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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127518 | Flat blank carton A flat blank carton is provided for packaging articles or products. The flat blank carton includes a base, a top, and a rear panel, hingedly connected to one another, and pairs of upper and lower side flaps hingedly attached to the top and base panels, respectively.... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7658054 | Cartoner machine and a method of operating same Cartoner machine and a method of operating same. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7516599 | Methods and apparatus for manufacture of a reclosable plastic carton A carton formed from a unitary blank for storing food within and methods of manufacture of the carton thereform, are disclosed herein. The carton comprises a generally rectangular bottom having a pair of major bottom flaps and a pair of minor bottom flaps that are f... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7441388 | Automated device for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7380389 | Bottom pre-folder for carton with folded-in gusset tips A bottom prefolding assembly prefolds the bottom panels of a package having a bottom wall formed with in-folded gusset tips. The prefolding assembly infolds the bottom gusset panels, leading and trailing panels of a carton and in-folds the gusset panel tips prior to... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370825 | Towel roll holder and dispenser and blank for forming container for the towel roll holder and dispenser A towel roll holder and dispenser has a housing for receiving a towel roll therewithin. The housing has a pair of sidewalls, a base connected to the sidewalls for mounting the housing on a support surface, and a pair of cover members pivotable in opposing directions... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7331158 | Process and system for product packaging A process and system are provided for printing variable data on packaging material at a package printer and machine reading the variable data on a packaging facility packaging line and associating the variable data with other information in a computer database. The ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328561 | Apparatus for erecting boxes and setting them on a conveyor A sun wheel is centered on a sun axis between a magazine and a conveyor, a planet carrier is rotatable about the sun axis and defines a planet axis generally parallel to but offset from the sun axis, and a gripper shaft is journaled in the planet carrier at the plan... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328560 | Apparatus for packaging products in boxes An apparatus for packaging products in boxes provided with a supporting footing, a box feeding magazine, at least one pick-up device, at least one feeder conveyor of products to be placed in the boxes, at least one rotating carousel for receiving in a plurality of p... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7325384 | Method of loading cartons Methods of loading cartons in a packaging machine are provided. A method comprises providing cartons with an end opening having a width less than a pitch of flight bars of a packaging machine, and detachably affixing the cartons so that one carton is horizontally ad... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322480 | Method and apparatus for palletizing a product A corrugate palletized container is provided that includes a base defining at least one channel, the channel operable to accept a lifting device therein and a plurality of side walls extending from the base, the plurality of side walls defining a storage space betwe... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322919 | Machine and method for forming tubular lengths of packaging film A machine for forming tubular film lengths from a linear portion of film comprises: a unit (1) for feeding linear film portions (2); at least one forming roller (3) that revolves about an axis (7) transversal to the direction of film feed... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320203 | Method for packaging articles in boxes and a machine which carries out the method In a method for packaging articles, a tubular blank is conveyed in flat folded configuration to an erecting station to be engaged and rotated by suction cups. The raised blank assumes a parallelepiped shape with a vertical axis, while a striker hit a lateral wall of... | 01/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7284359 | Breech loader An apparatus for automatically delivering placed and oriented pieces of meat to a netter for wrapping and netting is described, in which the placement and orientation of the meat pieces remains unchanged from initial placement until final wrapping and netting. The a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283276 | Method and system for producing proof data for package printing A method for producing proof data for a blank of a package in an electronic reproduction system for packages includes linking CAD data from a CAD system and graphic data from a graphic system to form blank data, and using the blank data in a sheet assembly system to... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7261789 | Method of producing paperboard product with an even thickness A method is disclosed for producing a multilayer paperboard product, as well as an assembly suited for implementing the method and a paperboard manufactured according to the method, whereby the paperboard is made from at least two, advantageously three layers (4,... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252197 | One-piece gift box A gift box that includes a detachable gift support for insertion into a gift box after construction from a one-piece sheet of material. Gift restraints are provided for restraining the gift on the gift support. Preferably, the gift is in the shape of a card, such as... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243481 | Method and machine for packing a product in a flat tubular package A method and machine for packing a group of cartons of cigarettes in a flat tubular package, whereby a first portion and a second portion of a suction gripping head respectively engage a first lateral wall of the flat tubular package, and a second lateral wall of th... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240797 | Packaging and dispensing system for sandwich food products A sealed dispensing apparatus suitable for packaging and dispensing a single service portion of a food product. The food product is contained within an inner container cavity formed by an outer cover and a center member. Draw means are provided for transferring a fo... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219485 | Semi-automatic boxing machine In a semiautomatic boxing machine, a first conveyor receives and moves a plurality of erected boxes to a work station, while a second conveyor receives and moves a plurality of products to a station for forming groups of products. A manipulator picks up groups of pr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7186312 | Adhesive which hardens in several stages A hotmelt adhesive having a melting point of at least 40° C. is provided which may be hardened in multiple stages and which is useful in the production of laminates. The hotmelt adhesive may contain a polymer with at least one functional group that is reactive towa... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7146784 | Machine for packaging a plurality of articles in a carton, and method of forming a carton A packaging machine for loading a plurality of articles into a carton which mechanism comprises carton erecting means for part erecting said carton to define a first article receiving cell, means for selecting a group of articles comprising at least two articles, me... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7043888 | Wound film dispenser with exterior retainer and method for manufacturing same A wound film dispenser with exterior retainer and method of assembling same are disclosed. The wound film dispenser includes a base to which a lid is hingedly attached via a fold. The interior end walls of the base include false walls which are biased into the base.... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036292 | Method for containing lightweight materials A collapsible shipping container for lightweight materials, typically edible grain particles and flakes, including a box-like sealable container and a synthetic resinous lining element, all of which are disposable after a single usage. The containers are fully preas... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6996953 | System and method for installing a tamper barrier wrap in a PCB assembly, including a PCB assembly having improved heat sinking A method of attaching a tamper wrap to a printed circuit board using an installation tool that is placed over the main body portion of the tamper wrap. The side tabs of the tamper wrap are folded up against the side walls of the installation tool, and the tamper wra... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6991422 | Method and unit for transferring blanks A method and unit for transferring blanks on a packing machine, whereby stacks of blanks are transferred from a platform, on which the blanks are arranged in stacks, to a store wherein the blanks are packed successively and seamlessly along a path for supply to a pi... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6968668 | Apparatus for packaging goods in an open-bottomed container and method for doing the same One embodiment of the present invention relates to an apparatus for packaging goods in a box. The apparatus comprises a box erecting apparatus for erecting the box to receive at least one good. The apparatus further comprises an elevator lift apparatus operatively p... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6960157 | Automated system and method for handling food containers An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955032 | Shuttle packer packaging machine A shuttle packaging machine includes a support structure having a servomotor driven shuttle device mounted thereon. A transfer arm having suction cups clamps, removes and holds a shipping blank on the shuttle device during all of the packaging functions. The major a... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951530 | Carton, a blank for producing a carton, and methods and apparatus for erecting, closing, and sealing a carton A method of and an apparatus for erecting a carton, and a method of and an apparatus for closing a carton. The carton has 180° fold lines with a compressed area at each end and a slit joining the compressed areas. A carton is erected by moving the blank in a first ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948293 | Process for packaging containers in shipping cartons A method for packing containers, in particular bottles, in transport boxes in which on the inside, on flat-lying transport boxes, flat-lying multi-piece packagings are releasably fastened or compartment units are fastened, ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6915622 | Method for packing a product using a flat tubular package A method and machine for packing a group of cartons of cigarettes using a flat tubular package, whereby a top wall of the flat tubular package is engaged by suction by a gripping head, which is then moved to feed the flat tubular package to a seat which engages a bo... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913568 | Apparatus for removing and erecting a folding-box blank An apparatus for removing a folding-box blank (Z) from a magazine and for erecting the same has a first retaining means (6) with means (62) for gripping a first box wall (W1) of the blank (Z) and a second retaining means (7) with means ( | 07/05/2005 |
