Systems and methods for tube loading, filling, sealing, and/or weighing
AssigneePT Mitra Prodin
InventorsVictor Chempinsky, Oleksandra Barsukova, Nikolai Bohun, Konstantin Bohun
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Abstract
A tube loading, filling and sealing system that includes a tube loading apparatus, a tube filling apparatus, a tube sealing apparatus configured to receive and seal a plurality of tubes, and a weighing apparatus configured to weigh a plurality of filled tubes. A method of filling tubes with a herb mixture using a tube loading, filling, and sealing system. The method including loading the tubes into a tube filling apparatus using a tube loading apparatus, filling the tubes loaded into the tube filling apparatus with a herb mixture, sealing the filled tubes using a tube sealing apparatus, and weighing the sealed tubes using a weighing apparatus.
Claims20
A tube loading system comprising:
- a tube loading apparatus including a frame, an upper slider connected to the frame, a lower slider connected to the frame, one or more guide tubes extending between the upper slider and the lower slider, and at least one actuator configured to control the positions of the upper slider and the lower slider;
- a tube filling apparatus configured to detachably connect to the tube loading apparatus, the tube filling apparatus including a base and a filling assembly connected to the base, the filling assembly configured to receive one or more tubes from the tube loading apparatus for filling with material;
- a tube sealing apparatus configured to detachably connect to the tube filling apparatus, the tube sealing apparatus configured to receive the one or more tubes from the tube filling apparatus and seal the one or more tubes closed preventing the material from leaving the one or more tubes;
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- a weighing apparatus configured to detachably connect to the tube sealing apparatus, the weighing apparatus configured to individually weigh each of the one or more tubes.
A tube loading method comprising:
- loading at least one tube into a tube loading apparatus, the tube loading apparatus including a frame, an upper slider connected to the frame, a lower slider connected to the frame, one or more guide tubes extending between the upper slider and the lower slider, and at least one actuator configured to control the positions of the upper slide and the lower slider;
- passing the at least one tube from the tube loading apparatus to a tube filling apparatus, the tube filling apparatus configured to detachably connect to the tube loading apparatus, the tube filling apparatus including a base and a filling assembly connected to the base, the filling assembly configured to receive the at least one tube from the tube loading apparatus for filling with material;
- passing the at least one tube from the tube filling apparatus to a tube sealing apparatus, the tube sealing apparatus configured to detachably connect to the tube filling apparatus, the tube sealing apparatus configured to receive the at least one tube from the tube filling apparatus and seal the at least one tube closed preventing the material from leaving the at least one tube;
- passing the at least one tube from the tube sealing apparatus to a weighing apparatus, the weighing apparatus configured to detachably connect to the tube sealing apparatus;
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- individually weighing each of the at least one tube on the weighing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.