Vacuum bagging device with a flexible spout and programming system
AssigneeGenerale d'Entreprise de Conditionnement
InventorsChristian Barathe, Christian Chervalier, Gaston Wiel
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Abstract
This invention is a vacuum bagging device which consists of a receiving bag separated from the product to be conditioned by a flexible and deformable spout. This spout is electropneumatically operated. The receiving bag is made of a material which can be thermo welded. It receives under vacuum the product to be conditioned which remains in this state until the welding operation takes place, the latter being achieved by thermocompression of the upper part of the bag. The operations are synchronized by a programming electromechanical circuit. This invention can be used for fast conditioning and bagging of powdery, granulated or pulverized products, whatever their quantity.
Claims8
A device for vacuum packing a flowable product in a bag, comprising:
- a tank adapted to contain a quantity of said product therein;
- the lower part of said tank terminating in a sleeve being provided with an articulated or flexible spout comprising a pair of essentially rigid blade members having a padding of rubber or soft plastic material, and equipped with air escape means,
- a guide,
- a pair of jacks slidably mounted on said guide,
- two flaps respectively attached to said pair of jacks for engaging an upper rim of a bag held on said sleeve or spout,
- means flowably coupled with said spout for producing a vacuum,
- a pair of prehension arms disposed on opposite sides of said spout in registration with the upper rim of a bag held on said spout, said arms being shiftable toward each other and into engagement with said upper rim of said bag in two steps under different pressures, and
- an electro-mechanical programmer operably coupled with said sleeve for selectively controlling the flow of said product through said spout, with said jacks for movement along said guide, and with said prehension arms for step-wise engagement of the upper rim of said bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.