Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100011710 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A MEDIUM-FILLED PACKING - There is disclosed a method and an apparatus for making a medium-filled packing of two superposed heat-sealable elongated webs of plastic film ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100024363 | Method and Apparatus For Producing, Bagging and Dispensing Ice - An apparatus for producing, bagging and dispensing ice has an ice supply station, an ice collection station, a film supply, a bag forming station, and an ice transport device to transport ice from the collection station to the bag forming station. A controller controls supply of two superimposed film layers to the bag forming station, bag forming, and ice supply to the bags. A bag is partially formed from the superimposed film layers by a sealing device at the bag forming station, and ice is transported from the ice collector into the partially formed bag. The remaining open portions of the bag are sealed when sufficient ice has been supplied to the bag, which is then separated from the film supply for discharge into a storage and freezer compartment. The preceding steps are repeated until the storage and freezer compartment is filled to a predetermined level with bags of ice. | 02-04-2010 |
20100263335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING ARTICLES IN A STORAGE COMPARTMENT - A method for distributing articles ( | 10-21-2010 |
20100268375 | Method and apparatus for distributing articles in a storage compartment - A method for distributing articles ( | 10-21-2010 |
20100313524 | RETROFIT ICE MAKING AND BAGGING APPARATUS AND RETROFIT METHOD OF INSTALLATION ON AISLE FREEZER - A retrofit ice making and bagging apparatus and retrofit installation method provide automatic supply of bags of ice into a freezer compartment. The apparatus has an outer housing with a lower end configured for securing on top of an aisle freezer so that openings in the lower end of the housing and upper end of the freezer are aligned to provide a passageway into the freezer compartment. An ice making unit and bag making and filling station are mounted in the housing. Ice is transported from the ice making station into partially formed bags at the bag making and filling station, and a bag is sealed and separated when a sufficient amount of ice is supplied to the bag. The bag making and filling station communicates with the passageway into a storage compartment in the freezer, whereby separated bags of ice fall into the storage compartment on completion. | 12-16-2010 |
20110041467 | Ice bagging apparatus - An ice bagging apparatus ( | 02-24-2011 |
20110089201 | Apparatus for collecting, storing and discharging a granular matter - Apparatus for collecting, storing and discharging a granular matter comprising, an upper end with an inlet opening for receiving the granular matter, a lower end with a collection zone, opposite side walls, which are inwardly inclining from the upper end towards the lower end, opposite end walls, where one end wall has a discharge opening, and a transport device located in the collection zone, for transporting the granular matter through the discharge opening, wherein the side walls are inclined at different angles. | 04-21-2011 |
20120070264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING ARTICLES IN A STORAGE COMPARTMENT - An apparatus and method for distributing articles made by series production is configured to deliver articles to selected storage positions in side-by-side rows of adjacent storage positions for stacked articles in a storage compartment. After selection of a storage position, a transport platform movably mounted on a horizontally movable carriage above the rows is driven to a location above the selected storage position with the platform moved between two possible positions for dispensing articles into the respective rows, an article conveyor on the platform is actuated to transport the article off the platform into the underlying storage position, where it is stacked on top of any previously stacked articles, and the platform is driven back to a start position to receive the next article. The procedure is repeated to distribute subsequent articles to selected storage positions in the storage area. | 03-22-2012 |
20140033740 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND STORING SERIALLY PRODUCED ARTICLES IN MULTIPLE STORAGE UNITS - An apparatus and method for distributing articles is arranged to deliver articles to selected stacking positions in two or more storage units. An article is dispensed to a first article transport and distribution section in a main storage unit, and then either delivered to a stacking position in the main unit or transported through a connecting window onto a second transport and distribution section in a satellite storage unit for delivery to a stacking position in that unit. The procedure is repeated to distribute subsequent bags of ice to selected stacking positions in each unit. Additional satellite storage units may be provided and included in the delivery sequence for distributing bags of ice throughout the units. The storage units may be refrigerated, merchandizing units for bagged ice, with the main storage unit associated with an ice bagged ice supply unit which dispenses bags of ice into the unit. | 02-06-2014 |
20140199151 | Method and Apparatus for Storing and Dispensing Bagged Ice - An article storage and dispensing apparatus and method in which articles made by series production are distributed from an article supplier into a storage compartment of predetermined dimensions for storage of articles in front and rear rows of article storage positions. An article distributor in an upper portion of the storage compartment has a carriage, a carriage drive which is configured to drive the carriage in a reversible horizontal carriage drive direction across at least part of the width of the storage compartment, and an article support mounted on the carriage and configured to receive articles from the article supplier above the support when the carriage is in a start position. An article dispenser is associated with the article support to dispense articles selectively in opposite horizontal dispensing directions transverse to the carriage drive direction off the front and rear ends of the support to drop into front and rear article rows. | 07-17-2014 |