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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7565789 | Banding machine A lobster banding machine having a tube feeder for feeding a tube of elastic material, a guillotine assembly to cut individual elastic bands from the tube material, jaws to grip and move the tube of elastic material, the gripping assembly having first and second arm... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7536844 | Device and process for packaging tyres A facility for the packaging of tires includes a pre-packaging station where a given number of tires constituting a unitary batch are arranged within an overall size in horizontal layers, a compression station at which the batch is compressed vertically in a directi... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7516601 | Sheet processing system A sheet processing system includes a banding machine which uses a large band to bundle first collected bundles fed out by a bundle collecting device and then feeds out the bundled first collected bundles as a first bunch of sealed five bundles, the a banding machine... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7497068 | Two-piece strapping tool A two-piece strapping tool having a manual tensioner and a battery-operated sealer is disclosed. The tensioner is a feedwheel tensioner that uses a serrated feedwheel to grip a first portion of the strap and a tension gripper to hold a second portion of the strap in... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7437863 | Wrap dispensing apparatus A wrap dispensing apparatus for wrapping an article with wrapping material includes a base; a hub assembly; a threaded spindle mounted to the base and the hub assembly, and a brake assembly to control the movement of the threaded spindle. The threaded spindle suppor... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428866 | Device for tensioning and closing strapping bands The device tensions and closes strapping bands for packaging and suchlike. It has a band channel open longitudinally on one side in the longitudinal direction of the strapping band, a band tensioning device acting in the area of the band channel and a closing device... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7412808 | Food service set assembly system A device and method for assembling a food service set comprising at least one napkin wrapped around one or more utensils and secured by an adhesive band. The device includes a magazine subsystem including one or more magazines for containing and dispensing the at le... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412815 | Welding head for a strap binding machine A welding head for a strap binding machine includes a strap guide element that can be moved into and out of a strap guide path, a welding device that can be moved into and out of the strap guide path and that is for fusing strap segments of overlapping strap ends th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7386964 | Sheet processing apparatus capable of processing conveying jam A sheet processing apparatus comprises an upper unit, a lower unit and a banding unit. When sheets being conveyed are jammed in the upper unit, the upper unit is stopped and the processes of the lower unit and the banding unit are continuously executed. After the up... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7357289 | Welding head for a strap binding machine Welding head for a strap binding machine includes a strap fixing device for fixing the overlapping strap ends that are to be welded to one another, a welding device for fusing the strap segments that are to be welded, and a pressing device for pressing the fused str... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350543 | Reduced force sealless connection mechanism A reduced force sealless connection mechanism is used in a strapping machine for forming a sealless connection of strapping material overlapped onto itself. The mechanism includes an upper and a lower punch support. The upper punch support includes two punches for e... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338421 | Method and a device for making filters for tobacco products Filters for tobacco products are manufactured by a device comprising a conveyor drum rotatable about a horizontal axis and furnished with peripheral grooves, each holding a leaf of paper material preassembled with a first filter element. The single groove is flanked... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334381 | Method and apparatus for packaging panel products A system for packaging a flat panel product includes a dispensing device for dispensing a length of inner protective packaging material, a folding table for wrapping the inner protective packaging material around the product and folding an outer protective packaging... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334383 | Package and method of forming the package A package including an endless belt; a first cylindrical body contacting an inner surface of the endless belt at a first pressure; a second cylindrical body contacting another inner surface of the endless belt at a second pressure; and a third cylindrical body conta... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331165 | Packing machine with an adjustable band-compressing stroke A packing machine with an adjustable band-compressing stroke includes a compressing base provided with an accommodating chamber for installing a pulley, and a compressing device. A shaft passes through the pulley and two penetrating holes bored in two sides of the a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322172 | Utensil wrapping apparatus and method An apparatus and method for wrapping a napkin around one or more utensils. The apparatus includes a wrapping area defining a trough dimensioned to receive one or more utensils. A utensil dispenser and napkin delivery mechanism may be provided to deliver the utensils... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7302781 | Bander apparatus and method of using same A method and apparatus for wrapping stacks of web product with wrap web material supplied from a supply roll. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and moving the stacks to be wrapped along a conveying path, a drive assembly operable to receive wrap mater... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7228677 | Membrane releasing-tightness adjusting device for a membrane strapping dispenser A membrane releasing-tightness adjusting device for a membrane strapping dispenser is installed at one side of a basic body of a membrane strapping dispenser and provided with a threaded rod having a support shaft and a tightening member pivotally assembled thereon ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222781 | Device for pulling out packing material from a container in order to band a stack of bank notes A simple and reliable device is provided which pulls out packing material from a container in order to band a stack of bank notes. The container has an upper lip with an element interacting with the packing material. A vertically reciprocating pickup mechanism is mo... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207161 | Apparatus for banderoling or banding stacks of flat workpieces An apparatus for forming stacks of flat workpieces and for banding or banderoling the stacks includes a stacking station, a banding or banderoling station, and an endless conveyor for cyclically conveying stacking shafts provided to the endless conveyor. A respectiv... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204070 | Method and apparatus for packaging panel products A system for packaging a flat panel product includes a dispensing device for dispensing a length of inner protective packaging material, a folding table for wrapping the inner protective packaging material around the product and folding an outer protective packaging... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200976 | Method and device for forming horizontal stacks of printed products and securing said stacks with straps Recumbent stacks of printed products are produced and strapped by supplying the printed products from above onto a conveying surface (2) where they are lined up in an upright position forming a continuously growing stack (6), separating discreet stacks... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185480 | Machine and method for bunching plant stems A flexible band is tensioned between fingers, capable of gripping together, of a gripper. In the bunching of plant stems, the band is held in an opening between fingers of the gripper behind a pair of rollers. The plant stems are carried along between the pair of ro... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165379 | Forward-reverse tension mechanism for packing machine A band packing machine includes a body, a transmission unit, a forward-reverse unit and a tension unit. The transmission unit has a rotatable forward-reverse tension cam and a tension cam. The forward-reverse unit includes a forward-reverse motor, a forward-reverse ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155885 | Small profile strapping tool A small profile strapping tool includes a body defining a cylinder housing, a piston disposed within a cylinder in the cylinder housing, a pneumatic weld motor operably connected to the piston for actuation during a weld cycle, a pneumatic tensioning motor for actua... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7103206 | Method and apparatus for detecting doubled bills in a currency handling device A doubles detection system for detecting doubled documents. The system comprises one or more light sources disposed on a first side of a test document and one or more reflected light sensors disposed along the first side of the test document. The reflected light sen... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086213 | Strapping device including loop forming channel and loop guide A strapping installation, which serves in particular for longitudinally strapping stacks of printed products such as newspapers or periodicals with a strap (6), includes a strapping position with a bearing surface (2) and a device for positioning the o... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073430 | Strapping apparatus An apparatus for strapping and/or bundling pallets and articles has a strapping device from which a packaging band can be passed around the pallets/articles and has a closure device for subsequent tensioning and closure of the packing band. The strapping device is p... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069708 | Sheet package producing system, sheet handling device, and fillet folding device A sheet package producing system includes at least a cutter module and a packaging module. The cutter module has a cutter blade, for producing X-ray films by cutting a continuous sheet material. The packaging module has packaging robots, for producing a sheet packag... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059101 | Method for packaging bedding assembly A multi-component bedding assembly, including a mattress or futon, is vacuum packaged in an air impermeable bag by drawing a vacuum at the open end of the bag and applying a ram or pushing force against the bedding assembly at the closed end of the bag. The pushing ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7017325 | Apparatus for forming and securing a decorative cover about a flower pot A method and apparatus for forming a decorative cover about an outer peripheral surface of a flower pot. The apparatus includes a frame assembly having a well formed therein, and a cover forming and banding assembly having a flower pot receiving opening sized and co... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6986234 | System and method for bandoliering syringes The present invention provides an automated system and method of banding (bandoliering) a plurality of syringes. The system includes a feed device for receiving the plurality of syringe barrels and positioning the plurality of syringes according to a predetermined o... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6971222 | Device for packing flat articles in transport containers, in particular folded-flat folding boxes in casing cartons A device for packing flat articles in transport containers includes a feeder for feeding the flat articles in imbricated form. A conveyor disposed downstream of the feeder, in transport direction of the articles, has an at least approximately vertically extending en... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968779 | Apparatus and methods for wire-tying bundles of objects Systems and methods for threading and feeding a length of wire into a wire-tying track, for withdrawing at least some of the wire from the wire-tying track to tension the wire around one or more objects, and for extracting waste wire from the system. The object of t... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966255 | Lock-out for power assisted strapping tool A lock-out assembly for a strapping tool prevents inadvertent actuation of the tool sealer cycle prior to completion of the tensioning cycle. The tool includes a pneumatic module having tensioning cycle and sealer cycle valves mounted therein. The valves are actuate... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957678 | Device for tensioning and closing hoop bands The device according to the invention for tensioning and sealing of strapping bands has a band abutment (24) for the inner band edges (27) of the band ends (20, 21) to be welded together, which is provided with a band width adjustment device ( | 10/25/2005 |
| 6931818 | Method and apparatus for packing flower bouquets The invention relates to a work method and apparatus for packing flower bouquets (3), in which large amounts of flower bouquets (3) are transported transversely on a conveyor belt (4) to a lifting conveyor belt (7) to a mounted thereon tr... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6918235 | Dual motor strapper A pneumatic strapping tool for tensioning a strap around a load, adhering the strap onto itself, and cutting a feed end of the strap includes a piston, a weld motor operably connected to the piston and a vibrating weld element operably connected to the piston for co... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6907717 | Dual motor strapper A pneumatic strapping tool for tensioning a strap around a load, adhering the strap onto itself, and cutting a feed end of the strap includes a piston, a weld motor operably connected to the piston and a vibrating weld element operably connected to the piston for co... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901727 | Device for strapping A strapping device (1) for strapping an object (14) with a strapping tape (5). The strapping device (1) includes a guide (3) for guiding a strapping tape (5), which serves for the purpose of forming a loop of strapping tape ... | 06/07/2005 |
