| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 053564000 | Forming by opening or setting up collapsed receptacle | 47 |
| 20080196362 | Machine For Packaging Articles into Boxes With Variable Arrangement With Respect To The Production Line - In a machine for packaging articles into boxes, an articles feeding line is formed by two runs and extends beside the machine according to different possible configurations. The runs can be oriented on a horizontal plane, independently, so as to allow different possible arrangements of the machine with respect to a production line. Likewise, an articles outlet line can be arranged in alignment with longitudinal extension of the machine or perpendicular to longitudinal extension of the machine, to allow the machine to be connected with working units arranged either in alignment or perpendicular to the machine. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090165429 | Bale Bag Support and Method for Bagging Bales - A bale bag support device, system and method that provides for placement of a bale into a bale bag by maintaining a bale bag in an opened configuration employing a bale bag support device that includes a frame adapted for advancing motion, a bag support and a bale threshold attached to the frame that define a bale aperture through which bales may be placed onto a bale receiving area located on an inner surface of the bale bag beyond the bale threshold. The bale bagging system also includes a pick and place device for placing bales into the opened bale bag and which may also be employed to advance the bale bag support device a distance sufficient to create a bale receiving area located inside the bale bag beyond the bale threshold. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090241488 | MOBILE BAGGING MACHINE TUNNEL - Mobile bagging machine systems and methods may relate to a mobile bagging machine that includes a variable-width tunnel, a variable-speed rotor, a relatively narrow rotor of large diameter and increased effective surface area, at least one material reservoir, a material conveyor system capable of continuous material processing during exchange of unloading vehicles, and/or an overall width less than approximately three meters. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090313957 | Carton opening device capable of opening cartons of differing geometries - A device for opening pre-glued, pre-folded sleeves into cartons. The device includes a cam wheel ( | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100037569 | Self-Propelled Bagging Machine For Storing Grain In A Sleeve - A self-propelled bagging machine for storing grain in a sleeve (unfolding plastic film pipe or silo bag) made up of an upper receiving hopper which outlet leads to a grain discharge tunnel over which such folded sleeve fits, all of this mounted on a chassis equipped with running gear and dragging pole, where such hopper outlet comprises a wall that is transversally connected to the hopper according to a downward slant plane leading to the discharge tunnel arranged under the vertical projection of the mouth of said hopper, and where such running gear comprises a back single-shaft running gear that is connected to the wheels, and a smaller front steering running gear; such grain bagging machine further includes: a dual compensated braking device made up of an adjustable primary hydraulic braking mechanism and an adjustable secondary hydraulic braking mechanism which act simultaneously on the back shaft of the bagging machine, and where a mechanic articulation mounted on the chassis in such a way that it is sensitive to pulling variations during the machine operation activates an inverted operation hydraulic pump for reception/release of braking fluid from/to the secondary braking mechanism circuit for braking compensation. Dual compensated braking device to be applied to the self-propelled grain bagging machine described above. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100223892 | Packging Machine Provided With Variable-Inclination Work and Load Surface - The present invention relates to a packaging machine provided with variable-inclination work and load surface ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 20130036716 | PACKING DEVICE - A packing device according to an embodiment includes a supply station, a right end effector, a left end effector, a right arm unit, a left arm unit, and a forming station. A cardboard box in a flat state is placed on the supply station. The cardboard box developed three-dimensionally is placed on the forming station. The right arm unit includes the right end effector provided with a suction unit. The left arm unit includes the left end effector provided with a suction unit. The packing device performs an operation of developing the cardboard box and an operation of moving the cardboard box to the forming station by using the right arm unit and the left arm unit while sucking both side surfaces of the cardboard box placed on the supply station by using the suction units. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130199135 | Unit For Picking-Up A Tubular Blank In A Flattened Configuration And For Opening Out The Tubular Blank - A unit for picking-up a flattened tubular blank and for opening out the blank has gripping devices borne by a pick-up member, a frame, and a first arm hinged to the frame and to the pick-up member. A second arm is hinged to the frame, at a hinge axis being arranged at a lower height than the first arm hinge axis. A third arm is hinged to the second arm and which to the pick-up member. The first arm and the second arm are activatable in phase relation with one another. The unit is configured such that the pick-up member picks up the flattened tubular blank from the pick-up position (P), rests the tubular blank on a rest plane, and opening-out the tubular blank. The unit then moves the pick-up member towards the pick-up position (P), passing over the opened-out tubular blank. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20140083062 | BOXING APPARATUS - A boxing apparatus erects packages that can be erected along a limited section of a conveyor, without having to erect them all at once, even with individual packages that are long in the feed direction. The boxing apparatus has a fourth conveyor belt that blocks the front of a line of incoming packages and exerts an upward force on the front package. The front package is raised up by this upward force, so the following package rides up onto the package in front, and the packages are erected successively. Consequently, even individual packages that are long in the feed direction can be erected at a limited section of a third conveyor belt. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140298759 | PACKAGING ASSEMBLY - A packaging assembly ( | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150128537 | PACKAGING MACHINE FOR PACKS OF BEVERAGE CONTAINERS, A GUIDE SYSTEM FOR PACKAGING PACKS AND A METHOD FOR PACKAGING PACKS - A packaging machine for packs of containers including a horizontal conveying means for the containers grouped as packs, a means for supplying flat paperboard sheets at the bottom side of the containers, wherein the containers are transported in a standing manner on the paperboard sheet, a means for folding upward front and back, in the transport direction, edge portions of the paperboard sheet, each of which extends beyond the footprint of the pack, at least two opposing lateral guide elements for folding upward lateral edges of the paperboard sheet extending laterally beyond the footprint of the grouped containers, wherein at least portions of the guide elements exert a defined pressing force on the upward-folded edges of the paperboard sheet and the side faces of the pack, and an adhesive is provided with edge portions of the lateral edges overlapping with front and/or back edges of the paperboard sheet. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160114921 | PROCESS SECTION OF A PACKAGING MACHINE - A processing section of a packaging machine includes a conveyor configured to be driven by a first drive member, and at least one additional conveyor including at least one tray folding member configured to selectively extend about and ride on the conveyor. The at least one additional conveyor is configured to be driven by a second drive member that is distinct from the first drive member. | 04-28-2016 |
| 053565000 | Gable-top carton (e.g., milk carton) | 2 |
| 20080276575 | BULGE REDUCER FOR GABLE TOP PACKAGE - A bulge reducer is configured for use on a form, fill and seal packaging machine for gable top packages. The machine has a drive element and plurality of discrete package carriers for conveying the packages along a conveyance path through the machine. The bulge reducer includes a drive member operably connected to the machine station chain. A reciprocating member is operably connected to the drive member for the reciprocation toward and away from the conveyance path. The reciprocating member contacts one of the package side walls as the package moves along the conveyance path to exert an inward force on and urge the side wall inwardly of the package. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080276576 | UNIVERSAL TOP SEALING SYSTEM FOR GABLE TOP PACKAGE - A top sealer for a gable top package having a sealed top fin includes an arm support and a pair of opposing arms pivotally mounted to the arm support. The arms each have a sealing jaw at about an end thereof. The arms are pivotal to move the sealing jaws toward and away from one another through an arc. The arm support is linearly movable toward and away from the package, as the arms pivot, to move the sealing jaws downward, toward the package, to alter the arc of the pivoting sealing jaws. | 11-13-2008 |
| 053566000 | Horizontally loaded box or carton | 1 |
| 20080209867 | Integrated Barrel Loader and Confiner Apparatus for Use in a Cartoning System - Disclosed is an integrated barrel loader/confiner apparatus useful in a cartoning system for shaping and inserting a product into a carton. The integrated barrel loader/confiner includes an endless confiner cam track and an endless pusher cam track. A confiner element is endlessly driven and cammed by the confiner cam track to align the confiner element with a product to shape the product in a manner suitable for insertion into a carton. A pusher element is endlessly driven and cammed by the pusher cam track to align the pusher element with the thus shaped product and a carton to drive the shaped product into the carton. | 09-04-2008 |
| 053567000 | Flexible tubular stock - preformed continuous tube | 12 |
| 20090013655 | Machine For Packing Products In Envelopes - The machine comprises: folder means forming a vertically-developing continuous tubular package; first welding organs acting on vertical edges of the continuous tubular package for closing the package; a first station, situated below the folder means, in which second welding organs operate, with a horizontal motion performed transversal of the continuous tubular package, to define consecutive envelopes; a second station, underlying the first station, in which the cutting organs operate, with a horizontal motion which is transversal of the continuous tubular package to separate an envelope occupying a lowest position in a line of the envelopes; drawing organs, for gripping the lower flap of the lowest envelope in the line, at the second station, for determining a descent by a step of the line of envelopes and the continuous tubular package, in phase relation with the inoperative positions of the first welding organs and the second welding organs as well as the cutting organs. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090100806 | CASSETTE AND APPARATUS FOR PACKING DISPOSABLE OBJECTS INTO AN ELONGATED TUBE OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL - A cassette ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100005762 | Waste Disposal Devices - Waste disposal device including a container defining a waste chamber for receiving waste, a support member arranged in the container for supporting tubing having a closed or closable front end to thereby enable formation of a bag in the container and a twisting assembly arranged in the container and defining an aperture through which the tubing passes while the twisting assembly engages with the tubing. A rotation mechanism is arranged in the container and when actuated, rotates the twisting assembly relative to the stationary support member while the twisting assembly engages with the tubing to thereby form a twist in the tubing. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100101193 | FORM-FILL-SEAL MACHINE - A form-fill-seal machine for manufacturing pouches of a plurality of types having different shapes includes a tubular part, a conveying part and a sealing part. The tubular part is replaceable according to a shape of the pouch to be manufactured. The conveying part is configured and arranged to convey tubular packaging material along the tubular part with an internal surface of the packaging material facing an external surface of the tubular part. A position of the conveying part with respect to the tubular part is selectively movable according to the shape of the pouch to be manufactured. The sealing part is configured and arranged to seal a prescribed position on the packaging material conveyed by the conveying part. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100115894 | BAG-MAKING AND PACKAGING MACHINE - A bag-making and packaging machine includes a forming mechanism, a vertical sealing mechanism, a transverse sealing mechanism and a receiving member. The forming mechanism is configured to roll a sheet-shaped packaging material into a cylindrical shape to form a cylindrical packaging material. The vertical sealing mechanism is configured and arranged to seal an overlapping portion of the cylindrical packaging material with heat vertically along a direction in which the cylindrical packaging material extends. The receiving member is attached to the forming mechanism in a position facing the vertical sealing mechanism, and configured and arranged to sandwich the overlapping portion together with the vertical sealing mechanism. The receiving member has elasticity with which the receiving member presses the overlapping portion toward the vertical sealing mechanism. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110000172 | CASSETTE AND APPARATUS FOR PACKING DISPOSABLE OBJECTS INTO AN ELONGATED TUBE OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL - A cassette ( | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110099956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPOSING WASTE PACKAGES SUCH AS DIAPERS - Systems and methods for facilitating hygienic storage and disposal of waste packages such as used disposable diapers include a housing, a lid, and a bag unit having a bag frame and an attached single use flexible bag. The flexible bag is pleated and larger in cross-section at a lower portion than it is at the connection to the bag frame. The bag frame is releasably mounted to the housing so that it will not rotate. The lower portion of the flexible bag is positioned in a storage chamber of the housing that is shaped so as to align and center the bag. A rotatable member having radially extending flexible fingers is engaged with an intermediate portion of the bag. When the lid is closed, the rotatable member will twist the intermediate portion of the bag, sealing odors in the lower portion of the bag. A parent or caregiver will push the waste package through the resistance of the twisted intermediate portion into the lower portion of the bag, and close the lid to re-seal the twisted portion. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110099957 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPOSING WASTE PACKAGES SUCH AS DIAPERS - Systems and methods for facilitating hygienic storage and disposal of waste packages such as used disposable diapers include a housing, a lid, and a bag unit having a bag frame and an attached single use flexible bag. The flexible bag is pleated and larger in cross-section at a lower portion than it is at the connection to the bag frame. The bag frame is releasably mounted to the housing so that it will not rotate. The lower portion of the flexible bag is positioned in a storage chamber of the housing that is shaped so as to align and center the bag. A rotatable member having radially extending flexible fingers is engaged with an intermediate portion of the bag. When the lid is closed, the rotatable member will twist the intermediate portion of the bag, sealing odors in the lower portion of the bag. A parent or caregiver will push the waste package through the resistance of the twisted intermediate portion into the lower portion of the bag, and close the lid to re-seal the twisted portion. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110099958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPOSING WASTE PACKAGES SUCH AS DIAPERS - Systems and methods for facilitating hygienic storage and disposal of waste packages such as used disposable diapers include a housing, a lid, and a bag unit having a bag frame and an attached single use flexible bag. The flexible bag is pleated and larger in cross-section at a lower portion than it is at the connection to the bag frame. The bag frame is releasably mounted to the housing so that it will not rotate. The lower portion of the flexible bag is positioned in a storage chamber of the housing that is shaped so as to align and center the bag. A rotatable member having radially extending flexible fingers is engaged with an intermediate portion of the bag. When the lid is closed, the rotatable member will twist the intermediate portion of the bag, sealing odors in the lower portion of the bag. A parent or caregiver will push the waste package through the resistance of the twisted intermediate portion into the lower portion of the bag, and close the lid to re-seal the twisted portion. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120240530 | Self-Propelled Bagging Machine for Storing Grain in a Sleeve - A self-propelled bagging machine stores grain in a sleeve and comprises an upper receiving hopper with an outlet leads to a grain discharge tunnel and is mounted on a chassis equipped with a running gear and dragging pole. The running gear comprises a back single-shaft running gear that is connected to the wheels and a smaller front steering running gear. The grain bagging machine further includes a dual compensated braking device with an adjustable primary hydraulic braking mechanism and an adjustable secondary hydraulic braking mechanism which act simultaneously on the back shaft of the bagging machine. The mechanic articulation is mounted on the chassis and is sensitive to pulling variations and activates an inverted operation hydraulic pump for reception or release of braking fluid to the secondary braking mechanism circuit for braking compensation. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20140196418 | GROUP FOR PACKING PRODUCTS INTO TUBULAR PACKAGING - A group for packing products in tubular packaging, comprises a vertical tube for supporting a packaging material supplied around the tube and from which single tubular packaging can be obtained, the tube includes an upper end defining an opening for loading the products to be packed, a lower end defining an opening for unloading the products inside the single wrappings obtained from the packaging material, the tube includes internally a falling channel for the products that can be selectively closed. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20150344159 | SPREADING UNIT, CONTAINER SLEEVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SLEEVING CONTAINERS - A spreading unit for a container sleeving device, configured to spread open flattened tubular foil material to form a sleeve, to bring the sleeve in a target tubular shape and to discharge the sleeve towards the container, the spreading unit including a mandrel including: an upstream mandrel element for spreading open the flattened tubular foil material having a substantially constant cross-section in axial direction; a downstream mandrel element having a non-constant cross-section in axial direction; an intermediate mandrel element positioned between the upstream and downstream mandrel elements; wherein the downstream mandrel element comprises flaring sides and tapering sides and the intermediate mandrel element is recessed relative to the upstream mandrel element to allow the upstream part of a sleeve to move radially inward when the downstream part of the sleeve moves along the flaring sides of the downstream mandrel element. | 12-03-2015 |
| 053568000 | Longitudinally prefolded web stock | 1 |
| 20090193768 | Machine for Covering Various Types of Articles - A machine is disclosed for covering articles ( | 08-06-2009 |
| 053569000 | Letter-type envelope | 4 |
| 20080302068 | ENVELOPE FILLING MACHINE - An envelope filling machine for introducing sheets into envelopes includes a sliding surface, for transferring the sheets to an envelope filling station by means of pushing lugs, operated along the sliding surface. An envelope supplying conveyor supplies individual envelopes to the station placing them between vertical shafts of a pair of screws. The turns of the screws hold the sides of the envelopes and move each envelope downwards keeping the envelope separated from a subsequent envelope. When the envelope has come to rest on a conveyor belt placed between and under the screws, the lugs push the sheets into the envelope kept steady by movable stop strips yieldingly maintained by elastic means. When the sheets are fully inserted, the lugs push the envelope and force the movable strips to swing and let the filled envelope leave the envelope filling station. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100058719 | Conveying apparatus for envelopes and related methods - An apparatus for conveying envelopes traveling in a travel direction in a generally upright orientation. The apparatus includes a first pair of conveyor assemblies disposed opposite one another and configured to engage lateral edges of the envelopes, and configured to move the envelopes in the travel direction. The apparatus includes a second pair of conveyor assemblies disposed opposite one another and positioned downstream of the first pair of conveyor assemblies in the travel direction, with the second pair of conveyor assemblies being configured to move the envelopes in the travel direction independently of the first pair of conveyor assemblies. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100313530 | DOCUMENT INSERTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for inserting a document into an envelope, the apparatus comprising: means for holding an envelope at an insert station; pivotally mounted fingers for opening the envelope; and means for moving the document to be inserted along a platform over the fingers and into the envelope; wherein the platform is pivoted at an upstream end and upwardly spring biased so that the platform is depressed against the spring bias, by an amount dependent on the weight of the insert document moving over, so that a light insert document follows a path which subtends a steeper angle to the horizontal compared to a heavy insert document. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20160375717 | APPARATUS FOR INSERTING DOCUMENTS INTO ENVELOPES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An apparatus inserts documents into envelopes and includes a document insert station and a document conveyor that conveys documents to be inserted within envelopes to the document insert station. Each envelope has an envelope opening and a flap to close the opening and defines a hinge line. An envelope feeder feeds envelopes upside down on the hinge line with the flap up into the document insert station and angled from the document conveyor. An insert plate is positioned at the document insert station that receives a document conveyed from the document conveyor and includes orifices though which air is blown onto the envelope fed into the document insert station to open the envelope and receive a document conveyed from the document conveyor. | 12-29-2016 |
| 053570000 | Bag or sack | 15 |
| 20090308031 | Gripper for an automatic bag filling apparatus - In an intermittently rotating table type bag filling apparatus, a plurality of pairs of grippers being provided at equal intervals around an intermittently rotating table, the grippers including pairs of left and right swing levers mounted on the intermittently rotating table, gripper arms affixed to swing levers, chuck sections installed in the tip end portions of the gripper arms, and chuck open/close mechanisms that open and close chuck sections. Gripper arms are cylindrical, and air cylinders and link mechanisms that constitute chuck open/close mechanism are installed inside the tube bodies of the gripper arms. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100064641 | BAG INSTALLATION FOR BAGGING MACHINE - Bag installation for bagging machines may include bag installation systems and/or methods that provide efficient, convenient, safe, and/or simplified means and/or steps for installing a bag on, and/or maintaining bag on, a bagging machine. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100269458 | BAG CLAMP PUCKERING SYSTEM - A bag-puckering system has a pairs of grippers engageable with upper corners of respective bags. The grippers of each pair are shiftable between an inner position in which the respective bag is puckered open and an outer position in which the respective bag is held flat. The pairs of grippers are aligned in a longitudinal row and shiftable in a travel direction through a filling station wherein fluent material can be poured into the bags. A controller upstream of the filling station measures a length in the direction of the bags and generates respective outputs corresponding thereto. A movable cam at the filling station operatively engages the grippers in the filling station for shifting the grippers between their inner and outer positions. A drive connected to the control means and to the cam can shift the grippers in accordance with the size of the respective bags. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110072767 | BAGGING APPARATUS - An article bagging apparatus designed to reduce impacts caused by stopping at advance and retraction terminal points. The article bagging apparatus has an upper scoop | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110107730 | DEVICE FOR FILLING OF CONTAINERS - Apparatus for filling packages of the collapsible type, comprising a first station and a second station, a transport unit for intermittent transport of said packages from the first station to the second station along a transport direction (P) which extends between the first station and the second station, the transport unit being designed to transport the packages in a hanging position, and a swing-inhibiting unit which is designed to engage with said packages in order to counteract a swinging movement of the hanging packages during said transport, said swing-inhibiting unit being movable along said transport direction (P) while the transport unit transports the packages. The swing-inhibiting unit is arranged separately from the tranport unit. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20140182249 | POULTRY LOADER WITH ALIGNMENT MECHANISM - An improved loader is described. The loader includes a frame having an upper surface, a pair of horns adjustably connected to the upper surface, each horn comprising an upper shoulder, a lower shoulder, and an air duct between the upper shoulder and the lower shoulder, a pair of air hoses connecting each air duet to a controller, the controller being connected to a pressurized air supply, and an alignment mechanism mounted, the alignment mechanism including an axle mounted to the frame, a first arm connected to a first panel, the first arm rotatably connected to the axle, a second arm connected to a second panel, the second arm rotatably connected to the axle, a gear mechanism connected to the axle and to the first arm and the second arm, the gear mechanism configured to rotate the second arm in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the first arm, and a dual-action cylinder connected to at least one of the first arm and the second arm. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140245703 | BREAD CONVEYING APPARATUS AND BREAD SLICING APPARATUS - A bread packaging apparatus for packaging bread in a bag, includes a first urging unit that comes into contact with a loaf of bread and conveys the loaf of bread along a conveying path; and a control unit for controlling a speed of the first urging unit. The control unit controls the speed of the first urging unit such that the speed when the first urging unit comes into contact with the loaf of bread is different from the speed when the first urging unit conveys the loaf of bread. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20150068166 | PACKAGING SYSTEM - A packaging system including two rotary tables ( | 03-12-2015 |
| 20160122055 | BIOMIMETIC BAG OPENING DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC FILLING LINE - The present invention discloses a biomimetic bag opening device for an automatic filling line, comprising brackets left and right symmetrically arranged on the filling line for filling bags, the symmetrically arranged brackets moving in a horizontal relative motion respectively driven by a pull rod, a push bag plate facing the filling bag provided at a front end of the bracket, a row of gripper holes provided on the push bag plate in the upper and lower of the horizontal level respectively, two rows of grippers provided on the brackets behind the push bag plate and corresponding to the two rows of gripper holes, a gripper drive device driving two rows of grippers open or closed, and grasping fingertips of the grippers projecting or retracting from two rows of the upper and lower of the gripper holes. The present invention solves the problem that woven bags are automatically opened in a full-automatic weighing and packaging device, which can be used for the production of the non-lamination woven bag, semi-lamination woven bag and full-lamination woven bag. The grippers of present invention imitate the human fingers to grip woven bags and separate the bag mouth, the bag mouth can also be closed to prepare for next process after bagging completed, and structure installation and adjustment are convenient. | 05-05-2016 |
| 053571000 | Magazine | 6 |
| 20080264003 | Device for Supplying and/or Filling Bags - Supply device for bags, a frame, at least one elongated carrier means for bags that extends in a longitudinal direction and at one end is attached to the frame and of which the opposite end is free, first and second contact means that are disposed on a holder and by means of first transport means are reciprocally movable in a first direction of movement along the carrier, and third contact means that are movably connected to the frame, wherein the first, second and third contact means are suitable for engaging a wall of the bag in a retaining manner, wherein at least in a first direction of movement of the first transport means the first and second contact means have operative directions that face away from each other in the longitudinal direction, and the second and third contact means have operative directions that mutually face each other, wherein the supply device is furthermore provided with second transport means for moving the holder up and down out of and towards the first direction of movement. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20140075896 | FULLY AUTOMATED BAG PREPARING SYSTEM FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF BAGS - A displacement device responsible for preparing the bag for its installation at a filling point (or second location) of packaging equipment. The displacement device grabs the bag from the pick-up location (or stack) (from which first position and orientation parameters have been previously measured), displaces the bag while measuring second position and orientation parameters of the bag, adjusting the operation and displacement of the displacement device for displacing and installing the bag on the filling point; at the same time, the measurement of the next bag first position and orientation parameters is done to adjust the operation and displacement of the displacement device for grabbing the next bag on the stack. Such a double location evaluation, which is concomitant on two different bags, allows savings in processing time. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20150052858 | CASSETTE AND APPARATUS FOR PACKING DISPOSABLE OBJECTS INTO AN ELONGATED TUBE OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL - A cassette for dispensing bags from an elongated tubing comprising an annular receptacle accommodating a length of tubing in an accumulated condition. An annular opening at an upper end of the annular receptacle is for dispensing the tubing. The annular receptacle defines a central opening through which a knotted end of the tubing passes to form a bag supported by the annular receptacle with disposable objects passing through the circular central opening to be received in the bag, and a clearance only at a bottom of the central opening. | 02-26-2015 |
| 053572000 | Filled before removal from magazine | 1 |
| 20120240531 | Intermittent Transport-Type Rotary Bag Filling and Packaging Apparatus - A rotary-type bag filling and packaging apparatus including a cylindrical hopper installed in a filling position along travel path of bags and gas injection nozzles rotating intermittently with the bags in such manner that interference between the hopper and the gas injection nozzles is avoided and the bags are filled with a material to be packaged while gas injection into the bags is in progress. So as to avoid the interference, the hopper can be comprised of axially separable two pieces so that the two pieces are separated and positioned out of the travel path of the bags and gas injection nozzles and then are moved to the filing position and joined together to form a truncated cone shape so that the bags are filled with the material to be packaged via the truncated cone-shape hopper. | 09-27-2012 |
| 053573000 | Combined extractor and opener | 2 |
| 20090031678 | BAG LOADER - The bag opening assembly ( | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090205293 | FILLING MACHINE FOR OPEN, SEALABLE SACKS - A filling machine for open, sealable sacks includes a fill pipe for filling the attached sacks with contents having a tendency to develop dust, and a cleaning device which includes a blow rail for cleaning the inner faces of the sack mouth rim and side folds of a sack by an air flow which emerges from the blow rail. The blow rail is fastened to two-armed levers which can be pivoted about a stationary axis by means of a drive. As a result, the air jets are directed onto the surfaces to be cleaned from different directions during the cleaning process and the layers of the side folds are also separated from one another and cleaned. The filling machine is suitable, in particular, for filling powdery contents. | 08-20-2009 |
