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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037661 | Shuttle change system and method for wrapping apparatus A shuttle change system for use in a wrapping apparatus for wrapping an associated item is disclosed. The wrapping apparatus includes a shuttle that moves along the inner periphery of a track dispensing a wrapping material. The shuttle change system includes a carri... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7963087 | Wrapping device and method for operating a wrapping device The invention relates to a wrapping device, which includes a frame, a wrapping ring arranged to move relative to the frame, which in the wrapping position is arranged to travel through the center hole of the piece being wrapped, and which, in the vertical direction,... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7357252 | Protective device for spooled and/or reeled materials A reusable device for protecting spooled materials such as wire, cable, fiber or others during their transport, storage, and warehousing. The device is wrapped circumferentially around the spooled material, secured, and is sufficiently impact resistant to prevent un... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7253714 | Power supply transformer with high efficiency A high-efficiency power supply transformer improved on its iron core which is a closed annular member made by continuous winding a silicon steel sheet and completed by sintering and fixing to keep directionality, after insulation processing with a heat shrinking wra... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7155880 | Method and apparatus for packaging saw blades A protective cover for use on one or more saw blades. An insert can be positioned on the saw blade(s). The cover is formed from a heat shrinking material that is shrunk around the saw blade(s) to provide a thin close fitting cover that protects teeth on the saw blad... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140207 | Device for the continuous treatment of yarns with process fluids Device for the continuous treatment of yarns with process fluids comprising a Venturi nozzle fed with process fluid as driving fluid to feed the yarn to the treatment, a distributor for distributing the yarn in the treatment reactor according to a layer of superimpo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124553 | Continuous roll stock netting machine An apparatus for encasing material in continuous roll stock netting is described. The apparatus has a product horn axially aligned with and diametrically opposed to a mandrel over which continuous roll stock netting has been placed. The mandrel is movable into a pas... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7096645 | Method of and apparatus for packaging rolled article A packaging apparatus has a packaging sheet feed mechanism for gripping a side edge of a light-shielding leader and feeding the light-shielding leader to a winding position to position it in the winding position, a rotating and supporting mechanism for positioning a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093412 | Glass base material packing method A method of packing a glass base material (10, 20, 30), which is a base material of an optical fiber comprising packing the glass base material (10, 20, 30) into a cylindrical container (16, 26, 36). The packing has: putting the glass base mater... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7032358 | Device for closing the side ends of a package enclosing one roll or rolls of material in an automatic packaging machine In a device for closing side ends of packages enclosing only one roll or one row of rolls in an automatic packaging machine, operating apparatus are connected to the machine packaging line. A package, partially wrapped by a sheet, is fed to the packaging line in a f... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032361 | Method of and system for automatically packaging rolls A system for automatically packaging photosensitive rolls includes a flanged member installing device for selecting flanged members corresponding to a photosensitive roll and automatically installing the flanged members respectively on opposite ends of the photosens... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6994307 | Method and apparatus for packaging saw blades A protective cover for use on one or more saw blades. The cover is formed from a heat shrinking material that is shrunk on the saw blade(s) to provide a thin close fitting cover that protects teeth on the saw blade(s). A tag can be attached to the cover and/or saw b... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988348 | Method for packaging saw blades A protective cover for use on one or more saw blades. The cover is formed from a heat shrinking material that is shrunk on the saw blade(s) to provide a thin close fitting cover that protects teeth on the saw blade(s). A tag can be attached to the cover and/or saw b... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6973764 | Method of stacking and wrapping protectors for sheet metal coils A protector for sheet metal coil is formed of plastic with a flange and sleeve which are joined together at a ridge portion. The protectors incorporate symmetrically disposed groupings of stacking features or components which include a finger within a stacking acces... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6955028 | Food container and methods of forming and using thereof A method of forming a multiple food product container for dispensing one food product from at or near one region of the container, and dispensing another food product at or near the other region of the container, is provided. In the method the two containers are cou... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951089 | Endless belt mercantile storage and display system, apparatus and method An endless drive belt storage and display module enables a plurality of endless drive belts of different sizes to be placed circumferentially, one inside the other, in a way that makes optimal use of available space, causes minimal belt bending, enables easy removal... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6789672 | Packaging apparatus for roll product and package of roll product When packaging a roll product in which a belt-shaped sensitized material has been wound around a core with a light shielding sheet, the packaging apparatus is capable of forming an angle pleated portion of a gather-folded portion which covers a roll end surface with... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6705060 | Method and apparatus for wrapping a coil This disclosure describes an apparatus for wrapping all exposed surfaces of a large annular coil, including its hollow cylindrical core, to prevent contamination and to prepare it for shipping. A pair of opposing robotic arms hand off or transfer a roll of wrapping ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6594976 | Packaging device The object of the present invention is to provide a packaging apparatus that supplies the packaging material by the packing material supply means provided independently of the mobile body that moves along the annular guide body. In order to achieve the ob... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6439384 | Method and apparatus for wrapping, protecting and preventing corrosion on coiled metal An apparatus and method for enclosing and protecting a metal coil in VPCI impregnated materials such that the metal coil can be transported in an eye horizontal orientation. The apparatus includes a metal coil that has an eye at its center and a vapor pha... | 08/27/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6321510 | Method of wrapping drinking straws Sipping straws are confined in discrete envelopes while advancing in a single file of spaced-apart straws through a wrapping station. The envelopes are obtained from a continuous strip of wrapping paper which is conveyed to the wrapping station in the dir... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6192656 | Method of and apparatus for packaging cylindrical article A packaging apparatus packages a cylindrical article having a hollow region therein by gathering an end of a wide packaging sheet wrapped around the cylindrical article, and pressing the gathered end into the hollow region in the cylindrical article. The ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6178385 | Method and apparatus for checking the wrapping state of a roll A method of and apparatus for checking a wrapping state of a wrapped roll having end face covers by detecting the force required to press-fit a bushing into a cylindrical core tube and comparing the detected force with a threshold value which is based on ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6125612 | Method of stretch wrapping heavy coils A stretch wrapped and roped package for heavy loads such as cylindrical coils of metal, paper or the like that includes a skid supporting the load. A friction layer on the top of the skid and another friction layer on the bottom of the load which is cover... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6098376 | Light-tight package and method of forming the same A light-tight package for a roll 1 of light sensitive material has a central core 4 around which the material is wound, a flexible opaque leader 6 having a trailing end attached to the outermost end of the material and a pair of flexible end discs 7, 8 co... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6067774 | Process and device for packaging foodstuffs having an aperture Process and device for packaging foodstuffs having a recess, such as meats and sausages and gutted poultry, in which a previously sealed tubular section is taken through the aperture by means of an insertion pin, whereafter one end of the tubular section ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6036007 | Transportation case for a heavy object A transportation case for a heavy object. A top portion and a mating bottom portion, are proven to be the bottom portion having a lesser height than the top portion to minimize lift-over height into the bottom portion. The bottom portion employs a substan... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5983598 | Method for wrapping steel coils The method for wrapping a steel coil applies to wrapping a coiled material, particularly sheets of steel, aluminum and other metals which have been wound into a coil, in paper or a polymeric packaging material which contains a volatile corrosion inhibitor... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5941050 | Protecting flat-rolled sheet metal for shipment and storage Single station apparatus and processing procedures for packaging production-tonnage coils of flat-rolled sheet metal so as to provide protection from (i) packaged atmosphere, (ii) ambient atmosphere, and (iii) changing ambient atmospheric conditions. Such... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5896730 | Case tray and method for holding compact discs A double-sided plastic tray (12) for holding two compact discs. The tray has a disc-receiving surface (35a) on its face and obverse sides and a tray opening (61) is disposed thereon. A hub (50) comprising an array of tabs (51) is disposed on the surface (... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5894708 | Compressed core-wound paper product having a core opening and a process of making the same Disclosed is a compressed core-wound paper product such as toilet tissue or paper towels. The core-wound paper product comprises a paper product wound about a generally tubular core. The core-wound paper product is compressed, so that the core is flattene... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5867969 | Method for wrapping steel A method for wrapping coiled material which includes the selection of a tear-resistant bag having openings at either end and drawstrings near each opening. A roll of steel is lifted, e.g., by a forklift, and the bag is slipped over the roll of steel. The ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5782058 | Method and apparatus for wrapping coils A method and apparatus for wrapping coils of metallic strip and the like to protect against atmospheric corrosion are described. A plastic film sleeve is inserted through the open cylindrical centre and held in place by flanged collars at each end. The sl... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5755083 | Wrapping apparatus with shuttle change In a wrapping apparatus comprising a two-part endless track surrounding a wrapping station, a shuttle for dispensing wrapping medium able to ride around the track and thereby wrap an article in said station, and a track support structure such that at leas... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5706631 | Method and device for packaging a roll formed by a wound web of material A method and device for packaging a roll formed by a wound web of material. The roll has a first axial end and a second axial end. The method includes the steps of (1) wrapping the roll with a web of packaging material; (2) forming an axial projecting len... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5704478 | Centering bush A centering bush for connecting and centering winder cores which stand on one another. The centering bush, in one embodiment, has first and second cylindrical parts on both sides of a median plane, of which the first part lies above the plane, and the sec... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5657613 | Method and system for wrapping steel A method for wrapping a roll of steel or other coiled material which includes the selection of a tear-resistant sheet of proportions to accommodate a steel roll. The sheet is folded along lines parallel to its width, and holes are punched through the fold... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5501058 | Coil packing line equipped with independently reciprocating carriages A coil packing line in which coils are packed by a plurality of operation processes is provided. The coil packing line is provided with a plurality of work stations, stationary skid mechanisms, carriage mechanisms and a plurality of reciprocating mechanis... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5419933 | Annular article-wrapping member and method of making same An annular article-wrapping member includes a shrinkable wrapping material is wound on the outer periphery of an annular article to be wrapped in such a manner that the direction of shrinkage of the shrinkable wrapping material coincides with a circumfere... | 05/30/1995 |
