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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381176 | Method and machine for constructing a collapsible bulk bin A machine for making a reinforced, collapsible bulk bin assembly is provided. The machine includes a body blank feeding device for providing a body blank from a stack of body blanks, an erecting device for partially erecting the body blank, and a bottom insertion de... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7331916 | Case former with pivotal engagement roller assemblies A new and improved case former, or carton folding and erecting apparatus, is disclosed wherein a pair of pivotal support arms, upon each one of which is mounted a case or carton engagement roller, are mounted upon the machine framework such that when actuator mechan... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329216 | System for manufacturing containers A system (1) for manufacturing containers (5) is designed around a supporting structure (2) with which all the stations (7, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25) and the devices (14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 26) needed to produce the containers are assoc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7309307 | Device for folding flaps of box blanks A device for folding flaps of box blanks having crease lines transverse to the travel direction of the blanks, for use in a folder-gluer. A rotary member is rotatable around a transverse axis and provided with at least one folding arm. A removable linking device lin... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7258655 | Gathering and pressing device for a folded box-gluing machine A gathering and pressing device for a folded box gluing machine has two machine-width, circulating conveyor belts which are connected to a drive and whose conveying runs are disposed horizontally, one above the other and running parallel to each another. An upper co... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7216468 | Flaps closer apparatus A flaps closing apparatus for closing full flap boxes is provided. The apparatus includes a flaps closing assembly with a first brake mechanism and closing bars with a second brake mechanism. The first brake mechanism controls the vertical motion of the flaps closin... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7192393 | 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... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7174698 | Folding method and device for closing the end of a tubular wrapping A method and device for folding an end portion of a substantially elliptical-section, tubular wrapping for a group of cigarettes, whereby the end portion of the tubular wrapping is folded by forming three first and three second folded flaps located on opposite sides... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7044903 | Dunnage conversion machine, method and dunnage product A dunnage conversion machine is characterized by a forming assembly which causes lateral edge portions of a substantially continuous sheet stock material to crumple and to fold upon themselves, leaving an unfolded central portion between the laterally spaced apart f... | 05/16/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6962556 | System and method for assembling a package with a flip-top An automatic packaging machine for forming a latching flip-top box from a blank. A plurality of mandrels are coupled to a conveyor system. Each of the mandrels include a mounting block for coupling the mandrel to the automatic packaging machine, a package-holding as... | 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 |
| 6910314 | Random automatic case sealer A case sealer has a frame with a conveyor for moving boxes into a pair of spaced-apart lateral conveyors. The lateral conveyors have converging centering conveyor belts that center the boxes and first advancing conveyor belts that open to the width of the box to be ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6880309 | Device for straightening and closing the front flap for a self-dimensioning machine for closing parallelepiped boxes A self-dimensioning machine for closing upper flaps of parallelepiped boxes including a base with support surface for the boxes, a couple of drive belts placed at the two sides of the support surface for engagement with the sides of the boxes, a device for detecting... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6881180 | Apparatus for forming a bottom closure for a container A method and apparatus for forming a bottom closure of a container employing multiple assembly lines and including a universally foldable seal fin as a part of the bottom closure. A novel blank for the container is disclosed. ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6749551 | Resealable container with magnetic closure system A container body with a container opening and a flap partially secured to the container body and completely covering the container opening is disclosed. The flap is secured to the container by a hinge or fold line and formed from the same substrate as the container ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6726088 | Carton and carton blank The top of a carton, with opposite main panels and opposite side panels, has an inner and outer major flap hinged to opposite main panels. The outer major flap has a fold line extending along its length in parallel to a hinge line joining the outer major flap and a ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6655434 | Apparatus for closing an open end of a product, and product formed thereby A method/apparatus closes and finishes an open end of a product that can be fused together with heat. The apparatus includes a bending stage, a fusing stage, and a pressing/cooling stage, which all can be integrally formed, with the bending stage position... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6644539 | Package with bottom panel stand-offs A package with bottom panel stand-offs includes a plurality of upstanding side walls, each side wall contiguous or sealed to adjacent side walls, a sealed top panel, and a sealed bottom panel. The sealed bottom panel has a generally planar portion and thr... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6622461 | Method 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 |
| 6616585 | Method and device for assembling paper box A method of assembling a paper box, comprising a 1st step of carrying a paper box (10a) with unfolded both side wall members (26) and (27) into a clearance between a fixed stand (101) and a guide member (100) in the condition that the positions of folded ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6599225 | Method of closing the bottom of a container A method and apparatus for forming a bottom closure of a container employing multiple assembly lines and including a universally foldable seal fin as a part of the bottom closure. A novel blank for the container is disclosed.... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6569073 | Telescoping platform assembly for packaging systems A packaging system (1) includes a telescoping platform assembly (100) having a guide mount (30) and an extension platform (40). The packaging system (1) incorporating the telescoping platform assembly (100) includes a panel (22) and a flap member (26). Th... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6520404 | Carton, method of forming same, and carton blank The top of a carton, with opposite main panels and opposite side panels, has an inner and outer major flap hinged to opposite main panels. At each side panel, an ear has a lower portion hinged to the side panel and two upper ear-halves, one hinged to each... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6430899 | Top sealing and creasing apparatus and method for a gable top carton A top sealer for a form, fill and seal packaging machine includes first and second anvils disposed on opposing sides of a processing path of the machine. The anvils are configured to move transverse to the processing path for engaging the top fins of each... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6381923 | Packaging machine A packaging machine comprises a folding box transporting device and a closing device for alignment and insertion of the closing flaps of a folding box, wherein the closing device supports at least one closing tool which rotates, via a drive and a gearing,... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6322486 | 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... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6318049 | Slitter machine for tab lock cases A slitter machine of the type where tab lock cases of varying height, width, and length are advanced therethrough in a product flow direction on a machine bed by a main drive motor, is presented. The slitter machine includes a frame, a centerline, a leadi... | 11/20/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6226965 | Inline case sealing system A case sealer for overlap flap type boxes wherein the major flaps extend greater than 1/2 the width of the carton. The case sealer uses a folding shoe for folding the inner major flap and then holding the inner major flap and a trailing minor flap in fold... | 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 |
| 6094884 | Forming apparatus for an elevated bottom carton A bottom forming apparatus having a mandrel cap and a sealing plate configured to create a carton with an elevated bottom. The present invention alleviates the problem of cartons having soggy bottoms since the point of absorption, the raw paperboard edge,... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6080095 | Carton-shaping machine A carton-shaping machine includes a material conveying mechanism, an opening mechanism, a shaping mechanism, and a band sticking mechanism combined on a worktable. A vertical and a horizontal cylinder of the opening mechanism control fixing members to for... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6059182 | Sealable carton with improved 4-ply spout and method of making same A novel box construction is provided having a numerous sealing features therein to provide a waterproof and sift resistant container. A first sealing feature is a pouring spout of three or four plies, the first and second plies of which provide a way for ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6050056 | Packaging bags and apparatus A packaging bag for containing a product is provided. The bag includes an end with four bag projections that are to be folded over the product. A first pair of opposing bag projections are folded down to form generally triangular portions, and the other p... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6048295 | Method in the forming of packaging containers The disclosure relates to a method in the forming of packaging containers (1) which have sealing fins in which the packaging material is sealed inside-to-inside, and also projecting, double-walled corner flaps (8). In order to form a parallelepipedic pack... | 04/11/2000 |
| 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 |
