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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430840 | Method and machine for packing a product in at least one sheet of packing material A machine for packing a product in at least one sheet of packing material has a number of conveyors, each of which has a number of pockets, each for receiving and conveying a respective product; the products are transferred from each conveyor to the next conveyor at... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7200978 | Process for producing hinge-lid boxes for cigarettes Process for producing packs made of thin cardboard with an outer wrapper made of shrink-wrap film. Folding tabs of the outer wrapper are connected to one another by full-surface-area heat sealing. The shrink-wrapping process for the outer wrapper may be initiated as... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7062890 | Packing machine A packing machine provided with a wrapping conveyor moving along a wrapping path and having a plurality of recesses each of which is designed to receive a respective article together with a respective wrapping sheet; and with a plurality of folding stations successi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6962557 | Device for welding plastic films Devices for cross-welding or cross-separating welding plastic films (2) are used in a manner known per se in machines for producing bags, said devices comprising a welding roller (3) and a heated welder terminal (4) which can be moved reciprocal... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6901725 | Method and wrapping wheel for conditioning stacks of products On a wrapping machine for conditioning stacks of products, a stack of products is conditioned inside a tubular wrapping by folding a sheet of heat-seal wrapping material into a U about the stack inside a radial seat of a wrapping wheel, and by bringing two opposite ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6505732 | Apparatus for transporting folding package material forms in the tobacco-processing industry An apparatus for transporting folding packaging material forms in the tobacco-processing industry, particularly carton forms for cigarette hard packs that have been scored or pre-punched along fold lines, from a feed station to a processing station. A rot... | 01/14/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6487832 | Apparatus for wrapping confectionery products and the like The apparatus for wrapping confectionery products and the like comprises a device for feeding the products to be wrapped, an organ for extracting such products from the aforesaid feeding device able to co-operate with a device dispensing a piece of materi... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6381920 | Packaging machine with rotary wrapping assembly A packing machine comprising a rotary assembly (2) which is adapted to receive articles (4) travelling along a path which is adjacent one region of the periphery of the assembly, and means (26) for receiving foil (14) or other wrapping material, at a diff... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6370795 | Article handling apparatus Holders (20) for articles such as newly-formed packets or groups of cigarettes are used to constrain and protect the articles while being conveyed by handling apparatus (22), e.g. in a packing machine (10). Holders (20) of similar external shape, adapted ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6219995 | Packaging machine In a packaging machine that includes a wrapping wheel equipped with at least one conveying head affording a seat capable of movement with the wrapping wheel along a looped path, the head is indexed through a first station at which the seat receives a prod... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6192654 | Rotary conveyor with receptacles for packets of the tobacco processing industry A wheel-shaped conveyor with radially extending pockets for discrete packets of cigarettes is indexible about a horizontal axis between the neighboring surfaces of two upright walls forming part of a support for the conveyor and flanking a selected portio... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6125611 | Folding device, especially a folding turret, with folding mandrel For the manufacture of soft-pouch packets for cigarettes, folding mandrels (10) configured as hollow bodies are used, on the outer side of which blanks (16, 17) are folded. The outer blank (17) has in the region of one narrow side wall (15) blank portions... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6070386 | Unit for combing wrapped chocolates A unit for combing wrapped chocolates, wherein a combing drum, rotating continuously about a respective axis, has a number of combing devices, each of which has a gripping device rotating, crosswise to the aforementioned axis, between a radial gripping po... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6044616 | Method of operating machines with rotating units and machine with a rotating unit, in particular a packaging machine with a (folding) turret Method of operating machines with rotating units and machine with a rotating unit, in particular a packaging machine with a (folding) turret. Rotating units, in particular folding turrets (10) of packaging machines, must be supplied with oil as a lubrican... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5946884 | Wrapping machine and method for use with polyethylene wrap A machine and method for wrapping cylindrical workpieces such as rolls of bathroom tissue and paper towel. The machine includes a workpiece infeed conveyor, a wrapping film feeder, a rotating carousel having a plurality of pockets, an oscillating exit con... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5930976 | Packet wrapping unit A unit for wrapping packets, wherein a first seat, carried on a first conveyor, closed by a sheet of wrapping material and housing a packet, is brought into engagement with a second seat on a second conveyor to insert the packet inside the second seat and... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5758468 | Apparatus for conveying packs A special transfer turret (15) is used for conveying packs (10) from, for example, a folding turret to a drying turret. The transfer turret transports the packs (10) along a circular path or partially circular path and in the axial direction at the same t... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5533323 | Method and a device for the formation of tubular overwrappings in heat-sealable material A method of fashioning tubular overwrappings with a heat-sealable material, and a device in which single commodities are directed in succession together with respective sheets of heat-sealable material into a set of pockets spaced apart at a constant pitc... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5467579 | Method and device for laterally joining product wrappings A method and device for laterally joining product wrappings, whereby the connection of two overlapping longitudinal portions of a tubular wrapping defined by a sheet of wrapping material wrapped about the product inside a wrapping seat is at least complet... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5373681 | Lug folding apparatus for a packaging device A lug folding apparatus for a packaging machine in which box-like items, fed into pockets, are continuously circularly conveyed, during which a packaging sheet is wound or wrapped along the surface of each of the box-like items, the wound box-like items a... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5271205 | Device for wrapping discoid commodities In a device for wrapping commodities of discoid shape, having a die by means of which to enfold each commodity initially in a tubular wrapping flush with one face of the discoid and enveloping the peripheral surface, the commodities and their wrappings ar... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5269117 | Product wrapping method and device for producing tubular wrappings A product wrapping method and device for producing tubular wrappings, whereby a first and second opposite longitudinal portion of a wrapping element, folded in a U about a respective product inside a respective seat on a wrapping conveyor, project outward... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5024043 | Machine for wrapping substantially parallelepiped commodities The machine comprises an indexing wheel with radial pockets each designed to accommodate one pack together with a wrapper which, on entering the pocket, is folded to the point where the pack becomes completely enveloped save for an area of each end face l... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5022213 | Machine for wrapping substantially parallelepiped commodities The machine is designed to enfold substantially parallelepiped packs in single transparent wrappers and comprises an indexing wheel provided with radial pockets each designed to accommodate one pack together with its wrapper, which is folded to the point ... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4999970 | Apparatus for making cigarette packs and the like The making of cigarette packs is started by transferring arrays of cigarettes into successive pockets of a transporting unit while the pockets are at a standstill, and by inserting blanks into discrete pouches which are adjacent the front sides of the poc... | 03/19/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4768639 | Method for transferring objects, in particular sweets, within a wrapping machine A method for transferring objects (2), wherein the objects (2) are fed in bulk in a loading region onto at least one first intermittently rotating disc (5; 6) of vertical axis, provided with a rim (9; 9') of holes (10; 10') for containing the objects (2);... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4669249 | Wrapping bodies e.g. soap A packaging machine for bodies of the type of soap comprises a drum (1) rotating intermittently by a half turn and having a housing (14) passing diametrically through it, which housing (14) is arranged to permit a block (15) to slide in it and, at each pa... | 06/02/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4621480 | Transfer device for wrapping machines A device for use in machines for wrapping blocks e.g. soap tablets (1) comprising a drum (3) which rotates intermittently and has diametrically opposed seatings (4) for the tablets (1), a station (6) for receiving a tablet (1) expelled from an adjacent se... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4505093 | Apparatus for collating articles to be wrapped into batches A packaging machine comprises a primary wrapper for applying wrappers to individual sweets, a collating mechanism for collating the wrapped sweets into batches and a batch wrapper for overwrapping the batches of sweets. Batching is effected by pushers on ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4408435 | Wrapping machines A sweet wrapping machine includes a continuously rotating feed disc (12) having regularly pitched sweet-receiving pockets (13), a continuously rotating wrapping wheel (44) having pockets (43) spaced at a greater pitch than the pockets in the feed disc, an... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4221287 | Device for forming and transferring batches of products in automatic wrapping machines Disclosed herein is a device constituted by a rotatable head provided with radial compartments which hold batches of products and comprising a pusher for inserting the individual products into a compartment, and a device for supplying the individual produ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4183191 | Vacuum holding apparatus for wrapping cigarette packs in blanks A cigarette pack 10 is pushed against a transversely held blank 11 of cellophane or polyethylene whereby the blank forms a U-shaped wrapping around the pack with outwardly extending end flaps 12, 13, 14 and side flaps 15, 16, and is thereafter inserted in... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4150520 | Device for feeding articles The device for feeding candies to a wrapping machine comprises a first disc on which the candies are discharged in a disorderly manner, which first disc is provided with separating brushes, for causing the candies to be housed in pockets provided thereon.... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4085567 | High speed wrapping machine with rotary folder A high speed wrapping machine designed to wrap individual tablet-like products utilizes a wrapping wheel having a plurality of peripheral pockets into which the individual products are moved in the axial direction to drape a panel of wrapping material snu... | 04/25/1978 |
| 3965655 | Food product packaging apparatus An apparatus is disclosed herein having a pocketed turntable for carrying multiple stacks of a food product to a wrapping station and which includes mechanism for selectively engaging each stack and directing the stack onto a wrapping paper sheet. A cutti... | 06/29/1976 |
