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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421833 | Method and device for controlled filling In the case of nested containers to be filled by a filling station, a gripping device grasps an entire row of empty containers and conveys it to a weighing station, where the containers are weighed. Following weighing, all containers of the row are simultaneously fi... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7328552 | Method of packaging articles for shipment, storage and display A method of packaging merchandise items for shipment and display provides a box shaped merchandising container is formed including an enclosure with four quadrilateral sides and open top and a bottom closed by flaps. In preparation for shipment, the merchandise is l... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328560 | Apparatus for packaging products in boxes An apparatus for packaging products in boxes provided with a supporting footing, a box feeding magazine, at least one pick-up device, at least one feeder conveyor of products to be placed in the boxes, at least one rotating carousel for receiving in a plurality of p... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318307 | Method and device for packaging and transporting electronic components The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for packaging and for transporting electronic devices. The devices include coverings made of a material that shrinks under the action of temperature that are pressed into receptacles of a belt-type carrier body. Ele... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290382 | Container packaging apparatus A wafer case is inserted into a packaging bag, and an ear folding and shaping bar is pressed against a root of each corresponding triangular ear portion, making a folding back line in each triangular ear portion. Each of the triangular ear portions is folded back ov... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7263814 | Method and apparatus for supplying gas to an area An apparatus for supplying one or more gases, such as oxygen, to a target area, comprising a top layer and a bottom layer sealed around the perimeter of the layers to form a reservoir between the layers, wherein the top layer is not gas-permeable and the bottom laye... | 09/04/2007 |
| 6973767 | Beverage bottling plant and a conveyor arrangement for transporting packages There is now provided a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles and like containers with a liquid beverage filling material and a conveyer arrangement for aligning and distributing packages containing filled bottles and like containers. The conveyer arrangement ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6901722 | Method for packaging multi-component bedding assembly A multi-component bedding assembly, including a mattress or futon, is vacuum packaged in an air impermeable bag by drawing a vacuum at the open end of the bag and applying a ram or pushing force against the bedding assembly at the closed end of the bag. The pushing ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6883291 | Apparatus for wrapping packs of smokers' products Successive cigarette packs wherein an inner envelope surrounds an array of smokers' products are advanced against successive foremost blanks of a series of blanks to be converted into outer envelopes of the respective packs. Those portions of the inner envelopes whi... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6874300 | Method and apparatus for thermoforming films Pouches which can then be filled and sealed are made by thermoforming a film (29) into moulds (23) in a conveyor (8, 10, 11, 21) while holding the side edges (45) of the film to the side margins (46) of the conveyor by under-pressu... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6708466 | Method of producing soft packets of cigarettes A method of producing soft packets of cigarettes, whereby an inner packet, as it is fed along a packing path, is mated with a sheet of packing material withdrawn in a direction tangential with respect to the packing path. The sheet of packing material being folded i... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6526724 | Apparatus for packaging multiple packaging material Packaging method and apparatus using multiple packaging material are improved so that multiple packaging filled with goods and sealed may be separated easily to each goods filling section. The multiple packaging material (40, 50) has plural goods filling ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6354061 | Unit for sterilizing strip material on a packaging machine A unit (3) for sterilizing strip packaging material (2) on a packaging machine (1) for packaging pourable food products, the unit (3) having a bath (8) for containing a sterilizing agent in which the packaging material is fed continuously; an aseptic cham... | 03/12/2002 |
| 5934460 | Calcium hydroxide multi-pack container and method of forming same A calcium hydroxide unit-dose multi-package and method of forming the package that includes sealed chambers or compartments each containing a capsule having a connected needle forming a nozzle which is open at the discharge end. The capsule is pre-filled ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5932338 | Film for tamper-proof coverings for product carriers A film for tamper-proof coverings for product carriers consisting of platic is suggersted, which can replace the aluminum cover films known previously and which comprises a plastic matrix containing a particulate filler, this filler being selected and con... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5878554 | Efficient sheet stack packaging technique The system involves the use of shallow boxes having an integral base and lid, with the lid being foldable down to close the box as part of the automated packaging of stacks of sheets of labels or other sheet material. The system involves one or more accum... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5819921 | Calcium hydroxide package and method of forming same A calcium hydroxide package and method of forming the package that includes a sealed vial containing a capsule having a connected needle forming a nozzle which is open at the discharge end. The capsule is prefilled with a predetermined amount of calcium h... | 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 |
| 5715646 | Aseptic chemical transfer system A method and an apparatus for aseptically producing, harvesting and packaging a pharmaceutical product. A section of the apparatus includes an aseptic reactor and structure for introducing a reactant thereinto so that a reaction can be conducted for the p... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5709065 | Desiccant substrate package A method for protecting substrates used in the manufacture of semiconductors, memory products, and other electronic devices from the effects of moisture during transport and storage is disclosed. This method involves the use of a cassette or box made from... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5666782 | Fixture for assembling dental floss dispenser products A method and apparatus for assembling a dental floss product formed of a bobbin of wound thread, a dispenser case, and a dispenser insert for rotatably supporting the bobbin of wound thread when positioned within the dispenser case. The dispenser insert i... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5542235 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a blister cardboard pack In a method and an appliance for manufacturing a blister pack having a carboard inlay (blister cardboard pack) a blister pack is provided as an endless tape having the products sealed in blisters. At a unification station a cardboard inlay having recesses... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5533324 | Method for loading liquids into containers made of resins A method for loading a liquid into a container made of a resin comprises the steps of holding a portion of a bag, which is made of a resin film and which is provided with an opening, the portion surrounding the opening, and thereby suspending the bag in a... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5471820 | Method of and apparatus for wrapping tampons Digital tampons carrying strings are surrounded in tubular envelopes while being confined in and advancing with upright cylindrical carriers. The envelopes are formed around the carriers so that their lower ends extend beyond the lower ends of the respect... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5456057 | Display package for circular saw blade or similar article, and method A display package for a circular saw blade or similar article having an aperture including a paperboard display card upon which is mounted the blade or article by means of a deformable connecting member which is reusable so that the package is also used f... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5291721 | Cover forming apparatus having pivoting forming members A cover forming apparatus for forming a flower pot or flower pot cover from a sheet of material by engaging a sheet of material about the outer surface of a mold, die or pot. The cover forming apparatus includes a plurality of pivotable forming members re... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5271208 | Method and apparatus for picking up and reshaping a fluid filled bag An apparatus and method for loading fluid-filled bags into a box. The apparatus provides a loading arm having pairs of gripping fingers arranged on lateral sides of a bag to be loaded. The gripping fingers compress the bag into a more cubicle shape than a... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5224911 | Bale encasing and de-casing system An apparatus for encasing a bale of compressed, expandable material, including a compliant sleeve, surrounding the bale of material; first and second sideframes arranged at opposing sides of the bale; and first and second slats, arranged at opposing sides... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5172537 | Bag opening means for bagging machine A bagging machine having means for holding a plurality of unopened bags wherein the bags have an extended tab, means for manipulating the extended tab, thereby opening the bag and allowing it to be filled, and clamping means for manipulating the mouth of ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5014501 | Cartoning machine, for automatically placing an article, in particular a bottle, into a box The apparatus has, at a first level (N1), a turntable (4) mounted to rotate about a substantially vertical axis (5) and including receptacles (9) distributed over its periphery to receive boxes (2) during passage past a first work station, and for moving ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4972659 | Device for manufacturing a container of flexible synthetic material Device for manufacturing a sachet of flexible synthetic material intended for packaging liquids, the sachet initially being in the form of a cushion-like bag already full of liquid, this device enabling a means for gripping, stiffening and mounting inform... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4815253 | Forming, filling and sealing bags and depositing them in cartons A method of and apparatus for forming, filling and sealing bags and depositing the filled bags in cartons, wherein the bags are formed, filled and sealed by a vertical form-fill-seal machine and each bag is compressed to shape it to fit in a carton.... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4681228 | Package filled with a water-soluble toxic pulverulent or granular product Some chemical products are so toxic that they must not come into contact with parts of the human body. A package of such a construction that during filling and transport thereof and during the release of product therefrom, the risk of anyone coming into c... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4524564 | Cartoning method Cartoning apparatus for packaging sealed bags containing loosely packed discrete articles in board cartons comprises a carton transfer and erecting mechanism which withdraws a collapsed carton sleeve from a magazine and deposits it in erected condition on... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4384440 | Method for the continuous manufacture of packing containers The invention relates to a continuous manufacture of packing containers comprising an outer rigid casing and an inner baglike container. The inner container is manufactured by arranging first seals in pairs at equal distances, substantially in transverse ... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4365458 | Method and apparatus for filling sleeves with finished disc records and inserting the filled sleeves into jackets A method and apparatus for placing, in sequence, a finished disc record into an empty sleeve, the record-filled sleeve into an empty jacket, and the filled jacket on a stack of finished products. Two vertically reciprocating releasable holding heads are s... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4250691 | Feeding apparatus An apparatus for feeding an elongate continuous web of bags, which are provided with a feed member through which the bags may be filled, to a filling machine is disclosed. The apparatus has a conveyor, guide means mounted above the conveyor arranged to gu... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4215520 | Apparatus for making, filling, closing and boxing bags An apparatus for making, filling, closing and boxing bags includes a vertically oriented hollow mandrel about which a hose of sealable sheet is continuously formed, a device for cylindrically providing a transverse seam on the hose; a cutting device for c... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4168599 | Packaging system A system for packaging articles within containers, each including a lower article receiving portion, wherein a plurality of container receivers are continuously rotated in an endless path and displaced radially of their axis of rotation to various work zo... | 09/25/1979 |
