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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7179216 | Catch hook for a folding box gluing machine An apparatus in a folding box gluing machine has a catch hook mounted such that it can rotate about an axis in order to initiate a leading fold in a product. The apparatus further has a restoring device for the catch hook. The restoring device has at least one elast... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172546 | Apparatus for sealing bag bottom An apparatus for sealing the bottom of a bag includes a frame through which a bag to be folded is longitudinally advanced. The apparatus includes a pair of cooperating grippers carried by a reciprocably movable gripper carrier. The grippers are operated to opposite ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6602173 | Apparatus and method for automatically forming an article An apparatus and method for automatically forming at least two sheets of material into an article, such as a flower pot cover, is provided. The apparatus includes a first roll of sheet material, a second roll of sheet material, a female die and a male die... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6419079 | Machine for gluing folding cartons for producing cartons from blanks A gluing machine has, for transporting the blanks therethrough a roller belt mounted upon a roller cheek and an upper belt mounted upon a roller rail, both the roller cheek and roller rail being shiftable transversely to the direction in which the blanks ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6419617 | Apparatus and method for automatically forming an article An apparatus and method for automatically forming at least two sheets of material into an article, such as a flower pot cover, is provided. The apparatus includes a first roll of sheet material, a second roll of sheet material, a female die and a male die... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6381921 | Wrapping wheel of a cigarette packing machine A wrapping wheel of a continuous cigarette packing machine has at least one seat for a respective group of cigarettes having two end surfaces and enclosed in a tubular wrapping having two projecting tubular end portions, each having two minor walls; the w... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6306070 | Apparatus for erecting and sealing flat containers and associated methods A container erecting apparatus and methods are provided which advantageously increase the efficiency and production speed of erecting and sealing containers. The apparatus preferably includes a dispenser positioned to dispense one of a plurality of collap... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6228010 | Box sheet bending apparatus An apparatus for bending a box sheet along a fold formed at a predetermined position in the box sheet comprising a hook which can hang a tip of the sending box sheet, a sensor which can detect said tip of the sending box sheet, and a lifting means which c... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6113525 | Method of and apparatus for folding flaps on blanks of packets for rod-shaped smokers' products The cardboard blanks for conversion into hinged-lid packets for arrays of cigarettes are dimensioned and configurated in such a way that an elongated reinforcing strip at the inner side of the front panel of the lid is longer than the front panel. Those t... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5961431 | Device for turning the front panel of a plate-like workpiece within a folder-gluer The device for turning a front panel of a platelike workpiece within a folder-gluer comprises a retaining plate 20 extending across and somewhat above the traveling plane of the workpiece and a series of lifting fingers 30 positioned transversely below th... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5876319 | Container forming method and apparatus A machine for forming a variety of different sturdy, stackable three-part fiberboard containers having a depth dimension greater than their width dimension, and which are suitable for holding bags filled with liquid. The machine includes a slidable, remov... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5816991 | Apparatus for producing a multiple structure paper protector An apparatus for manufacturing a paper protector comprises an upper mold, a lower mold, and a central mold. The lower mold includes a frame section and support surface, while the upper mold includes a peripheral rim and guide projections fitted into the l... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5807225 | Apparatus for fabricating paperboard packaging Automated apparatus for forming paperboard packaging from an integral paperboard blank includes a blade for gathering a central portion of the paperboard blank, causing the width of the blank to contract. A reciprocating mandrel rams the blank into a holl... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5782732 | Tray forming apparatus and method of forming same A tray forming apparatus and method are provided which advantageously increase the efficiency and production speed of tray-type containers formed thereby. The apparatus preferably includes a loader for loading one of a plurality of blanks to be transporte... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5697877 | Apparatus for feeding packaging machines An apparatus for periodically feeding a packaging machine with semi-finished packages formed from flat blanks (2), provided with a magazine (6) for storing such blanks (2), a feed path (11) extending in a feed plane (13) with a pair of feed dogs (16), spa... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5558612 | Apparatus for the continuous production of an article of manufacture, such as envelopes An article of manufacture, such as letter envelopes, paper bags, shipping uches, and the like is manufactured continuously on a production line that includes a back folding or so-called zig-zagging station which folds back one of the bottom flaps, first i... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5527254 | Method of making a knocked-down flat preform for a shipping and display container Unitary blank includes a shroud blank and a tray blank connected by webs therebetween. The unitary blank is folded along a first line of demarcation so that the web overlaps the shroud blank, then along a parallel second line of demarcation so that the tr... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5292301 | Pack for cigarettes or the like and process and apparatus for the production thereof A pack for cigarettes and a process and apparatus for the production thereof is described. Due to several reasons (cigarette) packs quite often have greater (inner) dimensions than the pack contents (cigarette block 23). In order to fill a cavity formed h... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5269742 | Carton flap opening mechanism A carton flap opening assembly for use in a carton conveying apparatus having a frame and a conveyor. The assembly includes a horizontally disposed arm having a mounting portion at one end and a flap engaging portion extending therefrom. The flap engaging... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5259825 | Machine for folding and glueing the flaps of a coating paper to cardboard The machine comprises: a first assembly (2) with receiving, pressure and feed elements (3, 5), through which the part-finished item is fed, and downstream of these two elements a first folder roller (9) with a line of bristles, for folding and glueing the... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5232428 | Carton blank support tool for a folder gluer machine A carton blank support member is mounted above a traveling carton blank in a folder gluer machine. The support member is cyclicly driven between an inoperative position above the carton blank to an operative position engaging the top surface of the blank ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5230687 | Semi-automatic machine for folding and gluing paper covering borders for cardboard and other materials The machine is used to fold and glue paper covering borders onto cardboard or other materials and includes a folding element (9) with a symmetrical row of bristles for folding and gluing the borders passing through in both directions and capable of acting... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5228273 | Method of and apparatus for making packages A method of and apparatus for the production of packages each comprising a unit of product having opposite ends and a wrapper wrapped around the unit, the wrapper being wider than the length of the unit from end-to-end and initially extending outwardly be... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5152734 | Apparatus for folding a trailing panel on carton blanks Apparatus for a paper box folding machine for folding the trailing panels of carton blanks about fold lines as the blanks travel individually and successively along a paper line. A servomotor running continuously at a relatively constant nominal angular v... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5021041 | Attachment for box making machine In a folder gluer collapsable box making machine, a self-driven endless chain is mounted on sprockets on a small frame and is equipped with push plates and lifters such that when pre-cut box board moves along the conveyor of a box-making machine, the fron... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4990128 | Carton end panel folding mechanism A carton leading and trailing end panel folding mechanism for use with a tubular carton blank mounted on a mandrel, with the end closure panels extended beyond the face of the mandrel. The main folding mechanism is a single freely rotatable roller which s... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4976675 | Automatic machine for folding flat pre-creased die-cuts into tubular shape The automatic machine comprises a magazine, dispensing die-cuts pre-creased longitudinally with fold lines providing divisions between at least four side panels and a securing flap, suckers by which the die-cuts are picked up from the magazine, and a revo... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4970843 | Carton flap folding mechanism In a machine for packaging articles in a tubular wrap-around carrier formed from a blank having a pair of walls adjoined together along a fold line and having a pair of article retaining and blank reinforcing flaps disposed astride the fold line, and whic... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4950218 | Multiple pot for raising and transplanting seedlings and method of fabricating the same The invention relates to a multiple pot comprising individual pots interconnected by connector portions so as to be capable of being pulled out. The multiple pot is used to raise and transplant seedlings of plants. The invention also relates to a method o... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4932931 | Attachment for box making machine In a folder gluer collapsable box making machine, a self-driven endless chain is mounted on sprockets on a small frame and is equipped with push plates and lifters such that when pre-cut box board moves along the conveyor of a box-making machine, the fron... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4754541 | Method and apparatus for joining and folding container sections to form a hinged container An apparatus for joining and folding container sections to form a hinged container. Two container sections are transported in end-to-end relation on a conveyor and the downstream section is engaged with a stop while a pusher member is pivoted into engagem... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4747813 | Device for folding a rear flap of a box blank A device for folding a rear flap on a box blank characterized by the rotating members and their shaft being mounted in a cradle which is shifted in the frame relative to the path of the blank having the flap being folded. The shifting of the cradle is con... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4715846 | Trailing panel folder A trailing panel folding system for use in a blank folding machine. The system includes a rotatable shaft mounted below the pass path of the blanks and transverse thereto. A motor is connected to drive this shaft and an arm assembly is mounted on the shaf... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4709538 | Apparatus for feeding and opening a beverage carrier A machine for feeding a collapsed beverage can carrier sleeve to a flight bar conveyor and introducing the sleeve in fully open condition to the pocket of the conveyor. After leaving the feed rolls the collapsed carrier sleeve is moved through a fixed gui... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4676860 | Machine for forming open ended cartons A machine for forming open ended cartons from flat die cut blanks of flexible material. The machine includes a magazine adapted to contain a supply of the blanks, and first, second and third forming stations through which the blanks are successively shift... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4629445 | Apparatus for folding rear portion of case blank A case making machine is provided with an apparatus for folding rear portion of a feeding case blank and the apparatus comprises a claw mechanism for folding the rear portion of the case blank along the folding line. The claw mechanism is rotated at an an... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4623072 | Corrugated container with foldable flaps Multi-layered corrugated containers having at least one flat side, have at least one foldable flap attached at the fold line to the flat side. In the past the fold line has been scored or crushed after the box is formed, and this represents an additional ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4609421 | Automatic envelope sealing device An automatic envelope sealing device wherein envelopes of different sizes can be sealed without adjustment any component of the device. A size of an enveloped supplied into the device is detected by a sensor, and in response to a signal from the sensor, a... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4582552 | Carton forming apparatus An improved crash-lock carton forming apparatus having three carton forming stations (44, 60 and 80). The first station (44) has engagement means comprising a pair of transversely spaced lifting arms (45, 45a) for lifting two flaps (20, 21) of the carton ... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4570421 | Process and apparatus for closing cartons For filling and closing cartons, the latter are filled via the open bottom and then conveyed along an angular transport track. Fixed folding means for folding inner tabs (15 to 18) and outer tabs (19 to 22) solely as a result of the relative movement of t... | 02/18/1986 |
