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| 20080229713 | Packaging System Having Loading Carousel - A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and lowers them over product groups on a second side. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080271417 | Method of Manufacturing Packaging Comprising Pharmaceutical Products - The method for producing a multi-day package containing various drugs has the following steps: a bottom layer is formed with a plurality of wells arranged in a pattern; a predetermined number of different drugs is arranged in predetermined positions at various dispensing stations of a filling device; the desired number of drugs are picked in a controlled manner from their predetermined positions at each dispensing station by at least one movable suction or gripper device, and the drugs are deposited in the predetermined wells; and a sealing film is applied to the bottom layer to seal off the wells. In the course of this method, in at least one dispensing station several suction or gripper devices, which are arranged in correspondence with the pattern of the wells in the multi-day package and which travel parallel to each other, are actuated individually. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090094943 | Absorbent article package with enhanced grip - A package having an absorbent article and outer package having a web package material, with grip areas. The grip areas enhance gripping, handling, carrying, and stacking of the package. The grip areas include a strainable network having at least two visually distinct regions of the same material composition. The first region undergoes a molecular-level deformation and the second region initially undergoes a substantially geometric deformation when the web package material is subjected to an applied elongation in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of elongation, and wherein the first region and the second region are positioned on one or more grip areas of the outer package, wherein only a portion of the outer package has first and second regions. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090241472 | Food Patty Combining and Loading System - An automated system combines the output from multiple food product producing machines, and formatting the combined output into a format for packaging. A combining conveyor has a first lane and a second lane adjacent to the first lane. Plural food product producing machines output food products onto the combining conveyor. At least one, and preferably more than one, of the food product producing machines outputs food product into an onload position in the second lane. One or more shifting mechanisms shift the food product from the second lane into the first lane. The first and second lanes move together along a conveyor moving direction and each shifting mechanism is located downstream in a conveyor moving direction from the onload position. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090249750 | AUTOMATED COLLECTOR DEVICE AND METHODS - A collector device includes a collector connected to a positioner, such as a robot arm. The positioner can automatically move the collector in multiple dimensions to collect objects into the collector according to a specified collection pattern. By moving the collector in multiple dimensions, the positioner provides for objects to be arranged in the collector according to a specified pattern. The positioner can also move the collector so that the collected objects are transferred to a second collector for shipping, storage, and the like. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100011709 | Packaging Machine - Machine for packaging products having parallelepiped shape, comprising a translating organ ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100024361 | METHOD, DEVICE AND PACKING UNIT FOR PRODUCING A COSMETIC ITEM - A method for producing a preferably cosmetic item. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for producing preferably cosmetic items, and to a packing unit, in particular a capsule ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100043355 | INTEGRATED SECONDARY AND TERTIARY PACKAGING MACHINE - An apparatus for packaging articles, which apparatus comprises a first packaging mechanism ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100043356 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BUNDLED BAGS OF MEDICINES IN AN INDIVIDUALISED MANNER - Methods and devices are disclosed wherein, following the introduction of a series or string of interconnected bags ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100170201 | APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING PRODUCTS INTO A CONTAINER - An apparatus for packaging products into a container, comprising a first supply conveyor ( | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100199608 | Method And package For Shipping And Curing Manufactured Masonry Panels - A method and package for shipping and curing manufactured masonry panels utilizes a package including sets of spaced slotted rails securing groups of masonry panels there between. In use, multiple sets of masonry panels are retained between first and second sets of slotted rails, with pairs of the masonry panels being retained back-to-back, with air flow channels being established between both main body portions and manufactured facial portions of the masonry panels, allowing for further curing of the masonry panels. The masonry panels can be stacked between sets of slotted rails until the desired package size is obtained. Optionally, one or more braces may be attached to the package. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100269456 | METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR GROUPING OF STACKABLE PRODUCTS OF THE CASES AND OTHER TYPE - The method for grouping stackable products of the cases, small plates or other type, in light of a taking up by appropriate means in order to carry out their packaging, products arriving in line on a first feed conveyor ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100326015 | FLIGHT BAR ASSEMBLY, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR NESTABLE COLLATION OF OBJECTS - Apparatus, flight bar assemblies, and methods are disclosed for nesting objects into a substantially staggered arrangement. Such nesting may be done in a nesting zone of a machine, for example, just upstream of a shrink wrapping machine. The nested arrangement allows the grouping of nested objects to be shrink-wrapped without use of trays or cardboard blanks if desired. The flight bar assemblies may include movable spacers for orienting rows of objects before, during, and after nesting. Lane dividers may be provided having lengths corresponding to a contour of an outer guide and cam surface, cooperating with the lane dividers to selectively urging the rows of objects inward in an organized fashion to allow efficient and reliable nesting. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110056176 | AUTOMATED COLLECTOR DEVICE AND METHODS - A collector device includes a collector connected to a positioner, such as a robot arm. The positioner can automatically move the collector in multiple dimensions to collect objects into the collector according to a specified collection pattern. By moving the collector in multiple dimensions, the positioner provides for objects to be arranged in the collector according to a specified pattern. The positioner can also move the collector so that the collected objects are transferred to a second collector for shipping, storage, and the like. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110126494 | AUTOMATED SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT PACKAGING MACHINE - An automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine simultaneously fills a plurality of product package templates in parallel with desired pharmaceutical dosing requirements. The templates are subsequently positioned over a temporary storage template having cavities for receiving solid pharmaceutical doses. A collector member is subsequently placed beneath the temporary storage template for receiving the pharmaceuticals which in turn is positioned over a solid pharmaceutical product package having a plurality of cavities which correspond to openings on the templates and wherein each of the templates fills a pharmaceutical package. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110154784 | PACKAGING MACHINE AND METHOD OF PACKAGING ARTICLES - A packaging machine ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110232234 | Medical Kit, Packaging System, Instruction Insert, and Associated Methods - Printed instructions can be included with the tray in a medical procedure kit.—The printed instructions can include instructional material, such as pictorial, step-by-step instructions intended for a health care services provider for using the medical procedure kit. The printed instructions can also include a separate patient aid, suitable for inclusion within the medical procedure kit, which includes patient education information relating to a particular medical procedure. To make recognition easier, the patient aid can be configured with a greeting card appearance, activity sheet appearance, or other graphical indicia that indicates that the patient aid is intended for the patient and should be delivered to the patient. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110265427 | Method for Making and selling a shutter kit - A kit containing components which can be assembled into a shutter panel includes a header, a footer, a plurality of brackets, a first stile, a second stile, a plurality of louvers. One embodiment also contains a jig to align the bracket with the header or footer for attachment. Each bracket is sized and configured to be connected to an end of the header or footer. The stiles each have a longitudinal channel which enables the stiles to be fitted over at least one of the brackets. The jig has a mouth sized to receive an end of the footer or header and a cavity adjacent the mouth such that a user of the jig can place one end of a bracket in the cavity and the other end of the header or footer in the mouth. The kit may be packaged in two packs. One pack contains a header, a footer and a plurality of brackets. The second pack contains mounting frame pieces, at least one first stile, at least one second stile, a plurality of louvers, louver strips, a tilt rod, screws and other hardware which can be assembled into a shutter panel having the desired dimensions. The header, footer, stiles and brackets are provided to a retailer in standard sizes. The retailer may then trim these components as required to create a shutter having the desired dimensions. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110277423 | PALLETISING DEVICE - A palletising device including a lower surface which restingly receives a pallet, and an upper platform which is provided with a variably-configurable first support, cyclically between a closed configuration in which the first support supports a layer of products and an open configuration in which the layer of products is released downwardly; an intermediate platform between the lower surface and the upper platform, which move between a raised position and a lowered position and vice versa, comprising a variably-configurable second support which, maintain the second support in a closed configuration, thus forming a stack, and which release the stack of products towards the underlying lower surface in an open configuration. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110283663 | PACKAGED SYSTEMS FOR IMPLANTING MARKERS IN A PATIENT AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AND USING SUCH SYSTEMS - Packaged systems for implanting a marker in a patient and methods for manufacturing and using such systems. In one embodiment, a packaged system comprises an introducer having a cannula and a stylet configured to be received in the cannula, a marker in the cannula, and a package having a sterile compartment. The marker can have a casing configured to be implanted in a patient and a resonating circuit in the casing. The resonating circuit can comprise a coil configured to wirelessly transmit a target signal in response to a wirelessly transmitted excitation signal. The introducer is contained within the sterile compartment. In another embodiment, the marker is not loaded in the introducer within the compartment of the package. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110296800 | PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR RETAINING PROPULSIVE DEVICES - A packaging fixture may include a first member including a plurality of first generally round apertures and a plurality of first elongated apertures. The first member may include a thickness from a first side to an opposite second side and each of the plurality of first round apertures and the plurality of elongated apertures may extend through the thickness of the first member. Each of the plurality of elongated apertures may be connected to and extend from a corresponding one of the plurality of first round apertures. Each of the plurality of first round apertures may be adapted to receive a portion of a propulsive device. The first member may be adapted to retain the propulsive device when a protrusion of the propulsive device is misaligned with a corresponding one of the plurality of elongated apertures. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120042614 | METHOD FOR PACKAGING A LOT OF PRODUCTS - A method of fashioning a packaging for a tray capable of forming a display, and two U-shaped parts positioned inside the tray to secure a lot of products. The method includes transferring the lot from a preparation station to a prepackaging station; applying, onto two opposite side surfaces of said lot, the U-shaped parts; and fashioning the blanks on the lot and forming a prepackaging. The method also includes transferring the prepackaging to a packaging line to group the prepackaging and a cutout constituting the tray; and fashioning the packaging into the shape of a box on the packaging line. The facility for the method includes a preparation station for the lots; a prepackaging station with a store for the U-shaped parts; a packaging line with a station that is outfitted so that the prepackaging can be grouped together with the cutout constituting the tray. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120067007 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING WIRE FENCE CLIPS - An apparatus and method for packaging wire fence clips first collects and aligns fence clips into a series of batches that each incorporate a selected quantity of clips. Each batch of clips is fed through a packaging station where first and second flexible adhesive substrates are affixed to opposite sides of the batch, and successive batches are separated to form compact and easy to carry bundles of the selected quantity of clips. A label applicator supplies adhesive labels to one of the flexible substrates. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120151878 | Method for Automatically Generating Dynamic Frame Packing Groups - A computer-implemented method for automatically generating dynamic frame packing groups for an automation system having a plurality of field devices. The field devices are assignable to different controllers, and the automation system is provided for communication between the field devices and the controllers using dynamic frame packing, where the method comprises receiving a description of the configurations of the field devices and the controllers, automatically generating the dynamic frame packing groups by analyzing the configurations, and assigning the field devices to packing groups. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120227361 | CONTAINER CARRIER - The present invention relates to a container carrier and to packaging systems for containers and using the same. This invention pertains to carrier stock for machine application to substantially identical containers such as beverage cans having annular chimes, cylindrical side walls, and frusto-conical walls between the chimes and the side walls. In particular, the present invention relates to plastic film having apertures to securely retain drinks cans, food cans, bottles and similar containers, a method of applying the film and the resultant combination. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233967 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CARTONING ARTICLES - Machine and method for cartoning articles in containers or boxes, in which the machine has a loading section comprising an article inlet area; a loading area for loading articles into the containers; a configuring device; at least a first robot arranged to load articles from the inlet area and transfer the articles to the configuring device; at least a second robot arranged to pick up articles from the configuring device and transfer them to the loading area, in which the configuring device comprises an array of seats for temporary accommodation of articles, and the array of seats of the configuring device is formed from rows of article-receiving seats having a variable transversal distance; the configuring device operates in a synchronised manner with the first robot and with the second robot varying the relative position between respective rows of seats to provide interface respectively with the first robot and with the second robot. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120279181 | WASTE PACKING SYSTEM AND FILM - The present invention is directed to a waste packaging system, a method of storing waste and to a film for use in this system and method. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130074453 | Packing Process and Apparatus for Multiple Rows of Horizontally Stacked Products - Sliced products are deposited in a shipping tray | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130125512 | METHOD OF TRANSPORTING PREFORMED FLOWER POT COVERS - A method of packaging and/or transporting a stack of preformed flower pot covers utilizing a portable platform is disclosed. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130152510 | PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR MULTI-COMPONENT MEDICAL PRODUCTS - A sterile packaging system for use in the manufacture and sale of combination medical product preferably one that is attachable to an injection system to co-deliver at least two medicaments is disclosed where a tray grid comprises sterile receptacles that are removably connected, sealable and configured for use in an automated drug filling and assembly line. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130174519 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANOEUVRING PRODUCTS - Packaging apparatus for randomly orientated fragile solid products comprising: a) an apparatus for manoeuvring randomly orientated products prior to packaging, the apparatus comprising at least one conveying means for conveying the products and a vibratory conveyor arranged to receive the products from the at least one conveying means, wherein the mechanical alignment means are arranged to sort the products into parallel lines of products and wherein the vibratory conveyor comprises: an upstream portion having a conveying surface arranged for increasing transverse spacings between the products; a downstream portion having mechanical alignment means arranged to align the products and sort the products into a plurality of lines; and b) a stick-pack packaging machine arranged to receive products from the apparatus and package the products in stick-packs, wherein the stick-pack packaging machine comprises multiple packaging lines arranged in parallel to each receive respective lines of the products. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130212981 | CONTAINER FOR EGGS - A container for eggs which uniformly orients eggs so that a substantial amount of surface area of the egg is uniformly presented for marking and viewing. The container has receptacles that may include one or more guidance features configured to automatically guide eggs to settle into a preferred resting orientation with the eggs uniformly centered and tilted slightly backward within their receptacles. The receptacles are designed to resist movement of the eggs from their resting orientation during marking, shipping or handling. Optionally, guidance and stabilizing features may cooperate to maintain eggs in a desired resting orientation. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130255195 | PACKAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for the secondary packaging of ophthalmic lenses for example contact lenses, contained in individual primary packages ( | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130326997 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING ARTICLES - A device and a method for packaging articles ( | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130340391 | AUTOMATED SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT PACKAGING MACHINE - A fully automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine is capable of selectively depositing one or more different solid pharmaceutical products into an individual cavity for each of a plurality of individual patient product package cavities. The system employs a plurality of solid pharmaceutical product dispensing canisters which are capable of selectively dispensing a pre-designated number of solid pharmaceutical products. The machine fills a template containing temporary storage cavities and the template is automatically positioned over a sheet of clear plastic material containing a plurality of cavities corresponding to the cavities in the template. A barrier between the cavities in the template and the sheet of clear plastic material is moved and the pharmaceuticals in the template cavities drop into the corresponding cavities in the clear plastic sheet of material. The clear plastic sheet of material is then maneuvered into subsequent product packaging stations and the template is returned to beneath the canister region. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140026523 | PACKAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A packaging system and method forms a bundled group of articles in an oriented arrangement, by applying a wrapping material to the articles via the bottoms of the articles while the oriented arrangement of articles is inverted and retained by a pallet. The wrapping material may be a sleeve of shrinkable material applied to the inverted end of the articles and shrunk to conform to the articles and form a base enclosing the bottoms of the articles. The articles are retained by the pallet in the oriented arrangement during the inverting, sleeving and bundling of the group of articles, to provide a bundled group including the articles securely contained by the shrunk wrapping in the oriented arrangement. The bundled group may include more than one type of article. The pallet may be configured to retain a top portion of the article, which may have an irregular or asymmetrical shape. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140075890 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING GROUPS OF ARTICLES COMBINED TO FORM PACKAGING UNITS - A method of combining groups of articles to form packaging units includes wrapping a packaging unit along a running direction thereof on a transporting path with a sheet material, concurrently with the wrapping, forming a sheet-material overlap and folding flaps that each project beyond the packaging unit along transverse peripheries thereof, positioning the folding flaps against the packaging unit as the packaging unit passes through a folding unit, and fixing the folding flaps to each other, thereby forming a sheet-material wrapper that is closed on all sides. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140109518 | System and Method for Packaging Dental Ingots - A method and system for producing, marking, and packaging ingots for use in fabricating dental prosthetics. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140130459 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZED KIT NESTING - A method, computer program, and system for optimizing kit nesting. The method, computer program, and system include defining a priority for each kit in a plurality of kits. Each of the plurality of kits is associated with at least one machine in a machine family, such that each machine family is associated with a set of kits. A first optimized nest is determined for each machine in each machine family by providing all machine-compatible parts in the highest priority kit to a nesting engine, allowing the nesting engine access to one or more subsequent priority kits to be arranged into the first nest. A second optimized nest is determined for at least one machine by providing all remaining machine-compatible parts in the highest priority kit to a nesting engine, allowing the nesting engine access to one or more subsequent priority kits to be arranged into the second nest. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140137517 | Method and Device for Packing Strip-Type Objects, Especially Strips of Chewing Gum - The invention relates to a method and a device for producing and packing individual strip-type objects, especially strips of chewing gum, comprising the following method steps and features: provision of rectangular sheets from which the strips are to be formed, the length of the shorter sides of the sheets corresponding to the length of a strip to be formed; formation of individual strips from the sheets provided; packing of the formed individual strips using a first packaging material; formation of a group of the individual packed strips; and packing of the formed group of strips using a second packaging material. The step of providing the sheets comprises the following additional method steps and features: creation of grooves in the sheets, said grooves extending parallel to the shorter sides of the sheets; and controlled supply of the individual sheets successively in the longitudinal direction thereof to the following step of forming the individual strips, in such a way that each sheet adjoins the respective previous sheet in a precise position, without gaps and without back pressure. The step of forming the individual strips comprises the following additional method steps and features: respective separation of an individual strip from the sheet on the front end thereof in the direction of transport by tearing along the respectively frontmost produced groove such that the supplied sheet and the separated strip are in the same plane; and acceleration of the separated strip in the direction of transport in order to create a gap between the individual successive strips. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140190126 | GROUPER APPARATUS FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE AND METHODS OF GROUPING ITEMS FOR PACKAGING - A grouper apparatus for a packaging machine and methods of grouping items for packaging are provided. The grouper apparatus may have at least two container guides for defining lanes for receiving containers, at least one of the at least two container guides being movable, and at least one timing screw. The at least one timing screw may be positioned at least one of: between the at least two container guides; and coaxial with a corresponding one of the at least two container guides. The at least one timing screw may be adapted to receive and advance at least one lane of containers on either side thereof. A controller may be provided for controlling revolution of the at least one timing screw to provide at least one of a desired output grouping and a desired output rate of the containers. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140245701 | Method and Apparatus for Bundling Packages of Absorbent Articles - A method of bundling primary packages of absorbent articles into secondary packages includes advancing first and second films in a stretched state in a machine direction. At least two primary packages of absorbent articles are advanced in the machine direction between the first and second films. The primary packages are compressed in a first direction, wherein the first direction is orthogonal to the machine direction. The primary packages are advanced in a second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite the machine direction. The first and second films are bonded together to form a bonded region. The first and second films compress the primary packages of absorbent articles in the first direction, forming a secondary package around the primary packages of absorbent articles. The bonded region is cut to form a first bond on a first secondary package and a second bond on a second secondary package. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140260104 | INSPECTION SYSTEM - An inspection system is configured for use with a conveyer apparatus including carrier bars. Each carrier bar conveys pellet-shaped articles along a predetermined path. The inspection system includes at least one camera unit for sensing a predetermined characteristic of the pellet-shaped articles, a removal unit, and a controller. The removal unit, downstream from the at least one camera unit, removes selected pellet-shaped article(s) from the carrier bar(s) depending on whether the characteristic is sensed by the at least one camera unit. The controller is in communication with the at least one camera unit and the removal unit. The controller provides a signal to the removal unit in accordance with the sensed characteristic. The removal unit includes a rotatable ejection drum having extended vacuum nozzles along its length, equal to the number of articles conveyed in each carrier bar. Each vacuum nozzle selectively removes article(s) from the carrier bar(s) by suction. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140298754 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING DOSED QUANTITIES OF SOLID DRUG PORTIONS - A system for packaging dosed quantities of solid drug portions comprises a plurality of dosing stations ( | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140345234 | Method for Preparing a Nutritional Supplement for a Woman - An ingestible nutritional substance (supplement and the like) including vitamins, minerals and other ingredients beneficial to a woman and/or her child that a woman may take at a time of her life surrounding pregnancy. This includes by ingesting determined and suited types and amounts of ingredients, including at selected times, to best assist the woman and/or infant's needs at the respective times. The ingestible supplement can be formulated for drinking with appropriate nutritional and health benefits as well as with desired lifestyle and taste and aesthetic attributes. The dosing and packaging of the supplement to best suit a specific class of woman's and baby's needs are also described. Other aspects are directed to the preservation, storage and dispensation of one or more ingredients that may not be stable with one another during storage. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140366489 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING AND PACKING SOLID SUBSTANCES - The invention relates to a device which accommodates a series of feeder units arranged for selectively discharging an amount of solid substances from one or more feeder units for packing. The device includes a holding device provided with an array of feeder positions arranged adjacently in a plane, a collection frame arranged below the holding device including a series of collection trays for capturing discharged solid substances from the feeder units and each collection tray includes an output opening, and a packing unit arranged below the collection frame for collecting the captured solid substances from the output opening of a tray and packing the substances. The collection frame and the holding device are movable with respect to each other. The collection trays have an elongated shape with a longitudinal direction which extends substantially parallel to the plane and over a length of at least two of the feeder positions. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150068159 | STORAGE MAGAZINE AND METHOD FOR THE INTERIM STORAGE OF SNUS BAGS - A storage hopper which is designed and adapted for interim storage of snus bags between a bag production apparatus and a transport device comprises two side walls, a rear wall and a front wall, shaft walls running parallel to the side walls and spaced apart from one another, wherein the storage hopper has, on its side facing towards the transport device, a lower closure element for storing a defined number of snus bags in each shaft and for joint discharge of the defined number of snus bags to the transport device, and wherein the storage hopper has, on the side facing towards the bag production apparatus, an upper closure element which is independent of the lower closure element. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150329230 | APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING BATCHES OF PRODUCTS PACKED IN CARTONS OR IN WRAPPING FILM - Described is an apparatus for packaging batches ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150329231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING OF NESTED PRODUCTS - A packaging system for the selection, grouping and loading of varying size and/or configuration product packs into cartons as provided. The packaging system includes a selection area having a primary selector for forming an initial product pack configuration, and a secondary selector adapted to select and direct an additional grouping of products into a nested arrangement against the initial product pack so as to form a nested product pack. The nested product packs thereafter can be engaged by loader arms of a pair of opposed loading assemblies, which move the nested product packs into a series of cartons moving through the packaging machine. Thereafter, the ends of the cartons can be closed and sealed to complete the packaging of the product packs therein. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150375880 | Continuous Motion Packaging Machine With Rotating Flights - A packaging machine for placing articles into a carton includes rotating flight assemblies that receive a carton or carton blank, and rotate the carton blank and carton with articles while the flight assemblies move downstream. The flight assemblies each include two fixed segments and one segment that includes a block and associated bracket that rotate as the flight assembly is pulled through the machine by a conveying system. A method includes carton blanks being fed by a carton feeder onto the flight assemblies. Articles are formed into an article group, which is then placed onto a carton blank. As the blank and article group move in a downstream direction, the side panels of the carton blank are wrapped around the article group and the carton and article group are rotated to assist in closing the carton end flaps. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160001904 | PACKAGING OF POLYSILICON FRAGMENTS - Accurate and repeatable portioning of polycrystalline silicon chunks without excessive generation of fines is accomplished by separating silicon chunks into a multiplicity of weighed portions and combining at least four portions which together closely match a target weight into a plastic shipment bag which is then closed. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160067120 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PACKAGING THEM - Certain configurations of articles comprising stacked layers of absorbent articles are described herein. In certain examples, the absorbent articles of a particular layer are arranged in two or more lanes. In some instances, adjacent stacks of the stacked layers are separated by a divider configured to provide support to at least one lane of absorbent articles of a first stack. Systems and methods of producing and packaging the articles are also described. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160096643 | Apparatus and Method for Transferring a Pattern from a Universal Surface to an Ultimate Package - An apparatus and method for transferring a pattern from a universal surface to an ultimate package. The apparatus comprises an end effector for a pattern transfer robot. The end effector comprises a crowder plate with crowder plate slats spaced apart a distance to form openings between the crowder plate slats. The universal surface comprises a finger wall with finger wall slats spaced apart a distance to form openings between the finger wall slats. A portion of the crowder plate slats are sized to pass between a portion of mating finger wall slats. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160376079 | Solar Panel Efficacy-Method and Device - A beverage container holding device and methods for the storage and dispensing of beverages. Embodiments of the beverage container holder include two spaced apart parallel and aligned triangular planes each with rounded vertices and with three equal side lengths between the rounded vertices. The corresponding sides of the triangular planes are connected by sides extending across the space between the triangular planes and perpendicular to them. One corner of the three sides extending in the spaced apart location comprises an articulated panel opening into an interior region of the beverage container holder. In some embodiments the parallel planes are trapezoidal in shape. Beverage containers are arranged, perpendicular to the triangular planes, in rows within the beverage container holder. The beverage container holder is filled by inserting beverage containers through the opened articulated panel and beverages are dispensed through the same portal. In some embodiments the beverage containers can be stacked. | 12-29-2016 |
