587results about "Packaging eggs" patented technology

A supporting device for display units enables height adjustment with ease and accuracy, and stably maintains the adjusted height while allowing a plurality of display units to be mounted thereon. The supporting device includes a stationary member, an elevation member coupled to the stationary member so as to be raised or lowered, a rack gear secured to the stationary member, a pinion gear installed to the elevation member so as to engage with the rack gear, and a restriction unit installed to the elevation member to restrict or allow rotation of the pinion gear. The supporting device further comprises an upper-side supporting member installed to an upper portion of the elevation member, first and second movable members to move along a guide rail of the upper-side supporting member, and connecting devices installed to the respective movable members to connect the display unit, respectively.

A tamper proof seal for egg cartons that is particularly suitable for transparent egg cartons is described The seal is typically located on the side rims of the tray and lid. The seal is comprised of first contact area on the tray rim and a second contact area on the lid rim. The first and second contact areas are mechanically engaged or bonded together to form a sealed area between the lid and the tray that prevents the lid from being opened from the tray. A tear-away section on the tray and lid rim surrounds the sealed area. The tear-away section allows the sealed area to be easily removed from the egg carton by tearing-away the sealed area from the rim thereby allowing the egg carton to be opened.

Transparent egg cartons suitable for being made from a variety of transparent polymeric materials and particularly from polylactic acid or other biodegradable polymers are described. The egg cartons use a “W” shaped hinge or box hinge element for hingedly connecting the lid to the tray or a flap to the tray. The flap is made with lattice struts to increase the lateral strength thereof, and contains at least three button tabs for interlocking the flap with the lid. The lateral most button tabs are located about ⅛^th the length of the flap from the ends of the flap. The egg cartons have an awning portion that extends from the front surface of the lid to cover the “W” shaped hinge or box hinge when the lid is closed. A space is provided between the edge of the awning and the hinge for a consumer to place a finger for disengaging the lid from the flap.

A stackable tray obtained by vacuum molding of a sheet of plastic material, said tray comprising, in open position: a) a top and a bottom; b) at least one receiving cavity opened upwardly, c) a hinge portion dividing said tray into a cover portion and a base portion; said receiving cavity being at least provided in said base portion; d) spacing means to keep, in a stack of trays, the top portion and the bottom portion of neighboring trays at distance from each other to thereby prevent interlocking therebetween; and e) at least one two-part locking means, each part being provided in the top of the sheet and positioned to engaged one into the other when the cover portion is folded over the base portion along the hinge portion to bring the tray into a closed position defining a box. A stack of said trays and a method using said trays.

The invention provides a drop assistance apparatus, a filler system, and a filling assistance method. The drop assistance apparatus (50) includes a slider (52) over which an object slides down and a catch and hold assembly (54) catching and holding the object sliding down over the slider (52) in cooperation with the slider (52). The catch and hold assembly (54) includes a catch and hold member (56) catching and holding the object so as to support the same from below in cooperation with an inclined surface of the slider (52), a support member (58) supporting the catch and hold member (56) so as to catch and hold the object and moving in a direction away from the slider (52), and a force application member (62) applying rotational force biasing toward the slider (52) to the catch and hold member (56). The catch and hold member (56) is rotatably supported by the support member (58) so that the object is caught and held by the catch and hold member (56) as the force application member (62) applies the rotational force biasing toward the slider (52).

A container for receiving frangible items comprising a sheet of polymer formed into: a base portion and at least one cover portion with a hinge between the base portion and the cover portion. Abutment spacer are formed at an edge between the peripheral walls and the top wall and each comprise an abutment surface projecting into the concavity from one of the peripheral walls, and support walls relating the abutment surface to the top wall, with at least one of the support walls being in an acute angle relation with the top wall of the cover portion. Alignment channels are in at least one of the peripheral walls defining an alignment protrusion through the sheet of polymer, the alignment channel/protrusion being oriented vertically for guiding the nesting of an upper one of the cover portion descending into a lower one of the cover portion.

Nestable packaging lids are described. Generally, the packaging lids include a generally planar lid member having an upper surface and a lower surface, a plurality of dome expansions extending upwardly from the lid member, and a plurality of elongate projections extending downwardly from the lower surface of the lid member. Each dome expansion defines a downwardly facing recess and includes a base perimeter defining a base center, and the dome expansions are arranged in longitudinal rows and transverse columns. In an implementation, at least one projection is disposed transversely between a longitudinally adjacent pair of dome expansions and at least one projection is disposed longitudinally between a transversely adjacent pair of dome expansions.

The invention relates to a tool that comprises a body (1) in the form of a compact unit made of an appropriate material of the thermoplastic resin material type. The body (1) is adapted for placing the vacuum generator as close as possible to the suction cup (2). It comprises: on the one hand, a bore for housing the vacuum generator in the form of a cartridge (3), wherein said bore defines the vacuum chamber (44) and communicates, on the side corresponding to the inlet of said cartridge (3), with the pressurised air supply, and on the other side, i.e. the side corresponding to the outlet of said cartridge, with an expansion chamber (39) in the form of a silencer; and on the other hand, a very short inner circuit between said vacuum chamber (44) and the suction cup (2), that comprises one or more cavities and/or openings.

A container for frangible articles comprising a tray molded in a sheet of polymeric material having a hinge portion separating a bottom portion from a cover portion with the cover portion being pivotable into engagement with the bottom portion to conceal the frangible articles in the container. The bottom portion comprises rows of cavities with each cavity adapted to support a frangible article. The cavities have lugs projecting inwardly and from bottom to top from a main surface of the cavity to support the frangible article while maintaining air gaps between the frangible article and the main surface. Corner cavities are positioned at opposite leading corners of the bottom portion and each have a protective rib oriented toward its respective leading corner and projecting outwardly from the main surface and from bottom to top to provide structural integrity to the opposite leading corners of the container.

The present invention provides an egg carton having a tray having a first row of a first plurality of spaced egg compartments and a second row of a second plurality of spaced egg compartments, the first row of egg compartments being disposed in parallel spaced relationship to the second row of egg compartments; a plurality of spaced tower elements extending along a centerline of the tray and extending vertically from a plane of the tray, each tower element having four egg contacting surfaces; a plurality of spaced post elements extending along a front edge of the tray and extending vertically from a plane of the tray, each post element having two egg contacting surfaces; and a lid hingedly connected along a rear edge of the tray and movable from an open condition to a closed condition.

A combination portable table and carrier device for transporting and reading construction plans (e.g. blueprints) is disclosed. The device includes a table having a plan storage compartment for holding one or more sets of construction plans in a flat or folded position. The storage compartment is flush with the surface of the table thus enabling the construction plans to be written on without problems from the underlying surface. A lid is hinged to the storage compartment and the table thus providing access to the storage compartment when open and a smooth work surface for the table when closed. The lid also protects the contents of the storage compartment when it is closed. Binder clips at opposite ends of the portable secure the set of construction plans in place for viewing and modification. The binder clips holds the turned pages of the plans, thereby permitting individual pages of the plans to be easily viewed while the entire set of plans is secured in place and held open to the selected page.

The invention discloses automatic packaging equipment for realizing the big/small end order arrangement of poultry eggs. A feed mechanism is mounted on a conveying inlet of a frame; an egg supporting conveying platform is mounted at the bottom of the frame; side fixed plates are fixedly arranged on both sides of the frame, which approach a conveying outlet; a flow guiding mechanism and a six-egg synchronizing mechanism are mounted between the side fixed plates on the two sides and towards one side of the conveying inlet; a conveying mechanism is mounted below the flow guiding mechanism; a big/small end reversing mechanism is mounted above the conveying mechanism and near the conveying outlet; a rotary guiding mechanism is mounted on one side of the conveying mechanism; the conveying mechanism, the big/small end reversing mechanism and the rotary guiding mechanism are mounted between the side fixed plates on the two sides; and a supporting placing mechanism positioned below the rotary guiding mechanism is mounted on the egg supporting conveying platform. By using the automatic packaging equipment, the feed, the flow guidance, the six-egg synchronization, the conveyance, the big/small end reversion, the supporting entrance guidance, the supporting placement and the egg supporting conveyance are completed automatically. The equipment is simple in structure, high in efficiency and good in reliability, and is suitable for the hierarchical packaging work of various poultry eggs and egg supporters in different specifications.

An egg package assembly includes a protective case that contains predetermined number of eggs and a sleeve that fixedly surrounds the protective case. The protective case comprises a base and a lid. The sleeve comprises a thin packing film that is shrunk by heat. The sleeve is provided having a length similar to that of the case and a width wider than that of the case. After heat shrinking, the sleeve conforms to the shape of the case and fixed to the case. The length of the sleeve shrinks and allows the ends of the case to be exposed.

The invention discloses a design method of an automatic orienting device for big ends of eggs. The automatic orienting device for the big ends of eggs comprises a rowing region, an overturning region and a combing region in sequential arrangement. Time t1 required for an egg to complete the maximum displacement A-L on support rollers along an axial direction within the rowing section is computed via a formula, length of the rowing section is obtained according to the time t1 and the formula; length W of a bending section of each limit guide rod in the overturning region is computed via the formula; length D' of the overturning region, time t2 required for an egg to complete the maximum displacement A-L on support rollers along an axial direction within the combing region is computed, and length of the combing region is computed; and total length of a working area is obtained by summing the B, the D', the P, the length of a feeding region and the length of a discharging region. By the aid of the design method of the automatic orienting device for the big heads of eggs, structural parameters of above regions and bending sections of the limit guide rods are optimized, structural size of a whole machine is further optimized, and transmission efficiency between the eggs and the support rollers is improved.

The invention relates to a poultry egg conveying automatic positioning and packaging robot and a working method of the poultry egg conveying automatic positioning and packaging robot. The poultry egg conveying automatic positioning and packaging robot comprises a poultry egg conveying device, a vibration correcting device, a poultry egg packaging parallel robot body and a poultry egg automatic packaging robot control system, wherein the poultry egg conveying device is used for collecting, storing and conveying poultry eggs, the vibration correcting device is used for making the disorderly poultry eggs on a conveyor belt in an orderly state, the poultry egg packaging parallel robot body is used for picking up the poultry eggs and placing the poultry eggs into trays, and the poultry egg automatic packaging robot control system is used for carrying out positioning control over the coordinates of the poultry eggs and control over the motion of the parallel robot body. By the arrangement of the poultry egg conveyor belt with an automatic positioning function and the parallel robot body with poultry egg picking, rotating and fixed-point placing functions and the arrangement of an end actuator, positioning accuracy is guaranteed, cost is reduced, and the operation of automatically collecting eggs, placing the eggs into trays and packaging the eggs in a poultry farm is achieved.

A balloon tying article is provided with a first wall, a second wall and a cavity therebetween whereby a balloon is tied using each of the walls to knot the balloon neck

The invention discloses a weighing and removing mechanism of an egg sorting device. The weighing and removing mechanism comprises an upper conveyor belt and a lower conveyor belt arranged under the upper conveyor belt. Lateral baffles are shared by the upper conveyor belt and the lower conveyor belt; the upper conveyor belt is composed of a front conveyor belt body and a rear conveyor belt body, an automatic partition system is arranged at the upstream end of the front conveyor belt body, and the front conveyor belt body and the rear conveyor belt body are connected in a transition mode through a weighing instrument plate which is connected with a controller; the upstream end of the weighing instrument plate is connected with the tail end of the front conveyor belt body and is rotatably fixed to the lateral baffles, and the downstream end of the weighing instrument plate can be driven to rotate downwards around the upstream end of the weighing instrument plate; the weighing instrument plate is inclined when rotating in place so as to connect the lower conveyor belt and the upper conveyor belt, and a shifting device is correspondingly arranged at the positions, above the weighing instrument plate, of the lateral baffles. By means of the weighing and removing mechanism, eggs which are too heavy or too light can be removed and then conveyed out through the different conveyor belts, and consistency of the specifications of the eggs packed in cases is guaranteed.