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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367169 | Bank note bundling machine A common bundling tape (T) to be used for bundling bank notes of different denominations is held in a tape reel (14). A printing mechanism (21) is disposed on a tape feed passage (20) to print the bundling tape (T) with a mark indicating the den... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7284360 | Bulk transportable container A method for filling a flexible container with a flowable material is provided, including the steps of filling the flexible container, suspending the flexible container, transferring the weight of the flexible container from being suspended to being supported by a s... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7174924 | Method for forming a transportable container for bulk goods A method for filling a container with a plurality of particles includes the step of filling a radially flexible container through a large diameter with a plurality of particles to a fill level. The method also includes the step of reducing the large diameter of the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6971218 | Method and apparatus for banding a wrapped bundle of articles Apparatus for banding a bundle of articles covered by a wrapping, such as tableware wrapped by a napkin, a manually wrapped bundle having at least one of said articles covered by said wrapping and being fed by a user of the apparatus into contact with a pre-cut elon... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6918225 | Transportable container for bulk goods and method for forming the container A transportable container for bulk goods and a method for forming the container are disclosed. The transportable container is formed from a bag having a closed base and an open top. The open top is in a folded over position and a bottom support is located adjacent t... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6119435 | Tape attacher A pillow type packaging apparatus has a suction belt for conveying flexible continuous sheet material. A guide unit guides the continuous sheet material being conveyed, and forms the continuous sheet material into a quadrangular tube in which a pair of it... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6112499 | Bag closure apparatus The present invention discloses a new and efficient apparatus with purpose of transporting individual cable ties to a workpiece area where an individual cable tie is directed to surround and cinch a workpiece within the workpiece area. Further this appara... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6098370 | Binding machine A bag binder comprises; a binding-piece feeding member for feeding a binding piece to a position adjacent to the bag, the binding piece made of a synthetic resin and including a pair of leg portions for binding the bag; a crossing member for crossing the ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5992128 | System for girding articles A system for girding an article, in particular the twisted end of a bag, with a closure including a strip of adhesive tape. The system comprises a girding device and a roll of adhesive tape having a core. The girding device comprises a housing including a... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5896726 | Bag sealing machine Bag tying machine with a pair of pivoted arms (1,2), a pair of leaf springs (3) between the two arms (1,2) to form a first abutment, and a second abutment (5), preferably formed from a pair of rollers. In use, the open neck of a bag is passed between the ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5782067 | Bag sealer and cutter for use in packaging loose fill packaging materials Bag sealer and cutter having a guide for directing a portion of flexible tubing which has been gathered together along a predetermined path in a direction which is generally perpendicular to the axis of the tubing, a pair of tape applicators positioned si... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5600934 | Device for applying a closing strip A device for applying a closing strip, which device comprises for this purpose a box-like housing profiled with a channel (6). The housing herein comprises a first storage space for adhesive tape, first through-feed means for feeding a strip of adhesive t... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5444962 | Method and apparatus for loading and closing a container A method for loading and closing containers with flexible open ends employs a chute with an inflatable bladder at the open end, and an elastic closure device. A flexible open end of the container is placed around the end of the chute and the inflatable bl... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5295345 | Bag sealer An apparatus for binding an article with adhesive tape is disclosed which includes a housing having a cavity bounded by a front wall and a rear wall for accommodating a supply of adhesive tape. A rotatable star wheel having a number of radial recesses at ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5279094 | Apparatus for closing bags A method of and apparatus for uncuffing a bag in a case, forming the top of the bag into a neck, and taping the neck, operable on non-square rectangular cases as well as square cases of different sizes.... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5212928 | Closure strap for flexible containers and apparatus and method for tensionsing thereof A method for drawing a bundling strap taut about the neck of a flexible container such as a bank bag, said bundling strap comprised of an elongated body portion having a plurality of serrations disposed along side edges thereof adapted to mate in locking ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5048259 | Apparatus for installing or removing a lid from a standard barrel A manipulating apparatus closes a standard barrel by picking up a lid, positioning it in the correct position above the barrel, pressing the lid onto the barrel, picking up a clamping ring, placing it in its spread-open state around the barrel top, and lo... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4958477 | Apparatus for the production of meat products An apparatus for the production of meat products, especially cooked ham, which is cooked in a compact form in a net, wherein the raw or preprocessed meat product is wrapped in a casing of edible collagen and a netting of optional mesh design is applied th... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4945674 | Appliance for tying up plants A specific feature of the present invention resides in that it is provided with a device for a cyclic advance of the tape from a reel, made in the form of plates different in size and arranged in succession on the body and clamp, each of said plates is pr... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4873811 | Shredder An improved shredder has a closing device stored inside of its housing or inside a door. As the door is opened to pull out a bag filled with shredded paper, the bag closing device automatically protrudes and the operator has only to grab the top parts of ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4816109 | Tape dispenser for taping a product A tape dispenser for taping a product. A lever unit is pivotally mounted in a frame, with a support for a roll of tape. A cutter head and a tape roller are carried by the lever unit, with the tape following a path from the initial roll of tape over the ro... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4813207 | Bag sealing machine This invention is directed to a novel bag sealing machine. More particularly, this invention is directed to a novel machine which can be used for sealing and securing bags which are loaded and held in boxes. The bags in the boxes are loaded from the top w... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4732643 | Binding apparatus A binding apparatus in which an adhesive tape is wound several times around an article to be bound, thereby binding the article. The binding apparatus includes a rotary table having a bobbin rotatably retained thereon, an adhesive tape feeding device for ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4621479 | Bag tying machine An automatic machine for forming an adhesive tape tie around the gathered together neck of a filled bag includes a tie former including a reciprocating gripper (41) for pulling a length of pressure sensitive adhesive tape (33) across the path of the gathe... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4593516 | Apparatus for forming tight packages An automatic bag tying apparatus for converting an open bag loosely holding a substance into a tight package. A first gripping assembly tightly grips the unsealed bag toward its mouth. A second gripping assembly loosely and slidably grips the unsealed bag... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4554776 | Package bag binding apparatus Disclosed is a package bag binding apparatus for binding openings of package bags filled with packages. A binding device is vertically movably mounted on a frame above a conveyor which conveys filled package bags to a position below the binding device. A ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4534149 | Machine for closing filled bags A bag tying machine comprises a guide (17, 18) which receives the open end part of a filled bag as it is moved through the machine, a follow-up member (29) which is movable adjacent the guide (17, 18) following a bag to gather together the open end of the... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4352232 | Clip loading and feed device A clip attachment device for affixing a generally circular clip about a mass of material includes a split mandrel mounted on a support arm. The mandrel is elastically deformable and in its normally expanded condition frictionally engages and retains or st... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4328654 | Bag closing apparatus The invention relates to apparatus for closing a filled bag, the content of which may be an item of dressed poultry. The apparatus comprises a bottom member for supporting the bag during the closing operation. First and second sets of gripping means arran... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4291517 | Method and apparatus for bag filling, tieing and transfer A method and an apparatus for filling and transferring a bag while maintaining the extended tab of the bag slidingly secured on holding pins. A first bag from a plurality of juxtaposed bags is opened and filled while its extended tab is maintained station... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4162602 | Method and apparatus for filling and closing large sacks Sacks are successively filled and closed in an automatic process by suspending each sack from near the mouth and spreading the side walls apart, filling the sack, allowing it to settle on a support while keeping the side walls taut, bringing the side wall... | 07/31/1979 |
