A bagger feeds shingled open-ended bags to a workstation. Each bag is printed with information, typically date and product source information. The print area on each underlying bag is located by flipping up a trailing portion of an overlying bag.

Several sheets of sheet-shaped photosensitive material 1 are stacked on a paper tray container 2 prepared by press-forming stencil paper sheet, the photosensitive material 1 stacked on said paper tray container is inserted into a moisture-proof and light-shielding bag 3 made of a photosensitive material packaging material having moisture-proof and light-shielding properties and having an aluminum thin foil layer, and the moisture-proof and light-shielding bag 3 is sealed tight under a reduced pr...

A carriage is mounted for movement along a track situated above, and generally parallel to, the case conveyor. When the case reaches a predetermined location, conveyor movement is terminated and the carriage is moved along the track by a pneumatic cylinder. Affixed to the side of the track is a rack having a plurality of gear teeth. The teeth of a pinion gear, situated on one end of a shaft extending from the carriage, operably engage the gear teeth of the rack. In this manner, the gear is rotat...

The present invention relates to a machine for automatic packaging of food products in cup-shaped containers grouped in a row in a cardboard support. This machine comprises essentially a device for marking the support and its associated containers, as well as a device for bending down the sides of the support to a position substantially parallel with the axis of the containers. This latter device comprises essentially a vertically movable unit including two horizontal bars vertically movable wit...

A process of manufacturing envelopes and a product manufactured in accordance with such process is disclosed. The process requires printing of an ink design on an envelope, coating of the ink design with a varnish and subsequently embossing the combined ink and varnish design so that a foil look is obtained on the envelope.

A fastener for use in the construction of pallets is provided which includes a head having a head diameter, a single elongate shank having a nominal shank diameter, and a plurality of rings extending outwardly from the shank. Each ring had a crest and a root, with the crest being located closer to the head than the root. The fastener has a bending yield strength of about 100 ksi or greater, and a length of between about 0.5 inch and 1.75 inches. The ratio of the head diameter to the nominal shan...

A form assembly for enclosing a received facsimile document in an envelope has been developed, along with a method for automatically assembling and sealing the envelope with the facsimile document within. The form assembly includes a front and back sheet that when sealed together form the envelope. The front and back sheets have substantially the same dimensions and are both larger than the received facsimile document. The front and back sheets have a border area adjacent its perimeter, and the ...

A method of forming apparatus including a force transducer on a silicon substrate having an upper surface, the silicon substrate including a dopant of one of the n-type or the p-type, the force transducer including a cavity having spaced end walls and a beam supported in the cavity, the beam extending between the end walls of the cavity, the method including the steps of: (a) implanting in the substrate a layer of a dopant of said one of the n-type or the p-type; (b) depositing an epitaxial laye...

A cutting apparatus and opening method for a rectangular package covered with packaging material includes a platform for positioning a rectangular package. Spacing members are provided for forming a space between the packaging material and the packaged items on two mutually opposing planes of the package on the platform. A pair of cutting blades are mounted for cutting the packaging material from one edge to the other in the direction of height or width where a space is formed between the packag...

In a trim system for an outboard engine system, a thrust receiver abuts against an output rod of a trim cylinder which is fixed to a stern bracket. The thrust receiver includes a thrust receiver body which is fitted in a mounting hole defined in a swivel case. The thrust receiver body is fixed by a nut. A steel ball is rotatably supported at a tip end of the thrust receiver body and rollable on an abutment surface of the output rod. The thrust receiver body includes a mounting shaft portion whic...