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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322166 | Apparatus for unwrapping and transporting frangible wafers for ice cream sandwiches and the like The present invention is an apparatus and method for unwrapping a package of frangible articles bearing a wrapping material, the wrapping material having a rear portion and a forward tab, the forward tab adapted to open the wrapping material when pulled, the apparat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7131246 | Apparatus for wrapping groups of rolls of products with a sheet of plastic film An apparatus for wrapping groups of rolls of products with a sheet of film comprises a station for packaging and moving, with a stepping motion, in a predetermined direction, a succession of groups of products wrapped in a sheet of film, having an open front side de... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6945009 | Operating wheel of a product packing machine An operating wheel of a packing machine comprises an annular drum, a number of through pockets carried by the annular drum and each for receiving a respective product, a first drive for rotating the annular drum in steps to feed the pockets along an annular path ext... | 09/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6796103 | Machine for packaging stacks of multiply paper articles or the like into wrappings obtained from a wrapping sheet In a machine for packaging stacks of multiply articles of paper into wrapping sheets, a first line conveys stacks of multiply articles of paper to a a wrapping station while a second feeds wrapping sheets to the wrapping station. Each sheet is kept vertically in a w... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6694703 | Method of and apparatus for accumulating and joining blanks of packets for block-shaped groups of articles Blanks for conversion into hinged-lid packets for block-shaped arrays of cigarettes in metal foil envelopes are supplied by a first turntable to an assembling station where successive blanks are overlapped by successive arrays furnished by a second turnta... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6691492 | Elevator device in machines for forming packs of rolls An elevator device in a machine for forming packs of rolls includes an auxiliary plate member, situated between wrapping sheet folders and a constraining plate of a conveying line. The auxiliary plate member moves vertically between a lower end position n... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6643996 | Method of overwrapping packets A method of overwrapping packets in the form of a rectangular prism, whereby a packet, as it is fed continuously along a wrapping path, is first centered with respect to a relative conveying seat, and is then paired with a relative sheet of wrapping mater... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6640522 | Method and machine for packing reams of sheets A method of packing rearms of sheets, wherein each ream is defined by sheets stacked to form a rectangular-base prism of a given height, and has two base faces defined by respective end sheets in the ream, two lateral faces perpendicular to the base faces... | 11/04/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6223506 | Method and machine for wrapping a product in a sheet of heat-seal wrapping material A method and machine for wrapping a product in a sheet of heat-seal wrapping material, whereby the sheet of wrapping material is folded by a fixed folding device onto a wall of the product so as to superimpose at least two portions of the sheet of wrappin... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6023909 | Packing machine A packing machine for producing semi-finished packets of cigarettes having respective blanks of packing material and respective wrappings, wherein a forming drum rotates continuously about a given axis to form the packets by partially folding the blanks a... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5996309 | Packaging machine with a rotary folding unit for manufacturing (soft) pouch-type packets for cigarettes In the manufacture of certain types of packets, rotary folding units (10) are used which have along their perimeter a plurality of hollow folding mandrels (14) projecting at one side. On these mandrels, blanks, namely inner blank (10) and pouch blank (11)... | 12/07/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5493957 | Vertical assembly extrusion ice cream sandwich making machine An apparatus for the preparation of comestible-containing sandwich products comprises a sandwich product assembly station and corresponding means for the fabrication and assembly of a sandwich product in the vertical direction. The apparatus includes an e... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5412926 | Process and apparatus for rejecting defective packages in the region of a packaging machine A process and an apparatus for rejecting defective packages in the region of a packaging machine are disclosed. In the production of bundles formed from several individual packages, especially from a group (11) of cigarette packages (10), it is required t... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5331788 | Device for inducing slack in a wrapping film, associated with means for conveying packs of rolls In a machine for packaging rolls of household paper products, packs are restrained between groups of vertical teeth associated with a conveyor passing through a wrapping station, a folding station and a heat seal station; equipping the wrapping station wi... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5301489 | Conveying device with levers for wrapping machines designed for delicate products, equipped with a gripping device for strips of material for wrapping products, and machine with said conveying device A conveying device with levers for wrapping machines for delicate products equipped with a gripping device for strips of material for wrapping products. The device has a supporting structure sliding on a radial guide which forms part of a carrousel convey... | 04/12/1994 |
| 4920731 | Machine for packaging plural types of articles within a stretchable plastic film A machine for packaging plural types of products inside a plastic stretchable film, including a bundling unit and a complete sealing unit. The bundling unit includes a device for longitudinally stretching a film web segment before wrapping it around the a... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4854108 | Automatic wrapping machine An automatic, continuous-cycle machine adapted for the wrapping of products consisting of groups of paper rolls, in which the product (P) is conveyed along a longitudinal path of travel and a wrapping sheet (15) in positioned thereon, said sheet being sev... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4628664 | Bottom tuck device for ice cream sandwich wrapping machine An ice cream sandwich wrapping apparatus includes an elevator which raises the ice cream sandwich to a wrapping position at which the wrapper extends over the top of and is draped along the sides of the ice cream sandwich, the elevator including a platfor... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4313290 | Apparatus for packing A method and apparatus for packing a box or other product is disclosed which involves wrapping a packing sheet about the product in an improved fashion. The method includes lapping the packing sheet around the product, folding opposed side edges of end po... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4308708 | Apparatus for folding hinged lid boxes from cardboard blanks and filling them with tinfoil wrapped cigarette blocks An apparatus for making and filling a hinged box of a foldable material, more particularly cardboard, especially a hinged box for cigarettes, which box comprises a blank with front, rear and end walls, side walls formed from lateral flaps and a hinged lid... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4279116 | Method of and apparatus for wrapping Method of and apparatus for wrapping reams of paper or the like in which the ream being wrapped is placed on an elevator mechanism at a lower level and raised by the elevator mechanism to an upper level. The elevator mechanism comprises a central support ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4148170 | Product wrapping machine and method A high speed, automatic machine for wrapping elongate semi-rigid products such as spaghetti. The machine includes means for cutting and positioning two sheets of wrapping material during a single portion period of the machine into two tandem buckets mount... | 04/10/1979 |