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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7849660 | Ice bagging system and method An ice bagging system is described. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7497062 | Ice bagging apparatus An ice-bagging apparatus comprises an ice maker for making ice, a hopper for receiving the ice from the ice maker, a drawer system comprising a drawer and a top door operatively associated with the hopper for measuring the ice and delivering of the ice, a bag delive... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7437860 | Stamp applicator with automatic sizing feature A stamp applicator includes a sizing feature that measures the size of a carton of cigarettes entering the machine. The sizing feature may include sensors that determine both the height and width of a carton of cigarettes. The applicator includes a stamping head and... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426812 | Ice bagging apparatus A method for bagging ice using an ice-bagging apparatus comprising an ice maker for making ice and hopper for receiving the ice from the ice maker, a door and drawer system operatively associated with the hopper for measuring the ice and delivering of the ice, a bag... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7272918 | Sealing gasket for lower tool of a sealing station of a vacuum packaging machine An improved sealing gasket for a vacuum-sealing station of a vacuum packaging machine which is made such that the outer perimetric portion thereof is made of a greater hardness than the rest of the sealing gasket, whereby the sealing heat-elements of a reciprocal he... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7240468 | Method and system for producing shock absorbing package containing packaged article A method and apparatus for manufacturing a cushioning package containing an article to be packaged. The apparatus includes a cushioning sheet forming unit to form a cushioning sheet by heat-sealing flexible elongated resin sheets which are continuously fed in a long... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240465 | Transfer system of food products by means of pickers A transfer system for food products (P) having a product conveyor (11); a first support conveyor (13) suitable for moving supports (12) in equicurrent with the food products (P); a plurality of pickers (R1, R2, R3) situated ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7160568 | Method for making a triangularly-shaped, baked dough product Confectionery, such as a tart and pie, is sequentially made. A generally rectangular mold is filled with food dough. The food dough is baked and taken out of the mold. The food dough is cut and divided in a zigzag pattern into generally triangularly-shaped food doug... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131249 | Product overwrap machine A typical product overwrap machine includes a crossfeed conveyor, a pusher bar for transferring bread products to a lifting table which moves upwardly to wrap the bread product with a sealing wrap, and the wrapped bread product is sealed by heated rollers. The prese... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7089711 | Feeder provided with automatic size recognition for a packaging line A feeder for feeding products to be dispatched, such as, for instance, documents, periodicals, CDs, DVDs, and the like, to a conveyor of a packaging line, provided with transport pushers, the feeder being provided with a magazine for storing a stack of products, the... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082737 | Form-fill-seal machine Form-fill-seal machine includes parts for moving a web of packaging material through the machine according to a process path and parts for transforming the web into filled bags, as well as a zipper strip applicator device for supplying a zipper strip for each bag tr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7039501 | Method for determining a position of a robot Generally, a method of determining a position of a robot is provided. In one embodiment, a method of determining a position of a robot comprises acquiring a first set of positional metrics, acquiring a second set of positional metrics and resolving the position of t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6996948 | Apparatus and method for use in packing meat cuts Apparatus for use in packing meat cuts including a machine vision system arranged to scan or view individual meat cuts and acquire dimensional, volume, shape, cut type, or meat quality or grading information or other information relating to the individual meat cuts,... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6773384 | Sheet processing machine for making packages A machine for treating sheets, said machine comprising drive means (14, 16, 18) for driving the sheets, treatment tooling (52, 62) for forming cutouts or folds in said sheets that extend transversely to the drive direction (F) in which the sheets are d... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6766948 | Produce packaging device and method of use thereof A produce packaging device for weighing and packaging produce in an appropriate package based upon the produce type and quantity. In one embodiment, the device includes: (1) a scale for receiving and weighing produce to be packaged; (2) produce-type determination ci... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6711873 | Apparatus for loading electronic packages of varying sizes Packages of varying dimensions are loaded into a plurality of electrical package tubes. A guide arrangement is provided, which is programmable to receive the electrical packages by automatically configuring to accommodate the varying dimensions of the electrical pac... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6684609 | Packaging machine for continuously producing sealed packages of a pourable food product, and having a capacitive level sensor A packaging machine (1) for continuously producing sealed packages (2) of a pourable food product from a tube (4) of heat-seal sheet packaging material fed along a vertical path (A) and filled continuously with the food product by means of a fill conduit ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6643998 | Packaging apparatus A packaging apparatus for enclosing a head portion of a stethoscope in a barrier material. The packaging apparatus includes a housing having an interior with an opening for allowing the insertion of a head portion of a stethoscope into the interior. A sen... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6427425 | Timing controller and packaging machine incorporating same A vertical pillow type form-fill-seal packaging machine with transverse sealers incorporates a timing controller for adjusting the timing for clamping a tubularly formed film with the sealers such that articles being dropping in to be packaged will not be... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6421981 | Packaging machine incorporating timing controller A vertical pillow type form-fill-seal packaging machine with transverse sealers incorporates a timing controller for adjusting the timing for clamping a tubularly formed film with the sealers such that articles being dropping in to be packaged will not be... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6321506 | Coffee dispensing and packaging machine Coffee dispensing and packaging machine, comprising a container for the grained coffee and a mill for the same coffee, in which the container (7) is subdivided in a plurality of separate rooms (8, 9) containing respectively grained coffee of different typ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6261030 | Desiccant feeder system and apparatus A desiccant feeder system comprising, a reservoir for desiccant canisters, means for delivering the canisters through a transfer tube to at a loading station, means for presenting the open end of containers one at a time at the loading station, means for ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 5930978 | Apparatus for packing products and method for controlling the same A product such as a monitor is transferred by a transferring unit such as a conveyor, stopped at a working position, elevated to a packing position by an elevating unit, packed with packing material, such as with a vinyl cover, buffering materials and a b... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5752369 | Apparatus for controlling operating of a packaging machine An apparatus for controlling the operation of a packaging machine of the type which carries out the operations of causing a tube film placed around articles under transport to be cut and sealed between adjacent articles for being successively formed into ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5168883 | Apparatus for applying tax stamps to cigarettes in cartons and for repacking cartons An apparatus for automatically applying trasfers to packages in any size of cartons, such as revenue stamps to cigarettes while in cartons. Initially, cigarette cartons of any size are loaded onto a conveyor belt where they are carried to the various stat... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5147491 | Form, fill and seal process and device A detection apparatus is provided in a form, fill and seal operation to detect the position of sealing jaws with respect to one another during the sealing process.... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5014489 | Film sheet feed for food tray film wrapping machine There is disclosed a food tray film wrapping machine having an improved film feeding mechanism particularly adapted to feeding pre-printed film from a continuous roll and assuring proper registration of the printing on the film-wrapped tray, including a r... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5009053 | Storage and transport tray and tray packing system Individual beverage containers 16 are transported by conveyor track 14A to conveyor track 14B, along which they are advanced by parallel chains 34 and 36 carrying flight bars 44. Trays 26 to receive containers 16 are advanced by an inclined conveyor track... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5001884 | Packaging machine A packaging machine of the type, in which products are inserted into the gap between two halves of center-folded film. The machine comprises two sealers. The first sealer cuts and heat-seals the center-folded film along a line extending at right angles to... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4776146 | Packaging apparatus Apparatus for loading trays with cut product typically meat chops is described, comprising a delivery conveyor (22) onto which are delivered the pieces of cut product (76) in sequence for movement to a delivery station (26), a tray conveyor (32) extending... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4748791 | Beverage tray packing system A system for packing containers, such as beverage containers, into corresponding transport trays is comprised of a first conveyor track on which the containers are transported and a second conveyor track on which the trays are transported. A portion of th... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4704841 | Beverage tray packing system A system and method for packing containers, such as beverage containers, into a transport tray is comprised of a first conveyor track on which the containers are transported and a second conveyor track on which the trays are transported. A portion of the ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4683704 | Method of and apparatus for wrapping Method of and apparatus for wrapping articles, in particular for wrapping reams of paper in a sheet of wrapping material such as paper or the like. The method comprises coupling the wrapping apparatus to the sheeter which produces the reams so as to autom... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4656815 | Method and device for controlling the filling of a container A method and device fills sheet-like blanks, such as folded box blanks, into a container on the edge of the blanks to form a stack or row therein. The method and device utilizes a feed unit for removing blanks from a flow of shingled blanks one at a time ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4655873 | Device for applying a wrapping tape around an object A device for applying a wrapping tape (14) around an object (2), comprising a substantially closed trough (6) surrounding a support (1) for the object (2) to be wrapped, said trough (6) being adapted for guiding the tape (14) to be wrapped which is driven... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4627222 | System for in-line processing of envelopes and the like A system for in-line processing of envelopes and the like includes a first upstanding feed hopper for feeding primary rectangular envelopes through a first printer press operative to print predetermined indicia on the primary envelopes after which they ar... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4577451 | Device for detecting the presence of an article in the recesses of the feeding disc of a wrapping machine Device for detecting the presence or the absence of an article in the recesses of the feeding disc of a wrapping machine for candies, comprising a nozzle emitting an air jet directed against the portion of said disc carrying the recesses. Opposite to the ... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4532751 | Automatic sheet product line A product line is provided for forming a sheet product composed of products such as bacon slices resting on a pre-cut thin substrate such as a sheet of paper. The substrate sheets are pre-cut to a predetermined length, and a flow of individual products an... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4364217 | Device for automatically opening and filling boxes Disclosed is a device for successively conveying flat folded boxes from an aligned stack into an opening station wherein each box is automatically opened and the box bottom is simultaneously folded into position. Also disclosed is a box to be used in said... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4355492 | Apparatus for automatically boxing cylindrical goods There is described an apparatus for automatically boxing cylindrical goods with the same size, with means for aligning said goods and move same by gravity to a filling station, as well as means for discharging the filled boxes. A suitable box is also desc... | 10/26/1982 |
