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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7856793 | Apparatus for assembling a wrapper to a cup An apparatus for automatically assembling a wrapper to a foam cup to form a wrapped foam cup. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7325487 | Standing tree baler An apparatus for in-situ baling of trees is provided. The apparatus includes a first frame which supports a rotatable second frame. A tree trunk is inserted into the first and second frames. The second frame is rotated by a motor as the frames are elevated toward th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325374 | Modular infeeds for automatic forms/fill/seal equipment Apparatus for the automatic packaging of one or more articles. One or more modular infeed systems are provided, each adapted to feed product to a wrapping machine, and each preferably adapted to communicate with a wrapping machine to identify its configuration to th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322172 | Utensil wrapping apparatus and method An apparatus and method for wrapping a napkin around one or more utensils. The apparatus includes a wrapping area defining a trough dimensioned to receive one or more utensils. A utensil dispenser and napkin delivery mechanism may be provided to deliver the utensils... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7305804 | Outlet device for chocolates and the like An outlet device for chocolates and like products (100) for use with a wrapping machine (50) which has a device (51) for moving each product (100). The outlet device has a first belt (2) for moving products (100) to be rolle... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302786 | Method and device for wrapping products Products (2) presenting bevelled or rounded corner edges (35) are advanced singly and in succession along a predetermined path (P), each enveloped in a wrapper (11) of parallelepiped box-like shape, and directed ultimately into a station (15 | 12/04/2007 |
| 7273142 | Packaging cushion delivery system A system for conveying a string of packaging cushions includes a machine capable of manufacturing the string and a conveyor adapted to transport the string. The conveyor has an inlet end to receive the string and an outlet end to deliver the string of packaging cush... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7155884 | Stretch wrap threading device A stretching device for a stretch wrap machine includes a support structure and a film support for rotatably holding a roll of stretchable film. First and second rollers are rotatably mounted to the support structure. The stretching device includes a take-off device... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7076933 | Method for packing products prone to decay A method and apparatus for packaging food products in a synthetic foil. The method generally comprising transporting the synthetic foil through a punching device in which perforations are made in the synthetic foil with high energy beams to yield a perforated foil. ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6971217 | Method and device for controlling a wrapping machine for printed products A method for controlling a wrapping machine for printed products that includes determining the size of an incoming gap in a printed product stream and controlling a speed of the wrapping machine as a function of the size of the incoming gap. The controlling step inc... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6931816 | Packaging mechanism and method of use A packaging mechanism has a loading bed moveable between a loading position and a second position. A plate-like member is moveable with respect to the loading bed between a retracted position for loading and a second position for package sealing. The plate-like memb... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6918226 | Automatic utensil wrapping machine The automatic utensil wrapping machine is an apparatus for wrapping a napkin around one or more utensils for use as a place setting. The apparatus comprises a housing, a support frame and an assembly of elements mounted to the support frame. The assembly of elements... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6880316 | Method and apparatus for wrapping a top and bottom of a load An apparatus and method for wrapping a top and bottom of a load with packaging material is provided. The apparatus includes at least one non-driven packaging material guide is provided for use in combination with a powered conveying surface. The non-powered packagin... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6772043 | Apparatus for automatically controlling the work flow of an automatic wrapping machine, in particular for rolls of paper An apparatus for automatically controlling the work flow of a machine—equipped with effectors (2) driven by rotational motors (12)—comprises: electronic storage means (11) having resident functions that relate the angle of rotation described... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6269609 | Apparatus for selective wrapping of products and a method thereof The present invention provides an apparatus and a method to produce magazines, books, catalogues, brochures, periodicals, or the like on a collation or binding line, transport these products in a single stream of products towards a packaging line, divide ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6219994 | Method and system for mail processing A mail wrapping system apparatus for preparing for mailing postal items includes receiving trays for respectively receiving postal items from companies and an extraction device for extracting from the postal items a multiplicity of same address groups of ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6189291 | Method and apparatus for stretch wrapping a load A leading end of packaging material is grasped in a packaging material holder while a load is wrapped. Packaging material is dispensed from a packaging material dispenser, and relative rotation is provided between the dispenser and a load to wrap packagin... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6185900 | Method and apparatus for stretch wrapping a load A leading end of packaging material is grasped in a packaging material holder while a load is wrapped. Packaging material is dispensed from a packaging material dispenser, and relative rotation is provided between the dispenser and a load to wrap packagin... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5701718 | Processing machine, particularly a packing machine for cigarettes or similar A processing machine, particularly a packing machine for cigarettes or similar, includes a plurality of operating units which execute various steps of processing which are synchronized with each other and follow a predetermined system of operation. The ma... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5653087 | Manufacturing machine designed to use reels of web material, in particular packaging machine for packaging cigarettes, or the like A manufacturing machine designed to use reels of web material, in particular a packaging machine for packaging cigarettes, or the like, in which the processing units are located at least in part on one side of the machine, termed the front side. On the op... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5524415 | Carriage for a wrap apparatus A carriage is provided for supporting a supply roll of wrap paper for use with a wrap apparatus. A spindle is cantilever mounted from one side of a frame to receive the supply roll thereon. A handle extends outwardly from the other side of the frame and m... | 06/11/1996 |
| 4825622 | Apparatus for selecting and feeding web material Apparatus for selecting and feeding web material (F1, F2, F3) from a plurality of supply bobbins (B1, B2, B3) of web material having different characteristics, comprising a selecting and dispensing device arranged on a slide (7) horizontally movable to an... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4595625 | Sealable multilayer film for packaging purposes Disclosed is a sealable transparent multilayer film, comprising: a base layer comprised of a propylene polymer and at least one sealable layer comprised of a combination of: (a) from about 67.5 to 89.6% by weight, relative to the weight of the sealable la... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4507904 | Film and package handling apparatus for wrapping machine In a stretch film wrapping machine improved film feeding apparatus facilitates the threading of stretch film into film feeding jaws. Sealing/conveying apparatus is closely located above the film feeding jaws and is mounted to be pivotally moved in line wi... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4277731 | Wrapping machine A wrapping machine has a plurality of movable elements which move in predetermined ways to perform a wrapping operation. Control of the movements of at least some of the elements is performed using a pulse generator for synchronization and a control circu... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4180962 | Wrapping apparatus Apparatus for wrapping an article with stretch film. The article is first advanced against a vertical web of film to partially enfold the film longitudinally about the article and to advance the article to a longitudinal folding station where a tail of th... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4137788 | Application for use with a strapping machine for displacing and tensioning a strapping band about an article or the like An apparatus for use with a strapping machine for displacing and tensioning a strapping band about an article or the like, wherein band rolls, about which there is wrapped the strapping band, are operatively coupled with a reversible drive motor, and betw... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4051652 | Method and apparatus for packaging yarn packages doffed from a yarn producing machine Method for packaging in a carton full size yarn packages by a yarn producing machine provided with a plurality of yarn package producing units. A predetermined number of full size yarn packages are firstly doffed from the corresponding spindles of the yar... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4050220 | Spiral bundler The invention comprises a novel apparatus and process for making unitary packages from a continuous wrapping process. In the apparatus a series of loads, each containing a plurality of cartons are fed into a wrapper apparatus and covered by a spiral stret... | 09/27/1977 |
