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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7128228 | Container closure A closure means adapted to fit into the neck or mouth of a container, said closure means comprising a plug of resilient material said plug incorporating a slit which extends through the body of the plug characterized that, in a resting configuration and prior to ins... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6582741 | Device for stuffing meat products and related method A device is particularly well suited for introducing a continuous length of food stuffing into an elongated food product. The device uses a tube having opposite, open ends and an inner wall defining a longitudinal passage extending between such opposite e... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6103163 | Processes and apparatuses for perforating smooth, closed-cell surfaces of open-cell plastic foam sheets Open-cell plastic foam sheets with smooth, closed surfaces are heated up to a predetermined temperature after extrusion, are thermoformed in a thermoforming unit with the aid of a vacuum on both sides and are thermoset. One of the two closed surface skins... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5983770 | Reseal with a partial perforation and method and apparatus for creating a partial perforation in a reseal A reseal is partially perforated by stretching the reseal membrane, establishing contact between one side of the membrane and an anvil, and by effecting partial penetration of the membrane with at least one cutting edge from the other side of the membrane... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5720915 | Processes and apparatuses for perforating smooth, closed-cell surfaces of open-cell plastic foam sheets Open-cell plastic foam sheets with smooth, closed surfaces are heated up to a predetermined temperature after extrusion, are thermoformed in a thermoforming unit with the aid of a vacuum on both sides and are thermoset. One of the two closed surface skins... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5560881 | Apparatus for producing a fissured, acoustical ceiling panel and method for manufacturing said apparatus An apparatus for producing a fissured, acoustical ceiling panel wherein the pins used to fissure the panel are roll applied thereto. The pins are embedded in flexible, resilient polymeric plates, and a plurality of the plates are attached to a rotary drum... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5211687 | Apparatus and method for producing a hole in an article of wood or wood product An apparatus and method for producing a hole in an article comprising wood or wood products includes a piercing tool having a punch extending therefrom. One of said piercing tool and article is moved relative to the other such that the piercing tool is po... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4815351 | Apparatus for slant punching a plurality of elongate holes in a penetrable blank of material The present invention provides novel apparatus for punching or drilling of a plurality of elongate, slanting bores or holes in a substantially solid slab made of a relatively rigid, penetrable material such as plastic. The apparatus comprises a punching o... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4583439 | Apparatus for tining foodstuffs A tining machine capable of tining or perforating Kaiser and onion buns and other similar crusty rolls or loaves (and, with minor modifications, English muffins) serves to produce a product that stays together around its entire diameter thus retaining fre... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4319589 | Method and apparatus for perforating rod-like articles A perforating device and a method for perforating double length filter cigarette assemblies, in which cigarettes are transferred from the drying drum, of a plug assembler onto a first conveyor which conveys them into the space between a straight flight of... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4287801 | Device for perforating bakery goods such as English muffins A device for perforating the edges of individual bakery products to facilitate the separation of the products into portions.... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4188847 | Method and apparatus for perforating an assembled filter used on a smoking product This invention relates to a method and apparatus for perforating the walls of an assembled filter element used on smoking products including a continuously moving conveying means for receiving a plurality of said filter elements and means for retaining sa... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4159662 | Muffin splitter A muffin splitter having a muffin conveyor and tining assemblies located to either side of the conveyor for tining the muffins as they move along the conveyor. The tining apparatus may be deactivated to permit muffins to be passed along the conveyor witho... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4117751 | Apparatus for incising on a film the precise contour of a required image The invention relates to an apparatus for incising on a film to be processed the precise contour of a required photographic image so as to obtain a process block for prints in which such photographic image is to be inserted. The apparatus comprises a data... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4061148 | Perforating apparatus for articles A cigar perforator comprises opposing sets of perforating needles which reciprocate at right angles to the cigar to perforate and withdraw from it. The cigar is held during perforation between apertured plates, each aperture having a stripper plate mounte... | 12/06/1977 |
