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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354387 | Folding device Folding device, for use in sealing flexible tubular containers by adhering two facing portions on the same end edge, which comprises two groups of rotating paddles that face one another, able to turn simultaneously and so that each paddle in the same group pushes re... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7207152 | Method for handling, labeling and filling syringes An inventive method, system and apparatus are provided for syringe handling, and more particularly, for syringe labeling, filling and capping operations. To facilitate syringe handling, an inventive apparatus includes a plurality of syringe bodies interconnected in ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7172546 | Apparatus for sealing bag bottom An apparatus for sealing the bottom of a bag includes a frame through which a bag to be folded is longitudinally advanced. The apparatus includes a pair of cooperating grippers carried by a reciprocably movable gripper carrier. The grippers are operated to opposite ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7073309 | Method of using a reusable closure for packages Adhesive articles, particularly useful as reusable closures in the presence of moisture from refrigerated or frozen food packaging environments, comprising a moisture resistant substrate and a removable adhesive covering at least a portion of the substrate surface, ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6920740 | Continuous bag closing apparatus and method An packaging apparatus and method to uncuff a package assembly is disclosed. The package assembly includes a container with at least one upstanding sidewall defining an open top. A bag is disposed within the container and a top portion of the bag is folded over the ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6772576 | Method for filling a tube and corresponding device There is provided an improved method for filling a tube with a paste, ointment, gel or cream along with a device therefore which comprises simultaneously reducing the internal volume of the filled tube with the flattening and closure of the filling orifice. ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6742321 | Flange alignment and grasping assembly for bag handling apparatus A flange alignment and grasping assembly is adapted to straighten the flanges of a bag in a filling and sealing apparatus so that the flanges may be clamped by the assembly. The assembly includes opposed guides that engage the side of the bag in the general location... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6723408 | Resealable envelope A resealable envelope comprising a flexible plastic back sheet, a backing adhesive applied on a back surface of the flexible plastic back sheet to attach the envelope to a package, a flexible plastic front sheet attached to the back sheet at their respective side ed... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6637178 | Bagger method and apparatus An improved can end bagging system comprises four subassemblies: (1) the end gathering and stick assembly apparatus, (2) the bag feeding, opening, and loading apparatus which places a predetermined number of stacked can ends into an open end bag, (3) the ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6574946 | Method and device for end closure of packaging tubes A method and apparatus for the end closure of packaging tubes is provided. In one embodiment, the tube which is to be sealed presents an intermediate wall having a surplus length across the tube cross-section, and the intermediate wall is fixed at the fil... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6536190 | Multi-wall sack A multi-wall sack (3) containing a product is disclosed together with a method of forming and sealing such a sack. The sack (3) includes an inner pouch that is filled with product and sealed. The sack (3) also includes an outer bag that encloses the seale... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6308501 | Packaging apparatus A packaging apparatus for packaging a product, said apparatus having a bag magazine containing a number of preformed bags from which bags are separated by a lifting member which lifts each bag at or adjacent to its sealed end; a support device for separat... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6240709 | Collapsible bag for stacking and method thereof A collapsible bag which is adapted to have another bag stacked thereon when the collapsible bag is filled with material. The collapsible bag includes a main body, a bottom portion, and a top portion. The main body defines a plurality of vertical sections ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6145280 | Flexible packaging for polymer electrolytic cell and method of forming same A method of packaging a rectangular electrolytic battery, comprising the steps of forming a sleeve from a flat, rectangular sheet of a laminate material by overlapping and joining opposite edges of the sheet; inserting a rectangular battery into one end o... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5996319 | Packaging machine, material and method A packaging machine and process for loading bags of a novel web of side connected bags are disclosed. The web is fed through a bagger section by a pair of grooved main transport belts and a pair of lip transport belts each disposed in the groove of the as... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5890348 | Method and apparatus for the automatic closing of transport bags The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the automatic closing of transport bags, especially bags made of paper for meal, fodders and the like, with a mass of more than 5 kg. The filled bags are first spread and are aligned in their height, ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5887412 | Packaging machine, material and method A packaging machine and process for loading bags of a novel web of side connected bags are disclosed. The web is fed through a bagger section by a pair of grooved main transport belts and a pair of lip transport belts each disposed in the groove of the as... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5887409 | Process for vacuum packaging of materials A method of packaging a particulate material is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a flexible plastic bag having an opening at one end, placing the bag in a mold which generally takes the form of an open-topped box, introducing the mater... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5771667 | Bag filling, closing, and sealing machine A fully automated apparatus and operating system for supplying, transferring, filling, and sealing bags, utilizing a clam shell type of filling spout is provided in combination with apparatus for sealing each filled bag in close proximity to the spout. Th... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5609901 | Method of using a perforated package A perforated package of a composite integral sheet material which includes a first layer of absorbent material, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. The composite m... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5585129 | Process of using a perforated package of a composite integral material A perforated package of a composite integral sheet material which includes a first layer of absorbent material, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. The composite m... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5398484 | Transfer device for gripping and depositing a filled bag and for moving it into a closing device A transfer device for gripping a filled bag from a suspended position at a filling neck and depositing the bag on a conveyor belt for moving it into a bag closing device, a clamping assembly having two approximately vertical arms which are articulated at ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5372000 | Apparatus for filling flexible bags An apparatus for filling flexible bags includes an endless conveyor having a generally horizontally oriented upper run; and a plurality of bag holders mounted on the conveyor and distributed therealong. Each bag holder includes two cooperating plates exte... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5353573 | Apparatus and method for forming, filling and sealing closed individual pinch pouches A machine and method for forming, filling and sealing closed individual pinch pouches includes a support for holding a continuous supply of material having a solid bleached sulfate board or paper board surface and a heat sealable plastic coating on one si... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5351463 | Method and apparatus for making a filled and closed vacuum pak The present invention describes a method and apparatus for closing a filled vacuum pack package. The open end of the package, which is made from a thin-wall, flexible foil, is folded above the height of the product in the package. The package is placed in... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5313767 | Multiple package forming and filling machine A machine for and a step by step method of forming packages or containers from blanks, heat sealing the sides of the packages and depositing the packages in fixtures, retaining the packages in fixtures during dosing of the packages with product, heat seal... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5165216 | Loop forming mechanism for flexible packaging material An improved method for packaging utilizes the two-spaced clippers for simultaneously attaching the first and second U-shaped metal clips to gathered packaging material. Prior to attachment of the clips, the tail end of the packaging material is wrapped ar... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5061500 | Easy opening microwavable package An improved microwavable package of laminar construction, having its inner layer constructed of a film whose inherent seal strength is sufficiently high that the inside of the package need not have extraneous reinforcement to maintain its integrity fillin... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4897983 | Wrapper for tubular products, especially chocolate bars and method of manufacturing it A wrapper for tabular products, especially chocolate bars. The wrapper consists of a one-piece blank wrapped asymmetrically around the bar to create a facing and of a tube of wrapping material established by a longitudinal sealing seam adjacent to one sid... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4872303 | Bag top forming method and apparatus There is provided a method and an apparatus for forming the tops of material-filled bags into substantially fin-like shapes suitable for sealing in conventional top-sealing machines. The filled bags may be conveyed at random to a top-forming location in t... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4869048 | Stretcher for package forming A method and apparatus for forming bags such as in a form, fill and seal machine wherein the bags are formed by drawing film downwardly over a filling tube and cross-sealing the bag tube and applying a lateral stretching force to the bag tube at the locat... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4851062 | Method of making and decorating a plastic container having a neck A method of making and decorating a container in which the tubular body is injection molded with either its upper end or its bottom end open and is threaded onto a mandrel through an open end to provide support for the tubular body during printing of a de... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4834823 | Package for flowable filling materials having a re-closable opening A fluid packaging means comprises tubular side walls and end walls disposed at the ends thereof, forming a bottom and a top, wherein the top comprises thermoplastic material without a carrier material, is injection moulded to the outer edge of the tube al... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4785609 | Method of wrapping a flat rectangular article A method of packing a flat, angular item having two opposite large faces, two opposite side faces and two opposite end faces. Each end face is bounded by two short end face edges, a first long end face edge and a second long end face edge. The method incl... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4756142 | Apparatus for closing filled sacks Apparatus for closing filled sacks, which have been transferred from a filling station to a take-over station and a closing station by a conveyor comprising a gripper, which like pliers grips the flattened lips of the filled sacks. A pair of gripping roll... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4730439 | Method and apparatus for packaging a product in individual vacuum sealed packets The present invention relates to a unique method and apparatus for packaging a product in individual vacuum-sealed packets constructed of a sheet of flexible material. In the method of the present invention, a sheet of flexible packaging material is forme... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4704845 | Method and apparatus for closing bags and a plant for bagging bulk materials The process serves for closing filled bags (52) making use of an approximately horizontal conveying track (3). The bags are fed on a conveying track with constant conveying speed to a spreading apparatus (16 to 51) and then to a closing station (12, 13). ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4671044 | Automatic profile web filler Apparatus for and a method of filling a chain of successively connected bag containers, each closed at its bottom end with successive ones seamed at adjacent side edges, the chain defining sleeve means along the upper edge thereof, above said side seams. ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4667453 | Method of forming sealed flexible container with non-destructive peelable opening Containers formed of a flexible sheet of material capable of being sealed for closing off the interior of the container from the ambient atmosphere. The sheet material is resistant to tearing and includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The contain... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4614073 | Method and apparatus for processing and packaging in boxes tubular squeezable containers Picking up in a positive manner from a feeding hopper in individual sequence horizontally positioned tubes, feeding them by gravity and delivering them, always positively held, to an element that from the horizontal pick-up position inserts them positivel... | 09/30/1986 |
