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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7013625 | Bale bagging apparatus A bagging assembly for use with a bale bagging apparatus is disclosed. The bale bagging apparatus includes a frame assembly, a bale stuffer, and a bale chute. The bagging assembly includes a carriage frame having a first and a second side rail, a pivot end, and a mo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6668519 | Method and apparatus for packaging objects in a shipping container A method and apparatus for providing a shipping container for holding an object has a base for receiving the article is described. A plurality of corner posts is affixed to the base. Each post has a first end affixed to a portion of the base and a second,... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6662535 | Apparatus for bagging material An apparatus and a method for individually bagging bundles into stretchable open bags. The apparatus comprises a bag stretching structure about which a bag can be turned inside out for wrapping an underlying bundle in response to continuous downward movem... | 12/16/2003 |
| 5899049 | System and method for making cushions of loose fill packing material System and method for packing loose fill materials in bags to form cushions for use in protecting articles in shipping cartons. The bags are produced from a length of flexible plastic tubing which is gathered or bunched to form a coil which is disposed ab... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5809745 | Apparatus and method for stacking and packing articles An apparatus and method for continuously counting, stacking, and packaging relatively rigid and stackable articles, such as frozen meat patties, is provided. The apparatus includes a bottom stacker for stacking stackable articles in a column, a stack move... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5799467 | Breathable girth unit for a tube former in a packaging apparatus and method A breathable girth former for a packaging machine for bathroom tissue and kitchen toweling rolls wherein the entrance funnel (preformer) has two halves resiliently mounted to conform to the product dimension most likely to jam in the downstream girth form... | 09/01/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5590513 | Device for wrapping groups of cigarettes On a cigarette packing machine, groups of cigarettes forming the content of respective packets are inserted inside a folding spindle and wrapped in a sheet of wrapping material which is folded on to the outer surface of the spindle before being unloaded o... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5551217 | Leaflet inserter and integrated product bucket loader An improved leaflet inserter includes a series of adjacent leaflet trays carried by a conveyor along side of a cartoner and each tray includes a leaflet pusher movable in a slot transverse to the direction of the conveyor to push a leaflet placed in the t... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5469693 | Bale bagging apparatus A bale bagging method and apparatus are disclosed. Bales are passed through a collapsible tunnel, preferably formed of panels of flexible, yet self-supporting plastic material. A plastic film tube is supported on the tunnel as the bales are passed through... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5457933 | Apparatus for tucking fruit into ordered arrays within packing cartons An improved actuating system for a plurality of tucker plates used to compress and tuck arrays of fruit placed by an automated fruit handler into shipping cartons is described. The timing and motive force used for operation of the tucker plate is derived ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5398479 | Apparatus for inserting goods into hollows for packaging An apparatus for inserting stacks of goods (1), for example sausage slices, into hollow containers (4) for packaging, the interior size of the hollow containers (4) corresponding substantially to the dimensions of the goods, includes grippers (2, 7) some ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5315812 | Method and apparatus for bagging objects A method and apparatus for bagging a cylindrical object in one bag in a plurality of bags. The apparatus includes a finger assembly with fingers that are placed into a partially opened open end of the bag that is to receive the cylindrical object. After i... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5095960 | Apparatus for filling bags with bulk material An apparatus for filling bags with bulk material includes a filling device for consecutively charging bags with the bulk material; a traction device leading into and out of a region of the filling device; and a plurality of spaced spreading devices, carri... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5072573 | Apparatus with adjustable width trays for automatic packaging machines A tray-like mandrel for an automatic packaging machine has a telescoping bottom so that it may be made wide in order to receive a product or narrow in order to fit into a box. The telescoping is controlled by a slot track cam extending along a path follow... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5005341 | Apparatus for filling sacks An apparatus for filling sacks is disclosed which has opposed clamps for engaging the initially collapsed sacks adjacent to the side portions of their opening-defining edges, suction devices included in the clamps, which engage mutually opposite side wall... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4945715 | Bale bagging apparatus A bale bagging apparatus for bagging round bales in tubes of plastic film includes a hoop and an annular flexible tube support projecting to the rear of the hoop. The tube support conforms to the shape and size of the bales being bagged, so that a tubing ... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4884388 | Lettuce packer A lettuce packing machine for the packing of heads of lettuce in corrugated, carboard cartons is disclosed. A lettuce head holding tray is loaded with lettuce. Thereafter, the tray is utilized to pack cartons. The lettuce head holding trays has discrete l... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4833860 | Grid structure A grid finger is disclosed which is attachable to a grid structure for guiding articles delivered to the grid structure from an article supply source into containers. The grid finger includes a compressible resilient member projecting from the upper end t... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4800706 | Apparatus for loading a stack of articles into a relatively flimsy container An apparatus for loading a group of side-by-side stacked articles into a relatively flimsy enlongated open-top container. The containers are conveyed on a conveyor and each container, when positioned beneath a loading unit, is elevated from the conveyor t... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4674262 | Device for releasably holding a container on a feed connection piece A device for temporarily holding containers on a feed connection piece includes a plurality of expanding segments surrounding the connecting piece and being held in position thereon by a resilient sleeve. Lower parts of respective segments extend over a l... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4572251 | Pneumatic bagger ring An item is placed into a relatively close fitting pliant bag by first turning the bag inside out over a horizontal ring mounted over a work surface on at least one upright support leg. Desirably, at least half of the peripheral extent of the ring is unsup... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4537013 | Bag-filling apparatus Bag-filling apparatus comprises gripping means for gripping flat bags adjacent to their top edges and side edges, vacuum cups for engaging the bag on opposite sides near its top edges and for pulling said top edges apart, and a filling pipe, which is prov... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4464882 | Device for packing a fowl A device for packing poultry with means (7) for supporting an opened bag (9) and means (12,13) for pushing a fowl into said bag, a pushing member (12) having a vertical central baffle (26) oriented in the pushing direction to guide the legs of the fowl in... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4448009 | Finger assembly for a case loader A finger assembly includes a holder supported in depending position on a horizontal rail in the case loader. Fingers extend downwardly and outwardly from the holder and are resiliently clamped therein by a retaining member. An elongated fastener extends u... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4439974 | Guide mechanism and finger A guide mechanism for a case packer is characterized by a mounting member, a plurality of guide member fingers, and a plurality of expansion springs, each spring connecting a different finger to the mounting member and also biasing the bottom of the finge... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4386491 | Apparatus for selectively packing layers of objects in boxes of different depths Apparatus for packing layers of objects into a box, wherein a pickup head equipped with multiple vacuum cups picks up a layer of the objects and descends into the box. The box is initially positioned in a packing station in an approximately correct positi... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4332121 | Loading blades for packaging apparatus A case loader for placing articles such as beverage packs in cases or cartons includes a supply conveyor for articles and a carton conveyor which merges into the article conveying path and pairs of spaced guide plates or loading plates supported on overhe... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4281501 | Finger mounting apparatus for loading grid Finger mounting apparatus for a case loading grid is disclosed. Pyramidal shaped blocks are fixed to conventional bars in a packing grid, and a plate is selectively fixed to the bottom face of a block. The plate has an opening to hold a finger. The same b... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4248032 | Bagging apparatus An apparatus for inserting a carton into a thermoplastic bag includes a table for supporting the bag, a pusher assembly for transferring a carton into the bag, and a guide assembly for first opening the bag mouth and for thereafter guiding the carton into... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4245453 | Two-stage operated nozzle for tight bagging system Poutlry dropped from a moving conveyor is loaded into bags through a nozzle assembly that expands each bag in advance of bird entry by means of a two-stage motion. A ram packs each bird fully into the bag during the second stage of nozzle operation follow... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4228635 | Poultry bagging system Fresh processed poultry suspended by double leg hooks from conveyor mounted carriers are dropped onto an inclined guide surface of a bagging device having a stack of flexible film bags positioned to receive the dropped birds. Each bird is suspended from i... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4221106 | Tight bagging system for poultry Double leg suspended poultry dropped from a moving conveyor and guided into bags by a nozzle assembly that effects limited expansion of each bag in advance of entry of each bird into the bag. A ram packs each bird fully into the bag after partial entry re... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4219989 | Bagging apparatus A stretch bagging apparatus of the type having a reciprocable table top, including a pair of transversely extensible horns which are advanced axially into an open ended bag supported upon a bag elevator. After the horns advance into the bag, they are tran... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4192121 | Case packing apparatus A case packing apparatus for assembling packages or trays of fragile objects, such as eggs or fruit, into case filling stacks, and depositing the stacks into cases. Packages or trays are transported by a conveyor to a transfer plate and transferred thereb... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4171603 | Guide mechanism for loading wide mouth bottles in cases In a case packer, wide mouth bottles are conveyed to a platform where they are arranged in alignment with the cells in the case and thereafter held in position by suction cups. The platform is rotated to suspend the bottles, mouth down, over the case. The... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4133164 | Split horn arrangement The invention relates to a split horn arrangement for packaging meat in a stretchable netting material, and to a method of packaging the meat using the split horn arrangement. In accordance with the invention, the split horn arrangement includes an upper ... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4127978 | Device for placing a band on a ball The present invention relates to a device for placing a band on a ball of yarn or the like, wherein the band may be placed on the ball by means of two band carriers displaceable with respect to the ball.... | 12/05/1978 |
