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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7694492 | Gripping device, packaging machine and method for placing boxes in an outer packaging The invention relates to a gripping device (2) for placing boxes (1), in particular egg boxes, in an outer packaging, wherein the gripping device comprises a amobile frame (3); grippers (4) placed on both sides of the frame in such a way ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7328542 | Loading apparatus for food stacks An apparatus is provided for loading stacked food product into packages. Open top containers are arranged in rows and movable into a loading station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable conveying surface, the conveying surface having an end region ex... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7213386 | Device for filling a container with a plurality of objects A device for filling a container with a plurality of objects standing substantially upright on a floor portion of the container includes: a depositing cavity temporarily created and maintained in the container for receiving one of the plurality of objects; a first m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7134256 | Packaging system The present invention provides a packaging system that includes a beak-shaped hopper, a pair of opening and closing bars, and a sensor for sensing a limitless opening and closing movement of the opening and closing bars. The beak-shaped hopper and the pair of openin... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7065936 | Fill and packaging apparatus An apparatus is provided for filling food product drafts into packages. A supply of open top containers are arranged in rows and carried by an elongated web of film and are movable by the web into a fill station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable c... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6931818 | Method and apparatus for packing flower bouquets The invention relates to a work method and apparatus for packing flower bouquets (3), in which large amounts of flower bouquets (3) are transported transversely on a conveyor belt (4) to a lifting conveyor belt (7) to a mounted thereon tr... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6925782 | Vibrating pill packaging device and associated method A packaging device for a pill packaging apparatus is provided, the packaging device cooperating with a plurality of pill receptacles, defined by a web and conveyed by a conveyor under the packaging device in a packaging direction, to manipulate pills deposited in th... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6895730 | Packaging machine The packaging machine includes: a plurality of lane guides, the plurality of lane guides being spaced apart to form a plurality of lanes; a moveable conveyor belt having a first end and second end, the first end located beneath one of the plurality of lanes, the mov... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6845597 | Compact form-fill-seal machine A compact form-fill-seal machine capable of the high speed production, collation and loading into cartons of a variety of small dispensing packages with instant opening features including fault lines in the lower containment formation. It can make a variety of forma... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6834472 | Packaging system An article to be packaged and a packaging bag for covering the article are supplied to heat sealing mechanisms which arrive at uniform time intervals, in synchronism with cycle timing of the respective heat sealing mechanisms. A vertically openable beak-shaped hoppe... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6817164 | Apparatus for packing objects into an elongated tube The invention relates to an apparatus for packaging objects, like soiled diapers, into an elongated flexible plastic tube. The apparatus includes a container with an upper portion with an opening and a lower portion. A cassette is mounted in the upper portion of the... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6810637 | Slicing and conveying device for food products The invention relates to a device for slicing food products and for conveying portions of a plurality of imbricated or stacked slices of the product, comprising a slicing device and an additional processing unit arranged below the slicing device, especially a packag... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6761010 | Medication organizing system An improved medication organizing system for allowing patients to rapidly and easily prepare hermetically sealed dosage packages to set up their medication regime for a week, month, or longer period of time. The device includes seven hoppers to allow the patient to ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6701697 | Carousel bagger A carousel bagger including a plurality of troughs each having sides fixed to a rotatable table with a pivotable bottom wall pivoted from a lower product-receiving position to a higher product-dumping position in response to actuation by a linkage running... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6668520 | Modular sliding door grid A modular sliding door grid including a sliding door mounted on a low profile frame. The sliding door is actuated by at least one pivot bar, connected at one end to the sliding door and at the other end to a mechanical linkage. Actuation of a frame bar in... | 12/30/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6182424 | Packaging apparatus and method A method and apparatus for packaging articles such as flatbreads and stacks of flatbreads utilizes flat loading plates which move axially and rotate about a longitudinal axis. The loading plates have an initial position underneath an input conveyor, and f... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6173556 | Seed packet filling and closing machine A machine for filling and closing seed packets has a conveyor system which includes first and conveyors, when continuously advance a succession of preformed seed packets. Packets are filled from a continuously rotating funnel wheel which receives seed fro... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6068550 | Device and method for coin packaging A coin packaging device has a table, to which a mass of coins of identical denomination may be supplied, and a plurality of cylinders, each cylinder being arranged to receive coins one by one through an open end, thereby stacking a predetermined number of... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6044617 | Dough packing machine with tiltable spoons An apparatus for loading dough into a container through a container opening includes a support frame having a cam rail. An endless band is rotatable on the support frame and includes a plurality of tilting spoon assemblies mounted to the band. Each tiltin... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6016640 | Detachable spoon for a dough packing machine An apparatus for loading dough product into a container through a container opening includes a spoon assembly and a carriage. The spoon assembly includes a support rail and a spoon joined to the support rail, the spoon having a discharge opening. A contai... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5778640 | Apparatus and method for packing stand-up pouches into cartons An apparatus and method are disclosed where stand-up pouches are partially flattened and arranged in an overlapping row where they are picked-up by a thin cantilevered vacuum pick-up head and placed into the open side of a tilted carton with the sequence ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5765339 | Diaper pail A container receives and stores soiled items through valving structure that receives a soiled item through a normally open input opening and releases the soiled item to the container through a normally closed output opening after closing the normally open... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5758477 | Interface device for packaging equipment An interface device for packaging equipment comprises three bins arranged vertically and separated by gates located at the bottom of each bin. An infeed unit or conveyor feeds product into the receiver bin. A product counter in a logic unit counts the pro... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5752367 | Automated apparatus and method for packaging granular materials An apparatus (5) for packaging generally granular materials is disclosed. The apparatus includes a structural framework (7) on which a feed hopper (8) is mounted, the feed hopper being supplied with the material to be packaged, and storing the material th... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5737904 | Assembly of weighing buckets in a packaging machine Assembly of buckets for weighing a product in a machine for packaging said product, including at least a first and a second row of buckets, wherein each bucket of a row is in communication for the downward passage of the product with a corresponding bucke... | 04/14/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5737903 | Newspaper recycling disposal system A newspaper recycling disposal system that stacks and bundles used newspapers while eliminating need for using ties to tie the used newspapers to form bundles wherein the bundles are compatible with pulping processes used for recycling the used newspapers... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5720156 | Case packing apparatus and method An integrated and automated case packing device and method is disclosed. The device and method uses multiple stations to: separate a flattened case from a supply of such cases, detect whether the case in an A or B-type case, open the case according to the... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5704197 | Bag filling and closing machine Bag pick up and feed assembles pick up a flat folded bag from a magazine and direct the picked up bag to a bag positioner assembly, the feed assembly including a first set of rollers moved away from a second set before the bag is moved therebetween and th... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5701719 | Loading device Loading device, particularly for loading containers carried on a conveyor, including a vertically fixed funnel with a shutter arranged in the area of its delivery aperture. In order to ensure reliable loading of the containers in such a device, it is prov... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5692362 | Packaging machine A machine and method for loading a product (5), particularly a food product, to a packaging position (6), for example a receiving pouch. A pair of end-to-end conveyors (1,2) overlie the packaging position (6). The end-to-end conveyors (1,2) are driven in ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5651231 | Valving In one aspect of the invention, a piston is sized to slide along a first axis within a hollow cylinder, and the piston and cylinder assembly is rotatable about a second axis with respect to a support structure. In another aspect of the invention, a contai... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5619839 | Packaging machine and method A packaging machine and method of packaging utilizing chains of interconnected preopened bags which are fed sequentially and one at a time to a load station. Bag tops are clamped against spreading horns by sensor equipped clamps which cause disablement of... | 04/15/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5588285 | System for loading packages into a box A system for packing a plurality of packages into a container has an input conveyor for delivering the packages one at a time at regular intervals and at a constant input speed to a transfer station and an output conveyor having a perforated lower belt an... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5542238 | Apparatus and method for loading horizontal stacks of containers into a carton An apparatus for filling cartons with horizontal stacks of containers includes a chute assembly and a carton indexing table positioned thereunder. The chute assembly holds a single horizontal stack of containers to be placed in a plastic-lined carton prev... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5535576 | Apparatus for stacking and loading sheet articles An apparatus for stacking and loading sheet material being continuously ejected along a flow path from a sheet production apparatus has a frame, a stationary rake, a catching rake and a drive. The stationary rake is mounted on the frame and positioned for... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5515664 | 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... | 05/14/1996 |
