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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075467 | Device for erecting flat-folded tubular blanks The device for erecting flat-folded tubular blanks supplied in flat-folded form comprises a collecting group provided with first gripping means which are mobile between a pick-up station of the single tubular blanks from a store and an opening station of the single ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7766808 | Carton flap gripping system A carton flap gripping system including an adjustable pin holder is provided. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7708678 | Method for erecting tubular blanks and a station, in which this method is carried out A station for erecting tubular blanks in boxes, a gripping and raising unit engages a second lateral wall of the blank and subsequently raises the blank into a 90° rotation, so that the blank assumes, due to raising and rotating and because of the weight, a paralle... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7569009 | Station for feeding flat folded tubular blanks to a boxing machine A station includes a magazine containing stacks of flat folded tubular blanks arranged horizontal. Each stack is supported by openable support pad pairs. A platform moves vertically below the magazine and receives, when set at a raised loading position, one stack re... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7422552 | Carton flap gripping system A carton flap gripping system including an adjustable pin holder is provided. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422551 | Method for erecting tubular blanks and a station, in which this method is carried out In a station for erecting tubular blanks in boxes, a gripping and raising unit engages a second lateral wall of the blank and subsequently raises the blank into a 90° rotation, so that the blank assumes, due to raising and rotating and because of the weight, a para... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418809 | Device for picking and opening boxes suitable for packaging products A device for picking and opening boxes suitable for packaging products, comprising at least one magazine for substantially parallelepipedal boxes in a flattened configuration, at least one rotating drum provided peripherally with elements for picking the boxes one b... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7404788 | Method and an apparatus for picking up flat folded tubular blanks from a magazine and for moving them to an erecting station In an apparatus for picking up flat folded tubular blanks from a magazine and for moving the blanks to an erecting station, a horizontal transmission shaft transmits a rotational movement about a first articulation axis to a functional arm hinged with one side to a ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7329218 | Feed apparatus and method for feeding blanks into container forming machines The feed apparatus for feeding container blanks into a container forming machine comprises a hopper at or near its first end for holding a plurality of blanks, a selecting mechanism for selecting one of the blanks, a moving mechanism to move the blanks toward the el... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316642 | Apparatus for forming containers An apparatus for forming containers fed with their side walls arranged in a flattened tubular configuration, comprising a device for opening the containers that is associated with abutment-retention elements for the abutment and retention of the containers in the op... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7311650 | Thickness adjustment and stabilizer bar system for a case erector A case forming machine for erecting cases from knock down case form to an open form and move an opened case downward to a bottom forming station using a fixed and a moveable jaw system is improved by providing a plurality of stabilizer bars having their bottom edges... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310925 | Station for withdrawing and erecting flat folded tubular blanks In a station of a boxing machine, for withdrawing and erecting flat folded tubular blanks into boxes, a blank withdrawing rocker arm strips out a flat folded blank from a magazine and places it onto a operating member situated below and associated to an auxiliary co... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7179344 | Method and apparatus for testing the quality of crimped seals Crimped seals that are formed in overlapping portions of a packaging material are tested for quality. Initially, the packaging material is installed on first and second clamps. A portion of the packaging material is then extended between first and second crimpers. T... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7131941 | Thickness adjustment and stabilizer bar system for a case erector A case forming machine for erecting cases from knock down case form to an open form and move an opened case downward to a bottom forming station using a fixed and a moveable jaw system is improved by providing a plurality of radially spaced, concentric stabilizer ba... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7100658 | Machine for manufacturing, filling and closing mesh bags from a continuous roll of tubular mesh Machine for manufacturing mesh bags from a continuous roll of tubular mesh, and for filling and closing said mesh bags, which comprise an expansion device which is perimetric to the tubular mesh, the core expander of which is equipped with a vertical aperture which,... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6971980 | Machine 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 |
| 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 |
| 6951530 | Carton, a blank for producing a carton, and methods and apparatus for erecting, closing, and sealing a carton A method of and an apparatus for erecting a carton, and a method of and an apparatus for closing a carton. The carton has 180° fold lines with a compressed area at each end and a slit joining the compressed areas. A carton is erected by moving the blank in a first ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6929593 | Machine 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... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918227 | Method and device for end closing tubular wrappings of products A method and device for end closing tubular wrappings of products, whereby the arms of a scissor-type parting device, once inserted in a closed position inside an end portion of a tubular wrapping, are allowed to part, and are pushed by springs into a fully open pos... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913568 | Apparatus for removing and erecting a folding-box blank An apparatus for removing a folding-box blank (Z) from a magazine and for erecting the same has a first retaining means (6) with means (62) for gripping a first box wall (W1) of the blank (Z) and a second retaining means (7) with means ( | 07/05/2005 |
| 6849038 | Method for making a tool container An improved tool container a corner-less exterior adjacent a craftsman to minimize trauma when carried and to provide better access to objects therein than convention designs. In the preferred embodiment, the tool container comprises a substantially cylindrical body... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6811530 | Bag manufacturing former laminated films A former is used to manufacture a bag in a packaging machine. The radius of curvature of the former top along a film guiding direction is between 0.27 mm and 0.50 mm, the average surface roughness of the former top is less than 10 μm, and the number of high project... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6726613 | Method 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 |
| 6705982 | Pre-fold sword insertion device A folder includes a first cutting device for partially cutting a web of material, a former to fold the web of material, so as to form a folded web, a stationary signature opening device located between sides of the passing folded web, and a second cutting device loc... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6669616 | Compact case forming machine A case forming machine for assembling erected cases from blanks including a stacking means configured for receiving a supply of blanks, an opening and forming means for erecting the blanks and ejecting erected cases, and the machine is constructed and arr... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6592505 | Device for forming a tube provided with gussets A device for forming a tube provided with gussets out of a single- or multi-layer, continuously pre-stressed material web consists of divided upper and lower folding plates mounted on the machine frame that determine the width of the tube to be formed whe... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6575886 | High speed wrap-around multipacker A packaging machine for loading of individual articles into a product cartons that includes a rotary blank feeder and a rotary board erector. The rotary blank feeder includes a plurality of feeder arms each having a vacuum head. The feeder arms are each r... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6503180 | Device for transferring a folded box A device for transferring a folded box from a magazine accommodating flat folded boxes to a circulating transport device thereby simultaneously erecting same, comprises a holding device transferring and carrying the folded box during transfer, and an erec... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6409647 | Device for assembling collapsible containers A system for re-assembling collapsed collapsible topless containers which have four side walls pivotal to each other and a pallet. The system unfolds a collapsed container by lifting it up by one of the sides. The unfolded container is transferred to an a... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6319183 | Method and apparatus for setting up a box erecting machine A box erecting machine that can readily be set up to assemble boxes of different sizes contains pointers and scales permitting the vertical and horizontal adjustment of the box magazine, the centering of the flap folding structures, and the vertical adjus... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6209784 | Locking sandwich collar The present invention discloses an improved, cylindrical, paperboard collar for placing around a specialty sandwich such as a multilayer hamburger or such. The collar blank is cut from flat paperboard stock in the form of an elongated rectangle which is f... | 04/03/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5992132 | Rotating envelope insertion horn A rotatable insertion horn for opening an envelope prior to insertion of documents into the envelope. The insertion horn includes a planar bottom plate having an upstream end, a downstream end and first and second side portions. A side wall is provided th... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5957825 | Parallelepiped carton forming machine A forming machine including a load and feed chute for a set of die-cut cardboard pieces folded in a flat shape and laid on the chute perpendicular to the chute plane and parallel one after another, from which die-cut cardboard pieces are picked one by one... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5924968 | Box-erecting apparatus An apparatus for erecting flat blanks into three-dimensional box parts has a machine frame, a bin on the frame holding a stack of the blanks with a lower surface of a lowermost blank largely exposed at a base of the stack, an erecting unit on the frame sp... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5910078 | Rotary object feeder The present invention is directed to a rotary object feeder, which feeds objects from a first location to a second. The object feeder feeds the object from a pick-up location to an off-loading location, by moving an object pick-up member along a trajector... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5689931 | Case erector with A-B detection A case erector with A-B detect is disclosed. This case erector eliminates the need to sort A and B type cases and thus increases the rate at which boxes can be erected. Whether the case is an A or B type case determines how far into the case erector the f... | 11/25/1997 |
