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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7412814 | Bottle or container transfer system for automated prescription filling Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7392640 | Automatic machine for counting and feeding articles, in particular tablets, capsules, pills In a counting machine, a feeding tray contains articles in bulk to supply the articles to a rotating disc-shaped support with a plurality of through holes. A check station has a transparent plate operating to keep the articles in the holes and cooperating with visio... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7231749 | Apparatus and system for detecting under-filled cushions The invention is an under-filled cushion detector that is capable of conveying a string of packaging cushions and detecting whether the string of packaging cushions may be under-filled. The detector includes an upper driven belt that is movably suspended above a low... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7185477 | Bottle or container transfer system for automated prescription filling Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7107742 | Automatic packing device for the filling of containers by means of superposed layers of products, in particular fruits such as oranges An automatic packing device for filling containers with products, includes: two separate feed stations, each adapted to arrange a stream of products in parallel rows; elements capable of picking up alternately, in each feed station and depositing in the container, a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7017321 | Machine for sealing containers by applying a covering film A system for feeding containers on conveyor consisting of a feeder conveyer and an accumulator conveyor in which the speed of the accumulator conveyor is controlled to meter the distribution of containers to a processing station, such as a sealing unit. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6983579 | Automated prescription filling system/method with automated labeling and packaging system/method and automated order consolidation system/method Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6971217 | Method and device for controlling a wrapping machine for printed products A method for controlling a wrapping machine for printed products that includes determining the size of an incoming gap in a printed product stream and controlling a speed of the wrapping machine as a function of the size of the incoming gap. The controlling step inc... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6715267 | Method and system for packing materials for shipment The present invention is directed to a method and system for packing an order of parts. An operator is prompted to select an indicated part. The part is read by the system to verify the selection of the part. An array of indicators directs the operator to where the ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6474049 | Automatic turret bagging machine An automatic turret bagging machine utilizes a turret transport mechanism having four article receiving compartments to receive liquid pouches, herein milk pouches, oriented longitudinally therein. An indexing motor drives the turret transport mechanism b... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6463721 | Strapping machine with a strap tightening unit A strapping machine includes a machine body which defines a package-strapping space with a strap guide path. A package support plate is disposed above the strap guide path, and has opposite left and right sides which extend in a direction transverse to th... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6446415 | Method of forming groups of cigarettes on a cigarette packing machine On a packing machine for packing cigarettes, whereby a group of cigarettes is formed by withdrawing the cigarettes from one or more outlets of a hopper, interception, in response to a control signal, of the stream of cigarettes from any one outlet results... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6363686 | Apparatus for linear transport of block-shaped cigarette packets preparatory to testing the quality of their adhesive bonds Cigarette packets of a file wherein packets having satisfactory envelopes are randomly distributed among packets with defective envelopes, particularly envelopes having improperly glued and/or loose flaps, are advanced by a belt conveyor between two later... | 04/02/2002 |
| 5890350 | Automatic packaging machine for multiple small items with desired orientation An automatic packaging machine inserts small items, such as candy coated chewing gum, into a box with the small items arranged in a desired orientation. First, the small items are swept into a grid of individual pockets in plates on a conveyor. Then, the ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5881532 | Case packer A case packer has a product-supplying mechanism for transporting packaged products sequentially to a product-aligning mechanism including a plurality of conveyors arranged longitudinally towards a packing unit for packing a container with these transporte... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5832693 | Apparatus for collecting ampules A system for collecting prescribed injection ampules. In this system, it is possible to collect any ampules that cannot be collected from an automatic ampule dispenser with high efficiency. An ampule collecting apparatus has a tray supply unit for supplyi... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5829232 | Device for detecting shortage of products in a package A device for detecting shortage of cigarette packs in a carton has a pair of first proximity sensors capable of individually detecting the cigarette packs at the opposite ends of the carton in an inspecting position, among other cigarette packs in the car... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5799468 | Filling blister-pack strips A blister-pack package is made by forming a strip with a plurality of fields of upwardly open pockets and filling the pockets with respective objects while leaving at least one pocket empty and then scanning the fields and determining an address of the em... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5743068 | Citrus fruit packing machine Citrus fruit packing machine, consisting of a framework structure, in front of which corresponding endless conveyors converge at an angle, respectively holding the citrus fruits and the boxes that are going to contain them; a first head, mounted on said f... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5568715 | Automated inspection system with transport and ejector conveyor An automated inspection system for inspecting packages, such as blister packages, to verify the presence therein of products, such as contact lenses, prior to heat sealing of the blister packages. The automated inspection system includes a transport and e... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5524414 | Machine for packaging fragile cylindrical products, particularly cigarettes A machine for packaging fragile cylindrical products, particularly cigarettes, comprising a unit for forming and transporting ordered groups of cigarettes, and a station for transferring the groups to a following processing unit by mean synchronized with ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5337473 | Inventory assembly work station table A work station table wherein inventory articles to be integrated into a product are placed on the table, with each type of article being located next to one of a plurality of detector cards set in the table (one type of article per card). Each detector ca... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5244075 | Cigarette ejecting apparatus of a cigarette packaging apparatus A piling machine of a cigarette packaging apparatus comprises a number of transferring drums disposed between the respective aligning drums of the apparatus for aligning a given number of cigarettes in rows and the piling drum for piling rows of cigarette... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5033251 | Automatic product recovery apparatus Methods and apparatus for automatically recovering product from a partially-filled multiple cavity package, such as a "blister" package, are disclosed. Automatic product recovery is necessary for reducing the cost associated with the partial filling of bl... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5005338 | Method of positioning products on a tape comprising compartments as well as an apparatus for implementing the method Three sets of product pick-up elements each pick up products in a linear array, the three arrays being parallel. One set places products from a vibratory feeder to a buffer array, a second set places product into a measuring station from the buffer and th... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4979357 | Detecting apparatus for detecting discrepancy in number of stacked coins provided in coin wrapping machine A detecting apparatus for detecting discrepancy in number of stacked coins provided for a coin wrapping machine including wrapping rollers for winding a wrapping film having a larger width than the height of stacked coins around stacked coins of a predete... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4962623 | Asynchronous rejection in an inserter A material processing system for collating and feeding documents as collations for insertion into an envelope, comprising first and second feeding modules, and an insertion module, each of the feeding modules including document position sensing means and ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4955185 | Insertion machine An insertion machine includes an insertion station (44) whereat groups of items are stuffed into an envelope held open at an envelope opening station (49). The insertion station comprises an cam (212)-driven carriage (202) which linearly reciprocates in a... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4916883 | Process and apparatus for the testing of packs In the packaging of articles, especially brittle articles, such as biscuits or the like, a test must be carried out to ensure that the pack content is complete and intact. For this purpose, each pack (10) is tested, during its continuous conveyance via co... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4742668 | Cigarette checking device and packaging apparatus Three rows of feelers sliding in openings in support plates each bear either a blocking element with a single sight for the outside rows of feelers or a blocking element with two sights for the middle row. When all the feelers are in operative position, t... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4722169 | Parts sensor for conveyor apparatus An apparatus and method for transferring elongated parts, such as spark plug insulator bodies, travelling in a single row, end to end, on a first conveyor to a receptacle travelling on a second conveyor, the parts being placed each in a part-holding cavit... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4672796 | Control method of stop waiting operation in collective packing machine A control method of operation of a collective packing machine, which packing machine is composed of a main packing machine and an auxiliary packing machine. The main packing machine is in continuous operation while the auxiliary packing machine is in stop... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4528801 | Device for forming groups of cigarettes in a cigarette packaging machine A device for forming groups of cigarettes in a cigarette packaging machine, in which an outlet hopper of a cigarette feed apparatus comprises a plurality of adjacent outlet mouths each arranged to deliver successive layers of cigarettes. Pusher means disp... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4408295 | Optical inspector for slat-type container filling machine An optical inspecting apparatus for detecting the absence of an object from a cavity of a slat filling machine. The inspector detects the empty cavity, determines the container which will be short filled and tracks the container and causes the ejection of... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4394896 | Backlog control system for processing machine An article backlog control system for a processing machine such as a wrapper maintains a backlog count within a preselected range. Articles being randomly supplied to the backlog are continuously counted as are articles being removed from the backlog for ... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4383795 | Bag transfer apparatus Apparatus for simultaneously pinching a plurality of elongated bags disposed in parallel, side by side relation with one another and transferring the bags. The apparatus includes a gripper mechanism arranged to pinch each bag at two longitudinally spaced ... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4369612 | Automatic confection packaging machine An automatic conveyor packaging apparatus for high speed packing of frozen confections in containers with provision for interaction between product conveyors carrying confections from a confection manufacturing process and a conveyor carrying empty carton... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4307556 | Coin irregularity process machine for coin packaging machine There is provided a coin packaging machine of the type in which one packaging operation is controlled by one revolution of a cam driving shaft. The coin packaging machine is provided with an apparatus for processing irregularly stacked coins. The apparatu... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4147013 | Device for transferring soft cake-shaped products from a first to a second conveyor An improved transfer device for transferring soft cake-shaped products, and soap cakes in particular, from one conveyor to another conveyor, which device comprises a sliding member reciprocatingly moved along a horizontal guide parallel to said one convey... | 04/03/1979 |
