| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 053446000 | With orienting (e.g., turning labels face out) | 10 |
| 20090025341 | Way of packing cigarettes - The invention is to change the current way of packing cigarettes in a pack in order to improve and ease the way of pulling them out after opening the pack. Current way of packing cigarettes in a pack places the cigarettes on the same level what complicates pulling the first cigarettes out from the pack after its opening. It also makes the smokers touch many cigarettes in order to get only one of them, which makes the whole process unhygienic. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090113849 | Machine and Method for Packaging Groups of Products - To orient groups of products to be packaged in a plastic film the groups (G) are wrapped in lengths of film and fed between two series of opposite conveyor belts ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090120040 | METHOD AND UNIT FOR FEEDING PRODUCTS TO A GROUP-FORMING UNIT - A method and unit for feeding products to a group-forming unit for forming groups of products, each containing a given number of products; an orderly succession of products is fed in a first direction by means of a first conveyor; an orderly succession of products is fed in a second direction, parallel to the first direction, by means of a second conveyor parallel to the first conveyor; and the products are transferred from the first conveyor to the second conveyor by means of a transfer device which is permanently integral with an output end of the first conveyor, is moved in the second direction upon detection of a gap along the first conveyor, and is moved in the opposite direction to the second direction to form, along the second conveyor, a number of consecutive gaps equal to the number of products in each group of products. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20100058716 | Centering Unit for Aligning at Least Two Grouped Vessels and Method for Aligning Two Grouped Vessels - A centering unit for aligning at least two grouped vessels, a liftable and lowerable precentering mechanism as well as a liftable and lowerable final centering mechanism being provided so as to improve the alignment. According to a preferred embodiment, the precentering mechanism may include a plurality of subcentering mechanism so that vessels coming from different infeeds can be centered by mechanism a centering unit. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100071318 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, HANDLING NAPPIES - For the purpose of packaging diapers ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100300047 | METHOD AND DEVICE PACKAGING FLAT OBJECTS - In order to package flat objects ( | 12-02-2010 |
| 20140026524 | ARTICLE STACKING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM - A system for stacking and packaging a plurality of discrete products of different sizes is provided. The system includes a stacking system having a movable lift plate, a slide plate assembly, an adjustable stop plate, and adjustable sidewalls. Layers of articles are introduced into a stack area, and movement of the lift plate and the slide plate assembly are coordinated to stack products in layers on the lift plate. The stacking system includes an adjustment assembly that allows adjustment of the position of the stop plate and/or the sidewalls relative to a frame such that the stacking system can be quickly and efficiently configured for use with layers of articles that have different depths and/or widths. In another aspect, the stacking system cooperates with a tipping system that rolls or tips stacked product to facilitate further processing or use of the product package. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140237946 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING, DISSEMBLING AND SHIPPING A READY TO ASSEMBLE RECLINER - A recliner or other article of sitting furniture having an assembled configuration and a disassembled configuration, said disassembled configuration including storage cavities in at least one of an arm portion, a seat cavity, a back portion, and combinations thereof, where any of said cavities are used to optimize storage volume in said disassembled configuration and a method of shipping a recliner in said disassembled configuration. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20160039550 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GROUPING AND POSITIONING ITEMS - An apparatus displaces and positions items in a predetermined configuration. The apparatus includes a grouping station, a grouping manipulator using at least two degrees of freedom and having a prehension end-effector and a placing manipulator using at least four degrees of freedom and having a prehension end-effector. The grouping manipulator is configured to pick items at a first item location, displace the items towards the grouping station, and release the items at the grouping station to form a group of items. The placing manipulator is configured to pick the group of items at the grouping station, change an orientation of the group of items, and release the group of items at a receiving station in the predetermined configuration. A method displaces and positions items in a predetermined configuration. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160059972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BOXING RECTANGULAR ARTICLES - A rectangular article boxing method of the present invention includes: a step of erecting upright and aligning a bundle of rectangular articles, gripping, lifting, transferring, and lowering the bundle and inserting the bundle between a first guide and a second guide disposed at a predetermined interval in a carton; a step of displacing the first guide to above the upright bundle; a step of moving the inserted bundle to a position in contact with the existing bundle and holding the bundles with the second guide; a step of holding the upright bundles with the first guide in place of the second guide; and a step of displacing the second guide to a position at the predetermined interval from the first guide to receive the bundle to be conveyed next. | 03-03-2016 |
