Package making – With means responsive to a sensed condition – Of individual contents or group feed or delivery
Patent
1989-09-22
1991-03-26
Coan, James F.
Package making
With means responsive to a sensed condition
Of individual contents or group feed or delivery
53 69, 53167, 53249, 53525, 141314, B65B 132, B65B 108, B65B 4350
Patent
active
050018892
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for bagging foodstuffs such as potatoes includes a carousel having a number of hopper recesses defined in a top surface and an electric motor and transmission assembly for rotatably moving the carousel. Each of the hoppers terminates in a chute for guiding the foodstuffs, and the carousel is vibrated in two separate directions in order to prevent the foodstuffs from becoming stuck. An automatic bag gripping mechanism is provided beneath each of the chutes, and is adapted to close when a bag is placed into position between its grippers when the carousel is in a first position. A control and interface unit continuously moves the carousel from the first position to a second loading position, and interfaces with a commercially available weighing machine to control the transfer of a load of foodstuffs from the weighing machine into one of the hoppers. After loading, the carousel continues to move to a third position in which the bag gripping mechanism automatically opens to permit removal of the bagged foodstuffs.
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2 Page brochure by Filper, dated 12/79, entitled Weighomatic.
Coan James F.
Volm Bag Company, Inc.
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