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Class 53/586 - U-fold forming initial banding


Subclass of Class 53 - Package making
Definition: Apparatus in which a band is applied by contacting one face
No. of patents: 157
Last issue date: 03/25/2008


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NumberTitleIssue Date
7347035Assembly for automatically unrolling and cutting stretch film
An assembly is disclosed for unrolling and pre-stretching stretch film as the film is fed from the assembly to goods/products to be wrapped or packed. The assembly comprises a first member for controlling the unwinding of the film from a spool, and a cutter arranged...
03/25/2008
7331164Apparatus for strapping a packaged item
An apparatus for strapping a packaged item using at least two strapping elements, which can be placed crosswise on the packaged item. A transport unit moves the packaged item into a strapping position a guide device for the strapping elements. The guide device arran...
02/19/2008
7325374Modular 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
7322172Utensil wrapping apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for wrapping a napkin around one or more utensils. The apparatus includes a wrapping area defining a trough dimensioned to receive one or more utensils. A utensil dispenser and napkin delivery mechanism may be provided to deliver the utensils...
01/29/2008
7310922Banded envelopes and method for assembling a package of banded envelopes
A method for processing envelopes including the steps of providing a plurality of generally aligned envelopes and compressing the plurality of envelopes together. The method further includes the step of placing a band around the compressed envelopes such that the ba...
12/25/2007
7302786Method and device for wrapping products
Products (2) presenting bevelled or rounded corner edges (35) are advanced singly and in succession along a predetermined path (P), each enveloped in a wrapper (11) of parallelepiped box-like shape, and directed ultimately into a station (15
12/04/2007
7231952Label wrapper assembly
A label wrapper assembly for wrapping a label on an elongated object. The assembly includes a support frame having a first wall spaced from a second wall. A wrapper frame is interposed between the first and second walls, and has a first end and a second end. The wra...
06/19/2007
7222781Device for pulling out packing material from a container in order to band a stack of bank notes
A simple and reliable device is provided which pulls out packing material from a container in order to band a stack of bank notes. The container has an upper lip with an element interacting with the packing material. A vertically reciprocating pickup mechanism is mo...
05/29/2007
7218334Paper object processing device and paper object processing method
The paper object processing device comprises a take-out roller which feeds tickets where one surface side is a heat-sensitive surface and the other surface side is a non heat-sensitive surface, a conveying path which conveys the fed ticket, a bar-code reader which r...
05/15/2007
7197862Log bander apparatus and method
A log packaging apparatus for packaging logs using a turret or a shuttle. The turret or shuttle can be used in conjunction with a wrap conveyor. The turret system can include a rotatable turret with at least one clamp movable into different positions in the apparatu...
04/03/2007
7178572Label wrapper block assembly
A label wrapper block assembly for mounting in a rotatably mounted wrapper frame in a label wrapper assembly includes a base having opposing ends joined by a top surface and a bottom surface. A channel extends between the ends in the top surface for receiving an obj...
02/20/2007
7172116Automatic dispensing machine of cards and card like goods
Dispensing more than one card or card like good is prevented to prevent issuing a duplicate with an automatic dispensing machine of card or card like good having a table which supports the piled up card or card like good. A sucking device is located over the table a...
02/06/2007
7080494Method for making a large square bale out of a plurality of small bales
A method for making a large square bale out of a plurality of small bales, utilizing a square baler. Small bales are fed into a processing chamber resting in side by side relation on a pivoting floor. The floor is pivoted from a horizontal position to a vertical pos...
07/25/2006
7076932Apparatus and method for wrapping
Embodiments of the present invention provide for a wrapping apparatus and associated methods. The wrapping apparatus may include a first holder for holding first items to be wrapped. The wrap is placed on a rotating table when the rotating table is rotated into a fi...
07/18/2006
7025259Device for customizing and dispensing contactless smart tickets
A device for the customization and automatic dispensing of single smart contactless tickets provided with a device to check the reliability of tickets and a device to customize the tickets, and including a storage location for tickets in the form of a vertical stack...
04/11/2006
6971218Method and apparatus for banding a wrapped bundle of articles
Apparatus for banding a bundle of articles covered by a wrapping, such as tableware wrapped by a napkin, a manually wrapped bundle having at least one of said articles covered by said wrapping and being fed by a user of the apparatus into contact with a pre-cut elon...
12/06/2005
6922978Wrapping device in a press for forming bales of textile material
The press comprises at least one final pressing station with a standing press comprising one upper pressing plate and one lower pressing plate; the plates are fitted on coaxial coupling attachments (202) and turned on the vertical axis X—X with the bale aft...
08/02/2005
6892515Apparatus for banding groups of palletised products
An apparatus (1) for banding palletized products comprises: a conveyor (2), extending in a direction of feed (A), for transporting pallets (3), each bearing a stack (4) of products; a gantry structure (5) mounted over the conveyor ...
05/17/2005
6826891Devices and method for bundling a stack of sheet-type objects
A stack of sheet-type objects are bundled while supported on a support plate. A banding strip is guided in a channel formed in the plate. The support plate can be pushed through a shaft that is formed by a pair of spaced sidewalls. A tongue is displaceable between a...
12/07/2004
6807798Method of banding
A banding fixture including a body having a horizontal opening therein, a carriage movable into and out of the horizontal opening, a recess in the carriage, and the carriage with the recess therein movable into the horizontal opening with a surface in the carriage i...
10/26/2004
6772577Branding fixture structures
A banding fixture including a body having a horizontal opening therein, a carriage movable into and out of the horizontal opening, a recess in the carriage, the carriage with the recess therein movable into the horizontal opening with an upper surface on the carriag...
08/10/2004
6694703Method of and apparatus for accumulating and joining blanks of packets for block-shaped groups of articles
Blanks for conversion into hinged-lid packets for block-shaped arrays of cigarettes in metal foil envelopes are supplied by a first turntable to an assembling station where successive blanks are overlapped by successive arrays furnished by a second turnta...
02/24/2004
6662533Method of shrink film wrapping
The present invention relates to a method of shrink film wrapping of one or more objects (15). The method employs two film webs, a first (1) and a second (2). The first film web carries a pre-printed decorative artwork with regularly recurring register ma...
12/16/2003
6655266Hay bale stacking apparatus
Apparatus for stacking bales of hay into large bundles such as, for example, three bales high and seven bales wide, positions bands about the stacked array to provide a tightly bound, compressed stack of bales. The stacking apparatus compresses the stacke...
12/02/2003
6574941Method and machine for banding groups of sheets
The invention relates to a method and machine for banding groups of bank notes in which a web is projected towards a banding station by a pair of motor-driven rollers, until the end of the web reaches a gripper unit which is mobile, driven by a support an...
06/10/2003
6557326Banding fixture
A banding fixture including a body having a horizontal opening therein, a carriage movable into and out of the horizontal opening, a recess in the carriage, and the carriage with the recess therein movable into the horizontal opening with a surface in the...
05/06/2003
6553745Harness accommodating device
The harness accommodating device (1) of the present invention is equipped with a transfer section (10) which is installed on the discharge side of the harness discharge groove (67) of the harness manufacturing apparatus (60) and which temporarily holds th...
04/29/2003
6550221Method and a machine for banding groups of sheets, in particular banknotes
Bundles of banknotes are directed singly and in succession along an infeed duct toward a station located at the top of a channel, where they are formed into a block; the channel functions as a guide along which the block is conveyed by means of a companio...
04/22/2003
6508048Banding fixture
A banding fixture including a body having a horizontal opening therein, a carriage movable into and out of the horizontal opening, a recess in the carriage, the carriage with the recess therein movable into the horizontal opening with an upper surface on ...
01/21/2003
6481186Apparatus for forming a packaging arrangement
An apparatus for forming a packaging arrangement includes a belt material supply component, a pair of roll assemblies for supporting stacks of goods, and rods for moving the belt material so as to form a lifting sling....
11/19/2002
6474051Apparatus for wrapping a stacked-goods unit with a shrink-foil wrap
An apparatus for wrapping a stacked-good unit with a shrink-foil wrap with a frame forming a portal, with a conveyor extending through this portal for the stacked-good unit, with drivable shrink-foil rolls whose foil webs are connected together at their e...
11/05/2002
6470655Packaging line for periodicals, magazines and similar printed products
A packaging line for periodicals, magazines and similar printed products comprises at least four of the following functional components a first strapping device for the longitudinal or cross-strapping of the stack of products arriving from a compensating stack...
10/29/2002
6370845Belt device for forming a packaging arrangement including at least two stacks of goods and a method of forming the packaging arrangement
A belt device for forming a packaging arrangement including at least one stack of goods has a sling that includes a central suspension loop. The belt is formed as a closed loop and has a width substantially equal to the transverse width of the stack....
04/16/2002
6345659Device for binding together one or more stalks
The present invention relates to a method and a device for binding together one or more stalks, such as flower stems and branches, with the aid of a binding material (30), with a further object being bound in during the binding operation, the stalks being...
02/12/2002
6336308Packaging arrangement including at least two stacks of goods and a method of forming the packaging arrangement
A parcel and a method of forming the parcel includes surrounding at least one stack of goods with a sling that includes a central suspension loop. The belt is formed as a closed loop and has a width substantially equal to the transverse width of the stack...
01/08/2002
6318053Device for automatic bundling of sheets
The invention relates to an apparatus for automatic bundling of sheet material, in particular bank notes, having a deposit device on which sheet material to be bundled is deposited as a precisely fitting stack, a sliding device moving the stack of sheets ...
11/20/2001
6247294Wrapping apparatus
Wrapping apparatus for winding a web of wrapping foil (F) around an object (1). The wrapping apparatus comprises a ring guideway (2) defining a track of variable curvature and foil dispenser (6). The foil dispenser is provided with idler assemblies (10, 1...
06/19/2001
6223500Apparatus and method for wrapping compressible articles with a web-like wrapping material
The apparatus for wrapping compressible box-like articles (10) such as a stock of newspapers or magazines, with a web-like wrapping material (12). The apparatus has three serially arranged belt conveyors (16, 18, 20), and the second belt conveyor (18) is ...
05/01/2001
6223506Method and machine for wrapping a product in a sheet of heat-seal wrapping material
A method and machine for wrapping a product in a sheet of heat-seal wrapping material, whereby the sheet of wrapping material is folded by a fixed folding device onto a wall of the product so as to superimpose at least two portions of the sheet of wrappin...
05/01/2001
6112501Bulk particulate packaging system
A system for forming and packaging a bulk of loose particulate material. The system utilizes a compression tower for initial deposit of the loose particulate material therein with the bottom floor of said tower being presented by a belt of a conveyor syst...
09/05/2000
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