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Devices are provided for manipulating tissue during a surgical procedure. In certain embodiments, an end effector is operably coupled to the end of an elongate shaft. The end effector has at least one tissue support linkage movably coupled thereto such that upon application of a first actuation force thereto, the tissue support linkage moves laterally outward from within the end effector to enable the surgeon to manipulate/support adjacent tissue therewith. Upon application of another actuation force to the tissue support linkage, the tissue support linkage is caused to move substantially completely within the outer perimeter of the end effector to enable the end effector to be inserted through a lumen/opening or passageway. In various embodiments, the end effector may be selectively articulateable relative to the elongate shaft.

The present invention provides an improved apparatus and method for automatically compressing, rolling, and packaging individual mattresses in a compressed state.

A recloseable storage bag is disclosed which may include first and second sides having closed sides and an open top. Primary closure members may be provided proximate the top, with a secondary closure element being provided in one of the sides to enable gas to be evacuated from the bag after the primary closure members are closed. The secondary closure member may further include the ability to prevent liquid from exiting the bag therethrough.

The present invention relates to compact palletizers that include a stretch-wrap operation as the pallet is built. Specifically, the present invention uses a robot to place items from a fixed infeed elevation either above or, alternatively, below the height of the finished load. A four-sided compression mechanism compresses the rough-built load to the final pallet size and then the entire layer is released to the pallet.

Individual items or group of items are picked and placed onto a layer support device in a loose orientation. The loose orientation enables a much faster palletizing operation because the robotic arm that pick-and-places the item, the items, or the row of items, can travel much faster as it does not have to precisely locate the item, items, or row of items. During the time that a layer is being loosely constructed on the layer support device concurrent wrapping can occur.

A novel packaging article and method are disclosed for an array of flexible, absorbent articles compressed or uncompressed, having an article front face, and article back face, an article top face, an article bottom face, and a pair of article side faces. An upper article section and a lower article section have mutually different calipers. The flexible, absorbent articles are placed in a configuration array such that article front faces contact article front faces or such that article back faces contact back faces of adjacent absorbent articles. The package provides an array having preferred size and requires less compressibility force. A flexible outer casing does not require compressing wrapping to maintain the array as previously required in conventional packaging arrays having flexible outer casing. The packaging article and method are particularly suited for providing preferred advantages to the packaging and commercial distribution of disposable diapers.

A film dispenser for a stretch wrapping apparatus is provided. The film dispenser includes a pre-stretch assembly having a top portion mounted to and extending downwardly from a drive plate of a roll carriage frame. The pre-stretch assembly includes two pre-stretch rollers having first ends connected to the roll carriage frame and second ends connected to one another. The pre-stretch rollers may be coated. The pre-stretch assembly further includes a cantilevered idle roller mounted to the drive plate and positioned between the pre-stretch rollers. A film path is defined by the space between the pre-stretch rollers and the idle roller. The film path is easily accessible via the bottom end of the pre-stretch assembly.

The invention discloses a full-automatic plastic bag folding and strapping machine. The machine comprises a frame, a plastic bag conveying device, a plastic bag folding device which is arranged behind a plastic bag lifting handle cutting device, and a plastic bag strapping device which is arranged below the plastic bag folding device and is used for strapping folded plastic bags with strapping tapes. After piled up, the bag materials of the plastic bags are conveyed to the plastic bag lifting handle cutting device by the plastic bag conveying device, lifting handle structures are processed, and the plastic bags are conveyed to the plastic bag folding device by the plastic bag conveying device to accomplish a required folding state, fed into the plastic bag strapping device and strapped by the strapping tapes. The invention has the advantages that: the full-automatic plastic bag folding and strapping machine has a high automation degree, high production efficiency and low processing cost and is reliably operated.

A tensioning device is provided that includes a separable punching and cutting mechanism. Provided is an impact head that holds a buckle while the band that resides within the buckle is tensioned. After a predetermined tension is achieved, a mechanism is used to lock the band with respect to the buckle then to cut the band. Various data related to tension and cutting performance may also be outputted by the invention.

This method and apparatus contemplate the making of pocketed springs for mattresses and cushions by inserting compressed springs at intervals along and between the plies of a folder two-ply strip of sheeting, maintaining the springs compressed therein while seaming the edges of the plies to form a sleeve about the compressed springs as the strip is drawn lengthwise toward a release point at which each spring is free to expand to spread the plies. This transposes the edge seaming to mid-height of the spring. A previously made cross seam incorporating the transposed edge seaming limits the forward movement of the spring and a further such cross seam made behind the spring encloses the spring within an individual pocket of the sleeve. The repetition of spring release and cross seaming behind each spring released produces a string or chain of pocketed springs with the closing seam of the sleeve at mid-height of the springs.

A method and apparatus for twisting and tightening a wire with a free end portion around at least two objects, e.g. iron bars for reinforced concrete, for binding the objects together. The method and apparatus enables a tighter and stronger binding to be performed even by means of a portable device and with the use of less binding wire than required by conventional devices.

The invention relates to a method for producing an especially panel-shaped vacuum insulation element which is wrapped in a film and is filled with a powder. According to the method, the unmolded, loose powder is filled, particularly poured, into the opening of a bag which is formed from a high-barrier film and is open on one side. A filter material that is permeable to air and impermeable to powder dust is fixed to the internal face of the film bag in the area of the opening of the filled film bag such that the interior of the bag is closed in a dust-tight manner while air can still be discharged. The interior of the dust-tightly closed film bag is then evacuated and the evacuated film bag is air-tightly closed in a vacuum.

Packaging material may be profiled to generate an incremental containment force per revolution (ICF) attribute that is represented by a function that is variable as a function of wrap force. Moreover, the performance of different packaging materials, e.g., in terms of speed or cost, may be compared for a particular load through simulation of wrap operations based upon dimensions of the load and a desired load containment force requirement for the load.

Control of a wrapping apparatus is facilitated by enabling an operator to input a load containment force requirement and/or a minimum number of layers of packaging material to be applied to a load, with a wrap control system automatically determining wrap force and other parameters required to meet user input requirements and/or parameters to minimize the expertise required of an operator and to provide more consistent and reliable wrapping of loads. In addition, a wrapping apparatus may be controlled to apply at least a minimum number of layers of packaging material to a load throughout a contiguous region thereof.

A two-piece strapping tool having a manual tensioner and a battery-operated sealer is disclosed. The tensioner is a feedwheel tensioner that uses a serrated feedwheel to grip a first portion of the strap and a tension gripper to hold a second portion of the strap in a stationary position. The tensioner is configured to matingly receive the sealer between the tensioner's support legs such that the sealer may readily engage the overlapping portions of the strap to be welded. The sealer is battery-operated and uses a vibrational-type weld assembly driven by an electrical motor to weld overlapping portions of the strap. The sealer also includes a cutting assembly to sever the welded strap from a strap source.

The present invention provides an inexpensive reinforcing bar binder capable of certainly identifying the type of a wire reel and automatically adjusting the amount of feeding of the wire wound around the wire reel or the twisting torque on the wire while having a simple construction.

A reinforcing bar binder 1 feeds a wire 8 while rotating a wire reel 30 mounted in a storing chamber 70 and binds a reinforcing bar 3. The storing chamber 70 is provided with a first detecting means 80 for detecting the amount of rotation of the wire reel 30 and a second detecting means 25 for detecting the number of second to-be detecting portions 53 on the wire reel 30 during the amount of rotation detected by the first detecting means 80. The binder main body 2 is provided with controlling means for controlling the amount of feeding of the wire 8 or the twisting torque on the wire 8 on the basis of the number of the second to-be-detected portions 53 detected by the second detecting means 25.

A process for producing a package comprising a composition contained within a closed water soluble envelope comprises the initial steps of moulding a first sheet of water soluble material to form at least one recess adapted to contain the composition, placing the composition in the at least one recess, placing a second sheet of water soluble material across the recess, and sealing the first sheet to the second sheet to form a continuous closed seal around the recess thereby closing the package. The or each closed package is conditioned in an environment of raised relative humidity for a period of time prior to or during the packaging of the package within a secondary pack. The secondary pack includes a moisture barrier to maintain the package within the secondary pack in a conditioned form.

The invention discloses an automatic paper currency stacking and binding integrated machine for packing paper currency with different face values in the financial system. The machine comprises a conveying mechanism, a frame, a supporting base plate, an automatic stacking mechanism, a primary pushing mechanism, an arranging and jacking mechanism, a film packing mechanism, a secondary pushing mechanism, a heat-seal mechanism, a paper currency bundle turnover mechanism and a PLC (programmable logic control) control system, wherein paper currency is sorted and bound, and is fed into the conveying mechanism; the paper currency is fed into the automatic stacking mechanism by the conveying mechanism, and is subjected to pre-arrangement, counting, 5-bundle direction change and stacking; 10 bundles of paper currency is pushed into the arranging and jacking mechanism by the primary pushing mechanism after the paper currency bundles are stacked; the paper currency bundles are jacked to the secondary pushing mechanism after being arranged; the flat arranged paper currency bundles are pushed into the heat-seal mechanism by the secondary pushing mechanism, and are packaged; the paper currency bundles are moved out by the paper currency bundle turnover mechanism after the paper currency bundles are packaged. The automatic paper currency stacking and binding integrated machine has the advantages that paper currency can be automatically treated when the machine is used jointly with a sorting machine and a sealant shrinker, and the machine is compact in structure, stable and reliable, easy to operate and convenient to maintain.

A method and system for packaging multiple bedding products. The method includes compressing a stack of individual compressed and sealed mattresses between an upper shipping support and a lower shipping support and restraining subsequent expansion of the individual compressed and sealed mattresses with bands enclosing the upper and lower shipping supports and the stack of compressed and sealed mattresses.

An improved structure portable strapping machine in which a band is articulated via a strap pulling device, a swinging device, and a cutting device and then bound tight by a friction welding means to facilitate strapping objects of various shapes and dimensions that are difficult to ship. As such, utilization of the improved structure portable strapping machine of the present invention is easy, convenient, rapid, reliable, and safe.

A method for packaging plastic material using a film to surround the material, and more particularly to a method for packaging hot melt adhesives, the resulting package formed thereby, and the film composition used therein. The method is preferably a coextrusion process for packaging a pressure sensitive hot melt adhesive by extruding a hot melt adhesive through a die orifice, and coextruding a wax-based polymeric film to surround the hot melt adhesive. The coated adhesive may then be formed into individual packaged units having a finite size and shape. The polymeric film comprises a composition having at least 25% by weight of a wax material, an enthalpy of fusion of at least about 100 J/g, and an elongation value at break of at least about 100%. Any type of hot melt adhesive formulation can be packaged or surrounded by the polymeric film in the process. Also, the specific enthalpy of fusion desired and/or elongation value at break desired for the polymeric film can be obtained by blending an appropriate amount of partially crystalline ethylene-based polymer together with a thermoplastic elastomeric block copolymer and/or an ethylene based or propylene-based elastomer.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a container containing a content fluid, including: a molding step of stretching a bottomed tubular preform that is heated to a temperature at which the preform is stretchable so as to form the container by means of pressure of the content fluid injected into the preform through a mouth portion; a sealing step of sealing the content fluid by fitting a cap body to the mouth portion; and a pressurizing step of increasing an inner pressure of the container, wherein the container includes an invertible deforming portion that is freely invertible and deformable toward an inside of the container, and in the pressurizing step, the inner pressure of the container is increased by reducing a volume of the container by inverting and deforming the invertible deforming portion toward the inside of the container.

Disclosed is a binding machine for gardening, wherein a binding belt (a) which is hung up between the front end of a driver handle (1) and a clincher arm (2) is winded and hung on the object to be winded. By closing the driver handle (1) and the clincher arm (2), a claw is pierced to an overlap of the front part of the binding belt (a) and rear part thereof, then the binding belt (a) is cut off by a shearing blade, a driving roller (27) and a driven roller (28) which hold the binding belt (a) from both sides are provided in a binding belt passage (1a) on the driver handle (1), the binding belt (a) is moved in a reverse direction of the feeding direction by rotating the driving roller (27).

Wrapped cotton bales transported from a cotton harvest area to a receiver at the gin are moved intact to a position generally above a receiver upstream of the ginning equipment. As the bales are supported and conveyed, knife or similar cutting structure severs a portion of the wrap allowing egress of the cotton from the wrap into the receiver. Wrap removal structure prevents the wrap from entering the ginning equipment. In one embodiment of the invention, the wrap is conveyed to a wrap processor after the cotton falls into the receiver. The bale handler can include transversely adjustable cantilever supports to tension wrap for efficient cutting.

An apparatus and method are described for forming a bale having substantially flat upper and lower surfaces. Also described is a bale having substantially flat upper and lower surfaces, which can be safely stacked vertically for transportation and storage purposes.

Polycrystalline silicon in the form of chunks packed in plastic bags containing a mass of at least 5 kg, including chunks of size from 20 to 200 mm, wherein any fines fraction in the plastic bag is less than 900 ppmw, preferably less than 300 ppmw, more preferably less than 10 ppmw. The polycrystalline silicon, after comminution of a silicon rod obtained by CVD (Siemens process), is sorted and classified, optionally dedusted and then metered and packed. Metering and packing units include elements for removing fines or small particles during metering and during packing. The packing unit includes an energy absorber or a reservoir vessel which enables sliding or slipping of the silicon chunks into the plastic bag. Gas flow generated within the plastic bag after the bag has been filled transports the dust or small particles out of the bag, and these are sucked out with a suction device.

A web wrap device is provided for a round baler. The device has a web carrier for pulling the web from a roll of web to a bale chamber. In a leading portion the web carrier has two elements at least one of which being moveable towards the other. The moveable element has a leading edge, which engages the web and is pulled by the tensioned web onto the other element, which increases the clamping effect. In addition a guard is provided to cover a knife during the wrapping mode, but to expose the knife to the web, when it should be cut.

The invention provides a novel packing machine. A vertical mounting plate is arranged at the lower half part of the packing machine, a horizontal mounting plate is fixed at the upper part of the vertical mounting plate, a fixing frame is arranged at the upper half part of the vertical mounting plate and wraps the left part, right part and upper part of an article banding station, the mounting plates and the fixing frame are arranged on a rack of the packing machine, and a tape spool is arranged at the lower part of the packing machine; and a movement of the packing machine and a pre-sending belt device are arranged on the horizontal mounting plate, a retreating belt and tensioning belt device is arranged in the movement of the packing machine and comprises a retreating belt mechanism and a tensioning belt mechanism. According to the novel packing machine, all the functional devices are reasonable in configuration and convenient and simple in control, the packing quality can be improved, and the comprehensive improvement of the packing efficiency and the reliable work can be facilitated.

Fibrous insulation products have a binder composition that may include a carbohydrate and a crosslinking agent, and potentially other optional ingredients. The shelf life and physical properties of fibrous insulation products, particularly those having bio-based binders, can be improved by packaging that completely envelopes and seals the fibrous product from exposure to atmospheric conditions. Exemplary envelopes disclosed include sealed bags, double stretch wrap and stretch hoods. Properties that can be improved include recovery of loft, restoring force and tensile strength among others.

The invention provides a binder, and belongs to the technical field of machinery. The invention solves the problems that the prior binder cannot detect tightening force of a binding band in real time, has unreasonable circuit arrangement and complicated integral structure, and the like. The binder comprises a support, a handle and a reel, wherein the handle is hinged to the support through the reel; the support is connected with the binding band; another binding band is rolled on the reel; the reel is fixed with a ratchet wheel; the support is movably connected with a ratchet baffle plate of which the end part can be embedded between ratchets of the ratchet wheel; the handle is movably connected with a pull handle; a stress part of the binder is also provided with a sensor which is connected with a signal processing circuit and can generate signals corresponding to the tightening force of the binding band when the binder works; and the signal processing circuit is connected with a display device fixed on the binder. The binder has the advantages of simple integral structure, reasonable circuit arrangement, easy implementation, and capacity of detecting the tightening force of the binding band in real time by the sensor, and the like.

The instant application relates to a fiber bale and a method for producing the same. The instant fiber bale includes a highly compressed hexahedral fibrous material substantially free of disrupting curvatures on a top side or a bottom side. The highly compressed hexahedral fibrous material has a packing density of at least 300 kg/m³. The method for producing a fiber bale according to instant invention includes the following steps: (1) providing a press for producing a highly compressed hexahedral fibrous material comprising at least one convex bale platen; (2) filling the press with the fibrous material; (3) pressing the fibrous material via the press; (4) thereby forming the highly compressed hexahedral fibrous material; (5) packaging the highly compressed hexahedral fibrous material with a wrapping material; and (6) securing the wrapping material thereby producing the fiber bale.