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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7694499 | Equipment and process for continuously making stack packages of tiles or the like Packaging equipment for continuously making packages of stacks of tiles on a working conveyor that feeds the stacks of tiles to be packaged. The equipment has a first element for feeding a plastic film on top of the working conveyor that projects laterally below the... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7325374 | Modular infeeds for automatic forms/fill/seal equipment Apparatus for the automatic packaging of one or more articles. One or more modular infeed systems are provided, each adapted to feed product to a wrapping machine, and each preferably adapted to communicate with a wrapping machine to identify its configuration to th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7124556 | Device for bagging dry ingredients A device 10 for bagging dry ingredients, wherein a packaging mechanism 16 is integrally disposed under a weighing mechanism 13 for stored dry ingredients 12 and through a common frame 18. The weighing mechanism 13 comprises ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114309 | Method and apparatus for making reclosable packages having slider-actuated string zippers Methods and apparatus for making reclosable packages having slider-actuated string zippers. More specifically, one method comprises the following steps: (a) providing an elongated web of packaging film having first and second edges that are substantially mutually pa... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7076935 | Convertible computer controlled FFS bagging machine A convertible computer controlled form, fill and seal bagging machine comprising a film drive drawing a film sheet about a pouch former with the film sheet being folded and overlapped along longitudinal edge portions; a first sealer heat fusing the overlapped edge p... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059102 | Method for producing a casing In a process for the manufacture of packs, for a product in portions, with a paste-like product that is to be packaged, especially sausages, in a foil tube (15), starting from a band-shaped flat foil (1), which has been provided unilaterally with a con... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7003929 | Apparatus and method for automated forming of sleeves for sliced products A forming apparatus is provided for forming a film into a sleeve around a filling tube. The forming apparatus has contact surface geometry that is contacted by the film as it travels thereacross configured to ensure smooth forming of the film into the sleeve. Smooth... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6453639 | Machine for making filter bags for products for infusion A machine for making filter bags for products for infusion comprises a first wheel forming a station for winding a thread with pick-up tab around the filter bag, means for positioning and guiding the thread with pick-up tab relative to the filter bag oper... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6212860 | Apparatus for wrapping drinking straws Sipping straws are confined in discrete envelopes while advancing in a single file of spaced-apart straws through a wrapping station. The envelopes are obtained from a continuous strip of wrapping paper which is conveyed to the wrapping station in the dir... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5491960 | Apparatus for the continuous production of a particulate filled barrier An apparatus for continuously producing a particulate filled bag or barrier. The apparatus includes a frame having terrain engaging members, such as runners. A wound coil of sheet material is mounted on the forward end of the frame, and located to the rea... | 02/20/1996 |
| 4919740 | Method and apparatus for forming fin-type back seals An improved apparatus and method for providing uniform fin-type back seals with flexible packaging material for use in conjunction with form-fill-and-seal machines is disclosed which utilizes a moveable tucker plate disposed between the mated edges of the... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4776151 | Package having fiber-containing sheath and apparatus and method for packaging The package of the present invention comprises a sheath formed from a folded, relatively rigid strip having structure for receiving and releasably holding the ends of the fiber to be packaged. In a preferred embodiment, the fiber is between the two folded... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4563231 | Tubular casing, process for its manufacture, and its use as a sausage casing Disclosed is a tubular casing of fiber-reinforced regenerated cellulose comprising a film web which is curved to form a tube. The edge regions of the film web, which run parallel to the longitudinal axis, abut or overlap slightly and are sealed by means o... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4517789 | Separator-folder for form-and-fill packaging machines A form-and-fill packaging machine has a separator-folder at the cross-over for separating the web edges and folding one edge to form a fin seal in the back of the packaging tube. The separator-former is of one-piece construction generally U-shaped in sect... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4164833 | Skip-seal mechanism for packaging machine A machine for heat sealing articles between two continuous webs of plastic material comprises two parallel synchronously driven shafts, each of which has a pair of wheels on it which are brought into pressure relationship for heat sealing. One shaft is mo... | 08/21/1979 |
| 3935048 | Method for forming containers with fin-type seams A conventional fin-type seam formed on tubed bag forming sheet material provided on one face with heat sealable material, has heat sealed overlapping edge portions forming the seam. The fin slides over a back-up plate extending between it and the body of ... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3932980 | Apparatus for continuously making a mixture of viscous material with solid material An apparatus for continuously making a mixture of viscous material with solid material, which comprises a pair of spaced mixing rolls for dragging the viscous material and the solid material into a gap between the mixing rolls to permit the materials to b... | 01/20/1976 |
