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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8065859 | Agricultural bagger with dual rotor and/or variable-taper tunnel An agricultural bagger apparatus and method for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag including a moving hopper wall and mechanism for moving the wall at an input end of hopper. The wall moving mechanism and the moving wall of the hopper sweeps the feed a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7958699 | Apparatus and method for compressing and bagging a loose material An apparatus for compressing a loose material that includes a compression chamber. Movement of a first ram discharges the loose material in a compressed state through an outlet port in the compression chamber. A packaging receptacle is positioned proximate the outle... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7827766 | Method and device for packaging load body A bulk material is compacted from its bulk state into a rectangular parallelepiped so that it can readily be wrapped with stretch film. To this end, a stretch film is wrapped spirally around a cylindrical skirt section having an open end while the stretch film is be... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7690174 | Compressing and conveying article through shrink packaging machine An apparatus for conveying an article through a hot air chamber of a shrink packaging machine comprises a first conveyor and a second conveyor. Each conveyor includes a plurality of rollers. The rollers of the plurality are interconnected together to form an endless... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7409813 | High speed, high performance bagging assembly An apparatus stacks, compresses and packages compressible batts. The batts, once at least partially compressed, remain under compression during the stacking, compressing and packaging. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398630 | Infeed assembly for a continuous motion wrapping assembly An infeed assembly for spacing a continuous line of product into units to be wrapped in a continuous wrapping system is disclosed. At least one set of registration belts is orientated downstream of a set of spaced infeed belts in communication with a continuous line... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7380653 | Shrink packaging articles using successive rollers with rotational axes at decreasing heights A method for accommodating a greater height variance of articles in a shrink packaging machine includes: transporting on a conveyor into a hot air chamber an article covered in shrink film and engaging the article being transported on the conveyor with a first rolle... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7334383 | Package and method of forming the package A package including an endless belt; a first cylindrical body contacting an inner surface of the endless belt at a first pressure; a second cylindrical body contacting another inner surface of the endless belt at a second pressure; and a third cylindrical body conta... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328786 | Apparatus for accommodating greater height variance of articles in shrink packaging machine An apparatus for use in a shrink packaging machine for accommodating a greater height variance of articles includes: rollers, each roller including a shaft and a cylinder on the shaft for rotation about an axis of the shaft; and a frame including a pair of parallel ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322168 | Dual mode strapper and methods A dual mode strapper for strapping an article with a strap-forming mechanism is capable of selectively operating in a first mode to pre-form an endless pre-formed strap of a predetermined length at least slightly greater than an initial perimeter of the article to b... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310922 | Banded envelopes and method for assembling a package of banded envelopes A method for processing envelopes including the steps of providing a plurality of generally aligned envelopes and compressing the plurality of envelopes together. The method further includes the step of placing a band around the compressed envelopes such that the ba... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7284360 | Bulk transportable container A method for filling a flexible container with a flowable material is provided, including the steps of filling the flexible container, suspending the flexible container, transferring the weight of the flexible container from being suspended to being supported by a s... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7266936 | Agricultural bagger with shielded hopper agitation and method An agricultural bagger apparatus and method for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag including a moving hopper wall and+ mechanism for moving the wall at an input end of hopper. The wall moving mechanism and the moving wall of the hopper sweeps the feed ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7243479 | Apparatus and method for loading a packaging station of an insulation batt packager An apparatus and method for loading insulation batts into a packaging station of a batt-packaging machine includes: an up-stacking station for receiving a plurality of the insulation batts to form a vertical stack of the insulation batts; a staging station from whic... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7210280 | System and method for loading a cargo space with piece goods A machining system and unit, especially a welding cell, is provided for use for the machining of workpieces (2), especially body parts of vehicles. The machining system has one or more machining stations (15, 16) with robots (18, 19, 20) and at ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204154 | Roll firmness measuring system and process An online roll firmness measurement system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a contact element is placed in a fixed position. A roll of material is placed in between the contact element and a support surface. Based upon the amount of force exerted on the contact elem... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7171795 | Transverse sealing mechanism for bag-manufacturing and packaging machine and bag-packaging machine equipped therewith The bag-manufacturing and packaging machine transverse sealing mechanism is for a bag-manufacturing and packaging machine that makes bags by sealing a tubular packaging material longitudinally and transversely while also filling the bags with items to be packaged. T... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7146779 | Method of packaging and shipping compressible structural panels A method of packaging and shipping compressible structural panels is disclosed. Compressible structural panels are provided, typically with first and second sheets separated by compressible or collapsible dividers. The structural panels are stacked and thereafter co... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140168 | Device for packaging continuous webs of materials such as selvedges generated on thermoforming units The device for packaging continuous webs of materia1, such as selvedges generated on thermoforming units, includes an input regulator of webs, driving guide for the webs, a cutting unit and, downstream thereof, a collector for bits of webs. The cutting unit has at l... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7127872 | Automatic netting packaging machine Knitted netting is applied to products in a machine. A chute receives products serially through a receiving end, as from a conveyor, and discharges them serially into netting preferably rucked on the chute. As each product arrives at the product receiver, voiders op... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7104027 | Product packaging system A product packaging system for receiving a series of products from one or more product transport lines. The products are loaded into a series of carriers and transported through a downstream inserter unit. Inserter assemblies moving in timed relation with the moveme... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104031 | Variable position constant force packaging system and process for using same A packaging process line that compacts rolled products as they are packaged is disclosed. A firmness measuring device is used to measure the firmness of the rolls as the rolls, for instance, enter the process line. The roll firmness device is placed in communication... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089716 | Apparatus for forming and packaging flexible ducting Flexible ducting apparatus includes a packaging station and compression station, a support trough for supporting the ducting in the packaging station and compression station, and an actuating post which is arranged to engage a leading end of a length of flexible duc... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059101 | Method for packaging bedding assembly A multi-component bedding assembly, including a mattress or futon, is vacuum packaged in an air impermeable bag by drawing a vacuum at the open end of the bag and applying a ram or pushing force against the bedding assembly at the closed end of the bag. The pushing ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036656 | Vacuum belt conveyor for plates A conveyor 1 for holding glass plates 2 in position during grinding and drilling operations comprising one or more than one belt 3, 3′ 3″ having a rotating surface and a suction generator 6 for generating a vacuum on the surface. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017854 | Roll packed compressible materials A roll (54) of compressed materials (14) is provided which has a sleeve (50) formed around a rotatable mandrel (12). The sleeve (50) about which the materials (14) are rolled prevents the roll (54) from radially colla... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013621 | Adjustable package geometry web forming apparatus and method Apparatus and method for the automatic packaging of one or more articles. An adjustable web guide structure that guides the webs of film into a configuration that mimics the geometry of a package to be wrapped is provided. The webs are conveyed over the guide struct... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994206 | Apparatus for feeding rolls of cut products to a wrapper An apparatus for advancing cut products from a saw to a wrapper includes a plurality of product supports for supporting multiple rows of cut products. A first or buffer portion of the apparatus includes an entry portion of the product supports and includes a first c... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6935089 | Methods of manufacturing roofing products Methods of making roofing products. One such method includes (a) creating a mixture having a filler and a polymer; (b) forming a sheet from the mixture; (c) cooling the sheet; (d) embossing the sheet; (e) forming multiple roofing products from the sheet; and (f) bun... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931823 | Packaging machine and method In an insulation blanket-packaging machine and method for continuously packaging insulation blanket in the form of batts there is a continuous: infeed of batts into a loading station; movement of batts from the loading station into a transfer station that also funct... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6918225 | Transportable container for bulk goods and method for forming the container A transportable container for bulk goods and a method for forming the container are disclosed. The transportable container is formed from a bag having a closed base and an open top. The open top is in a folded over position and a bottom support is located adjacent t... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915620 | Shrink tunnel assembly A shrink tunnel assembly for wrapping an article with polymeric shrink film includes a shrink tunnel having a heating zone, and conveyor means for carrying an article to the heating zone and away from it. While in the heating zone, polymeric shrink film covering an ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6810643 | Method of roll packing compressible materials A method of roll packing a variety of compressible materials is provided which prevents the rotatable mandrel about which the materials are rolled from radially collapsing. The method further provides for easy removal of the roll packed material without tearing or t... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6732492 | Methods of packaging paper products The invention includes a method of packaging paper products (such as facial tissue) in a dispenser. A clip of paper product is folded. The folded clip has a central region and a pair of opposing peripheral regions separated from one another by the central region. Th... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6708465 | Device and method for wrapping soft elements The invention relates to a method for wrapping a plurality of soft elements, comprising the steps of stacking the elements, compressing the stack in a direction of stacking, and thus forming a package, inserting in a feeding direction the package into a film, prefer... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6658819 | Method and an apparatus for packaging stacks of multiply articles made of paper or the like According to a method for packaging one stack of multiply articles made of paper, a presser receives and compacts the stack of articles to be packaged and a pusher moves longitudinally the stack so as to make the stack hit a wrapping foil, previously plac... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6499275 | Method and system for forming strings of pocketed coil springs A string (12) of pocketed coil springs (14) is formed by inserting compressed springs between upper and lower plies of a folded, preferably thermally weldable fabric (16). The springs are maintained in a compressed configuration while a longitudinal seam ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6467240 | Pocket spring assembly and methods An exemplary pocket spring assembly comprises a plurality of elongate fabric tubes disposed adjacent each other. Each fabric tube has a plurality of pockets, with at least some of the pockets of adjacent fabric tubes being welded together at midpoints on ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6457297 | Method for manufacturing pouch like container A pouch-like container with faces made of materials having different consistencies and/or characteristics, particularly for solid, granular or fluid products. Conveniently, one of the two faces is produced from a scarcely flexible sheet, while the other f... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6427585 | Method and apparatus for measuring the length of a waste log and/or weight of waste log while compacting and transferring the waste log for transport A compaction and transfer apparatus adapted to measure the length and/or weight of a waste log during compaction and transfer thereof, is provided. The apparatus comprises a compaction chamber, a closure device, a compaction ram, and a movement and/or wei... | 08/06/2002 |
