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US 2003/0152671 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for packing green particulate feed stock material
OwnerPeter James Johnstoneinventor
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The specification discloses a method and apparatus for producing a package containing high moisture content particulate plant material intended for human consumption or for use as animal feed stock which will preserve same without the particulate plant material undergoing a drying process, the method involving either providing a flexible walled container or alternatively forming such a container from a web of plastics material cling film (15), at least partially filling the flexible walled container with particulate plant material via a delivery chute (17) into an upper open mouth of the flexible walled container, pressing the particulate plant material to expel air therefrom, closing the flexible walled container and preferably applying two circumferentially extending bands (22, 23) of plastics material film overlapping one another at 90° around the closed flexible walled container with sufficient web thicknesses and tension to compress the flexible walls of said container inwardly.
A method of forming a package containing high moisture content particulate plant material, said method including delivering the high moisture content particulate plant material to a flexible walled container with an open mouth portion, compressing the particulate material within the container to expel air from the mass of said particulate material, wrapping at least one band of plastics material film circumferentially about said container overlying said open mouth portion to form an anaerobic zone within said container and said at least one band, said at least one band of plastics material having sufficient individual web thicknesses and tension to compress the sides of said flexible walled container inwardly.
A package for preserving and storing high moisture content particulate plant material, said package including a flexible walled container adapted to hold the particulate plant material, a first band of plastics material film circumferentially wrapped about said container with sufficient web thicknesses and tension to compress sides of said container inwardly, said first band also overlying a delivery opening to said container, said package further including a second band of plastics material circumferentially wrapped about said container also overlying said delivery opening and arranged at 90° to said first band, said second band of plastics material also being wrapped with sufficient web thicknesses and tension to compress the sides of said flexible walled container inwardly whereby the particulate plant material is immobilised within said container.
A package for preserving and storing high moisture content particulate plant material, said package including a closed flexible walled container containing said particulate plant material in a compressed state, a first band of plastics material film circumferentially wrapped about said container with sufficient web thicknesses and tension to compress sides of said container inwardly, and a second band of plastics material film circumferentially wrapped about said container intersecting said first band at 90°, said second band also being wrapped with sufficient web thicknesses and tension to compress the sides of said flexible walled container inwardly whereby the particulate plant material is immobilised within said container.
Apparatus for forming a package containing high moisture content particulate plant material, said apparatus including delivery means for delivering said particulate plant material to a flexible walled container with an open mouth portion;
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