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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347035 | Assembly 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 |
| 7328545 | Packaging line and method for continuously packaging discrete products A packaging line and method for continuously packaging discrete products such as, for instance, magazines, CDs, DVDs and combinations thereof in a continuous manner, comprising: a product assembling path which is provided with a co... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7305807 | Shrink film machine having a distance detecting device A detecting and protecting device includes detecting devices, and an ultrasonic sensor; the detecting devices are connected to respective ones of expanding assemblies of a shrink film machine, and each include a seat behind a supporting rod of a corresponding expand... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302781 | Bander apparatus and method of using same A method and apparatus for wrapping stacks of web product with wrap web material supplied from a supply roll. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and moving the stacks to be wrapped along a conveying path, a drive assembly operable to receive wrap mater... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7260922 | Packing material product and method and apparatus for making, monitoring and controlling the same A monitoring system for monitoring one or more packaging material conversion machines includes one or more sensors for monitoring one or more operating characteristics of the one or more conversion machines. The system also includes a controller in communication wit... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7204070 | Method and apparatus for packaging panel products A system for packaging a flat panel product includes a dispensing device for dispensing a length of inner protective packaging material, a folding table for wrapping the inner protective packaging material around the product and folding an outer protective packaging... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7152388 | Movable gripper for stretch film packaging machines An upper jaw of the gripper is provided posteriorly to a fulcrum shaft, with opposed portions for a double effect cooperation with an eccentric element keyed on the shaft which controls the orientation of the gripper. The opening and closure movement of the gripper,... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7117658 | Apparatus for wrapping groups of products An apparatus for wrapping groups (1) of products (2) with film (3), comprises: a second surface (6) for forming the product groups (1) and wrapping them with a length of film (3) using suitable means (7) having a firs... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7040076 | Method for packaging objects In a method for packaging an object using a hose-shaped stretch foil having laterally extending folds guided axially with respect to the stretch foil and along a length of the object, a foil hood sized to a shape of the object to be packaged is formed, which hood is... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040077 | Medicine packing apparatus A medicine packing apparatus including a display unit with which a medicine housed state can be easily determined, operatability is made favorable, and prescription data can also be input. The apparatus also includes a plurality of medicine containers (11), w... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6955029 | Apparatus and method for packaging products An apparatus for packaging products having different shape and dimensions, such as for example food products of different size, into pre-formed bags of appropriate size, such as for example heat-shrinkable bags of thermoplastic material, comprises a conveyor for car... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938397 | Package wrapping method and apparatus A semi-automatic gift or package wrapping method and apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a machine frame that provides a work surface with measuring and wrapping sections. A sheet feed and cutting mechanism feeds paper from a role in two steps with a time... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938393 | Packaging line and method for packaging separate products in a continuous manner A packaging line and method for packaging separate products such as, for instance, magazines, CDs, DVDs and combinations thereof in a continuous manner, comprising: a product assembling path (2) which is provided with a conv... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6920750 | Rocket engine member and a method for manufacturing a rocket engine member Method and arrangement for providing liquid fuel rocket engine member (10). The member forms a body of revolution having an axis of revolution and a cross section that varies in diameter along said axis. The wall structure includes a plurality of cooling chan... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6860083 | Process, device and system for automatically continuously packaging products A device and system for automatically continuously packaging products through a heat-sealed plastic film. The device and system insert and supply the product downstream in a timed way and along a horizontal direction. A plastic film is applied to the products. The f... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6588174 | Web position matching system and packaging machine equipped with the system A web position matching system for matching marks provided on a web of packaging material with a pitch corresponding to the length of one container, to a reference position comprises sensor device for detecting the displacement of the mark from the refere... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6460314 | Wrapping machine for wrapping an article A wrapping machine is disclosed, for wrapping an article. The machine is designed for wrapping five surfaces of the article except the bottom thereof. The machine has detectors for determining the length of the front surface and the back surface of the ar... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6363690 | Automatic measuring device and method for dispensing materials In one preferred embodiment, an automatic measuring and material length control device, including: apparatus for measuring length of an article to which a material is to applied, the apparatus for measuring being able to measure the length without contact... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6279295 | Method for wrapping an article A wrapping machine is disclosed, for wrapping an article. The machine is designed for wrapping five surfaces of the article except the bottom thereof. The machine has detectors for determining the length of the front surface and the back surface of the ar... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6230473 | Method and apparatus for packing stacks of flat articles Stacks (2) of flat articles supplied in a serial stack stream are wrapped with a film (3) in a first packing step so the film (3) covers the top, bottom and two vertical sides of each stack and projects beyond both sides of the covered stack sides. Packin... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6212853 | Sealing device for medication packing machine A sealing device for a medication packing machine comprises memory means for storing a bag length setting file and a maximum containable medication quantity setting file. The bag length setting file contains, for each of said different bag lengths of said... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6003438 | Looping machine for the looping of objects comprising device for tensioning in dependence on the height of an object A looping machine for the looping of objects such as stacks of products, packages and the like, is provided with a machine frame, a work table, a strap guiding frame disposed on the work table for fitting a looping strap as a loose loop around the object ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5890342 | Weight adjusting apparatus Apparatus for reducing the mean weight of articles of a soft material, for example cheese, in a flow (1), including a first weighing device (2) for weighing the articles; a flow splitter for splitting the flow (1) into a first flow (3) of articles with in... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5855106 | Film supplying apparatus and lift mechanism for a packaging machine A packaging machine has belts for clamping both side edges of a film pulled out selectably from either of two film rolls and transporting it accordingly in either direction to a packaging station. Its film supplying apparatus includes a plurality of senso... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5671593 | Semiautomatic package wrapping machine An automatic package wrapping machine wraps a box of arbitrary size. The box is placed in the machine following which all operations are automatic. As the box is automatically advanced to a ready-to-wrap position, its length, width and height are automati... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5657608 | Method and an apparatus for wrapping of an article The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus (10) for wrapping of an article. The apparatus comprises backing means (20) adapted to be moved against the first and second ends of the article and simultaneously to dispose a wrapper material ag... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5655356 | Automatic package wrapping machine An automatic package wrapping machine wraps a box of arbitrary size. The box is placed in the machine following which all operations are automatic. As the box is automatically advanced to a ready-to-wrap position, its length, width and height are automati... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5603198 | Process and apparatus for wrapping articles with stretchable film A stretchable film is used whose width is substantially equal to that of the bottom of an article of the largest format which can be processed by the packaging machine. The film is characterized by considerable stretchability and a low elastic memory when... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5595042 | Process and machine for wrapping products with stretchable film, and wrapping formed by this process A portion of film, with a length proportionate to the dimensions and to the characteristics of the product to be wrapped, is subjected to a transverse pre-stretching, the extent of which is also proportionate to the said parameters. The film is held at on... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5448878 | Shock absorbing skip seal mechanism and method for controlling action of a cross head sealer of a shrink film wrap machine A continuously operating machine is provided for wrapping articles with a heat shrinkable plastic film automatically and sequentially. Articles are continuously, transferred along a horizontal pathway to a plurality of processing stations. At a first stat... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5375390 | Machine for making and positioning bags made of hot-melt plastic material A machine for making and positioning plastic bags, constituted by a frame which includes: a feeder (3) for a band of plastic (B); a device (6) for creating a bellows-like fold in the band; a device (10) for cutting and fusing the band; a conveyor belt (18... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5365723 | Portable baggage wrapping apparatus A baggage protection device wherein the device consists of a base carriage onto which is mounted a turntable with a securing device. Also mounted on the base carriage is a roll of stretch-wrap plastic film, along with feeder posts and a vertical frame. An... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5341625 | Bagging control apparatus and method A packaging machine and method for simultaneously loading, sealing and severing bags. A first stepper motor, having an output, is coupled to a nip roll assembly. After a bag is loaded, a sealing mechanism is actuated to seal the loaded bag or bags. A sens... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5313766 | Method and apparatus for on demand manufacturing of custom-sized bags conforming to the volume of articles received therein at a check-out counter Bags custom-sized to the volume of articles packed and to be packed therein are manufactured on-site and on-demand at the location at which the articles are packed in the bags. The bags are formed from a continuous sheet of flexible film material which is... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5299410 | Packaging mechanism and method Mechanism and means for enclosing a package in a wrap. The external dimensions of the package are first determined and sufficient wrap is fed with which to enclose the package. Depending on the external dimensions of the package, the amount of wrap fed is... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5144787 | Package wrapping method and machine An elevator-type package wrapping machine which determines as by premeasurement the length of packages fed at a first level thereto, comprises a film gripper for initially drawing a fixed length of stretch film horizontally from a supply roll to a fixed s... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5135763 | Method and apparatus for processing food products A system for stacking food products on cut sheets of paper provides several continuously moving conveyors. Products, such as meat patties, are placed onto continuous sheets of paper suitable for separating them in stacks. The weight of the products pressi... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5115620 | Wrapping machine A wrapping machine of the present invention comprises a wrapping portion for wrapping a material, a film feeder for feeding a wrapping material (film) to the wrapping portion from a film roller, a material feeder for feeding the material to the wrapping p... | 05/26/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4958479 | Package wrapping method and machine An elevator package wrapping machine comprises a film gripper for initially drawing fixed lengths of film into the machine. While the film is held by the film gripper and side clamps, a package is elevated into the film such that the height of the package... | 09/25/1990 |
