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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082721 | High speed packaging group and packaging machine equipped with such group A packaging group that packages products at a high speed when the products are fed in succession in accordance with a predefined and variable pitch is provided. The packaging group includes a conveyor of the products, at least one roll of at least one plastic film, ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7946096 | System for wrapping loads A system for wrapping loads includes a moving machine and a wrapping head equipped with a reel of film for covering a load, the wrapping head including sleeves which can be positioned on pegs of an external supporting frame for parking the head in a store, and block... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7484344 | Compartment plates having themes and method for manufacturing and packaging the same Arrangement of plates, cases of plate packages and methods of packing arrangements of plates are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a case of plate packages is disclosed. The case of plate packages comprises a plurality of plate packages... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7441387 | Method and system for commissioning articles which are suitable for a central belt and articles which are not suitable for a central belt A method and a commissioning system are provided for commissioning articles (A1) which are suitable for a central belt in a central belt commissioning system and articles (A2) which are not suitable for a central belt, preferably manually from an artic... | 10/28/2008 |
| RE40510 | Automatic prescription filling, sorting and packaging system In an automated prescription dispensing and packing system, empty prescription bottles are labeled and loaded in assigned locations in carriers. Pills are automatically dispensed into the prescription bottles in the carriers. Ranks of carriers containing filled pres... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426809 | Apparatus for wrapping including joining of trailing end of wrapping material to leading end of subsequent wrapping material In a packaging apparatus, when replacing a preceding single-faced corrugated fiberboard (wrapping material) with a subsequent single-faced corrugated fiberboard, a draw-out roller is operated such that the preceding single-faced corrugated fiberboard is drawn out to... | 09/23/2008 |
| RE40453 | Enhanced drug dispensing system In an automated prescription pill dispensing system, a multiplicity of pill dispensers are provided each operable to count out and dispense pills from supply hoppers. The dispensers are controlled by a computer which selects up to five of the dispensers to operate a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7367773 | Apparatus for combining or separating disk pairs simultaneously Various methods and apparatus are provided for merging and demerging pairs of disks. In one embodiment, pairs of merged disks are first separated and then transferred to separate cassettes such that all of the disks in the separate cassettes are oriented in the same... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7334379 | Automated solid pharmaceutical product packaging machine An automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine simultaneously fills a plurality of product package templates in parallel with desired pharmaceutical dosing requirements. The templates are subsequently positioned over a temporary storage template having caviti... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325375 | Selective product inserter apparatus and process The combination of a plurality of streams of printed products. The first stream of products is selectively inserted into a packaging device while being merged into a second stream of products. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324237 | Image recording apparatus correcting the image recording position based on the detected result of the recording material This invention relates to an image recording apparatus provided with a transporting unit transporting an image recording material whose shape has at a least one side in a predetermined transporting direction; an image recording position detecting unit detecting a po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322098 | Method of simultaneous two-disk processing of single-sided magnetic recording disks Various methods and apparatus for simultaneously processing two single-sided hard memory disks is provided. Disks are positioned in pairs, with one surface of one disk positioned adjacent one surface of the second disk, with the disk surfaces touching or with a slig... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318308 | Method for strapping and especially longitudinally strapping packaged material with a strap Device for strapping, especially for longitudinally strapping packaged material with strapping, comprising a strap roll, from which the strapping, which is to be processed, is pulled with formation of a strap storage system for a subsequent strapping process. A mova... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313898 | Container carrying system and method for use in an automated filling process In a container carrier system and method for use in an automated process for filling containers of multiple sizes, pucks of various sizes are inserted into compartments of container pallets to allow containers of different sizes to be held in the compartments. A puc... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303095 | Merchandise dispenser with time delay A dispenser for items of merchandise is formed as a wire rack having an entrance opening for placing the items into the dispenser and a discharge opening for removal of the items from the dispenser by a customer. A pivotally moveable gate located adjacent the discha... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282658 | Delivery point sequencer and method of use A device and method for device for sequencing disparate products includes at least a first feeder mechanism feeding a stream of a first product type in a pre-sequenced order. At least a second feeder mechanism feeds a stream of second product type though a sequencin... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267841 | Method for manufacturing single-sided sputtered magnetic recording disks An information-storage media is provided that includes: (a) a substrate disk 312 having first and second opposing surfaces; (b) a first interface layer 304 on the first surface, the first interface la... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7233682 | Security screening system and method A method and system of security screening of packages before packages are shipped by a commercial shipper. The method and system compares the configuration of the contents of the package when it is packed to the configuration of the contents of the package just prio... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228988 | Medicine supply apparatus A medicine supply apparatus to discharge a medicine into packing paper having a nozzle for discharging a medicine from a tablet case and a shutter rotatably provided in the nozzle for opening/closing a medicine drop path. The shutter includes a first rotatable shutt... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219703 | Rotating multi-chamber tablet feeder An improved tablet feeder includes a rotating body defining multiple chambers that are arranged in fluid communication with one another in a serial manner. Tablets flow through the multiple chambers for discharge from the tablet feeder. The rotating body has a rotat... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210598 | Authomated pill-dispensing apparatus An under-counter portable automatic pill-dispensing apparatus includes a double array of storage units for storing pills in bulk, a retriever between the two arrays for retrieving selected storage units, and a pill-dispensing module for unloading pills into a vial. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7185476 | Automated solid pharmaceutical product packaging machine A fully automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine is capable of selectively depositing one or more different solid pharmaceutical products into an individual cavity for each of a plurality of individual patient product package cavities. The system employs a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180709 | Information-storage media with dissimilar outer diameter and/or inner diameter chamfer designs on two sides A single-sided magnetic hard disk 200 is provided that includes opposing first and second sides 300 and 308 having opposing first and second chamfers 408 and 412, respectively. The first chamfer 408 is dissimilar (or differe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168153 | Method for manufacturing single-sided hard memory disks Various apparatus and methods are provided for positioning and handling single-sided hard memory disks. A disk carrier is provided with ribs formed on the inside surface of opposing side walls. The ribs form disk receiving grooves or channels. The ribs further compr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7083376 | Automated merge nest for pairs of magnetic storage disks Various methods and apparatus for handling a plurality of disks and repositioning them into pairs is provided. In one embodiment, a nest is configured to hold a cassette and includes a nest. The nest includes a curved surface with ribs or teeth extending therefrom w... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059098 | Automatic medication dispensing and packaging system An automatic medication dispensing and packaging system comprising a medication dispensing unit having base and door cabinets, the door cabinet rear portion correspondingly and detachably engaged to the base cabinet rear portion, the base cabinets distanced from eac... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040077 | Medicine packing apparatus A medicine packing apparatus including a display unit with which a medicine housed state can be easily determined, operatability is made favorable, and prescription data can also be input. The apparatus also includes a plurality of medicine containers (11), w... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028004 | Method for ordering and consigning items The present invention comprises a method for processing on-line orders wherein the on-seller is liberated from having to maintain cumbersome or uneconomical warehouse stocks. Herein, after an order is received from a customer, the on-line seller subcontracts for the... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017322 | Closure feed system with a spout diverter/singulator A closure feed system for use on an associated dual train form, fill, and seal packaging machine for feeding, diverting and singulating closures from a common closure storage region to a closure applicator includes an upper chute for conveying the closures from the ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6955029 | Apparatus and method for packaging products An apparatus for packaging products having different shape and dimensions, such as for example food products of different size, into pre-formed bags of appropriate size, such as for example heat-shrinkable bags of thermoplastic material, comprises a conveyor for car... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6931824 | Packaging system A method of filling a flexible pouch having a base and sidewalls extending from the base to define a mouth. The method comprising the steps of delivering the pouches an infeed conveyor to a predetermined orientation and transporting the pouches in a controlled manne... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6892512 | Automated prescription filling system/method with automated labeling and packaging system/method automated order consolidation system/method Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6877297 | Cushioning conversion system and method A packaging system includes a cushioning conversion machine for converting stock material into relatively low density cushioning material or dunnage and a packaging system controller. The packaging system controller provides packaging instructions related to a part ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6851252 | Film feeding device and an automatic wrapping device A wrapping device provides at least a circular track structure which forms a closed track, and a film feeding device which is arranged to circulate along the track and to feed a film around a piece to be wrapped. The film feeding device includes a frame structure wi... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6779321 | Machine and method for bagging elongated produce An apparatus and method for a produce bagging machine including a filling station positioned on a support frame, and including a filling chute movable to a first position for receiving produce from a produce supply and to a second position for delivering the produce... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6718727 | Arrangement for supplying packaging machines with packaging material For supplying production and packaging machines, in particular for supplying lines (10, 11) for producing and packaging cigarettes, an intermediate store (12) is provided for storing packaging material, to be precise for pallets (20) with reels ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6625952 | Medication collecting system A medication dispensing apparatus of the present invention contains a plurality of different kinds of medication separately, dispenses the medicament to pack them into package belt, and discharges the package belt. The medication dispensing apparatus comp... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6475435 | Apparatus and method for providing sterilization zones in an aseptic packaging sterilization tunnel A method and apparatus is disclosed providing a plurality of sterile zones within a sterilization tunnel in an aseptic packaging apparatus. The sterile zones provide a plurality of sterilant concentration levels within the sterilization tunnel. Additional... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6449927 | Integrated automated drug dispenser method and apparatus A system is provided for automatically dispensing prescriptions according to a patient's order. The system includes at least one line of machines that can automatically fill a patient's prescription order with countable oral solid medication under the con... | 09/17/2002 |
