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US 5,845,466 AGranted
Multiple package machine
OwnerBernd Laudenberginventor
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Abstract
A multiple packaging machine for conducting simultaneous operations on two or more pouches at each of several work stations by employing a pair of clamps for holding each pouch at each station during opening by moving the clamps toward each other, during filling and during closing by moving the clamps away from each other.
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A multiple package machine comprising:
- a plurality of work stations,
- a plurality of pouch working positions formed at each of said work stations,
- a left and a right clamp at each of said pouch working positions for detachably holding opposed edges of a pouch adjacent the open end of said pouch,
- a first actuating member operatively connected to all of said clamps at a work station for simultaneously opening and closing all of said clamps,
- a left actuating member operatively connected to all of said left clamps at each work station for simultaneously moving all of said left clamps,
- a right actuating member operatively connected to all of said right clamps at each work station for simultaneously moving all of said right clamps,
- said left and right actuating members being moveable simultaneously in opposite direction to space said pairs of clamps apart to receive pouches therebetween and said first actuating member being moveable to open said clamps to receive said pouches and being movable to close said clamps to hold said pouches in position between said pairs of clamps.
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A multiple package machine comprising:
- a rotatable platform,
- a plurality of work stations formed on said platform,
- at least three pouch working stations at each of said work stations,
- first and second clamps at each of said pouch working stations for receiving and holding a pouch,
- an actuating member for simultaneously opening and closing all of said clamps at a work station, and
- support means for all of said clamps at a work station for simultaneous movement of said first and second clamps relative to each other and permitting movement of said first and second clamps away from each other at a first station to receive pouches therebetween, said actuating member being operative to open all of said clamps to receive pouches upon movement of said clamps toward each other and to close said clamps to support opposed edges of said pouches.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.