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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082722 | Device for placing containers of collapsible type in a distribution unit The device places filled and sealed collapsible containers. The device has a gripping unit with a number of finger pairs that correspond to the number of containers in a packing state. The gripping unit has a gripping state in which each finger is arranged to make a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8015782 | Case packer Cigarette cartons are boxed by a case packer comprising a frame mounted on a base, a feed unit supplying collapsed box blanks, a station at which the boxes are packed, a feed unit by which the cartons are directed along a path running perpendicular to a feed path fo... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7467504 | Packaging system for split package assembly A system and methods of use for assembling packages has one or more conveyors for advancing one or more product flavors into an accumulation of product units. At an accumulation area the accumulated product units are separated into a subset of pack units by a pack s... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7386971 | Detergent products, methods and manufacture A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volu... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377086 | Taco shell nesting apparatus and method The present invention is, in one embodiment, an apparatus for placing an insert within a nested group of taco shells. The insert placement apparatus comprises a vertical shaft, a horizontal shaft, a first pillow block, a second pillow block, a vacuum cup, a horizont... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7357243 | Packaging machine and method The packaging machine includes: a plurality of lane guides, the plurality of lane guides being spaced apart to form a plurality of lanes; a moveable conveyor belt having a first end and second end, the first end located beneath one of the plurality of lanes, the mov... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7318306 | Packaging method for packaging containers and lids An apparatus for use in packaging containers and associated lids together includes a moveable gantry with a first support portion and a second support portion alongside the first support portion. The first and second support portions are sized and configured to supp... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7225601 | Multipurpose cartoning machine A multipurpose cartoning machine for packets of cigarettes, having a packet conveying assembly wherein a first conveyor feeds single packets, arranged in an orderly succession on edge, to an accumulating station for forming subgroups of packets placed flat one on to... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7143567 | Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of toilet paper and/or kitchen towel Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of paper comprising a bagging and/or forming machine adapted to sort packages of said rolls into batches or to bag said sorted loose packages in a plastic bag, and a palletizing station comprising at lease one manipulator pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124558 | Packaging machine including laterally movable conveyor The packaging machine includes: a plurality of lane guides, the plurality of lane guides being spaced apart to form a plurality of lanes; a moveable conveyor belt having a first end and second end, the first end located beneath one of the plurality of lanes, the mov... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7089717 | Tray loader A method of loading a tray with at least one layer of items includes forming a plurality items into a group of items, moving the first group in a first generally horizontal direction so that the items are received through a top opening of the tray to form a layer of... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076935 | Convertible computer controlled FFS bagging machine A convertible computer controlled form, fill and seal bagging machine comprising a film drive drawing a film sheet about a pouch former with the film sheet being folded and overlapped along longitudinal edge portions; a first sealer heat fusing the overlapped edge p... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073312 | Device for transferring articles in a controlled configuration from a feeding line to a receiving line In a device for transferring articles in a controlled configuration from a feeding line to a receiving line, an oscillating arm having suction grippers picks up the articles, arranged in a first configuration, at an inlet station and transfer the articles up to an o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7013622 | System and method for handling and polywrapping articles The present invention relates to a system and method for extracting and polywrapping articles stored in a pocket of a container. The container may be part of a DPP machine. In operation, a separator sheet is extracted, the bottom of the pocket opened so as to allow ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014030 | Modular substructure for material handling A structural frame assembly that is adapted to support a chute of a sorting machine, the frame assembly including two laterally spaced beams and at least one cross-beam interconnecting the two laterally spaced beams, the beams and the at least one cross-beam includi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994206 | Apparatus for feeding rolls of cut products to a wrapper An apparatus for advancing cut products from a saw to a wrapper includes a plurality of product supports for supporting multiple rows of cut products. A first or buffer portion of the apparatus includes an entry portion of the product supports and includes a first c... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988350 | Packaging system A packing system for articles. According to one embodiment of the invention, a receiving and dropping assembly comprising one or more doors that are displaceable between a holding configuration and a dropping configuration. The doors define a receptacle while in the... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6974017 | Tote conveying apparatus and method A method and apparatus for moving and packing freshly harvested agricultural products in such a way as to minimize the damage to agricultural products from bruising and breakage resulting from falling into storage bins. This invention uses a hydraulic-driven conveyo... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6928789 | Assembly for collecting together different goods Assembly and method for collecting together different goods to form a pack and to pack these in an outer packaging. Streams of goods are always fed to a collection conveyor with feed conveyors. Each stream consists of the same goods and these are buffered at the dis... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918233 | Method for inserting one or more canisters into a flexible pouch in a predetermined orientation A method for inserting one or more canisters into a flexible pouch includes having the pouch with a re-sealable end portion for permitting insertion of the canisters. The pouch also includes a collapsible and flexible floor portion on which one or more of the canist... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6862869 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns includes a vacuum turntable comprising a perforated plate which is driven by a belt extending around the periphery of the vacuum turntable and actuated by a motor. A first transfer a... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6792741 | Container packing system Container packing system for use with conveyed articles. The system includes a carton having four sidewalls with four carton upper edges and four carton lower edges. Four upper flaps are connected to the respective upper edges and four lower flaps are connected to t... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6684611 | Plant for packaging and bagging rolls of paper Plant for packaging comprising, a packaging and bagging rolls of paper, includes a packaging machine (12) designed to produce packs of rolls with a pre-set sequence and a bagging machine (12) and to arrange them according to a plurality of layers, each of... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6484478 | System and method for packaging oriented containers A system and method for packaging oriented containers in a container carrier wherein a plurality of containers are fed into an orientation wheel including one or more chucks. Each chuck engages one end of the container and rotates the container into an or... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6357210 | Apparatus for filing cases with bag containing deformable products A case loading machine and method of operation is described for positioning at least two flexible bags, having an unstable product therein, in a case and in side-by-side contact with one another. A case engaging and displacement mechanism is positionable ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6244018 | Air assisted collator A collator includes a first conveyor having a discharge end and a second receiving conveyor positioned below the discharge end of the first conveyor. As each product bag falls toward the second conveyor, an air blast assists in uprighting the bag. The sec... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6195960 | Device for packaging pipes into a case and taking them out therefrom A device for placing pipes (5') into a case (1) and taking pipes (5) out therefrom, wherein the pipes (5) are placed in stacks (2, 3, 4) each with one pipe across, and wherein the stacks are supported laterally by supports (6, 7, 8, 9) projecting upwardly... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6164045 | Device for packaging groups of (Individual) packages Device for packaging groups, i.e. layers (14), of packages (10) in a carton (11) or the like, and individually arriving packages (10) are collected in the area of a grouping station (23) so as to form rows of packages (13), and the latter are pushed off i... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6145281 | Method and apparatus for packaging a series of articles in different formations The invention concerns a method and an apparatus (1) for packaging series of articles (3) in different formations (71). According to the invention, articles for each formation (71) are fed in mutually opposite directions (69, 70) by longitudinal conveyors... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6141943 | Food article loading head and method A loading head for loading food articles into packaging includes a transfer conveyor in operable communication with a source of articles to be loaded. The transfer conveyor communicates the articles from an upper receiving position to a lower loading posi... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6068550 | Device and method for coin packaging A coin packaging device has a table, to which a mass of coins of identical denomination may be supplied, and a plurality of cylinders, each cylinder being arranged to receive coins one by one through an open end, thereby stacking a predetermined number of... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6049957 | Method and apparatus for filling shell bodies with sub-projectiles A method and apparatus for filling a shell body with sub-projectiles in a predefined geometric arrangement and in a very short time without creating shifting errors is provided. Prior to filling the shell body, the sub-projectiles may be combined into lay... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6006493 | Apparatus for filling cartons For the transportation of articles or of groups of articles between a fixed, predetermined receiving position (20) and a likewise predetermined, fixed set-down position (19), in particular within a folding carton (11) which is open at the top, use is made... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6006892 | Device for forming groups of articles in conveyor systems, for example, for automatic packaging plants Groups, separated by periodic spaces and each containing n articles gathered together, are formed from a regular flow of articles. This result is achieved by means of a thrust element which periodically penetrates the input flow of articles, bringing abou... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6003286 | Universal packaging system with vacuum lifter An automated packaging system that can simultaneously process a single case or a plurality of cases and can be adjusted to accommodate packages and cases of various sizes. Individual packages are fed to the packaging system on the package conveyor. The pa... | 12/21/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5862651 | Flight bar grouper for packer A packer is provided with a continuous flow of side-by-side columns of plastic bottles that move down an inclined ramp and into a load station where groups or slugs of bottles are deposited into trays or cases. An overhead flight bar conveyor provides a g... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5794415 | Apparatus for packing layered fruit into bins An apparatus is disclosed for loading items, such as fruit, into a container such as a fruit bin with an open top face. The bin is transported on rollers to a tiltable cradle that grasps the cradle and tilts it to a loading orientation in which the bin fa... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5787680 | Horizontal cartoner with vertically articulating product trays for multiple counts/layers of wrapped products An automatic packaging machine is adapted to insert a plurality of layers of product into a carton. In a preferred embodiment, the product is carried in an X-Y tray which is able to expand or to contract in width and to raise or lower, thereby giving two ... | 08/04/1998 |
