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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128547 | Methods and machines for forming a polygonal container A machine for erecting a polygonal container from a knocked-down flat (KDF) container formed from a blank of sheet material is provided. The container includes four main side panels, at least one corner panel extending between two of the main side panels, and at lea... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7803099 | Carton opening device for opening cartons of differing geometries A device for opening pre-glued, pre-folded sleeves into cartons. The device includes a cam wheel (20) to which are connected one or more suction arms (22). The cam wheel can be controlled to rotated at different angular velocities. A first angular velo... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7510517 | Case erector apparatus A case erector is provided which is easily adaptable to different sizes and shaped of R.S.C. cases and the like. The case erector includes a case erector system including a pair of vacuum heads, the range and motion of each being actuated by linear servos. A first v... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7434376 | Machine for packaging articles into box-like containers In a machine for packaging articles into box-like containers, obtained from tubular blanks in flat folded configuration, tubular blanks are conveyed from a feeding station to an erecting station, by an erection unit, moving between the erecting station and a station... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7390291 | Apparatus for rapidly expanding and folding cardboard boxes feeding mechanism, an expanding mechanism, a folding mechanism for folding front and rear parts of a bottom of a cardboard box, a folding mechanism for folding left and right parts of a bottom of a cardboard box, and a conveying mechanism; the feeding mechanism has ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374528 | Air evacuation systems and methods for lining a container An air evacuation system is used for lining a container with a flexible liner. The container has a plurality of walls defining a cavity with an open top, and each wall has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The air evacuation system includes a platform for... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7328561 | Apparatus for erecting boxes and setting them on a conveyor A sun wheel is centered on a sun axis between a magazine and a conveyor, a planet carrier is rotatable about the sun axis and defines a planet axis generally parallel to but offset from the sun axis, and a gripper shaft is journaled in the planet carrier at the plan... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7270631 | Method of tucking side panels with side panel fold location control A method of tucking a pair of side panels into a body portion of a pant-like garment in which the fold locations can be controlled. The garment is positioned between an upper vacuum conveyor and a lower vacuum conveyor. Opposing vacuum zones from the upper and lower... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7243481 | Method and machine for packing a product in a flat tubular package A method and machine for packing a group of cartons of cigarettes in a flat tubular package, whereby a first portion and a second portion of a suction gripping head respectively engage a first lateral wall of the flat tubular package, and a second lateral wall of th... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7146784 | Machine for packaging a plurality of articles in a carton, and method of forming a carton A packaging machine for loading a plurality of articles into a carton which mechanism comprises carton erecting means for part erecting said carton to define a first article receiving cell, means for selecting a group of articles comprising at least two articles, me... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6955032 | Shuttle packer packaging machine A shuttle packaging machine includes a support structure having a servomotor driven shuttle device mounted thereon. A transfer arm having suction cups clamps, removes and holds a shipping blank on the shuttle device during all of the packaging functions. The major a... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6915622 | Method for packing a product using a flat tubular package A method and machine for packing a group of cartons of cigarettes using a flat tubular package, whereby a top wall of the flat tubular package is engaged by suction by a gripping head, which is then moved to feed the flat tubular package to a seat which engages a bo... | 07/12/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6723035 | Method of tucking side panels with side panel fold location control A method of tucking a pair of side panels into a body portion of a pant-like garment in which the fold locations can be controlled. The garment is positioned between an upper vacuum conveyor and a lower vacuum conveyor. Opposing vacuum zones from the upper and lower... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6645133 | Apparatus for transporting unwound webs of wrapping material for smokers' products A web of air-permeable uniting band material for use in a filter tipping machine is advanced lengthwise by a first pair of driven rollers and a second pair of driven rollers, first through a magazine which is located between the two pairs of rollers, ther... | 11/11/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6517472 | Device for separating material webs lying on top of each other A device for separating two webs of material which are arranged on top of each other. The webs of material are to be separated while they are being transported on a conveying device, the first of the webs of material being detachably fixed to the conveyin... | 02/11/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6474635 | Carton unloading and erecting apparatus An unloading and erecting apparatus has a frame fixed to a magazine holding a stack of flattened cartons, an outer horizontal guide on the frame, an outer horizontal slide horizontally displaceable on the outer horizontal guide and carrying a nonstraight ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6430901 | Method and device for opening and filling pre-manufactured bag packages A method for opening prefabricated pouches for the subsequent filling thereof with each pouch having a circumferential seal and an opening zone comprising holding a pouch on a support and introducing the support with the pouch into a vacuum chamber which ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6375605 | Method and apparatus for making multicolored stacks of folded product Apparatus and method for producing selected color or material sequences with a stack of transversely folded products. Slit product width webs are longitudinally folded and advanced by slow speed feed rolls to a plurality of anvil rolls and segments are re... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6328683 | Device for pulling up the ends of continuously transverse-conveyed flat tubular segments during the production of sacks or bags A device for pulling up the ends of transverse-conveyed flat tubular segments during the production of sacks or bags comprises lateral support elements, which run parallel to the conveying zone and between which a slit is formed that lies in the conveying... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6073423 | Methods and apparatus for erecting tubular carton blanks Apparatus for loading carton blanks into a packing machine comprises a magazine containing a stack of flattened, tubular blanks, a dog chain driving the blanks out of the magazine into the nip of rollers and then into the nip of overdriven rollers which a... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6042526 | Method of and apparatus for making a bottom of a tubular section for formation of a bag or sack In a method and apparatus of making the bottom of a flat tubular section, a tubular section is transported by a conveyor at a continuous rate in an alignment transversely to a longitudinal direction of the conveyor, with a first suction unit partially ope... | 03/28/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5928123 | Vacuum holder for automated carton erecting machine A vacuum holder for use with an automated carton erecting and packing line and mountable on a rotary carton placer for removing cartons into which product is to be placed includes vacuum cup for removing a carton from a store of cartons. The cartons inclu... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5860269 | Device for feeding stock sheets A device for feeding stock sheets is provided with a hopper for storing carton blanks as stock sheets in an upright posture, a delivery roller for delivering the carton blanks in the hopper toward a hopper outlet, an auxiliary roller located between the d... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5850725 | Packaging machine for multi-packs A carton feeding and erecting mechanism is disclosed for a packaging machine for packaging articles such as beverage containers or the like into cartons, the packaging machine including a carton conveyor for conveying an open-ended carton through the mach... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5827165 | Device for pulling open continuously cross-conveyed tube sections for the purpose of forming bottoms in the manufacture of sacks A device for pulling open continuously cross-conveyed tube sections for the purpose of forming bottoms in the manufacture of sacks has support tubes provided in pairs and connected to vacuum sources by lines. Each of the support tubes forms the coupler of... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5782734 | Carton feed opening wheel assembly A carton feed opening wheel assembly for opening carton blanks into preformed cartons on a packaging machine is disclosed. The carton feed opening wheel assembly has a pair of spaced and generally parallel endless vacuum conveyor belts moving along a path... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5715657 | Method of expanding and feeding cartons to a filling line A method of expanding and feeding cartons to a filling line; the cartons being made of sheet material, presenting four walls defined by preformed bend lines, and being expanded as of an initial flattened configuration wherein each carton is arranged in tw... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5664400 | Carton blanks handling mechanism A feeding and loading mechanism for use in pulling carton side-seam-sealed blanks from a magazine, opening same into tubes, and loading the latter onto mandrels of an indexing turret on a liquid-carrying container forming, filling, and sealing machine. Th... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5653671 | Carton feeder assembly A carton feeder assembly is positioned substantially at the infeed conveyor level and includes a carton supply assembly, a carton selector, a carton opener, and a carton erector. The carton supply assembly has a carton supply position, a carton holding po... | 08/05/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5531661 | Carrier sleeve erecting apparatus and method A method and means for opening a collapsed rectilinear carrier sleeve. As the collapsed sleeve is moved through a packaging machine it is partially opened so that the leading panel extends at an angle to the horizontal. A continuous upward force is then d... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5484377 | Carton blank erector and feeder A carton blank erector and feeder comprising a magazine having a delivery opening at one end and accommodating flat blanks as arranged closely side by side from the end toward the other end thereof, the delivery opening being so positioned as to be oppose... | 01/16/1996 |
| 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 |
