Patents Assigned to Multivac Marking & Inspection GmbH & Co KG
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Publication number: 20230399161Abstract: The disclosure relates to a package having a package lower part for receiving a product and having a lid part attached to the package lower part for closing the package. The lid part includes a label and a carrier layer section, wherein the label adheres to the carrier layer section, and wherein the lid part is adhered to the package lower part by means of the label. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a package.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Michael REFFKE, Ronald HELMEL, Tobias SCHROEDER
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Publication number: 20230364916Abstract: The disclosure relates to a printer device configured for a packaging machine as a thermal inkjet printer. The printer device includes a frame and a printhead holder mounted thereon and configured to support a replaceable printhead. The printhead holder has an opening for at least one nozzle formed on the printhead. The printer device further includes a sealing unit and a lifting mechanism for the sealing unit, by means of which the sealing unit is adjustable between a first position, in which the sealing unit exposes the opening of the printhead holder, and a second position, in which the sealing unit closes the opening of the printhead holder. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a wet cleaning process of a printer device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Michael REFFKE, Bernd RATH
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Publication number: 20220289420Abstract: A labeler comprises at least one pusher assembly for pressing labels onto an article web, the pusher assembly being mounted to be adjustable in height. The pusher assembly comprises a base plate, at least one pin cartridge connected to the base plate, and several press-on pins that are received by the pin cartridge and that are mounted at the pin cartridge in a slidable manner between a respective extended position and a retracted position. The press-on pins are each formed as integrally manufactured injection molded parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Steffen FELLHOELTER
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Patent number: 11247800Abstract: A press-on device for a labeling machine that presses an adhesive label onto a product package. The press-on device may comprise a slide element as a support for a product package, a conveying unit for conveying a product package along a conveying direction, and a folding element for folding an adhesive label applied to an upper surface of the product package and projecting beyond the package. The press-on device additionally comprises a motor and a press-on unit driven by the motor and moved in a linear movement during operation of the press-on device, the press-on unit being configured to press an end of the adhesive label onto a lower surface of the product package during the linear movement of the press-on unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Frank Tautz, Markus Dauwe, Udo Henrichs, Andreas Reichert
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Patent number: 11014752Abstract: An endless conveyor device comprises a conveyor unit having at least one endless conveyor, which is configured to convey items; a drive roller assembly, which is drivable by a drive belt and configured to drive the endless conveyor and has a support element; a deflecting roller assembly and an intermediate body, disposed between the drive roller assembly and the deflecting roller assembly, as well as between a conveying strand and a return strand of the endless conveyor. The endless conveyor device further comprises a drive unit comprising the drive belt, a motor and a support device, which is configured to engage with the support element. The drive belt is relaxable by pivoting the conveyor unit relative to the drive unit about a rotation axis of the drive roller assembly in a first direction. A method for removing a conveyor unit from an endless conveyor device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Arthur Treise
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Patent number: 10981688Abstract: A packaging assembly including a sealing station for sealing a product with at least one film web, wherein a printer is provided upstream of the sealing station and configured to print information, in particular a product weight and an associated retail price, onto the film web or onto a label, which may already be present on the film web, wherein, upstream of the sealing station, a forward weighing device is provided and configured to detect a weight value of a product and forward it to a control unit. The packaging assembly is characterized in that the control unit controls the printer for printing-on the information depending on the detected weight value, and that, downstream of the sealing station, at least a first inspection device is provided to read the information on the imprint. A method for making the packaging assembly is also included.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Hendrik Frank, Daniel Siegenbrink
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Patent number: 10773842Abstract: A labeling machine for producing respective multipacks, the multipacks comprising a group of products secured together by a label. The labeling machine includes a conveyor that comprises a conveyor module for forming a group of products from a plurality of individual products and for providing the group of products to a labeling process to produce a multipack of products. The labeling machine includes at least one labeler. The conveyor module comprises at least two conveying units which each conveying unit comprising at least one carrier. The movement of the conveying units may be individually controllable allowing two carriers on different conveying units to cooperate as a fixing unit. A method of producing respective multipacks, which each comprise a group of products, using the labeling machine is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Multivac Marking & Inspection GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Georg Austermeier, Hauke Friedhoff
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Publication number: 20200198896Abstract: An endless conveyor device comprises a conveyor unit having at least one endless conveyor, which is configured to convey items; a drive roller assembly, which is drivable by a drive belt and configured to drive the endless conveyor and has a support element; a deflecting roller assembly and an intermediate body, disposed between the drive roller assembly and the deflecting roller assembly, as well as between a conveying strand and a return strand of the endless conveyor. The endless conveyor device further comprises a drive unit comprising the drive belt, a motor and a support device, which is configured to engage with the support element. The drive belt is relaxable by pivoting the conveyor unit relative to the drive unit about a rotation axis of the drive roller assembly in a first direction. A method for removing a conveyor unit from an endless conveyor device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Arthur TREISE
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Patent number: 10077129Abstract: The present invention relates to a labeler for applying labels to packages. The labeler can include a transport unit for transporting the packages, a label dispenser for applying a sealing label to a web-shaped rim of each of the packages, and a press-on device having a circularly movable pusher plate. The present invention also relates to a method of operating such a labeler, where the press-on device is provided for folding the sealing label around the web-shaped rim laterally to each package and for pressing the label onto the package.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Alexander Riegel, Georg Austermeier
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Patent number: 9573718Abstract: The present invention relates to a winding reel for a label dispenser and a method allowing a roll of a wound-up label carrier tape to be easily removed from the winding reel. A first rod of the winding reel is connected to a rotating element in a movable manner and at least two additional rods are connected to the rotating element in a stationary manner. An operating element is pivotably arranged on the free ends of the two stationarily arranged rods, where the operating element is connected to the free end of the first rod and configured such that it causes a deflection of the free end of the first rod in the direction of the rotary axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Georg Austermeier, Markus Dauwe, Bernd Rath
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Patent number: 9463892Abstract: The invention relates to a labeling device and to a method for operating such a labeling device on a deep-drawing packaging machine. The labeling device includes two cross-web labelers, each displaced on one common guide system, and each having a drive and power supply. The labeling device further includes a safety controller configured to calculate a distance between the two cross-web labelers and interrupt the power supply of each drive of the cross-web labelers when the calculated distance is below an invariably predefined safety distance so as to ensure a reliable deactivation during the displacement of the cross-web labelers in the event of a fault.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Daniel Siegenbrink
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Patent number: 9073657Abstract: The invention relates to a labeler and a method for applying labels onto an article strip, wherein a transfer device is moved continuously when said labels are pressed on and a lifting device of said transfer device comprises a height-adjustable actuator.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Georg Austermeier, Tanja Jansen
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Publication number: 20130312893Abstract: The invention relates to a labeler and a method for applying labels onto an article strip, wherein a transfer device is moved continuously when said labels are pressed on and a lifting device of said transfer device comprises a height-adjustable actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Georg Austermeier, Tanja Jansen
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Patent number: 8012294Abstract: A method for applying labels in rows on a tape, which can be driven by a tape driving mechanism, for which the labels are deposited in consecutive rows at an applicator, disposed stationary at the tape, on the tape, the tape being advanced partially after or during the deposition of a row of labels by a length section at the applicator in that, by a movable tension, a pull loop is pulled out of the path of the tape downstream from the applicator, while the section of tape, located upstream from the pull loop, is kept stationary, and the tension can be moved stepwise between a starting position and an end position and that, during the partial advance, a step is traveled by the tension roller, the length of which is adjusted by a control mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Multivac Marking & Inspection GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Georg Austermeier
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Patent number: 7998302Abstract: A method for applying labels on articles, which are guided in parallel lanes, for which in each case a row of labels is dispensed by a label dispenser from a backing, taken up by a transfer path guided transversely over the lanes and transferred in a transfer step onto the articles, the transfers step comprising the moving of a lifting tool, extending along a section of the transfer path onto article lanes for pressing the labels onto the articles and the return of the lifting tool into its starting position. The dispensed labels are taken up at a point of the transfer path, which is at a distance from the lifting tool, and the dispending of a row of labels is commenced before the step of transferring a previous row of labels is concluded.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Multivac Marking & Inspection GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Georg Austermeier
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Patent number: 7997319Abstract: A labeling device includes a conveyor belt for taking up a row of labels, and two label dispensers, each for dispensing labels from a dispensing sheet over a dispensing edge onto the conveyor belt. The label dispensers are disposed one behind the other, the dispensing edge of a rear one of the dispensers being shifted, so that the dispensing edges of the two label dispensers are one above the other. The conveyor belt is guided over a belt deflector for changing the course of the belt between two positions as to the dispensing edges, the belt deflector including a tilting lever, over which the conveyor belt is deflected and which can be swiveled between two positions. The conveyor belt is in a first position for taking up labels at the first dispensing edge and in a second position, for taking up labels at the second dispensing edge.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Multivac Marking & Inspection GmbH & Co KGInventor: Georg Austermeier
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Patent number: D855104Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Georg Austermeier