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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386969 | Exterior configuration of a foam-in-bag dispenser assembly A dispenser system as in a foam-in-bag dispenser system with a smooth dispenser housing over which the film passes without interruption and which houses a mixing module with reciprocating rod and supports drive components of a drive transmission which is engaged wit... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7240468 | Method and system for producing shock absorbing package containing packaged article A method and apparatus for manufacturing a cushioning package containing an article to be packaged. The apparatus includes a cushioning sheet forming unit to form a cushioning sheet by heat-sealing flexible elongated resin sheets which are continuously fed in a long... | 07/10/2007 |
| 6799412 | Cottoner apparatus A cottoner having a wadding section forming station, the station having: a carrier, a holder, and a feed mechanism mounted on a base in series. Moving means on the base reciprocate the a carrier toward and away from the feed mechanism. An operating controller on the... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6775957 | Pharmaceutical product protection method and apparatus A hydrophobic, compressible, resilient filler for keeping pills from movement in a container during handling is provided in the form of a tube that is cut to a desired length and axially compressed in horizontal orientation. The tube is compressed and inserted throu... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6684600 | Loading apparatus for loading a strip of a soft material into a container A loading apparatus for loading a strip of a soft material into a container includes a sleeve member rotatable among first, second and third angular positions. First cylinder unit for pushing the strip of the soft material into the sleeve member at the fi... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6598368 | Cotton holding disk Apparatus and method for retaining cotton in a bottle using a cottoner machine which inserts cotton via a pair of rotatable cylinders alignable with a mouth of the bottle, the apparatus including a disk secured to the cylinders via a pair of collars and h... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6568155 | Fruit injector A fruit injector and method for squeezing a fruit segment into a container, particularly, a beer bottle. A channel shaped body includes a plunger and a compression member pivotally connected for movement to the body for compressing a fruit segment.... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6389783 | Fruit injector A fruit injector for squeezing a fruit segment into a container, particularly, a beer bottle. A channel shaped body includes a plunger and a compression member pivotally connected for movement to the body for compressing a fruit segment.... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6342767 | Mobile type X-ray apparatus In a mobile type X-ray apparatus, an input shaft of a cyclo-decelerator is connected to one end of a rotational shaft of a motor, and the other end of the rotational shaft is connected to an encoder and an electromagnetic brake. The cyclo-decelerator is a... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6311458 | Apparatus for producing shock absorbing pads and associated methods An apparatus and associated methods are provided for producing a plurality of shock absorbing pads. The apparatus preferably has a core pad former for forming particulate core material into a plurality of individual core pads, a core pad encaser positione... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5829231 | Automated cushioning producing and filling system An automated cushioning producing and filling system includes a cushioning conversion machine which converts stock paper into cut pads of a selected length and transports the pads to a staging location, a pad sensor for sensing the presence of a pad in th... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5623815 | Molded biodegradable packaging The disclosure is of a method and apparatus for packaging articles, and cushioning the packages with biodegradable, starch based materials. The materials, packed as loose nuggets within the package, are converted to a single, unitary cushion in-situ to pr... | 04/29/1997 |
| 4890753 | Pharmaceutical container and method and apparatus for assembly The invention relates to a pharmaceutical bottle having a neck region with an open end, pills therein, a fibrous hygroscope member, such as a cotton wad, in the neck region of said bottle and a closure cap sealing the bottle opening. The neck region has o... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4777779 | Pipet plugging machine A compact self-contained machine operated by a single gear motor and having start and stop cycle switches feeds a cotton roving and severs the roving into plugging lengths. The severed plugging lengths are folded and inserted as plugs into the mouths of p... | 10/18/1988 |
