| Class Number |
Class Name |
No. of Patents |
| 53/390 |
Aids to manual packing |
475 |
| 53/391 |
Power-driven conveyor |
49 |
| 53/392 |
Receptacle inversion |
17 |
| 53/556 |
Apparatus for contraction of cover by stretching or shrinking |
490 |
| 53/557 |
By heat shrinking |
225 |
| 53/558 |
Apparatus for forming or partially forming receptacle and subsequently filling |
47 |
| 53/562 |
Forming a pocket or pouch by folding and side sealing (e.g., flat bag making) |
142 |
| 53/559 |
Forming a pocket, depression, or hollow compartment by application of heat or pressure (e.g., stretch forming) |
245 |
| 53/560 |
Capsule |
69 |
| 53/561 |
Molding or extruding a container |
76 |
| 53/563 |
Forming a receptacle around a mandrel or former and removing therefrom prior to filling |
88 |
| 53/564 |
Forming by opening or setting up collapsed receptacle |
123 |
| 53/570 |
Bag or sack |
337 |
| 53/571 |
Magazine |
114 |
| 53/573 |
Combined extractor and opener |
78 |
| 53/572 |
Filled before removal from magazine |
107 |
| 53/567 |
Flexible tubular stock - preformed continuous tube |
297 |
| 53/565 |
Gable-top carton (e.g., milk carton) |
66 |
| 53/566 |
Horizontally loaded box or carton |
139 |
| 53/569 |
Letter-type envelope |
173 |
| 53/568 |
Longitudinally prefolded web stock |
93 |
| 53/574 |
Forming receptacles whereby the receptacle is subsequently filled while on the forming means |
51 |
| 53/578 |
External former |
28 |
| 53/579 |
Former mounted on conveying means |
64 |
| 53/575 |
Hollow forming mandrel or plunger |
96 |
| 53/577 |
Gathered mouth receptacle |
19 |
| 53/576 |
Tubular receptacle stored on mandrel |
211 |
| 53/DIG.1 |
Bacon and franks packaging |
12 |
| 53/49 |
Bottle in shaped cover or carton |
20 |
| 53/900 |
Capsules |
103 |
| 53/285 |
Closing packages and filled receptacles |
20 |
| 53/373.2 |
By means adapted to engage outturned seam of package cover |
16 |
| 53/375.4 |
With means to advance package during closing |
36 |
| 53/375.5 |
With means to fold cover after closing |
12 |
| 53/373.3 |
With means to apply adhesive to seam |
7 |
| 53/373.6 |
With means to engage cover at spaced points and move apart to flatten seam |
39 |
| 53/373.7 |
With means to heat or cool seam |
120 |
| 53/375.3 |
Means to cool seam |
42 |
| 53/373.8 |
Spaced from cover during heating or cooling |
22 |
| 53/373.9 |
Comprising means to force heated fluid to contact cover |
47 |
| 53/374.3 |
With means to advance package during closing |
34 |
| 53/374.4 |
Closing means comprising roller or roller-like member |
119 |
| 53/374.5 |
Closing means moving with package during closing |
70 |
| 53/374.6 |
And moving perpendicularly to package movement during closing |
94 |
| 53/374.7 |
With means to fold cover after closing |
11 |
| 53/374.2 |
With nonplanar sealing surface |
83 |
| 53/374.8 |
With package stationary during closing |
163 |
| 53/374.9 |
Pivoted means to close package |
69 |
| 53/375.2 |
With means to fold cover after closing |
16 |
| 53/373.4 |
With means to trim excess from cover |
30 |
| 53/373.5 |
With means to advance package during closing |
29 |
| 53/375.6 |
With package stationary during closing |
21 |
| 53/375.7 |
With means to fold package cover after closing |
11 |
| 53/375.8 |
By means adapted to engage overlapped seam |
11 |
| 53/376.2 |
With means to advance package during closing |
39 |
| 53/375.9 |
With means to heat or cool seam |
115 |
| 53/370.2 |
Including provision for pleat of cover overhang |
15 |
| 53/372.8 |
To serially pleat cover overhang |
6 |
| 53/372.9 |
Including means to rotate package or pleating means during pleating |
26 |
| 53/372.4 |
With means to advance package during closing |
18 |
| 53/372.5 |
Including provision for pleat and fold of cover |
13 |
| 53/370.3 |
With means to apply adhesive |
13 |
| 53/370.6 |
With means to engage cover at spaced points and move together to form pleat |
39 |
| 53/370.7 |
With means to heat or cool seam |
31 |
| 53/371.2 |
Having nonplanar sealing surface |
21 |
| 53/372.3 |
Means to cool seam |
13 |
| 53/370.8 |
Spaced from cover during heating or cooling |
3 |
| 53/370.9 |
Comprising means to force heated fluid to contact cover |
16 |
| 53/371.3 |
With means to advance package during closing |
15 |
| 53/371.4 |
Closing means comprising roller or roller-like member |
21 |
| 53/371.5 |
Closing means moving with package during closing |
17 |
| 53/371.6 |
And moving perpendicularly to package movement during closing |
17 |
| 53/371.7 |
Including provision for pleat and fold of cover |
13 |
| 53/371.8 |
With package stationary during closing |
22 |
| 53/372.2 |
Including provision for pleat and fold of cover |
9 |
| 53/371.9 |
Pivoted means to close cover |
21 |
| 53/370.4 |
With means to trim excess cover |
5 |
| 53/370.5 |
And means to advance package during closing |
4 |
| 53/372.6 |
With package stationary during closing |
11 |
| 53/372.7 |
Including provision for pleat and fold of cover |
10 |
| 53/376.3 |
Package or receptacle having closure flap, e.g., carton flap, box lid, etc. |
26 |
| 53/377.6 |
Attached flap |
34 |
| 53/376.4 |
Multiple closure flaps |
36 |
| 53/377.2 |
With means to advance package during closing |
99 |
| 53/376.5 |
With means to apply adhesive |
78 |
| 53/376.6 |
With means to heat or cool flap |
15 |
| 53/376.7 |
With means to advance package during closing |
23 |
| 53/376.8 |
With package stationary during closing |
6 |
| 53/377.3 |
With package stationary during closing |
39 |
| 53/377.5 |
Tucked inside cover |
30 |
| 53/378.3 |
With means to advance package during closing |
41 |
| 53/377.4 |
With means to apply adhesive |
39 |
| 53/377.7 |
With means to heat or cool flap |
2 |
| 53/377.8 |
With means to advance package during closing |
7 |
| 53/286 |
Plural independently closed covers |
6 |
| 53/287 |
Separate closure applying |
48 |
| 53/305 |
By hand operation with magazine supply |
10 |
| 53/306 |
Closure delivery from supply into or below bottom of header |
59 |
| 53/307 |
Closure delivery into inverting header |
33 |
| 53/308 |
Turret supporting closure below header |
44 |
| 53/310 |
Closure delivery from supply laterally into header |
22 |
| 53/311 |
Closure at infeed normal to closure in stack |
4 |
| 53/312 |
Horizontal infeed |
12 |
| 53/309 |
Closure delivery from supply through top of header |
18 |
| 53/319 |
Closure inserting means |
47 |
| 53/324 |
Closure compressing means |
10 |
| 53/327 |
Pivoted segment die |
2 |
| 53/325 |
Roller |
4 |
| 53/326 |
Sliding segment die |
0 |
| 53/321 |
Closure flexing means (straightening or buckling) |
8 |
| 53/328 |
Plunger structure |
23 |
| 53/322 |
With closure guide withdrawal means |
1 |
| 53/323 |
Receptacle push-off means |
1 |
| 53/320 |
With vent means |
6 |
| 53/329 |
Closure securing means |
65 |
| 53/366 |
By crimping of receptacle |
16 |
| 53/341 |
Die |
12 |
| 53/359 |
Filler or forcer |
8 |
| 53/362 |
Confined elastomer block |
7 |
| 53/361 |
Fluid pressure or resilient element |
10 |
| 53/360 |
Reverse flex of resilient element |
1 |
| 53/357 |
Resilient annulus |
8 |
| 53/358 |
Helical spring |
1 |
| 53/364 |
Second class lever mounted |
0 |
| 53/344 |
Sectional |
4 |
| 53/351 |
Axial cam |
7 |
| 53/352 |
Convex |
2 |
| 53/353 |
Radially reciprocating jaws |
15 |
| 53/354 |
Bell crank |
2 |
| 53/355 |
Biased for deformation |
0 |
| 53/348 |
Fluid pressure actuated |
4 |
| 53/349 |
Rotary cam |
3 |
| 53/356 |
Split or spring collet type |
6 |
| 53/350 |
Toggle |
2 |
| 53/345 |
With resilient faces |
4 |
| 53/347 |
Helical spring |
1 |
| 53/346 |
Split or two part die |
1 |
| 53/365 |
Toggle mounted |
0 |
| 53/342 |
With closure support |
8 |
| 53/343 |
Magnetic |
10 |
| 53/363 |
With handle |
4 |
| 53/329.2 |
Heated securing means |
63 |
| 53/329.3 |
Adapted to engage flange (e.g., outturned seam) of package cover |
90 |
| 53/329.4 |
With means to advance package during securing |
46 |
| 53/329.5 |
With means to trim excess cover |
35 |
| 53/330 |
Internal |
26 |
| 53/333 |
Repeated on different portions of same closure |
5 |
| 53/332 |
Reverse closure flexing or turn-back means |
2 |
| 53/334 |
Rotary tool or die |
30 |
| 53/338 |
Planetating |
3 |
| 53/339 |
Axially rocking |
5 |
| 53/340 |
Radial, rocking or axial pivot |
7 |
| 53/335 |
With centrifugal means |
1 |
| 53/336 |
Cam release |
1 |
| 53/337 |
Centrifugal release |
0 |
| 53/331.5 |
Screw or lug type |
169 |
| 53/331 |
Thread and crimp |
18 |
| 53/313 |
Closure selected by moving receptacle |
20 |
| 53/314 |
With subsequent securing |
54 |
| 53/315 |
With wiper or leveler means |
20 |
| 53/316 |
Roller |
17 |
| 53/288 |
Cover to milk can |
2 |
| 53/367 |
Orienting or aligning means |
71 |
| 53/299 |
Receptacle delivery by case or row |
11 |
| 53/301 |
Receptacle delivery to alternately acting headers |
1 |
| 53/317 |
Screw or lug closure applying means |
136 |
| 53/318 |
With reverse rotation means |
6 |
| 53/302 |
Sequentially acting plural headers |
1 |
| 53/303 |
In vertical orbit |
2 |
| 53/304 |
With single closure supply stack for headers |
2 |
| 53/368 |
With height compensating means and/or package ejection means |
18 |
| 53/369 |
With package ejection means only |
3 |
| 53/290 |
With preliminary closure shaping and/or treatment |
29 |
| 53/296 |
Cutting and/or shaping means |
45 |
| 53/297 |
Concentric with or at infeed of closure |
28 |
| 53/298 |
Blank cut-off only |
32 |
| 53/291 |
Unfolding, opening and/or stretching capsules or cots |
46 |
| 53/293 |
Removal from support by receptacle |
5 |
| 53/294 |
Stretcher cammed by receptacle |
4 |
| 53/295 |
With cot dispenser or ejector |
17 |
| 53/292 |
With suction or blast |
42 |
| 53/289 |
With preliminary receptacle shaping |
31 |
| 53/300 |
With receptacle support and/or feed by shoulder engagement |
74 |
| 53/370 |
Twisters |
60 |
| 53/167 |
Combined |
276 |
| 53/201 |
Convertible |
132 |
| 53/235 |
Depositing articles and arranging material in preformed receptacles |
44 |
| 53/242 |
Bottom filling |
31 |
| 53/243 |
With turnover |
37 |
| 53/241 |
Contents support extends through receptacle (e.g., garment baggers) |
36 |
| 53/254 |
Disc packers |
82 |
| 53/255 |
Guide or inserted form or support for article contents |
109 |
| 53/261 |
Expansible |
44 |
| 53/262 |
Spring form |
29 |
| 53/256 |
Garment baggers |
13 |
| 53/263 |
Receptacle divider |
26 |
| 53/258 |
With injector (e.g., filling plunger) |
166 |
| 53/259 |
Endless belt |
41 |
| 53/260 |
With retractible, collapsible or separable portion to permit withdrawal or to dump contents |
108 |
| 53/257 |
With size adjusting means |
42 |
| 53/236 |
Long slender articles (e.g., matches) |
96 |
| 53/237 |
Plural filling stations and/or contents sources for single receptacle |
97 |
| 53/239 |
Article and fluent material |
48 |
| 53/238 |
Diverse forms or shapes of units |
129 |
| 53/240 |
Successive filling stations |
53 |
| 53/247 |
Simultaneous deposit of plural articles |
350 |
| 53/244 |
Successive deposits of articles |
212 |
| 53/246 |
Compartmented receptacle |
125 |
| 53/245 |
Lowered support |
72 |
| 53/248 |
With means to retard free fall of articles into receptacle |
127 |
| 53/249 |
With movement of receptacle to or from filling station |
80 |
| 53/250 |
With means to supply successive receptacles |
172 |
| 53/251 |
Contents or receptacle transfer between conveyers |
311 |
| 53/252 |
By reciprocable pusher |
222 |
| 53/253 |
Rotary |
96 |
| 53/145 |
Facing (e.g., fruits and vegetables) |
3 |
| 53/146 |
Variable contour facing plate |
2 |
| 53/79 |
Gas filling and/or evacuating of receptacle and closing |
131 |
| 53/85 |
Enclosure responsive |
1 |
| 53/80 |
Including soldering means |
9 |
| 53/82 |
Iron application only |
2 |
| 53/83 |
Electric arc or resistance type |
7 |
| 53/81 |
Solder and/or flux deposit only |
3 |
| 53/84 |
Pressure responsive and/or regulation |
15 |
| 53/86 |
Within enclosure |
63 |
| 53/88 |
For receptacle head only |
76 |
| 53/89 |
Machine positioned receptacle and/or closure |
13 |
| 53/95 |
Multiple individual receptacle chambers |
16 |
| 53/96 |
Integral unit |
3 |
| 53/90 |
Through lock or valve means |
7 |
| 53/94 |
Including closure handling means |
4 |
| 53/91 |
Rotary pocket or pockets |
4 |
| 53/92 |
Common in-out |
0 |
| 53/93 |
With separate coacting pockets |
0 |
| 53/109 |
With cap lifter |
28 |
| 53/97 |
With closure assembling means |
20 |
| 53/103 |
Atmospheric pressure |
7 |
| 53/105 |
Flexible diaphragm |
4 |
| 53/106 |
Pressure platen |
2 |
| 53/107 |
Individual receptacle |
2 |
| 53/108 |
Base contacting |
0 |
| 53/104 |
With fluid system intensifier |
0 |
| 53/99 |
Gravity plunger or platen |
0 |
| 53/100 |
With drop control |
0 |
| 53/101 |
Mechanically actuated plunger or platen |
19 |
| 53/102 |
With equalizer means |
3 |
| 53/98 |
Resilient hold-down |
4 |
| 53/87 |
With screen or graduated orifices |
4 |
| 53/110 |
Within tunnel |
16 |
| 53/147 |
Group forming of contents unit and subsequent or further packaging |
41 |
| 53/152 |
Formed in vertically spaced ways and simultaneously removed |
23 |
| 53/153 |
Plural groups |
8 |
| 53/154 |
From plural or different supply sources |
104 |
| 53/155 |
Diverse forms or shapes of units |
53 |
| 53/157 |
Insert or separating sheet |
144 |
| 53/156 |
Package reinforcing sheet or trough |
36 |
| 53/158 |
Joined receptacle or pockets |
13 |
| 53/531 |
Layer, stack, or column |
82 |
| 53/533 |
Assembling sticks of chewing gum |
3 |
| 53/532 |
Assembling, gathering, and stacking coins or similar disclike articles |
102 |
| 53/543 |
Forming single generally horizontal groups comprising plural rows and columns |
200 |
| 53/537 |
Forming successive coplanar layers and depositing in cover means |
102 |
| 53/538 |
Varying strokes of depositing means |
30 |
| 53/542 |
Grouping articles on edge in a linear relationship |
170 |
| 53/535 |
Lowered support or raised wall |
76 |
| 53/536 |
Within receptacle |
38 |
| 53/544 |
Orienting one or more units of the group |
158 |
| 53/534 |
Receptacle advances as row groups are deposited therein |
166 |
| 53/539 |
Simultaneous deposit to fill compartmented receptacle |
117 |
| 53/540 |
Stacking one article or group of articles upon another |
300 |
| 53/541 |
Building up the stack from the bottom |
58 |
| 53/148 |
Long slender articles (e.g., cigarettes) |
125 |
| 53/149 |
Adjacent rows of unequal numbers |
41 |
| 53/151 |
Hopper with multiple channeled outlet |
67 |
| 53/150 |
Superposing rows |
37 |
| 53/DIG.2 |
High frequency electric sealing |
93 |
| 53/77 |
Interrelated or safety controls |
125 |
| 53/394 |
Matchbook making |
2 |
| 53/395 |
Methods |
4 |
| 53/389.1 |
Means to feed cover material |
109 |
| 53/389.2 |
Continuous web cover material |
121 |
| 53/389.4 |
Roller or roller-like feeder |
180 |
| 53/389.5 |
Comprising endless belt |
66 |
| 53/389.3 |
With cutter |
204 |
| 53/266.1 |
Means to fill and close preformed receptacle |
60 |
| 53/276 |
Diverse heads rotatively indexing and progressively acting (turret) |
17 |
| 53/278 |
Concentric orbits |
6 |
| 53/277 |
Planetating or epicyclic orbit |
2 |
| 53/279 |
Plural axes |
3 |
| 53/280 |
Common infeed means |
2 |
| 53/284.4 |
Means to insert x-ray film into and to close special receptacle |
31 |
| 53/284 |
Opposite end closing |
31 |
| 53/284.7 |
Receptacle comprising bag |
173 |
| 53/284.3 |
Receptacle comprising envelope |
201 |
| 53/284.2 |
Receptacle comprising film mount |
40 |
| 53/284.5 |
Rigid receptacle |
74 |
| 53/284.6 |
Glass receptacle, e.g., ampoule |
21 |
| 53/268 |
With common fill-close stations |
41 |
| 53/269 |
Closing mechanism tripped by vented air |
1 |
| 53/270 |
Closure release by withdrawal of fill means or receptacle |
4 |
| 53/275 |
Closure within or forming wall of pressure chamber |
4 |
| 53/274 |
Including closure port valve means |
2 |
| 53/273 |
Swivel or slide relation to receptacle aperture |
8 |
| 53/272 |
Turret mounted (plural heads rotatively indexing and progressively acting) |
18 |
| 53/271 |
Unidirectional infeed motion only |
1 |
| 53/267 |
With compound fill-close station |
16 |
| 53/281 |
With separate closure |
138 |
| 53/283 |
Common infeed means for fill and close means |
8 |
| 53/282 |
Endless conveyor for receptacle |
167 |
| 53/387.1 |
Means to hold flap |
15 |
| 53/387.2 |
While package is moving |
50 |
| 53/387.3 |
With means to heat or cool flap |
28 |
| 53/387.4 |
With means to heat or cool flap |
15 |
| 53/381.1 |
Means to open or erect receptacle |
109 |
| 53/384.1 |
Means to open bag |
178 |
| 53/385.1 |
Including means to apply air blast |
135 |
| 53/386.1 |
Including means to apply suction |
155 |
| 53/381.5 |
Means to open envelope |
78 |
| 53/381.6 |
Including means to apply suction to grip envelope |
86 |
| 53/381.7 |
Means to open flap |
68 |
| 53/382.1 |
Means to open flap, e.g., carton, flap, box lid, etc. |
67 |
| 53/382.2 |
Means to fold flap about line perpendicular to receptacle movement |
23 |
| 53/382.3 |
And means to fold another flap about line parallel to receptacle movement |
15 |
| 53/381.4 |
Means to remove separate closure |
119 |
| 53/381.2 |
With cutting means |
108 |
| 53/381.3 |
To open envelope |
37 |
| 53/383.1 |
With means to apply adhesive |
53 |
| 53/396 |
Methods |
80 |
| 53/409 |
Annular package |
68 |
| 53/397 |
Applying a partial cover |
427 |
| 53/399 |
Banding |
779 |
| 53/398 |
Partial covering of multiple cans, bottles (e.g., six-pack carrier) |
118 |
| 53/476 |
Closing package or filled receptacle |
55 |
| 53/477 |
By heat sealing |
238 |
| 53/479 |
Of preformed nonfreestanding container deformed by contents (e.g., bag, tube) |
205 |
| 53/478 |
Separate closure |
234 |
| 53/484 |
Closing a preformed, freestanding, rigid or semi-rigid container (e.g., box, carton, bottle) |
60 |
| 53/485 |
By applying a separate preformed closure (e.g., lid, cap) |
174 |
| 53/488 |
By conforming closure to container |
93 |
| 53/489 |
By plugging closure into container |
109 |
| 53/490 |
By screwing closure on container |
75 |
| 53/487 |
With preliminary closure shaping |
65 |
| 53/486 |
With receptacle deforming or shaping |
58 |
| 53/491 |
By folding multiple preformed flap |
110 |
| 53/480 |
Closing preformed container deformed by contents |
29 |
| 53/481 |
By collapsing mouth portion (e.g., to form single flap) |
46 |
| 53/482 |
Folding or rolling-in |
43 |
| 53/483 |
Twisting |
18 |
| 53/441 |
Conforming by stretching or shrinking of cover over contents |
375 |
| 53/442 |
By heating |
315 |
| 53/450 |
Enclosing contents within progressively formed web means |
416 |
| 53/451 |
Vertically formed, filled, and sealed tubular package |
393 |
| 53/460 |
Envelope or triangular flap fold |
122 |
| 53/467 |
Filling preformed receptacle and closing |
209 |
| 53/470 |
Aerosol container |
69 |
| 53/469 |
Flexible, expandable receptacle (e.g., bag, tube) |
411 |
| 53/468 |
Opening prior to filling and closing |
227 |
| 53/472 |
With protective media (e.g., shock absorbing) |
239 |
| 53/471 |
With separate closure attaching (e.g., cap or plug) |
309 |
| 53/473 |
Filling preformed receptacle |
392 |
| 53/474 |
With diverse contents |
356 |
| 53/475 |
With successive like contents or layers of like contents |
226 |
| 53/410 |
Forming a cover adjunct or application of a cover adjunct to a cover |
299 |
| 53/414 |
Binding string |
37 |
| 53/416 |
Fastening or sealing |
100 |
| 53/417 |
Applying the fastener to a gathered bag neck (e.g., staple or clip) |
76 |
| 53/419 |
Encircling sealing strip (e.g., adhesive tape) |
65 |
| 53/418 |
Sewing |
6 |
| 53/420 |
For preformed receptacle with separate closure |
64 |
| 53/424 |
Constricting closure by binding |
2 |
| 53/423 |
Including casting or molding |
14 |
| 53/421 |
Including gasket compressing |
13 |
| 53/422 |
Against side of receptacle |
3 |
| 53/413 |
Handle |
151 |
| 53/412 |
Package opening device (e.g., tear strip) |
504 |
| 53/411 |
Printing or protective coating |
244 |
| 53/415 |
Strip, stamp, nonencircling label, or space filler |
195 |
| 53/452 |
Forming or partial forming a receptacle and subsequent filling |
269 |
| 53/453 |
Forming a pocket or depression in cover material by applying heat or pressure (e.g., stretch forming) |
288 |
| 53/454 |
Forming a capsule |
53 |
| 53/456 |
Forming three-dimensional receptacle from web or blank |
174 |
| 53/455 |
Making a pocket in web material by folding and side sealing (e.g., flat bag making) |
145 |
| 53/457 |
Opening or setting up collapsed, preformed receptacle |
34 |
| 53/459 |
Bag, tube, center-folded web |
442 |
| 53/458 |
Box, carton |
108 |
| 53/403 |
Gas filling and/or evacuating and closing |
168 |
| 53/405 |
Evacuating only and closing |
55 |
| 53/408 |
Including evacuating |
43 |
| 53/406 |
With gas igniting |
3 |
| 53/404 |
With solder or wax sealing |
16 |
| 53/407 |
With steam filling |
11 |
| 53/443 |
Group forming of contents into a unit |
159 |
| 53/445 |
Of diverse contents (e.g., can and coupon) |
146 |
| 53/444 |
Of slender rod-shaped contents (e.g., cigarette) |
95 |
| 53/448 |
Single layer forming |
152 |
| 53/447 |
Stacking upon another before packaging |
306 |
| 53/446 |
With orienting (e.g., turning labels face out) |
104 |
| 53/492 |
Opening only |
192 |
| 53/449 |
Plural covers |
558 |
| 53/427 |
Skin packaging (e.g., vacuum forming by conforming cover over contents) |
82 |
| 53/425 |
Sterilizing complete package |
257 |
| 53/426 |
Sterilizing cover only |
166 |
| 53/400 |
With adsorption or absorption of contents |
40 |
| 53/428 |
With contents treating |
145 |
| 53/436 |
Compacting or stretching |
228 |
| 53/437 |
Agitating (e.g., vibrating or jarring) |
48 |
| 53/438 |
Before association with cover material |
184 |
| 53/439 |
By simultaneously conveying and compressing |
78 |
| 53/435 |
Cutting |
206 |
| 53/429 |
Folding |
189 |
| 53/440 |
Heating or cooling |
229 |
| 53/431 |
Liquid treating |
124 |
| 53/432 |
Vacuum or gas treating |
377 |
| 53/434 |
Flexible preform cover (e.g., bags, pouches) |
349 |
| 53/433 |
Receptacle forming |
167 |
| 53/430 |
Winding |
228 |
| 53/402 |
With inhibitor |
14 |
| 53/401 |
With nonreactive packaging materials |
18 |
| 53/461 |
Wrapping contents including cover forming |
231 |
| 53/465 |
Cinching or wiping around to form initial wrap |
208 |
| 53/464 |
Cup or pouch forming about contents from web or blank |
79 |
| 53/466 |
U-fold forming initial wrap |
221 |
| 53/463 |
With heat sealing of wrapper |
124 |
| 53/462 |
With slotted or scored wrapper blank |
134 |
| 53/393 |
Miscellaneous |
34 |
| 53/48.1 |
Multiple bottle or can carrier type package |
82 |
| 53/48.5 |
Endless loop |
18 |
| 53/48.2 |
Of shrinkable or memory material |
23 |
| 53/48.3 |
Of stretchable material |
11 |
| 53/48.4 |
Continuous web |
37 |
| 53/48.6 |
Wrap |
7 |
| 53/48.7 |
Of moving bottles or cans |
44 |
| 53/48.8 |
Wrap of preformed blank |
25 |
| 53/48.9 |
Having means to interlock or tighten |
31 |
| 53/50 |
Package unfolding or opening with insertion of additional contents |
24 |
| 53/580 |
Partial cover application |
93 |
| 53/582 |
Band or tube |
150 |
| 53/591 |
Applied about series contents |
63 |
| 53/589 |
Applied by guiding band end about contents |
342 |
| 53/590 |
Applied by manipulating opposed band ends about contents |
68 |
| 53/592 |
Applied by manual operation |
98 |
| 53/588 |
Applied by rotation of band |
275 |
| 53/587 |
Applied by rotation of contents |
416 |
| 53/583 |
Bag neck banding |
54 |
| 53/584 |
Cigar banding |
1 |
| 53/593 |
End or band interleaved with contents (e.g., book or magazine band) |
20 |
| 53/585 |
Preformed tube |
168 |
| 53/586 |
U-fold forming initial banding |
146 |
| 53/581 |
Spindle or core |
28 |
| 53/594 |
Uncovered reduced projection or handle (e.g., lollypop) |
20 |
| 53/170 |
Plural layer package material |
78 |
| 53/176 |
At least one layer a band |
108 |
| 53/172 |
Concurrently formed with multi-layered blank |
17 |
| 53/173 |
Filling preformed receptacle and subsequent covering |
44 |
| 53/175 |
Lining preformed receptacle |
63 |
| 53/171 |
Plural packages in outer cover |
50 |
| 53/174 |
Wrapping and subsequent filling of preformed receptacle |
9 |
| 53/202 |
Plural line packaging |
144 |
| 53/545 |
Progressively seamed cover web or web folds |
17 |
| 53/546 |
Multirow |
45 |
| 53/548 |
With closing of web between package units |
59 |
| 53/549 |
By twisting |
4 |
| 53/550 |
Longitudinal tube formed from single web |
368 |
| 53/551 |
Vertically disposed tube |
500 |
| 53/552 |
Concurrent severing |
217 |
| 53/553 |
Plural webs |
186 |
| 53/555 |
Simultaneously longitudinal and transverse seaming |
49 |
| 53/554 |
Vertically disposed tube |
68 |
| 53/547 |
With package severing and subsequent closing of severed end |
53 |
| 53/51 |
Register control |
130 |
| 53/DIG.3 |
Sealing electron tubes |
0 |
| 53/168 |
Selective or alternate supply of plural covers and/or plural contents |
160 |
| 53/509 |
Skin packaging |
52 |
| 53/169 |
Sliding tray and shell type package |
16 |
| 53/142 |
Tapered or headed articles |
32 |
| 53/143 |
Inverting one or more units |
26 |
| 53/144 |
Receptacle reversing |
2 |
| 53/507 |
With alarm, signal, or indicator |
41 |
| 53/508 |
Visual or audible alarm |
39 |
| 53/111R |
With contents treating |
54 |
| 53/127 |
Heating or cooling |
98 |
| 53/113 |
Reshaping |
28 |
| 53/114 |
Coil spring encasing |
39 |
| 53/523 |
Compacting or stretching |
41 |
| 53/525 |
By agitation |
82 |
| 53/529 |
Compressing before packaging |
281 |
| 53/530 |
Through restricted passage |
75 |
| 53/527 |
Compressing contents within preformed receptacle |
199 |
| 53/528 |
Compressing while engaging contents with wrapper or band |
94 |
| 53/526 |
Compressing with or through cover |
111 |
| 53/524 |
Mattress filling |
18 |
| 53/121 |
Crushing |
15 |
| 53/115 |
Cushioning material inserting means (e.g., pill bottle cotton) |
16 |
| 53/513 |
Cutting |
41 |
| 53/520 |
Film, sheet or weblike material |
171 |
| 53/514 |
Food or edible material |
24 |
| 53/516 |
Bread, pastry, or confection |
25 |
| 53/518 |
Diary product |
14 |
| 53/519 |
Butter |
5 |
| 53/515 |
Fruit or vegetable |
29 |
| 53/517 |
Meat or fish product |
56 |
| 53/522 |
Strand, tube, or rodlike material (e.g., drinking straw) |
14 |
| 53/521 |
Stuffing (e.g., mattress ticking) |
8 |
| 53/116 |
Folding or rolling |
101 |
| 53/117 |
Sheet material or garments |
113 |
| 53/118 |
Rotary winding |
307 |
| 53/119 |
Slotted or divided mandrel |
16 |
| 53/120 |
Slot and blade doubling |
32 |
| 53/122 |
Molding or plastic deformation |
94 |
| 53/510 |
Vacuum or inert atmosphere |
256 |
| 53/512 |
With preformed bag |
276 |
| 53/511 |
With receptacle forming |
160 |
| 53/111RC |
With reactive chemical |
28 |
| 53/140 |
With cover material production |
51 |
| 53/128.1 |
With cover-adjunct application or formation |
47 |
| 53/137.1 |
Adjunct comprising bottle hood securing means |
6 |
| 53/130.1 |
Adjunct comprising closure retainer seated into and depressed with portion of bottle hood |
2 |
| 53/134.1 |
Adjunct comprising graspable appendage, e.g., handle |
96 |
| 53/134.2 |
For permeable package, e.g., tea bag |
68 |
| 53/132.1 |
Adjunct comprising lever actuated to constrict passage of contents into package |
1 |
| 53/139.5 |
Adjunct comprising means to protect contents, e.g., padding or spacer |
33 |
| 53/139.7 |
Adjunct comprising edge protector |
32 |
| 53/139.6 |
To protect contents from binder |
6 |
| 53/135.1 |
Adjunct comprising nonencircling strip, e.g., stamp, label or gap filler |
46 |
| 53/135.2 |
Applied to cover material before packaging |
20 |
| 53/135.3 |
Applied to continuous web material |
26 |
| 53/136.1 |
Applied to package |
105 |
| 53/136.2 |
Applied to end of roll |
34 |
| 53/136.3 |
To seal package |
32 |
| 53/136.5 |
Bag |
39 |
| 53/136.4 |
Box |
92 |
| 53/137.2 |
Adjunct comprising package encircling sealing strip |
42 |
| 53/129.1 |
Adjunct comprising packing disk, sealing gasket, or "spot" applied to a closure |
12 |
| 53/131.1 |
Adjunct comprising protective coating |
13 |
| 53/133.1 |
Adjunct comprising provision to allow access to contents, e.g., spout, straw, drain, opening, etc. |
78 |
| 53/133.3 |
Adjunct comprising provision to open package |
63 |
| 53/133.8 |
Cover weakened for tearing, e.g., having integral tear strip |
76 |
| 53/133.4 |
Reclosable |
249 |
| 53/133.5 |
Tear string or tape under cover |
13 |
| 53/133.6 |
Cover weakened for tearing |
18 |
| 53/133.7 |
With graspable tab on cover or adjunct |
23 |
| 53/133.2 |
Fitment to dispense flowable contents, e.g., spout |
123 |
| 53/138.1 |
Adjunct comprising provision to secure cover |
23 |
| 53/138.5 |
Adjunct comprising sewn seam |
9 |
| 53/139.1 |
Bag banding |
30 |
| 53/139.2 |
Reclosable, e.g., ziplock (tm) or with valve |
195 |
| 53/138.2 |
Staple or clip |
48 |
| 53/138.3 |
Bag closing |
46 |
| 53/138.4 |
Deformed staple or clip |
122 |
| 53/138.6 |
Tie string or wire |
8 |
| 53/138.7 |
Bag closing |
26 |
| 53/138.8 |
Twisting of string or wire |
23 |
| 53/139.4 |
Adjunct comprising string or wire |
24 |
| 53/131.2 |
By printing |
63 |
| 53/131.4 |
Before or during packaging |
59 |
| 53/131.5 |
On continuous web |
59 |
| 53/131.3 |
On cover having separate closure or on such a separate closure |
26 |
| 53/141 |
With fugitive preconditioning of cover material |
82 |
| 53/265 |
With means applying attached or connected closures of bail stoppered receptacles |
2 |
| 53/264 |
With means applying closures of internally stoppered receptacles |
16 |
| 53/52 |
With means responsive to a sensed condition |
129 |
| 53/55 |
Concurrent control of contents and receptacle feeds |
188 |
| 53/56 |
Stopped by contents, manual reset |
11 |
| 53/57 |
By absence of contents |
14 |
| 53/58 |
Triggered by presence of contents |
35 |
| 53/493 |
Of individual contents or group feed or delivery |
198 |
| 53/504 |
By dimension of contents |
157 |
| 53/501 |
By totalizing of individual contents |
105 |
| 53/503 |
By volume of contents |
64 |
| 53/502 |
By weight of contents |
191 |
| 53/495 |
Responsive to complete group or subgroup |
56 |
| 53/498 |
By sensing each individual article of the group or subgroup |
52 |
| 53/499 |
Individual sensors (one for each article in the group or subgroup) |
30 |
| 53/500 |
Single sensor for successively sensing each article of the group or subgroup (e.g., counter) |
108 |
| 53/496 |
Responsive to the presence of only the lead article of a completed group |
19 |
| 53/497 |
Plural lead articles |
26 |
| 53/494 |
Responsive to incomplete group or subgroup (no group - no feed) |
42 |
| 53/505 |
Responsive to presence or absence of cover material (e.g., wrapper, receptacle, lid) |
78 |
| 53/506 |
Responsive to absence of cover material (no can - no fill) |
45 |
| 53/75 |
Of package and filled receptacle closing or opening |
149 |
| 53/76 |
Triggered by presence of package |
78 |
| 53/64 |
Of receptacle or cover feed or adjunct feed or application |
226 |
| 53/65 |
Of marker by defective package component |
9 |
| 53/67 |
Responsive to presence or absence of preformed receptacle |
57 |
| 53/72 |
And presence or absence of closure |
12 |
| 53/69 |
During infeed |
42 |
| 53/68 |
With closure ejection means |
3 |
| 53/71 |
With intermediate clutch |
8 |
| 53/70 |
With solenoid control means |
5 |
| 53/66 |
Severed length determined by contents size |
62 |
| 53/73 |
Skip feed by absence of contents |
20 |
| 53/74 |
Triggered by presence of contents |
30 |
| 53/54 |
Separate delivery of incomplete or defective contents or contents group |
134 |
| 53/53 |
Separate delivery of incomplete or defective package |
171 |
| 53/203 |
Wrapping machines |
30 |
| 53/204 |
Annular package |
56 |
| 53/210 |
Cinched or wiped around initial wrap |
78 |
| 53/211 |
By rotation of contents |
171 |
| 53/215 |
Apron type |
18 |
| 53/214 |
Cover at least in part adhered to contents |
32 |
| 53/216 |
Rolling movement |
28 |
| 53/212 |
Stacked contents (e.g., coins) |
100 |
| 53/213 |
Hand manipulated type |
12 |
| 53/217 |
With end twisting |
4 |
| 53/220 |
Cover-wiping passage or pocket for initial wrap |
16 |
| 53/221 |
Cup- or pouch-forming initial wrap |
34 |
| 53/222 |
Four-sided corner flap forming chute or pocket |
21 |
| 53/224 |
Package advanced by folding carrier |
3 |
| 53/225 |
Rotary turret or carrier |
39 |
| 53/223 |
Package advanced through succeeding fold chute |
17 |
| 53/226 |
With end crimper or in-folder |
20 |
| 53/227 |
With end twister |
16 |
| 53/228 |
U-fold forming initial wrap |
203 |
| 53/229 |
Outturned longitudinal seam |
48 |
| 53/232 |
Package advanced by folding carrier |
27 |
| 53/233 |
Continuously moving carrier |
27 |
| 53/234 |
Rotary turret or carrier |
291 |
| 53/230 |
Package advanced through succeeding fold chute |
52 |
| 53/231 |
Via intermediate non-folding carrier |
11 |
| 53/218 |
Fixed package support during wrapping |
34 |
| 53/219 |
Hand manipulated type |
48 |
| 53/205 |
Granular contents material |
6 |
| 53/207 |
Notched or corner-slit cover blanks |
65 |
| 53/208 |
With cover notching or slitting |
9 |
| 53/206 |
Packet or envelope type |
64 |
| 53/209 |
Prepositioned cover and contents transported to wrapping means |
83 |
