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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293395 | Apparatus and method for inserting cup-shaped inserts into containers An apparatus and method for producing container assemblies having a cup-shaped insert disposed within a container. A container conveyor conveys a series of open containers along a lower horizontal path, the container conveyor bringing each container in turn to a sto... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7134258 | Packaging apparatus and methods A packaging system includes a transport defined by a linear motor driving independent elements in a path to carry out a packaging function. The elements are driven independently of other elements in the path and are driven by the linear motor in a section of the pat... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7013625 | Bale bagging apparatus A bagging assembly for use with a bale bagging apparatus is disclosed. The bale bagging apparatus includes a frame assembly, a bale stuffer, and a bale chute. The bagging assembly includes a carriage frame having a first and a second side rail, a pivot end, and a mo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6966162 | Device for wrapping a bale with a wrapping sheet and including a control unit responsive to wrapping condition sensor(s) The invention suggests a device for wrapping a bale with a wrapping sheet, which comprises one or more sensors that detect whether the bale is wrapped properly with the wrapping sheet. A baling press is equipped with such a wrapping device as well as a control or re... | 11/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6769228 | Prescription order packaging system and method A system for automatically packaging prescription orders composed of one or more prescription containers. The system includes a printer for generating literature associated with each order and a packer for packing the prescription containers and the associated liter... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6666937 | Method and apparatus for labeling and stacking flower pot covers A method and apparatus for automatically labeling and stacking a plurality of flower pot covers. The apparatus has a first conveyor and a second conveyor. The first conveyor has a plurality of spatially disposed support assemblies connected thereto, each ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6453650 | Machine for the fabrication of containers with consumable content Machine for manufacturing consumable goods containers, including a structure in which four modules are located, two supply modules (1) and (2), one dosage module (3) and the other a cutting module (4). It includes thermo-plastic material reels (5) and (6)... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6209295 | Plastic and metal tube holder for SOIC package A tube holder assembly is provided for use with an output track assembly of an IC test handler so as to eliminate the need of transferring tested SOIC packages loaded in plastic tubes to metal tubes for a "burn-in" process. The tube holder assembly is com... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5946883 | Drug filling machine A drug filling machine has a plurality of feeders containing a plurality of different kinds of drugs. A plurality of drugs are discharged from one or some or the feeders into a vial. A sealing unit is provided for sealing the mouth of the vial with a tran... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5768854 | Equipment for packaging products internally of boxes In packaging equipment suitable for packaging tableted products of a delicate nature, such as tablets of soap, each tablet is directed into a box by one of a succession of push-rods set in motion synchronously with a first feed line conveying boxes, and a... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5761888 | Method and apparatus for conveying dry ice A method and apparatus for distributing dry ice from a central source, through a distribution network of feed conveyors, to one or more remote dispensing stations where the dry ice is dispensed into packaging containers. The feed conveyors are provided wi... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5671787 | Accumulation system and method A system for sequentially establishing batches of predetermined numbers of items is disclosed. The system includes a feeder for continuously dispensing items serially and one at a time. A counter counts items as they are dispensed by the feeder and emits ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5669205 | Packing of photographic film A cartridge of wound-up photographic film has an elongate housing within which the film is received, the housing having an outlet through which the film leader projects. In order to insert the cartridge of film into a cylindrical container it is necessary... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5473865 | Automatic bagging apparatus In an automatic bagging apparatus, a foremost bag F of stacked bags stored in a bag storage mechanism 10 is fed by a bag feeding mechanism 20 and supported by a bag support mechanism 30. The supported bag is supplied with a predetermined amount of ice cub... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5209047 | Tube loader for integrated circuit parts Integrated circuit parts to be loaded are guided down an inclined ramp in a guideway for gravity feeding into a storage and transport tube. A tube holder member is attached to the bottom of the ramp; and it has an aperture through it for receiving a tube ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5177930 | Carton forming apparatus with servo control An apparatus for forming paperboard cartons from flat blanks is provided. The carton blanks are fed from a magazine to the face of a forming die, a reciprocating plunger is provided to push the blank through the die forming the carton, and an endless conv... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5142846 | Apparatus and method for bagging a product A bag detection apparatus (50) for sensing the position and seam integrity of a deformable bag (24) and bag transfer apparatus (53) for gripping and maintaining positive control of the edges (25) of the bag (24) during transfer from a bag filling station ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5125215 | Envelope flap opener An envelope flap opener comprises a revolving gripper drum for conveying envelopes thereupon in flap-up orientation with flap edge trailing and a revolving rotor disposed vicinally to the gripper drum, the rotor having at least one sucker cup extending fr... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5079896 | Carton loading machine In a carton loading machine, there is provided a mechanism which will initially displace one row of cylindrical-shaped objects with respect to its adjacent row such that load items in one row are located in a staggered relationship with respect to the loa... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5080864 | Stopper detector There is described a stopper detector for use in combination with a stopper remover, so that containers of liquid can be automatically unstoppered in an analyzer if they are in fact stoppered. The stopper detector includes a mechanism for discriminating b... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5048266 | Bag filling apparatus An apparatus and method for filling a bag with a commodity without contaminating a sealable region of the bag near its opening. The apparatus includes a mechanism for forming a cuff in the bag and holding the bag as it is being filled. A frame associated ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5029431 | Method and apparatus for packing containers Apparatus for packing a number of small packages into containers of a larger size and having an inclined conveyor for receiving packages, a counter flat adjacent to upper end of the conveyor for generating count signals, a storage chute for receiving pack... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4996819 | Film feed device for packaging machine A film feed device for a form, fill and seal packaging machine includes front and rear rolls of film which are individually unwound and fed to the packaging machine via a drive assembly which contacts the rolls and rotates the same independent of other fi... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4982556 | Modularly constructed automatic packaging machine An automatic packaging machine is custom constructed from standardized modules in order to reduce cost and standardize operational and maintenance procedures. The standardized modules include conveyor chain modules which may be ganged to maintain synchron... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4964262 | Machine for filling and closing two-piece capsules A capsule filling and capping machine including a testing apparatus for ascertaining the presence of capsule pieces (bottom and cap) in the conveyor apparatus. The conveyor apparatus includes receptacles into which the capsules are tightly inserted. A tes... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4894976 | Missing card circuit for a slicing machine An automotive slicing machine includes a circuit for monitoring the operation of a card dispenser during the processing of a sliced product. In one embodiment, when the monitoring circuit detects that a card dispensing operation has not been performed for... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4872300 | Cap detector for bottling system with high speed gate mechanism A device having a cocked cap detector and a missing cap detector in a bottle production line is disclosed. The device also includes a gate diverter mechanism for diverting miscapped bottles from their narrower top portion.... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4870806 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the supply of cap members of capping machines A method and apparatus for monitoring the supply of cap members from a magazine or supply bin, via a channel, to the capping mechanism of a capping machine. At least one signal emitter, which is provided at the channel, generates an emitted signal that ch... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4773204 | Cap applying apparatus An apparatus for applying caps on containers in which a primary cap-applicator applies the majority of caps and a secondary cap-applicator applies caps to the containers which have passed the primary cap-applicator without having been provided with a cap.... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4697402 | Mechanism for feeding wrap material into a bale-forming chamber for enveloping a large round table A drive roll drive of a wrap material feed mechanism is driven at a peripheral speed a desired percentage slower than the peripheral speed of a bale being wrapped whereby the drive rolls function also in the manner of a drag brake so that the wrap materia... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4625362 | Method and a device for automated manufacture of strings of sausages A method and apparatus is disclosed for the continuous automated manufacture of sausage wherein tubular material for sausage casing from a supply source is axially shirred by shirring means into shirred sections, of continuously measured length; the shirr... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4580316 | Hose material to be used as sausage casing, in particular in the automated manufacture of sausage strings on a sausage stuffing machine Hose material for the continuous automated manufacture of sausage wherein tubular material for sausage casing from a supply source is axially shirred by shirring means into shirred sections, of continuously measured length; the shirred sections are stuffe... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4578927 | Pusher head diverter for a carton loader A barrel loader for a cartoner having a product conveyor and a carton conveyor. A plurality of pusher heads are carried on two spaced endless chains. A cam track between the chains cooperates with cam followers on the heads to cam the heads toward the pro... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4558557 | Apparatus for automatically converting piles of freshly printed sheets of value tokens, in particular sheets of bank notes, into bundle packs The apparatus has a strip cutting device (6) in which the sheet piles (1) are cut into bundle strips (8), a bundle cutting device (16) for cutting the bundle strips into banknote bundles (17) and therebetween a banding station (9) for the bundle strips (8... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4534156 | Box filling apparatus The invention is applied to an apparatus for filling storage boxes with lemons or other articles. The articles are first diverted from a conveyor into a measuring and collecting bin. When articles fill the bin to a level which will fill a box beneath the ... | 08/13/1985 |
