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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303523 | Paper-folding apparatus A paper-folding apparatus includes a hopper for holding one or more sheets of paper or other similar foldable media, a discharge feed and stripper assembly, a shuttle associated with the hopper operable to transfer a sheet of paper from the hopper to the discharge f... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7216468 | Flaps closer apparatus A flaps closing apparatus for closing full flap boxes is provided. The apparatus includes a flaps closing assembly with a first brake mechanism and closing bars with a second brake mechanism. The first brake mechanism controls the vertical motion of the flaps closin... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207155 | Method of packing packets of cigarettes using a sheet of packing material for implementing such a method A method of packing packets (2) of cigarettes, in particular an orderly group (1) of packets (2) of cigarettes, wherein the orderly group (1) is packed solely in a sheet (11) of transparent heat-seal plastic packing material, which... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7017852 | Multiple fixed-position film centerwinder and method for winding web material The invention is a centerwinder for receiving and winding web material sequentially on one of at least two fixed shafts. The two or more shafts are desirably positioned vertically to one another in a stationary structure and eliminate the need for a powered turret a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000365 | Vertical sleeve sealer A method, apparatus and system are provided for packaging a group of articles into a container formed from a carton blank. The method includes associating a carton blank with a group of articles. The carton blank has at least one open portion and a plurality of bend... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6625957 | Method and machine for producing hinged-lid packets of cigarettes A method of producing hinged-lid packets of cigarettes on a continuous automatic machine, whereby a blank is closed about a group of cigarettes, the blank having a longitudinal axis, a rear panel, first tabs connected to the rear panel, and second and thi... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6170231 | Apparatus for bulk cartoning of books An apparatus and method for forming a carton from a blank sheet of material, in line, and wrapping it about articles of a predetermined size including cutting and scoring blades which are automatically preset according to parameters previously stored, for... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6038836 | Process and apparatus for the optoelectronic monitoring of packaging material Process and apparatus for producing packs and for transporting blanks (10), for producing the packs, along a conveying path (11). For the purpose of monitoring and/or for the optoelectronic sensing of the blanks (10), monitoring elements (15) with sensors... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6038831 | Apparatus for packaging products in open or closed boxes, starting from a flat paperboard material An apparatus for packaging products in open or closed boxes, starting from a flat paperboard material, comprises a paperboard sheet removing assembly for successively removing individual paperboard die-cut sheets, to be supplied to an upward conveyor, sup... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6015084 | Set of blanks, box, method and machine for making a box from said set of blanks A set of blanks, a box, a method and a machine for making a packaging box that includes at least two blanks made of a fiberboard or corrugated fiberboard sheet material, i.e. a first blank comprising a series of at least four flaps for forming the side wa... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5983595 | Packaging machine for producing hinge-lid boxes A packaging machine for producing hinge-lid boxes for cigarettes has a rotating folding turret which has a plurality of pockets (21) which are open in the radial direction. For the purpose of securing blanks (11) or partially completed hinge-lid boxes (10... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5860269 | Device for feeding stock sheets A device for feeding stock sheets is provided with a hopper for storing carton blanks as stock sheets in an upright posture, a delivery roller for delivering the carton blanks in the hopper toward a hopper outlet, an auxiliary roller located between the d... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5678389 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing palletized stacks of discrete items An apparatus for securing and stabilizing stacks of discrete items on pallets, such as bags of powdered or granular material, comprising a bottom member, a top member, side members securing means and an adhesive layer between one or more layers of the dis... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5528882 | Wrap around caser A wrap around caser including a holding and moving robot is provided. The holding and moving robot holds a predetermined number of bottles collected in a collection station and moves the bottles onto a center section of a blank sheet located at a receivin... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5501065 | Apparatus for packaging individual objects, especially foodstuff packages Grouped individual packages of prepackaged foodstuffs like butter, margarine, cheese and the like are packed in boxes by disposing a box blank at a receiving station aligned with a chamber and a turntable and mounting the layers of individual packages upo... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5450705 | Cartoning machine for wrapping cartons about objects at high speed A cartoning machine for wrapping cartons about objects at high speed, consisting of a series of stations arranged one after the other on a frame and comprising a conveying table which feeds objects to a station for separating said objects into groups and ... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5433062 | Packaging container (display pack) and process and apparatus for producing it In order to protect the pack content of a packaging container during transport and storage, there is arranged in the region of the open side (20) of the packaging container (10) a cover cap (21). This consists of a covering wall (22) and of longitudinal i... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5379574 | Apparatus for packaging individual objects, especially packages, e.g. of prepacked foodstuffs Grouped individual packages of prepackaged foodstuffs like butter, margarine, cheese and the like are packed in boxes by disposing a box blank at a receiving station aligned with a chamber and a turntable and mounting the layers of individual packages upo... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5323896 | Article packaging kit, system and method An article packaging kit, system and method which system includes a flat, corrugated, cardboard sheet material having a central horizontal fold line and two vertical fold lines to define a base and two end portions. The system includes a flexible plastic ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5216870 | Method and device for producing partable cigarette cartons A method and device for producing partable cartons for packets of cigarettes, each carton being defined by two separate boxes formed from two substantially similar blanks, each divided by bend lines into a first and second panel on either side of an inter... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5131208 | Method and apparatus for forming cartons A die cut and scored carton blank is formed into a carton. The carton blank is placed in a trough having a side wall and at least one retractable stop for turning upwardly elongate edge flaps of the carton blank, with the trough having two end walls for t... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5033255 | Carton packaging machine A carton-packaging machine (10) which causes progressive erection of carton sleeves from a supply of blanks (11) in a magazine (19), the partly erected blanks being loaded with product (24, 25) and then being closed in the form of a sleeve around the prod... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5010712 | Method of and apparatus for the packaging of pressure-sensitive articles Baked goods, deep-frozen comestibles and like pressure-sensitive articles are packaged by passing the articles along a transport belt onto a delivery belt which can receive only one article at a time and then controlling the speed of this belt, to precise... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4982552 | Apparatus for the packaging of paper stacks An apparatus for packaging stacks of paper has a suction plunger assembly which can be lowered to draw a box blank and a stack of paper thereon downwardly past the box folding element of a box folding claim of guide rods which are connected to the guide r... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4977729 | Apparatus for the automatic packaging of a fragile product in a folding carton The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for packaging a fragile product (8) in a folding carton (19), the problem being to carry out the forming of the folding carton blank (1), the filling of the carton (19) and the closing of the carton (19)... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4962634 | Machine for packing cigarettes in hard flip top packs A machine for packing cigarettes in hard flip-top packs, whereby flat hard pack blanks and preformed groups of unpacked cigarettes are fed, the former on a continuous feed line and the latter on an intermittent feed line, to a first and second station res... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4941309 | Panel packaging system A vinyl siding panel package system is disclosed that prefolds corrugated paper blanks and then forms panel containers that are packed with a pre-specified number of panels. The panel packer receives a plurality of panels from a panel extrusion operator, ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4930290 | Carton packaging systems and processes This invention relates to apparatus comprising carton-forming means (12) and product-loading means (6, 15, 15'), and means to synchronize the carton forming and product loading such that each carton is formed and loaded before each successive carton is fo... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4926615 | Machine for forming cartons and packaging goods therein A machine for forming cardboard blanks into crates (open top containers) for transporting and storing goods, particularly plastic containers of milk. The machine has folding apparatus for folding opposed extended end flaps of the blank back on themselves ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4878337 | Continuous motion tray type packaging machine Articles, such as glass containers, are fed continuously in end-to-end relationship through a pin spacer adapted to provide a space between adjacent rows so that cross partitions can be fed therebetween. The articles are then grouped by s pin type grouper... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4730443 | Apparatus for folding front and rear flaps in a wraparound caser The known type of front and rear flap folding apparatus in a wraparound caser in the prior art is improved in that the folding apparatus comprises front flap folding means in which when an article is fed from a dead plate onto a flat blank sheet that is b... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4709529 | High-speed wrapping machine In a sheet slider means used in a packaging system in which flat sheets are taken, one by one, out of a magazine and are delivered by a magazine conveyor, each sheet being transferred to a case transporting conveyor located adjacent the magazine conveyor ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4683705 | Method and apparatus for confining wrapped reams of paper sheets in cardboard boxes Successive stacks of wrapped reams of paper sheets are delivered onto first cardboard blanks on top of a first platform which is then maintained in raised position. The platform thereupon descends and the front and rear sidewalls of the blank are simultan... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4674261 | Machine for loading and closing a shipping case with a telescopic lid An automatic machine for loading and installing a telescopic lid on a shipping case is disclosed. The machine provides for bottom loading an open-top case with product which may extend slightly above the case sidewalls when loaded therein. After the machi... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4642967 | Packaging machine Apparatus for loading articles into trays where the articles are first separated into rows with a divider assembly, then separated into groups with a grouper assembly and then pushed onto a dead plate to form a load. Different divider and grouper assembli... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4631895 | Cartoning machine which wraps cartons about preformed blocks of objects In a cartoning machine which wraps cartons about preformed blocks of objects, it is proposed to insert a new carton one after the other into the block feed line before the preceding carton has left the insertion zone, with temporary partial overlap of the... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4631896 | Method, apparatus and blank for packing at least one article in a self-supporting wrapping having the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped A method and apparatus for packaging irregularly shaped articles is provided in which one or more articles is supported on one or more supports, enclosing the supports and the articles in a pack and removing the supports through one or more openings in th... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4630427 | Method and system for folding floppy disk envelopes A method and system are provided for folding floppy disk envelopes. Envelope blanks are manipulated while attached to a continuous web of envelope material to facilitate handling and alignment of the blanks. Initially, fold lines are prescored into the en... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4614511 | Apparatus for folding a box or trough from a blank Apparatus is provided for folding a box or trough from a preformed blank of cardboard, corrugated cardboard, duplex cardboard, coated paper, synthetic material, wood such as plywood or multiply, or other sheet or plate material, the blank being provided i... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4610125 | Method and apparatus for confining wrapped reams of paper sheets in cardboard boxes Successive stacks of wrapped reams of paper sheets are delivered onto first cardboard blanks on top of a first platform which is then maintained in raised position. The platform thereupon descends and the front and rear sidewalls of the blank are simultan... | 09/09/1986 |
