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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7131247 | Method and device for finishing cellophane-wrapped packets A method and device for finishing cellophane-wrapped packets, whereby a succession of stacks, each defined by two superimposed packets having respective heat-shrink overwrappings, are fed successively by a conveyor wheel along a circular track extending through an u... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6972532 | Controlled motor coast in media handling system By controlling all motors so that they all decelerate at substantially the same rate, buckling of media in a media handling system is substantially eliminated on shutdown. Preferably, the deceleration rate of the highest inertia motor is used as the common decelerat... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6378277 | Vertical sealing device for vertical type forming, filling and closing machine for flexible packages A vertical sealing device for a packing machine includes a pair of feed units for feeding a cylindrical-formed packaging material and a center heat sealer for the heat-sealing of a vertical seam of the packaging material. When the operation of the machine... | 04/30/2002 |
| 5309695 | Packet banding device A device for applying adhesive bands to packets, whereby an annular conveyor feeds the bands along a path having a first portion extending along a portion of the path along which the packets are supplied, a second portion extending between the output of t... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5133173 | Method and equipment for wrapping groups of packets Packets of cigarettes are directly singly and in succession along a conveyor into a cellophane wrapping machine, and thereafter to a packaging machine which is driven, together with the wrapping machine, by one main motor and incorporates a feed unit supp... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5119615 | Apparatus for filling a product into a bag A plurality of clamps arranged in equally spaced relation on an endless track are intermittently advanced at a pitch equal to the distance of each two adjacent clamps. A switch reactive only to the passage of a sufficiently heavy or filled bag which has b... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5092103 | Apparatus for the feeding of packaging blanks to a folding unit Apparatus for the feeding of packaging blanks to a folding unit. In the production of (film) packs, especially for stacks of paper handkerchiefs, blanks are severed from a continuously supplied web of material and fed to a folding member, especially a fol... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5014490 | Apparatus for the feeding of packaging blanks to a folding unit Apparatus for the feeding of packaging blanks to a folding unit. In the production of (film) packs, especially for stacks of paper handkerchiefs, blanks are severed from a continuously supplied web of material and fed to a folding member, especially a fol... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4955176 | Vacant package-proofing control device for packaging machine A vacant package-proofing control device for use in conenction with a packaging machine includes a first motor for driving a conveyor for feeding articles to be packaged, with a predetermined spaced defined therebetween, and a second motor for driving a s... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4932190 | Method of and apparatus for assembling and wrapping arrays of cigarette packets and the like Discrete cigarette packets which are supplied by a packing machine are assembled into arrays in successive compartments of a first endless conveyor at a first station, and the pockets of a second conveyor accept arrays from successive filled compartments ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4885895 | Process and apparatus for feeding blanks to a folding unit During the wrapping of articles (stack 10) in blanks (11), the latter are severed from a web of material (21) and fed to a folding turret (13). When the delivery of articles (10) to be wrapped is interrupted, the severing of blanks (11) and the feeding of... | 12/12/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4554774 | System for synchronizing two or more process units A system for synchronizing the operation between a filling unit for filling desired contents into bottles and a capping unit for capping the thus filled bottles in a bottle handling line is provided. The present synchronized driving system includes separa... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4541221 | Method of automatically changing reels of strip material in packaging machines Method of automatically changing reels (17,20) of strip material (15-21) in packaging machines, especially packaging machines (1) for cigarettes, equipped, along a feed line (2), with an ejection device (9) adapted for ejecting from said line (2) those ob... | 09/17/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4253289 | Apparatus for coiling and binding strand material Coiling and binding of telephone cordage is accomplished by rotating a turntable of an apparatus to coil a predetermined number of convolutions of cordage thereon. The coiling occurs while a deformable tie is wrapped about a previously coiled length of co... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4229925 | Skein and ball banding machine The machine is disclosed for banding skeins or balls of bunched or wound material such as wool thread. The machine includes a banding apparatus comprised of a plurality of individual banding units connected in a closed loop chain. Each banding unit includ... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4162598 | Apparatus for removing irregular stack of coins Herein disclosed is an apparatus for removing an irregular stack of coins for use in a coin packaging machine in which a packaging paper is wrapped around the peripheral face of a columnar stack of a predetermined number of accumulated coins and both the ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4033088 | Method of and apparatus for packaging poultry specimens A method of and apparatus for packaging poultry specimens in bags, according to which each specimen is grasped by the legs, advanced on a support with the legs engaging the body of the specimen into a bag, whereupon the support is withdrawn and the bag wi... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4023327 | Control system for package making machine A package making machine of the vertical form, fill and seal variety has an electrical control system allowing the length of the package or bag made during each machine cycle to be controlled easily by manual adjustment of a control knob. In particular, t... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3943685 | Machine for loading electric components into a carrier strip A loading machine and a method for loading small chip capacitors into apertures on an elongated plastic carrier strip are disclosed. The carrier strip is fed along a guide channel which supplies chip capacitors to a feed station. Below the feed station a ... | 03/16/1976 |
