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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7565782 | 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... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7334379 | Automated solid pharmaceutical product packaging machine An automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine simultaneously fills a plurality of product package templates in parallel with desired pharmaceutical dosing requirements. The templates are subsequently positioned over a temporary storage template having caviti... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331158 | Process and system for product packaging A process and system are provided for printing variable data on packaging material at a package printer and machine reading the variable data on a packaging facility packaging line and associating the variable data with other information in a computer database. The ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331151 | Medicine packaging machine having driving setting device An automatic medicine packaging machine having a driving setting device for conveniently setting driving values and delay times of driving devices is disclosed. The driving setting device includes a touch screen to display a user operating program and to receive man... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7281361 | Method of article portioning A method for detecting and discriminating articles that are within a predetermined range of a specification into lots feeds a plurality of articles into an article portioning system having a counting head assembly that includes an article detecting unit located abov... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7204067 | Vacuum packaging appliance with removable trough An appliance for storing articles within flexible and non-flexible containers under vacuum. The appliance comprises a lid adapted to define a vacuum chamber when it is moved to a closed position relative to a trough in the base of the appliance. The trough is slidab... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7174694 | Loading objects into individual pockets of a moving web A conveyor advances a web horizontally parallel to rows of upwardly open pockets formed in the web underneath a loader having a plurality of object-filled passages each having a downwardly open mouth open immediately above a respective one of the rows of pockets. As... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174693 | Article portioning head system A system and an apparatus and method for detecting and discriminating articles that are within a predetermined range of a specification into lots. A counting head assembly includes at least an article detecting unit located above diverting gates which control the pa... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152756 | Dispensing systems and methods A dispensing system dispensing items includes a dispensing station and a first conveyor for transporting containers to the dispensing station. The dispensing station includes a dispenser for dispensing items to the containers, a mechanism for spacing the containers ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7107741 | Method and apparatus for selecting and feeding articles According to a method for selecting and feeding articles to blisters or containers, a first hopper filled with unselected articles feeds a second main hopper with selected size-matching articles, by means of a tapered inlet section. Size non-matching articles get ja... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104027 | Product packaging system A product packaging system for receiving a series of products from one or more product transport lines. The products are loaded into a series of carriers and transported through a downstream inserter unit. Inserter assemblies moving in timed relation with the moveme... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7059098 | Automatic medication dispensing and packaging system An automatic medication dispensing and packaging system comprising a medication dispensing unit having base and door cabinets, the door cabinet rear portion correspondingly and detachably engaged to the base cabinet rear portion, the base cabinets distanced from eac... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6993889 | Product packaging system A product packaging system for receiving a series of products from one or more product transport lines. The products are loaded into a series of carriers and transported through a downstream inserter unit. Inserter assemblies moving in timed relation with the moveme... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993887 | System and method for including packets with goods during automated packaging The invention comprises a packet placing system for use with an automated packaging machine. Preferably, the system is used to include packets with products being automatically packaged, such as various bread products. The system may comprise various magazine orient... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993884 | Dispensing systems and methods A dispensing system dispensing items includes a dispensing station and a first conveyor for transporting containers to the dispensing station. The dispensing station includes a dispenser for dispensing items to the containers, a mechanism for spacing the containers ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6952910 | Gas filled bodies In a plastic tube (1) for the production of gas filled bodies, with two superimposed sheets, connected in a gas tight manner to each other along a first longitudinal edge thereof, the upper sheet (2) and the lower sheet (3) are welded together i... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6931815 | Machine for packaging a product with a pamphlet A packaging machine comprises a transfer device for inserting a product into a package and a circulating leaflet supply device comprising a plurality of tong-like holders which are sequentially disposed, each for receiving one leaflet and for bringing that leaflet i... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928790 | Medication filling apparatus A medication filling apparatus for filling a predetermined container with medications, such as tablets, provide improved assemblability and maintainability, and permits safe and reliable filling operations, while maintaining a compact size. The medication filling ap... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6898919 | Automatic tablet dispensing and packaging system An automatic tablet dispensing and packaging system includes a tablet packaging unit and a tablet dropping unit that have door cabinets and slider cabinets. The packaging system comprises a front hopper for the door cabinets, and rear hoppers detachably mounted in t... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6892509 | Commissioning device with intermediate storage areas in the form of tiltable containers arranged on a shelf Tiltable containers (3) with a filling opening (4) are arranged horizontally in the longitudinal direction of a shelf. A lower conveyor (5), is associated with the tiltable containers (3) in the longitudinal direction of the shelf. One or... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6892512 | Automated prescription filling system/method with automated labeling and packaging system/method automated order consolidation system/method Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6792736 | Solid drug filling device A medication filling apparatus for filling a predetermined container with medications, such as tablets, provide improved assemblability and maintainability, and permits safe and reliable filling operations, while maintaining a compact size. The medication filling ap... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6763648 | Drive and actuating system for an envelope-filling station A drive and actuating system for an envelope-filling station in which enclosures or sets of enclosures are fed, by a driven conveyor, to a push-in station in which a push-in arrangement, which has a pivot drive, receives the enclosures or sets of enclosures and push... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6711878 | Cartoner with intermediate transfer A cartoner has an intermediate transfer disposed between each article infeed area and an adjacent bucket conveyor to transfer separate rows of select article count into buckets on the adjacent bucket conveyor. The intermediate transfer runs only the length necessary... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6675557 | Apparatus for dispensing fluid into pre-formed, flexible containers and enclosing the fluid within the containers An apparatus for dispensing fluid into pre-formed, flexible containers and enclosing the fluid within the containers includes a web of film comprising a series of pre-formed flexible containers, each of the pre-formed containers being capable of holding t... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6655015 | DPA automated assembly and packaging machine This patent relates to a machine that automatically assembles, inspects, and packages disposable prophylaxis angles. The machine includes a movable table including a plurality of fixtures on which angle components are assembled and the assembled angles ar... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6581355 | Tablet filling device In order to feed tablet vessels in with simple and low-cost construction, there is provided a vessel holder member (76) having fork-like support portions (78). The vessel holder member (76) is capable of linearly reciprocating between a vessel supporting ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6574946 | Method and device for end closure of packaging tubes A method and apparatus for the end closure of packaging tubes is provided. In one embodiment, the tube which is to be sealed presents an intermediate wall having a surplus length across the tube cross-section, and the intermediate wall is fixed at the fil... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6516838 | Apparatus and process for forming novel spiral compositions A method and apparatus are provided that allows two or more compositions to be filled with a spiral configuration into a single container. Each product may have completely different chemical and physical properties, and each product may have a different f... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6510668 | Drum of medicine sharing and packing device A drum of a medicine sharing and packing device wherein a plurality of tablet cassettes 1a are arranged and passages are formed to guide tablets down, comprises a barrel-shaped drum body 1c formed in two circular arc shapes facing each other and auxiliary... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6508045 | Drum of medicine sharing and packing device A drum of a medicine sharing and packing device, wherein a drum has a plurality of tablet cassettes 2a arranged and passages 2b formed to guide tablets down, comprises a barrel-shaped drum body 2c formed in two circular arc shapes facing each other and au... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6505457 | Automatic film insertion device An automatic film insertion device automatically unwinds a predetermined amount of plastic tubing from a roll, measures the required length, cuts and automatically inserts the cut piece into the mouth of filled pharmaceutical bottles. In one embodiment, a... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6481180 | Solid preparation filling apparatus A solid preparation filling apparatus for filling solid preparations such as tablets into a container and avoiding mixture with any other preparation. Each type of solid preparation is to be ejected from its respective tablet case, and the upper end inlet... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6397562 | Process and device for producing a candle surrounded by a container Process for producing a candle surrounded by a container in which a prefabricated candle blank which does not completely fill the interior of the container is inserted and fixed in the container. An intermediate space between the candle blank and the insi... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6367519 | Process for forming novel spiral compositions A method and apparatus are provided that allows two or more compositions to be filled with a spiral configuration into a single container. Each product may have completely different chemical and physical properties, and each product may have a different f... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6318051 | Method and device for automatic dispatching of singular items, specially an individual pill In a process and a device for automatically commissioning singular individually packaged products (1), especially a single pill, from a supply station (2) with a plurality of containers, prepackaged, preselected, flat, individually packaged product packs ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6240705 | Cushioning conversion system A cushioning conversion system comprising a cushioning conversion machine, a packaging surface, and a dispenser. The cushioning conversion machine includes a conversion assembly which converts a sheet-like stock material into cushioning pads. The dispense... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6213166 | Apparatus and process for forming novel spiral compositions A method and apparatus are provided that allows two or more compositions to be filled with a spiral configuration into a single container. Each product may have completely different chemical and physical properties, and each product may have a different f... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6185911 | Method for filling a two-chamber-tube and device for carrying out the method The invention concerns a method for filling a two chamber tube made from plastic having a substantially circular cross section and a separation wall made from plastic and extending between two substantially diametrically opposed connecting points of the s... | 02/13/2001 |