a magazine containing a supply of bags to be opened and filled. A first suction device is mounte... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6960157 | Automated system and method for handling food containers An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6920740 | Continuous bag closing apparatus and method An packaging apparatus and method to uncuff a package assembly is disclosed. The package assembly includes a container with at least one upstanding sidewall defining an open top. A bag is disposed within the container and a top portion of the bag is folded over the ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6880310 | Method for automatic bale bag loading An apparatus and method for automatic opening of bags uses bags in a folded configuration that include a small aperture near the top thereof. The aperture allows a number of bags to be hung in a substantially vertical orientation on an angled protruding member. A va... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6779321 | Machine and method for bagging elongated produce An apparatus and method for a produce bagging machine including a filling station positioned on a support frame, and including a filling chute movable to a first position for receiving produce from a produce supply and to a second position for delivering the produce... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6684682 | Jogger system having a mail compression capability therein A method for expelling air out of mailpieces includes the steps of creating a stack of the mailpieces; cutting an opening in at least some of the mailpieces; jogging the stack of mailpieces; and subjecting the stack of mailpieces to at least one compressi... | 02/03/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6655111 | Bag mouth opening device for continuously conveyed bags In a device that opens the mouth of each one of the bags that are suspended with the mouths facing upward and conveyed in a vertical state at a uniform speed and uniform spacing in a straight line, a pair of suction disks revolve continuously in mutually ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651407 | Bag supplying device for an automated packaging machine A bag supplying device including a conveying arm that has a fixed clamping element and a movable clamping element, a reciprocating-rotating assembly that causes the conveying arm to make a back-and-forth rotational movement between a downwardly-facing cla... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6430901 | Method and device for opening and filling pre-manufactured bag packages A method for opening prefabricated pouches for the subsequent filling thereof with each pouch having a circumferential seal and an opening zone comprising holding a pouch on a support and introducing the support with the pouch into a vacuum chamber which ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6338371 | Apparatus for conveying, supplying, and filling unshaped containers, and method for conveying and supplying the same A filling apparatus of irregular--formed vessels having an intermittent swinging table (111) disposed above a continuous rotation table (5) and having a plurality of filling nozzles (121) at a same pitch as the vessel holding pitch, filling means for push... | 01/15/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6244019 | System for packing and unpacking can lids The present invention relates to packages for stacked can lids, a method of producing such packages, devices for implementing said method, devices for automated unpacking of the above nature and a system for packing and unpacking can lids. The packages ar... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6230475 | Bag-loading machine and bag-filling machine and combination thereof and related method A hag-loading machine and a bag-filling machine and combination thereof, the bag-loading machine including bag carrying frame, motors coupled to the bag-carrying frame for moving it toward and away from the bag-filling machine and between a lower position... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6220002 | Bag-loading machine and bag-filling machine and combination thereof and related method A bag-loading machine and a bag-filling machine and combination thereof, the bag-loading machine including bag-carrying frame, a first motor coupled to the bag-carrying frame for moving it between a lower and a higher position, a bag-opening frame, a seco... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6199351 | Packaging machine A packaging machine is described for forming, filling and sealing bags with a product. The machine forms a film into an elongate, side-sealed tube as it travels in a first direction, and severs the elongate tube into individual, open-ended, bag-length ele... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6132350 | Method and apparatus for automatically lining a container The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for automatically lining a container having at least one open end. A bag-type liner having a leading sealed, and a trailing unsealed, end is fed along a predetermined liner path, with the trailing ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5987854 | Method and apparatus for opening and transporting bags A method of opening a bag mounted on a tape includes the steps of providing a bag including a first panel, a second panel, a first bag edge, a second bag edge, a bag bottom, and a bag mouth; gripping the bag between a first means for vacuumizing and a sec... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5970688 | Apparatus for opening pouches for insertion of objects thereinto Apparatus for opening an open end of a pouch, an overwrap, or the like so as to facilitate the insertion of an object thereinto includes a number of processing stations, such as a storage station where a supply of pouches is stored and an opening station ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5950399 | Apparatus and method for inserting a product into an envelope and closing same An apparatus for inserting a folded product into an envelope and closing the flap of the envelope performs a method in which the envelope is transferred from an envelope hopper by a rotatable shuttle unit having cooperating suction cups and a T-shaped fla... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5873764 | Side evacuating balloon inflater A side evacuating balloon inflater includes a lower shell, an upper shell, a collar insert, and a check valve. The lower shell is sealed to the upper shell with a gasket. A collar insert is slid into an inner diameter of a bore that is disposed on the top... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5826405 | Method and apparatus for opening taped bags A method of opening a bag includes the steps of providing a bag including a first panel, a second panel, a first bag edge, a second bag edge, a bag bottom, and a bag mouth; holding the bag mouth between a first means for vacuumizing and a second means for... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5809745 | Apparatus and method for stacking and packing articles An apparatus and method for continuously counting, stacking, and packaging relatively rigid and stackable articles, such as frozen meat patties, is provided. The apparatus includes a bottom stacker for stacking stackable articles in a column, a stack move... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5782066 | Apparatus for filling a bag with an article loaded in a tray An apparatus for loading an article into a bag. The apparatus comprises a loading station which is positioned adjacent a conveyor carrying the articles to be filled in the bags. The loading station comprises a bag delivery plate, a bag bottom opening plat... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5758362 | Process and device for handling stacks of blanks having wrappings A process and a device for severing wrappings (11) in each case surrounding a stack (10) of blanks and for removing the wrappings (11). To guarantee that they are held together better, stacks (10) of blanks are surrounded by a strip-shaped wrapping (11). In th... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5735786 | Method and apparatus for automatically lining a container The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for automatically lining a container having at least one open end. A bag-type liner having a sealed and unsealed end is suspended in the container with the sealed end down. A plurality of clamps gr... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5722217 | Method and apparatus for continuosusly forming, filling and sealing packages while linked together A method of continuously forming, filling and sealing of packages with a continuous web of polyethylene film material is disclosed and comprises the steps of folding the web to provide confronting sides joined along a bottom edge and sealing by training t... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5687544 | Packaging and sealing apparatus A packaging and sealing apparatus has an opening mechanism for forming the package forcibly to an open configuration, an inserting mechanism for inserting the product into the package which has been formed by the opening mechanism, an open end forming mec... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5682734 | Bagging machine for inserting semi-compressible articles into preformed bags A bagging machine for inserting semi-compressible articles into preformed bags having a product loading arm vertically and horizontally mounted to the bag loading surface of a frame that can be programmed to move downwardly to engage a plurality of articl... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5598686 | Mail processing equipment A method and apparatus for exposing the contents of envelopes for removal in which a horizontal stack of envelopes is advanced towards the suction roller. The envelopes have previously been opened along a top longitudinal edge and two vertical side edges.... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5564252 | Dual web intermittent motion packaging machine A dual web, intermittent motion packaging machine consisting of two webs being pulled by a dual web feeder roller unit through a dual side heat sealing device and a dual bag cutting device for forming two sets of bags. The dual web feeder roller device is... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5561962 | Insert apparatus A compact disc (CD) is inserted into a sleeve as the sleeve is continuously advanced past a load position at which the CD is removed from a vertical spindle by a pivotally mounted lift arm and inserted into an open edge of the sleeve with the arm moving a... | 10/08/1996 |
