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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156716 | Beverage bottling or container filling plant having a beverage bottle or container labeling machine, and a beverage bottle or container labeling machine having a vacuum drum Beverage bottling or container filling plant having a beverage bottle or container labeling machine, and a beverage bottle or container labeling machine having a vacuum drum. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7437860 | Stamp applicator with automatic sizing feature A stamp applicator includes a sizing feature that measures the size of a carton of cigarettes entering the machine. The sizing feature may include sensors that determine both the height and width of a carton of cigarettes. The applicator includes a stamping head and... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434368 | Tag lifter plate A clipper has a punch movable in a reciprocating path from a retracted position to an extended position, a clip rail for feeding a clip into the reciprocating path of the punch, a tag loading window oriented to hold a tag in the reciprocating path of the punch, a di... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7404275 | Labeling machine for beverage bottling plant A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles having non-cylindrical inclined surfaces with a liquid beverage filling material. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstrac... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7377086 | Taco shell nesting apparatus and method The present invention is, in one embodiment, an apparatus for placing an insert within a nested group of taco shells. The insert placement apparatus comprises a vertical shaft, a horizontal shaft, a first pillow block, a second pillow block, a vacuum cup, a horizont... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7331152 | Beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles having a beverage bottle orientation and positioning arrangement A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles having a beverage bottle orientation and positioning arrangement. The orientation and positioning arrangement includes the use of cameras, and an evaluation and control system. A first camera is configured and d... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328558 | Beverage container filling plant for filling containers with a liquid beverage A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, a container filling plant container information adding station, such as, a labeling station, configured to add information to containers, such as, bottles and cans, and modules fo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325376 | Apparatus and method for wrapping bulk products An apparatus and method of bundling bulk items, such as for example papers and magazines, that includes applying a double-sided label to the top and bottom of the material stack, compressing the material stack, applying two binding materials around the material stac... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7287359 | Tag lifter plate A clipper has a punch movable in a reciprocating path from a retracted position to an extended position, a clip rail for feeding a clip into the reciprocating path of the punch, a tag loading window oriented to hold a tag in the reciprocating path of the punch, a di... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7269934 | Taco shell nesting apparatus and method The present invention is, in one embodiment, an apparatus for placing an insert within a nested group of taco shells. The insert placement apparatus comprises a vertical shaft, a horizontal shaft, a first pillow block, a second pillow block, a vacuum cup, a horizont... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7124554 | Method and machine for producing a package with a coupon A method and machine for producing a package with a coupon, whereby a product is fed to a packing station via a feed station, where the coupon is applied on to a top wall of the product; at the packing station, a sheet of packing material is wrapped about the produc... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100526 | Label/tag inserter system A label inserter system for inserting and sewing a label or law tag into a border for a mattress or foundation during the formation of the border. The label inserter system generally includes a hopper, a label pre-feeder and a label transfer clamp subassembly that e... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093404 | Bag manufacturing and packaging apparatus An aim is to provide a bag manufacturing and packaging apparatus which is able to conduct a bag manufacturing at high speed, further to be small in height. A bag manufacturing and packaging apparatus 1 comprises a bag manufacturing unit that includes a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086210 | Method of, and apparatus for, producing (cigarette) packs In order to produce (cigarette) packs with an insert blank (25) applied within the pack or to the outside of the latter, this insert blank is fixed temporarily by virtue of the pack or pack contents being electrostatically charged in the region of the insert ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082740 | Device and method for wrapping bodies, especially bales of harvested agricultural produce A device for wrapping bales of agricultural produce such as bales of hay, straw or green crop with a film. The bales are completely wrapped with the film and are marked to set forth the quality of the bale as silage and with further information. The information may ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7013624 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, a container filling plant container information adding station, such as, a labeling station, configured to add information to containers, such as, bottles and cans, and modules for labeling stations A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, a container filling plant container information adding station, such as, a labeling station, configured to add information to containers, such as, bottles and cans, and modules fo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010899 | Automated prescription and/or literature bagger system and method optionally integrated with automated dispensing system and/or automated labeling and packaging system A system and method places a printed label on a bag. A first plurality of rollers can feed one or more bags, and a second plurality of rollers can feed one or more labels. A tamp pad can place the label on the bag. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6962035 | Bag manufacturing and packaging apparatus A bag manufacturing and packaging apparatus includes a bag manufacturing unit that tubularly forms a strip film and manufactures a bag filled with articles; a feed roller unit that feeds a strip, to which the bag manufactured by the bag manufacturing unit is mounted... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6701218 | Writing device for display members on drug carrier A writing device for display members is provided which can erasably writing patient information on a display member carried on the side of a drug carrier and automatically attach and detach it to and from the carrier. The writing device has an attach/deta... | 03/02/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6584753 | System and method for including inserts with goods during automated packaging The invention comprises an insert delivery system for use with an automated packaging machine. Preferably, the system is used to include coupons and the like with products being automatically packaged, such as sliced loaf bread. The system may comprise an... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6581355 | Tablet filling device In order to feed tablet vessels in with simple and low-cost construction, there is provided a vessel holder member (76) having fork-like support portions (78). The vessel holder member (76) is capable of linearly reciprocating between a vessel supporting ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6427423 | Coupon inserter for hinge lid pack The present invention is directed toward an apparatus for insertion of coupons or other material into hinge lid pack cigarettes. The apparatus of the present invention inserts the coupons in between the foil wrapped pack of cigarettes and the inner frame ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6148589 | Method and apparatus for packaging group of cylindrical articles Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for sorting cylindrical articles such as dry cells and certainly cutting and heat-sealing a cylindrical film of thermal shrinkage resin at a boundary between a film portion enclosing one group and a film portion encl... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6115993 | Tag presenter The apparatus for intermittently presenting tags for attachment to merchandise has a pay-out tape of tags severable by lines of weakness, drive rollers for intermittently advancing tape from the pay-out roll, breaking rollers that rotate at a greater spee... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6000196 | Method and unit for feeding collars for rigid packets of cigarettes to a continuous packing line A method and unit for feeding collars for packets of cigarettes to a continuous packing line, whereby the collars, picked up successively and in steps by a transfer device, are transferred rapidly by the transfer device to a continuously-moving supply ass... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5987850 | Process for the application of a revenue seal to a cigarette pack A cigarette pack is treated with a larger beam in the areas (6) onto which the revenue seal (7) is to be glued, in such a way that the coating of the pack is destroyed there.... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5661948 | Packaging system A packaging system has a conveyor, a coil of a web of box material, and a box-making unit adjacent the coil for pulling the box-material web from its coil, printing on the box-material web, cutting the printed box-material web into individual carton blank... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5657609 | Method for forming hard packets, in particular for cigarettes of the like, cigarettes packaging machine and collar for implementing the said method In a method for forming a hard packet with a flip-up lid (2), in particular for cigarettes or the like, the package is produced by folding a preformed blank around an ordered group of cigarettes (12). During the formation of the packet a collar (3) and a ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5493842 | Apparatus for the formation and application of a sealing flap to seal the mouth of a filled sack, starting from a continuous strip of heat-sealable material An apparatus for forming and applying a sealing flap to seal the mouth of a filled sack, starting from a continuous strip (9) of heat-sealable material includes a first loop conveyor to unwind the strip from the feeder roll and transfer it, using clamp me... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5491955 | Suture winder machine A suture winder machine and, more particularly, a semi-automated suture winding station of the machine adapted to facilitate the high-speed winding of multiple sutures, which are each attached to needles, into a peripheral channel of a tray utilized for p... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5479757 | Label supplying apparatus A label supplying apparatus for quickly supplying the labels such as the certificate labels to the mouths of the bags filled with the livestock feed and the like. A label stored in a label magazine is attracted under suction by a suction cup, and removed ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5473854 | Machine for the automated packaging of needles and attached sutures and method of utilizing the packaging machine An automated machine for the high-speed packaging of multiple surgical needles each with an attached suture into a tray and detachable cover structure providing a suture package utilized for the packaging of the needles and attached sutures. Additionally,... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5159798 | Method and apparatus for taping closed the open edge of an assembled newspaper having loose contents An apparatus and method for taping closed the open edge of a composite newspaper is provided which includes a tape applicator for applying a portion of tape to one side of a newspaper, and a moving member presenting a surface moving downstream with the ne... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5054259 | Apparatus for positioning a spacer panel An apparatus for properly positioning a spacer panel relative to a container of items and a package blank which will be subsequently folded around the item container and spacer panel to form a package enclosing the item container and spacer panel. The pos... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5031380 | Packaging machine A packaging machine for use with a paper-base laminate serving as a packaging material and having a thermoplastic synthetic resin layer on each surface of a paper layer comprises a container forming unit for forming a content-filled tube into baglike cont... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5025608 | Taping machine for parallelepiped cardboard boxes to be sealed along the sides A taping machine comprising an operating and advancement plane for boxes to be side-sealed. The apparatus includes conveyors engaging the top and bottom of the boxes to cause advancement. The upper conveyor is displaceable vertically, while the taping uni... | 06/25/1991 |
