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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395944 | Medicine supply apparatus A medicine supply apparatus has a tablet case containing medicines, a roll of packing paper that is open at its upper end and folded at its lower end, a nozzle whose discharge end is inserted into the packing paper upper open end for projecting medicine discharged f... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7348525 | Sealing jaw A sealing jaw for manufacturing a sealing seam in a heat-sealable packaging material. The invention furthermore relates to an induction sealing device with a sealing jaw and to a packaging machine with induction sealing device. In order to provide a sealing jaw with... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328547 | Process for packaging plastic materials like hot melt adhesives A method for packaging plastic material using a film to surround the material, and more particularly to a method for packaging hot melt adhesives, the resulting package formed thereby, and the film composition used therein. The method is preferably a coextrusion pro... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328545 | Packaging line and method for continuously packaging discrete products A packaging line and method for continuously packaging discrete products such as, for instance, magazines, CDs, DVDs and combinations thereof in a continuous manner, comprising: a product assembling path which is provided with a co... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7299600 | Device for sealing lengths of filter paper A device for sealing filter bags for products for infusion, where each filter bag is made from a flat web (1) of filter paper and has applied to it a tag (1b) and a tie string (1a) connecting the tag (1b) to the filte... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7225599 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated articles An apparatus for making inflated articles from a film web having two juxtaposed film plies. One version of the apparatus generally includes a first rotary sealing device for producing transverse seals that bond the film plies together, an inflation assembly for dire... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7144470 | Process and device for producing electronic anti-theft elements This invention concerns a process and a device for producing strip elements for electronically securing articles and a corresponding produced strip element. The aim of the invention is to present a process, a device, and a strip element which can be economically pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7104028 | Forming jaw for producing a succession of sealed packages from a tube of sheet packaging material A forming jaw for producing a succession of sealed packages from a tube of sheet packaging material filled with a pourable food product and fed in a direction parallel to its longitudinal axis is disclosed. The jaw includes sealing structure that seals a cross secti... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7059103 | Sealing apparatus and manufacturing process of soft article having sealed portion Disclosed is a sealing apparatus wherein, as a drum (5) and a rotary base (6) are rotated together, a follower (10a) of a rocking support member (9) rockably provided on the outer periphery of the rotary base (6) is guided a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059100 | Induction sealing device for heat sealing packaging material There is described an induction sealing device for heat sealing packaging material for producing sealed packages of pourable food product and fed in a first direction. The sealing device has induction means interacting with the packaging material by means of a pair ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6945008 | Packaging system with improved flow of articles The present invention relates to a packaging system for causing articles M to fall downward along a predetermined falling route A and filling the articles M into a tubular film F. The packaging system is provided with an auxiliary device 205 operating on the ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6837024 | Apparatus for automatically and continuously forming envelopes to contain filter bags for infusion products An apparatus (200) for automatically and continuously forming envelopes (51) to contain filter bags (1) for an infusion product comprises: means (60; 129, 131) for forming the envelopes, designed to make on a web (126) of packaging... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6829876 | Process for splicing a continuous strip of packets A process for splicing cut ends of a continuous strip of packets or bags used to hold bulk material. The steps of the process include forming a continuous strip of packets from packaging material and filling the packets with bulk material. The edges of the packaging... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6758737 | Coin processing apparatus and method A coin processing apparatus has an opening for receiving a plurality of coins of different types, a coin sensor adapted to determine a respective type of individual coins among the plurality of coins, a controller operatively coupled to the coin sensor, a coin separ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6725634 | Counter rail and counter element in a sealing apparatus and method of manufacturing thereof The present invention relates to a counter rail and a dolly, suitable for use in an apparatus for heat sealing a laminated packaging material for packaging of a liquid or flowing product, wherein the counter rail and the dolly each are made of a substantially plasti... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6698166 | Pocket spring assembly and methods An exemplary pocket spring assembly comprises a plurality of elongate fabric tubes disposed adjacent each other. Each fabric tube has a plurality of pockets, with at least some of the pockets of adjacent fabric tubes being welded together at midpoints on ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6675559 | Method of rotary heat sealing articles between webs A rotary heat sealing system heat seals top and bottom webs to each other around discrete articles held in predetermined alignments and spacings between the webs. The rotary heat sealing system comprises a sealing station at which the heat sealing occurs,... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6666004 | Rotary heat sealing system A rotary heat sealing system heat seals top and bottom webs to each other around discrete articles held in predetermined alignments and spacings between the webs. The rotary heat sealing system comprises a sealing station at which the heat sealing occurs,... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6629404 | Method of and system for packaging articles A system for packaging articles, such as stacks of greeting cards or the like, includes an article handler, a group of film handlers, and a side sealer. Each of the film handlers includes a film roll holder, which is adapted to hold a roll of folded over ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6588183 | Device for compacting and holding a loose solid substance, dosed at regular intervals, on a mobile conveyor belt which is permeable to air A device for compacting, on a first conveyor belt which is permeable to air, a solid substance consisting of loose particles, deposited in doses at regular intervals by dosing means which are synchronized with the first conveyor belt, comprises a second c... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6460312 | Packaging system with improved flow of articles A packaging system for causing articles M to fall downward along a predetermined falling route A and filling the articles M into a tubular film F. The packaging system is provided with an auxiliary device 205 operating on the falling route A at predetermi... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6367230 | Method of forming, filling, and sealing bags continuously and an apparatus for forming, filling and sealing bags A bag packaging apparatus includes a forming mechanism, a pull down belt mechanism, a longitudinal seal mechanism, a latitudinal seal mechanism, and a settling mechanism. The forming mechanism forms films into tubular shape. The pull down belt mechanism c... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6238616 | Method of manufacturing gelatin capsule containing powder or time release pellets A manufacturing method for forming gelatin capsules comprising: supplying two gelatin sheets having preformed pockets between die rollers; partially suturing the gelatin sheets together by means of the die rollers to form a pocket; weighing powder or particulate ca... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6217697 | Method for producing and coating melt portions as well as system and apparatus A method for producing and coating melt portions includes two sheet strips, which form coating material layers, being continually fed. The melt portions embedded between the sheet strips are cooled and calibrated according to their thickness. The sheet st... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6079699 | Spring assemblies for mattresses and the like A spring assembly comprises upper and lower superimposed webs of strong yet flexible material which are connected together at spaced intervals to define a plurality of similar pockets (30, 31, 32, 33 . . . ) arranged side-by-side in a parallel relationshi... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5981028 | Film for multiple bag A film for a multiple bag which film is a multiple film comprising at least two sheets of film put one on another and having scattered along its both-side edge portions spot-fused portions by which the at least two sheets of film is partially united.... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5855107 | Method and apparatus for packaging agricultural plant material A bale of cut silage 2 is fed into a sheath 8 of flexible packaging. Apparatus 1 comprises thermal sealing/cutting heads 14,15 and intermediate blades 20. Heads 14,15 seal a rear end 21 of package 22; blades 20 separate package 22 from the remainder of sh... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5466474 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing infusion packages A traveling web (11) having adjacent rows of infusion containing pockets (7) has a strip of web material (20) removed from between these rows to produce strips (19) of pockets (7) which are then attached to a cover member. The strip removal is achieved by... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5460844 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing infusion packages A travelling two-ply web of infusion packages (11) is cut transversely by rotary cutting device (50) to form individual packages (1) which are attached to a styrene cover web (70). The packages 91) and web (70) are fed at the same speed rotary attachment ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5423162 | Automatic packing and sealing machine An automatic packing and sealing machine comprising a front conveyor set, a fast locating device for quickly adjusting and locating the front conveyor set and a sensing device for sensing an article passing therethrough. The sensing device employs a close... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5385004 | Packaging machine having a conveyor of controllable length A product packaging machine incorporates a pair of conveyor belts which are continuously driven in a given direction at a selected speed. The conveyor belts are mounted on a reciprocable frame and are arranged such that the product being conveyed resides ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5339609 | Apparatus and process for film wrapping packaged product Due to variations in the thickness of the film used in wrapping packaged product and various other reasons, the wrapping film such as polyethylene, polypropylene, etc., occasionally causes uneven pulling on the film with resultant turning around or twisti... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5001891 | Filling and packaging machine A filling and packaging machine for continuous filling and packaging of containers made from a sheeting tube (51) is described. It consists of a frame in which an extended sheeting tube (51) of rectangular cross-section can be fed vertically downwards (52... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4738079 | Method and apparatus for severing packaging material between successive wrapped loads during a continuous wrapping process A method and apparatus is provided for severing packaging material which extends between successive wrapped loads during a continuous wrapping process. Wrapped loads are conveyed along a load path in a conveying direction. A severing bar which extends lat... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4712358 | Production of tea and the like bags The invention provides a machine for manufacturing and handling tea bags, wherein the tea bags are produced by laminating together two webs with individual quantities for tea therebetween. Two rows of tea bags, formed in the webs, and the tea in the bags ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4662148 | Method and apparatus for the application of film wrappings In the application of preprinted film wrappings around packing containers it is sometimes required that the text or decorative pattern of the wrapping should be located in a certain position in relation to the edges of the finished packing container. A me... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4614078 | Apparatus for transversely sealing packages The invention relates to an apparatus for transversely sealing packages in which transverse seals are applied to a continuous length of tubular member, in a direction transverse to the length thereof when the tubular member contains a filling such as beve... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4561237 | Apparatus for packing articles fed in a continuous flow An apparatus for packing articles having at least two sealing rollers mounted for rotation by a mechanism so that the rollers are rotated with a non-constant rotational velocity. The mechanism comprises a crank arm and a coupling member, and a driving cam... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4559764 | Sealing blades for a shrink wrapping process Improved set of sealing blades are for a shrink warpping process of the type wherein a plurality of the objects are advanced in spaced relationship along with and between two long sheets of heat-shrinkable polyethylene. A first set of sealing blades and a... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4553377 | Packaging machine with sealing means For producing transverse seams on tube bag machines, two conjointly, oppositely moving sealing tool jaws (15, 16) are provided, which are movable on a carriage (6) during the sealing process. For driving the sealing tool and selecting an appropriate stroke len... | 11/19/1985 |
