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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7326165 | Rotary object feeder A rotary object feeder comprises a sun member having a sun axis and being rotatable about a sun axis of rotation at a rotational speed of W1. The feeder also has a planetary member mounted for connection to the sun member, the planetary member having a planet... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7156605 | Substrate transport and marking assembly An apparatus for transporting and marking a substrate, such as a collapsed corrugated cardboard carton. A feeder station is configured to receive a substantially vertically aligned stack of substrates. An advancement assembly of the feeder station successively moves... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7081079 | Rotary object feeder A rotary object feeder comprises a sun member having a sun axis and being rotatable about a sun axis of rotation at a rotational speed of W1. The feeder also has a planetary member mounted for connection to the sun member, the planetary member having a planet... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6659928 | Device for removing flat articles A device for removing flat articles, in particular blanks of collapsed boxes from a delivery station and for transferring them to a receiving station which has a transport device thereat. Plural suction arms each with suction devices thereon are provided,... | 12/09/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5897480 | Collapsed, tubular carton erecting apparatus An apparatus (10) for erecting collapsed, tubular cartons (12) includes a device (32) for removing the top carton (12) of a vertical stack of cartons (12) and moving it in a horizontal orientation to an operative position, with the second side panel (16) ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5713187 | Packaging apparatus A boxing apparatus having a substantially horizontal conveyor feeds overlapping folded boxes into a upright gravity fed hopper with a bottom gate portion. The boxes are generally aligned axially in the hopper on the gate portion to be individually removed... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5603599 | Vacuum system An apparatus for transferring a workpiece from one location of a machine to another is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of picking assemblies that are movable along a closed transfer path. Each of the picking assemblies includes a vacuum mani... | 02/18/1997 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5411464 | Machine for erecting cartons having collapsible bottoms A carton having a collapsed bottom wall is erected by a machine which engages opposed side walls and draws these walls apart. Simultaneously the side walls are separated by movement in a transverse direction and the bottom wall panels are interlocked.... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5393291 | Mini case erector An apparatus for erecting cases from flat blanks (20'). The apparatus includes a frame (42), a hopper (48), a vacuum arm (68), minor flap folders (80), major flap folders (90, 108), a case pusher bar (98), and a tape applicator (112). The frame includes a... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5298008 | Case opening apparatus A case opening apparatus that is part of a larger case loading and sealing machine which includes a loading bay for holding container blanks in vertical stacks, a means for removing the uppermost container blank from said stack and transferring it into an... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5207630 | Case opening apparatus A case opening apparatus that is part of a larger case loading and sealing machine which includes a loading bay for holding container blanks in vertical stacks, a means for removing the uppermost container blank from said stack and transferring it into an... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5176612 | High speed erecting mechanism for sleeve type carton A stack of collapsed sleeve type end loading cartons are disposed in a hopper and the lowermost carton is engaged and fed out of the hopper by a carton pick up device which rotates in one direction. An auxiliary device rotates in the opposite direction fr... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5131899 | Magazine and method of feeding articles A magazine for holding a plurality of articles, such as cartons, which are to be singularly withdrawn at a downstream end, and a method of feeding articles. The magazine includes guides, spaced apart by a distance greater than the width of the cartons in ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5102385 | Feeder mechanism for sleeve type cartons A carton setup machine has a suction device for withdrawing collapsed sleeve type cartons from a magazine. The suction device moves inwardly and outwardly on a slidable rod as it orbits about a central rotating shaft. An oscillating gripper mounted outsid... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5061231 | Apparatus for erecting boxes An apparatus for taking folded flat blanks out of a magazine and transferring them to a conveyor apparatus of a box-making machine is disposed between the vertically oriented magazine and the conveyor apparatus extending horizontally beneath it at some di... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5057066 | Magazine and method of feeding articles A magazine for holding a plurality of articles, such as cartons, which are to be singularly withdrawn at a downstream end, and a method of feeding articles. The magazine includes guides, spaced apart by a distance greater than the width of the cartons in ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5049119 | Apparatus for removing a flat carton from a magazine, causing the carton to open, and placing the carton in a conveyor assembly An automatic processing machine used in the packaging industry which automatically removes a folded cardboard box or carton from a rack or magazine of such folded boxes or cartons and causes the box or carton to be opened such that the four walls and base... | 09/17/1991 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4917663 | Packaging machine with direct blank setup A packaging machine and more particularly a machine for setting up a container from a blank (16) of corrugated board is disclosed as including a uniquely arranged magazine (10) for a plurality of container blanks (16) of corrugated board and including a s... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4892513 | Carton erector apparatus A carton erector apparatus for setting up foldable carton blanks. The apparatus includes a carton blank storage section, a carton blank setup section and a bottom flap folding section. The carton setup section includes a carton opening assembly comprising... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4871348 | Carton erecting apparatus A carton delivery apparatus is disclosed which removes cartons, one by one, which are already scored and stored in a stack in a magazine, as folded down flat against each other. A suction mechanism removes cartons one by one from the magazine by holding i... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4854930 | Apparatus for the supply of blanks of packaging material and in particular for the supply and erection of flat folded tubular blanks as packaging cases in "blister" packaging machines An apparatus for the supply from a fixed store of blanks of packaging material preferably of the type having a flat folded tubular structure comprising a support wheel provided with a continuous rotary movement bearing one or a plurality of angularly unif... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4846777 | High-speed apparatus for the extraction and the opening of bags contained in a magazine in a flattened condition High speed apparatus for the extraction and opening of bags contained in a magazine in which they are arranged in a flattened condition so as to form a pack. The apparatus is composed of a pair of extracting devices comprising elements provided with sucti... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4787881 | Arrangement for the raising of packing container blanks An arrangement for the raising and transferring flattened tubular packing container blanks (2) from a magazine (3) to a conveyor arrangement comprises suction elements (18a and 18b) arranged on arms (15) movable in a curved path away from each other. The ... | 11/29/1988 |
