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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6182421 | Method of manufacturing an article A packaging method includes the steps of conveying a plurality of individual articles toward an assembly area at which the individual articles are formed into a group of articles which are then conveyed to a package area at which the group of articles can... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6178721 | Apparatus and method for placing corner protectors of different heights on palletized Apparatus and method for placing corner protectors upon corner regions of loads or articles to be wrapped, banded, or otherwise packaged comprises a plurality of corner protector magazines and operatively associated corner protector pick-up arm and transf... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6164041 | Method and apparatus for packaging Packaging a plurality of cuboid containers, such as cigarette packs, in a package that is larger than the containers is enabled by arranging the containers in an offset array in which adjacent sides of the containers are offset from each other by a predet... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164038 | Heater assembly for automatic tablet sorting and counting machine A heater assembly for an automatic tablet dispenser is disclosed. The heater assembly includes a pair of heating rollers respectively having an insertion hole formed through each shaft thereof to receive a heating line therethrough, and a pair of peripher... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164045 | Device for packaging groups of (Individual) packages Device for packaging groups, i.e. layers (14), of packages (10) in a carton (11) or the like, and individually arriving packages (10) are collected in the area of a grouping station (23) so as to form rows of packages (13), and the latter are pushed off i... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6155029 | Packaging of hot melt adhesives The present invention relates to the packaging of a hot melt adhesive in a plastic film to prevent the adhesive from blocking during shipping and storage. The hot melt adhesives of the present invention may be thermoplastic or thermosetting in nature. The... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6151861 | Apparatus for automatically continuously supplying retractable spouts for cardboard boxes and the like An apparatus for automatically and continuously supplying retractable spouts for cardboard boxes, which includes first and second storing devices for storing first and second spout webs and for continuously supplying said first and second spout webs from ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6151867 | Process and apparatus for handling, in particular, soft film packs Process and apparatus for handling (individual) packs (10), namely for packaging the latter in a folding box or the like. The packs (10), which, for production or other reasons, are fed in a specific relative position, to be introduced into the folding bo... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6148588 | Fill-through-the-top package and method and apparatus for making the same A fill-through-the-top reclosable package includes first and second opposing body panels joined to each other along a pair of sides and a bottom bridging the pair of sides. The package is provided with a reclosable fastener extending along a package top d... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145275 | Apparatus for applying a fitment to pre-formed carton at the infeed to a packaging machine An apparatus for attaching a fitment to an erected carton through ultrasonic welding at an infeed to a packaging machine is disclosed herein. The apparatus has two anvils that oscillate in a horizontal plane and oscillate along a vertical plane at a carto... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6145276 | Method and device for sterilizing food packaging containers A sterilizing device for thoroughly removing hydrogen peroxide from the interior of the container in a short period of time includes a sterilizing agent depositing device 19 which deposits a hydrogen peroxide-containing solution having a sterilizing affec... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6145279 | Method of and system for producing and packaging film A process for producing packaged products from a film roll includes the steps of detecting whether an elongate film is defective or not, detecting whether a spool is defective or not, detecting whether an assembled cartridge is defective or not, and detec... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6145277 | Molding and packaging articles substantially free from contaminants An apparatus and method are provided for manufacturing articles, such as syringe barrels, substantially free from contaminants. The apparatus is an enclosure defining at least a class 100 and MCB-3 environment, and includes a molding isolation module and ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6145278 | Tape packing method A tape packing method capable of packing a tape in such a mode that it can be let off with neither twist nor entanglement from its packing box. When the tape 1 is to be boxed and packed by dropping it, a turning force around the center portion of a packin... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6138439 | Methods of making slide-zippered reclosable packages on horizontal form-fill-seal machines Methods of making slide-zippered reclosable packages are provided. In one embodiment, a pair of opposing film extensions are provided on each package between which a zipper and slider are attached. In another embodiment, sliders are inserted on to zippere... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6134863 | Process for packaging metal pigment powder There is provided a process of packaging metal pigment in a substantially non-dusting manner. The process includes the step of dampening the metal pigment with a liquid which may be water or an organic solvent compatible with that pigment type. The dampen... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131372 | Article metering device and method of metering articles An article metering device, and a method of metering articles, is disclosed. The article metering device is positioned along a path of travel at a downstream end of a feed conveyor, and at an upstream end of a take-away conveyor of an article handling and... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131370 | Zipper applied across a film in transverse direction The apparatus and method attaches a section of unsupported interlocking zipper transversely to portion of film drawn around a fill tube of a form fill and sea machine. This includes the steps of driving and guiding said zipper horizontally around the outs... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131369 | Method of applying slider to package having reclosable zipper A method of making reclosable packages is provided. A package is formed from thermoplastic film. The package includes a reclosable zipper. The sides of the package are slit and spread apart. A slider is inserted on to the zipper through a side slit.... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6128885 | Method of and system for producing and packaging film A process for producing packaged products from a film roll includes the steps of detecting whether an elongate film is defective or not, detecting whether a spool is defective or not, detecting whether an assembled cartridge is defective or not, and detec... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6125615 | Bagging apparatus An apparatus and method for accumulating specified weights of objects, such as apples, and delivering them to a plurality of off-load conveyors, the off-load conveyors delivering the apples to chutes which can then guide the apples into a single bagging a... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6122900 | Manufacture of pocketed compound nested coil springs A system and method for manufacturing pocketed compound nested coil springs includes inserting a compressed, preferably pocketed, smaller coil spring into a horizontally oriented larger coil spring either prior to compressing and inserting the outer coil ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6122897 | Package creation method and product formed thereby A method of creating a package with reclosable resealable flaps. The package is defined by a blank formed by die cutting a continuous web or sheet of material after ink and a release coating have been applied to one side of the web but on different areas.... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6119433 | System and method for sterile packaging of beverages A system and method for sterile packaging of beverages in plastic containers forms the plastic containers and fills them with sterile beverages in a common sterile environment. The containers are formed from a blow molding process in which the containers ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6119435 | Tape attacher A pillow type packaging apparatus has a suction belt for conveying flexible continuous sheet material. A guide unit guides the continuous sheet material being conveyed, and forms the continuous sheet material into a quadrangular tube in which a pair of it... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6115991 | Machine for conditioning packets of cigarettes A machine for conditioning packets of cigarettes is divided into a first portion defined by a number of outlets of a hopper through which cigarettes are fed in a first direction; a second portion in which a succession of adjacent conveyors defines a singl... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6115996 | Method of inspecting drugs contained in a vial A drug filling machine having a plurality of feeders containing a plurality of different kinds of drugs. A plurality of the drugs are discharged from one or some of the feeders into a vial. A sealing unit is provided for sealing the mouth of the vial with... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6115993 | Tag presenter The apparatus for intermittently presenting tags for attachment to merchandise has a pay-out tape of tags severable by lines of weakness, drive rollers for intermittently advancing tape from the pay-out roll, breaking rollers that rotate at a greater spee... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6109002 | Apparatus and method for supporting and protecting a bag during compacting of waste An apparatus protects a bag so that waste may be compacted into the bag. The apparatus includes a shield having an upper shield opening and a lower shield opening, and a base that is constructed so that it may be secured, in a releasable fashion, to the l... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6109001 | Tape attacher A pillow type packaging apparatus has a suction belt for conveying flexible continuous sheet material. A guide unit guides the continuous sheet material being conveyed, and forms the continuous sheet material into a quadrangular tube in which a pair of it... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105340 | Method of fashioning packets of cigarettes and equipment for the implementation of such a method Unsealed packets of cigarettes emerging from a packaging machine present an outer surface that consists of an opaque wrapping material, to which a revenue stamp and a coupon are affixed as the packets are transferred directly and in an ordered succession ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105338 | Case packer A case packer includes a mass flow conveyor moving containers in defined lanes and lane deflectors for urging containers laterally across the conveyor into a selectively actuable metering station. Containers are selectively metered into row groups of sele... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6101786 | Filling machine A packaging machine for processing a carton blank received from a magazine into a formed, filled and sealed carton package. The packaging machine includes an infeed sterilizer mechanism, a carton lift, a form and fill carousel and a sealing mechanism. The... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6098378 | Method of packaging a single mattress to a small size to be conveniently carried The present invention provides an improved apparatus and method for automatically compressing, rolling, and packaging individual mattresses in a compressed state.... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6094892 | Vertical sealing assembly for a packaging machine A sealing mechanism for sealing the open end of a container being processed on a packaging machine. The sealing mechanism includes a first and second jaw assembly positioned on opposite sides of a longitudinal pathway. Each jaw assembly includes a pair of... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6094887 | Ultraviolet energy and vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide sterilization of containers The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for sterilizing packaging with vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet radiation on a packaging machine. A partially formed carton is sprayed with gaseous hydrogen peroxide from a hydrogen perox... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6092354 | Device for forming perforation for separation A perforated separation line forming apparatus which is characterized by: an edged rotary body (2) having a round slitting edge (1); and a receiving rotary body (4) having a receiving circumferential surface (3) that the round slitting edge engages; where... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6092351 | Method and device for bonding pourers to flat-topped parallelepidal cartons filled with free-flowing products The invention relates to a method of applying pouring elements to flat-gabled packages filled with free-flowing products, where the pouring elements are glued to the individually conveyed and sealed packages, where a fully automatic application operation ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6089000 | Programmable device packaging method and system A packaging method and apparatus for packing items in selectively variable numerical quantities includes a track assembly adapted to support a plurality of strip items in parallel array. In a first section of the track assembly, a lateral slot receives co... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085492 | Method for sterilizing closed containers The invention relates to a method for sterilising a closed container (1) which is ready to be filled. The container is substantially in the form of a homogenous flat first sheet (2A) and a non-homogenous second sheet (2B) with susbtantially plane insides ... | 07/11/2000 |
