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US 11,440,691 B2Granted
Funnels and lances for package filling
AssigneeSargento Foods Inc.
InventorsJames Abston, Tim Veldman, Jon Sommer, Aaron Strand
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Abstract
Funnels and gas lances are disclosed for use with filling packages with bulk product.
Claims8
An assembly for transferring products to a package comprising:
- a funnel having an exit end where products enter a package;
- and
- a lance having an exit end where gas enters the package, wherein the funnel and the lance share a common wall.
A method for blowing gas into a package filled with products comprising the steps:
- providing a funnel having a geometry and having an exit end where products enter a package;
- providing a lance for blowing a gas into the package, the lance having an exit end where the gas enters the package;
- blowing gas into the package;
- and
- changing the blowing gas from turbulent flow to laminar flow using the geometry of the funnel.
2 more elements
A method for blowing gas into a package being filled with products comprising the steps:
- providing a funnel having an exit end where products enter a package;
- providing a lance for blowing a gas into the package, the lance having an exit end where the gas enters the package;
- blowing gas into the package;
- and
- decreasing the velocity of the gas as it enters the package to reduce the amount of product being blown out of the package.
2 more elements
A method for filling a package with products comprising the steps:
- providing a funnel with an exit end;
- providing a lance with an exit end, wherein the funnel and the lance share a common wall;
- moving the funnel and the lance into a package with the common wall being the first parts of the funnel and the lance to enter the package.
A method for filling a package with products comprising the steps:
- providing a funnel with an exit end;
- providing a lance with an exit end;
- moving the funnel and the lance into the package so that the exit end of the funnel and the lance are inside the package;
- transferring products into the funnel so that the products travels through the funnel, out the exit end of the funnel and into the package;
- and
- blowing a gas through the lance, out the exit end and into the package to displace oxygen in the package to under 2%.
3 more elements
A method for blowing gas into a package filled with products comprising the steps:
- providing a funnel having an exit end where products enter a package;
- providing a lance for blowing a gas into the package, the lance having an exit end where the gas enters the package;
- and
- blowing gas into the package such that the gas flows out of the exit end in a direction that is not substantially parallel to the flow of the products entering the package.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.