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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5570565 | Hay recompression and netting machine An apparatus for compressing and containing a material in an elastomeric net (26). The apparatus comprises a compression chamber (12), a material compressor (16), a holding chamber (18), a net expansion and placement mechanism (42), and a bale advance mec... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5568717 | Forming an envelope around inserts A stuffed mailing envelope is formed from webs of paper. A plurality of insert sheets are constructed from webs of insert paper by variably imaging the insert webs, and then intelligently aligning them and cutting them into aligned sheets, and then foldin... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5538778 | Method and apparatus for producing individual rolls of packing material An expanded cushioning material for packing or packaging is in the form of a filled cylinder. The cylinder is formed from a spiral of an essentially flexible, extended sheet material. The flexible material, in its unexpanded form, has a plurality of space... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5507133 | Inoculant method and apparatus A unique package for inoculants and a method for enabling the end user to introduce a pure culture of a microorganism into its appropriate growth substance, and later the microorganism enriched substance into a carrier material within a self-contained uni... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5471816 | Method for applying a band about a sheet of material and a pot A band applicator for applying a band about a sheet of material disposed about a pot to provide a decorative cover for the pot. The band applicator includes a pot frame having a pot opening and a band holder configured to releasably hold a plurality of ba... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5426917 | Automated line and method for preparing premade food set-ups An apparatus and method for the automated and large scale preparation of layered stacks of one or more food items such as sandwich meats, hors d'oeuvre servings and the like ("set-ups"). The apparatus conveys a continuous web of paper through a plurality ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5425217 | Apparatus and methods for inserting flat premium items Apparatus (10) is disclosed including a series of equally spaced air jets (36) in the center plate (18) of a channel (14). An end cover plate (22) and a cover (48) close the channel (14) to form a tunnel having infeed and outfeed ends. In the most preferr... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5421137 | Process for the further handling of sausage In a process for further handling sausages in a sausage string, the sausages are servered from the sausage string at a cutting point. This cutting point is assigned a sensor. The length of the sausage is established ahead of the cutting point by means of ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5392591 | Hay recompression and netting machine An apparatus for compressing and containing a material in an elastomeric net(26). The apparatus comprises a compression chamber(12), a material compressor(16), a holding chamber(18), a net expansion and placement mechanism (42), and a bale advance mechani... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5359832 | Accumulator and collator for packaging apparatus A packaging machine including packaging apparatus to form a chain of connected packages, a cutting station to separate the packages having a controllable variable speed drive, an accumulator between the packaging apparatus and cutting station to accumulat... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359833 | Method of depositing extruded pieces of substances onto individual wrapping sheets and apparatus for carrying out the method A method of cutting pieces of an extruded substance and depositing the pieces on individual wrapping sheets which are being conveyed in the same direction and at the same velocity as the extruded substance is disclosed. The wrapping sheets are fed in an o... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5343670 | Method of forming selected size and weight bales of hay into a selected size and weight non-palletized unit A method of unitizing a cargo of multiple substantially identical high density hay bales into multiple non-palletized units capable of being handled by a forklift truck or the like and fitted into shipping containers and utility vehicle cargo spaces compr... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5324529 | Process of and apparatus for handling green cheese A system for handling of cheese in the green state particularly directed for handling natural cheese types such as cheddar and colby in a manner so that they can be conveniently sub-divided and individually packaged, on the same day of manufacturing, into... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5321931 | Method and apparatus for storing used tires A method and apparatus for storing a plurality of tires having a threaded portion, a rim portion and two sidewall portions, said method comprising the following steps; peripherally slicing each of said tires in two half tires along said threaded portion a... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5308630 | Method for preserving sliced, cored fruit with complementary food center A method and package for packaging and preserving a sliced cored whole fruit (10) together with a complementary food (18). The whole fruit is prepared by coring to define an elongate central passage (12) and slicing the whole fruit into a plurality of rad... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5299409 | Automated line and method for preparing premade food set-ups An apparatus and method for the automated and large scale preparation of layered stacks of one or more food items such as sandwich meats, hors d'oeuvre servings and the like ("set-ups"). The apparatus conveys a continuous web of paper through a plurality ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5289669 | Coreless winder and method of use The invention resides in winder for automatically winding sections of sheet material to form separate tubes. The winder comprises a base, a supply of sheet material and a material drive means on the base for advancing sheet material from the supply toward... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5282350 | High speed inserter fed from roll material A method and apparatus for selective high-speed insertion of sheets from a plurality of webs into envelopes provides a mechanism for folding and inserting sheets into preformed envelopes. Preformed envelopes are provided for folding and inserting from a s... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5281429 | Apparatus and method for dispensing defined portions of ice cream or a like deformable product The apparatus and method relates to an automatic dispenser for dispensing portions of a product such as ice cream from a supply comprising a coiled tubular casing in which the ice cream is encased. The end of the casing is fed into the apparatus and, as t... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5263301 | Slide mounter with in-plane film pusher A film transparency severed from a photographic film web is inserted into a slide mount to prepare a photographic slide. The present invention relates to an "in-plane" film pusher for inserting a severed film transparency into a slide mount. The apparatus... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5257492 | Dunnage, method and apparatus for making, and package using same Improved dunnage made from spiral coils of paper that are recyclable and biodegradable, or from other thin, flexible, resilient strips. The coils are cylindrical or cylindrical with a transverse fold, and are randomly oriented in a container to provide cu... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5233812 | Pocketed letter with imaged insert Jamming or wrinkling of inserts in a pocketed letter with an imaged insert may be avoided by a method of making a business form that includes the steps of providing a first ply (60) including a plurality of longitudinally spaced window forming die cuts (3... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5203142 | Method and apparatus for the mechanical packing of a tubular segment shirred onto a shirring tube A tubular shirred formation (34) is covered by a previously shirred tubular net (38), which is held ready on a supply drum (36), with one end (42) closed and, with axial insertion, the tubular shirred formation (34) is covered, and then the other end is c... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5203141 | Apparatus and method for filling a canning container with a shaped foodstuff product, such as tuna fish An apparatus for filling two cylindrical canning containers with cylindrically compacted and shaped tuna chunks. The apparatus has a flared compression channel for relieving excessive compression in the compacted tuna chunks, a movable shaping wall for co... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5187918 | Slide mounter with bridging film advance The present invention relates to an apparatus for advancing a photographic film web for operation in a semi-automatic or automatic slide mounter. The apparatus advances the film for operation across a knife assembly to position the film with upper and low... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5157899 | Method of and apparatus for sorting and bundling flowers The invention relates to a method of sorting and bundling flowers, comprising hanging the flowers separately in individual flower supporting members circulating in a first closed path; as they are traversing the path, designating the flowers as to at leas... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5141761 | Method for packaging bacon A method for packaging bacon is provided such that individual slices are made suitable to be cooked in a microwave oven. In accordance with this invention, immediately after slicing bacon from a pork belly, the individual bacon slices are frozen. The indi... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5090177 | Method for unitization of cargo A method of unitizing a cargo of multiple substantially identical high density hay bales into a non-palletized unit capable of being handled by a fork lift truck or the like comprises the steps of selecting a plurality of substantially identical high dens... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5085032 | Method to prepare a leading edge of a photographic film for framing, a device employing the method and photographic film thus prepared Method to prepare a leading edge of a photographic film for framing, the leading edge (13) of the photographic film (11) being sheared at an angle (18) to the direction of feed (15) of the film (11) in a frame (12). Device to frame a photographic film (11) in ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5079901 | Coupon inserting apparatus and method Apparatus that uses the burster method for positioning coupons from a continuous web at a predetermined time at a predetermined location for insertion is disclosed. Positioning roll mechanism define a bight to receive the leading edge of a coupon and are ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5070677 | Automated photographic print bagger The invention is an apparatus and method for cutting a long roll of photographic prints into individual sheets, and for collating and packaging of those sheets. An automatic print cutter separates a long roll of photographic paper into sheets based on the... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5054345 | Method of obtaining constant weight portions or slices of sliced food products A method is described for obtaining constant weight portions or slices from sliced food products wherein in each case individual slices or portions of several slices with exactly predeterminable weight can be formed in real time operation during the cutti... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5050738 | Firewood package A package of firewood and kindling material includes a plurality of layers of preferably split firewood lengths of equal axial extent and which are arranged in a manner to provide an extremely compact, high density unitized package exhibiting exceptional ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5046301 | Asbestos bulk extractor and method therefor The asbestos bulk extractor includes, in a preferred embodiment, an elongated housing having a handle section normal thereto. The housing defines an interior chamber and the handle defines a through port between the chamber and a vacuum line. At one end o... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5018336 | System and process for producing or treating cylindrical articles and apparatus employable therein The production or treatment of articles, particularly cylindrical support cops, involves the transportation of the articles between an upstream station and a downstream station, with the speed of supply of the articles from the upstream station being grea... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5009054 | Method of storing thread in an embroidery thread-holder A portable storage unit with multiple linear pockets to carry a large assortment of embroidery floss of different variety and color, and a means to facilitate storage of embroidery floss into the pockets using a special tool.... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4995219 | Combination cutter and bagger for photographic negatives The present invention relates to a device for cutting photographic film into individual negatives and placing the cut negatives into envelopes. The invention utilizes a permeable conveyor and vacuum fan arrangement to transport the negatives after they ar... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4993211 | Soft chewing gum wrapping machine and method A high speed apparatus for cutting and wrapping soft chewing gum comprises a plurality of substantially parallel cutters having cutting heads to cut the gum into relatively thin rectangular-shaped pieces. The cutters are moved to a position where each ind... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4993210 | Method for packing a tubular casing length gathered into a hollow cylindrical shirring into a tubular net for subsequent processing as sausage casing in an automatic sausage-making machine The packing of a tubular casing segment which has been shired together into a hollow cylindrical shirring formation occurs in a tubular net of such configuration that first, with the shirring accomplished with the aid of an abutment which is movable on th... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4974394 | Cutting and sorting apparatus A cutting and sorting apparatus having a device for feeding a long continuous negative film in the longitudinal direction of the negative film, a cutter device for cutting the long continuous film at every perdetermined number of frames, a control device ... | 12/04/1990 |
