Mesh bag for automated filling and method for making same
AssigneeConwed Plastics LLC
InventorsChris E. Worthington, Jeffrey L. Abramowski, David M. Davis
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Abstract
The present invention provides a mesh bag for use with automated wicket bagging machines. In at least one embodiment, the mesh bag comprises a tubular mesh having a first end portion opposite a second end portion, a first wicketing strip attached to the second end portion of the mesh and having a peripheral edge, and a second wicketing strip attached to the second end portion of the mesh, wherein the second wicketing strip extends beyond a top edge of the mesh and the peripheral edge of the first wicketing strip and has at least one opening adapted for collating a plurality of mesh bags on one or more wicket pins. The present invention also relates to a method for making such bags.
Claims24
A mesh bag comprising:
- a tubular mesh having a first end portion opposite a second end portion, the first end portion being closed and the second end portion being opened;
- a first wicketing strip attached to the second end portion of the mesh, the first wicketing strip having a peripheral edge;
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- a second wicketing strip attached to the second end portion of the mesh, wherein the second wicketing strip extends beyond a top edge of the mesh and the peripheral edge of the first wicketing strip, the second wicketing strip having at least one opening adapted for collating a plurality of mesh bags on one or more wicket pins, the first and second strips secured to the mesh so that at least some of the mesh is disposed between the first and second strips.
A mesh bag comprising:
- a tubular mesh having a first layer opposite a second layer and a first end portion opposite a second end portion, the first and second layers each having an inner surface and an outer surface, the second end portion being closed;
- a first wicketing strip attached to the outer surface of the first layer at the second end portion of the mesh, the first wicketing strip having a peripheral edge which extends beyond the second end portion of the mesh;
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- a second wicketing strip attached to the second end portion of the mesh, wherein the second wicketing strip extends beyond the second end portion of the mesh and the peripheral edge of the first wicketing strip, the second wicketing strip having at least one opening adapted for collating a plurality of mesh bags on one or more wicket pins.
A method of forming a mesh bag, the method comprising:
- providing a tubular mesh having a first layer opposite a second layer and a closed end portion opposite an opened end portion;
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- attaching first and second wicketing strips to the first and second layers, respectively, at the opened end portion, with at least a portion of the second wicketing strip extending beyond a top edge of the mesh and a peripheral edge of the first wicketing strip;
- the second wicketing strip having one or more openings adapted for collating a plurality of mesh bags on one or more wicket pins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.