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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7966793 | Modular clipping packaging apparatus and associated devices, methods, systems and computer program products 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... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7069707 | Vertical tubular bagging machine In order to be able to easily exchange the fill pipe in a vertical tubular bagging machine, where a flat foil web is reshaped on a forming shoulder into a foil tube running over a fill pipe, a forming shoulder is suggested which can be opened. A shoulder sleeve out ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6915621 | Method and apparatus for wrapping pads The invention is directed to method and apparatus for wrapping pads. A web of flexible wrapping material is adapted to be pulled in tension over a forming device. The forming device has first and second folding members having angled folding edges adapted for contact... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6895731 | Apparatus for populating transport tapes An apparatus and a method for populating transport tapes with electronic components includes a mold support having at least one recess over which a flat plastic strip is disposed. A heater heats the mold support and/or the plastic strip in an area of the recesses. A... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6457300 | Plastic film guiding device of packaging machine The present invention proposes a plastic film guiding device of a packaging machine, which comprises a frame, a screw rod, a walking block, a positioning rod, a pair of slanting rods, and a pair of slide bodies. The plastic film guiding device of the pres... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6430901 | Method and device for opening and filling pre-manufactured bag packages A method for opening prefabricated pouches for the subsequent filling thereof with each pouch having a circumferential seal and an opening zone comprising holding a pouch on a support and introducing the support with the pouch into a vacuum chamber which ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6334290 | Apparatus for producing packages An apparatus for producing packages having a heating device for heating a bottom sheeting strip, a forming device, a filling device, a sealing device for sealing on a top strip, and a cutting device for separating the packages. For forming downward-drawn ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6223505 | Straw wrapping machine, method and product using a plastic film wrapper A machine and a method for wrapping an elongated object, such as a drinking straw, with a plastic film are disclosed. The machine has a drive for continuously advancing a thin narrow film strip from a supply roll to a wrapper loading and forming station. ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6205750 | Method for packaging bulk goods and a container for bulk goods A method for packaging bulk goods into an intermediate bulk container including the steps of placing an inner package made of a flexible resilient material onto a base, providing the inner package with a reinforcement structure in an interior thereof, fil... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5987860 | Guiding plate for a wrapping device Two spaced guiding plates for a wrapping device each have a first inclined face formed thereon and each of which faces the other, therefore, a V-shaped space is defined therebetween. An adjusting plate is securely mounted on a side of the wrapping device ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5941055 | Apparatus for making an instant beverage container with product therein An apparatus and method for making a beverage container which contains an instant beverage material individually sealed within the beverage container by a filter disk and an insert disk combination. The apparatus includes a mandrel having a flange and a f... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5913799 | Single station covering and fastening system An apparatus and method for forming a cover about an article and for automatically fastening the cover to the article, and optionally for automatically placing a label on the covered article. The article may be an article such as a potted plant and the co... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5758475 | Method of producing a tinned food container A method of producing a tinned food container has a container body 1 of a flat material, especially aluminum strip or tinplate strip which is deep-drawn and which, at least in the region of its planar end flange, is provided with a coating 2, especially a... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5740664 | Single station covering and fastening system An apparatus and method for forming a cover about an article and for automatically fastening the cover to the article, and optionally for automatically placing a label on the covered article. The article may be an article such as a potted plant and the co... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5636502 | Single station covering and fastening system An apparatus and method for forming a cover about an article and for automatically fastening the cover to the article, and optionally for automatically placing a label on the covered article. The article may be an article such as a potted plant and the co... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5634324 | Bag making machine A bag making machine for making bags from a sealable film is disclosed, wherein the heatable film is advanced along forming tubes. Most particularly, the invention is concerned with a bag making machine for the parallel manufacture, especially of tubular ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5544472 | Method for packaging of bulk goods into a unit-load package and a unit-load package for bulk goods The invention concerns a method for packaging of bulk goods into a unit-load package and a unit-load package for bulk goods. The unit-load package consists of an inner package (11) and of an outer package (16). The inner package (11) is an inner sack made... | 08/13/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5400571 | Method and machine for producing cartons of cigarettes A method and machine for producing cartons of cigarettes, each consisting of a number of packets of cigarettes housed inside a box formed from a flat blank divided by yield lines into a number of panels; the carton being formed by feeding the blank along ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 4823539 | Forming and filing device for cardboard package In an apparatus for forming, filling and closing packages made of cardboard, cassettes for receiving the package are provided, which may be rearranged in differing processing positions. These cassettes are designed in such a way that they may be either ex... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4677811 | Method of and installation for putting stacks of coins into cartridges (a) Method of putting stacks of coins into cartridges, (b) Method characterized in that a sheet of paper (9) is rolled up partially to form at least one circumference of a tube, the stack of coins is placed within this tube and the stack of coins and the tube ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4671047 | Form-fill-seal machine A forming shoulder for an HFFS machine comprises a pair of side wires 3a and 3b each comprising an upper limb 11 joined to a lower limb 14 at an elbow 12 and each supported near a respective end of a support bar 16. The width of the tube, defined by side ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4646507 | Machine for making packs for flowing material A packaging machine is disclosed for making and filling packages (1) consisting of inner (13) and outer (2) containers formed from sheet material. The apparatus comprises two supply locations (35) for supplying two separate webs of packaging material (31,... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4570423 | Tree ball wrapping device A tree ball tying apparatus is disclosed comprising a tripartile inverted, truncated conically shaped holder whose included angle is less than 60° and is made of sheet metal attached to a stand by its rearmost part. The two forward parts are hinged, latc... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4398380 | Packing apparatus Disclosed herein is a packing apparatus which comprises a container opening at its upper end and at least one film suction chamber positioned under the container and is connected to an appropriate absorbing device. The container defines a packing chamber ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4308709 | Apparatus for forming paper boxes and the like A box blank with receptacle and cover sections each with side and end flaps has a hinge panel joining the sections. A vacuum pickup draws a flat blank from a stack to a feed carriage which delivers the glue coated blank to a former and a forming head havi... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4014156 | Method of producing individually wrapped confections and apparatus for performing the same Method and apparatus for producing individually wrapped confections in centrifugal molds by inserting a wrapper material into the mold, introducing a portion of flowable confectionery mass into the upwardly open wrapper and then rotating the mold to distr... | 03/29/1977 |
