Package making – Methods – Filling preformed receptacle and closing
Patent
1978-05-11
1979-12-11
McGehee, Travis S.
Package making
Methods
Filling preformed receptacle and closing
53469, 53502, 53506, 53572, 177 53, 177 59, 177122, B65B 132
Patent
active
041776216
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for bagging bruisable discrete articles, such as apples. The apples are fed single file to a weighing device, and the feed of articles is terminated just before the desired predetermined weight of apples to be bagged. The weighing device is allowed to reach equilibrium, and then the weight of the apples is compared to the desired predetermined weight. If the weight is less than the desired amount, the apples are fed one by one to the weighing device until the predetermined weight is reached or exceeded, at which time the apples in the weighing device are dumped onto a pair of spiral brushes which convey the apples to a bagging station. At the bagging station, a bag is clamped and blown open, and is filled with apples being fed one at a time. The bag full condition is automatically sensed, at which point one of the clamps is released, and an arm supporting the other clamp is pivoted to swing the bag into operative association with an automatic tying machine.
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patent: 4010809 (1977-03-01), Hobart
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McGehee Travis S.
Powell Machinery Inc.
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