Group Forming Of Contents Unit And Subsequent Or Further Packaging Patents (Class 53/147)
Long slender articles (e.g., cigarettes) (Class 53/148)
Formed in vertically spaced ways and simultaneously removed (Class 53/152)
From plural or different supply sources (Class 53/154)
Joined receptacle or pockets (Class 53/158)
Layer, stack, or column (Class 53/531)
  • Process and apparatus for retaining a circuit board in a mounted position in a computer housing
    Patent number: 4890198
    Abstract: A method and retainer for retaining a circuit board in a mounted position within a housing of an electronic device. A working distance is determined, which is defined as the distance between the circuit board and the housing, and the length of the retainer is adjusted to such working distance, so that when a first end portion of the retainer is secured to a circuit board and the circuit board is mounted in the housing, the second end portion of the retainer is positioned to engage the housing and thereby retain the circuit board in a mounted position during shipment of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Don E. Beam, Harold J. Sampson
  • Apparatus for fitting together cup-like containers and packaging carriers which engage same
    Patent number: 4555891
    Abstract: In an apparatus for fitting together cup-like or pot-like containers and packaging carriers which engage same and which are supplied by a guide means to the containers which are carried by a conveyor member, to form a packaging unit, the invention seeks to make it possible for the assembly operation to be performed by machine with a high level of through-put capacity and a wide capacity for adaptation to different sizes and quantities of containers or groups of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Inventor: Ernst F. Sauerbruch