Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399261 | System for forming containers Containers (2) for food products are manufactured employing a system that includes a feed station (4) supplying a succession of tubular elements (2a), and a heat sealer (10) positioned to close and secure a first open end (2... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7316643 | Carton flap gripping system A gripping system uses a pin mounting block having at least one passage for accommodating holding pins of a holding pin member that cooperate with a dome to hold a laminate ply there between, the improvement being a releasable latch positioned to engage the pin memb... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7163502 | Carton erecting apparatus Rotary transfer mechanism is mounted on a frame for removing a flat folded carton from a storage hopper to move the carton to a flight conveyor assembly and in cooperation therewith erect the carton to be in an open rectangular condition. The transfer mechanism incl... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7024838 | Packaging apparatus An apparatus for forming packages of pre-cooked meals. The package comprises a tray enclosed at least partially by a card sleeve having top and bottom faces and two opposing side walls. The forming apparatus includes a series of forming tools mounted for movement at... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6962558 | Method of forming box with gusseted corner A method of forming a box having a plurality of corner gussets includes the steps of providing a generally planar box blank and a box forming device including a gusset formation section having a kicker plate, a forming blade and an adhesive securement device. The bo... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6916280 | Apparatus for folding cardboard articles To simplify and speed up folding of plate-like elements (1) along a fold line (2), more particularly in a continuous operation, a method and a an apparatus for folding plate-like elements (1) are proposed which eliminate the use of counter-impre... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6688084 | Automated bulk box strapper A machine and method for applying reinforcing strapping to bulk boxes. The machine includes a plurality of strapping head assemblies arranged in series, with each adapted to apply a strap in encircling relationship to a box at a predetermined location on ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 5826783 | Two-tier can package having divider panel and method of forming the same A collapsed carton for subsequent setup to receive articles includes top and bottom panels and a pair of side panels. End closure flaps extend from opposite side edges of each of the side panels to close the tubular carton when set up. A divider panel is ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5328090 | Stitchless paperboard breadtray A blank for forming a paperboard carton or breadtray having a bottom and four double ply walls with reinforced corners erected without stitches. Each corner has a double fold wrap around flap which is inserted through a slot in the adjoining wall and is c... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5120295 | Apparatus for erecting tubular carton blanks Apparatus is provided for erecting tubular carton blanks from a flattened to an open tubular state and includes two blank erection stations positioned sequentially along a conveyor for conveying a succession of blanks to the stations. In each station a su... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5106359 | Carton formation system A method is disclosed for erecting flat carton blanks into a tubular configuration, folding the minor flaps inwardly normal to the minor sides in three steps at a first work station, moving the erected carton blank to a second work station while partially... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5024640 | Method and apparatus for storing flat-folded cases in a pile, and for opening and sealing said cases A number of cases are stored horizontally in a stack in a magazine. A bottom upper-inner flap of a flat folded case is folded downward to open the case by a flap-folding member while the case is being lifted from a magazine station to a flap-folding stati... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4976672 | Squaring folded container blanks A machine or machine section for squaring folded container blanks has a conveyor for conveying slotted and partially folded container blanks. A folding device completes folding of each container blank while being conveyed by the conveyor. A gauge plate is... | 12/11/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4917659 | Packaging container ejection apparatus Apparatus for removing defective knocked down carton blanks, from a carton erecting machine. In one embodiment opposed sets of tractors for clamping the selected unit and driving it from the conveyor line with moving tractive belts. A sensing device detec... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4834696 | Folding of paperboard sheets and the like In a folding device for flexible sheet material, a plurality of longitudinally in-line sheet contactor members (1a-23a), called contactors, are provided, each of which are controllably pivotally movable about a pivot axis (113) so as to collectively pivot... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4776831 | Device for folding flaps of a box blank and maintaining the folded flap A device supported on a tubular frame and having a vertical cheek supporting pulleys including drive pulley and tension pulley, a belt having a circular cross section running over these pulleys and cooperating with a lower conveyor to fold parts of a comp... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4759741 | Vari-gap drive system for box folders and the like A vari-gap drive system for controlling the speed of the drive system used in the fabrication of corrugated boxes which varies the drive rate for a folder vis-a-vis that of the printer/slotter to which it is attached to vary the box blank gap through the ... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4696392 | Cage roll assembly An anti-toggling, constant-contact cage roll assembly is provided for movement of corrugated box blanks along a belt. In one embodiment, the cage roll assembly includes a series of four rollers that are mounted to a bar spring-biased away from a frame, in... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4571234 | Non-rebound mechanism for right angle transfer in folder gluers A right angle folder gluer of the type having a pair of pressure nip rolls at the end of the first folding section and mechanism for transferring each individual and successive blank delivered from the nip into the transfer zone at right angles into the s... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4515579 | Programmable case set-up and bottom sealing machine A case set-up and bottom sealing machine, including a programmable controller that controls: (a) the movement of cases from a hopper to a case set-up station and, then, to a mandrel station; (b) the erecting of cases at the case set-up station; (c) the tu... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4468214 | Method and apparatus for shaping a rectangular carton blank In folding boxes forming a conveyor chain, rectangular, tubular carton blanks are introduced stepwise into two juxtaposed mirror-image designed folding stations. In the folding stations, the carton blanks are defomed by means of fingers and clamps so that... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4457744 | Machine for erecting hexagonal drum Method and apparatus for erecting a polygonal carton from a collapsed envelope (blank) are disclosed. The carton is preferably a two-ply hexagonal carton having a bottom that forms automatically as the oppositely disposed sidewall-forming panels of the en... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4331435 | Method and apparatus for erecting a carton An apparatus and method for erecting a rectangular carton from a flat blank. The apparatus features: a pair of parallel guide rails, one of which is elevated above the other; a hopper, located at one end of the guide rails, for holding a stack of blanks betwee... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4285682 | Carton erecting machine An apparatus is disclosed for erecting folded cartons comprising a first and a second carton track established in a substantially L-shaped configuration. A carton magazine is mounted at one end of the first track whereas a carton erector is secured relati... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4163414 | Method of erecting flat folded cases Flat folded four-panel case is set up in a vertical takedown plane. The case is pulled out of the plane and manipulated to cause the four panels to move relative to each other so that the case assumes a diamond shape. The case is then partially erected. N... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4161907 | Carton forming machine This relates to a carton forming machine for automatically erecting cartons on a continuous bases wherein the cartons are of the type coated with a heat sealable plastics material. A single forming well is provided and forming heads carried by an endless ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4109444 | Horizontal cartoning machine A machine for erecting a tubular carton from flat folded form to rectangular form open at both ends, partially closing one end of the carton while it is being manually or mechanically loaded at the other end, and advancing the box to a sealing machine whi... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4089150 | Apparatus and method for case packing small containers and articles This invention discloses an apparatus and method for receiving small containers and articles in a determined array and from a single side accumulating and feeding these containers or articles in a series of loading moves into the end of an erected carton.... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4056046 | Apparatus for folding and gluing carton blanks Flat open carton blanks are fed by a conveyor past two rotating plows located on each side of the conveyor. A first plow is located upstream of the second plow, and a glue applicator is located between the two plows. A stationary plow or wedge is located ... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4041850 | Method of erecting carton blanks A machine is disclosed for erecting cases stored in upright, flattened positions in storage magazines. The machine includes means for extracting end member cases from the magazines, for dropping the extracted cases into drop chutes, for urging the cases i... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4034658 | Tray feeder system A tray feeder including a corrugated sheet folding apparatus for rapidly feeding a plurality of corrugated sheets stored in a gravity hopper attached to the apparatus and folding the sheets into a tray shape for reception of cans or other goods, the feedi... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3982474 | Case erecting and forming machine A case opening machine for automatically opening knocked-down cases of varying size utilizing rotary devices carried on movable frames to transport the unopened case, to open the case and to eject the opened case from the machine.... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3952636 | Case erector A machine is disclosed for erecting cases stored in upright, flattened positions in storage magazines. The machine includes means for extracting end member cases from the magazines, for dropping the extracted cases into drop chutes, for urging the cases i... | 04/27/1976 |
