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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434374 | Method and line for the high-speed packaging of filter bags containing an infusion product A method and a line for the high-speed packaging of filter bags (1) containing an infusion product comprises at least three successive operating steps whereby: the filter bags (1) are wrapped in a continuous protective tubular envelope (2) by se... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7325373 | Rotary unit for ultrasound sealing continuous tubular strips A rotary unit, of an FFS (Form, Fill and Seal) machine, for ultrasound sealing a continuous tubular strip housing an orderly succession of products and fed along a feed path extending through a sealing station; the rotary unit having two substantially identical roto... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323665 | Heating element for high-speed film-sealing apparatus, and method for making same A heating element for a film-sealing apparatus comprises a heating wire segment formed of a first metal having a first reflectance to laser radiation of a predetermined wavelength. The heating element further comprises a first conductor lead comprising a wire having... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7228988 | Medicine supply apparatus A medicine supply apparatus to discharge a medicine into packing paper having a nozzle for discharging a medicine from a tablet case and a shutter rotatably provided in the nozzle for opening/closing a medicine drop path. The shutter includes a first rotatable shutt... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229519 | Burning equipment for green sheet of plasma display panel and method of burning the same An apparatus for burning green sheets of a plasma display panel comprises a feeding part that feeds a green sheet to a plasma display panel substrate, a heat and pressure roller that heats and compresses the green sheet and the plasma display panel substrate from ab... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225599 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated articles An apparatus for making inflated articles from a film web having two juxtaposed film plies. One version of the apparatus generally includes a first rotary sealing device for producing transverse seals that bond the film plies together, an inflation assembly for dire... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213383 | Bag forming system edge seal A foam-in-bag assembly with a film feed mechanism which feeds film with a film driver and a bag forming assembly which includes an edge sealer that contacts film being fed by the film driver and which is supported on a moving member of the film feed mechanism and re... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7155883 | Packaging machine for wrapping products in respective sheets of heat-seal wrapping material A packaging machine has a wrapping device for forming a tubular wrapping from a continuous web of heat-seal material, and for feeding products successively into the tubular wrapping; each product being located between two free tubular portions of the tubular wrappin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7121065 | Method for controlling a blister packaging machine A method for controlling a blister packaging machine during which a bottom film provided with a recess is, inside or in front of a sealing station, brought together with a top film and is guided through the sealing station at a constant speed of conveyance. A sealin... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7060142 | Sealing apparatus and sealing method using the sealing apparatus A sealing apparatus includes an anvil of a sealing abutment surface, which is driven to circulate with a constant peripheral velocity, and an ultrasonic horn of a sealing abutment surface, which is driven to reciprocate with varying velocities. Since the relative ve... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7013621 | Adjustable package geometry web forming apparatus and method Apparatus and method for the automatic packaging of one or more articles. An adjustable web guide structure that guides the webs of film into a configuration that mimics the geometry of a package to be wrapped is provided. The webs are conveyed over the guide struct... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6971221 | Packaging method and apparatus A packaging method and apparatus employ web material having cohesive on facing surfaces of two web portions between which an item is packaged. The cohesive adheres to itself by application of pressure alone, without heat, but tends not to adhere to other surfaces. T... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6962033 | Automatic high speed wrapping machine An automatic high speed packaging machine for wrapping packages in polymer film is disclosed wherein the film seal at the sides and ends of the packages is made at a high rate of speed as the packages travel through the machine. The packages travel continuously in a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6675559 | Method of rotary heat sealing articles between webs A rotary heat sealing system heat seals top and bottom webs to each other around discrete articles held in predetermined alignments and spacings between the webs. The rotary heat sealing system comprises a sealing station at which the heat sealing occurs,... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6666004 | Rotary heat sealing system A rotary heat sealing system heat seals top and bottom webs to each other around discrete articles held in predetermined alignments and spacings between the webs. The rotary heat sealing system comprises a sealing station at which the heat sealing occurs,... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6647702 | Automatic tablet dispensing and packaging system An automatic tablet dispensing and packaging system for processing a prescription input into tablet containing serial paper bags comprises a tablet dropping unit having a hopper guiding each tablet batch from the unit to drop therethrough, and shafts each... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6598377 | Film folding-up and guiding device of filling and packing machine In a folding and guiding apparatus for use in a filling and packing machine, film F that is drawn out and guided from a film winding core and fed continuously is double-folded up along the longitudinal direction thereof, and pack-target material is filled... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6574944 | Method and system for ultrasonic sealing of food product packaging A method and system for ultrasonic sealing of food product packaging is provided. The ultrasonic sealing system preferably includes a food product packaging-positioning system that delivers food product packaging and food product into direct on-item-packa... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6557322 | Apparatus for sealing a wrapper film sleeve An apparatus for sealing a wrapper sleeve includes a first peripheral surface rotating about a first axis and having a generatrix parallel to and at a maximum distance from, the first axis and a radius of curvature smaller throughout the circumferential s... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6550229 | Device for sealing two plies of film together, particularly for enclosing a foamable composition in a flexible container A device for sealing two plies of plastic film together generally includes an electrically conductive heating element and a rotatable support cylinder having an outer, circumferential surface, the cylinder being positioned in abutting relationship with th... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6540101 | Tablet dispensing and packaging system A tablet dispensing and packaging system comprises a safety cutter having a cam disk, a cam shaft eccentric to the disk, an upper support rod, upper and lower blades each having a cutting edge. The lower rod rear end is rotatably carried on the cam shaft,... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6230781 | Crimper assembly for sealing overlapping portions of a sheet of packaging material A crimper assembly includes upper and lower crimper bars which are rotated relative to a sheet of packaging material. A pair of upper crimpers are secured to opposite sides of the upper crimper bar, while a pair of lower crimpers are secured to opposite s... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6212859 | Packaging machine with rotary top sealer A method of continuously forming, filling and sealing of packages with a continuous web of film material is disclosed and comprises the steps of providing a continuous web of film material and folding the web to provide confronting sides joined along a bo... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6189300 | Wrapping machine A packaging machine is shown for individually wrapping objects, such as candies. The machine has a rotary hopper for selecting the objects to be wrapped, folding them and ejecting them precisely onto a delivery conveyor. A continuous wrapping film is laid... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6178719 | Cross joining and/or cross cutting device in a packaging machine of the flow packing type In a cross joining and/or cross cutting station in a flow packing machine, opposed tool parts are moved in complementary round paths such that they can press against opposite sides of a tubular packaging web for cross closing/cutting the web between succe... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6164038 | Heater assembly for automatic tablet sorting and counting machine A heater assembly for an automatic tablet dispenser is disclosed. The heater assembly includes a pair of heating rollers respectively having an insertion hole formed through each shaft thereof to receive a heating line therethrough, and a pair of peripher... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6109000 | Method and device for heat-welding a covering band made of thermoplastic material to a blister band, with control and regulation of the longitudinal centering A covering band (12) is pre-heated and then definitively heated in two subsequent areas (P,Z), and is subjected to primary pulling, in an area (T), where the covering band is pulled and applied to a blister band (1), and to secondary pulling in an area (R... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6047528 | Method and apparatus for continuously forming sealed pouches while linked together A method and apparatus for packaging powder material includes feeding a continuous web of V-shaped heat sealable material to a first forming station to form longitudinally spaced upright seals to provide longitudinally spaced upwardly opening pouches. The... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6003288 | Compact packaging device for forming foam filled cushions for packaging purposes A packaging device is disclosed for forming packaging cushions of the type that include a plastic bag filled with a solid foam, and wherein the cushions are initially formed of a plastic bag filled with a foamable material that reacts and then hardens to ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5979148 | Apparatus and method for sealing an envelope in a document security apparatus having a sealing roller with a sealing ridge attached thereto A sealing assembly includes a first roller having a sealing ridge attached thereto. The sealing assembly includes a second roller. The sealing ridge is positioned in operative contact with the second roller during a first mode of operation. The sealing ri... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5946889 | Apparatus and method for enclosing a confidential sheet between a first enclosure sheet and a second enclosure sheet within a document security apparatus A method of enclosing a confidential sheet in an envelope within a document security apparatus includes the step of operating a print engine so as to advance a first enclosure sheet therethrough. The method also includes the step of advancing the first en... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5941048 | Apparatus and method of sealing an envelope in a document security apparatus A sealing assembly includes a support roller. The sealing assembly also includes a center roller having a sealing ridge attached thereto which operatively contacts the support roller so as to urge a first enclosure sheet into contact with a second enclosu... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5937619 | Apparatus and method for sealing an envelope having a first lateral side and a second lateral side in a document security apparatus A sealing assembly for sealing an envelope having a first lateral side and a second lateral side includes a support roller. The envelope includes (1) a first enclosure sheet having a first pressure sensitive adhesive thereon, and (2) a second enclosure sh... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5894709 | Article wrapping machine An end seal wrapping machine (10), and method of forming an end seal in a spaced series of articles (A) moved therethrough, is disclosed. The wrapping machine has a first rotating shaft (40) on which at least a first upper sealing and crimping head (41a, ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5875610 | Drug packaging device In a drug packaging device which can shorten the drug packaging time. The opening of a bag is sealed with a transverse sealing unit and a longitudinal sealing unit. The time when the sealing is started and the sealing speed are varied according to the typ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5868901 | Crimper assembly for sealing overlapping portions of a sheet of packaging material A crimper assembly includes upper and lower crimper bars which are rotated relative to a sheet of packaging material. A pair of upper crimpers are secured to opposite sides of the upper crimper bar, while a pair of lower crimpers are secured to opposite s... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5806277 | Apparatus for joining two strips of packaging material An apparatus for joining a bottom foil to a cover foil comprising a heating roller and a sealing roller that cooperates with the heating roller. In the inlet region of the heating roller, there is a preheater for the cover foil. To enable especially good ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5797247 | Photosensitive material package and packaging apparatus for the same One package for photographic film (PF) has five cassettes (3), which respectively contain the photographic film (PF). Five cylindrical watertight cases (2) respectively contain the cassettes (3). Heat shrinkable film (7, 25, 30, 57) is disposed around the... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5761878 | Horizontal wrapper with a side seal attachment A continuously operating machine is provided for wrapping articles with a heat shrinkable plastic film automatically and sequentially. Articles are continuously, transferred along a horizontal pathway to a plurality of processing stations. At a first stat... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5722215 | Sealing device A sealing device which can form pouches with different widths, which is small in size, and which can minimize the waste of sheet material. To reduce the size of the device, a pair of second rotary shafts each carrying a longitudinal heating member having ... | 03/03/1998 |
