Abstract: The invention provides a device for packaging an article which includes reduced number of parts, which is light-weight, which enables simple packaging and depackaging operation, and which is superior in terms of rust-proofing and dust-proofing properties. The invention also provides a method for packaging an article. According to the invention, an article 1 is placed on a base table 2 having a peripheral wall 7 of an appropriate height. A packaging sheet 3 having flexibility and air-tightness is put over the article 1. The peripheral edge 3a of the packaging sheet 3 is sealingly engaged with the peripheral wall 7 of the base table 2. A connection pipe 10 provided at the base table 2 or the packaging sheet 3 is connected to a vacuum pump 12, so as to evacuate the space within the packaging sheet 3. The article 1 is pressingly urged against the base table 2 by means of the pressure difference across the packaging sheet 3, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, so as to be fixed to the base table 2.

Abstract: A tape roll in-series package machine for neatly packing a plurality of tape rolls into a paper box. In includes (a) a conveying device, (b) an in-series filling device, and (c) a paper box elevating device. The in-series filling device contains first, second, and third pneumatic cylinder each of which is connected to a receiving plate to cooperatively pack a row of the tape rolls into a paper box.

Abstract: Automated packaging of surgical needle-suture assemblies includes a framing operation in which adjacent sheets of polymer coated aluminum foils are conveyed through a sequence of steps in an apparatus which produces frames containing plastic packets of needle-suture assemblies. The apparatus pulls a web of foil off a large diameter feed roll and maintains web alignment as it travels down line through the apparatus by a system that optically detects transverse movement of the web as it is fed into the apparatus and adjusts the position of the feed roll relative to the centerline of travel using a hi-directional stepper motor. Discontinuities in the polymer coating on the top surface of the web of foil are automatically detected so that remedial steps can be taken to avoid processing defective sections of the web. A vision system having video cameras connected to a specially adapted computer enables monitoring the product travelling through the apparatus to detect various defects in the product formation.

Abstract: A dual pocket loader wheel assembly for use on a continuous motion packaging machine is disclosed. The dual pocket loader wheel assembly has an elongate tubular member supported for rotation on a framework positioned on the packaging machine with respect to a carton transport conveyor on the packaging machine. A drive frame is positioned at one end of the tubular member and rotatably supports a spaced pair of pocket loader wheels thereon. A drive motor assembly is positioned on the framework at the other end of the tubular member and is operably connected to a drive shaft extending through the tubular member and into the drive frame for rotating the dual pocket loader wheels about their axes. The loader wheel assembly includes a rotary actuator mounted on the framework and operably engaged with the tubular member for rotating the tubular member to reverse the position of the dual pocket loader wheels with respect to the carton transport conveyor.

Abstract: A process for obtaining packets full of products by means of a continuous tube of net, which comprises placing the net about a tubular means, pulling the top end of the net upwards and carrying it up to a certain height above the tubular means, expanding the portion of conveyed net sideways, pinching and closing the lower end of the net portion and shearing such portion, detaching it from the rest of the tubular net, filling the formed container and closing its top mouth.

Abstract: An improved method for manufacturing freeze dried pharmaceutical tablets in blister packs is disclosed. Liquid dosages are introduced into a multilayer laminated blister sheet having an impermeable intermediate layer (14) that is positioned between first and second outer layer (16, 18) each of which has substantially the same coefficient of thermal expansion. The properties of the outer layers of the blister sheet are such that there are no inter-layer stresses that will cause curvature of the blister sheet when it is subjected to temperature changes during the freezing and freeze drying steps. Following the introduction of the dosages into the depressions (10) of the blister sheet, the dosages are frozen and freeze dried. A lidding sheet (32) is then attached to the blister sheet to seal the solid dosages into the blister pack.

Abstract: A conduit, to be attached to a fluid port in a block or wall, has an enlarged end with a sealing ring and an attachment plate with a cut-out engaging the enlarged end, preferably with the plate secured against the enlarged end by a retaining ring or convolution. The plate has an attachment hole with a snap ring in the hole which is snap-locked onto a barbed stud threaded into the block retaining the enlarged conduit end in the fluid port. The conduit is disconnected by unthreading the stud through the plate hole from the block.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the manufacture of screen cylinders, e.g. for removal of debris such as sand, rock, metal, resin etc. from a liquid suspension used in the pulp and paper industry. The screen is of the type having a plurality of slot passages, each extending axially the entire axial length of the cylinder. According to the invention, the width of the slots is controlled by determining the physical structure of the screen, particularly the overall thickness of the screen and the backing reinforcement ribs, prior to the rolling of the screen plate into a cylinder. A table of a number of different sizes is included showing the practical range of application of the invention. The invention allows the use of standard cutters used in the milling of the slots for the production of screens with much narrower slots to obtain an improved degree of removal of contaminants without having to use specially thin cutters. Screens produced by the method are also claimed.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for setting the toe-in on motor vehicles during assembly thereof is disclosed which includes a sensor assembly operative to accurately sense the position of a nut runner prior to torquing of a locking jam nut so as to thereby ensure the full desired torque loading is applied to the jam nut. The method includes the step of rotating the nut runner in a reverse direction a predetermined distance subsequent to ascertaining its position so as to provide a distance of travel to assure alignment of the wrenching surfaces of the nut runner and jam nut.

Abstract: A method of forming a decorative cover, a sleeve or a preformed pot cover for a floral grouping or flower pot from a sheet of material having a three-dimensional printed pattern thereon wherein the three-dimensional pattern is produced by application of a foamable ink composition to the sheet of material.

Abstract: A method for packaging flat or stacked article groups within a packaging unit such as a paperboard carton. The method comprises the steps of supplying a stream of packaging units, for example paperboard cartons, supplying at least one stream of articles, for example beverage cans; forming at least one article group, for example a group of from six to twenty-four cans, optionally placing a support base on a top surface of the article group, and loading the article group in the packaging unit. In a stacked packaging mode a second article group is formed and loaded into the packaging unit, on top of the support base on each first article group disposed in the packaging unit. An apparatus for implementing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A packaging for a grouping of casing sticks of artificial tripe or wrappers in an overlapping alignment having a quincuncial arrangement forming a parallelepiped block has a transparent cover which is adapted to surround the parallelepiped block. The packaging has a tubular configuration where two ends of the packaging overlap on the block. The overlapping two ends define a sealing line which is located upon the middle line of one of the larger surfaces of the block. The ends of the tubular element are folded so as to fit over the ends of the sheaths. Flaps at the open sides of the packaging are folded down onto the same surface of the block on which the sealing line is located, and specifically upon the end areas of the sealing line. The transparent packaging cover is stabilized by an adhesive tape strip which is placed covering the sealing line and the folded flaps. The adhesive tape may have an adhesive free section arranged to form a manual grab tab for allowing the package to be easily opened.

Abstract: An improved system and process of necking an upper end of a metallic container that will reduce the incidence of defects such as wrinkles and puckers during the necking process includes steps of performing a first stage operation to reduce a radius of said upper end by a first distance, and incrementally further reducing the radius of the upper end by performing a plurality of subsequent reduction operations on the upper end. Advantageously, step (b) is performed so that the amount of radius reduction that is applied by earlier of the subsequent reduction operations is less than the amount of radius reduction that is applied by later of the subsequent reduction operations. As a result, increases of wall thickness that occur during the subsequent reduction operations will be utilized to permit greater radial reduction in the later steps, and will ease the amount of radial reduction in the earlier steps, reducing the potential for defects such as puckering and wrinkling.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for producing packages containing sliced food products, in which the slices are rolled up into individual rolls by a rolling facility and deposited in a package.

Abstract: An apparatus for assembling foundry cores comprises a conveyor (4) operating between a removal station (1) of a core shooting machine (2) and a transfer station (3), a packing assembly (5) having at least one first manipulator (6) and adhesive applicators (8), and an adjoining dip bath (9), if need be, as well as a subsequent drying oven (10). To automatically and rapidly assemble even complex core packs (20) with the least possible equipment, the apparatus is designed and constructed such that the packing assembly (5) is supplied, the via transfer station (3), with cores (11) from at least two core shooting machines (2), and the first manipulator (6) serves to grip and deposit or stack the cores (11), and that the cores (11) may be placed, one on top of the other, on a carriage (15) or a running gear.

Abstract: A machine arranged to insert material to be composted into an elongate elastic bag. The machine is arranged to insert an elongate perforated pipe into the elongate elastic bag with the material. The perforated pipe is fed from an air tight container through a conduit into the bag. The machine may have an expander mechanism to enlarge the opening of the elastic bag with the expanding mechanism defining a tunnel through which the material will be forced into the bag. A reciprocating plunger movable within a channel or hopper forces the material into the elongate bag. The machine is arranged so that the composting process may commence when there is material available to only partially fill the bag. When a bag is filled partially, the plunger is moved to a position at the entry of the tunnel to seal the open end of the bag and a media may be applied to dispense the media into the material via the perforated pipe to commence the composting process.

Abstract: A quick change device is adaptable for use on a reciprocating press fin machine which continuously forms a metal sheet into sinuous or corrugated configuration by using tools associated with upper and lower opposed, metal-engaging tools, each movable toward and away from the other in a vertical forming stroke, and a first one of these tools also being movable in a variable stroke transverse to its vertical forming stroke. Wedge-shaped abutment elements and associated block elements having a wedge-shaped cavity therein adapted to receive the abutment elements, establish the length of transverse motion of the first tool. A structure is used to simulate the reciprocating press fin machine. A reader assembly digitally analyzes movement of the wedge-shaped abutment elements to set the transverse stroke length, based on the simulation provided by the structure, to allow precise alignment of the tools in the reciprocating press fin machine.

Abstract: A process for storing sheet-like products occurring continuously, in particular in an imbricated formation, in particular printed products such as newspapers, periodicals and the like, in the case of which process the sheet-like products are wound up on, and/or unwound from, a main roll, a first number of the products being wound up on, and/or unwound from, a first main roll (4) and a second number of the products being wound up on, and/or unwound from, a second main roll which is assigned to the first main roll.

Abstract: A sealing device which can form pouches with different widths, which is small in size, and which can minimize the waste of sheet material. To reduce the size of the device, a pair of second rotary shafts each carrying a longitudinal heating member having a cylindrical heating surface for feeding a two-folded packing sheet and sealing its side edges by coming into contact with the sheet are mounted on a pair of rotary shafts provided in the feed path of the sheet and each carrying a lateral heating member having an axial heating surface adapted to laterally contact the sheet and a surface not in contact with the sheet. To form a pouch from the sheet, the first rotary shafts are rotated by a first rotary drive unit to laterally seal the sheet by pressing the lateral heating members. Then, the side edges of the sheet are sealed by rotating the longitudinal heating members by rotating the second rotary shafts with a second rotary drive unit.

Abstract: A method of forming a decorative cover, a sleeve or a preformed pot cover for a floral grouping or flower pot from a sheet of material having a three-dimensional printed pattern thereon wherein the three-dimensional pattern is produced by application of a foamable ink composition to the sheet of material.