161 |
PACKAGING FACILITY WITH LATCHING STATION AND METHOD |
US14203305 |
2014-03-10 |
US20140250839A1 |
2014-09-11 |
Peter Imhof; Peter Bergler |
The invention relates to a packaging facility and a method for operating a packaging facility to manufacture a folding package, where said folding package is folded using a folding device and is closed using a latching device. |
162 |
Thermoforming packaging machine and a method for filling packaging troughs with products |
US13194019 |
2011-07-29 |
US08820037B2 |
2014-09-02 |
Elmar Ehrmann |
A thermoforming packaging machine according to the disclosure comprises a forming station for producing packaging troughs in a bottom foil, and a filler for filling the packaging troughs with products. The filler is arranged at a transition region for conveying the packaging troughs from a first transport plane to a second transport plane. A corresponding method for filling packaging troughs with products is also provided. |
163 |
Packaging Machine with a Protective Device and Method |
US14137467 |
2013-12-20 |
US20140182246A1 |
2014-07-03 |
Albert Gabler; Wolfgang Negele; Stefan Bieringer |
The present invention refers to a packaging machine and a method, wherein one embodiment of a protective device comprises a protective hood and the protective hood is lifted around a shaft comprising two rolls, and is shifted by means of guides in the protective hood on the rolls. |
164 |
Method And System For Packing Bitumen |
US13984030 |
2011-02-10 |
US20140041340A1 |
2014-02-13 |
Gordon William Thomas |
A method for packing bitumen in a continuous process is disclosed. To pack the bitumen, a tray having one or more bitumen-receiving cavities is prepared. The cavity of the tray is coated with polymer film and bituminous film consecutively. Following that, the bitumen, in liquid form, is filled into the coated cavity. Additional layer of bituminous and polymer film are then consecutively laid over the bitumen-filled cavity, encapsulating the bitumen thereto. A system to form such bitumen package is also disclosed herein. |
165 |
Printer with Split Platen for Printing Web Material and Method |
US13367763 |
2012-02-07 |
US20130199128A1 |
2013-08-08 |
Gregory P. Rochon; Thomas Glatfelter |
A printer assembly for a form fill and seal machine prints indicia on the top web. The indicia are spaced apart on the top web. |
166 |
Deep Draw Container Forming Method |
US13625614 |
2012-09-24 |
US20130097972A1 |
2013-04-25 |
Jeffrey Nelson |
The present disclosure is directed to processes for manufacturing internally pierced shaped articles for unit-dose packaging with at least one formed recess (e.g., a blister), in particular for unit-dose packaging of pharmaceutical dosage forms. In certain embodiments, the first step of the process is directed to drawing the film material (e.g., metal-plastic foil) with one or more plungers to form a primary contour, the contour having a depth of at least 100% and up to 150% of the depth of the formed recess. The second stage involves shaping the primary contour with one or more plunger(s) to the desired formed recess, with a depth that is less than the depth of the primary contour, while substantially maintaining the surface area of the primary contour formed in the first stage. The formed recess may be formed using warm-forming or cold-forming techniques. The third stage involves the automatic placing of an internal piercing device stably into the shaped article. |
167 |
Deep draw container forming method |
US13153081 |
2011-06-03 |
US08272194B2 |
2012-09-25 |
Jeffrey Nelson |
The present disclosure is directed to processes for manufacturing internally pierced shaped articles for unit-dose packaging with at least one formed recess (e.g., a blister), in particular for unit-dose packaging of pharmaceutical dosage forms. In certain embodiments, the first step of the process is directed to drawing the film material (e.g., metal-plastic foil) with one or more plungers to form a primary contour, the contour having a depth of at least 100% and up to 150% of the depth of the formed recess. The second stage involves shaping the primary contour with one or more plunger(s) to the desired formed recess, with a depth that is less than the depth of the primary contour, while substantially maintaining the surface area of the primary contour formed in the first stage. The formed recess may be formed using warm-forming or cold-forming techniques. The third stage involves the automatic placing of an internal piercing device stably into the shaped article. |
168 |
Packaging machine and method for cutting packages |
US11127641 |
2005-05-12 |
US07896792B2 |
2011-03-01 |
Johann Natterer |
A packaging machine and a method for cutting packages is provided in which containers (4) are formed from a web of film (1) and transported through working stations of the packaging machine in a fixed-cycle way. After filling and sealing, the web of film (1) comprising the containers (4) is cut transverse to the transport direction (12) in a first cutting station (9) and in a succeeding second cutting station (10) cut in transport direction such that singularised packages result. The second cutting station (10) is operated intermittently in a fixed-cycle way and preferably is formed as a punch. By this, a precise taking-over of the packages for the subsequent processing is possible. |
169 |
System and method for producing resin cartridges |
US11807655 |
2007-05-30 |
US07637086B2 |
2009-12-29 |
John G. Oldsen; Walter J. Simmons; W. Neal Simmons; Robert A. McGinnis, Jr. |
A method is disclosed for packaging a curable resin composition and a catalyst composition that react with each other when mixed, comprising providing a partitioned tube for receiving the resin composition and the curing agent in separate compartments; delivering a stream of a resin composition into one compartment of the tube; delivering a stream of a curing agent in the other compartment of the tube; advancing the partitioned tube and constricting and sealing the partitioned tube at spaced apart intervals and severing the sealed tube to produce a package partitioning the resin composition from the catalyst composition. Solid particulate is continuously added into the stream of at least one of the catalyst composition and the resin composition and mixing the solid particulate and stream to produce a mixed composition; and the relative amount of solid particulate in the mixed composition is controlled by continuously determining the mass of solid particulate added to the mass of the stream. |
170 |
Anti-Microbial Injection for Web Packaging Pasteurization System |
US11877426 |
2007-10-23 |
US20090104327A1 |
2009-04-23 |
Seth T. Pulsfus; Lynn Amyx; Bryan J. Lemmenes |
Systems and methods for antimicrobial injection in a web packaging pasteurization system are provided. A pressurized mixture of pasteurizing medium and at least one antimicrobial agent is applied to the surfaces of a food product. According to a preferred embodiment, the at least one microbial agent is injected into and thereby mixed with the pressurized supply of pasteurizing steam prior to its discharge into a pressurized chamber and application to the food surfaces. Preferably, the mixture is introduced into the pressurized chamber at an inflow rate and vented from the chamber at an outflow rate that is slower than the inflow rate such that the pressure in the chamber increases to increase the temperature of the mixture to an effective temperature for killing bacteria. |
171 |
Thermoforming films |
US12150261 |
2008-04-25 |
US20080274328A1 |
2008-11-06 |
Dimitris Gkinosatis |
The present invention is directed to a thermoforming pack made of top and bottom web films and to a method of forming said pack. |
172 |
System and method for producing resin cartridges |
US11807655 |
2007-05-30 |
US20080120947A1 |
2008-05-29 |
John G. Oldsen; Walter J. Simmons; W. Neal Simmons; Robert A. McGinnis |
A method is disclosed for packaging a curable resin composition and a catalyst composition that react with each other when mixed, comprising providing a partitioned tube for receiving the resin composition and the curing agent in separate compartments; delivering a stream of a resin composition into one compartment of the tube; delivering a stream of a curing agent in the other compartment of the tube; advancing the partitioned tube and constricting and sealing the partitioned tube at spaced apart intervals and severing the sealed tube to produce a package partitioning the resin composition from the catalyst composition. Solid particulate is continuously added into the stream of at least one of the catalyst composition and the resin composition and mixing the solid particulate and stream to produce a mixed composition; and the relative amount of solid particulate in the mixed composition is controlled by continuously determining the mass of solid particulate added to the mass of the stream. |
173 |
Continuous strip of containers having traction pins |
US10502327 |
2003-01-22 |
US07168560B2 |
2007-01-30 |
Primo Finetti; Andrea Bartoli |
In a continuous strip of containers, the latter are distributed stepwise from one another according to a longitudinal axis of the strip, two adjacent containers being separated by a step. From one longitudinal edge zone traction pins protrude laterally that are intended in use to interact by contact with an advancing device for advancing the strip. For each traction pin a corresponding opposing projection is prearranged that protrudes from the opposite side of the longitudinal edge zone. The strip is designed to be conveyed along an advancing direction that is parallel to a longitudinal axis thereof. Each opposing projection is located slightly forward in relation to said advancing direction, compared with the relative traction pin, at an axial distance that is shorter than the step between the containers. |
174 |
Continuous strip of detachably interconnected folded products |
US10445798 |
2003-05-28 |
US07100348B2 |
2006-09-05 |
Luc Mertens |
The invention relates to a continuous strip of detachable consecutive interconnected products manufactured by folding, such as envelopes and the like, and to a process for manufacturing the said strip, two of those consecutive products being interconnected through a joint (22) which is not part of the products themselves and links up detachably, through successive lines of demarcation, with each of those two consecutive products in such a way that, on removing this joint (22), the said two consecutive products are entirely separated. |
175 |
Continuous wrapping machine and continuous wrapping method of magnetic powder |
US10680191 |
2003-10-08 |
US07059105B2 |
2006-06-13 |
Kunihiro Tabuchi |
A compact and efficient continuous wrapping machine capable of measuring out certain amounts of a magnetic powder automatically and wrapping them in wrapping film, the continuous wrapping machine comprising a measuring drum, a sealing drum, and a sealing device. The measuring drum includes a means for retaining measured-out amounts of the magnetic powder on its periphery and a means for cutting off the retaining force of the retaining means to transfer the measured-out amounts of the magnetic powder to the sealing drum. The sealing drum includes a means for retaining the measured-out amounts of the magnetic powder on a first continuous wrapping film fed onto its periphery. The sealing device seals the first continuous wrapping film and a second continuous wrapping film, which is fed onto the measured-out amounts of the magnetic powder on the sealing drum, together around each of the measured-out amounts of the magnetic powder. |
176 |
Continuous wrapping machine and continuous wrapping method of magnetic powder |
US10680191 |
2003-10-08 |
US20040261369A1 |
2004-12-30 |
Kunihiro
Tabuchi |
A compact and efficient continuous wrapping machine capable of measuring out certain amounts of a magnetic powder automatically and wrapping them in wrapping film, the continuous wrapping machine comprising a measuring drum, a sealing drum, and a sealing device. The measuring drum includes a means for retaining measured-out amounts of the magnetic powder on its periphery and a means for cutting off the retaining force of the retaining means to transfer the measured-out amounts of the magnetic powder to the sealing drum. The sealing drum includes a means for retaining the measured-out amounts of the magnetic powder on a first continuous wrapping film fed onto its periphery. The sealing device seals the first continuous wrapping film and a second continuous wrapping film, which is fed onto the measured-out amounts of the magnetic powder on the sealing drum, together around each of the measured-out amounts of the magnetic powder. |
177 |
Multifunctional adhesive food wraps |
US10665663 |
2003-09-18 |
US20040137202A1 |
2004-07-15 |
Peter
Worthington
Hamilton; Kenneth
Stephen
McGuire; Andrew
Julian
Wnuk; Dean
Arthur
Zimmerman; Cynthia
Sue
Dinius; Paul
Dennis
Trokhan; Kevin
Benson
McNeil; Steven
Lee
Barnholtz; Carol
Kohn
Berning |
The present invention provides a multifunctional food wrap comprising a material web, an adhesive, and at least one secondary function. The material web is provided with a plurality of protrusions integral with the material web and having spaces therebetween. The adhesive is disposed within the spaces between the protuberances. The at least one secondary function may be a chemical means or a physical means and disposed within the adhesive, the material web, and/or the protuberances. |
178 |
Process and device for tilting a continuous strip of containers made from heat-formable material |
US10432407 |
2003-05-22 |
US20040045265A1 |
2004-03-11 |
Andrea
Bartoli; Primo
Finetti |
In the process of the invention a strip of containers (5) made of a heat-formable material is guided through a deviated course in a transversal direction with the respect to a main horizontal line of advancement (F), in which the strip of containers undergoes, in sequence, a fist rotation of a quarter of a full turn about a vertical-axis first guide (6), a first twist by half a full turn, a second rotation, by half a full turn, about a second guide (7) having a winding axis which is parallel to the line of advancement (F). |
179 |
Continuous strip of detachably interconnected folded products |
US10445798 |
2003-05-28 |
US20040016210A1 |
2004-01-29 |
Luc
Mertens |
The invention relates to a continuous strip of detachable consecutive interconnected products manufactured by folding, such as envelopes and the like, and to a process for manufacturing the said strip, two of those consecutive products being interconnected through a joint (22) which is not part of the products themselves and links up detachably, through successive lines of demarcation, with each of those two consecutive products in such a way that, on removing this joint (22), the said two consecutive products are entirely separated. |
180 |
Servo motor operated indexing motion packaging machine and method |
US626278 |
1990-12-12 |
US5205110A |
1993-04-27 |
Raymond G. Buchko |
An indexing motion apparatus and method for vacuum packaging of articles such as hot dogs, sliced luncheon meat, cheese or pharmaceuticals. A lower web of packaging material is indexingly advanced by a lower web drive driven in an indexing manner by a servo motor. Forming tooling is provided for vacuum forming the lower web to form one or more product cavities, and the forming tooling is movable between raised and lowered positions by a lifting and lowering system driven by a servo motor. A plug assist mechanism is provided for assisting the web to conform to the forming cavities. The plug assist mechanism is also movable in response to operation of servo motors, which actuate a pair of linear actuators. After the formed product cavities are loaded with product, the cavities are evacuated and an upper web applied to vacuum package the product. A slitting mechanism severs the upper and lower webs into individual product packages. The servo motors are programmable and provide accurate position of the components of the packaging machine, and also provide ease in changing the various parameters of the packaging machine according to the type of product being packaged. |