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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061110 | Inflation and sealing device with disengagement mechanism A device for inflating and sealing an inflatable structure, such as inflatable cushions is disclosed. The device includes an inflation assembly configured for inflating a cushion cavity of a film material with a fluid such as air and a sealing assembly comprising fi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7997047 | Air evacuation assembly for sealable plastic bags The present invention relates generally to an air evacuation assembly and methods of using the same, and in particular to an assembly used to evacuate air from a sealable plastic bag and to form an air tight seal, and to the methods of using the same. In a preferred... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7621104 | Inflatable mailer, apparatus and method for preparing the same An inflatable mailer having a liner that can be inflated at the point of use. The liner includes a series of inflatable chambers that are in fluid communication with a common channel. A controlled volume of gas is disposed in the liner. The gas is sufficient to infl... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7571584 | Web and method for making fluid filled units The present invention concerns a machine for converting a web of preformed pouches to dunnage units. The pouches are defined by transverse seals that extend from a remote edge to within a predetermined distance of an inflation edge. In a first embodiment, the machin... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7536837 | Apparatus for inflating and sealing pillows in packaging cushions A machine which inflates and seals pillows in packaging is compact in overall size, can be conveniently operated to produce varied lengths of strips of inflated pillow-type packaging as needed, can begin production of inflated pillow-type strip packaging immediately... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7490449 | Method and apparatus for making dunnage An apparatus for manufacturing dunnage including a plurality of rollers for pulling a web of material through the machine, a nozzle with at least one port through which gas or liquid flows, a plurality of ceramic elements in opposing positions such that the web of m... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7464515 | Method of manufacturing a cushioning package containing an article to be packaged and manufacturing apparatus thereof An apparatus is provided 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 lo... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7441389 | Device for vacuum packing articles, storage container for such a device and vacuum packing system In a device for vacuum packing articles by evacuating the interior space of a flexible storage container, articles can be vacuum packed in a simple manner and with little effort if a suction lance (10) is provided for insertion into the storage container (... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7409811 | Two stage vacuum valve for a vacuum packaging system A vacuum control valve includes a valve body defining a cavity, an inlet opening and a vent opening. A vacuum supply control member is movably mounted at the inlet opening, and is movable between an open position to open the inlet opening, and a closed position to c... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7389629 | Portable vacuum pump for use with reclosable, evacuable containers A portable vacuum unit for use with a resealable, evacuable container, comprising a vacuum pump housed within a body, an accumulator removably coupled to the body and in fluid communication with a vacuum port of the body, the accumulator comprising a receptacle, a t... | 06/24/2008 |
| RE40288 | Apparatus for inflating and sealing air-filled packing cushions A machine which inflates and seals pillows in packaging is compact in overall size, can be conveniently operated to produce varied lengths of strips of inflated pillow-type packaging as needed, can begin production of inflated pillow-type strip packaging immediately... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350338 | Portable storage protection device A vacuum storage device includes an impermeable shrink-wrap package having an opening formed at one end portion thereof and a transportable vacuum mechanism. The vacuum mechanism includes a housing including a fan disposed therein and at least one outlet. The vacuum... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347911 | Devices and methods for manufacturing packaging materials Devices and methods for inflating and sealing packaging pillows from a material web are shown for consistently producing high-quality packaging pillows. A web of material is advanced past an inflation nozzle, inflated with gas, and sealed closed by a sealing element... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343723 | Method and apparatus for pre-tearing strings of air-filled packing materials and the like Method and apparatus which facilitate the tearing of packing materials and the like into desired lengths by pre-tearing them along the rows of perforations which are provided for that purpose. In the disclosed embodiments, a packing material having inflated chambers... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7328541 | Apparatus and method for controlling position of an edge of an advancing web of flexible material A method comprises pulling a continuous web to advance the web along a path of conveyance and to create tension in a lengthwise portion of the web; manipulating the web to cause the portion of the web at a point along the path to have a non-uniform tension across th... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328555 | Plant and device for the continuous packing of food products in modified atmosphere A plant (10) for the continuous packing of food products in modified atmosphere (11), comprises a machine (12) for continuous packing of food products in modified atmosphere and conveyor (13) for the continuous sequential feeding of food ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316101 | Method and apparatus for vacuum sealing zip lock plastic bags A vacuum sealing method and system for evacuating air from and sealing a flexible plastic bag of the type having a mating male rib and a female sealing channel closure along the length of the bag opening. A flowable liquid is applied to the female channel. The rib a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313901 | Packaging apparatus, packaging method, packaging system The present invention provides a packaging apparatus (1) capable of adjusting the thickness of a package with a simple configuration. The packaging apparatus (1) is a packaging apparatus that manufactures a package (B) wherein articles to be packaged, ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308785 | Device for evacuating a container A device for evacuating a container includes a nozzle for placing within the container, the nozzle having a first end and an opposite second end. The device also includes a pump for moving air, an air conduit operatively connecting the nozzle and the pump, a housing... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7284359 | Breech loader An apparatus for automatically delivering placed and oriented pieces of meat to a netter for wrapping and netting is described, in which the placement and orientation of the meat pieces remains unchanged from initial placement until final wrapping and netting. The a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7257935 | System for dispensing inflated plastic dunnage A system for providing dunnage to packages as the packages are formed is disclosed. The system includes a dunnage forming machine having a work station for inflating and sealing plastic pouches to form dunnage units. An accumulator is positioned below the station fo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252014 | Instrument and method for measuring the volume of a hermetically sealed variable volume and pressure conforming container An instrument and method for measuring the volume of a hermetically sealed, variable volume, pressure conforming container. The instrument includes a needle, a vacuum pump, a mass flow rate sensor and an integrator. The needle has a lumen operable for sealingly perf... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7231749 | Apparatus and system for detecting under-filled cushions The invention is an under-filled cushion detector that is capable of conveying a string of packaging cushions and detecting whether the string of packaging cushions may be under-filled. The detector includes an upper driven belt that is movably suspended above a low... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225599 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated articles An apparatus for making inflated articles from a film web having two juxtaposed film plies. One version of the apparatus generally includes a first rotary sealing device for producing transverse seals that bond the film plies together, an inflation assembly for dire... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220476 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated chambers An inflatable web, and method and apparatus for inflating the web, which generally includes two sheets having inner surfaces sealed to each other in a pattern defining a series of inflatable chambers of predetermined length, each of the chambers having at least one ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7200974 | Lidless vacuum appliance A lidless vacuum packaging appliance whereby the number of movable parts is reduced is disclosed. A lidless appliance effectively reduces wear and tear of the appliance. Further, the lidless design allows for convenient placement in the operational environment of th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185474 | Machine for inflating and sealing air filled cushioning materials Machine for inflating and sealing a preconfigured cushioning material which is wound in a roll on a hollow cylindrical core and has superposed layers of plastic film sealed together to form rows of interconnected, inflatable cells, a longitudinally extending channel... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174696 | Machine and method for inflating and sealing air-filled packing cushions Machine and method for making air-filled packing cushions from a roll of prefabricated film material having a longitudinally extending inflation channel near one edge of the material and chambers which communicate with the channel through laterally extending passage... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150136 | Machine and method for inflating and sealing air filled packing cushions Machine and method for making air-filled packing cushions from a roll of prefabricated film material having a longitudinally extending inflation channel near one edge of the material and chambers which communicate with the channel through laterally extending passage... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146778 | Apparatus for producing packaging air-cushion elements An apparatus for producing air-cushion elements comprises at least one supply roll (1) of plastic film material (9), a cutting device (21) for cutting at least one opening into the plastic film material, which is double-layered in the apparatus,... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147016 | Balloon inflation device A balloon inflation device for use with a keyed balloon weight associated with a balloon to be filled with gas includes a source of pressurized gas sending gas through gas lines and multiple valves associated with an inflation block, wherein each valve is opened by ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131251 | Pocket sealing machine including a retractable suction head An opening of a plastic bag with an article stored therein is placed between a cover and a vacuum assembly of a pocket sealing machine. Moving a rib to a second slot will extend a suction head into the opening of the bag. Pressing the cover will enable an electric h... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127870 | Replacement lock lever for an automatic beverage filling machine Replacement lock levers and related methods are disclosed which accommodate adjustment to acceptable tolerances of the force applied to cans being filled by the platform lift cylinder assemblies of the automatic beverage filling machine, due to an eccentricity of th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7089714 | Apparatus and method for forming void-fill packaging A method and apparatus for forming void-fill packaging wherein a tubular plastics material (11) is periodically fed via driver rollers (15) along a longitudinal guide path (12), first and second transverse spaced parallel heat seals are formed s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086211 | Method, apparatus and system for evacuation of containers A device for evacuating a container is disclosed. The device includes a nozzle for placing within the container, a first air conduit operatively connecting the nozzle and a separation chamber, a second air conduit operatively connecting the separation chamber and a ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086212 | Apparatus and method for vacuum packing products An apparatus for vacuum packing a product (1) in a flexible enclosure (2) therefor, the apparatus comprising means (6, 7) for evacuating air from within the unsealed enclosure (2), the product (1) being disposed within the unsealed... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059097 | Apparatus for inflating and sealing air-filled packing cushions A machine which inflates and seals pillows in packaging is compact in overall size, can be conveniently operated to produce varied lengths of strips of inflated pillow-type packaging as needed, can begin production of inflated pillow-type strip packaging immediately... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048025 | Inflator/sealer device for inflatable packaging cushion An inflator/sealer machine useful for inflating and sealing an inflatable cushion having a resistance wire that extends across the inlet of the inflatable cushion. The machine includes an inflation tube, a seal bar, and an anvil. The inflation tube is connected to a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040073 | Machine for inflating and sealing air-filled cushioning materials Machine for inflating and sealing a preconfigured cushioning material which includes a rotatively mounted roll support shaft having a fixed end and a free end, a hub mounted on the shaft near the fixed end for engagement with a cylindrical core at the end of a roll ... | 05/09/2006 |
