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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186133 | Method for displaying a package assembly into a tray A packaging assembly having an open design for displaying a product is provided. The packaging assembly is configured for storage and display in high density arrays of packaging assemblies, such as storage in pallets, and is configured to display visual information ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8037663 | Retail boxes and method of manufacturing retail boxes The present disclosure is directed to a retail box and a method of making a retail box. Retail boxes in accordance with the present disclosure are manufactured beginning with paper, which is rolled on a core. Two halves of the box, or “half-boxes,” are first pro... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8028501 | Custom packaging solution for arbitrary objects A method of producing a packaged uses an electronic user interface to receive a first image of an object to be packaged, along with information relating to one or more properties of the object. A three dimensional size for the object is determined, and a package is ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7966789 | Carton with dispenser A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton has panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton. The panels comprise a top panel, a bottom panel and a first side panel and a second side panel. The carton has a dispenser for all... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7849663 | Corrugated shipping container system The present invention provides a cargo shipping crate having a base, four sides and a top cap, a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel form four sides of the crate. Each panel has a first, a second and a third subpanel. The first subpa... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7823367 | Method and combined machine for cutting and closing boxes with inserted void-filling bags The invention relates to the making of boxes of a variable volume adapted in each case to the height of the packed products, including cutting the box along its vertical edges and forming fold lines at a suitable height around the sides of the box to define top flap... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7788883 | Custom packaging solution for arbitrary objects A method of producing a custom packaging system for arbitrary objects. A first image of an object to be packaged is received via an electronic user interface. Information relating to the material properties of the object may be received as well via the interface. A ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7694496 | Retention packaging having film with pleated portion A retention packaging includes a support member having first and second sections each defining a support surface for receiving an object thereon for shipping, and a film disposed in covering relation to the support surfaces of the support member and retained to the ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7424796 | Filling and using reclosable bags A method of filling a bag that includes inserting an insulator between first and second side walls of a closure strip and joining an outer surface of the second side wall of the closure strip to an inner surface of a bag wall in a region of the wall behind which the... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7406812 | Flower shipping and arranging container & system of packaging flowers A flower shipping and arranging container comprising a planer flexible card having defined therein a number of apertures for receiving flower stems there through. The flower shipping and arranging container also includes sheet material wrapped around the flexible ca... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7338422 | Folding and threading station of a folding box gluing machine and method of moving the threading station A folding box gluing machine contains one upper and lower transport belt disposed on each side of the machine. A lower transport belt is guided in a roller cheek and an upper transport belt is guided in a roller rail. A central roller cheek and a central roller rail... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328552 | Method of packaging articles for shipment, storage and display A method of packaging merchandise items for shipment and display provides a box shaped merchandising container is formed including an enclosure with four quadrilateral sides and open top and a bottom closed by flaps. In preparation for shipment, the merchandise is l... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329218 | Feed apparatus and method for feeding blanks into container forming machines The feed apparatus for feeding container blanks into a container forming machine comprises a hopper at or near its first end for holding a plurality of blanks, a selecting mechanism for selecting one of the blanks, a moving mechanism to move the blanks toward the el... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322171 | Method and apparatus for constructing carton A method and apparatus for packaging articles such as pouches which do not have rigid structures. The method includes the steps of placing first and second sets of the articles onto spaced apart loading panels of a carton blank so that the article sets are spaced ap... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322918 | Soft container and method of manufacturing the container, and highly viscous conditioned liquid filled body The flexible container relating to the present invention comprises a cylindrical member (10) made from flexible film, a bottom plate member (12) which is harder than the flexible film, fitted into the inner side of a first end section of the cylindrica... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7318523 | Rigid container for tobacco items and method of producing such a container A rigid container for tobacco items, defined by a tubular lateral wall (11) and by at least one end wall (6), and wherein one of the two walls (6, 11) has at least one inwardly concave portion (13; 82; 91; 96; 102; 113), and the other wal... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316103 | Continuous motion packaging system A continuous motion packaging system for packaging a series of articles in cartons as the cartons are moved along a carton conveyor. A series of selector wedges engage and form groups of articles received on the cartons, which are folded or wrapped about the article... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310925 | Station for withdrawing and erecting flat folded tubular blanks In a station of a boxing machine, for withdrawing and erecting flat folded tubular blanks into boxes, a blank withdrawing rocker arm strips out a flat folded blank from a magazine and places it onto a operating member situated below and associated to an auxiliary co... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308783 | Filling and using reclosable bags A method of filling a bag includes holding the bag open to define a fill path extending past an obverse side of a closure strip, between the closure strip and an opposed wall of the bag, and pouring contents into the open bag through the fill path. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302952 | Device and process for conveying rod-shaped filter elements Device and process for conveying filter elements to a filter element magazine. The device includes a rotatable drum comprising at least one seat for receiving a filter element and a detection device that controls a rotation of the drum and detects the filter element... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299609 | Piston-cylinder actuator and mounting support for the lower tool of an indexing packaging machine A piston-cylinder arrangement is provided for mounting and actuating the lower tool of an indexing packaging machine, which has an annular piston head that has a ratio of outer diameter to inner diameter that is less than two, and which drives a relatively oversized... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285083 | Method of manufacturing thin-walled containers from film webs and production facility for carrying out the method The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing thin-walled containers from film web. The method includes the steps of: manufacturing a tubular structure from at least one film web; forming at least one fold projecting into the tubular structure; and ultr... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7257936 | Method and device for wrapping groups of stacked products in the manufacture of sealed packs Groups of products stacked on edge are wrapped in sealed stick packs by a method that involves passing a sheet (4) of heat-sealable wrapping material around each group (1) of products (2) and sealing the two side edges (8) in such a way a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254878 | Apparatus for and method of manufacturing film A supply unit supplies a film strip from a film roll, and a winding unit cuts off a film strip into a fixed-length film and winds the fixed-length film around a spool to produce a wound-film assembly. An assembling unit introduces the wound-film assembly into a one-... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7219484 | Process for preparing a laminated, thermoformed film A process for preparing a laminated, thermoformed film which comprises: a. blowing a film-forming composition to form a bubble; b. collapsing the bubble to form a film stack comprising a plurality of layers; and | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220476 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated chambers An inflatable web, and method and apparatus for inflating the web, which generally includes two sheets having inner surfaces sealed to each other in a pattern defining a series of inflatable chambers of predetermined length, each of the chambers having at least one ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7178311 | Plastic container and method for the use thereof The invention relates to a method for storing and transporting products, wherein, from plastic, foldable containers are manufactured, in particular injection molded; the foldable containers, at a filling location, are brought in a set-up condition and are filled wit... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175581 | Method of forming a flexible pouch with a straw-pierceable dimple A beverage container and method for forming a beverage container having a straw pierceable portion in a wall. The beverage container has a port formed of a rigid frame having a membrane covering an aperture. The frame member is bonded to a flexible wall of a pouch. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7114311 | Method and apparatus for automated wrapping A method and apparatus are provided for the automated wrapping of a bundle with a resilient stretchable film. The method comprises the steps of (i) unrolling a desired length of the film from a roll. The film has a first panel overlapping a second panel. The panels ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111441 | Method and device for producing a container A method and device for producing a rigid container, having two end walls and a lateral wall, from a flat blank having two flat first portions, each of which has a relative panel defining a relative end wall of the container, and a drawn rim integral with the panel,... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104943 | Method and unit for flexing a flat blank for producing a rigid package A method and unit for flexing a flat blank having preformed fold lines; the flat blank is fed by a seat on a conveyor along a path through a flexing station, where a rigid folding body is rolled over the seat to fold the blank against two fixed folding spindles of t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089712 | Apparatus and method for producing a DVD carrier assembly An apparatus and method are provided for producing an assembly comprising a plurality of digital data storage media carriers attached to a carrier strip. In the production of the assemblies, carriers are positioned for movement in a longitudinal direction of the con... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7069707 | Vertical tubular bagging machine In order to be able to easily exchange the fill pipe in a vertical tubular bagging machine, where a flat foil web is reshaped on a forming shoulder into a foil tube running over a fill pipe, a forming shoulder is suggested which can be opened. A shoulder sleeve out ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7017796 | Method of manufacturing paper packaging container and paper packaging container A paper packaging container is obtained by tube forming with a longitudinal seal of web-shaped packaging material. The package is filled with liquid food, and a transverse seal of the tube packaging material is made to form a pillow-shaped preliminary shape containe... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004897 | Display/vending carton A carton with an improved dispensing feature at one end of the carton, which preserves the integrity of the carton, while enabling the display and enhanced access and vending of containers within the carton. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6988348 | Method for packaging saw blades A protective cover for use on one or more saw blades. The cover is formed from a heat shrinking material that is shrunk on the saw blade(s) to provide a thin close fitting cover that protects teeth on the saw blade(s). A tag can be attached to the cover and/or saw b... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6973765 | Apparatus and process for meat packing A method and apparatus for carrying out a meat packing process in which carcasses of animals (102) are weighed (100) and moved on a boning line (101) in sequence past a number of boning and trimming stations (103 and 105). The trim... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971215 | Device for inserting packing items into packing material An apparatus for inserting packaged material into packaging means is described. In the region of an insertion device and a preinsertion device, a packaged-material conveyor device and a packaging-means conveyor device are provided. The insertion device has at least ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6962558 | Method of forming box with gusseted corner A method of forming a box having a plurality of corner gussets includes the steps of providing a generally planar box blank and a box forming device including a gusset formation section having a kicker plate, a forming blade and an adhesive securement device. The bo... | 11/08/2005 |
