Bulk bag densifying apparatus and method
AssigneeSpiroflow Systems, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Allen Dudas, Jeffery J. Karigan
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Abstract
An apparatus for densifying particulate contents of a bulk bag, that includes a support element and a pressure-applying element for supporting between them a bulk bag containing particulate contents with a pressure to the bag supplied by the pressure-applying element, and a vibrator carried by one or the other of the support element and the pressure-applying element for transmitting vibratory energy through the contents of the bag back and forth between the support element and the pressure applying element for densifying the contents of the bag and leveling a top surface of contents of the bag at a top end of the bag. A related method is also disclosed.
Claims15
An apparatus for densifying particulate contents of a bulk bag, comprising:
- (a) a support element and a pressure-applying element for supporting between them a bulk bag containing particulate contents with a pressure to the bag supplied by the pressure-applying element;
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- (b) a vibrator carried by one or the other of the support element and the pressure-applying element for transmitting vibratory energy through the contents of the bag back and forth between the support element and the pressure applying element for densifying the contents of the bag and leveling a top surface of contents of the bag at a top end of the bag.
An apparatus for densifying the particulate contents of a bulk bag, comprising:
- (a) a base and a pressure-applying pressure plate for supporting between them a bulk bag containing particulate contents with a pressure to the bag supplied by the pressure plate;
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- (b) a plurality of vibrators carried by the base for transmitting vibratory energy through the contents of the bag back and forth between the base and the pressure plate for densifying the contents of the bag and leveling a top surface of contents of the bag at a top end of the bag.
A method of densifying particulate contents of a bulk bag, comprising:
- (a) applying pressure to opposed sides of the bulk bag containing particulate contents;
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- (b) transmitting vibratory energy back and forth through the contents of the bag back and forth between the opposed sides for densifying the contents of the bag and leveling a top surface of contents of the bag at a top end of the bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.