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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328543 | Apparatus and method for the application of pressure relief valves An applicator unit for a system applying pressure relief valves to packaging during the packaging process. A punch shaft and an applicator shaft each have an axis and opposed ends. The punch shaft has a punch at one end. The applicator shaft has an applicator vacuum... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7299600 | Device for sealing lengths of filter paper A device for sealing filter bags for products for infusion, where each filter bag is made from a flat web (1) of filter paper and has applied to it a tag (1b) and a tie string (1a) connecting the tag (1b) to the filte... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7266936 | Agricultural bagger with shielded hopper agitation and method An agricultural bagger apparatus and method for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag including a moving hopper wall and+ mechanism for moving the wall at an input end of hopper. The wall moving mechanism and the moving wall of the hopper sweeps the feed ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7234287 | Netting chutes with ribbed flooring for manual and/or automated clipping packaging apparatus Netting chutes suitable for use with manual and automatic packaging operations to enclose product in netting packaging include at least one axially extending rib. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207153 | Method for attaching fitment at longitudinal fin seal and package resulting therefrom The vertical form fill and seal (VFFS) machine is configured to place a fitment, such as a spout, on the longitudinal fin seal of a container. The fitment dispatched from a vibratory bowl via an adjustable track. The fitment is then secured to the edges of the film ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7178309 | Machine for processing web of material The present invention relates to a process used for packaging a product in a web of material that has a zipper attached thereto. The process includes providing a web of material having first and second edges and a zipper including first and second interlocking membe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7114310 | Process for attaching slider operated closure on form-fill-seal packaging machinery The present invention relates to a process used for packaging a product in a web of material that has a zipper attached thereto. The process includes providing a web of material having first and second edges and a zipper including first and second interlocking membe... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100346 | Machine for boxing wound coils of filamentary material A machine for winding and boxing wound coils of filamentary material having a payout hole extending from the outer to the inner coil winding wherein a turret mechanism mounting two oppositely disposed end forms and corresponding collapsible mandrels and operative be... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6918234 | Process for attaching slider-operated closure on form-fill-seal packaging machinery The present invention relates to a process used for packaging a product in a web of material that has a zipper attached thereto. The process includes providing a web of material having first and second edges and a zipper including first and second interlocking membe... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911340 | Method and means for composting organic material by natural draft A method and means for drawing air through material by natural draft wherein air is drawn into one end of a container having the material therein and is sucked from the other end thereof by a wind powered rotary turbine ventilator. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6854490 | Flexible pouch with self-contained straw and method of forming A flexible pouch with a self-contained straw for packaging a product includes a front panel and a back panel each having an upper edge, a lower edge opposite the upper edge, and side edges extending therebetween the upper and lower edges. A straw is disposed inside ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6808691 | Sealable sterilizing packaging material A sealable sterilising material for packaging medical devices requiring sterilization, has an average burst strength not less than 200 kPa measured according to ISO 2758 standard, an average tear strength not less than 300 mN measured according to the European stand... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6691493 | Method of and apparatus for encoding and recording identifying indicia for arrays of rod-shaped commodities Packs of rod-shaped smokers' products comprise containers of a material which permits monitoring of their contents by a suitable detector serving to generate signals which indicate the presence of characteristic indicia on one or more packed smokers' prod... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6343455 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing packaging bags, and bags obtained thereby The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing packaging bags having lateral bellows, the method being characterized by the fact that it comprises the steps consisting in: forming respective cutouts (150, 160) in each of the two lateral, bello... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6301860 | Liquid product sampler package with frame structure for enhanced burst strength A product sampler package for insertion or binding into a periodical, catalog, brochure, or other literature includes a composite carrier card formed by affixing a planar support frame to a bottom carrier sheet of the carrier card to thereby form a shallo... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6282865 | Apparatus for applying drinking straws The invention relates to an apparatus for applying drinking straws on prefabricated packaging containers. The apparatus includes a rotary drive means for advancing drinking straws which are guided in towards the drive means wrapped in protective envelopes... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6216419 | Tape-shaped parts package, parts storing tape, tape-shaped cover and parts packaging apparatus In a parts storing tape, a first stepped part which has the predetermined height and is more extended than the other inner side faces of a recessed part in the width direction and the longitudinal direction of the above parts storing tape is provided at e... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6062004 | Method and device for providing compost bagging machine with perforated conduit A method and device for providing a compost bagging machine with perforated conduit. A perforating mechanism is mounted at an inlet to a guide tube that directs conduit into the bag of the bagging machine. Three or more wheels, each of which have at least... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5813963 | Method and apparatus for assembling roe containers A container assembly apparatus and method for assembling a roe shipping container. The lid of the container is manually positioned in contact with one edge of the container. A first button is pressed which allows swing arm to open and allow access by the ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5794406 | Foam cushioning panels for packaging purposes An apparatus and associated method are disclosed for making a polymer foam cushioning element. The method comprises advancing a pair of sheets of plastic film material in parallel face-to-face relationship; injecting foam precursors between the advancing ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5687549 | Method and an apparatus for forming and filling packages A method and apparatus for forming and filling packages in which a flexible strip (10) of plastic material is folded in a central region, in a first station (1), to form a folded web (20) of two substantially opposed walls (21a,b) with first (22) and seco... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5511358 | Securing small bags to belt-like member An apparatus for successively securing a plurality of small bags to a first belt-like member via an adhesive layer is provided including a transportation path for transporting the plurality of small bags, one by one, towards said first belt-like member an... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5481847 | Apparatus for, and a method of, placing an insert in a container An apparatus for, and a method of, placing an elongated insert 1 in a can 2 through a narrow top opening 6 has a head assembly 10 formed by a sleeve 21 slidable over a core 20. The core 20 has an inclined end face 23 with a vacuum suction port 25. The ins... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5471813 | Ball placer A ball placer device is provided for containers in a capping machine, which consists of a vertical tube assembly mounted to the capping machine to receive a series of balls therein. A feed assembly for the balls is retained above the vertical tube assembl... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5426910 | Means for creating air channels in bagged compost material A compost bagging machine is described including a wheeled frame having a tunnel mounted thereon which is adapted to receive the opened mouth of a bag. The inside surface of the tunnel is provided with a plurality of spaced-apart flutes which create air c... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5418022 | Method of forming a pocket from a spunbonded olefin sheet and a microbial resistant package produced thereby Packaging, particularly for medical supplies and devices, is made from spunbonded olefin sheet material. At least a portion of the olefin sheet material is deformed to increase its surface area by between 4 and 60 percent, so as to create a pocket of a di... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5383323 | Multicontainer packaging system Multicontainer packages are formed by longitudinally advancing a plurality of containers in a predetermined array having a predetermined transverse width through a packaging station underneath a flexible harness strip having a plurality of loops and posit... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5345744 | Means for creating air channels in bagged compost material A compost bagging machine is described including a wheeled frame having a tunnel mounted thereon which is adapted to receive the opened mouth of a bag. The inside surface of the tunnel is provided with a plurality of spaced apart flutes which create air c... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5329746 | Device for packing protected articles for use in particular with foodstuffs into protective bags A device for handling molded articles of manufacture, for use in particular with foodstuffs, such as forks or knives, and for placing the articles into protective bags or like packaging or wrappings. The device includes robots adapted to grip the molded a... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5261209 | Process and apparatus for producing hinge lid packs with collars In the production of hinge lid packs with rounded longitudinal edges, collars (10) which are present in this type of pack are preshaped in the region of longitudinal edges (13) which are also rounded. For this purpose, a scoring (embossed strip 21, 22) wh... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5036643 | Form, fill, seal and separate packaging machine for reclosable containers including means for applying zipper to web An improved form, fill, seal and separate packaging machine for reclosable containers is accomplished by a plurality of stations disposed along a path of travel of a thermoplastic web including means to attach a pair of mated, resealable closure strips to... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5037366 | Device for attaching a straw to a carton container A straw applicator to seal an encapsulated straw to the side of a carton container which employs a rotating drum having concave sections to pick up the straw and carry it to the severing and sealing position.... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5029432 | Process and device for sealing a closing membrane on a spout Bags having a spout opening defined by a spout edge surface affixed within the bags are sealed with a spout closure membrane first by pressing the closure membrane against the spout edge surface with a cooled plate. A heating unit which includes a heating... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5021117 | Sealing jaw for heat sealable film with zippered section A mechanism and method for seaming and joining overlaid sheets such as to form seams on adjacent bags by applying heated pressure sealing jaws to opposite sides of the overlaid sheets with the pressure being applied decreasingly inwardly away from the edg... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5014493 | Form-fill-seal packaging Vertical form-fill-seal packaging of a fluent product, such as flour, wherein flexible packaging material is formed into tubing around a downwardly extending mandrel, the tubing is intermittently fed downwardly in package length increments off the lower e... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4907393 | Packaging method and apparatus A packaging method includes the steps of supplying auxiliary bags, adding an adhesive layer to one of the surfaces of each auxiliary bag, feeding a continuous sheet-like wrapping material to a forming and filling assembly, attaching the auxiliary bags by ... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4897980 | Apparatus for forming a bulk package Apparatus for forming a bulk package and including bottom tray placement means for placing a bottom tray on a support, stacking means for stacking layers of objects on the bottom tray, top cap positioning means for positioning a top cap over the upper-mos... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4707966 | Container with an encapsulated top insert and method and apparatus for making same Apparatus and method for molding, forming and filling a container having an insert at the container top are disclosed. According to the preferred form of the method and apparatus, a length of a hollow tube parison is extruded and then cut, molded, and fil... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4706439 | Method of forming a filled pouch A method of forming a flexible pouch which includes a sealed product-containing pocket, and which pouch also incorporate integral collar-forming structure adapted to enable the pouch to be suspended from an object, such as a bottle neck or the like. More ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4694633 | Film wrapping machine A film wrapping machine for wrapping a film around a container comprising a rotary turntable assembly for transporting containers from one station to another. The machine includes a film supply unit for supplying each film onto a respective container carr... | 09/22/1987 |
