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20080289299 | Method and an Apparatus for Filling of Packages - A method of reducing the proportion of oxygen in an at least partly formed package before product is filled into the package in a filling station in a filling machine, where the package comprises a tube-shaped blank of packaging material, the blank being closed in a first end and open in a second end. The method involves, during transport of the package to the filling station from an immediately preceding station in the filling machine, passing the package beneath a supply means for inert gas, and when the package passes the supply means generating a gas pulse in a direction down into the package. An apparatus is provided for reducing the method into practice. | 11-27-2008 |
20090077926 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILING CONTINUOUS AIR FILLING TYPE AIR ENCLOSURE WITH AIR - A method for filling a continuous air filling type air enclosure with air comprises moving first an air cylinder film sheet onto a working platform, hot-sealing two outer films of the air cylinder film sheet to form an air filling passageway, moving an air filling head into the air filling passageway and then using a clamping apparatus to press the two outer films tightly to attach onto the air filling head to allow air in the air filling head to be filled into the air filling passageway and enter an air cylinder of the air cylinder film sheet via an air inlet of the air cylinder film sheet to cause the air cylinder to be filled with air and expanded. | 03-26-2009 |
20090158691 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING FLUID FILLED UNITS - The present invention concerns a machine and a method for converting a web of preformed pouches to dunnage units. In one exemplary embodiment the machine includes a drive, a blower, and a sealing mechanism. The drive is arranged to move the web of preformed pouches along a path of travel through the machine. The blower is positioned with respect to the path of travel, to inflate the preformed pouches. The sealing mechanism includes a heating element support and a heating element. The heating element support includes a sealing side and a belt preheating side. The heating element is disposed around at least a portion of the heating side and at least a portion of the belt preheating side. The drive includes a belt that is disposed around the heating element. The sealing mechanism is positioned with respect to the path of travel, to provide seals to the pouches to form inflated dunnage units. The heating element support is configured to maintain the heating element in contact with the heating element support preheating side. | 06-25-2009 |
20090178372 | System For Making Pneumatically Filled Packing Cushions - System, method and material for making pneumatically filled packing cushions in which a plastic film material having two superposed layers joined together along first and second longitudinal edges is prefabricated at a first location by forming longitudinally spaced, transversely extending rows of perforations across it and sealing it together along seal lines which extend from the first edge of the material in a direction generally parallel to the rows of perforations other and terminate a short distance from the second edge to form chambers with open mouths facing the second edge between the rows of perforations. The material is then fan-folded or formed into rolls for storage and shipment. At a second location, gas is introduced into the chambers by passing the material along a tube positioned between the ends of the seals and the second edge of the material and injecting the gas into the open mouths of the chambers through openings in a side wall of the tube. The two layers are then sealed together across the open mouths to close the chambers and retain the gas in them. | 07-16-2009 |
20090217625 | Device and method for positioning of nozzles - An inventive device or a method, respectively, for a chamber machine for positioning at least a nozzle ( | 09-03-2009 |
20090282780 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GAS FILLING OF A DUCT IN A CONTAINER - The invention relates to a device for gas filling of a duct ( | 11-19-2009 |
20090293427 | WEB AND METHOD FOR MAKING FLUID FILLED UNITS - The present invention concerns a machine for converting a web of preformed pouches to dunnage units. The pouches are defined by transverse seals that extend from a remote edge to within a predetermined distance of an inflation edge. In a first embodiment, the machine includes a guide pin, a drive, a blower, and a sealing element. The guide pin is insertable between the transverse seals and the inflation edge. The guide pin defines a path of travel of the web. The drive moves the web along the path of travel. The blower is positioned with respect to the path of travel for inflating the preformed pouches. The sealing element is positioned to provide a longitudinal seal that intersects the transverse seals to close the preformed pouches and form inflated dunnage units. The disclosed examples of machines for converting a web of preformed pouches to dunnage units including various improvements to existing machines. | 12-03-2009 |
20090313946 | VACUUM DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING SAME - A method for packaging the vacuum device includes providing a pre-packaged container having an exhaust through hole defined therein and a sealing element placed into the exhaust through hole, pumping the pre-packaged container to create a vacuum, heating and softening the sealing element to seal the exhaust through hole, and cooling the melted low-melting glass to package the pre-packaged container. | 12-24-2009 |
20100043353 | Inflatable Mailer, Apparatus and Method for Preparing the Same - The invention is an inflatable mailer having a liner that can be inflated at the point of use. The liner includes a series of inflatable chambers that are in fluid communication with a common channel. A controlled volume of gas is disposed in the liner. The gas is sufficient to inflate the common channel but is not sufficient to appreciably inflate the inflatable chambers. As a result, the inflatable mailer is in a relatively compact state. The invention includes an apparatus for inflating the mailer. The apparatus includes a nip for moving the controlled volume of gas into the common channel; an inflation nozzle adapted to pierce the inflated common channel and introduce a second portion of gas into the liner until the liner is inflated to a desired level; and a sealing device to seal the inflated liner. | 02-25-2010 |
20100212260 | METHOD FOR CAPPING OR CLOSING CONTAINERS AND CAPPING OR CLOSING MACHINE - This invention relates to a method and to a capping or closing machine for the capping or closing of bottles or similar containers filled with an oxygen-sensitive product. | 08-26-2010 |
20100212261 | Tight sealing of filled medicament capsules - The present invention relates to a method, a device, and a control program for the fluid-tight sealing of capsules containing medicaments, wherein the capsules consist of at least one capsule body and a capsule cap which are set one into the other telescopically and provided with a tight band in the abutment region on the exterior side of the capsule, wherein the capsule components are filled with gas which has a changed temperature and/or a changed pressure in relation to the environment, and wherein a reduction of the difference in pressure in the capsule occurs via gaps between capsule body and capsule cap after the capsule components have been placed one inside the other. The capsules produced via the method according to the invention are disposable capsules and preferably contain a single dose of an orally administered pharmaceutical formulation in the form of a powder or a liquid. | 08-26-2010 |
20100251668 | MACHINE FOR INFLATING AND SEALING AN INFLATABLE STRUCTURE - A machine for inflating and sealing an inflatable structure having a longitudinal edge generally comprises a drive, an inflation nozzle, a sealing device, and a sheet engagement device. The machine may define an engaging assembly and an opposing assembly. The drive may be rotationally coupled to the sheet engagement device such that when the drive rotates, the engagement device also rotates. The sheet engagement device may comprise one or more engagement rollers which may have a plurality of teeth thereon. A first plurality of rollers and a second plurality of rollers comprising the engagement rollers may intermesh between a drive roller and a backing roller on the longitudinal edge of the inflatable structure. Thereby, the sheets of the inflatable structure may be engaged together and the length of the longitudinal edge may contract to facilitate inflation. The resulting inflated inflatable structure may comprise an embossed longitudinal edge. | 10-07-2010 |
20100281828 | WEB AND METHOD FOR FLUID FILLED UNITS - A preformed web and a method of producing dunnage units from the preformed web. The web is an elongate flattened thermoplastic tube having an inflation edge and an opposite edge. The tube includes spaced transverse seals that define sides of pouches. In one embodiment, the web is configured such that a gap forms between each pair of adjacent pouches when the pouches are inflated. In one embodiment, an inflation edge of the web comprises a frangible connection that allows the inflation edge to be broken by an unsharpened object. | 11-11-2010 |
20100293892 | Method of Packaging and Package for Sensors - There are provided methods of packaging and packages that prevent damage of the package contents while maintaining sterility and that limit the negative effects of sterilization on sensors such as enzyme sensors. A method of packaging an enzyme sensor includes providing an enzyme sensor such as a glucose oxidase sensor in a gas impermeable package comprising one or more of oxygen and water, removing a significant portion of the oxygen and water present in the package, and sealing the package. The resulting package comprises the enzyme sensor in an atmosphere that is substantially free of oxygen and water. The package can also include a pressure indicator that indicates when the package has exceeded a predetermined pressure. | 11-25-2010 |
20110162322 | Method for Storing Target Comprising Rare Earth Metal or Oxide Thereof - Provided is a method for storing a target comprising a rare earth metal or oxide thereof, wherein oxide of the same rare earth metal as the material of the rare earth metal or its oxide target to be stored is introduced as a desiccant into a container or a film-type seal for storing the target, and the target is stored by sealing the storage container or the film-type seal. This invention aims to provide technology for enabling the long-term storage of a target by devising the method for storing a target comprising a rare earth metal or oxide thereof, and thereby inhibiting the pulverization of the target caused by the oxidation and hydroxylation of such target due to the ingress of air. | 07-07-2011 |
20110271643 | PROCESS FOR OPERATING A PACKAGING MACHINE - The present invention refers to a method for packaging foodstuff, particularly pizza, comprising a formed packaging tray and a formed cover film, wherein the space provided between the films and containing the foodstuff is gas-treated, and the cover film fixes the foodstuff in the packaging container. | 11-10-2011 |
20110277421 | Loading Device for Loading Particles, Method for Loading Particles Using a Loading Device - Loading device for loading particles through the entries of an array of tubes, the device comprising of a plate having a pattern of loading holes, which pattern corresponds to the array of tube entries, the opening of the loading holes being smaller in size than the opening of the tube entries and larger in size than the particles to be loaded, characterized in that the plate comprises sieving means between the loading holes, the sieving means comprising sieving openings. | 11-17-2011 |
20120031047 | METHOD FOR STORING TRANSDERMALLY/TRANSMUCOSALLY ABSORBABLE PREPARATION AND PACKAGE OF TRANSDERMALLY/TRANSMUCOSALLY ABSORBABLE PREPARATION - A method for storing a transdermally/transmucosally absorbable preparation, comprising keeping a transdermally/transmucosally absorbable preparation enclosed in a container in a low oxygen atmosphere, the transdermally/transmucosally absorbable preparation comprising a drug whose molecule has an amino group substituted with a lower alkyl group. | 02-09-2012 |
20120102882 | TRAY SEALER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - The disclosure relates to a tray sealer comprising a tray conveyor, the conveyor being provided with tray reception means each configured for receiving a tray therein. The disclosure is characterized in that the tray sealer comprises, at a loading station, a loading robot for placing trays filled with a product into tray reception means and, at an unloading station, an unloading robot for removing trays which have been sealed by means of the tray sealer from the tray reception means. The disclosure also relates to a method of operating a tray sealer operable in intermittent operation cycles. | 05-03-2012 |
20120124941 | ACTIVE STERILIZATION ZONE FOR CONTAINER FILLING - An apparatus for sterile filling of beverage containers has a first module and a second module. The first module rinses and sterilizes empty containers and delivers the sterilized containers to the second module. The second module fills and caps the containers with beverage product at ambient temperature in an active sterilization zone utilizing an e-beam sterilization unit. | 05-24-2012 |
20120137631 | NON-CARBONATED DRINK BOTTLE PRESSURIZATION CAP - A bottle cap for the introduction of pressure into a bottle, in which the bottle cap has a cap body configured with a through opening; and a one-way valve arrangement having at least one flexible valve component configured either with a through slit, such that the through slit is aligned with the through opening and an association between the cap body and the one-way valve arrangement maintains a planer profile of the flexible valve component after introduction of pressure into the bottle, or a flap valve integrally formed with the cap body, so as to prevent escape of pressurized gases from the bottle. | 06-07-2012 |
20120198791 | METHOD FOR GAS FILLING OF A HANDLE PORTION OF A CONTAINER - A method for gas filling a handle portion of a container of a collapsible type. The handle portion being defined by two opposite side walls of the container and communicating, via a duct defined by the side walls, with an opening formed in one of the side walls. The method including the steps of supplying, at a gas filling station, a gas to the handle portion via the opening and the duct, blocking the duct by means of a squeezing action to retain the gas supplied to the handle portion, transporting the container to a sealing station while maintaining the squeezing action and, at the sealing station, sealing the duct while maintaining the squeezing action, so as to permanently enclose the gas in the handle portion. The disclosure further concerns a container of a collapsible type. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204516 | Vacuum Skin Packaging of a Product Arranged on a Support - It is disclosed a machine for vacuum skin packaging a product arranged on a support. The support has a sidewall with at least one hole. The machine comprises a first film transfer plate configured for holding a film sheet, heating the film sheet, bringing the film sheet to a position above the support with the product arranged thereon and air tightly fixing the film sheet to the support. The machine also comprises a vacuum arrangement for removing air from within the support underneath the film sheet through the at least one hole. The first film transfer plate is configured to release the film sheet thereby allowing the film sheet to be drawn into the support while the vacuum arrangement is removing air from within the support. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE TWO STAGE FILLING OF FLEXIBLE POUCHES - The apparatus, for filling a flexible pouch having a bottom end, an opposite top end, and a pair of side edges extending between the bottom and top end, includes a filling station, a supply of compressed purging gas, and a gas purging station. The filling station includes a feeder that dispenses an amount of product into the pouch. The gas purge station is positioned subsequent to the filling station and includes a pair of gas lances. Each of the pair of gas lances have an outlet to discharge the purging gas into the pouch. The pair of gas lances being moveable between an inserted position and a withdrawn position. In the inserted position the pair of gas lances are disposed within the pouch a predetermined distance above the amount of product, and in the withdrawn position the pair of gas lances are provided above the top end of the pouch. | 08-23-2012 |
20120279174 | BLOW UNIT FOR AN APPARATUS FOR MAKING AIR-FILLED BAGS, APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH A BLOW UNIT, SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING AIR-FILLED BAGS - Blow unit for an apparatus ( | 11-08-2012 |
20120279175 | ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER TRANSDUCERS - Dielectric elastomer or electroactive polymer film transducers configured to minimize high electrical field gradients that can lead to partial discharge and corona. | 11-08-2012 |
20120311966 | PRESSURE SEALING METHOD FOR HEADSPACE MODIFICATION - A container cap ( | 12-13-2012 |
20130118123 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESSURIZING CONTAINERS - A container, such as a bottle or jar, that includes a closed compartment and an active insert device for pressurizing the closed compartment. The active insert device comprises an elastic liner and an active insert that are affixed to a closure or cap or the container. The active insert includes at least one reactant that is triggered to a reaction by an external energy source. The reaction produces a gas, which is delivered to the closed compartment via the liner. The gas causes the liner to expand and open a passage to deliver the gas to the closed compartment. | 05-16-2013 |
20130167481 | Method for Sealing-in a Gas in a Bag with a Gas Filling Compartment - A method for sealing-in a gas in a bag that has therein a gas filling compartment, including the steps of: placing a blow-out port of a nozzle, which is connected to a pressurized gas supply source, against a cut-in or a hole of the bag and holding the back surface side of the bag with a backing member; blowing a gas from the nozzle into the gas filling compartment of the bag through the cut-in or the hole; gripping and thus closing the gas flow path in sealed portions surrounding the periphery of the cut-in or the hole by a blocking gripper while the gas blow-in continues, thus cutting off the flow of the gas between the cut-in or the hole and the inside of the gas filling compartment; and then sealing the cut-in or the hole, thus allowing the gas to be sealed in the gas filling compartment. | 07-04-2013 |
20130199130 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESSURIZING A PLASTIC CONTAINER - A system for manufacturing a filled plastic container includes an actuator, a base unit including a heating surface, and a dispensing device or nozzle. The actuator includes a body portion and a holding/securing member configured to hold or secure a portion of said container. In embodiments, the actuator is configured to apply a force or pressure on said container to contact the base unit, the base unit is configured to receive a base portion of said container, the heating surface is configured to convey energy or heat to a portion of the base portion of said container, and the dispensing device or nozzle is configured to introduce an inert gas into said container. Methods for providing a filled plastic container and providing a thin-walled plastic container are also disclosed. | 08-08-2013 |
20130205717 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A REGULATED ATMOSPHERE FOR PACKAGING PERISHABLE GOODS - A method for introducing at least one substance into a sealed enclosure holding at least one product. At least one conduit may be provided through which one of gas or fluid may flow into or out of the sealed enclosure. Air may be evacuated from the sealed enclosure through the at least one conduit to create a predetermined pressure within the sealed enclosure and a predetermined quantity of the at least one substance may be injected into the sealed enclosure through the at least one conduit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130232916 | Modular Compressed Natural Gas System - A compression system is disposed in a container and shipped to a location having a supply of natural gas. The compression system connects to the natural gas supply, compresses gas from the supply, and provides compressed gas to a consumer. The container, which can be a standardized ISO shipping container, is fitted with removable vents at designated locations. Strategic positioning of compression system components in combination with the removable vents allows for ready access to the compression system for repair and maintenance. | 09-12-2013 |
20140041337 | Food Packaging Method - A food packaging method is provided in which food is packaged in a package with use of carbon dioxide to benefit from bacteriostatic effects and the food package contains the minimum reduced gas spaces and thereby has a volume substantially equal to the food volume. Tightly-fitting food packages are obtained by the method. A tightly-fitting food package is obtained by: placing at least one kind of foods selected from the group consisting of meats and processed meats in a plastic film package; blowing a carbon dioxide gas in the package to fill the package with the carbon dioxide gas in a volume of 10 to 45 cm3 per 100 g of the food as measured at 0° C. and 1 atm; and sealing and refrigerating the package. | 02-13-2014 |
20140075886 | SYSTEM, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR URINE COLLECTION AND STORAGE - A method and apparatus for collecting and storing urine comprises a collecting funnel and collection tank. The funnel has a valve that opens flow of urine begins and closes once the flow stops based on a flow sensor. The flow time of urine is recorded and used to regulate the evacuation and inert gas filling of a head space in the collection container once the urine is collected. The inert gas protects the urine from oxidation so that degradation is minimized while in the collection container. A similar control can be exercised when a bottle is filled with urine from the collection container, wherein head space in the bottle is filled with inert gas for oxidation protection to form a finished package. The head space of finished package can be evacuated to minimize degradation of the urine once the urine is accessed an initial time in the finished package. | 03-20-2014 |
20140096483 | Transfer Chamber for Air-Sensitive Sample Processing - A transfer chamber is disclosed having a first plate with a first surface configured to receive a sample and a second surface containing a groove. The second surface of the first plate surrounds the first surface of the first plate. A second plate has a first surface and a second surface containing a groove. A sealing component is disposed in the groove of the first plate or the second plate. A pivotable link couples the first plate and the second plate. The pivotable link is configured to hold the first plate, the second plate, and the sealing component together to substantially create an air-tight seal between the first surface of the first plate and the second surface of the second plate. The pivotable link is configured to open the seal in response to a pressure differential across the transfer chamber. | 04-10-2014 |
20140102042 | METHOD OF REMOVING HEADSPACE FROM A FILLED CONTAINER AND CONTAINER COMPRISING A VALVE - The invention relates to a method of removing headspace ( | 04-17-2014 |
20140123598 | Device for opening a gas pressure container, cold gas generator and method for manufacturing a cold gas generator - A device for opening a gas pressure container includes: a rupture disk; and an explosive charge. The rupture disk is configured to seal the gas pressure container in a gas-tight manner. The explosive charge, which is situated in direct contact with a surface of the rupture disk, ruptures the rupture disk in response to an ignition impulse. | 05-08-2014 |
20140250834 | Gas Charging Method and Gas Charging Apparatus for Bag Equipped with Gas Compartment Portion - In a method and apparatus for charging a gas into a gas compartment portion ( | 09-11-2014 |
20140260094 | ON-DEMAND INFLATABLE PACKAGING - A method for converting a web of preformed pouches to on-demand inflatable packaging. The method may include moving the web along a path of travel, attaching an outer skin to the outside of the web, and packaging the web into a non-inflated and stored configuration. The method may also include moving the web along a path of travel, depositing at least one product into each of a plurality of the preformed pouches, and inflating each of the preformed pouches to form a cushioning material. | 09-18-2014 |
20140283483 | Gas Charging Method and Gas Charging Apparatus For a Bag Equipped With Gas Compartment Portion - A method and apparatus for charging the gas compartment portion of a bag ( | 09-25-2014 |
20150033669 | MULTILAYER FILM WITH ENHANCED INTERLAYER ADHESION - Described herein are multilayer polymeric films with enhanced interlayer adhesion, having a gas barrier layer and a seal layer bonded directly to the gas barrier layer, wherein the seal layer is made of a blended polymer material that may aid in increasing adhesion to the gas barrier layer. Also disclosed are converted multilayer films for use in creating inflatable chambers in fluid communication with other chambers, methods of making the multilayer films, and a method of producing inflatable and sealable films for protective packaging having enhanced performance. | 02-05-2015 |
20150113918 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATING PACKAGES - A method for treating packages includes ink jet printing designs on packages, arranging packages on a treatment position of a package transport path, and at least intermittently charging the packages, during printing thereon, with a gaseous sterilizing agent. | 04-30-2015 |
20150328855 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEALING GAS IN A GAS COMPARTMENT-EQUIPPED BAG - A method and device for sealing gas in a gas compartment-equipped bag, in which pressurized gas discharge outlets ( | 11-19-2015 |
20160114920 | CHAMBER MACHINE WITH GAS NOZZLE MONITORING - The present invention relates to a chamber machine for packaging products in at least one bag, where said chamber machine includes at least one gas nozzle. The chamber machine can also include a monitoring device configured for detecting the presence of a bag neck of the bag over the gas nozzle. | 04-28-2016 |
20180022490 | VACUUM SEALING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD | 01-25-2018 |