Apparatus and system to fill single-serve biodegradable coffee pods

A system for filling single-use, biodegradable pods, the system comprising:

• a controllable, rotatable platform comprising multiple pod holders located at three stations displaced equidistant in 120° sectors around the rotatable top adapted to move empty pods from a load station on the platform, to a filling station, and then to a sealing and trimming station;
• a controllable filler comprising a container filled with a ground food product and multiple augers and multiple spouts that are adapted to deliver the ground food product into the pods, wherein the multiple augers and multiple spouts adapted to fill the ground food product to the empty pods;
• a controllable sealer and trimmer comprising a heat sealable film winder, a movable heater block assembly fitted with an accurate linear actuator, and a heat sealable film trimmer, wherein the heater block assembly is aligned with a top of the pods to apply and seal the heat sealable film to filled pods, and wherein the trimmer cuts the heat sealable film sealed to the pods;
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• a controller comprising software controlling and directing movement and operations of the rotatable platform, the filler and the sealer trimmer to fill single serve, biodegradable pods with the ground food product, and heat seal a film top to the filled pods.