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Armor With Rollers

An armor with rollers is provided that enables a user to move in all positions by rolling on a hard and smooth surface while constantly varying his bearing points on the ground.

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Class 493/180 - With means to advance work or product


Subclass of Class 493 - Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web
Definition: Method or apparatus combined with use of means to transport
No. of patents: 29
Last issue date: 04/17/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7204070Method 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
6971980Machine for spreading out cardboard boxes automatically
A machine is provided for spreading out cardboard boxes automatically, which is structured such that cardboards can be held in a holding mechanism upright and closely side by side, and fed to a main body one after another, and which have sucking disks for drawing th...
12/06/2005
6855100Processing blanks in the manufacture of packaging
An apparatus for processing packaging blanks includes an applying device, a first conveyor, and a second conveyor. The first conveyor conveys the blanks at a first velocity arranged to permit the application of an adhesive to the blanks by means of the device. The s...
02/15/2005
6773384Sheet processing machine for making packages
A machine for treating sheets, said machine comprising drive means (14, 16, 18) for driving the sheets, treatment tooling (52, 62) for forming cutouts or folds in said sheets that extend transversely to the drive direction (F) in which the sheets are d...
08/10/2004
6726613Method and apparatus for setting up a carton
A method and apparatus for squaring knocked down slotted boxes employs an L-shaped support and forming platform onto which a partially opened box is applied so that the junction of the two legs of the L-shape is received within the box and a leading flap (and its fo...
04/27/2004
6622461Method and system for closure of the flaps of the end sides of a package in the form of a sleeve
A sleeve-type half package is closed by applying two beads of glue on each of two flaps on each end of the sleeve, folding those flaps inwardly by engagement with a nonglued strip between the beads and then folding the other two flaps at each end inwardly...
09/23/2003
6620085System for transferring cardboard blanks in individual succession
A method for transferring cardboard blanks (7) in individual succession in a plant, comprising a store (1) for collection of cardboard blanks (7b), a conveyor (3), with an upstream portion (3a) which is designed to receive the cardboard blanks (7a), and a...
09/16/2003
6537187Automatic machine for the preparation of half-packages starting from corresponding blanks
An automatic machine for the preparation of half-packages starting from corresponding blanks preferably made of cardboard, the automatic machine comprising: a frame; at least one mould designed to receive a blank; a feed device for feeding the mould along a pr...
03/25/2003
6309335Vertically displaced hopper for bliss machines
Disclosed is a supply hopper apparatus for 3-part (Bliss) box forming machines having a vertical or substantially vertical orientation that is capable of holding a large supply of end panels. The trays of the hopper are open at the top and bottom, and may...
10/30/2001
6162157Roller or belt correction device for lateral alignment, during converting, of partly folded sheet-like or plate-like workpieces in a folder-gluer
A roller or belt correction device for lateral alignment, during converting, of partly folded workpieces in a folder-gluer, consists of a lower structure above which is mounted an upper structure pivoting in the horizontal plane. This upper structure comp...
12/19/2000
5876319Container 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
5807223Container 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...
09/15/1998
5558611Apparatus for shaping blanks for hinge-lid packs with especially rounded longitudinal edges
Blanks (13) for the production of hinge-lid packs (10) with rounded longitudinal edges (11, 12) are pre-shaped in the region of the longitudinal edges (11, 12). For this purpose, a shaping station (17) is provided, which has two shaping devices (28, 29) w...
09/24/1996
5558612Apparatus 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
5527254Method 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
5511362Box sealing method and apparatus
A box forming apparatus for folding and securing the upper flaps of a box including a front inner flap folding body, back inner flap folding body, and left and right outer flap folding bodies for moving the respective flaps of a box into its upper opening...
04/30/1996
5417032Convertible flap folding mechanism
A carton having upper and lower end flaps and which is movable along a path of movement is manipulated by a machine having upper and lower rotatable flap folders mountable in either a fixed primary or a movable secondary location. The secondary location b...
05/23/1995
4778439Apparatus and method for forming a clamshell assembly
An apparatus and method is provided for progressively converting each blank of sheet material in a stream of moving blanks into a clamshell assembly having interconnected lid and bottom portions. The apparatus includes a female die assembly having first a...
10/18/1988
4754541Method 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
4581005Manufacture of boxes with integrally reinforced walls
Various configurations of boxes of a corrugated or fiberboard material are manufactured by a machine and process in which scored marginal flaps of the preformed box blank material are laterally wrapped around forming mandrels of fingers to define corner a...
04/08/1986
4439174Box-erecting machine
A box-erecting machine characterized by a squaring mechanism for squaring and delivering box blanks to a receiving station, said blanks being characterized by depending leading and trailing minor flaps, a driven reciprocating carriage supported for rectil...
03/27/1984
4301911Apparatus for handling a tubular carton blank
An apparatus and method is disclosed for forming a liquid-tight container having a rectangular cross-section formed from a one-piece, T-shaped blank of paperboard material. The carton preferably includes an access flap and straw element on one side thereo...
11/24/1981
4285679Apparatus for setting up slit-boxes
An improvement in an apparatus for setting up and closing the bottom of cartons or so called slit-boxes which are supplied as plainly collapsed carton tubes having sides and bottom and top flaps which are integral with the sides. The apparatus comprises a...
08/25/1981
4279609Method and apparatus for making collapsible containers
Blanks which are made of cardboard or the like and wherein the neighboring panels are flexible relative to each other are converted first into flat tubular preforms which are thereupon expanded prior to a change of orientation and introduction into a fill...
07/21/1981
4206579Carton closure outfolder
Apparatus for automatically outfolding the leading and trailing gusset panels of the end closure of a rectangular carton being moved along a predetermined path on a continuous conveyor. First and second arms are attached to a vertical shaft and to a sleev...
06/10/1980
4100718Means for the production and filling of a parallelepipedic packet
The disclosure is of a cigarette or like packet of composite foil, with lateral end flaps separated from inner neighboring longitudinal end flaps but continuously connected with outer longitudinal end flaps and folded in between the inner and outer end fl...
07/18/1978
4056047Method and apparatus for assembling a package
The present invention is a method and apparatus for assembling a package comprising an open-topped receptacle and a slide actuated closure member. The closure member is comprised of a slide portion connected to a closure portion by a hinge portion. The op...
11/01/1977
3958501Apparatus for forming a convoluted container sidewall
Apparatus for wrapping a sidewall blank about a mandrel utilizing two wrapping wings which are rotated about the mandrel axis by respective drive trains, one of the drive trains containing a lost motion mechanism....
05/25/1976
3952635Vertical carton erector
Vertical carton erecting machine of the stationary diereciprocable plunger type, including an improved carton supply hopper. Feed arms are carried adjacent to the die to move to a blank hopper and directly pull a flat carton blank, presented by the hopper...
04/27/1976
 
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