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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8281553 | Automated medicine storage and medicine introduction/discharge management system Disclosed is an automated medicine storage and medicine introduction/discharge management system, which includes a main body in which a plurality of receiving shelves is arranged, the main body having a door to enable user access, a medicine introduction/discharge u... | 10/09/2012 |
| 7500337 | Medicine packaging device A medicine packing apparatus in which a packing sheet (7) can be printed with predetermined information by a printing device (5). In the apparatus medicine can be fed into the packing sheet (7) by a medicine feeder (2, 3), and the packing... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7461495 | Packaging control with translation of command protocols A packaging system for packaging a plurality of individual articles into packs and for collecting together a plurality of packs into a packaged unit, the system including a first part where the individual articles are marked utilising a first marking apparatus, a se... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7308784 | Apparatus and method for packaging articles in clear plastic packages Apparatus for packaging articles in clear clamshell packages includes a pair of parallel relatively narrow, laterally spaced apart conveyor belts that support there-between a package in open position by its opposing side peripheries. A stack of packages is supported... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7216469 | Netting knife cutter An apparatus and method of enclosing material in a netting and supplying a handle for ease of carrying the netted material, comprising clippers, irises, and a handle maker. A novel scissors assembly for severing the netting is disclosed. A conveyor carries the mater... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7096643 | Device for closing envelope flaps A mail-handling machine including a postage-metering or “franking” module including at least a print mechanism for printing a postage imprint on a mail item and a conveyor for conveying the mail item along a mail item conveyor path defined by top and bottom guid... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6883297 | Apparatus for enclosing material in a net An apparatus and method of enclosing material in a net and supplying a handle for ease of carrying the netted material, comprising clippers, irises, and a handle maker. A conveyor carries the material to a pair of irises. The irises gather the netting around the mat... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6789373 | Method of package formation utilizing photographic images The invention relates to a package comprising a flexible substrate having a silver halide formed image. ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6755007 | Device for producing electrical contact parts A device for producing individual metal contact parts for electrical connectors includes a processing machine for processing a semi-finished product to assemble the electrical contact parts as one unit on a strip. The device includes a packaging device connected dow... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6554956 | Method and apparatus for sealing closed envelopes The present invention is directed to an envelope processing system system in which a supply of envelopes is placed for moistening and sealing. The moistening and sealing apparatus is designed to receive all types of intermixed mail envelopes with various ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6543201 | Individual package bagger and process A machine for forming individual packages from a web of preopened and interconnected bags one at a time is disclosed. A web is fed along a path of travel from a supply to a load station. A pair of nip rolls are positioned along the path near the load stat... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6447625 | Method and device for bringing together and joining plastic cards and printed card supports A method of bringing together and joining plastic cards, which are provided with an identification mark, and printed card carriers associated with the respective plastic cards, has the following steps: providing the plastic card, detecting the identificat... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6363687 | Secured cell, rapid fill automated tablet order filling system The present invention tablet filler device system includes a plurality of individually secured cells with a tablet hopper and drum functionally adapted to regulate and orient gravity outflow of tablets, a gravity feed chute connected to and downstream fro... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6334288 | Apparatus for printing, cutting, cropping of blister packs obtained from a blister band In an apparatus mounted on an automatic machine for packaging articles into blister packs, a working station (A) applies numeric codes to a blister band and a scoring station (B) equipped with scoring members (20), traces scoring lines on the blister band... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6209290 | Packet for long articles and the related packaging method A packet for long articles comprises a first inner wrap around a group of articles and a second outer wrap around the first wrap which, together with the inner frame, envisaged when the packet is of the rigid type with hinged lid, constitute specific pack... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6070391 | Method for producing printed products and products produced thereby In a method for producing a predetermined sequence of printed products with varying contents and varying numbers of pages, the pages of a printed product of the sequence are printed onto both sides of a quasi-endless paper web [P] in the form of at least ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6041569 | Mailing machine having envelope closing and sealing device A mailing machine has an envelope transport device extending longitudinally therethrough and a digital ink jet printing device located adjacent the downstream end of the transport device. Due to the criticality of the spacing between the upper surface of ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5810487 | Carton processing system and carton processing method A system for processing a carton includes a unit for supplying articles for printing, a unit for printing the contents of articles supplied from the supplying unit so as to be housed within the carton, including the names or quantity of the articles to be... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5790718 | Food portion inventory device with imprinted predetermined date indicia A portion inventory device for holding at least one portion of food or the like. The device uses a container for holding the portions and the container has indicia of predetermined dates imprinted on the outer surfaces of the container so that a user can ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5724791 | Dynamic motion control system and method for transferring documents A system for coordinating an operational speed of an envelope inserter receiving incoming packets containing a predetermined number of document pages with an interval of time required to generate each incoming packet. A printer generates the document page... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5715653 | Method and an apparatus for bringing together and joining cards and printed card carriers A method of bringing together and joining cards, which are provided with an identification mark, and printed card carriers associated with the respective cards, comprises the steps of: providing the card; detecting the identification mark of the card; ass... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5704190 | Filling aparatus and packaging materials To simplify the operation of an input unit of a filling apparatus and achieve accurate filling of packaging containers with a liquid food. The filling apparatus includes a read-out unit which reads out packaging material information from a magnetic record... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5642605 | Food portion inventory device with imprinted predetermined data indicia A portion inventory device for holding at least one portion of food or the like. The device uses a container for holding the portions and the container has indicia of predetermined dates imprinted on the outer surfaces of the container so that a user can ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5634319 | Truss plate bundle identification system A system for identifying bundled truss plates is disclosed. The truss plate bundles include visual indicia that indicate the thickness and material composition of the material from which the truss plates are constructed. Methods for packaging such truss p... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5598684 | Vacuum package, method and apparatus for making such vacuum package filled with granular material The invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a vacuum package filled with granular material. A package made from a flexible film is filled with granular product. The filled package is compressed, so that the contents form a compact whole.... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5555703 | Method and system for preparing items to be mailed A method of preparing items to be mailed, in which periodically at least one main document is inserted into an envelope by way of a mail preparation system comprising an inserter station. A printing is printed through use of a printer on an envelope, whic... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5408791 | Apparatus for portion packing of lumpy goods The invention involves an apparatus (1) for the portion packing of lumpy goods, in particular of impact-sensitive fruit and vegetables. The apparatus preferably includes two conveyor pipes (2, 3) with one inlet and one outlet each in their end regions, an... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5388384 | Automatic code date application device An automatic code date application device for labelling packages which includes a package staging area, a conveyor for moving staged packages sequentially along a predetermined path of travel, a code date application device automatically applying a code d... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5355655 | System which includes apparatus for transmitting messages to receiving apparatus A system comprising transmitting apparatus for transmitting messages to receiving apparatus which have a closed casing for collecting printed sheets into a bundle and also enclosing enveloping material for automatically enveloping the collected bundles of... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5339604 | Method and apparatus for making a vacuum package filled with granular material A package made from a thin-walled and flexible packaging foil is filled with granular material and the filled package, placed in a holder with flat sidewalls, is vacuumized internally and closed. According to the invention, a relief element is mounted in ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5315927 | Automatic printing apparatus for a packing case carried on a conveyor belt unit An automatic printing apparatus is used to print indentifying words on a packing case that is carried on a conveyer belt unit and includes a sensor, a lower support unit, a lengthwise-position adjustment device, an upper support unit, a height adjustment ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5031379 | Message receiving arrangement A message receiving arrangement operative to reduce the risk of uncontrolled distribution of transmitted and printed messages. The arrangement includes a sheet-store and printing mechanism for printing messages on sheets taken from the store and a supply ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4999973 | Sheet material advancer A sheet material advancer includes a base frame with a pair of spaced-apart end plates projecting from the frame. A first cylinder is mounted between the end plates and will redirect a sheet of material from a generally vertical position to a horizontal o... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4995219 | Combination cutter and bagger for photographic negatives The present invention relates to a device for cutting photographic film into individual negatives and placing the cut negatives into envelopes. The invention utilizes a permeable conveyor and vacuum fan arrangement to transport the negatives after they ar... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4991374 | Packaging machine for slide-fastener manufacture An apparatus for packing slide fasteners as they arrive in a longitudinal transport direction one after the other at a predetermined travel speed from a production facility has a speedup conveyor receiving the arriving slide fasteners and operating at a s... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4969305 | Indicia applying apparatus Indicia such as tax stamps are applied to objects such as cigarette packs by driving a heated ram against the back of an indicia supply tape to cause the indicium to transfer from the tape to the object. If the object is contained in outer packaging such ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4951447 | Wrapping apparatus A wrapping apparatus designed so that an attractively wrapped package is obtained at all times irrespective of the kind of a film used and the shape of a tray selected. Namely, there is provided a wrapping apparatus of the type in which a predetermined cu... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4905445 | System for arranging chips in series A system for arranging chips in series in a tape capable of automatically and efficiently carrying out all steps from the feeding of chips to the arranging of them in series in recesses of a tape with high reliability. The system includes a chip feed sect... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4870799 | Installation for making up batches of articles An installation for making up batches of articles, the installation being characterized in that it comprises at least one work station for one operator, said station including a storage member (4) for storing said articles species-by-species, said article... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4862670 | Stretch film packaging machine This invention relates to a packaging machine in which an item is stored on a container such as a tray. The container is mechanically and automatically packaged in a bag-form with a stretch film. The film is folded down to the bottom surface of the contai... | 09/05/1989 |
