A packaging assembly including an outer sleeve, a tray, and an insert arranged within the tray. The tray may be arranged within and slidably engage with the outer sleeve. The tray may include a base, a first and second lateral sidewall, and a first and second longitudinal sidewall. The first and second lateral sidewalls each may include a first, a second, and a third portion. The first, second, and third portions are folded to form the first and second lateral sidewalls. The first and second longitudinal sidewalls each may include a first and a second flap. The first and the second flap may be arranged on opposite ends of the first and second longitudinal sidewalls. The first flaps may be arranged between the first and third portions of the first lateral sidewall, and the second flaps may be arranged between the first and third portions of the second lateral sidewall.

A dispensing baked good container assembly includes a container having a pastry bag extend between an upper portion and a lower portion. The pastry bag is flexible. The pastry bag has an internal cavity configured to hold baked good ingredients. The lower portion has a lower dispensing opening at a dispensing tip at a bottom of the pastry bag through which the baked good ingredients are dispensed. The dispensing baked good container assembly includes a support ring coupled to the upper portion of the pastry bag. The support ring is rigid or semi-rigid to support the upper end of the pastry bag and form a funnel providing access to the internal cavity.

A dispensing baked good container assembly includes a container having a pastry bag extend between an upper portion and a lower portion. The pastry bag is flexible. The pastry bag has an internal cavity configured to hold baked good ingredients. The lower portion has a lower dispensing opening at a dispensing tip at a bottom of the pastry bag through which the baked good ingredients are dispensed. The dispensing baked good container assembly includes a support ring coupled to the upper portion of the pastry bag. The support ring is rigid or semi-rigid to support the upper end of the pastry bag and form a funnel providing access to the internal cavity.

A packaging machine comprising a machine frame, at least one work station attached to the machine frame, and a transport device with a transfer unit for feeding trays to the work station, wherein the transfer unit comprises a suction plate for transporting trays in a predetermined transport plane. The suction plate may comprises at least one reception mold which is formed at least in part having the shape of an inner contour of an upper opening region of a tray facing it, provided to the reception mold for reception and transport, so that the reception mold during transport in the transport plane of the tray is arranged in a positive-fit manner in its upper opening region and aligns the tray in the transport plane in a predetermined position on the suction plate. The invention also relates to a method for supplying trays to a work station of a packaging machine.

A system includes a conveyor that transports a carriage carrying a foodstuff along a path. A bag dispenser contains multiple bags and moves a first bag into the path. A paddle includes a hinge at a trailing edge of the paddle. The paddle includes an actuator that moves a leading edge of the paddle relative to the trailing edge between retracted and extended positions. The leading edge of the paddle moves into a mouth of the first bag as the leading edge is moved from the retracted to the extended position. While the paddle is in the extended position, movement of the carriage and the foodstuff underneath the paddle rotates the leading edge of the paddle about the hinge to open the mouth of the first bag such that continued movement of the carriage and the foodstuff moves the foodstuff through the mouth and into the first bag.

A wound package construct includes a first wound strip of package material that establishes an inner liner layer, a second wound strip of material that establishes an intermediate bodystock layer, and a third wound strip of material or cover strip that covers a seam formed by the wound bodystock layer but that does not cover all of the outer surface area of the wound bodystock layer. Therefore, the width of the cover strip is less than the width of the bodystock strip. As a result, the cover strip is not wide enough to cover the entire outer surface of the wound bodystock layer such that, after the cover strip is wrapped to cover the spiral bodystock seam, areas of the bodystock layer remain exposed between the two opposed length-wise edges of the cover strip.

A wound package construct includes a first wound strip of package material that establishes an inner liner layer, a second wound strip of material that establishes an intermediate bodystock layer, and a third wound strip of material or cover strip that covers a seam formed by the wound bodystock layer but that does not cover all of the outer surface area of the wound bodystock layer. Therefore, the width of the cover strip is less than the width of the bodystock strip. As a result, the cover strip is not wide enough to cover the entire outer surface of the wound bodystock layer such that, after the cover strip is wrapped to cover the spiral bodystock seam, areas of the bodystock layer remain exposed between the two opposed length-wise edges of the cover strip.

A delivery pizza may include a pizza box and pizza disposed therein. A toy container may be disposed in a gap of the pizza region between the pizza and adjacent sidewalls of the pizza box. In another embodiment, a toy partition member may be used to separate the toy from the pizza. A toy container may be configured to be supported by an in-store pizza on a pizza tray. A board game delivery device may alternatively be included in the pizza box to include a board game delivery device to enable a board game and accessory pieces therefor to be delivered to a consumer of the pizza. The board game may be positioned beneath the pizza, and game accessories may be disposed in storage regions defined by the board game delivery device.

A delivery pizza may include a pizza box and pizza disposed therein. A toy container may be disposed in a gap of the pizza region between the pizza and adjacent sidewalls of the pizza box. In another embodiment, a toy partition member may be used to separate the toy from the pizza. A toy container may be configured to be supported by an in-store pizza on a pizza tray. A board game delivery device may alternatively be included in the pizza box to include a board game delivery device to enable a board game and accessory pieces therefor to be delivered to a consumer of the pizza. The board game may be positioned beneath the pizza, and game accessories may be disposed in storage regions defined by the board game delivery device.

An automated sandwich wrapping system is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an automated sandwich wrapping system includes a folding subassembly having a plurality of folding plates to inwardly fold side portions of sandwich wrapping paper extending past ends of a sandwich, a roller subassembly having at least one roller to rotate the sandwich to wrap the sandwich, and a controller preprogrammed to control and coordinate operation of the folding subassembly and the roller subassembly. The folding plates move between an idle position and an active position.