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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434376 | Machine for packaging articles into box-like containers In a machine for packaging articles into box-like containers, obtained from tubular blanks in flat folded configuration, tubular blanks are conveyed from a feeding station to an erecting station, by an erection unit, moving between the erecting station and a station... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7390291 | Apparatus for rapidly expanding and folding cardboard boxes feeding mechanism, an expanding mechanism, a folding mechanism for folding front and rear parts of a bottom of a cardboard box, a folding mechanism for folding left and right parts of a bottom of a cardboard box, and a conveying mechanism; the feeding mechanism has ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7320204 | Process and apparatus for encapsulating a photo-stimuable phosphor imaging plate within a barrier envelope and a barrier envelope therefore There are disclosed by a process and apparatus for positioning and sealing photostimuable phosphor imaging plates within barriers envelope blanks therefore and formed on a roll thereof wherein a barrier envelope blank including a U-shaped heat sealed portion thereof... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7003931 | Bag filling and sealing machine and method for handling bags A bag filling and sealing machine includes a bag holder, a bag opening and filling station, and a sealing station. The bag holder holds wicketed bags in a manner that allows the bags to be easily torn from the holder. A funnel assembly successively opens each bag, t... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6976350 | Bag presenter for a packaging machine A bag presenter for moving a bag from a bag supply toward a packaging machine filling station, the bag presenter comprising: a bag supply holding area, a gripper for holding a bag in the filling station and a bag handler for moving the bag from the holding area towa... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6964146 | Portable pouch opening machine A portable pouch opener for countertop positioning for opening and filling a bag includes a portable housing positionable upon a desktop bench workspace. The housing has a magazine containing a supply of bags to be opened and filled. A first suction device is mounte... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6935385 | Stretch wrap transportable container and method The invention provides a diameter reducing system for reducing the diameter of a flexible container as the container is filled. The system includes a stretching device to stretch the container at the fill level as the container is filled with a plurality of particle... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6886308 | Bag holder for bag handling machine A bag holder holds a plurality of bags having spaced mounting holes formed in a top flange. The bag holder may be used with any of a variety of bag handling machines. The bag holder includes a frame member having a front, a rear, a top, and a bottom; a pair of pull-... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6880310 | Method for automatic bale bag loading An apparatus and method for automatic opening of bags uses bags in a folded configuration that include a small aperture near the top thereof. The aperture allows a number of bags to be hung in a substantially vertical orientation on an angled protruding member. A va... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6823654 | Bag filling and sealing machine and method for handling bags A bag filling and sealing machine includes a bag holder, a bag opening and filling station, and a sealing station. The bag holder holds wicketed bags in a manner that allows the bags to be easily torn from the holder. A funnel assembly successively opens each bag, t... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6742321 | Flange alignment and grasping assembly for bag handling apparatus A flange alignment and grasping assembly is adapted to straighten the flanges of a bag in a filling and sealing apparatus so that the flanges may be clamped by the assembly. The assembly includes opposed guides that engage the side of the bag in the general location... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6672038 | Bag manipulating method and assembly for a bag filling station A bag manipulating method and assembly including a pair of bag grippers that receive and grip opposing side edges of a bag positioned in a loading station. The bag grippers are movable in a plane substantially normal to a longitudinal axis of the loading ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6550226 | Bag filling and sealing machine and method for handling bags A bag filling and sealing machine includes a bag holder, a bag opening and filling station, and a sealing station. The bag holder holds wicketed bags in a manner that allows the bags to be easily torn from the holder. A funnel assembly successively opens ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6516590 | Bagging machine having feed control A system for compacting organic material such as silage and inserting compacted material into an elongate plastic bag. A feed table delivers material to a rotor that propels and compacts material into an inlet of a tunnel. A proportional valve controlling... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6230475 | Bag-loading machine and bag-filling machine and combination thereof and related method A hag-loading machine and a bag-filling machine and combination thereof, the bag-loading machine including bag carrying frame, motors coupled to the bag-carrying frame for moving it toward and away from the bag-filling machine and between a lower position... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6138723 | Filling arrangement A filling device for filling bags, in particular with granular bulk material, in which there are provided a closeable filler neck (17) which is in connection with a reservoir and at least one pair of clamping arms (14) which are at least indirectly swivel... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6094891 | Bag-loading machine and bag-filling machine and combination thereof and related method A bag-loading machine and a bag-filling machine and combination thereof, the bag-loading machine including bag-carrying frame, a first motor coupled to the bag-carrying frame for moving it between a lower and a higher position, a bag-opening frame, a seco... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5970688 | Apparatus for opening pouches for insertion of objects thereinto Apparatus for opening an open end of a pouch, an overwrap, or the like so as to facilitate the insertion of an object thereinto includes a number of processing stations, such as a storage station where a supply of pouches is stored and an opening station ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5826405 | Method and apparatus for opening taped bags A method of opening a bag includes the steps of providing a bag including a first panel, a second panel, a first bag edge, a second bag edge, a bag bottom, and a bag mouth; holding the bag mouth between a first means for vacuumizing and a second means for... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5819511 | Method and device for the spreading and fitting of empty sacks and for grasping and stacking filled sacks and for conveying them into a closure device A process and device move at least one filled sack from a suspended position at an individual filling nozzle into an upright position on a moving conveyor belt for introduction into a sack closure device, where the travel speed of the conveyor belt corres... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5802817 | Method and apparatus for opening a mesh bag An automatic bag opening apparatus for sequentially opening at least one bag, preferably a mesh bag, comprising a frame, a wicket for holding the bag wherein the mesh bag adjacent the forward end of the wicket is the outermost mesh bag, a first clamp disp... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5782066 | Apparatus for filling a bag with an article loaded in a tray An apparatus for loading an article into a bag. The apparatus comprises a loading station which is positioned adjacent a conveyor carrying the articles to be filled in the bags. The loading station comprises a bag delivery plate, a bag bottom opening plat... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5771665 | Sand bagging system A sand bagging system is adapted to fill and seal a multiplicity of sand bags in a rapid fashion. Bags are extracted from a cassette of interconnected bags, positioned at a charge station. At the charging station, a charge of bulk material is collected an... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5711138 | Packing assist apparatus A packing assist apparatus is provided which assures that articles to be packed can continuously be packed without close contact of the surface of a packing film with the surface of the articles and each packing operation can be performed at improved effi... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5630310 | Automatic ice bagger with self-contained sanitizing system An ice bagger comprises an ice maker, an ice bagging unit which includes an automatic sanitation system, and a merchandiser. The ice maker delivers particulate ice into a hopper housed within the ice bagging unit. The ice bagging unit includes a bag carri... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5535792 | High speed bag filling machine A high speed bag filling machine utilizing a tiltable spout for attaching a bag in a tilted position and reversing the tilting motor to move the spout and bag over a conveyor. A vertically movable transfer carriage comprises a front forming bar and a pair... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5511364 | Apparatus for packing products in preformed bags A packaging machine for penny packing products, such as bagels, bread, donuts, in pre-made plastic bags includes an endless chain carrying a plurality of regularly spaced bag grippers, the chain being entrained about sprocket wheels to define first and se... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5477662 | Device for packaging products in bags Device for packaging products, in particular bread, in bags, comprising a bearing guide (1) which guides a bearing part (2) which is driven in a reciprocating movement. The bearing part bears lower and upper scoops (7, 9) which can move relative to each o... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5457930 | Machine for filling reticulate sacks having closing and holding bands or the like A machine for filling reticulate sacks having closing and holding bands, or the like, has a turning support with four crossed arms. Each arm having two vertical blades. Four stations are located about the support. A first station carries the sacks to the ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5440863 | Bagger A bagging apparatus includes a bag storage mechanism arranged to store a number of stacked bags, a bag feeding mechanism arranged under a delivery chute and opposed to the bag storage mechanism, the bag feeding mechanism being provided at its upper end po... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5337541 | Method for the automatic supply of bags and bag hanging apparatus A method and apparatus for automatic bag hanging allows far more than 1000 bag hangings per hour. A bag is removed from a bag bucket conveyor by its closed end and is guided, bottom forward, at an approximately right angle around a roller deflection devic... | 08/16/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5277016 | Ice cube making, bagging, and storing apparatus A method of and apparatus for bagging ice cubes produced by a plurality of cubers with only one bagger when the cubers are stacked side-by-side with the ice produced by each cuber falling into one of two hoppers. The ice is moved from each hopper alternat... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5172537 | Bag opening means for bagging machine A bagging machine having means for holding a plurality of unopened bags wherein the bags have an extended tab, means for manipulating the extended tab, thereby opening the bag and allowing it to be filled, and clamping means for manipulating the mouth of ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5142846 | Apparatus and method for bagging a product A bag detection apparatus (50) for sensing the position and seam integrity of a deformable bag (24) and bag transfer apparatus (53) for gripping and maintaining positive control of the edges (25) of the bag (24) during transfer from a bag filling station ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5119615 | Apparatus for filling a product into a bag A plurality of clamps arranged in equally spaced relation on an endless track are intermittently advanced at a pitch equal to the distance of each two adjacent clamps. A switch reactive only to the passage of a sufficiently heavy or filled bag which has b... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5119617 | Multi-lane infeed counter/bagger Apparatus for handling and packaging articles such as can ends is capable of receiving a continuous flow of articles and automatically delivering groups of articles of a prescribed number, disposed in a nested condition, to a packaging station. The appara... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5109651 | Ice bagger An ice bagging apparatus comprising an ice collecting zone, which has water drain, an auger position below and in communication with the ice collecting zone and in communication with a separated ice delivery and bagging zone. The ice delivery and bagging ... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5054275 | Apparatus for supplying valved sacks to a filling nozzle Apparatus for supplying valved sacks or bags to filling nozzles is disclosed, including a first conveyor for transporting a sack to a waiting position spaced from the filling nozzle a distance at least equal to the width of the sack, and a second conveyor... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5050651 | Apparatus for the opening and separating of valve bags An apparatus for opening the upper and lower surfaces of a flat-folded valve bag and for separating a valve bag from a stack of valve bags includes a wedge-shaped insertion member comprising two movable parts mounted on a movable carriage. The movable par... | 09/24/1991 |
