Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127520 | Device for the filling of bags The invention relates to a device for the filling of bags in automatic machines for the formation, filling and closing in a continuous process of bags from a tubular mesh, of those comprising a tubular body outside which the storage of tubular mesh is assembled, the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8015783 | Form-fill-seal machine A form-fill-seal machine for manufacturing pouches of a plurality of types having different shapes includes a tubular part, a conveying part and a sealing part. The tubular part is replaceable according to a shape of the pouch to be manufactured. The conveying part ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7950208 | Sealing jaw for producing sealed packages of a food product A sealing jaw for producing sealed packages of a food product from a tube of packaging material includes a supporting body, and a first work surface which interacts, in use, with a second work surface on a further jaw to grip the material to be sealed and perform a ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7934361 | Packaging apparatus There is provided a packaging apparatus including a mechanism for joining a film from a film roll and a film from another film roll to each other. The packaging apparatus is capable of preventing a joint of the films from suffering a thermal sealing failure thereby ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7866131 | Vertical bagging machine comprising two linear motors The invention relates to a vertical bagging machine (1), equipped with a first linear motor (18) for displacing a transversal seal unit (10) in a first direction, preferably vertically (20), and a second linear motor (19) for execu... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7748201 | Form-and-seal unit for a machine for packaging pourable food products A form-and-seal unit for producing aseptic sealed packages from a tube of packaging material filled with a pourable food product. The unit comprises a fixed structure and two forming assemblies which interact alternately and cyclically with the tube of packaging mat... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7617658 | Sealing device for producing sealed packages of a pourable food product A sealing device producing sealed packages filled with pourable food product from sheet packaging material comprises a supporting frame, a forming mechanism movable with respect to the frame along a path to fold the sheet packaging material, a sealing arrangement ca... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7562512 | Bag manufacturing and packaging system A bag manufacturing and packaging system includes a vertical bag manufacturing and packaging machine, a conveyor part, a pair of rotating brushes and a guide member. The vertical bag manufacturing and packaging machine is arranged to manufacture a bag, and to cut ou... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7559184 | Packaging machine for tubular bags When viewing in the direction of material flow of a flat film web of a packaging machine for tubular bags, a film conveying device is situated behind a shaping shoulder of a packaging machine for tubular bags. The film conveying device enables the film web to be dra... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7546722 | Vertical filling-packaging machine and method of manufacturing packaging bag A vertical filling-packaging machine is provided for satisfactorily forming a heat-sealed part by heat-sealing, cooling, and cutting a cylindrical film without moving the same and also for manufacturing a variety of packaging bags in different outline shapes. The ve... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7526906 | Apparatus and method for automated forming of sleeves for sliced products A forming apparatus is provided for forming a film into a sleeve around a filling tube. The forming apparatus has contact surface geometry that is contacted by the film as it travels thereacross configured to ensure smooth forming of the film into the sleeve. Smooth... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7500340 | Quick change module with adjustable former attachments A quick change module operable for being removably attached to and extending below a forming tube of a conventional vertical form, fill, and seal machine to produce a wide assortment of differently sized vertical stand-up pouches or gusseted flat bottom bags. The qu... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7484347 | Packaging filling apparatus and transversal sealing apparatus A packaging filling apparatus, which can obtain the most suitable sealing quality by an automatic control without checking the condition of the sealing by the operator on a regular basis, is provided. A transversal sealing apparatus 48 of the packaging filling appar... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7472528 | Vacuum belt assembly to drive tubular bag material A vacuum belt assembly (10) to drive tubular bag material (11) through a packaging machine. The assembly (10) includes three belts (19, 20, 21) with the belts (19, 20, 21) being driven by rollers (22). The belts (20, 21 | 01/06/2009 |
| 7448189 | Filling apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a filling apparatus capable of reliably correcting the position of an overlap portion. The filling apparatus includes a forming ring including a plurality of forming rollers and disposed at a predetermined position al... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448188 | Continuously operating vertical bag forming filling and sealing machine A machine for forming a bag of a strip of weldable material, filling the bag with a fluent filling, and sealing the filled bag forms the strip into a longitudinally extending and laterally closed tube and continuously advances the tube longitudinally downward throug... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441390 | Device for forming containers produced continuously from a tubular wrapper and unit for packaging the containers A device (8) for forming containers (2) produced continuously from a tubular wrapper (3) fed along a substantially vertical direction of advance (A). The device has at least one support carriage (8a) movable along a respective clos... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441391 | Device for forming containers produced continuously from a tubular wrapper and unit for packaging the containers A device (8) for forming containers (2) produced continuously from a tubular wrapper (3) fed along a substantially vertical direction of advance (A). The device has at least one support carriage (8a) movable along a respective clos... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7415810 | Methods of manufacturing hooded slider-operated zippered bags A method of manufacturing a reclosable package having a hooded slider-operated zipper, comprising the following steps: (a) interlocking profiled closure members of first and second flanged zipper strips; (b) inserting a slider on the zipper strips; (c) folding zippe... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415809 | Packaging machine former support A packaging apparatus 10 including a cabinet 11 provided with a door 12 which is movable relative to an axis opening 13. Within the cabinet 11 is a packaging machine 15 with which there is associated a former 14. The ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409810 | Vertical pouch making machine and method of making pouches A vertical form fill and seal continuous pouch machine includes a forming tube having a cross section area of CA is disclosed. A film tube is continuously formed about the forming tube and fed downward. A horizontal sealing assembly includes at least one pair of opp... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7395642 | Method of manufacturing packages incorporating easy-open strips A method of manufacture comprising the following steps: (a) guiding a web material in a machine direction through a vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) machine with a portion of the web material being wrapped around a tube; (b) joining first and second portions of a clos... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383672 | Package assembly and machine and method for manufacture thereof A package assembly (10) that includes a strip (11) of flexible plastic material. Attached to the strip (11) at spaced positions longitudinally of the strip (11) are bags (12). The bags (12) are sealingly closed and include e... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367171 | Venting system for use with a foam-in bag dispensing system A venting device with base and an adjuster supported by the base, and a driver driving the adjuster. The adjuster includes a film vent former moved by the driver between vent formation mode and non-vent formation mode. The adjuster includes an adjustable blade movin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356979 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a bag package, and bag package A method for manufacturing bag packages, in which netting material of bags to be formed is connected to at least two foil strips which are each provided with a printing repeating in the longitudinal direction of the strip, with the foil strips being supplied in a co... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350339 | Mixing system A mixing system includes a portioning device for sequentially supplying batches of a specified quantity of foodstuffs at a supply location. A mixing device includes a number of mixing chambers which can be sequentially aligned with the foodstuff supply location. A d... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338424 | Packaging machine A horizontal packaging machine (10) for making fluid-tight packages (11) equipped with zip closure (15) comprises: at least one unit (12) for unwinding a film (13) of synthetic material for packag... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334378 | Packaging machine and weighing apparatus A packaging machine and a weighing apparatus low in equipment cost, small in installation space, and allowing a reduction in time required from the manufacture of packaged bodies to the completion of weighing to increase productivity. The stick packaged bodies are w... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325383 | Bag making and filling method using double film A tubular film is flattened to form a continuous two-ply film in which the two side edges are continuously connected in the longitudinal direction. This two-ply film is curved into a tubular form, the two side edges are overlapped, and a vertical seal portion is for... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325379 | Pleat adjustment in vertical, form, film and seal packaging system and method A method and apparatus for continuously or intermittently and vertically forming, filling and sealing packaging includes an infeed section, a pleating assembly, a forming tube and a sealing assembly. The pleating assembly imparts at least one pleat to the film. The ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325386 | Double action vertical form-fill-seal apparatus This is a double acting, multi-lane machine and method for the forming, filling and sealing of plastic or paper film pouches of various sizes commonly used to hold liquid viscous, dry, particulated or powdery materials or other substances. The machine includes a fou... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322169 | Vertical, form, fill and seal packaging system A method and apparatus for continuously or intermittently and vertically forming, filling and sealing packaging includes an infeed section, a pleating assembly, a forming tube and a sealing assembly. The pleating assembly imparts at least one pleat to the film. The ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311647 | Methods for sensing features on moving fastener tape during automated production A method of manufacture comprises the following steps: (a) advancing a fastener tape made of flexible thermoplastic material along a process pathway during an indexing portion of a work cycle, the fastener tape not advancing during a dwell time of the work cycle; (b... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310923 | Timing gates for a packaging machine A chute assembly to be positioned between a weigher and a former of a packaging machine. The chute assembly includes a timing gate device including a plurality of timing gates that regulates the delivery of batches of product from the weigher to the former. The gate... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305808 | Packaging machine A packaging machine moves its heater unit for longitudinal sealing of a tubularly formed film between a sealing position at which the heater unit contacts the film and a retracted position at which it is separated from the film. In addition to the mechanism for this... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305805 | Method for making a flexible reclosable package A flexible package having an integrated reclose strip, and method for manufacturing same, constructed by modification to existing vertical form and fill packaging machines. The reclose strip comprises a length of tacky two-sided adhesive tape. The apparatus for appl... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299604 | Method and apparatus for moving a welding jaw To be able to weld different items, in particular films of different thickness and composition, in an optimized way in each case, it is proposed in the case of a welding jaw circulating along a closed path, for example a transverse welding jaw of a vertical tubular ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299608 | Quick change module with adjustable former attachments A quick change module operable for being removably attached to and extending below a forming tube of a conventional vertical form, fill, and seal machine to produce a wide assortment of differently sized vertical stand-up pouches or gusseted flat bottom bags. The qu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290382 | Container packaging apparatus A wafer case is inserted into a packaging bag, and an ear folding and shaping bar is pressed against a root of each corresponding triangular ear portion, making a folding back line in each triangular ear portion. Each of the triangular ear portions is folded back ov... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275354 | Vertical form, fill and seal packaging system A method and apparatus for continuously or intermittently and vertically forming, filling and sealing packaging includes an infeed section, a pleating assembly, a forming tube and a sealing assembly. The pleating assembly imparts at least one pleat to the film. The ... | 10/02/2007 |
