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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6360512 | Machine and method for fastening a load The machine and the method are for fastening a load. The machine comprises a machine frame positioned around a central axis, a delivering carriage including an output delivering device for delivering a flexible material as a rope, first controllable movin... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6357206 | Packaging method A method of securing an article in a container or to a panel member for insertion in a container for shipping comprising providing at least two anchor clips extending into the container through the bottom, side panel or a corner of the container and defin... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6345488 | Decorative assembly for a floral grouping A decorative assembly for a floral grouping comprising a floral holding material and a sheet of material. The floral holding material is constructed of a material capable of receiving a portion of a floral grouping and supporting the floral grouping. The ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6343457 | Method of wrapping a bouquet A method and apparatus for automatically wrapping a sheet about a bouquet of flowers. The sheet having spaced apart defined first and second portions is placed against a support member, such as a prepared table top, and the bouquet is positioned on the sh... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6341470 | Wrapping machine A wrapping machine includes a first wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping around a bale to partially wrap the bale in wrapping material, a second wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping material around the bale to completely wrap the... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6336306 | Round-bale press and a method of compressing refuse The invention relates to a round-bale press for compressing refuse into round bales and to such a method. The round-bale press according to the invention enables refuse to be compacted within a compressing chamber (10). For this purpose, an endless belt (... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6327836 | Method for providing a multi-layered decoration cover for a flower pot A decorative flower pot cover and method for producing same is disclosed wherein the decorative flower pot cover is provided with a multi-layered upper portion formed of a plurality of sheets of material wherein each sheet of material is provided with an ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6324820 | Spool transfer coil wrapping machine A wrapping machine for wrapping a generally toroidal body having an opening therethrough with an elongated length of wrapping material has supports for a body to be wrapped with the central axis of the opening through the body in a predetermined position ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324814 | Method of shipping very large tires An improved method of shipping, storing, and changing very large tires having a removable tread belt mounted to a tire carcass which are typically used on very large vehicles such as earthmovers. By compressing both the tread belts and the tire carcasses,... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324813 | Decorative sleeve cover formed of a polymeric material having a cloth-appearing finish on a surface thereof A flexible sleeve disposable about at least a portion of a flower pot or floral grouping is disclosed wherein the flexible sleeve is formed of a flexible, expanded core polymeric material in which at least one surface of the material has been textured or ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6321643 | Defective-portion marking method, defective-portion marking apparatus, and bundling apparatus A defective-portion marking method and defective-portion marking apparatus which can put a mark all around a long body (1), ensure easy removal of the mark, and eliminate the need for securely joining both ends of a line-like elastic body (2') into a ring... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321508 | Method of containing a botanical item with a sleeve having an expandable portion A plant packaging system and method comprising a combination of a protective upper portion and a decorative lower portion having a base portion and a skirt portion for packaging a potted plant or a botanical item and a growing medium without a pot. The pr... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6318050 | Method of attaching a sleeve to a pot A plant package, comprising a pot containing a floral grouping and a flexible sleeve having detaching elements at preselected areas, the sleeve further including a bonding material which connects the sleeve to the pot when the pot is positioned within the... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6311461 | Article packaging system The present invention is a modular system for packaging articles for shipment. In particular, a potted plant is sorted according to a grade, placed in a decorative cover, then automatically deposited into a protective sleeve. The potted plant thus package... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6304795 | Operation for processing piece goods as well as control process and facility for carrying out the processing operation The claimed processing operation is used to process piece goods. Large numbers of at least similar objects are processed by feeding objects into the operation in streams (PS) of starting products (A), feeding the starting products and/or intermediate prod... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6295791 | Method for providing a decorative cover for a flower pot using a collar Method for providing a decorative cover for a flower pot comprising a collar wherein the collar clamps a sheet of material to the flower pot or wherein the sheet of material is connected to the collar and the collar is connectable to the flower pot.... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6293074 | Method and apparatus for stretch wrapping a load A leading end of packaging material is attached to a retainer to hold the leading end of the packaging material as the retainer moves toward the load. The retainer is positioned adjacent the load and packaging material is dispensed from a packaging materi... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6289652 | Method and apparatus for wrapping a load A non-powered packaging material transporting surface for use in combination with a load support surface of a wrapping apparatus for wrapping a top and bottom of a load is provided. The non-powered packaging material transporting surface includes non-driv... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6282868 | Method and device for strapping or wrapping objects Objects are conveyed to a strapping position (U) along a conveying path (F), are strapped in this strapping position and are conveyed away from it. For the strapping a strapping material (4) is positioned curtain-like across the conveying path (F) and is ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6276116 | Method and arrangement in connection with wrapping of a piece Provided are an arrangement and method for changing a film roll (R) in a wrapping machine, the wrapping machine comprising at least film distribution means (3) for supplying a wrapping film (F) in a continuous web from the film roll (R) around a piece (P)... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6269611 | Decorative assembly for a floral grouping A decorative assembly for a floral grouping comprising a floral holding material and a sheet of material. The floral holding material is constructed of a material capable of receiving a portion of a floral grouping and supporting the floral grouping. The ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6269610 | Method and apparatus for stretch wrapping a load A leading end of packaging material is grasped in a packaging material holder while a load is wrapped. Packaging material is dispensed from a packaging material dispenser, and relative rotation is provided between the dispenser and a load to wrap packagin... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6263940 | In-line continuous feed sleeve labeling machine and method An in-line continuous feed sleeve labeling machine labels containers, such as beverage containers, in an in-line fashion maintaining the elevation of the containers during their linear transport. The in-line continuous feed sleeve labeling machine of the ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6253532 | Wrapping apparatus Wrapping apparatus for wrapping an object such as an agricultural bale with stretched film has a powered stretch film dispenser mounted to a swing arm disposed above a bale support; the swing arm is connected to a drive unit by which the arm is swung caus... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6247294 | Wrapping apparatus Wrapping apparatus for winding a web of wrapping foil (F) around an object (1). The wrapping apparatus comprises a ring guideway (2) defining a track of variable curvature and foil dispenser (6). The foil dispenser is provided with idler assemblies (10, 1... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6237307 | Apparatus and method for manually applying stretch film to palletized products An apparatus and method for manually applying stretch film to palletized loads or products comprises a vertically upstanding mast member, a horizontally extending static boom member connected to the mast member, a horizontally extending orbiting boom memb... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6230473 | Method and apparatus for packing stacks of flat articles Stacks (2) of flat articles supplied in a serial stack stream are wrapped with a film (3) in a first packing step so the film (3) covers the top, bottom and two vertical sides of each stack and projects beyond both sides of the covered stack sides. Packin... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6223500 | Apparatus and method for wrapping compressible articles with a web-like wrapping material The apparatus for wrapping compressible box-like articles (10) such as a stock of newspapers or magazines, with a web-like wrapping material (12). The apparatus has three serially arranged belt conveyors (16, 18, 20), and the second belt conveyor (18) is ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6223499 | Sleeved packaging method A method is provided in which two or more products are packaged together by wrapping a wrapper of, preferably, a heat-shrinkable plastic sheet material around them. The wrapper is applied so that its opposite edges either overlap and bond together by a co... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6209449 | Arrangement of processing devices, in particular of cross-strapping devices, and method for operating the arrangement Two per se known cross-strapping devices (10, 11) to which packages or bundles (1, 2 . . . 5) to be strapped are supplied in a conveying direction (F) in which one package or bundle at a time is positioned and crosswise strapped and out of which strapped ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6205750 | Method for packaging bulk goods and a container for bulk goods A method for packaging bulk goods into an intermediate bulk container including the steps of placing an inner package made of a flexible resilient material onto a base, providing the inner package with a reinforcement structure in an interior thereof, fil... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6195962 | Floral grouping wrapper having a detachable portion A method for wrapping a wrapper about a floral grouping wherein the wrapper is a sleeve or sheet or material having a cinching tab or strip of bonding material or both and a detaching means such as perforations for detaching a portion of the sleeve or she... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6189291 | Method and apparatus for stretch wrapping a load A leading end of packaging material is grasped in a packaging material holder while a load is wrapped. Packaging material is dispensed from a packaging material dispenser, and relative rotation is provided between the dispenser and a load to wrap packagin... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6186326 | Wrapped paper roll A wrapping machine for a paper roll having a first wrapping head including at least one supply of a first wrapping material. A first movement device moves the first wrapping head in a first predetermined direction. The wrapping machine further has a secon... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6185905 | Device and a method for the formation and strapping or banding of group of sheets, in particular banknotes Banknotes emerging from a currency processing machine with a plurality of formation channels advance in succession along respective ducts of which the runouts are equipped with respective rollers positioned to pick up the notes, transfer them to each chan... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6185900 | Method and apparatus for stretch wrapping a load A leading end of packaging material is grasped in a packaging material holder while a load is wrapped. Packaging material is dispensed from a packaging material dispenser, and relative rotation is provided between the dispenser and a load to wrap packagin... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6182392 | Mountable and demountable wrapping material and method for use A wrapping material for wrapping an item, such as a floral grouping is provided. The wrapping material has a bonding material on a surface so that, when the wrapping material is formed into a wrapper, the wrapper may be releasably attached to a mounting s... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182393 | Assembly for displaying a wrapped floral grouping mounted on a support surface A wrapping material for wrapping an item, such as a floral grouping, is provided. The wrapping material has a bonding material on a surface so that, when the wrapping material is formed into a wrapper, the wrapper may be releasably attached to a mounting ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6178720 | Method and apparatus for forming stable stacks of intrinsically unstable objects A method and apparatus for depositing objects to form a stack of individual layers, wherein each individual layer is separately formed with a band which extends endlessly about the lateral surface of the layer, said band being of relatively yieldable and ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6176066 | Hook and loop fastener strapping for semiconductor carrying trays An antistatic strapping apparatus for binding and securing a plurality of semiconductor device carrier trays, the apparatus including a strap member having opposed ends and a side defined as a top side spaced from a side defined as a bottom side and a maj... | 01/23/2001 |
