Patents Assigned to Johnsen Machine Company Ltd.
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Patent number: 8579101Abstract: A bag turning machine comprises a frame, a shaft rotatably carried by the frame, a plurality of bag turning members carried by the shaft for receiving and turning a filled and sealed bag, and a brake. The brake resists rotation of the shaft upon receipt by the bag turning members of a filled and sealed bag and, following release by the bag turning members of the bag, arrests rotation of the shaft in a predetermined position for the bag turning members to receive another filled and sealed bag. Each bag is received in an upright position and moving substantially parallel to its width, which is less than its height and greater than its depth, and tipped over onto the bag turning members so that the bag lands on a side edge thereof. Rotating the bag turning members turns the bag to rest on its face while lowering the bag.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Johnsen Machine Company Ltd.Inventors: Ole Johnsen, Denis Trottier, Wojciech Kowalczuk
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Patent number: 8465250Abstract: A first layer of items is assembled on a movable conveyor belt on a support platform, and the conveyor belt advances to position the first layer of items above and in registration with a pallet while a second layer of items is assembled behind the first layer. The conveyor belt then stops, and part of the support platform and an associated portion of the conveyor belt retract from beneath the first layer of items, depositing the first layer of items on the pallet, after which the pallet is indexed downward. The retractable portion of the support platform and the associated portion of the conveyor belt then extend to the position above and in registration with the pallet, and the conveyor belt advances during this extension to position the second layer of items above and in registration with the pallet. Apparatus for placing slip sheets onto pallets is also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Johnsen Machine Company, Ltd.Inventors: Ole Johnsen, Wojciech Kowalczuk, Denis Trottier
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Publication number: 20120163951Abstract: A bag turning machine comprises a frame, a shaft rotatably carried by the frame, a plurality of bag turning members carried by the shaft for receiving and turning a filled and sealed bag, and a brake. The brake resists rotation of the shaft upon receipt by the bag turning members of a filled and sealed bag and, following release by the bag turning members of the bag, arrests rotation of the shaft in a predetermined position for the bag turning members to receive another filled and sealed bag. Each bag is received in an upright position and moving substantially parallel to its width, which is less than its height and greater than its depth, and tipped over onto the bag turning members so that the bag lands on a side edge thereof. Rotating the bag turning members turns the bag to rest on its face while lowering the bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Johnsen Machine Company Ltd.Inventors: Ole Johnsen, Denis Trottier, Wojciech Kowalczuk
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Patent number: 5201166Abstract: Bag handling apparatus for sequentially selecting bags from a supply thereof and positioning them for subsequent opening and filling has a vertically-movable slider positioned above a stack of horizontal closed bags. A carriage is pivotally secured to the slider and by links to a fixed point. Upward movement of the slider causes the carriage to be moved angularly from a downwardly directed position adjacent the stack of bags enabling the carriage to pick up a horizontal top bag to a forwardly directed position to cause the carriage to present the bag in a vertically-oriented position for subsequent opening and filling.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1992Date of Patent: April 13, 1993Assignee: Johnsen Machine Company Ltd.Inventor: Hugo Johnsen
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Patent number: 5127212Abstract: The invention provides a high speed baling machine having a multi part chute which can be adjusted horizontally in both width and depth to accommodate packages of various lengths and widths with the packages falling sidways in the chute.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1991Date of Patent: July 7, 1992Assignee: Johnsen Machine Company Ltd.Inventors: Hugo Johnsen, Ole Johnsen
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Patent number: 5117614Abstract: The invention provides a baling machine for baling groups of packages containing product into a bale bag. Packages are transported to fall down a chute individually where they are stacked in a group until the group is allowed to fall into a bale bag and into engagement with a moving platform which decelerates the group to minimize impact and resulting bruising. The filled bale bag is then ejected and closed.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1991Date of Patent: June 2, 1992Assignee: Johnsen Machine Company Ltd.Inventor: Hugo Johnsen