Package handling apparatus and method

Details Package handling apparatus and method Package handling apparatus and method

1984-04-12

1987-06-09

Levy, Stewart J.

Measuring and testing

With fluid pressure

Leakage

73 454, 209599, G01M 336

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046711015

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for testing for leaks in flexible packages containing a product such as potato crisps and some air comprises three probing stations. Packages are transferred from station to station by suction cup heads carried on a reciprocable beam. Probes incorporating weights are applied by gravity at each probing station under control of a support plate and cause air to be squeezed out of packages which have substantial leaks. Probe position sensing equipment detects when probes have dropped down and uses this information as an indication of a leak. The specification also describes apparatus for transferring packages to the leak testing apparatus.

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