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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418808 | Method and apparatus for filling containers including a supporting band The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for placing patterns of product holders, more in particular placing stacks of layers of the holders, into boxes or crates, using a supporting band, cords or strips, whereby the use of complex gripper heads is ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7137234 | Vertical flat stacking apparatus and method of use A device and method for stacking product into a container in a vertical orientation. The device includes at least one pivoting mechanism pivotable between a loading position and an initial/final position. The at least one pivoting mechanism retains a container there... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7107742 | Automatic packing device for the filling of containers by means of superposed layers of products, in particular fruits such as oranges An automatic packing device for filling containers with products, includes: two separate feed stations, each adapted to arrange a stream of products in parallel rows; elements capable of picking up alternately, in each feed station and depositing in the container, a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6928795 | Apparatus and method for loading a container with objects A grabbing member comprises at least two moveable grabbing arms which are moveable from a first configuration to a second configuration. The arms are moved toward one another from the first configuration to a second configuration such that the arms are capable of gr... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925775 | Apparatus for filling marine mattresses An elongated, mobile apparatus for filling and depositing marine mattresses for use in erosion control. The apparatus comprises a frame system for supporting the apparatus on the ground and positioning for depositing an aggregate filled marine mattress at a desired ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6860088 | Horizontal robotic packing system This machine can automatically load packages of various sizes and shapes into containers in a variety of pack patterns. The machine has a package infeed system that transfers the package to a package locating system that locates the package at a stationary package p... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6792741 | Container packing system Container packing system for use with conveyed articles. The system includes a carton having four sidewalls with four carton upper edges and four carton lower edges. Four upper flaps are connected to the respective upper edges and four lower flaps are connected to t... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6564528 | Method and apparatus for bagging potatoes A method and apparatus for apparatus for bagging a plurality of filled bags, such as 5-lb., 10-lb. or 15-lb. potatoes, into a larger baler bag, such as a 50 or 60 lb. baler bag, has a chute for receiving the filled bags and defining a path of travel for t... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6195960 | Device for packaging pipes into a case and taking them out therefrom A device for placing pipes (5') into a case (1) and taking pipes (5) out therefrom, wherein the pipes (5) are placed in stacks (2, 3, 4) each with one pipe across, and wherein the stacks are supported laterally by supports (6, 7, 8, 9) projecting upwardly... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6164449 | Refill pack A pipette tip refill pack has several layers of pipette tips stacked upside down in a telescopic fashion. From the pack, the tips can be dispensed to a tip rack which is positioned upside down on top of the topmost tip layer.... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5855105 | Cartoner with direct dropping of pouches into cartons A pouch making machine has a pin conveyor which receives finished pouches from a knife and transfers them to a cartoner where they are stacked in a carton in a continuous motion. The cartoner indexes the carton after entry of each pouch, or group of pouch... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5794415 | Apparatus for packing layered fruit into bins An apparatus is disclosed for loading items, such as fruit, into a container such as a fruit bin with an open top face. The bin is transported on rollers to a tiltable cradle that grasps the cradle and tilts it to a loading orientation in which the bin fa... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5743067 | Device for loading storage containers for elongated articles A device for loading storage containers for elongated articles, particularly tobacco products, wherein a feedbox for the articles presents an output window facing a horizontal plate for supporting an orderly mass of articles; the output window is defined by th... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5737902 | Apparatus and method for packaging pills A packaging apparatus is provided for placing pills into a series of pill receptacles moved under the apparatus at a predetermined speed by a conveyor. The packaging apparatus includes an escapement mechanism positioned above at least one drop chute and a... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5732536 | Tape roll in-series package machine A tape roll in-series package machine for neatly packing a plurality of tape rolls into a paper box. In includes (a) a conveying device, (b) an in-series filling device, and (c) a paper box elevating device. The in-series filling device contains first, se... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5664398 | Apparatus for charging flat cans with sliver at a sliver producing fiber processing machine A system for charging a coiler can of elongated horizontal cross section with sliver obtained from a sliver producing fiber processing machine includes a stationarily supported rotary coiler head discharging sliver in coils; a sled disposed underneath the... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5661947 | Process to traverse a flat can while being filled at a textile machine delivering a fiber sliver and its device The invention relates to the filling of a flat can with fiber sliver by a textile machine which delivers a fiber sliver, such as a carding machine or a draw frame, whereby the flat can is moved under a stationary, rotating rotary plate. The invention sign... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5634316 | Method and apparatus for handling flat coiler cans before, during and after filling the cans by a sliver-producing textile machine An apparatus for handling flat coiler cans before, during and after filling the cans with sliver by a sliver producing textile machine. The apparatus includes an empty-can storing device; a full-can storing device; an intermediate space defined between th... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5626005 | Apparatus for producing packs of notes from bundles of notes of value The apparatus has a distributor (11) with a straight conveying section (12), on which the N bundles of notes originating from a stack of sheets of notes are advanced one behind the other up to N predetermined bundle positions. Fitted underneath the convey... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5615536 | Method and apparatus for accommodating goods in container A goods accommodation method and apparatus in which a container is set such that its opening is directed horizontally, and box-shaped goods are stacked on a slide such that their surfaces facing the opening of the container are aligned with each other. Th... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5611193 | Two-axis article loader/unloader A loader arrangement is provided with a first conveyor for delivering an article to a first station, and a second conveyor for delivering a container to a respective first station. A gripper engages the article at the first station of the first conveyor, ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5598771 | Dry fruit bin filling apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for a high speed non-bruising dry bin loader for apples and other produce. A transfer belt receives fruit from an transfer source and transfers fruit to a distribution belt once the transfer belt has accumulated a predetermined, ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5560179 | Apparatus for handling flat coiler cans before, during and after filling by a sliver producing textile processing machine A conveyor apparatus for moving flat coiler cans into and out of a sliver filling station and for reciprocating the cans in the sliver filling station while being filled with sliver by a sliver producing textile machine, includes a conveyor element extend... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5502949 | Fruit bin filler A dry fruit bin filler for rapidly filling fruit bins, including a continuous fruit infeed belt and a fruit distribution belt mounted below the infeed belt which reciprocates under the infeed belt to receive and distribute the fruit layer-by-layer in the ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5489184 | Pellet loader A loading device for picking up and repositioning a plurality of upright cylinders arranged in a rectangular array includes a rectangular-shaped frame and a lift mechanism for raising and lowering the frame. A first fixed wall depends from a first end of ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5470538 | Pipette tip rack loader A pipette tip rack loader is disclosed that will load a flat of pipette tips into a rack for use on a laboratory bench. The flat for the pipette tips is substantially the same dimensions as the top surface of the tip rack to be loaded, and has an identica... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5313766 | Method and apparatus for on demand manufacturing of custom-sized bags conforming to the volume of articles received therein at a check-out counter Bags custom-sized to the volume of articles packed and to be packed therein are manufactured on-site and on-demand at the location at which the articles are packed in the bags. The bags are formed from a continuous sheet of flexible film material which is... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5259173 | Apparatus for conveying and packaging groups of articles An apparatus for packaging articles having a conveyor; means associated with the conveyor for forming groups of articles and moving the groups independently of other articles on the conveyor; means for moving the groups of articles transversely to the con... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5228265 | Carton forming, packing and sealing mechanism including an inspection station A carton forming, packing and sealing mechanism which includes several stations beginning with a stationary receiving platform on which components may be delivered from the continuous forming operation. A chain driven kicker is utilized to direct the comp... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5159796 | Apparatus for filling container with products such as fruits The invention relates to an apparatus for uniformly filling a container with products such as fruits or the like to a predetermined weight or level, in which apparatus the angular position of the container with respect to the horizontal is changed during ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5148655 | Slicer and bagger for substantially flat food products An apparatus for slicing and bagging substantially flat food products comprising a frame and a holder conforming to the shape of the food product to be sliced for holding the food in vertical stacked alignment and removably attached to the frame and havin... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5134832 | Method and apparatus for compiling deformable, substantially cylindrical bodies, particularly tampons and for packing them Method and apparatus for compiling deformable, substantially cylindrical bodies and for packing them, comprising vibrating said bodies being positioned at pile delivery substantially parallel adjacent and superposed to each other and being aligned in at l... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5105602 | Automatic wrapping method of cylindrical articles, particularly plastic bobbins and apparatus therefor An automatic wrapping apparatus of cylindrical articles, particularly plastic bobbins. The apparatus includes feed rollers for feeding two wrapping sheets therebetween in opposed manner to form a bottom portion for a wrapping bag. A loading device is prov... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5060454 | Method and apparatus for packaging cylindrical-shaped objects in boxes Cylindrical-shaped objects coming from a conveyor belt of a production line are transferred to a compensator. The compensator continuously receives the manufactured cylindrical-shaped objects and transfers them intermittently. Transfer of the cylindrical-... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5022218 | Device for filling outers with filled bags A device for filling outers with filled bags comprises a cassette (1) for the accommodation of a number of bags or rows of bags stacked on each other, feed apparatus (10, 11) for filling the cassette with bags from the top, and discharge apparatus (4, 5) ... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5012628 | Method and apparatus for arranging articles A method and an apparatus for arranging articles in a container, wherein the articles are stacked within the container. In one embodiment, a container is fed in a substantially horizontal upper position and transferred to a nonhorizontal position. Article... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4984677 | Device for transferring objects from a conveyor to a collection device A device for transferring objects, such as filled bags, from a conveyor to a collection device, such as a box, placed below the conveyor comprises two conveyor belts (1, 2) placed adjacent to each other. In the conveying position, the top parts of said co... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4967540 | System for automatically filling cans with elongated products such as French beans A system for automatically filling cans with elongated products, comprising a chamber for filling an empty can and located above the can in a stationary filling position and a device for projecting successive groups of parallel elongated products through ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4965982 | Fruit bin filler An apparatus and method for loading delicate fruit into standard sized fruit bins is disclosed. The apparatus includes a carriage, a cradle, a distributing conveyor which are controlled to automatically lower fruit into a bin in such a way as to minimize ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4875327 | Container filling apparatus and method A container filling apparatus and method that includes a container support movable on a frame so as to raise and lower a container mounted thereon. A conveyor discharge section is also movably mounted on the frame so as to raise and lower the conveyor dis... | 10/24/1989 |
