Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
053448000 | Single layer forming | 14 |
20090199512 | Filling Unit - A unit for filling first containers ( | 08-13-2009 |
20100212264 | MULTI-PACK PACKAGING SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for combining units from among a plurality of packages are disclosed. In some embodiments, units are combined from a plurality of single-variety packages to provide one or more variety packs. For example, a plurality of single-variety packages arranged in repeating order of variety can be provided. The single-variety packages being so arranged can define at least two lanes extending among the plurality of single-variety packages. At least one single-variety group of units can be selected from at least one of the plurality of single-variety packages. Each of the selected at least one single-variety group of units can be positioned in one of the lanes. The selected at least one single-variety group of units can be repositioned to another package and within the one of the lanes. | 08-26-2010 |
20100212265 | METHOD AND APPARATUS, IN A BOTTLING PLANT, FOR PACKING BEVERAGE BOTTLES IN CASES WITH AND WITHOUT DIVIDERS AND A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKING CONTAINERS IN CASES WITH AND WITHOUT DIVIDERS - A method and apparatus, in a bottling plant, for packing beverage bottles in cases with and without dividers and a method and apparatus for packing containers in cases with and without dividers. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. ยง1.72( | 08-26-2010 |
20110005171 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GROUPING PACKAGES - The disclosure relates to a device ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110016831 | Method and machine to group and join articles - The present invention concerns a method and a machine to group and join at last two articles by attaching a first packaging to form a packaging unit. The individual packaging units are joined together with an additional second packaging to form a bigger unit. The process is carried out continuously, whereby the packaging units are transposed or not. | 01-27-2011 |
20110232235 | METHOD FOR FORMING A PACKAGE ASSEMBLY FOR DISPENSING AND RETAINING GUM SLABS WITH ADHESIVE SECUREMENT - A method is provided for forming a package assembly for individual elongate consumable products. A flat blank is provided. The blank includes a back wall, a foldable front wall and a foldable flap extending from the back wall. An adhesive location is placed on the foldable front wall. An array of elongate consumable products is placed on the back wall. The foldable front wall is folded to place the consumable products in releasable adhesive engagement therewith. | 09-29-2011 |
20120031050 | Method and device for formation of groups of articles to be packaged and a profiled thrust bar to use for this purpose - The invention relates to a method for formation of a compacted arrangement of articles ( | 02-09-2012 |
20120131884 | Cooler Carton With Zipper Opening Feature - A paperboard carton doubles as a shipping container for articles such as beverage cans and a cooler for containing ice to cool the articles when the carton is opened. The top portion of the carton is breached by removing an opening strip defined by zipper rules. Once breached, the tops and side panels of the carton are opened up to form an upwardly open chimney or skirt into which ice can be placed to cool the contents of the carton. Gussets formed in the lower corners of the cartons insure that water from melting ice does not leak prematurely from the carton. | 05-31-2012 |
20120151879 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PACKAGING CONTAINERS OF LIQUID PRODUCTS INTO BUNDLES - An apparatus for packaging groups of containers of liquid products into bundles includes at least one pair of wrapping stations of groups of containers. Each station includes means for wrapping an extensible film around a group of containers and manipulating means for feeding and discharging the groups of containers to/from the wrapping station, at least one feeding line of the containers, and at least one discharge line of the bundles. Advantageously, the feeding and discharge lines are shared between the different wrapping stations. | 06-21-2012 |
20140075891 | PACKING EQUIPMENT WITH TWO RESTRAINING MEMBERS - There is presented a device and method for filling and advancing a series of containers including a first container and a next container. The device includes first and second assemblies having first and second restraining members respectively. The assemblies are positionable relative to each other in an object-receiving configuration in which the first restraining member and the second restraining member are inserted into the first container, and at least partially define a gap therebetween for deposition of an object. They are also positionable in a transitional configuration in which the second restraining member is raised relative to the first restraining member, and a lower portion of the second restraining member is positioned above and behind a leading internal face of the next container; and a container advancement configuration in which at least part of the second restraining member is in contact with and applying an advancement force to the leading internal face of the next container. | 03-20-2014 |
20140331613 | PACKAGING METHOD, PACKAGING APPARATUS AND INJECTION-MOLDING INSTALLATION HAVING A PACKAGING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a packaging method and to a packaging apparatus by which plastic injection moldings designed in the form of pipette tips or medical reaction vessels are packaged in end packaging units. The invention provides for the operation of distributing the K plastic injection moldings over the sub-groups to take place in the at least one end packaging unit exclusively during the operation of filling the end packaging unit, and for plastic injection moldings to be distributed over the sub-groups until the at least one end packaging unit has been filled completely with in each case A plastic injection moldings. | 11-13-2014 |
20140331614 | PACKAGING METHOD, PACKAGING APPARATUS AND INJECTION-MOLDING INSTALLATION HAVING A PACKAGING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a packaging method by which plastic injection moldings designed in the form of pipette tips or medical reaction vessels are packaged in end packaging units. | 11-13-2014 |
20150143780 | Method Of Forming A Carton With Article Protection Flap - A method of forming a carton. The method comprises obtaining a blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a bottom panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a top panel, at least two first end flaps, at least two second end flap, and at least one article protection flap foldably connected to the bottom panel. The method comprises positioning the plurality of panels to form an interior space of the carton, loading a plurality of beverage bottles into the interior space, closing a first end of the carton, closing a second end of the carton, and tightening the carton by folding the at least one article protection flap into the interior space after the loading of the plurality of beverage bottles. | 05-28-2015 |
20160016683 | CARTON PACKING APPARATUS - A carton packing apparatus occupying a small footprint for efficient packing of articles includes a longitudinal frame housing and an article transfer means. The longitudinal frame housing has an article accumulation platform mounted within and in line with the longitudinal direction of the frame housing, wherein articles and cartons are fed transversely relative to the longitudinal direction of the frame housing to an article loading station and a carton receiving station respectively located adjacent opposite ends of the accumulation platform. The article transfer means is movably mounted within the frame housing, the transfer means being movable over an internal pathway substantially in line with the accumulation platform between an article pick up position and article dispensing condition. In an operating condition a predetermined number of articles at the article loading station are transferred to the accumulation platform, and wherein the transfer means transfers a predetermined number of articles on the accumulation platform to the carton receiving station over the internal pathway for filling the carton with the articles. | 01-21-2016 |