Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7594371 | Method and device for forming a top film sheet from a film web Apparatus for forming a top film sheet from a film web wound upon a roll of film and for setting it onto an object to be packaged. A free end portion of the film depends downwardly from a pair of holding jaws, and a pair of pulling jaws is movable between an EXTENDE... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7434369 | Guillotine cutter and tape affixing apparatus The guillotine cutter of the present invention has a fixed blade and a movable blade that moves back and forth along a straight line while contacting against the fixed blade, and the movable blade and the fixed blade cooperate to cut a tape-shaped object for cutting... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7395640 | Electric dispenser for wrap film An electric dispenser for wrap film includes a base, two side covers, a conveying track, a driving device, a cutting device, an accommodating case and a bottom cover. The conveying track is contained in the base, driven by the driving device to pull out the wrap fil... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386967 | Round baler A round baler has a bale chamber, a movable flap for delivering a bale, a wrapping material dispenser for supplying wrapping material for wrapping a finished bale in the bale chamber, a knife movable from a ready position into a final position to separate a continuo... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7367251 | Format change in a corrugating plant A method of implementing a change of format in a system for cutting sheets of corrugated board comprises the application of at least three first longitudinal cuts by a first group of longitudinal-cutter tool and at least three second longitudinal cuts by a second gr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347035 | Assembly for automatically unrolling and cutting stretch film An assembly is disclosed for unrolling and pre-stretching stretch film as the film is fed from the assembly to goods/products to be wrapped or packed. The assembly comprises a first member for controlling the unwinding of the film from a spool, and a cutter arranged... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343842 | Apparatus for cutting film tubing The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting film tubing in a machine for applying tubular labels to each of a series of containers that are transported on a conveyor. The film tubing is advanced incrementally through a ring gear and a bore in a platform on whi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331162 | Package sealer for slicing machine A slicing machine has a deposition surface adapted to support a fusible bottom sheet. Slices are cut from a foodstuff and deposited as a stack on the bottom sheet on the surface between edges of the surface so that a fusible top sheet can be placed atop the stack. R... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325368 | Apparatus for feeding inner wrapper for wrapping cigarette bundles An apparatus for feeding an inner wrapper for an inner pack in a cigarette package has a rotatable web roll (R) formed by winding a web for the inner wrapper. The web has aluminum foil and a paper layer laminated onto the aluminum foil and containing menthol. The fe... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318305 | Packing machine and film buffer A packaging machine for wrapping packing pieces with packing film. The packing machine includes a transport device for the packing pieces, at least one unspooling device for unspooling the packing film wound on a roller, a film welding and cutting unit, and a film b... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302781 | Bander apparatus and method of using same A method and apparatus for wrapping stacks of web product with wrap web material supplied from a supply roll. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and moving the stacks to be wrapped along a conveying path, a drive assembly operable to receive wrap mater... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7275469 | Planetary tubing cutter The planetary tubing cutter of the invention provides a gearing assembly having a pair of ring gears and a number of pinions with a blade affixed to each pinion. The ring gears are parallel to one another and are individually driven. The pinions are rotatably mounte... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270054 | Integrated package pacer for strapping machine A package pacer is configured for use with an automatic strapping machine having a strap chute through which strap material is fed and from which strap material is tensioned onto a package. The strapping machine has an in-feed conveyor defining a plane and is config... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269931 | Overwrapping machine for packets of cigarettes An overwrapping machine for packets of cigarettes, wherein a first feed line feeds the packets of cigarettes successively along a first path, and a second feed line feeds sheets of transparent packing material successively along a second path intersecting the first ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7207155 | Method of packing packets of cigarettes using a sheet of packing material for implementing such a method A method of packing packets (2) of cigarettes, in particular an orderly group (1) of packets (2) of cigarettes, wherein the orderly group (1) is packed solely in a sheet (11) of transparent heat-seal plastic packing material, which... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200979 | Shrink- or stretch-wrapping system for object stack An apparatus for wrapping an object having vertical sides and a top with a hood-shaped foil having a closed end and an open end fits the foil over the object in such a manner that excess-foil projections are formed at the closed end that project outward from the top... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7174697 | System and process for packaging products A system and process for packaging groups of products, such as spirally wound paper products are disclosed. During the packaging of groups, a continuous supply of a wrapping material is unwound and cut periodically in the edge regions. Optionally, a perforation line... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7146891 | Device for transferring two-dimensional products onto a transportation device A method for segregating and transferring a product from a web of material includes the steps of conveying the web of material between a punching roll and a counter pressure roll, the punching roll having at least one cutting edge and at least one suction orifice; p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7107739 | Cross-feed wrapping apparatus and process A cross-feed wrapping apparatus and process for wrapping an object such as a paper roll including a stand assembly for supporting a paper wrapper roll, a feeder assembly for moving a paper wrapper section in a first direction, and a knife assembly for cutting the pa... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7077925 | Method of fitting products with stretchable sleeves Method of fitting products with stretchable sleeves. A stretchable sheath is placed on a reel by forming a tubular sheath made from a stretchable plastic material of the dimension required to fit the product, flattening the sheath whilst forming a gusset in each sid... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7017323 | Packaging machine A packaging machine for wrapping packing pieces with packing film. The packing machine includes a transport device for the packing pieces arranged in a transport channel, at least one pulling device for the packing film and a film cutting and welding device which, w... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6952909 | Apparatus for gripping and dividing film used for wrapping a palettised load An apparatus for holding and cutting film (1) comprises a unit (6) for gripping and tearing the film (1), located outside the profile of a platform (2) and designed to enable a portion of film of width (L1) between a stack (3 | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945016 | Shrink- or stretch-wrapping system for object stack An object having a top and sides is wrapped by first covering it with a hood-shaped foil such that excess-foil projections are formed that project from the top of the object past the sides of the object. Then the foil is pulled adjacent the projections out of contac... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939285 | Ribbon curling and shredding device A device for curling polypropylene ribbon comprises means (12) for delivering a supply of curlable ribbon, curling means (17) for the ribbon, and drive means (31–33) for drawing the ribbon across said curling means. The device may include guid... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938397 | Package wrapping method and apparatus A semi-automatic gift or package wrapping method and apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a machine frame that provides a work surface with measuring and wrapping sections. A sheet feed and cutting mechanism feeds paper from a role in two steps with a time... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6910315 | Wrapping machine and method for wrapping a wrapping film around an object A wrapping machine has a film dispensing unit (1), which includes first supporting elements (2) and first deflecting elements (51 . . . 510) for a first wrapping film (4) and second supporting elements (6 | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905432 | Chain drive arrangement A chain drive for pivot chains (7) or round link chains (8) having spur gears (2) and a polygonal chain wheel (10) reduces variations in velocity and acceleration transferred to the chains (7), (8). The driven gear wheel ( | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901721 | Unit for overwrapping packets Packets are overwrapped in a cellophaner unit equipped with a wheel by which the packets are directed through an assembly station together with leaves of wrapping material and toward a folding station where the leaves are bent around the packets, also a suction roll... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6796109 | Large round baler A large round baler is provided with a wrapping arrangement which supplies wrapping material to a baling chamber inlet at a location above the floor of a baling chamber. The wrapping arrangement includes a wrapping material supply roll positioned at, or in frictiona... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6722100 | Simplified wrap material dispenser for crop bales An agricultural baler for making cylindrical bales of crop material has a sledge assembly moveable between bale starting and full bale positions. The sledge assembly includes a plurality of rollers which cooperate with an apron to define a bale forming chamber. A me... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6666006 | Sheet feeder and sealer for automatic slicing machine A slicing machine has a main housing having a horizontal conveyor surface and a subassembly in the main housing for cutting slices from a foodstuff and depositing them on the conveyor surface. A supply housing immediately upstream of the main housing carr... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6662531 | Method and an installation for thermoforming, filling, and closing re-entrant receptacles The method and the installation of the invention enable re-entrant receptacles to be thermoformed, filled, and closed, the rim of each receptacle having a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of its body. Prior to thermoforming a row of receptacles,... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6658818 | Process and machine for dividing a multi-layered web utilized in aseptic packaging into a plurality of individual webs of equal width A system of dividing an endless, wide multi-layered web of packing material into a plurality of individual webs of equal width and aseptically processing the individual webs comprises laser-cutting elongated slits into the endless wide multi-layered web a... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6539690 | Semi-automatic film cut/clamp device and method of operating the same A system and method for severing a portion of a wrapping film for facilitating the detachment and attachment of trailing and leading end portions of the wrapping film from and onto loads disposed at a wrapping station in conjunction with film wrapping ope... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6502370 | Method for manufacturing a package for packaging food products and apparatus for executing the method A method for manufacturing a package for packaging food products, composed of an outer sheet made of heat-sealable material and of an undulated inner sheet. In a first step of the method, the two sheets are unwound from respective reels, so that the outer... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6460314 | Wrapping machine for wrapping an article A wrapping machine is disclosed, for wrapping an article. The machine is designed for wrapping five surfaces of the article except the bottom thereof. The machine has detectors for determining the length of the front surface and the back surface of the ar... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6453805 | Arrangement for securing loose twine ends on a cylindrical bale A large round baler has an expansible baling chamber defined, in part, by a plurality of side-by-side mounted belts that act to roll up crop to form a bale within the chamber. The baler is equipped with a twine wrapping arrangement which leaves loose twin... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6357208 | Method of feeding collars to a continuous packing line for producing rigid packets of cigarettes In a unit for feeding collars to a continuous packing line for producing rigid packets of cigarettes, a continuous strip is cut by a knife, at a cutting station, into a succession of collars which are picked up continuously by respective pickup members, e... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357201 | Packaging machine, in particular for cigarettes Packaging machine, in particular for cigarettes, having subassemblies and elements for handling packaging material and cigarettes. In order to reduce the outlay on servicing for the packaging machine, the practice, in the region where dust and material pa... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6343455 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing packaging bags, and bags obtained thereby The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing packaging bags having lateral bellows, the method being characterized by the fact that it comprises the steps consisting in: forming respective cutouts (150, 160) in each of the two lateral, bello... | 02/05/2002 |
