HENRY MALTBY NIXON, JR
Pilots at Lenape Trl, Wayne, NJ

4831811, May 23, 1989

Jun 17, 1988

7/208065

Henry M. Nixon - Wayne NJ
George W. Anderson - Little Falls NJ
John A. Giordano - Paterson NJ

Mahaffy & Harder Eng. Co. - Fairfield NJ

B65B 3104

53433

Different products are hermetically sealed in separate but integrally adjoining packages to form package pairs or what might be called "dual" packages. All of the packages are made from two continuous sheets of plastic packaging material, and the separate packages of each pair are differentially-conditioned by differential evacuation and/or gassing to different pressure levels. A continuous series of filled side-by-side containers formed from one sheet of packaging material is conveyed in two parallel rows into a sealing region where a cover sheet is laid over the containers to form packages. A group of the packages is stopped in the sealing region, and are clamped and partially sealed around the peripheries of the individual packages. The individual side-by-side units of the package pairs are differentially conditioned as to vacuum pressure or gas pressure or composition through aligned openings between adjacent containers in each of the parallel rows. The aligned openings and the remainder of the peripheries around the package then are sealed, and the completed package pairs are removed from the sealing region.

5385003, Jan 31, 1995

Sep 8, 1993

8/118414

Henry M. Nixon - Wayne NJ
Frank Schell - Towaco NJ
Keith MacDonald - New York NY

Mahaffy & Harder Engineering Co. - Fairfield NJ

B65B 4352, B65B 4348, B65B 6502

53471

In order to prevent spilling the contents or fracturing a package being filled, a rigid tray is moved into a filling area by pushers in which the pusher is advanced under controlled acceleration and then deceleration for gently stopping the pusher in contact with or in close proximity to a filled tray. A short time delay in movement of the tray is provided and then the pusher is advanced along with the tray moved thereby under a controlled acceleration into a sealing station. The tray is brought under controlled deceleration to stop in the sealing station at a predetermined position where another short time delay is provided in the stop position of the pusher. The pusher is then retracted to a safe position out of the way in order to permit the sealing of the tray without the interference of the pusher while the tray is sealed. The sealed tray is then transferred to an outfeed area and the sequence is repeated for filling and sealing a following tray. The machine includes a digital indexer which is programmed for index length, acceleration/deceleration time and other associated scaling constants.

4777782, Oct 18, 1988

Jun 5, 1987

7/058587

Henry M. Nixon - Wayne NJ
George W. Anderson - Little Falls NJ
John A. Giordano - Paterson NJ

Mahaffy & Harder Engineering Co. - Fairfield NJ

B65B 3104

53433

Different products are hermetically sealed in separate but integrally adjoining packages to form package pairs or what might be called "dual" packages. All of the packages are made from two continuous sheets of plastic packaging material, and the separate packages of each pair are differentially-conditioned by differential evacuation and/or gassing to different pressure levels. A continuous series of filled side-by-side containers formed from one sheet of packaging material is conveyed in two parallel rows into a sealing region where a cover sheet is laid over the containers to form packages. A group of the packages is stopped in the sealing region, and are clamped and partially sealed around the peripheries of the individual packages. The individual side-by-side units of the package pairs are differentially conditioned as to vacuum pressure or gas pressure or composition through aligned openings between adjacent containers in each of the parallel rows. The aligned openings and the remainder of the peripheries around the package then are sealed, and the completed package pairs are removed from the sealing region.