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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7412810 | Packaging device for covering and sealing cover film onto tray A packaging device is provided which prevents trays accommodating packaged items from being broken due to the tension in a film acting from above. The sealing base and the sealer perform a box motion by the combination of the back and forth movement of the general f... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7370455 | Food container sealing apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for sealing food containers using a sealing film. The apparatus includes a base, a container holder for holding a food container; a heater platen positioned within the base, and a pressure applicator positioned on a surface of the heater pl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7290380 | Packaging machine and method for closing containers A packaging machine for closing containers (5) is provided having a supply device (1, 2) for supplying containers (5) to be closed; a removal device (11) for removing closed containers (5″); and a closing device (25) betwe... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7269932 | Sealing and packaging device for cover film on tray A sealing and packaging device in which, simultaneously when a sealing base frame lifted upwards from a lower region towards a flange on the perimeter edge of a tray mounted on a desk plate makes contact with the flange, a touching base provided on a frame of the se... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7204069 | Container sealing device A container sealing device includes a platform slidable and movable in and out of a casing and having an opening for receiving a container to be sealed. A lever and a support device are slidably attached to the platform, and movable up and down relative to the platf... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7089718 | Apparatus for heat-shrinking film onto an open-topped container and method of using same A system for heat-shrinking a film onto an open-topped container is provided, including at least one reflective cup having a reflective interior surface, and at least one radiant energy source. The reflective cup and the radiant energy source may be rotationally mou... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6962038 | Ultra-flat box for insert The present invention includes a box comprising a housing having a height of about 2 millimeters. The housing comprises a bottom portion. The bottom portion defines a bottom surface, an internal lateral flank, and a top bottom surface. The top bottom surface is elev... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6834476 | Sealing and packaging device for cover film on tray The present invention heat-seals a cover film onto a tray accommodating an item to be packaged, without creating wrinkles in the film. In the present invention, respective touch bars provided at equidistant intervals on chains respectively and continuously move tray... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6666005 | Packaging method and packaging apparatus The invention provide an apparatus that can seal with film an article placed on a tray without having to change tooling for each shape and size of tray. Packaging apparatus 1 covers opening o with film Fm and thermally welds film Fm to flange f. Tray T is... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6662531 | Method and an installation for thermoforming, filling, and closing re-entrant receptacles The method and the installation of the invention enable re-entrant receptacles to be thermoformed, filled, and closed, the rim of each receptacle having a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of its body. Prior to thermoforming a row of receptacles,... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6308494 | Drug filling packaging and labeling machine A drug filling machine has a plurality of feeders containing a plurality of different kinds of drugs. A plurality of drugs are discharged from one or some or the feeders into a vial. A sealing unit is provided for sealing the mouth of the vial with a tran... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6305149 | Method and apparatus for packaging meat A method for packaging meat involves the steps of evacuating air entrained in the meat or between the meat and tray at a station prior to the packaging covering station. When a rotary conveyor is used, this may involve an additional station. However, para... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6073422 | Filling and lidding machine and method A lidding machine and method for filling containers with a flowable food product is disclosed. Extraneous tabs extending from the container lids after the lids are cut apart are trimmed closely using knives with a blade curvature that matches the curvatur... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6070507 | Method for punching a sealed package from first and second webs A package is provided with a lid and container that are heat sealed together. A multi-ply sheet material is provided for being thermoformed to define the container which has a tapering wall and bulge-resistant bottom end. Prior to thermoforming the contai... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6044622 | Method and apparatus for producing a package having a peelable film with a tab to facilitate peeling A packaging method and apparatus perform the steps of: a. providing a film including a first film component peelably adhered to a second film component; b. providing a support member for supporting a product thereon; c. forming a seal between the second film compon... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5946883 | Drug filling machine A drug filling machine has a plurality of feeders containing a plurality of different kinds of drugs. A plurality of drugs are discharged from one or some or the feeders into a vial. A sealing unit is provided for sealing the mouth of the vial with a tran... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5941055 | Apparatus for making an instant beverage container with product therein An apparatus and method for making a beverage container which contains an instant beverage material individually sealed within the beverage container by a filter disk and an insert disk combination. The apparatus includes a mandrel having a flange and a f... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5930977 | Automatic film-lid cohering machine An automatic film-lid cohering machine, which consists of a film transmission structure, an anti-slide device, a film-lid cohering transmission structure, a film-lid cohered object replacement device, and a holder. This invention is essentially to simplif... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5718101 | Method and apparatus for packaging a product in a dual-lid package A method and apparatus for enclosing a product in a tray having an outwardly extending flange is provided. A permeable web is secured to an inner periphery of flange and the secured portion is severed from the web to form a permeable lid. An impermeable w... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5606847 | Method and device for filling and closing a package A method for filling and closing a package which is initially open on its upper side and has sealable plastic material about the periphery (2) of that side. The package is first conveyed to a location (6), where it is filled. Thereafter, a covering foil s... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5534282 | Packing perishable goods A method and apparatus for packaging perishable goods such as red meat. The packaging contains a base (1), a lid (3), and a flexible web (5) of gas permeable material held over the goods (7) so the goods are held to the base (1). A suitable gas is retaine... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5514392 | Packaging for perishable goods Improved packaging for perishable goods such as meats comprising a base over which the goods are placed, and a lid positioned over the top of its base and sealed to said base. Strands are placed over the goods for holding said goods relative to the packag... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5447736 | Method of packaging food product A method of packaging a food product employing a tray having side walls defining a cavity in an outwardly directed flange extending around the perimeter of the tray, the flange being adapted to receive a pair of membranes to enclose the tray. The lower me... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5408805 | Method of placing a length of heat-sealable strip over receptacles, and apparatus implementing the method The method applies to a receptacle-closing carousel that includes a rotary platform fitted with receptacle holding members and associated with a receptacle insertion member and with a receptacle extraction member. The method consists in cantilevering out ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5379572 | Blister packaging system and method A blister packaging system and method which includes a preheat station, a cold seal press station, and a trimming station to provide a blister-type cold seal bonded blister package. The method comprises feeding the adjacent sheets of thermoplastic materia... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5371996 | Apparatus for sealing containers A container sealing apparatus wherein a strip of closure material can be transported intermittently a desired distance at a time, and this distance is variable in accordance with the size of containers to be sealed to achieve savings in the material witho... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5363629 | Device for closing receptacles by welding on lids, and installation including the same The closure device includes a roll of heat-fusible strip material, an end-of-strip support member, a receptacle placing member for placing successive receptacles at a receptacle closure location facing the end-of-strip support member, a weld head disposed... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5295343 | Apparatus for sealing containers A container sealing apparatus comprising a conveyor for transporting containers, a sealer for sealing an opening edge portion of each of the containers with a closure material supplied adjacent to the container during transport by the conveyor, and a trim... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5272854 | Packaging mechanism A packaging device is capable of sealing a membrane on top of a container and includes a housing, a table disposed in the housing for supporting the container, a hot-pressing device disposed above the container, and an actuating device for actuating the h... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5249410 | Device for heat shrinking film onto an open-topped container A device for heat shrinking thin film onto open-topped containers to form spill-resistant covers is shown. A radiant energy source is intermittently energized in association with timers to direct radiant energy towards the thin film. An energy absorbing b... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5182896 | Apparatus and method for heat-sealing a film cover to open ended containers A film cover is heat-sealed to the open end of containers and cut from a film stock by a cam-actuated, orbitally moving knife blade which severs the film stock along a circumferential region closely adjacent the container's open end. A major extent of the... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4625498 | Apparatus for applying recessed membrane seals to containers A method and apparatus for applying and sealing recessed membranes to containers in a single operation. The membranes are partially cut from a continuous flexible web of film material and remain on the web due to thin necks of film material that are left ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4563855 | Apparatus for packaging an edible liquid The invention relates to an apparatus for packaging an edible liquid in individual sterilized containers. The apparatus comprises a conveyor for the containers wherein the containers are sterilized on the lower level thereof and then are filled and sealed... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4226072 | Apparatus for applying a film lid to a cup Apparatus is provided for automatically applying a lid comprised of a film of thermoplastic sheet material to the top of a cup. The film is supplied in a roll and the leading end is fed into a position between the top of the cup and a heat sealing head. I... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4139979 | Apparatus for sealing the heads of containers The apparatus for sealing the heads of containers with a biaxially oriented plastic film comprises a horizontal conveyor for conveying the containers to be sealed, and a horizontal endless belt disposed above the conveyor in parallel thereto and including... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4092817 | Film applying device with a straw-hole perforator An improvement in a device for advancing an end portion of a strip of heat sealable film along a path from a cartridge to an applying station, sealing the end portion across the lip of a cup and severing the end portion from the strip of film. The device ... | 06/06/1978 |
