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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7770356 | Bag tying apparatus having over-travel compensation assembly for holder-shear drive assembly A bag tying apparatus for tying a ribbon about a gathered neck is provided. A holder-shear drive assembly moves a holder-shear assembly from side to side to grip and cut the ribbon. An over-travel compensation assembly compensates for over-travel of the holder-shear... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7228795 | Laundry tie-out station An existing tying machine (20) is modified by the addition of components to produce a self contained laundry tie-out station (10). The components for the modification include a linear slide support yoke frame (22), attached on top of the tying m... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204275 | Automatic laundry tie-out station An existing tying machine (20) is modified by the addition of components to produce a self contained automatic laundry tie-out station (210). The components for the modification include a linear slide support yoke frame (22), attached on top of ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7007358 | Mechanism for feeding loops into a clip attachment apparatus An improved mechanism feeds loops or ties into clip attachment apparatus such as a clipper. The loops preferably have tie portions, the carrier may be a tape, and the loops should be in substantially equidistant series on the carrier. The carrier passes around rolle... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6928788 | Tying machine for tying an article A tying machine for tying an article, such as an open part of a bag, includes an operating member connected to a drive shaft which in turn is connected to a link mechanism. A rack member is connected pivotally to the link mechanism and engages a single-direction gea... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6837156 | Twist tie feed device A twist tie feed device is provided for twisting together the ends of a tie ribbon which encircles a product including a base plate. A twist head assembly can be mounted on a base plate and receives a first end of a tie ribbon which encircles the product and a secon... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6807795 | Perforated flap with dual seals A method and apparatus for forming a tamper resistant seal on a plastic bag containing a loaf of bread or other products is disclosed. The neck of the bag is flattened, gripped between a pair of upper inboard and outboard gathering belts and a pair of lower inboard ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 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 |
| 5836137 | Tying apparatus The improvement to the tying apparatus consists of an intermittent rotatable pneumatic drive to operate the apparatus in place of the electric drive system. The pneumatic drive includes a rotary actuator (20) with a gear arrangement and one-way clutch (26... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5708339 | Bag neck gathering stop A bag neck tying device for tying a ribbon dispensed from a spool about a gathered neck. A pulley and proximity switch are mounted to prevent the completion of a tying cycle if a bag neck is not properly gathered and ready to be tied.... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5692358 | Bag neck tying device A bag neck tying device for tying a ribbon about gathered material. The bag neck tying device includes a bag gathering mechanism for moving a bag neck into engagement with a bag stop lever controlled by an electric brake. The bag neck tying device further... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5558012 | Automatic bundling machine An automatic bundling machine comprises a pair of feed rollers respectively positioned at opposite sides of a band passage; a band-feeding actuator for rotating at least one of the feed rollers; a one-way clutch and a friction clutch mounted between the b... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5483134 | Ribbon sensing device for bag tyer A bag neck tying device for tying a ribbon dispensed from a spool about a gathered neck. A pulley and proximity switch are mounted to prevent the completion of a tying cycle if a bag neck is not properly gathered and ready to be tied.... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5465549 | Apparatus for applying twist ties Apparatus for applying twist ties comprises structure for receiving the open end of the film wrapper of a bakery product; structure for severing the leading end from a length of ribbon to form a twist tie; and structure for twisting the twist tie around t... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5121682 | Twist tie feed device A twist tie feed device is provided for twisting together the ends of a tie ribbon which encircles a product including a base plate. A twist head assembly is mounted on the base plate and receives a first end of a tie ribbon which encircles the product an... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5067301 | Balloon inflating machine An apparatus for inflating balloons of the kind having a body and a filling neck terminating in a beaded edge, said apparatus comprising a balloon support plate having a sealing surface and an open ended slot extending from one edge thereof to receive the... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4907392 | Machine for applying twist-type ties A machine for applying a twist-type tie to the neck of a bag has a path and sets of endless belts which come together at a nip along the path to propel a bag neck which passes into the nip forwardly to a typing zone in the path. Here a twist-type ribbon c... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4856258 | Wire tying device A wire tying device for tying a wire-like ribbon about a neck of a bag moved along a path by a conveyor. The packaging device includes a bag gathering apparatus including a bag clamp plate positioned adjacent the path of the neck of the bag and a plunger ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4730434 | Machine for applying twist-type ties A machine for applying a twist-type tie to the neck of a bag has a path and sets of endless belts which come together at a nip along the path to propel a bag neck which passes into the nip forwardly to a tying zone in the path. Here a twist-type ribbon cr... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4660351 | Method and apparatus for affixing a ribbon to a bag In a method for affixing a ribbon to a bag containing rolls etc. the bag is continuously fed to a predetermined position. A tie material is continuously fed such that the tie material is close to the bag, is able to tie up the open top of the bag, and the... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4091595 | Netting bag machine and method A method and apparatus for continuously forming and filling bag-type packages from a continuous supply of tubular packaging material, such as the plastic mesh tubing or netting manufactured and sold by E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. under the trademark VEXA... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4062383 | Bag tying apparatus Bag tying apparatus for tying bags with a resilient tie. The apparatus comprises a tie wrapping plate and a tie twisting mechanism. The tie wrapping plate is linealy movable. The plate has a stepped groove which extends in the moving direction of the plat... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4054160 | Tying machine A tying machine for tying articles of various sizes utilizing a twist-tie ribbon. The tying machine may be quickly adjusted to control the length of the tying ribbon that is metered out by the machine and to center the article to be tied at the tying stat... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4043363 | Binding device for bundling openings of bags or the like A binding device for bundling the openings of bags or other material to be bound which comprises: a slidable plate fitted on a vertical support plate; a reel carrying a bundling material such as wire; a feeding mechanism delivering the bundling material; ... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4005563 | Holder and shear ledger plate for package tying machines A machine in which a bagged product is conveyed to a station where the open end of the bag is tied with a wire reinforced plastic tape ribbon tie. The tying station comprises a wire gripper and cutter, an arcuate needle carrying a tie-supporting roller mo... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3990216 | Bag closing and feeding apparatus Apparatus for closing and feeding filled bags to conveyor mechanisms of bag tying mechanisms includes a frame and guide rails which support and guide a mounting head for reciprocatory movements in the direction of movement of the conveying mechanism. Leve... | 11/09/1976 |
