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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7661244 | Packaging apparatus for helically wrapping articles Packaging apparatus for helically wrapping articles with a stretchable flexible film of wrapping material. A first conveyor (11) transports unwrapped articles towards a wrapping material applicator (13) and a second conveyor (12) transports heli... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7395637 | Device for manufacturing wrapping sheets provided with handles The manufacture of wrapping sheets provided with respective handles is accomplished by obtaining the wrapping sheets and the handles from respective strips of heat-sealable material, which are mutually coupled by means of a coupling device able electrically to charg... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7293499 | Strapping machine A strapping machine feeds strapping material around a load, positions, tensions and seals the material around the load. The machine includes a work surface, a portion of which is upwardly pivotal. A conveyor mounted within the work surface has a friction belt drive.... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275633 | Device for changing the direction of conveyance of flat postal items and the position of the postal items relative to their direction of conveyance A device for changing a direction of conveyance of flat postal items and a position of the postal items relative to their direction of conveyance includes a driven carousel tray to which one or more gripper arms whose lengths are modifiable in a controlled manner ar... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269935 | Wrapping apparatus for wrapping load with flexible film and banner film An apparatus for wrapping a pallet load having a rotary swing arm carrying two upright towers, each tower having a film carriage mounted to and movable along the upright tower for holding a roll of flexible stretchable film and a roll of relatively unstretchable ban... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257934 | Banding machine A banding machine is useful for applying rubber bands on lobster claws, grocery bunches or other plural articles in need of bunching together. The machine has a pivotable sub-frame with two pairs of side-by-side fingers. The fingers in each pair are operable to move... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7204070 | Method and apparatus for packaging panel products A system for packaging a flat panel product includes a dispensing device for dispensing a length of inner protective packaging material, a folding table for wrapping the inner protective packaging material around the product and folding an outer protective packaging... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185480 | Machine and method for bunching plant stems A flexible band is tensioned between fingers, capable of gripping together, of a gripper. In the bunching of plant stems, the band is held in an opening between fingers of the gripper behind a pair of rollers. The plant stems are carried along between the pair of ro... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174698 | Folding method and device for closing the end of a tubular wrapping A method and device for folding an end portion of a substantially elliptical-section, tubular wrapping for a group of cigarettes, whereby the end portion of the tubular wrapping is folded by forming three first and three second folded flaps located on opposite sides... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165377 | Method and machine for preparing postman's route in one single pass In order to be able to prepare a postman's walk containing both letters (L) and “large format” flat postal objects (P) in a single pass: the letters and the large format objects are moved in series using a conveyor (3) o... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156015 | Baler A combined baler/bale wrapper (1) comprises a chassis (5) on which a baler (10) and a bale wrapper (11) are mounted. The baler (10) comprises a stationary segment (18), a lower segment (19) and an upper segment (20... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7104032 | Method and machine for wrapping an article A method and machine for wrapping an article, whereby the article is fed through a feed station, where the article is applied with a respective sheet of wrapping material which is folded into an L about the article, so as to have a free edge not contacting the artic... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097911 | Multi-layered flame retardant wrap A layered flame retardant system and method is disclosed comprising a first flame retardant stable layer for covering a solid combustible material and a second moisture protecting polyolefin stretch film layer. The polyolefin stretch film layer further compactly aff... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7065938 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a container filling plant container information adding station, such as, a labeling station having a gripper arrangement, configured to add information to containers, such as, bottles and cans A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a container filling plant container information adding station, such as, a labeling station having a griper arrangement, configured to add information to containers, such as, ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7017325 | Apparatus for forming and securing a decorative cover about a flower pot A method and apparatus for forming a decorative cover about an outer peripheral surface of a flower pot. The apparatus includes a frame assembly having a well formed therein, and a cover forming and banding assembly having a flower pot receiving opening sized and co... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000371 | Large round baler combined with a bale processing arrangement located for receiving a formed bale A large round baler is equipped with a bale processing arrangement in the form of a bale wrapping arrangement. A wrapping table is mounted to a guide arrangement for guided movement between a bale-receiving position and bale wrapping and bale discharge positions. Th... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6973763 | Apparatus for forming and securing a decorative pleated cover about a flower pot An apparatus for forming a decorative pleated cover about an outer peripheral surface of a flower pot. The apparatus includes a frame assembly, a platform adjustably connected to the frame assembly, a pleating assembly supported on the platform and a banding assembl... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971220 | Method of wrapping a round bale compacted by a round baler, film-wrapping device and round baler that is provided with such a film-wrapping device The invention relates to a method and a device for wrapping a round bale pressed in a round bale press at least about its cylindrical surface area with an at least unilaterally adhesive film (12). With the inventive method, the film (12) is pulled off ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964143 | Packaging apparatus for roll product and package of roll product When packaging a roll product in which a belt-shaped sensitized material has been wound around a core with a light shielding sheet, the packaging apparatus is capable of forming an angle pleated portion of a gather-folded portion which covers a roll end surface with... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6941740 | Baler gate linkage and latch structure A chassis-mounted round baler particularly useful with an on-board cotton module building system includes a bale release gate frame section connected to a forward frame section by a four bar linkage to define a gate path that allows the folding of the baler into bot... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935089 | Methods of manufacturing roofing products Methods of making roofing products. One such method includes (a) creating a mixture having a filler and a polymer; (b) forming a sheet from the mixture; (c) cooling the sheet; (d) embossing the sheet; (e) forming multiple roofing products from the sheet; and (f) bun... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931818 | Method and apparatus for packing flower bouquets The invention relates to a work method and apparatus for packing flower bouquets (3), in which large amounts of flower bouquets (3) are transported transversely on a conveyor belt (4) to a lifting conveyor belt (7) to a mounted thereon tr... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6925778 | Method for wrapping a wrapping film around an object A method of wrapping an object with wrapping material includes the steps of wrapping a first wrapping film around the object during a first portion of a wrapping cycle; and simultaneously wrapping the first wrapping film and a second wrapping film around the object ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924243 | High performance fire-retardant kraft facing for fiberglass insulation A process for preparing a fiberglass insulation product, including the steps of: (a) providing a layer of fire-retardant kraft paper, (b) coating the fire-retardant kraft paper layer with from 2 to 10 pounds of HDPE or of polypropylene per 3000 square feet of the pa... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922978 | Wrapping device in a press for forming bales of textile material The press comprises at least one final pressing station with a standing press comprising one upper pressing plate and one lower pressing plate; the plates are fitted on coaxial coupling attachments (202) and turned on the vertical axis X—X with the bale aft... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6910315 | Wrapping machine and method for wrapping a wrapping film around an object A wrapping machine has a film dispensing unit (1), which includes first supporting elements (2) and first deflecting elements (51 . . . 510) for a first wrapping film (4) and second supporting elements (6 | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6901851 | Rotating mechanism for conveyor systems A mechanism for rotating an object having a flat bottom surface on a conveyor system is described. Four circular disk segments whose rotational axes lie on a plane and are offset 90 degrees from each other are pressed against the bottom surface by a linear drive and... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6775956 | Wrapping method and apparatus A method and apparatus for wrapping loads of goods and materials in a wrapping material such as a plastics film, including placing at least two battens in a spaced substantially parallel orientation on one surface of the load using a pick and place unit, partially w... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6745544 | Method of and apparatus for wrapping loadable objects A simple operation winds film around, and thereby wraps therewith, a loadable object over its entire (six) surfaces. Film is wound spirally around the loadable object by revolving film feeders along a circular path about a horizontal axis while advancing the object ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6718741 | Apparatus for securing a decorative cover about a flower pot A portable apparatus for securing a decorative cover about a flower pot. The apparatus includes a frame assembly, an extension member having a cover support assembly, and a plurality of legs. The frame assembly includes a body member having an opening. The opening i... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6708469 | Wrapping machine A wrapping machine includes a first wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping around a bale to partially wrap the bale in wrapping material, a second wrapping station for applying a strip of wrapping material around the bale to completely wrap the bale in wr... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6688084 | Automated bulk box strapper A machine and method for applying reinforcing strapping to bulk boxes. The machine includes a plurality of strapping head assemblies arranged in series, with each adapted to apply a strap in encircling relationship to a box at a predetermined location on ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6557321 | Apparatus for forming a pack A tray pack assembly 10 is conveyed through a package forming machine during a final gluing stage by angled continuous belts 37, 38 which drivingly engage side walls of the forming pack 10 and support the pack 10 throughout this operation. To ensure good ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6502370 | Method for manufacturing a package for packaging food products and apparatus for executing the method A method for manufacturing a package for packaging food products, composed of an outer sheet made of heat-sealable material and of an undulated inner sheet. In a first step of the method, the two sheets are unwound from respective reels, so that the outer... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6490844 | Film wrap packaging apparatus and method A packaging apparatus for forming a film about a foldable sheet material and an article immobilized on the base portion of the sheet material. The sheet material and article on a load board are moved sequentially by the apparatus through a load station, a... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6470655 | Packaging line for periodicals, magazines and similar printed products A packaging line for periodicals, magazines and similar printed products comprises at least four of the following functional components a first strapping device for the longitudinal or cross-strapping of the stack of products arriving from a compensating stack... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6425228 | Method and apparatus for wrapping a load A non-powered packaging material transporting surface for use in combination with a load support surface of a wrapping apparatus for wrapping a top and bottom of a load is provided. The non-powered packaging material transporting surface includes non-driv... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6405510 | Bale wrapping implement A bale wrapping implement includes a main frame supported on a caster wheel mounted at the center of gravity of the device. The main frame is coupled to the axle of a large round baler for vertical pivotal movement so that the bale wrapping implement is a... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6393808 | Automatic label film applicator A label film applicator mechanism which is integrally incorporated into the overall stretch wrap film applicator system so as to be located at the same wrapping station as that of the stretch wrap film mechanism whereby the stretch wrap film can be applie... | 05/28/2002 |
