Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171704 | Method and device for finishing packets having respective overwrappings of heat-shrink material A method and device for finishing packets having respective overwrappings of heat-shrink material, whereby the overwrappings are sealed about the respective packets and then heated to shrink and adapt to the configuration of the packets; after being heated, the over... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8136331 | Heat and pressure resistant bottle with increased oxygen barrier and method of production This invention provides a bottle that allows for easy and efficient application of shrink sleeves. The ease of application is partly a result of the invention's wall thickness along its body-forming portion. The body-forming portion of the invention has thick walls ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8051629 | Heat tunnel for film shrinking A heat tunnel for applying heated air to articles enclosed in shrink-wrap film includes at least one air supply unit; a conveyor; and a heat shroud spaced from the conveyor. The air supply unit includes a source of heated air, a fan, a heated air plenum, air ducts, ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7946100 | Shrinking process for producing solid, transportable and printable containers and a device for carrying out a shrinking process of this type The invention relates to a shrinking process for producing solid, transportable and printable containers by wrapping the articles to be packaged with a film in such a manner as to produce an overlapping section of the film ends on the base area, heating by heat exch... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7908825 | Method and device for producing cigarette packs Cigarette packs of the hinge-lid-box type with an outer wrapping of shrinkable film are transported through a shrinkage station (22) in two pack rows (26, 27), in each case comprising individual packs. In the region of said shrinkage station, shrinkage... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7891157 | Machine for shrink-fitting of shrink wrap film onto packages A machine and method for shrink-fitting shrink film onto packaged goods, in particular for packaging packing units, having a conveyor for transporting the packaged goods. In order to reduce the energy consumption and simultaneously to improve the shrinking result, t... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7823366 | Apparatus and method for selective processing of materials with radiant energy Apparatus selectively processes a substrate using radiant energy. The substrate can consist of any target material having a portion to be processed using the radiant energy and a larger portion to be unprocessed. The apparatus includes a source of radiant energy (pr... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7752827 | Methods and systems for packaging a product A method for applying a heat shrinkable film to a carton for forming a shape of the carton is provided. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel, and a movable section that is movab... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7703263 | Method and device for shrinking a heat shrink film placed A method using heat for shrinking a heat shrink film wrapping placed around a stack of items. The heat shrink film wrapping protrudes on the upper side of the stack of items at least beyond the upper edge of the stack of items to a top sheet film, which is welded to... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7647750 | Wrapping member attaching method and wrapping member attaching device A wrapping member attaching device for attaching a wrapping member to a container includes a container preheating device, a wrapping member arranging device, and a wrapping member heating device. Due to the foregoing, the wrapping member is attached to the container... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7500338 | Method and unit for heat-shrinking overwrappings of heat-shrink plastic material of a succession of products A method and unit for heat-shrinking overwrappings of heat-shrink plastic material of a succession of products; an orderly succession of products is conveyed by conveying means; each product is subjected to a first heat-shrink operation along the conveying means and... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7469520 | Heat sealer for stretch wrapping apparatus A heat sealing device for sealing layers of plastic film together is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the heat sealing device is incorporated into a stretch wrapping apparatus for wrapping a load. The heat sealing device includes a heater element, an air compres... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7406811 | Method of packaging articles by means of heat-shrink sleeves The invention provides a method of packaging one or more articles, the method comprising the steps consisting in: a) putting a first sleeve of heat-shrink material into place on the article(s) to be packaged; b) using a thermal process to shrink the fi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398631 | Methods and systems for packaging a product A method for applying a heat-shrink patch to a carton for forming a shape of the carton. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel and a movable section that is movable between a fir... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398632 | Methods and systems for packaging a product A method for applying a heat shrinkable film to a carton for forming a shape of the carton is provided. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel, and a movable section that is movab... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392905 | Temporary bonded container package and method A temporary packaging method and a resultant package are provided for comprising temporarily bonding containers on a flat base member to stabilize the containers for further packaging, the method comprising the steps of providing a base member, providing containers,... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389631 | Unit and method of feeding containers arranged in a number of superimposed rows A unit and method for feeding containers, whereby the containers, arranged in two superimposed rows, are fed along a horizontal path and through a reject station; upstream from the reject station, two superimposed containers are parted, by translation in a vertical ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7350340 | Accommodating greater height variance of articles in shrink packaging machine A shrink packaging machine for shrink wrapping an article with shrink film includes: a hot air chamber; a conveyor operable to transport the article covered by shrink film at least partially through the hot air chamber; a first roller disposed over the conveyor and ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337597 | Unit and method of feeding containers arranged in a number of superimposed rows A unit and method for feeding containers, whereby the containers, arranged in two superimposed rows, are fed along a horizontal path and through a reject station; upstream from the reject station, two superimposed containers are parted, by translation in a vertical ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338424 | Packaging machine A horizontal packaging machine (10) for making fluid-tight packages (11) equipped with zip closure (15) comprises: at least one unit (12) for unwinding a film (13) of synthetic material for packag... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328550 | Method for packaging articles using pre-perforated heat shrink film A method for enclosing articles in heat-shrink film and for perforating or slitting the heat shrink film. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7325375 | Selective product inserter apparatus and process The combination of a plurality of streams of printed products. The first stream of products is selectively inserted into a packaging device while being merged into a second stream of products. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322166 | Apparatus for unwrapping and transporting frangible wafers for ice cream sandwiches and the like The present invention is an apparatus and method for unwrapping a package of frangible articles bearing a wrapping material, the wrapping material having a rear portion and a forward tab, the forward tab adapted to open the wrapping material when pulled, the apparat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318307 | Method and device for packaging and transporting electronic components The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for packaging and for transporting electronic devices. The devices include coverings made of a material that shrinks under the action of temperature that are pressed into receptacles of a belt-type carrier body. Ele... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7293652 | Methods and systems for packaging a product An assembly for packaging a product includes a carton having a top, a bottom, and a side extending between the top and the bottom. At least one of the top, the bottom, and the side includes a movable section that is movable between a first position and a second posi... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7269929 | Heat tunnel for film shrinking A heat tunnel for applying heated air to articles enclosed in shrink-wrap film includes at least one air supply unit; a conveyor; and a heat shroud spaced from the conveyor. The air supply unit includes a source of heated air, a fan, a heated air plenum, air ducts, ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263815 | Process for feeding products of variable height and length into a continuous packaging apparatus A Process for feeding products of variable height and length into a continuous packaging apparatus comprising a conveyor with thrusters that receives publishing products or similar, such as newspapers, magazines, books, envelopes, giveaways or other similar products... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264126 | Supports for storing sheets of granite, stone, glass, and other materials Supports used in pairs for storing and handling large sheets of heavy materials such as granite, stone and glass. Each support comprises a vertical, steel A-frame welded to a horizontal steel I-beam. Spaced-apart steel post holders are welded to the web of the I-bea... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7246476 | Method for high-speed vacuum unitary packaging of portion-cut meats Disclosed is a method for high-speed vacuum unitary packaging of portion-cut meats, wherein a vacuum four-side sealed object containing a plurality of portion-cut meats obtained by dividing a livestock meat, such as beef, pork, chicken, or the like, or a large-size ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237671 | Multiple packaged good article package A multiple packaged good article package including a carrier, a multiplicity of packaged good articles, a handle, and retaining means. The carrier includes a base panel and first and second side panels. The packaged good articles each include a bag that defines oppo... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237371 | Deep draw packing method and film with small shrinkability for deep draw packing Deep draw packaging includes placing an object (C) in a concave container portion (1) formed by molding a film with small shrinkability (A), that is a film having a residual thermal shrinkage rate at 100° C. of 1 to 15 %. The film (A) is formed by stretching... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234288 | Folder sheets with reinforced holes, method and apparatus of making same A method of manufacturing folder sheets with reinforce holes, which comprises unwinding a spindled paper band; printing predetermined graphics on the paper band; causing the paper band to go through corona treatment; applying a reinforcement strip of thermoplastic m... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231748 | Adjusting device of film packaging machine An adjusting device that is mounted in a film packaging machine includes a moving mechanism that selectively moves two support blocks in opposite directions and toothed wheels mounted to the support blocks in a symmetric manner and driven by a timing belt that is me... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225598 | Alert medication safety seal system and method The present invention provides for method and system in which a heat-shrinkable plastic cover is placed over an individual conventional medicine container. The cover is heat shrunk around the container to form a tight-fitting seal which covers the majority of the or... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222471 | Pallet packing method and pallet packing tool used in the method A packing tool for packing large articles such as image forming apparatuses has a pallet to place the article, and an article-fixing member to secure the article to the pallet. The article-fixing member is accommodated in an accommodating section in the pallet. When... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211306 | Peelable polyester film with self-venting, process for its production and its use Coextruded, biaxially oriented polyester films which have a base layer (B) and have a heatsealable outer layer (A) that can be peeled from APET/CPET and from CPET, where the outer layer (A) includes a) from 80 to 98% by weight of polyester and ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7174697 | System and process for packaging products A system and process for packaging groups of products, such as spirally wound paper products are disclosed. During the packaging of groups, a continuous supply of a wrapping material is unwound and cut periodically in the edge regions. Optionally, a perforation line... | 02/13/2007 |
