Bizarre Patents
System for magnetically attaching templeless eyewear to a person
A system of eyewear that eliminates the need for hinges on the frames of the eyewear.
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 |
| 8141329 | Method and apparatus for making packages with internal headers from preformed bags A method and apparatus for making packages with internal headers from an elongated web of preformed interconnected bags. The packages with internal headers are made by inserting a product or a header into a bag. The bag is sealed to form a first compartment that con... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8087215 | Forming, filling and sealing machine, and methods for producing, filing and closing bags A forming, filling and sealing machine for producing bags from semifinished products, and for filling and closing the bags, includes a plurality of processing stations. At least two processing stations of at least one first group are successively, largely linearly, ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8042317 | Double auger system and method for filling bags with slurry A slurry product is packaged into a plastic bag using a modified form-fill-seal apparatus and method of using it. The apparatus has preferably been modified to select the appropriate amount of product slurry by weight. Bags are filled using a dual auger system that ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7877965 | Method and device packaging flat objects In order to package flat objects (1) with the aid of a quasi-endless packaging material web, the packaging material web is placed around a row (4) of the objects (1), in which these objects are conveyed one after the other and in an interspaced ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7707803 | Biodegradable bags for packing foods available in high speed production A method for producing a biodegradable bag and for packing a food, such as a snack food, which is required to have an oxygen barrier property and a water vapor barrier property. The biodegradable bag can be produced at a high speed by a bag making and packaging mach... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7658053 | Method and device for packaging flat articles A method for packaging flat articles, whereby the flat articles (1), when in a transport flow (3), are covered on both sides by a packaging material (2a, 2b) and a welding beam (11) establishes cross-connections betwe... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7610737 | Continuous motion wrapping method A method, system, and apparatus for separating products, such as napkins or rolls of paper, encased in a tube of continuously moving thermoplastic wrapping material into product units is disclosed. At predetermined intervals spaced products are fed into the tube at ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7603831 | Packaging machine and method A packaging method and apparatus wherein each product is packaged by capturing the product in flexible packaging material. The packing apparatus includes a product detector for detecting the presence or absence of a product to be packaged. The detection of the produ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7546721 | Method of making a tetrahedron package A method of making tetrahedron packages having substantially uniform tear zones is disclosed. The method includes printing a first image at a first location of a sheet material and a second image at a second location of the sheet material, such that the first image ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7434375 | Automated system for in-field storage, traceability and unloading of harvest products of harvested material from a harvesting machine A system for collecting a harvested product is provided. The system may include a continuously constructed flexible container for collecting the harvested product. For instance, the continuously constructed flexible container is a continuous sheet of flexible materi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434374 | Method and line for the high-speed packaging of filter bags containing an infusion product A method and a line for the high-speed packaging of filter bags (1) containing an infusion product comprises at least three successive operating steps whereby: the filter bags (1) are wrapped in a continuous protective tubular envelope (2) by se... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7406810 | Reclosable packaging A method of fabricating reclosable bags comprising: disposing a releasably engaged closure between a first and a second bag film portions, the closure including a loop-engageable fastener strip comprising an array of loop-engageable fastener elements integrally mold... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7392636 | Method and apparatus for making pods for products for infusion A method for making pods (1) for products for infusion comprises the steps of: feeding a first portion (5) of filter material; making a compressed disk (2) of product, the disk being equivalent to a single dose of the product, at respective dosi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389626 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated articles An apparatus for making inflated articles from a film web having two juxtaposed film plies. One version of the apparatus generally includes a first rotary sealing device for producing transverse seals that bond the film plies together, an inflation assembly for dire... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389877 | Apparatus for packaging electronic components including a reel entrained with desiccating material An apparatus for packaging electronic components, particularly integrated circuits, which includes a carrier tape into or on which the integrated circuits can be secured, a packing reel, to which is secured the carrier tape, wherein one or more components of the pac... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383676 | Packaging machine for bedding products A packaging machine for packaging a product. The machine has a frame for supporting the product and a source of packaging material for supplying packaging material into a position to be engaged by and at least partially surround the product. At least one upper seali... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374075 | Method and apparatus for feeding slider-zipper tape to application station A method and an apparatus for automatically feeding slider-zipper assemblies to a station where the slider-zipper assemblies can be attached to bag material, such as thermoplastic film. The apparatus includes a slider guide having a channel running the length thereo... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367172 | Packaging machine for making and packaging articles containing a product for infusion Described is a machine (5) for making and packaging articles (1) containing infusion product, the machine (5) being of the type defined by a production line (A) comprising a plurality of operating stations located one after the other and designe... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360348 | Method for controlling manufacture of a sheet material A sorting and conveying line provided at an X-ray film cutting and collection operation includes a defective sheet gate, a collection gate and a sample gate for sorting X-ray film sheets, which have been cut to a predetermined size at a cutting section, while the X-... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356978 | Method for producing a pack for groups of products and machine for implementing said method A method for producing a pack (1) for groups (2) of rolls of products comprises the following steps: forming of a tube of film (3) around a frame (5) forming a channel (6) for the passage of the product groups (2); creation ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351188 | Hooded reclosable packages and related methods of manufacture A reclosable package comprising a hooded zipper with a pair of off-center lines of perforations that are hermetically sealed by a layer of material. The lines of perforations facilitate tearing off the hood to gain access to the zipper. One method of manufacture inv... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347911 | Devices and methods for manufacturing packaging materials Devices and methods for inflating and sealing packaging pillows from a material web are shown for consistently producing high-quality packaging pillows. A web of material is advanced past an inflation nozzle, inflated with gas, and sealed closed by a sealing element... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344671 | Optical sealing clamp and a method for sealing and cutting polymeric sheets with a laser The invention is specially directed towards intermittent motion packaging machines where the packages are momentarily immobilized at a forming station for the time duration of the package sealing and cutting. The polymeric sheets or films are sealed and cut after be... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337708 | Filled edible product, and system and method for production of a filled edible product An edible product includes an edible outer cover component in which is located an inner edible component. A system for producing the edible product includes an arrangement for delivering the edible product in the form of an elongated rope-type product to a crimping ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328547 | Process for packaging plastic materials like hot melt adhesives A method for packaging plastic material using a film to surround the material, and more particularly to a method for packaging hot melt adhesives, the resulting package formed thereby, and the film composition used therein. The method is preferably a coextrusion pro... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328551 | Method and system for kitting smart cards with a shrink wrap license Smart Cards are kitted by preprinting a piece of film with a licensing agreement, wrapping the film around the Smart Card and sealing the package. The kitted Smart Card is much smaller and thus easier and cheaper to store and transport than standard #10 envelopes. T... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325386 | Double action vertical form-fill-seal apparatus This is a double acting, multi-lane machine and method for the forming, filling and sealing of plastic or paper film pouches of various sizes commonly used to hold liquid viscous, dry, particulated or powdery materials or other substances. The machine includes a fou... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325373 | Rotary unit for ultrasound sealing continuous tubular strips A rotary unit, of an FFS (Form, Fill and Seal) machine, for ultrasound sealing a continuous tubular strip housing an orderly succession of products and fed along a feed path extending through a sealing station; the rotary unit having two substantially identical roto... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325374 | Modular infeeds for automatic forms/fill/seal equipment Apparatus for the automatic packaging of one or more articles. One or more modular infeed systems are provided, each adapted to feed product to a wrapping machine, and each preferably adapted to communicate with a wrapping machine to identify its configuration to th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326042 | Apparatus for packaging hot melt adhesives using a mold and carrier A dual component molding assembly for packaging hot melt adhesives wherein a mold, preferably in the form of an open top pan, includes a cavity which is lined with a thin film of plastic material. The mold has openings formed therein which communicate with the cavit... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325383 | Bag making and filling method using double film A tubular film is flattened to form a continuous two-ply film in which the two side edges are continuously connected in the longitudinal direction. This two-ply film is curved into a tubular form, the two side edges are overlapped, and a vertical seal portion is for... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323239 | Protective films Multilayer protective films that adhere well to many different surfaces and can be removed without leaving residues are provided. The films consist of a polyolefin backing layer(s) and an adhering layer consisting of an ethylene unsaturated ester copolymer layer con... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322160 | Monitoring system for induction sealer An induction foil cap sealer system includes a monitoring system that comprises a plurality of sensors disposed throughout the sealer system, each sensor monitoring a respective condition related to the sealing operation. A controller is configured to receive from t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320206 | Device for processing flat objects, especially for packing printed products For processing flat objects (10), in particular for packing printed products or small groups thereof, using a continuous packing material, the objects are conveyed in a conveying stream in which they are arranged in succession and essentially parallel to the ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318305 | Packing machine and film buffer A packaging machine for wrapping packing pieces with packing film. The packing machine includes a transport device for the packing pieces, at least one unspooling device for unspooling the packing film wound on a roller, a film welding and cutting unit, and a film b... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7308780 | Apparatus for sealing the overlapping edges of a tubular film An apparatus for sealing longitudinal overlapping edges of tubular thermoplastic film. The apparatus comprises a fixed block (31) for guiding and holding the overlapping edges and a sealing head (6) spaced from the fixed block for directing jets of hot... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305808 | Packaging machine A packaging machine moves its heater unit for longitudinal sealing of a tubularly formed film between a sealing position at which the heater unit contacts the film and a retracted position at which it is separated from the film. In addition to the mechanism for this... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302787 | Defect detection device and bag packaging system equipped with defect detection device A bag packaging system includes a bag packager and a defect detection device that receives bags manufactured by the bag packager and conveys the bags while checking for defects. The defect detection device includes a first conveyor belt that is arranged below the ba... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302782 | Method and apparatus for making reclosable packages having slider-actuated string zippers Methods and apparatus for making reclosable packages having slider-actuated string zippers. More specifically, the apparatus is a form-fill-seal machine having means for placing product on a web of packaging film; means for forming a receptacle having an interior vo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299600 | Device for sealing lengths of filter paper A device for sealing filter bags for products for infusion, where each filter bag is made from a flat web (1) of filter paper and has applied to it a tag (1b) and a tie string (1a) connecting the tag (1b) to the filte... | 11/27/2007 |
