Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7509792 | Device for opening flexible containers A device for opening flexible containers, comprising a first gripping assembly (3, 4) active on a first portion of a container and second gripping assembly (5) active on a second portion of the container which faces the first portion and co-operating w... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7363753 | Method for removing a pouch from a plurality of pouches including bending and pulling of the pouch A method and apparatus for removing the first pouch from a stack of pouches includes apparatus adapted to bend an edge of the first pouch away from the second pouch of a stack to define a bent edge and a bend in the first pouch. The first pouch is then slid away fro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7328540 | Automated bagger and method A product bagger and method where products are placed in inflated lead bags on a bag assembly without actuating a sensor for shutting down the bagger. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320204 | Process and apparatus for encapsulating a photo-stimuable phosphor imaging plate within a barrier envelope and a barrier envelope therefore There are disclosed by a process and apparatus for positioning and sealing photostimuable phosphor imaging plates within barriers envelope blanks therefore and formed on a roll thereof wherein a barrier envelope blank including a U-shaped heat sealed portion thereof... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7194849 | Apparatus for opening bags lying flat An apparatus for opening bags lying flat is part of a packaging system having a conveyor system, with receiving cups, located at equal intervals, for the bags. The bags are kept on hand in the form of blanks lying flat in bag magazines and are taken from the bags by... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7162852 | Device for filling stand-alone flat-bottom bags A device for filling stand-alone flat-bottom bags with opposing side edges and a bottom, in particular filling them with liquid including a filling carousel which can rotate about a vertical axis and which has a plurality of holders for one bag each provided on its ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160196 | Identification device A tray (10) for supplying coded golf balls (50) to the tee (41) of a golf driving range comprises a first zone (11) for receiving golf balls, one of which is selected to be played by moving it by means of a club over a barrier (14)... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134256 | Packaging system The present invention provides a packaging system that includes a beak-shaped hopper, a pair of opening and closing bars, and a sensor for sensing a limitless opening and closing movement of the opening and closing bars. The beak-shaped hopper and the pair of openin... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121066 | Installation for slicing and packaging bread An installation for slicing whole loaves and packaging each sliced loaf in its entirety or in halves after splitting of the loaf that has been sliced in its entirety. The installation comprises a slicing device for slicing whole loaves, and a packaging device... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7024840 | Bagging apparatus for use with wicketed bags A vertical bagging apparatus [101] comprises a bag station [105] having multiple stations [403A, 403B, 403C, 403D] for holding a variety of wicket-supported bags. A tooling assembly [107] accepts product for a product... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7003931 | Bag filling and sealing machine and method for handling bags A bag filling and sealing machine includes a bag holder, a bag opening and filling station, and a sealing station. The bag holder holds wicketed bags in a manner that allows the bags to be easily torn from the holder. A funnel assembly successively opens each bag, t... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6976350 | Bag presenter for a packaging machine A bag presenter for moving a bag from a bag supply toward a packaging machine filling station, the bag presenter comprising: a bag supply holding area, a gripper for holding a bag in the filling station and a bag handler for moving the bag from the holding area towa... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6959525 | Method and assembly for filling a box Method and assembly for filling a box with relatively flexible bags, such as snack food bags of relatively small size. Two rows of bags are horizontally placed adjacent to each other. A number of groups or rows can be vertically placed above each other in a box. To ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955029 | Apparatus and method for packaging products An apparatus for packaging products having different shape and dimensions, such as for example food products of different size, into pre-formed bags of appropriate size, such as for example heat-shrinkable bags of thermoplastic material, comprises a conveyor for car... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955195 | Bag filling apparatus and method for filling loose material into a bag A bag filling apparatus for packing loose material into a bag, comprising a feeding hopper for receiving the loose material and a hollow tube connected to the feeding hopper. The hollow tube comprises an upper section connected to the feeding hopper and a lower sect... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6931824 | Packaging system A method of filling a flexible pouch having a base and sidewalls extending from the base to define a mouth. The method comprising the steps of delivering the pouches an infeed conveyor to a predetermined orientation and transporting the pouches in a controlled manne... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931817 | Automatic grocery bag opener An automatic grocery bag opener automatically opens plastic and polyethylene bags with forced air in produce departments and at checkout counters of grocery stores. Bags are held in position from any of several different types of hangers on the front of the enclosur... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6920736 | Goods-wrapping apparatus including a printer According to the present invention, a goods-wrapping apparatus for wrapping a particular article of a plurality of articles, includes: a goods storing section operable to store the plurality of articles; a goods carrying in/out section operable to carry in the artic... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6868655 | Bag handling machine A bag filling and sealing machine includes a bag holder, a bag opening and filling station, and a sealing station. The bag holder holds wicketed bags in a manner that allows the bags to be easily torn from the holder. A funnel assembly successively opens each bag, t... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6823654 | Bag filling and sealing machine and method for handling bags A bag filling and sealing machine includes a bag holder, a bag opening and filling station, and a sealing station. The bag holder holds wicketed bags in a manner that allows the bags to be easily torn from the holder. A funnel assembly successively opens each bag, t... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6755008 | Method and apparatus for the packaging of articles An apparatus and a method for packaging articles in bags is proposed, where a packaging magazine is used for receiving and guiding an article to be packaged. An article to be packaged is slid by a slider into the packaging magazine. The packaging magazine then moves... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6739114 | Feminine hygiene disposal method A feminine hygiene disposal unit for sanitary receipt and disposal of used sanitary products. The unit has a disposal bag dispenser, at least one disposal bag, a receptacle, and a liner for the receptacle. This liner having a lid flap having an opening therethrough,... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6672038 | Bag manipulating method and assembly for a bag filling station A bag manipulating method and assembly including a pair of bag grippers that receive and grip opposing side edges of a bag positioned in a loading station. The bag grippers are movable in a plane substantially normal to a longitudinal axis of the loading ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6658821 | Bag loading method and assembly for a bag filling station A bag loading method and assembly including a bag tray for holding a stack of bags and a conveyor assembly positioned above the bag tray. The conveyor assembly is movable between a first position, where the conveyor assembly engages a bag, and a second po... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6651407 | Bag supplying device for an automated packaging machine A bag supplying device including a conveying arm that has a fixed clamping element and a movable clamping element, a reciprocating-rotating assembly that causes the conveying arm to make a back-and-forth rotational movement between a downwardly-facing cla... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6374582 | Method and device for handling of paper bags by automatized packing of can lids The present invention relates to a method and a device for picking-up and opening in the shape of elongate bags for automatic packing of cylindrical articles, preferably can lids. The method is charaterized by picking-up essentially flattened packages fro... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6318052 | Apparatus for removing and further conveying a bag from a stack of bags An apparatus for removing a bag (5) which is open on one side (5) from a stack (2) of such bags which are preferably stored in a bag hopper (1), this being by means of a lifting and suction apparatus, whereby the lifting and suction apparatus is a prefera... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6308501 | Packaging apparatus A packaging apparatus for packaging a product, said apparatus having a bag magazine containing a number of preformed bags from which bags are separated by a lifting member which lifts each bag at or adjacent to its sealed end; a support device for separat... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6295790 | Compact bag filling machine An integrated and compact bag filling machine comprising a material dispensing spout, a slip tube suspended in substantially vertical alignment with the spout, and a bag sealing apparatus comprising a pair of opposable forming bars and a pair of independe... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6230475 | Bag-loading machine and bag-filling machine and combination thereof and related method A hag-loading machine and a bag-filling machine and combination thereof, the bag-loading machine including bag carrying frame, motors coupled to the bag-carrying frame for moving it toward and away from the bag-filling machine and between a lower position... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6220002 | Bag-loading machine and bag-filling machine and combination thereof and related method A bag-loading machine and a bag-filling machine and combination thereof, the bag-loading machine including bag-carrying frame, a first motor coupled to the bag-carrying frame for moving it between a lower and a higher position, a bag-opening frame, a seco... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6173556 | Seed packet filling and closing machine A machine for filling and closing seed packets has a conveyor system which includes first and conveyors, when continuously advance a succession of preformed seed packets. Packets are filled from a continuously rotating funnel wheel which receives seed fro... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6094891 | Bag-loading machine and bag-filling machine and combination thereof and related method A bag-loading machine and a bag-filling machine and combination thereof, the bag-loading machine including bag-carrying frame, a first motor coupled to the bag-carrying frame for moving it between a lower and a higher position, a bag-opening frame, a seco... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6006495 | Automatic bag-dispenser An automatic bag-dispenser which includes a supply of bags (30) arranged flat in a stack (3), and two rotary devices (1, 2) which have parallel axes, are located adjacent each other and are covered with a non-slip material. The rotary devices (1, 2) rotat... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5970688 | Apparatus for opening pouches for insertion of objects thereinto Apparatus for opening an open end of a pouch, an overwrap, or the like so as to facilitate the insertion of an object thereinto includes a number of processing stations, such as a storage station where a supply of pouches is stored and an opening station ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5845467 | Bag-packaging machine A bag-packaging machine has four pincers with a vertical flange and two oblique flaps which define an octagonal shape. The distance of these elements with regard to a central axis of this octagonal shape is governed, simultaneously and in synchronization,... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5813196 | Automatic sequential bagging machine with constant feed and method of operation A method and a machine for automatically bagging articles in a bag and in a sequential and uninterrupted manner. A plurality of articles are continuously fed to the machine and received in two or three compartments, herein three compartments. Once the thi... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5782056 | Packaging apparatus for removing a product from a continuously moving conveyor and sealing said product in a bag with a closure Apparatus for packaging includes a pivoting transport arm for removing a product from a moving conveyor and placing the product at a first work station. A pusher mechanism pushes the product delivered to the first station between spaced plates into a plas... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5771667 | Bag filling, closing, and sealing machine A fully automated apparatus and operating system for supplying, transferring, filling, and sealing bags, utilizing a clam shell type of filling spout is provided in combination with apparatus for sealing each filled bag in close proximity to the spout. Th... | 06/30/1998 |
