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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866123 | Multilevel container filling machine such as a multilevel beverage bottle filling machine A filling machine for containers such as bottles, cans, or similar containers. The filling machine comprises at least one rotor, which is driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis, and filling stations on the rotor. Each filling station is designed to receiv... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7328545 | Packaging line and method for continuously packaging discrete products A packaging line and method for continuously packaging discrete products such as, for instance, magazines, CDs, DVDs and combinations thereof in a continuous manner, comprising: a product assembling path which is provided with a co... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325386 | Double action vertical form-fill-seal apparatus This is a double acting, multi-lane machine and method for the forming, filling and sealing of plastic or paper film pouches of various sizes commonly used to hold liquid viscous, dry, particulated or powdery materials or other substances. The machine includes a fou... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7296390 | Vacuum packaging machine having a plurality of vacuum chambers for performing a vacuum sealing operation on product packages A vacuum packaging machine includes a plurality of vacuum chambers (3a, 3b) each arranged to receive at least one unsealed product package and operable to perform an independent vacuum sealing operation, each vacuum chamber having a longi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7191893 | Unit for transferring and spacing articles A unit (1) for transferring articles (1a) from a machine (MI) for producing the articles to a packaging machine (MA) includes a plurality of hoppers (4a) for receiving the articles (1a). The hoppers (4a)... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7155877 | System for use in an assembly line A transfer system (10) is comprised of an air conveyor (11), a servo conveyor (12), and a fan feeder (13). In a typical configuration, the air conveyor is located at a first location where it receives packaged articles from a bagger syste... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146294 | Weighing baled material An apparatus, a method, and a system are provided for measuring and reporting the weight of bales in a baler. The weight may be determined by a variety of methods. The system may display or store the weight of the bale in the baler. The system may schedule the remov... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137502 | Mail tray singulator and method of use A mail tray singulator for controlling the handling, movement and sensing of mail trays or other mail items into a single file arrangement on a conveyor system for downstream processing. The mail tray singulator includes conveyor modules configured at preferably rig... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128200 | Carton transfer unit A transfer unit is configured for use with a form, fill and seal packaging machine. The transfer unit receives a partially erected carton from a first station in a tubular form, conveys the carton to a second station, and conveys the carton from the second station t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7107742 | Automatic packing device for the filling of containers by means of superposed layers of products, in particular fruits such as oranges An automatic packing device for filling containers with products, includes: two separate feed stations, each adapted to arrange a stream of products in parallel rows; elements capable of picking up alternately, in each feed station and depositing in the container, a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7032365 | Packaging machine for wrapping products in related wrapping sheets made of heat-sealable material The wrapping of groups of products positioned according to a determined number of mutually superposed layers is achieved by feeding in succession groups of products firstly into a tubular case made to heat-sealable material and, then, to a first wrapping device when... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018286 | Coin holding device for filling coin cassettes A coin stacking device is used to refill a coin cassette of a coin dispenser. The coin stacking device includes a cylindrical structure having an inner diameter approximately the same as a diameter of the coins. The cylindrical structure has one open end and one clo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000368 | Method for sealing capsules and apparatus to perform said method The capsules are disposed on a first rigid support (A1) movable in steps provided with a first plurality of seats (B1) designed to each contain a respective capsule (7), the support (A1) being designed to feed the capsules to means (5 | 02/21/2006 |
| 6971541 | System and method for dispensing prescriptions An automated method for dispensing pharmaceuticals particularly tablets and capsules, and other small discrete objects, includes: receiving prescription information, selecting a container, labeling the container, dispensing the tablets or capsules into the labeled c... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6922977 | Ergonomic blister packaging machine A blister packaging machine comprises a combination load/offload station having a blister magazine that is filled from the outside of the machine rather than the inside of the machine. The load mechanism includes a pick and place mechanism that is adapted to place i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6874299 | High speed bagging system and method A high speed bagging system and a method for placing a liquid product into a bag and placing at least two of these bags into a pouch is described. The system comprises at least two bag fillers housed in a common filler housing and operating simultaneously to place t... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6868650 | Installation for manufacturing and filling multiple-cavity bags made from a sheet of plastic material An installation for manufacturing and filling multiple-cavity bags made from a sheet of plastic material, includes a forming column for forming a multiple-cavity bag, with the column being divided into three zones, a first zone forming a single tubular sleeve by a l... | 03/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6698164 | Method for producing containers from a film of heat-sealable flexible material The method entails unwinding portion of film stored in roll form. The film is made of a heat-sealable single- or multilayer flexible material. The flaps for the unwound portion are folded until they are side by side or overlapped along a narrow band. The ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6688075 | Automatic machine for packaging products inside containers An automatic machine for packaging products, in particular cosmetic or pharmaceutical products, inside containers (11), comprising a series of stations (15-21, 21A, 21B, 21C, 23-28), in each of which the operations required to insert the products and thei... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6629606 | Packaging for tablet-shaped objects A pack for tablet-like objects, such as hygroscopic laundry/dishwasher detergent tablets, for example, includes a dual packing configuration of a closed outer pack containing a plurality of individual film bags, with each of the individual film bags being... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6594969 | Equipment for assembling products such as packages for compact discs Apparatus for assembling products including at lest one rigid thin part of a first type (in particular a compact disc tray) glued on a plane part of a second type (in particular a casing formed by a pre-cut cardboard matrix), including at least one suctio... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6463713 | Apparatus for manufacturing and packaging products in roll form Mass manufacturing and packaging apparatus (10) of products in roll form, in particular paper products including, from upstream to downstream, a cutting station (12) for cutting very long consecutive logs (20) of a specified diameter into consecutive sequ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6357202 | Device for supplying package sleeves to a filling machine for filling liquid foodstuffs into multi-layer composite packages A device capable of transporting package sleeves in an upright position, from any of several filling lines to one or more filling machines, wherein said several filling lines are aligned parallel to each other. The device utilizes a manipulator capable of... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6237309 | Apparatus for forming sand bags A sand bagging device comprises a portable support having a hopper mounted thereto to store sand for bagging. The device includes a bagging station mounted to the hopper having a chute extending therefrom. A cartridge of continuous bagging material is rem... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6233903 | Packing film feeder for multiple automatic packing machine In a multiple automatic packing machine comprising a slitter for slitting a wide sheet-like packing material supplied from a take-up roll into a plurality of packing films, a heat sealing device for seal molding each of the packing films into an elongated... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6209286 | Machine and method for manufacturing a continuous production of pneumatically filled inflatable packaging pillows A machine and method for the manufacture of a continuous production of pneumatically filled packaging pillows for use as void fill packaging for the safe shipping of articles. A strip of flattened preformed film material with a repeated sealing pattern is... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206815 | Method and device for manufacturing hinge-lid packets Blanks (10) made of thin cardboard for hinge-lid packets or similar are produced in the region of a packaging machine. To this end, a material web (19) made of thin cardboard and if necessary partially pre-prepared, is led through a blanks device (20) in ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6185901 | Positive count rotary slat packaging apparatus and related methods An automated positive count rotary slat packaging apparatus and related methods include independently rotatable rotary slats. In one embodiment, the apparatus also includes a positive count mechanism disposed in the pill delivery path adjacent the contain... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6122898 | Packaging machine A packaging machine for making flow packs, which is provided with closure elements for making transverse seams in a packaging material which has been formed into a tube, and with cutting devices for then making cuts in the transverse seams. The cutting de... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6119440 | Single level multiple product filler wheel A single level filler wheel for filling pouches with multiple products including a filler wheel having at least two sets of funnels defined within the wheel and spouts attached to the underside of the wheel, alternating spouts communicating with funnels o... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6115991 | Machine for conditioning packets of cigarettes A machine for conditioning packets of cigarettes is divided into a first portion defined by a number of outlets of a hopper through which cigarettes are fed in a first direction; a second portion in which a succession of adjacent conveyors defines a singl... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6050062 | Multiple magazine for a packaging machine A packaging system having a multiple magazine for providing different carton blanks to a single form, fill and seal packaging machine is disclosed in the present invention. The packaging system has the multiple magazine apparatus, the packaging machine, a... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6047526 | Method of balancing the output of two lines of a packing system A method of balancing the output of two lines of a packing system, wherein the two lines extend through at least two machines, at least one of which is a two-line machine, along two respective paths to produce and form respective articles into groups, and... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6006501 | Three-sided pouches, machine and method of making A form, fill and seal packaging machine having at least one multi-channel former therein for forming a pair of streams of three side sealed pouches. The at least one multi-channel former includes a shaped top and an open central forming area in which a st... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6003287 | Plant for packaging cans or other disposable drink containers, by means of heat-shrinkable film The plant for packaging cans or other disposable drink containers by use of a heat-shrinkable film which includes a support frame; at least two feed lines for cans, with respective buffer zones, and including sensors for sensing passage of an individual c... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6000195 | Packaging machine with capability to convert to different carton cross-sections A packaging that is capable to simultaneously process cartons having two different cross-sections, or to convert from processing a carton having one cross-section to a processing cartons having another cross-section. Using TETRA REX.RTM. gable top cartons... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5996316 | System and method for order packing A system and method for order packing forms a mixed pallet or a mixed multi-pack. In this system, a first embodiment utilizes a high volume module, a low volume module, a sorting and packing module, a prepackage module and a mixed palletizer module for pi... | 12/07/1999 |
