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 |
| 6973867 | Valve controlled fluidic actuator system A valve controlled fluid power actuator arrangement having a fluid power valve arrangement (61) controlled by an electronic control means (63 through 65) being connected by means of at least one plastic fluid power line (11) with at least... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6942404 | Marker tubing processing methods and apparatus A processing system according to the present invention includes a printer that receives unprocessed marker tubing stock (i.e., multiple rows of uncut and unprinted tubing mounted on a carrier) for simultaneous printing of the marker tubing and the carrier with a sin... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935087 | Method and apparatus for automatically packing tuna loins into plastic bags A method and apparatus is provided for automatically forming raw tuna loins into homogenized, formed packets and packing those packets into bags for freezing and shipping to distant canning plants. A conveyed stream of raw tuna loins is tamped and compacted into a h... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935088 | Method of packaging stone cell plate The present invention provides a method of packaging stone cell plate, in which four steps as follows: the first step is to cut the stone plate into a size that the cust omers can lay over directly; the second step is to lay a crash pad on the bottom side of the sto... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932689 | Apparatus for severing the link between two sausages In an apparatus for severing a link between two sausages, in particular for cutting out a clip at a twisting point by means of a cutting device which has a cutting edge, comprises at least two cutting edges lying opposite one another and movable toward one another w... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922975 | Cosmetic material sheet and method for manufacture of the sheet and apparatus for use in the manufacture A cosmetic material sheet which comprises a sheet substrate 1 having, on an upper surface thereof, a large number of concave portions 5 arranged in a checkered pattern, a foundation layer 6 provided at a given position on the upper surface of th... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920739 | Food product marking systems and methods A method and apparatus for aligning a mark to a plurality of individual pieces of food product to be divided from a sheet of food product before the individual pieces of food product are at least partially divided from the sheet of food product. In an aspect of the ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6918232 | Packaging a strip of material in side by side stacks spliced end to end A package of a strip of material is formed by slitting or perforating a web to separate the web into side by side strips and fan folding the web to form a plurality of side by side stacks of the strips. The strip of each stack is spliced to the strip of the next sta... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6909936 | Method and a plant for producing articles, in particular paper rolls or the like, and a conveying apparatus usable in said plant A method for defining the operation of a plant for producing, conveying and packaging articles. The articles include rolls, such as rolls of paper material and the like. The plant includes the following operative sections: at least an apparatus for forming articles ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6907711 | Sheet package producing system, sheet handling device, and fillet folding device A sheet package producing system includes at least a cutter module and a packaging module. The cutter module has a cutter blade, for producing X-ray films by cutting a continuous sheet material. The packaging module has packaging robots, for producing a sheet packag... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6907981 | Conveyer assembly for a produce packaging system A conveyer assembly used as part of an automated packaging system is disclosed. The conveyer assembly allows the container filling process and produce leveling process to be combined as a single process station in an automated packaging system. The conveyer assembly... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6799412 | Cottoner apparatus A cottoner having a wadding section forming station, the station having: a carrier, a holder, and a feed mechanism mounted on a base in series. Moving means on the base reciprocate the a carrier toward and away from the feed mechanism. An operating controller on the... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6752056 | Intercalated sheet feeding device for a cold cuts slicer The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting food products. The apparatus includes a support for a food product, a blade, and an intercalated sheet feeding device, which guides a free end of a continuous strip by using compressed air. ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6746701 | Packaged, stacked, opened pocket bread and method thereof A method of preparation and delivery of pocket bread in which the pocket bread is cut immediately after baking, the walls of the pocket bread are separated along the cut line, and individual pieces of pocket bread are nested one inside another to create a stack. Eac... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6725628 | Process for the continuous production of beverage filter bags This invention relates to a process for the continuous production of beverage filter bags, especially tea bags with a hanging strip made from a carrier sheet material and with at least one pocket which consists of a filter material and is closed on all sides, contai... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715265 | Method and a plant for producing articles, in particular paper rolls or the like, and a conveying apparatus usable in said plant A method for defining the operation of a plant for producing, conveying and packaging articles. The articles include rolls, such as rolls of paper material and the like. The plant includes the following operative sections: at least an apparatus for forming articles ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6711879 | Method for producing surgical sponge device and product thereof A surgical spear includes a cut sponge element that has been processed to render it at least substantially free from particulates and other debris; an eye spear comprised of an essentially particulate-free sponge element is uniquely suited for LASIK surgery. In most... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6681478 | Method of and apparatus for processing photographic photosensitive film When any of facilities of a film producing and packaging system suffers a failure, a film processing controller shuts off the film producing and packaging system. The operator repairs a failing facility and manually discharges a length of an elongate film... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6662529 | Ultrasonic method for dividing pastries and inserting dividers An apparatus and method for cutting separate portions of a food product and inserting dividers between adjacent portions, in which a cutting blade is ultrasonically energized during a first cutting movement, the blade is withdrawn while a divider sheet is... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6659442 | Method and device for inserting a plurality of individual sheetlike forms of administration in a dispenser by forming a multilayer pile A process for introducing a plurality of segregated sheet-like administration forms into a dispenser under formation of a multilayered stack for individually dosable removal, with sheet-like tapes wound-up on rolls being present as starting material, util... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655112 | Primary packaging unit for film-like or oblate-like administered shapes A primary packaging unit for film-like or wafer-like administration forms for oral application with an off-cut of an upper web of packaging material and of an lower web of packaging material is characterized in that a plurality of dosage units of a film-l... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6643994 | Process for converting a continuous structure into discrete, spaced apart elements The present invention relates to a process for converting a continuous structure into discrete, spaced apart elements by means of an expandable support web. First, the continuous structure is combined with a support web comprising longitudinal expansion m... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6643993 | Method of packaging a strip of material for use in cutting into sheet elements arranged end to end A package of a strip of material has a plurality of parallel side by side stacks each containing a length of the strip which is folded back and forth such that each folded portion of the stack is folded relative to the next portion about a line transverse... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6622458 | High speed fish canning method and apparatus A method and apparatus are provided for automatically packaging fish at high speeds into horizontally oriented cans. Speeds of approximately 600 cans per minute may be obtained with the preferred configuration of the present invention, wherein two incomin... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6619017 | Apparatus and method for conveying items Apparatus and method for conveying items (P), comprising a line for transporting said items (P) from a machine (12) for working said items situated upstream, which advances and transfers to the line (15) said items (P) at a predetermined speed (V0), to a ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6594973 | Method of packaging and selling natural stone This invention comprises a unique method for the sale of natural stone, special packaging for the stone and a method of doing business to make the stone available in high volume stores to the average consumer. The method comprises pre-fabricating the ston... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6533564 | Apparatus for forming adhesive cartridges An apparatus for continuously forming thermoplastic adhesive cartridges. A molten thermoplastic adhesive supply provides a supply of molten adhesive to a pump downstream from the molten thermoplastic adhesive supply. The pump then provides a molten thermo... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6505457 | Automatic film insertion device An automatic film insertion device automatically unwinds a predetermined amount of plastic tubing from a roll, measures the required length, cuts and automatically inserts the cut piece into the mouth of filled pharmaceutical bottles. In one embodiment, a... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6468375 | Package A packaging product for forming a package is disclosed. The package product comprises a planar member, with at least one surface (3) of the planar member having a first array of parallel creases (11) and a second array of parallel creases (13) perpendicul... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6395321 | Process for sealing food products such as processed cheese slices A method for packaging food items, such as processed cheese, into a plastic film package that entirely encloses the food item with peelable heat seals, such as hermetic peelable heat seals. The heat of the food item is used to activate a sealant within th... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6351927 | Device for portioning foodstuffs, in particular ground meat, to be packed in trays or the like The invention relates to a portioning device for packaging in containers such as trays a pre-established amount of foodstuff such as ground meat, supplied through an extrusion plate of a grinder, which lays down a mass of ground meat in a continuous strip... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6336307 | Method of packaging a strip of material for use in cutting into sheet elements arranged end to end A package of a strip of material has a plurality of parallel side by side stacks each containing a length of the strip which is folded back and forth such that each folded portion of the stack is folded relative to the next portion about a line transverse... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6276115 | Method of cutting and packaging formed loin cuts A process for packaging selected traditional cuts of pork loin by cutting the whole pork loin at successive saw stations to form a predetermined number of traditional cuts and moving the formed traditional cuts to corresponding traditional cut locations. ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6270935 | Index photograph, exposed film package, and film package producing system An exposed film package for preserving one strip of exposed photographic film includes a film sheath, which has plural pockets. Plural film pieces are formed by cutting the one strip of the exposed film, and contained respectively in the pockets in the fi... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6263814 | Strip of material with splices and products formed therefrom A package of a continuous strip of material includes a plurality of parallel side by side stacks each containing a length of the strip which is folded back and forth such that each folded portion of the stack is folded relative to the next portion about a... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6250047 | Method of making a disposable non-latex tourniquet A method for forming a disposable non-latex tourniquet from a thermoplastic elastomer and an additive comprising slip and anti-block components.... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6217498 | Packaging system and method including cushioning conversion machine with sloped chute and auto-feed A packaging system and method according to the invention are generally characterized by a cushioning conversion machine for forming and dispensing cut sections of a cushioning product through a discharge outlet, an inclined dispensing chute for sequential... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6182418 | Method and apparatus for packaging tissue in a pop-up dispenser A method and apparatus for packaging tissue in a pop-up tissue dispenser is disclosed. The pop-up dispenser being a carton having a top wall, a bottom wall and four sidewalls which join the top wall to the bottom wall. The carton also has an opening forme... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182420 | Method of making a cosmetic sampler using bulk thin film application techniques A method for producing cosmetic samplers that incorporates the genuine cosmetic through the use of bulk thin film application techniques such as extrusion or spray technology. The method comprises first applying a cosmetic slurry to a base substrate and t... | 02/06/2001 |
