| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 053381100 | MEANS TO OPEN OR ERECT RECEPTACLE | 44 |
| 20090308026 | Machine for Raising Planar Articles - A machine for raising planar articles ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20110088353 | DOCKING DEVICE COMPRISING TWO COUPLING CLOSURES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SEALED TRANSFER OF BULK MATERIAL, HAVING AT LEAST ONE LOCKING UNIT - The invention relates to a docking device for transferring the contents of, filling, and/or emptying containers, comprising first and second coupling closures flushly applicable or positioned flush to one another via the respective closing sides thereof. The docking device is equipped with at least one locking unit suitable for locking the pipe socket of the first and second coupling closure, said locking unit comprising at least one movable first locking means present in a passage having an opening to the exterior of the second coupling closure, particularly in the form of a ball, and being suitable to cooperate with a corresponding second locking means present on the exterior of the pipe socket of the second coupling closure. The docking device further comprises a pin movable in a cylinder, said pin comprising a first section having a first diameter and a second section having a second diameter that is less than the diameter of the first section. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110192116 | PROCESS AND MACHINE FOR OUTER PACKAGING OF ARTICLES FOR FORMING LOTS OF ARTICLES OF THE TYPE COMPRISING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF ARTICLES AND A CARDBOARD OUTER PACKAGING - With a random incoming axial stream of pallets of articles, there is a stack of blanks, an axial stream synchronized with pallets is formed, all of the pallets are transferred from the axial stream synchronized with pallets to constitute an axial stream that is synchronized with lots, lots are separated by empty spaces having length of one or more article lengths, whereby the spacing is thus variable and adapted to lot length, blanks are unstacked upon demand based on the pallets to constitute a synchronized stream of blanks corresponding to the stream synchronized with lots. Blanks are separated by empty spaces with length of one or more article lengths, starting from the stream synchronized with lots and the stream synchronized with blanks; each lot of articles is made to work with each blank before the blank is folded around the lot of articles and made into a single unit. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110209441 | Standalone Packaging Manipulation Apparatus - A standalone packaging manipulation apparatus performing predetermined packaging manipulation operations on bags being transported along an arcuate transportation path of a rotary-type bag transportation apparatus, the standalone packaging manipulation apparatus including a main arm that pivots and also extends and retracts in a horizontal plane, a sub-arm provided at a distal end portion of the main arm so as to ascend and descend and to rotate in the horizontal plane, and filling nozzle provided on the sub-arm with a predetermined spacing therebetween and simultaneously filling a plurality of bags with liquid. The operation of these elements is performed by mutually independent servomotors. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120067004 | ORBITAL FEEDER - An improved orbital carton feeder comprises at least one carton gripping suction cup rotatably mounted to a rotatable wheel and moving in a hypocycloidal path having cusps, one of which defines a curved path portion coordinated with a blank placement station. Multiple cusps, cups and operational stations are disclosed, as well as a preferred cusp angular relationship responding to an angle of a carton blank at a discharge or pickoff station and an angle of disposition of a blank received conveyor. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120222389 | DECAPPING SYSTEM - Decapping system for opening or closing reagent containers or cartridge systems closed by a lid which is removed and secured by a rotational movement and method thereof are disclosed. The decapping system has a centering unit at its lower end that provides a snap-in element which engages the lid, and a plurality of simultaneously driven and vertically movable screwing heads which compensates for variable heights and/or sizes of cartridge systems to be processed. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130118118 | DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATED OPENING OF FLIP TUBES - A tool device for the automated opening of flip tubes including an actuating plunger which is provided and configured to move the actuating portion at least in open direction and thereby to exert an opening moment on the lid portion, and wherein the device further includes a damping means which is configured to exert a damping moment on the container lid at least during a period of the actuation of the actuating portion by the actuating plunger, which damping moment is less in amount and is in an opposite direction compared to the opening moment. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130145727 | VACUUM CEMENTING SYSTEM - A vacuum cementing system has at least one cement powder cartridge and a container-opening system. The container-opening system has at least one container for at least one liquid and/or at least one powder, an opening device, and an outlet opening for applying a negative pressure. When a negative pressure is being applied, the opening device is mobile relative to at least a part of the at least one container. The vacuum cementing system has a means for connecting the cement powder cartridge to the at least one container and utilizes necessary vacuum for automatically opening the at least one container. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130152505 | CAPSULE OPENER AND EMPTIER - The present embodiments are directed to a medicinal extractor that may open and empty pharmaceutical capsules of variable sizes. The medicinal extractor may have a cover that swings open to expose an interior chamber for a powder-filled medication capsule to be dropped into, and the cover may then be closed. The medicinal extractor may have squeezable side depressors on each side for manually squeezing or holding the capsule in place horizontally. Once closed, the cover may be pushed down to compress two components of the medicinal extractor that are moveable with respect to each other. As the moveable components compress, the cover may press the capsule downward onto a hollow piercing element. The hollow piercing element may puncture the capsule to allow medication within the capsule to fall through the hollow piercing element and into a collection chamber or onto a surface below the medicinal extractor for collection. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130160402 | Equipment for Continuously Feeding Boxes or Containers Stacked in a Flat Tubular Configuration to a Packaging Machine Which Also Operates Continuously - Equipment for continuously feeding boxes or containers stacked in a flat tubular configuration to a packaging machine which also operates continuously, the equipment being of the type comprising a magazine (M) containing the stacked containers (A), the store being downwardly open and located in the initial part of the cellular conveyor (T) of the packaging machine, and comprising a carousel device for collecting the containers, one at a time, from the base of the store and for inserting them into the cells of the conveyor at the correct time, preferably by means of interaction with opening means for inserting the container in an open condition into the corresponding cell. The magazine is positioned with its lower end at a level which may be slightly above that of the conveyor and suitably upstream thereof, in that a carousel ( | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130174516 | Splicing-Type Unloading Device of Tubular Material Packaging - The present invention relates to a splicing-type unloading device for tubular material packaging. In particular, the present invention relates to a pillow-type packaging device. Compared with a pillow-type packaging methods for tubular material, the conventional method of the pillow-type packaging for flaky materials has the drawbacks of: wasting materials, affecting the appearance, an expensive cost, additional procedures, increased labor energy consumption, and increased labor cost. The splicing-type unloading device provided by the present invention, in which well packaged bags below a row of the discharge orifices are conveyed to a splicing-type unloading device for tubular material packaging on a conveyor belt, and the holding device is on the two sides of the packaging bag. The splicer is inclined like a slide and is normally below the holding device; the inlet of the splicer is not right below the holding device. The splicer shifts along the horizontal direction, the conveyor belt is below the splicer, and the position of the conveyor belt is not right below the discharge orifice. The splicing-type unloading device is used for the pillow-type automatic packaging machine for tubular materials. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130186043 | Apparatus For Collecting A Tubular Box In A Flattened Configuration From A Store, For Opening-out The Tubular Box And For Transferring The Tubular Box Towards A Receiving Station Of The Tubular Box - An apparatus for collecting a flattened tubular box, for opening-out and transferring the tubular box towards a receiving station has a first member hinged to a frame, bearing first aspirating means. Second, third, and fourth hinged members and the frame forming a four- bar linkage. A fifth member, hinged to the fourth member, bears second aspirating means. An abutting member is arranged between the first member and the receiving station inferiorly of the tubular box. The apparatus is being designed such that when the tubular box is in the folding position, a second wall of the box can be intercepted by the second aspirating means and folded progressively with respect to the first wall, the first aspirating means disengage the first wall, and the box moved by the second aspirating means up to rest on the abutting member with a consequent complete opening-out of the tubular box. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130340387 | CAPSULE HOLDER FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE - The capsule holder intended to be used with a capsule for preparing a beverage, for example coffee, comprises at least one receptacle for containing a capsule, said capsule holder being moved in relation to the capsule in order to move it into said receptacle by way of actuator means, said actuator means comprising weakening means that are able to limit the forces to which said actuator means can be subjected. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140053504 | Device for Opening and Emptying Filled Two-Piece Capsules - The invention relates to a device for opening and emptying filled two-piece capsules ( | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140208689 | HYPODERMIC SYRINGE ASSIST APPARATUS AND METHOD - A hypodermic syringe assist device and method for effectively assisting individuals lacking full use of both hands and/or those having movement or visual disorders with safely and accurately withdrawing an injectable pharmaceutical drug or medicine from variously sized medicine vials includes a body having first and second spaced portions and configured to receive a medicine vial there between and a variety of adjustable size inserts for securely receiving the vial in the body such that medicine may be safely withdrawn from the vial using a hypodermic syringe by such an individual. The assist device includes a plurality of adjustable suction cups for securing the assist device in a variety of locations and positions as well as an adjustable magnifier for use by the individual in better observing the vial and withdrawing medicine there from using a hypodermic syringe. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140331599 | DISPOSABLE AMPOULE OPENER ASSEMBLY - An ampoule opener assembly comprising a first ampoule opener having an elongated sidewall and a first cavity where the first cavity is configured to fit over at least a portion of an ampoule, a second ampoule opener having an elongated sidewall and a second cavity, where the second cavity is configured to fit over at least a portion of an ampoule, where the first ampoule opener is attached to the second ampoule opener by one or more strips. The first ampoule opener and the second ampoule opener may each further comprise a first plastic housing section and a second plastic housing section. The first plastic housing section, the second plastic housing section, or both, may comprise a rib circumscribing the inner surface of the first or second plastic housing sections. The first plastic housing section may be coupled to the second plastic housing section by a hinge. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150082746 | Piercing Member for Container Access Device - A device for transferring fluids includes a piercing member having a distal end and a proximal end and defines a longitudinal fluid channel. An opening is positioned at the distal end of the piercing member with the opening in fluid communication with the longitudinal fluid channel. Further, a sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end includes an extended position where the sleeve surrounds the piercing member and a retracted position where the sleeve is retracted from the distal end of the piercing member. The sleeve defines an opening at the distal end of the sleeve with a gap defined between the retractable sleeve and the piercing member. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20160200469 | IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPENING CRATES OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS | 07-14-2016 |
| 053381200 | With cutting means | 6 |
| 20090301031 | Wrap Removal System - A wrap removal system for removing a film wrap from a load on a conveyor, the wrap removal system including an upright support member, a beam coupled to an upper extent of the support member for movement along a height of the support member, a gripper assembly coupled to the beam and operable to engage the film wrap to create a space between the load and the film wrap, and a cutter assembly. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100218458 | Machine For Cutting Products Paper Wrapping, In Particular Of Stacks Of Covers - Machine for cutting the paper wrapping ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20140230368 | BOTTLE SPIKE WITH WIDE-BORE INTRODUCER - Systems and methods for enabling high fluid rate injections are disclosed. The system includes a hollow dip tube, an introducer and a sharp tip-end. The introducer has a hollow sleeve that includes an opening at a proximal end. The sharp-tip end is located at a distal end of the introducer and is configured to pierce a septum of a container. The introducer is configured to receive the dip tube through the opening. Fluid may be withdrawn from the container through the dip tube upon insertion. In some cases, the dip tube separates the tip-end from the introducer when it is inserted through the opening. In other cases, the tip-end remains seated in the introducer and allows fluid to pass through it as it is withdrawn from the container. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20150101284 | BAG CLAMP WITH A RECIPROCATING BLADE - An improved bag clamp comprises a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The first jaw member has an opening in a clamping surface thereof and there is a blade reciprocatingly movable along the second jaw member. A hinge couples the first jaw member and the second jaw member. The clamp is moveable between an open configuration in which the first jaw member and second jaw member are angularly spaced and a closed configuration in which the blade is received by the opening in the first jaw member and the blade is moveable along the second jaw member. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20160045243 | VACUUM CEMENTING SYSTEM - A vacuum cementing system has at least one cement powder cartridge and a container-opening system. The container-opening system has at least one container for at least one liquid and/or at least one powder, an opening device, and an outlet opening for applying a negative pressure. When a negative pressure is being applied, the opening device is mobile relative to at least a part of the at least one container. The vacuum cementing system has a means for connecting the cement powder cartridge to the at least one container and utilizes necessary vacuum for automatically opening the at least one container. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160194187 | Opener Device | 07-07-2016 |
| 053381400 | Means to remove separate closure | 5 |
| 20140311090 | SAMPLE PREPARATION SYSTEM WITH ROTATABLE GRIPPER - A rotatable gripper serves to grip and turn a container cap. The gripper has a rotatably mounted collet clamp. In a locked operating position, the cap can be clamped and turned in the collet clamp, and in an unlocked operating position, the cap can be released from the collet clamp. The collet clamp is of an elongate configuration with a first and a second end, the first end comprising a substantially rigid section and the second end comprising a gripper section. The gripper section contains a substantially cylindrical recess that serves to hold the cap, wherein the recess is designed to expand in width when the operating position is changed from locked to unlocked. A clamping section is arranged between the gripper section and the rigid section of the collet clamp. The gripper section and the clamping section have an inside surface and an outside surface, wherein the outside surface of the clamping section has the shape of a cone whose width increases towards the gripper section). The cone is capable of being deformed, so that in the locked operating position the deformable cone can be compressed by means of a ring that is slidable on the cone, whereby the recess can be constricted in such a way that a container cap that is present in the recess can be clamped tight, and that in the unlocked operating position the recess can be widened in such a way that the cap can be removed from the recess. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20160023793 | PET FOOD APPARATUS - A pet food lid removal system is described including a clamp, a drive mechanism, and a support structure that is capable of removing a lid by rotatably moving across it. A pet food lid removal method is also described. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160083235 | Capping-Decapping Tool for Screw-cap Tubes or Bottles - This document describes a capping-decapping device for screw-capped tubes or vessels. Caps of screw-capped vessels are inserted into an inverted channel. A high-traction surface and a low-friction surface comprise opposite walls. The cap unscrews as it is pushed forward, and is held in the device once unscrewed. The vessel can be recapped by pulling the cap back toward the user. Additional features of the device may be added to improve usability, such as making it easier to open caps of varying diameters or to detect the presence of a cap in the device. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160145086 | CAP GRIPPER - A cap gripper is described herein with a groove for receiving a projecting portion of a cap. A positively biased member may create a narrowing in the groove to secure the projecting portion of the cap within the groove. The positively biased member may be positively biased by a spring-loaded screw that is inserted into a screw hole of the cap gripper. When the cap is inserted into the cap gripper, the positively biased member may be partially depressed within the screw hole to allow the projecting portion of the cap to be inserted into the groove. Likewise, when the cap is removed from the cap gripper, the positively biased member may be partially depressed within the screw hole to allow the projecting portion of the cap to be removed from the groove. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160376137 | Laboratory Test Tube Handling Device - The present application is directed towards the handling of laboratory test tubes. More particularly to a specialized laboratory device that enables manual opening, closing and capping of multiple test tubes with integral sealing caps. The Laboratory Test Tube Handling Device permits the user to perform multiple processes simultaneously more efficiently and rapidly than current practice. | 12-29-2016 |
| 053381500 | Means to open envelope | 2 |
| 20110099946 | ENVELOPE INSERTING APPARATUS - An inserting apparatus, for inserting documents into envelopes, comprising:
| 05-05-2011 |
| 20130061559 | DEVICE FOR ARRANGING A SLEEVE-LIKE FOIL ENVELOPE AROUND AN OBJECT AS WELL AS A SPREADING ELEMENT FOR USE IN SUCH A DEVICE - A device for arranging a sleeve-like foil envelope around an object, including supply means for supplying said sleeve-like foil envelope around at least one spreading element in a horizontal orientation, as well as discharge means for discharging the sleeve-like foil envelope from the device and arranging it around the object, wherein said spreading element has an inlet side configured as a flat element portion, an outlet side and a transition area located between said inlet side and said outlet side, and wherein said spreading element widens towards the transition area in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the flat element portion, whilst the spreading element has an at least substantially constant circumference at least in the direction from the inlet side to the transition area. | 03-14-2013 |
| 053382100 | Means to open flap, e.g., carton, flap, box lid, etc. | 2 |
| 20110185678 | BARREL DOCKING AND OPENING APPARATUS - An apparatus including a flange topped by a fitting including a trap adapted to seize and drive a lid of a barrel for opening the same and two inflatable gaskets equipping the flange and the trap that are inflated for clamping the container and the lid of the barrel at the connection thereof. Contamination inside the barrel and inside the upper enclosure will only spread over small surfaces of the apparatus between the gaskets and to the connection of both parts of the barrel. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20140338288 | LOAD PORT DEVICE - A load port device comprises a link mechanism that has a main moving link whose one end is connected with a door holding member in a rotatable manner, a guide that bends and extends from a horizontal direction to a vertical direction and that guides one end of the main moving link, a main moving block with which the other end of the main moving link is connected in a rotatable manner and a door hoisting shaft that extends in the vertical direction and that moves the main moving block in the extending direction. The link mechanism allows the end of the main moving link to move from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction or from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction along the guide in a state that the other end of the main moving link moves to the vertical direction. | 11-20-2014 |
| 053384100 | Means to open bag | 11 |
| 20120311965 | Blade with Side Teeth for Opening/Holding/Closing Pleated Bags and Method for Opening/Closing the Mouth of Bags by Means of Said Blade - Blade for opening bags ( | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130025240 | POUCH TRANSPORT GRIPPERS - A pouch-gripping apparatus includes a frame having a vertical mounting surface and a base mounted to that surface. A stationary arm projects outwardly from the vertical mounting surface. The stationary arm has an “L”-shaped distal free end that defines a stop wall. A second arm is rotatably mounted to the stationary arm and a plug is secured to the free end of the second arm. The second arm has a position of repose where it is angled relative to the stationary arm. The plug bears against the stop wall when the second arm rotates from the position of repose to a substantially horizontal position. A rim of a pouch sandwiched between the plug and the stop wall is held by the pressure between the plug and the stop wall and the pressure increases as a weight of the pouch increases. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130180209 | Product Bag Unloading Apparatus - A product bag unloading apparatus in which two product bags ( | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130291485 | APPARATUS FOR BAGGING A BALE AND METHOD OF BAGGING SUCH BALE - A bale bagging apparatus for wrapping a bag around a bale of compressed material includes a base frame member having a first end and a second end, a transportation system, a bale chute and a bag retrieval system. The transportation system is provided to transport a bale through the bale chute having a bag for wrapping the bale. Additionally, the bale bagging apparatus has the bag retrieval system to position a bag from a first position to a second position to a third position, where in the third position an open end of the bag is positioned around the output end of the bale chute when the bale is transported by the transportation system through the bale chute. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140137513 | ICE BAGGING DEVICE - An ice bagging assembly and related method with a horizontal ice bag cassette, a pair of opposing ice bag ply graspers configured to move an empty ice bag from the horizontal ice bag cassette to a vertical position to receive cubed ice before it is sealed shut and dropped to an ice bag merchandiser. The opposing graspers may be configured as rotating wheels and may have a grasping sensor. The ice bag cassette may be slidably and tiltably supported for easy replacement of horizontal bags. A load sensor, optical or mechanical, may be associated with the ice hopper to sense how much ice has been put in each bag. A pair of angled guides may guide a hopper into a support frame for the system. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20150135643 | Bag Lift Assembly for a Lined Bulk Material Container - A lifting assembly for a polymeric liner disposed within a fluid material container. The assembly includes a pneumatic linear drive, and, an interface member that is supportively connecting to the polymeric liner. A tension line is coupled between the pneumatic linear drive and the interface member, and a line guide is positioned to route the tension line to a central location above the polymeric liner, and thereby correspondingly locates the interface member. A pneumatic controller actuates the pneumatic linear drive to move in a first direction, to move in a second direction, or to remain in a fixed position. Movement of the pneumatic linear drive in the first direction causes the tension line to lift the interface member in an upward direction, and, movement of the pneumatic linear drive in the second direction causes the tension line to lower the interface member in a downward direction. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20160059977 | Infusion Bag Dispensing System - This disclosure relates to infusion bags for infusible substance such as tea or herbs or the like for which separation of the infusible substance from liquid is desired. The disclosure also relates to a device which provides function of storing empty infusion bags in a container, and retrieving the empty bag individually from the container, holding and opening the retrieved bag for filling, and ejecting the filled bag for use. The infusion bags and device of the present invention is ideal for making hot tea or herbal beverages, and for other infusion needs in cooking where separation of the infused material from liquid is desired. | 03-03-2016 |
| 053386100 | Including means to apply suction | 4 |
| 20120011810 | FILM OPENER AND FILM FITTING SYSTEM - Provided is a film opener and a film placement system capable of smoothly and securely placing even a thin tubular film around a placement target. The film opener is mounted to a film placement apparatus for opening a tubular film supplied so as to be sheet-like folded and placing the tubular film around a bottle, and includes first and second suction rods and third and fourth suction rods that grip a sheet-like folded label by suction, and the first and second suction rods, and the third and fourth suction rods, separate from each other, and thereby the label is opened, and in a state where the label is open, suction holes of the first suction rod and suction holes of the fourth suction rod oppose each other, and suction holes of the second suction rods and suction holes of the third suction rod oppose each other. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20140352255 | OPENING DEVICE FOR OPENING A BAG SECTION OF A FILM WEB IN A BAG FILLING PLANT - The invention relates to an opening device ( | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140360133 | Bag Mouth Opening Device for Continuously Conveyed Bags - A bag mouth opening device for continuously conveyed bags including suction cups ( | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150020477 | BAGGING MECHANISM - A bagging mechanism includes a fixed frame, a storage box coupled to the fixed frame, and a suction member coupled to the fixed frame and adjacent to the storage box. A first drive member and a second drive member are coupled to the fixed frame and the first drive member and located opposite to the suction member, and a picking member is coupled to the first drive member and parallel to the storage box. The picking member and the suction member pull with a vacuum on either side of a packing bag, and the first and second drive member move the picking member away from the suction member to open the packing bag. | 01-22-2015 |
