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US 11,130,596 B2Granted
Folded package
AssigneeMpi Corporation
InventorsMark W. Holderman, Gregory A. Russell
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Abstract
The technology described herein generally relates to an automated packaging apparatus and system that packages loose particles into a conical container as well as the final folded packages. More specifically, loose plant matter, such as crumbled dried leaves, are supplied to successive paper cones. The apparatus packs the crumbled leaves into the cones, closes the wide top portion of the cone into a precise shape, and then runs a quality control check to ensure that the final filled cone meets preset specifications.
Claims20
A folded package comprising:
- a hollow paper cone having an exterior, an interior, a length, a center axis along the length, a width, and two ends opposite each other joined by a middle section, where one end is a proximal end, and the other end is a distal end and where the length is greater than the width;
- a filling within the cone;
- wherein the distal end comprises approximately a quarter of the length of the cone;
- wherein the distal end of the cone terminates at a rim;
- wherein a portion of the distal end is crimped in on itself and folded into the interior of the cone such that the rim of the distal end is held by plastic deformation of the paper within the interior of the cone and forms a circumferential lip of paper at the distal end;
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- wherein the portion of the distal end that is crimped in on itself and folded into the interior of the cone is folded such that the folded portion of the distal end extends away from the exterior of the cone and into interior of the cone and forms an access hole located along the center axis of the cone.
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A folded package comprising:
- a hollow paper cone having an exterior, an interior, a length, a width, and two ends opposite each other joined by a middle section, where one end is a proximal end, and the other end is a distal end and where the length is greater than the width;
- and
- a filling within the cone;
- wherein the distal end comprises approximately a quarter of the length of the cone;
- wherein the distal end of the cone terminates at a rim;
- and
- wherein a portion of the distal end is crimped in on itself and folded into the interior of the cone such that the rim of the distal end is held by plastic deformation of the paper within the interior of the cone such that the folded portion of the distal end substantially covers the filling within the cone and forms a circumferential lip of paper at the distal end.
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A folded package comprising:
- a hollow paper cone having an exterior, an interior, a length, a center axis along the length, a width, and two ends opposite each other joined by a middle section, where one end is a proximal end, and the other end is a distal end and where the length is greater than the width;
- and
- a filling within the cone;
- wherein the distal end comprises approximately a quarter of the length of the cone;
- wherein the distal end of the cone terminates at a rim;
- wherein a portion of the distal end is crimped in on itself and folded into the interior of the cone such that the rim of the distal end is held by plastic deformation of the paper within the interior of the cone such that the folded portion of the distal end covers the filling within the cone and forms a circumferential lip of paper at the distal end;
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- wherein the folded portion of the distal end that covers the filling within the cone is pierced such that an air passage through the folded portion of the distal end covering the filling is formed between the exterior of the cone and the interior of the cone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.