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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377088 | Method for packaging a light bulb A package (10) for a bulb (12) having a bulbous, light-emitting end (14) and a socket end (16), has a first thin-walled plastic body (18a) arrayed along a longitudinal axis (20) and having a closed end (22) and... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7328546 | Device for closing boxes and the like A device for closing boxes which are each provided, at least one end face, with at least one flap with a complementary end flap and with at least two folding lateral tabs which mutually interlock in the closure configuration with the complementary end flap, comprisi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7305806 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products and method for loading and unloading bakery products A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns comprises a perforated vacuum turntable. Vacuum is applied to the vacuum turntable while bakery products are loaded thereon and positioned in a predetermined pattern. Once the bakery... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7191578 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products and bakery tray loading system A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns includes a vacuum turntable. A first transfer apparatus moves groups of wrapped bakery products onto the vacuum turntable and a second transfer apparatus moves assembled patterns of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7131246 | Apparatus for wrapping groups of rolls of products with a sheet of plastic film An apparatus for wrapping groups of rolls of products with a sheet of film comprises a station for packaging and moving, with a stepping motion, in a predetermined direction, a succession of groups of products wrapped in a sheet of film, having an open front side de... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7076934 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns includes a vacuum turntable comprising a perforated plate which is driven by a belt extending around the periphery of the vacuum turntable and actuated by a motor. A first transfer a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6941725 | Method and device for closing a box by folding a closing lateral flap A method for closing a box (1) by folding a lateral closing flap (5) extending from an upper edge (6) of a lateral aperture (7) of the box (1) and having at least one foldable edge (8), while the box (1) is being move... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6044886 | Stackable cones method and apparatus therefor Each individual cone is conveyed, while it is laying on its side, to a predetermined point. Prior to reaching the predetermined point, an edible adhesive is at or adjacent to the base of each cone. At the predetermined point, a paper wrap is applied to th... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5819502 | Shifting apparatus for objects such as eggs An apparatus is provided for shifting objects from a first conveyor to a container transferred by a second conveyor. The apparatus includes a holder guide, a displacing mechanism for moving the holder guide, a plurality of holders carried by the holder gu... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5752363 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing liquid dispensers A method is provided for manufacturing liquid dispensers of the general type having a body 10 presenting a pocket 16, a glass ampule 12 received in the body and enclosing a liquid to be dispensed, and a porous element 14 covering the pocket of the body. T... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5426911 | Bench top pipette tip loader A system for transporting by gravity a single-file series of elongate, tapered articles along an inclined transport path for distribution into receiving slots. The system includes a hopper for holding a supply of the articles and a pair of adjacently para... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5379569 | Method and apparatus for protecting a food A plurality of ice cream cones can have a removable protective covering applied thereto. An conveyor belt moves each cone of a plurality of conveying cones to a predetermined point. Prior to reaching the predetermined point, an edible adhesive is applied ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5365717 | Egg packer apparatus An egg packer apparatus is disclosed having baskets mounted on a transport moveable in a continuous path. The baskets have side-by-side compartments and move from an upright loading position to an inverted position at an unloading station. In the inverted... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5335481 | Apparatus and method for automatic packaging of pipette tips An apparatus for automated loading of pipette tips (26) into storage containers or racks (28). The apparatus (21, 21a) includes a tip-orienting roller assembly (22, 22a) for orienting the tips (26) in side-by-side contact and general parallel alignment, a... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5257493 | Method and machine for packing ice cream cones The method of packing into boxes ice cream cones comprises the following operative steps: positioning of at least one basket (C) with the ice creams G, in position with at least one empty box (S) which is open upwards; lifting and removal of two parallel ... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5228267 | Method and apparatus for making frozen dessert cones with attached removable sanitary jackets Frozen dessert cones made from a cooked batter capable of having lower and higher moisture contents, which respectively cause the cone to assume dimensionally contracted and expanded states, are provided with sanitary jackets while in their dimensionally ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5165219 | Packing device for articles that have directionality A packing device for articles having directionality that includes imaging means for taking an image of the articles, means for recognizing the direction of the articles, first memory means for storing the direction of the articles, second memory means for... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5050370 | Device for the packing of weighed quantities of elongated products A device is provided for packing elongated products, e.g. carrots, in weighed quantities which comprises a weighing station (10) with a plurality of scales (12) arranged parallel to one another and including weighed-products containers (14). The weighed p... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5010713 | Apparatus for packaging fishes in cans A method and an apparatus for packaging items, for example herring, sardines or similar fishes in cans, is provided. The fish are conveyed at continuous speed lying on a conveyor with a predetermined longitudinal and transversal orientation. The foremost ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4965981 | Shifting apparatus for objects such as eggs A shifting apparatus for objects such as eggs comprises a plurality of holders slidably carried on a substantially horizontal holder guide which is vertically movable. When the holder guide assumes an upper position, the holders are maximally spaced from ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4805375 | Carton end closure A carton loading machine for loading cartons which have first and second side closure flaps each comprising a proximal panel and a distal panel. The machine includes a tucking mechanism which serves to fold the distal panels into a face-to-face relationsh... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4799590 | Package and method of packaging A package including a base portion formed of a semi-rigid material so as to be self-supporting. The base portion has a plurality of receptacles, each of which is individually separably joined to all adjacent receptacles by a connecting rim flange. The rec... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4759167 | Packaging machine A machine for erecting, loading and closing an end loading carton. The machine has a dispenser station in which a knocked-down carton is removed from a storage magazine and deposited in the form of an open sleeve. A top closure station is provided in whic... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4694637 | Method and apparatus for grouping, orienting, and packing articles In a method of grouping, orienting, and packing articles such as ice-cream cones, the cones are advanced in rows on conveyors while being grouped and oriented, and are subsequently gripped in groups by a gripping device. Through suction heads gripping the... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4555892 | Apparatus for placing cones in a box The high density packaging of generally conical articles is effected by mechanism which feeds two rows of the suspended articles onto a conveyor so that the articles lie on their sides in a single horizontal row arrangement aligned in spaced relation alon... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4509309 | Load orienting receptacles for carton loading machines A load orienting receptacle for a carton loading machine for use in loading lightbulbs into an open end of a carton. The receptacle has a trough in which a slipway extends to an open discharge end. The slipway has an open upper end for admitting a lightbu... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4498273 | System for packaging ice-cream cones and like articles A system for packaging into cartons cones for ice-cream and other cornet-like articles coming loosely from a production unit wherein in a first processing station (A) splitting of the cone feed main stream into a plurality of individual sub-streams occurs... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4156335 | Method and apparatus for stacking strips holding securing elements Strip sections holding securing elements such as nails or screws are stacked, for example, in cartons so that the nail heads or screw heads come to rest in alternate opposite directions. For this purpose the strips slide down an inclined guide chute in a ... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4107902 | Leaf defoliator assembly for an automatic tabacco harvester A tobacco harvester having an aggressive defoliating assembly along with a forward projecting leaf divider assembly that effectively divides a lower group of leaves from remaining leaves of each stalk entering the defoliating assembly during the tobacco h... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4080773 | Apparatus for filling a receptacle, particularly with spinning bobbins Apparatus for filling a receptacle with oblong articles such as spinning bobbins and the like, the articles having an identical shape and being parallel with respect to each other, a feed path for articles having a directing device at its receiving end, d... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4069644 | Packing machine for fish An improvement on a packing machine for packing whole fish in tins, especially brisling, young herring, sardines or the like. The machine has a chain- or belt-conveyor with holders for each individual fish and a feed device, carrying fish which have been ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4056920 | Loading apparatus Apparatus is provided for loading a plurality of articles into a receptacle having parallel rows of openings each of which is adapted to receive a respective one of the articles. The apparatus comprises at least one loading station, and preferably two loa... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4051652 | Method and apparatus for packaging yarn packages doffed from a yarn producing machine Method for packaging in a carton full size yarn packages by a yarn producing machine provided with a plurality of yarn package producing units. A predetermined number of full size yarn packages are firstly doffed from the corresponding spindles of the yar... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4015724 | Method and apparatus for handling substacks of business forms to develop balanced stacks Method and apparatus for handling substacks of business forms to develop balanced stacks for packing wherein alternate substacks are rotated 90° incident to the formation of a stack whereby the glued edges are alternately reversed.... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3988874 | Poultry weighing and packing apparatus Poultry dropped from a conveyor line at a weighing station is automatically packed into containers by a container filling machine positioned below the weighing station. The birds received in the machine from the weighing station are rammed into an accumul... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3964617 | Arrangement for the stacking in a space-saving manner of tetrahedral packing units in a prismatic collective container An arrangement for stacking tetrahedral packing units in layers in a space-saving manner in a prismatic collective container from the bottom up in which the bottom wall of the container is provided with an array of openings through which a corresponding a... | 06/22/1976 |
