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US 6,604,344 B2Granted
Bagging machine
OwnerHarry Bussey, Jr., Harry (Buddy) Bussey, III.inventors
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Abstract
The bagging machine has a rotary table with openings to receive a series of bags. Each bag is staked onto four pins two of which are stationary and two of which are laterally movable. After filling, the bag is heat sealed using a pair of heat seal bars and then severed by a fly knife above the heat seal. The bag is then removed manually or automatically.
Claims23
A bagging machine comprising
- a conveyor having at least one opening for depending a bag therefrom;
- and
- a plurality of vertically disposed pins disposed peripherally of said opening for receiving an edge of a bag thereon;
- a pair of means for moving a bag off at least two of said pins;
- and
- means for moving two other pins of said pins laterally of said opening between a first position adjacent said opening with an opened bag on said pins thereof and a second position spaced from said opening to close the bag disposed on said pins thereof.
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A bagging machine comprising
- a conveyor having at least one opening for depending a bag therefrom;
- a pair of stationary pins vertically disposed on opposite sides of said opening for receiving an edge of a bag thereon;
- a pair of movable pins vertically disposed on opposite sides of said opening for receiving an edge of a bag thereon;
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- means for moving each of said movable pins laterally of said opening between a first position adjacent said opening with an opened bag on said movable pins and a second position spaced from said opening to close the bag disposed on said movable pins.
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A bagging machine comprising
- a rotary table for rotation about a vertical axis of rotation, said table having a plurality of circumferentially disposed openings therein;
- a pair of movable pins disposed on said table on opposite sides of each of said openings for receiving an edge of a bag thereon;
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- means on said table for moving each of said movable pins laterally of said respective opening between a first position adjacent said opening with an opened bag on said movable pins and a second position spaced from said opening to close the bag disposed on said movable pins.
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A bagging machine comprising
- a rotary table for rotation about a vertical axis of rotation, said table including at least one opening and a plurality of upstanding pins on said table disposed peripherally of said opening therein;
- a first station disposed peripherally of said table for suspending a bag from said pins and through said opening;
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- a second station disposed peripherally of said table for delivering a flow of particulate material under gravity into a bag suspended from said table, said second station including a sleeve disposed in spaced relation to and above said table and said pins thereon for delivering the particulate material therefrom and an annular brush extending from said sleeve towards said table to direct particulate material into a bag suspended from said opening while sealing the flow of particulate material from the surrounding environment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.