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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422552 | Carton flap gripping system A carton flap gripping system including an adjustable pin holder is provided. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7302785 | Packaging machine with a movable centering and lowering device for inserting partitions between groups of bottles or cans and a method of operation thereof A packaging machine with a movable centering and lowering device for inserting partitions between groups of bottles or cans and a method of operation thereof. The movable centering and lowering device is designed to move with a group of bottles or cans and insert a ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 5657610 | Packaging machine A packaging machine (10) for processing fold boxes (15) with integrated support frames (25) has respectively one raising element (47) moving along with each fold box (15), which raises the support frame (25) lying flat against the inside of the fold box (... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5624368 | Octagonal box structure and setting up apparatus An apparatus for quickly setting up an octagonal box configuration from the typical planar folded tube form in which the boxes are shipped. The apparatus includes separated frame portions representing the octagonal shape which are mounted for relative mov... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5562581 | Device for withdrawing and opening cases made of sheet material and for feeding them to a packaging line The device has a rotating member including pulleys that and joined to a belt conveyor along which flat folded cases advance. Suction cups are mounted on shafts situated along the periphery of the rotary member and a coaxial drum, rotating in synchrony wit... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5558614 | Tubular carton opening, presenting, and closing apparatus Apparatus (200) for opening the closure flaps (22-25) of a carton (12), for presenting the carton (12) for loading, and for closing the closure flaps (22-25) is disclosed including a carrier (202) which initially receives the carton (12). The carrier (202... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5536231 | Apparatus and method for picking and erecting carton blanks An apparatus for erecting folded carton blanks has a picking assembly for grasping a carton blank from a magazine. The picking assembly is disposed for rotational movement from a first position proximate the magazine to a second position proximate an abut... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5514068 | Machine and method for erecting basket style cartons A basket style carton is set up by a machine which imparts inward movement to one end wall so as to allow the adjacent locking tab to clear the associated end notch. A first pusher engages the bottom wall and allows the notch to receive the locking tab. C... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5473868 | Carton opening and feeding apparatus A device for opening a tubular blank into a container, comprising an opening station, a packaging line and pairs of suction cups rotated stepwise for gripping the containers and carrying them to a position on the packaging line. The opening station is equ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5445590 | Collapsed, tubular carton erecting apparatus An apparatus (10) for erecting collapsed, tubular cartons (12) is disclosed including a device (32) for removing the top carton (12) of a vertical stack of cartons (12) in a hopper (26) and moving it in a horizontal orientation to an operative position. I... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5230690 | Method for collapsing a collapsible storage pen A collapsible bottomless storage pen having a continuous articulated peripheral wall including parallel sidewalls and interconnecting end walls. Each end wall includes a bend line. Interior connecting flaps are hingedly attached to the end walls and coope... | 07/27/1993 |
| 4763462 | Method for inserting partitions In an integrated container packing system where a mass of randomly oriented containers enter the system and are manipulated so that a partition can be inserted between groups of containers and then each group with the partition are placed in a shipping me... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4682975 | Machine and method for setting-up basket style article carriers A machine (10) for erecting article carriers (C) of the basket type comprises feeder assembly (34; 62) for withdrawing from a supply (20) and depositing the carriers in flat, folded condition one after the other in a feed path (F), flight bars for feeding... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4596544 | Vacuum belt carton erector A machine to erect flat-folded cartons, especially such as carry beverage containers, from a flat-folded storage configuration to three dimensional carrying configuration. The machine feeds folded containers from a storage hopper, in singulated fashion, b... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4527376 | Apparatus for processing box partitions A collapser/collector and strapping apparatus for processing box partitions to place them in condition for shipment. The assembled partitions are collapsed and moved vertically into transversely indexed slots of a collector. From the indexed slots, the pa... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4512756 | Apparatus for feeding from a hopper and for setting up collapsed article carriers Carriers of the top gripping type and having downwardly depending side and end walls and stacked in collapsed condition in a hopper are fed in sequence by oscillatable feeder means which engages a lower planar element of the lowermost carton in the stack ... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4512755 | Apparatus for erecting a bottle carrier Apparatus for erecting a bottle carrier. The carrier is initially formed as a flat folded tube having a bottom wall, a top wall and transversely creased end walls, the top wall forming a central partition. The apparatus has a longitudinal partition former... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4340380 | Article carrier erecting mechanism An erector mechanism for setting-up article carriers of the basket type from a collapsed condition to a set-up condition comprises a pivotal arm arranged to oscillate between a pair of spaced carrier erector locations. The erector locations each include a... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4292034 | Partition folding and inserting machine A partition folding and inserting machine is described which automatically folds a flat partition blank into a partition and then inserts the partition into a box which is moving on a conveyor. A hydraulic lift table is provided at the feed end of the mac... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4202253 | Structural cellular materials Structural honeycomb material is expanded to the open, hexagonally cellular state, by pulling it out in the expansion direction. It is then compressed across the expansion direction and fed through a throat where it undergoes further compression which cre... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4000687 | Method for erecting cartons A conveyor mechanism conveys flat, tubular cartons having a central divider past an erecting station. During the conveying, two knives enter the carton from both ends and engage a bottom wall adjacent the divider and trailing side wall, respectively. The ... | 01/04/1977 |
