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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434377 | Waste disposal device including a rotatable geared rim to operate a cartridge A waste disposal device has a rotatable geared rim to operate a cartridge. The device comprises a rotation mechanism. A flange supports a rotatable geared rim. The support flange is operatively configured to be driven by the rotation mechanism. The cartridge is also... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7350663 | Waste storage device A container adapted for waste storage is provided. The container has a mechanically operated sealing mechanism that allows a user to seal the waste storage film by depressing an actuator. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7240466 | Device and method for producing tubular packs that are filled with a product A device for producing a tubular pack which is filled with a product, particularly with a foodstuff, comprises a conveying device for conveying a tube filled with the product. A closing device is provided for producing tubular packs. This closing device comprises pi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7028451 | Vertical tubular bagging machine In order to be able to remove in a vertical tubular bagging machine in a simple manner a worm-dosing means stored in a fill pipe, it is suggested that the fill pipe is formed out of two troughs aligned against one another with their insides, and that a trough is rel... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028452 | Packaging device for fitting and heat-shrinking packaging film A packaging device includes a film fitting mechanism, a film shrinking mechanism and a controller. The film fitting mechanism fits a tubular heat shrinkage film over a film cylinder and moves the film a distance along the cylinder and cuts a length of the film off. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7000370 | Apparatus and method for stretch-wrapping articles Apparatus and process for stretch wrapping articles, especially heads of lettuce, wherein a roll (23) of film (24) is supported on a housing (21), and the film is supplied from the roll around a dancer roller (50) and film feed roller ( | 02/21/2006 |
| 6880315 | Apparatus for forming a bait sack An apparatus for forming a bait sack using a netting material comprises a filling collar having a tubular configuration and an inside surface for directing bait into the netting material. A forming sleeve has a tubular configuration and is disposed coaxially about t... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6846235 | Closing device for flexible tubular packaging A device for closing tubular containers of flexible material, such as sausage casings or the like, contains plate-shaped constricting components for the purpose of forming constrictions in the container and a power-driven device for fastening a closure clip around t... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6705063 | Segmenting device for portionable filling in a flexible tubular casing This invention concerns a segmenting device in particular for the manufacture (portioning) of sausages from a string of sausage filling in a flexible tubular casing, which consists of a plurality of tye elements (12) in the form of strips which can be rotated... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6474041 | Machine for packaging objects by means of a sheet of heat-shrink material A method for packaging objects by the use of heat-shrink material, in which there is wrapped in the manner of a sleeve around the objects, a sheet of heat-shrink material, heated to a temperature which is at least equivalent to the "defrosting" temperatur... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6263643 | Elasticated netting A machine for automatically loading tubes with elasticated netting in a folded condition comprises an array of fingers which, by reciprocative movement of the tube relatively through the array, will draw off a continuous sleeve of the netting from a sprea... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6170240 | Packaging and disposal system A packaging and disposal system for sealing waste and related materials within flexible plastic tubing for odorless and sanitary disposal. Improvements in the latch, including the addition of a transverse mounted latch spring, and improvements in the supp... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5918447 | Device for making portion packs of a dividable filling in a flexible tubular container A device for crimping a flexible tubular container filled with a dividable filling to form portion packs thereof, which comprises an outer ring, a concentric inner ring, at least four crimping elements in the form of strips, each of which elements is pivo... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5826404 | System and method for use of loose fill packing materials System and method for packing loose fill materials in bags to form cushions for use in protecting articles in shipping cartons. The bags are produced from a length of flexible plastic tubing which is folded and gathered to form a coil which is disposed ab... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5054273 | System for inflating balloons and inserting objects thereinto Apparatus for inflating balloons to enable inserting objects thereinto include a housing having a lower compartment and an upper compartment, a first elongate tubular element disposed in the upper compartment to extend upwardly from the lower compartment ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5009058 | Automatic baling machine A device and method for baling a plurality of items in a sack-like bale enclosure which includes a conduit for conducting items from a conveyor to a sock-like item receptacle coaxially mounted over an outlet end of the conduit.... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4493179 | Bag-out material handling system A bagging device for transferring material from a first chamber through an opening in a wall to a second chamber includes an outer housing communicating with the opening and having proximal and distal ends relative to the wall. An inner housing having pro... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4489538 | Bag-out material handling system A bagging device for transferring material from a first chamber through an pening in a wall to a second chamber includes an outer housing communicating with the opening and having proximal and distal ends relative to the wall. An inner housing having proxi... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4446677 | Packing apparatus for a squeezed package A packing apparatus, in particular for provisions in a squeezed style package, is provided comprising a hopper to supply a predetermined amount of the provisions into a synthetic resin film tube, a heat-seal and fusion cutting device disposed beneath the ... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4445311 | Portioning and packing machine A portioning and packaging machine for pasty materials, especially food products such as butter, margarine and cheese, comprises a stationary feed tube around which a portioning head is rotated. The portioning head is formed with radial portioning cylinde... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4023238 | Stuffing machine with telescoping nozzle An improved stuffing horn construction for a sausage making machine includes a T-shaped nozzle having a separate, attached telescoping nozzle for discharge of sausage meat. The telescoping nozzle is adjustable relative to the casing brake to prevent smear... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4002006 | Method and apparatus for packaging goods A method and apparatus for forming individual containers from a length of an unexpanded continuous tube of expandable net-like material having an open end portion and a length several times longer than the length of the individual containers to be formed ... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3940906 | Method of and apparatus for forming packages A supply of hose-shaped wrapping material is pleated axially and fits telescopically about the outer surface of a forming tube. A portion of the wrapping material extends over the upper rim of the tube and downwardly through the tube bore to a position be... | 03/02/1976 |
