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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7681374 | Device for producing packing units from at least two packs A method and device to form packing units (12) consisting of at least two packs (10, 11). To this end, the successively conveyed packs (10, 11) are tilted by 90° in the region of a turning line (20) in such a way that the associated pack... | 03/23/2010 |
| 6971222 | Device for packing flat articles in transport containers, in particular folded-flat folding boxes in casing cartons A device for packing flat articles in transport containers includes a feeder for feeding the flat articles in imbricated form. A conveyor disposed downstream of the feeder, in transport direction of the articles, has an at least approximately vertically extending en... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6349526 | Automated packaging As a substrate (10) is carried on a conveyor (20), an image analysis system (40) detects its presence and derives the various data, at least indicative of the footprint. The footprint data are used in selecting appropriate packaging components. Data may a... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6257802 | Packaging arrangements for rock stabilizer sets A package of rock stabilizer sets and a method for arranging the sets where six sets are provided and each set includes an elongated tube and a bearing plate. Each tube has a tapered end, an end with a flange, and a slit running the length of the tube. Ea... | 07/10/2001 |
| 5724711 | Apparatus for making steel wool filter pads and related method An apparatus for manufacturing multilayer steel wool filter pads includes a gantry which orbits heads about a central axis. The heads transfer portions of steel wool cut from a web onto a rotatable turntable to form a multilayer steel wool filter pad. Det... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5647190 | Method and machine for producing twin packets of cigarettes A method and machine whereby two rigid packets, traveling in a first direction parallel to the longer longitudinal axes of the packets, are transferred to the inputs of respective conveyors, one of the two packets being rotated 180° about its longitudina... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5622025 | Package transporting and loading system A transport apparatus (C) for transporting products (X), supplied onto a lower transport path, successively to an upper transport path, and a loading apparatus for loading the products (X), which have been transported by the transport apparatus, into a re... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5560183 | Blister package collator and stacking apparatus, system and method A collator and stacking apparatus, system and method for the collation and stacking of asymmetric plastic blister packages having a blister at or toward one end on a flat card, which comprises package-receiving inverter and sliding trays each with a tray ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5555706 | Method and apparatus for stacking preforms for blow molded plastic containers A method and apparatus for stacking preforms for blow molded containers wherein the preforms are generally tubular in shape having a closed end and a threaded end. The preforms are arranged so that they are in an array of predetermined size and shape. The... | 09/17/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5024045 | Panel packaging system A vinyl siding panel package system is disclosed that prefolds corrugated paper blanks and then forms panel containers that are packed with a pre-specified number of panels. The panel packer receives a plurality of panels from a panel extrusion operator, ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4941309 | Panel packaging system A vinyl siding panel package system is disclosed that prefolds corrugated paper blanks and then forms panel containers that are packed with a pre-specified number of panels. The panel packer receives a plurality of panels from a panel extrusion operator, ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4901502 | Apparatus for feeding groups of cones and/or conoids in an ordered and orientated arrangement to boxes in a boxing plant In a boxing plant for cones and/or conoids which at its inlet are disposed in groups of a certain number each, an apparatus for feeding groups of cones in an orientated and ordered arrangement to boxes comprises a first section (A) in which groups of cone... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4799351 | Process and apparatus for turning head to foot and packing dissymmetrical oblong bodies According to the invention, bodies are oriented head-to-foot by propelling the bodies and deflecting them onto adjacent guide members so that the bodies on one guide member are inverted with respect to the bodies on the adjacent guide members. The bodies ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4776148 | Automatic packaging machine in particular for bags with at least one flattened edge Automatic packaging machine, in particular for bags with at least one flattened edge, comprising a frame which downwardly supports a lateral magazine of flattened boxes, an assembly for folding individual boxes to a parallelpipedal shape and an assembly f... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4771589 | Method and apparatus for forming package of alternately inverted containers A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming a package of alternately inverted containers, wherein an array of the containers is formed with adjacent containers relatively inverted. In accordance with the invention, a supply of containers is formed in... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4731977 | Robot system for encasing conical articles A robot system for encasing conical articles, having along a moving path of a robot a conical article arraying and feeding device, an empty case for enclosing therein said conical articles and an inverting device for carrying and inverting a plurality of ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4686813 | Robot system for encasing cone-like articles A robot system for encasing cone-like articles, comprising a robot movable along a path, and an aligning and supplying device for cone-like articles, empty cases for receiving the cone-like articles and an inverting device for carrying and inverting the p... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4530435 | Packaging apparatus for stick confections A packaging apparatus for assembling wrapped stick confections from a multi-lane packaging machine into groups with the stick ends of the wrapped stick confections overlapping. The packaging apparatus comprises endless type first and second conveyors each... | 07/23/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4300325 | Holder assembly for case packing machine A holder assembly is described for releasably receiving and supporting successive groups of containers in a case packing machine. The machine is operable to move successive groups vertically downward from a first station to the holder assembly at a second... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4246739 | Fish sizing device A bifurcated funnel presents small fish in alternating orientation to a canning apparatus. The canning apparatus is moved incrementally forward to receive the oncoming fish by a distance equivalent to the width of that individual fish. A flap is disposed ... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4192415 | Apparatus for transferring frozen confections from a supply conveyor to a discharge conveyor Apparatus for receiving frozen confections supplied in a single row on a supply conveyor and delivering the confections to a discharge conveyor located at a lower level. The supply conveyor overlaps a rotary turret and a movable stop provided above the tu... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4189898 | Egg packer An egg packer in which the eggs are aligned while being conveyed to a transfer position with the eggs thereat having their narrow ends in an abutting relation with a transversely disposed vertical wall. A receptacle is disposed adjacent the end of the con... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4124128 | Shingle stacking Shingles or the like are usually rectangular in shape and of non-uniform thickness being of a greater thickness at one long edge and of lessor thickness at the other. Such shingles are arranged by automatic equipment for stacking in squared bundles by del... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4085561 | Method and apparatus for depositing packages of soft-pack goods in a box A method and apparatus to deposit packages of soft-pack goods in a face-up, end-to-end arrangement in a box. A discharge apparatus deposits successive packages in the box by flipping the packages through substantially 180° about the ends of the packages.... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4002005 | Package of nested containers and method and apparatus for producing same Multiple rows of nestable containers are continuously filled with product and sealed with a cover structure. Every other container in each row is inverted and the container inversion is alternated between rows to produce alternate rows of alternately inve... | 01/11/1977 |