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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8281556 | Methods of building modular clipping packaging apparatus Packaging apparatus modules include a frame with a base adapted to reside on a support floor, the frame having opposing right and left hand frame sides and at least one lateral beam that extends therebetween, the right and left hand frame sides comprising respective... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8234839 | Apparatus and method for handling partially formed containers A machine (2) for handling partially formed containers (6) comprising an indexing conveying device (8), a feeder (4) arranged to supply to the conveying device (8), per index, a plurality of partially formed containers (6), ... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8234840 | Form, fill, and seal system A form, fill and seal system having a product fill assembly, a tube forming assembly and a fitment securing assembly. The system allows for the relative positioning of the fitment that is to be applied to the film that forms the bags, at various points along the fil... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8141328 | System and method for free-standing storage of agricultural commodities using a hermetic lightweight sleeve A system and method for free-standing hermetic storage of bulk, boxed or bagged commodities including the use of a thin, lightweight ultra low permeability loadable sleeve, and optionally a UV-, wind- and rodent-resistant cover on top of the sleeve. For bagged or bo... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136330 | Medical fluid container A flexible non-PVC, non-DEHP container or bag for medical fluids has a container body formed of a multiple layer polyolefin film. The container has one or more ports equipped with a polyolefin fill tube and port closure assembly. The container has a low moisture vap... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8104250 | Apparatus for use in and method of attachiing cap-form fitments to containers An applicator (10a) affixes fitments (12) to paperboard cartons (20), each fitment (12) comprising a screw cap on a pour spout. An ultrasonic horn (18) reciprocates between a retracted position for receiving a fitment (12... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087213 | Interactive product packaging A package and lock combination includes a package having an unopened state and including an aperture, and a lock contained within the package. The lock includes a first portion and a second portion moveable relative to the first portion for operating the lock. The f... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7946098 | Apparatus for applying drinking straws Apparatus for applying a drinking straw on a receiving surface of a stand up bag which can be supplied on a conveying surface to a transfer device for drinking straws. To increase the conveying speed of said apparatus, the transfer means is arranged such that the dr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7770360 | Form fill and seal container A flexible container and a method of manufacturing the same where a spout or fitment is attached to the outside of the flexible container. The flexible container includes a patch having at least a portion of the patch overlapping an opening of the flexible container... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7555879 | Apparatus and method of shipping and installation of ATM An apparatus and method for the shipping and installation of an ATM. The ATM comprises leveling legs. A pallet includes a plurality of readily separable components and a plurality of component fasteners. The pallet further comprises bracket openings which align with... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7516595 | Method for applying a resealable pouring element to a container and corresponding container A method for applying a reclosable pouring element comprising a pouring opening and a flange and having a removable cap, to a container having an opening. The method comprising the steps of connecting the pouring element to a lid of the container having an opening b... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7472524 | Method for the application of pressure relief valves A method for applying pressure relief valves to packaging during the packaging process. A punch shaft and an applicator shaft each have an axis and opposed ends. The punch shaft has a punch at one end. The applicator shaft has an applicator vacuum head at one end. E... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7404869 | Method for producing packaging laminated material A method for producing a laminated material, which comprises providing a raw material roll containing a support layer, drawing out a support layer in a web form from the raw material roll, transferring a silver-based thin film layer on an inner face of the inside of... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7356979 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a bag package, and bag package A method for manufacturing bag packages, in which netting material of bags to be formed is connected to at least two foil strips which are each provided with a printing repeating in the longitudinal direction of the strip, with the foil strips being supplied in a co... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351458 | Plastics bags and methods of making the same A plastics bag has at least one seal (34, 36) extending parallel to the mouth of the bag to close the sides. Preferably, a reclosable zipper seal (36) is provided below a top seal (34). A novel tag is provided, secured to the zipper seal (36 | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338424 | Packaging machine A horizontal packaging machine (10) for making fluid-tight packages (11) equipped with zip closure (15) comprises: at least one unit (12) for unwinding a film (13) of synthetic material for packag... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328543 | Apparatus and method for the application of pressure relief valves An applicator unit for a system applying pressure relief valves to packaging during the packaging process. A punch shaft and an applicator shaft each have an axis and opposed ends. The punch shaft has a punch at one end. The applicator shaft has an applicator vacuum... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326164 | Apparatus for making window envelopes Disclosed are a method and an apparatus designed to make a window envelope rapidly using a water-soluble clarifying agent without causing an inconvenience in its window area. Upstream of an envelope making stage wherein a continuous paper while traveling along a con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325371 | Apparatus for applying corner elements to palletized loads Described is an apparatus for applying to a palletized load (1) protective corner elements (2) having first and second sides (A, B) designed to protect contiguous sides (1a, 1b) of at least one corner of the load (1).... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325378 | Vertical form fill and seal method for producing reclosable packages from two sheets of web Various embodiments and alternatives for vertical form fill and seal methods and apparatus are disclosed. In particular, two sheets of web are fed by forming collars to a fill tube (or in some embodiments, side by side fill tubes) wherein the sheets of web are wrapp... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322920 | Easy-open shrouded slider-zipper assembly for reclosable bag A reclosable package comprises a pre-made bag with a post-applied shrouded slider-zipper assembly installed in the mouth of the bag. The bag material comprises a layer made of paper and a layer of thermoplastic material laminated to the paper layer. The shrouded sli... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322169 | Vertical, form, fill and seal packaging system A method and apparatus for continuously or intermittently and vertically forming, filling and sealing packaging includes an infeed section, a pleating assembly, a forming tube and a sealing assembly. The pleating assembly imparts at least one pleat to the film. The ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316148 | Protective sheet loader A protective sheet loader may comprise a first roller, a second roller, a sheet of material spanning between the first and second rollers, and a loading mechanism. A portion of the sheet of material may be loaded into the crimping chamber of an apparatus for reducin... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313899 | Flexible pouch and method of forming a flexible pouch A flexible pouch for packaging a product includes a front panel and a back panel, each having an upper edge, a lower edge opposite the upper edge, and side edges extending therebetween the upper and lower edges, that are joined together at the side edges and the low... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305805 | Method for making a flexible reclosable package A flexible package having an integrated reclose strip, and method for manufacturing same, constructed by modification to existing vertical form and fill packaging machines. The reclose strip comprises a length of tacky two-sided adhesive tape. The apparatus for appl... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305807 | Shrink film machine having a distance detecting device A detecting and protecting device includes detecting devices, and an ultrasonic sensor; the detecting devices are connected to respective ones of expanding assemblies of a shrink film machine, and each include a seat behind a supporting rod of a corresponding expand... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7290660 | Storage system having a disposable vacuum bag The present invention provides a storage system having a storage device having at least one polymeric sheet sealed along a portion of its' periphery to provide an opening to a storage space; a resealable closure structure adapted to seal the opening to the storage s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285083 | Method of manufacturing thin-walled containers from film webs and production facility for carrying out the method The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing thin-walled containers from film web. The method includes the steps of: manufacturing a tubular structure from at least one film web; forming at least one fold projecting into the tubular structure; and ultr... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281360 | Thermal laminates and laminating method of food packaging films The specification discloses a method for forming a packaging film. According to the method, a packaging film base layer is provided having a first side and a second side and formed from polymeric materials. At least one additional layer of polymeric material is extr... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275354 | Vertical form, fill and seal packaging system A method and apparatus for continuously or intermittently and vertically forming, filling and sealing packaging includes an infeed section, a pleating assembly, a forming tube and a sealing assembly. The pleating assembly imparts at least one pleat to the film. The ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266925 | Pot having a plant cover secured thereto A plant package comprising a pot covered with a plant cover, the plant cover at least comprising a base portion, and optionally having a skirt or a detachable upper portion. The plant cover has a heat shrinkable bonding material for heat shrinking to secure the plan... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266934 | Reclosable bag production The bags are produced on a form-fill seal machine operating horizontally or vertically. Zipper strips (16) are initially attached to a continuous web (12) which is subsequently formed into a continuous run of bags having end seals (20) and a bac... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251913 | Method of covering a potted plant A method of covering a flower pot with an oversized sleeve. The sleeve has an inner diameter which is greater than the maximum diameter of a pot disposed therein. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion, a skirt portion, with a linear or non-linear upper end,... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246721 | Flexible packages with liquid dispensing tap and methods of making the same Flexible packages for holding and selectively dispensing a liquid therefrom and methods of making those packages. Each package is formed of a flexible material and includes a tap fitment having a generally boat shaped base section sealed between contiguous portions ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244223 | Food bag release valve A method of making a plurality of flexible containers (12/112/212) comprising the steps of manufacturing a plurality of bag structures (13/113/213), separately manufacturing a plurality of valves (10/110/210), aligning the valves (10/110/210 | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234595 | Heat shrinkable cover for decorating a flower pot The present invention relates to apparatuses and methods for providing decorative covers, decorative collars and decorative cover collar combinations for covering a flower pot. The methods and apparatuses are formed from a variety of configurations of heat shrinkabl... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231749 | Apparatus and system for detecting under-filled cushions The invention is an under-filled cushion detector that is capable of conveying a string of packaging cushions and detecting whether the string of packaging cushions may be under-filled. The detector includes an upper driven belt that is movably suspended above a low... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222471 | Pallet packing method and pallet packing tool used in the method A packing tool for packing large articles such as image forming apparatuses has a pallet to place the article, and an article-fixing member to secure the article to the pallet. The article-fixing member is accommodated in an accommodating section in the pallet. When... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220476 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated chambers An inflatable web, and method and apparatus for inflating the web, which generally includes two sheets having inner surfaces sealed to each other in a pattern defining a series of inflatable chambers of predetermined length, each of the chambers having at least one ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217033 | Aseptic packaging for foods and systems and methods for aseptically packaging foods Flexible packages for use in an aseptic filling and sealing apparatus and systems incorporating the packages and apparatus. The packages are formed of a flexible material and include an openable line so that the package can be opened, filled and sealed with a produc... | 05/15/2007 |
