Bagging apparatus for use with wicketed bags
AssigneeStarflex Corporation
InventorsOllie B. Wilson, Jr., Robert F. Polkinghorne, Charles C. Tucker, Jr.
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Abstract
A vertical bagging apparatus [101] comprises a bag station [105] having multiple stations [403A, 403B, 403C, 403D] for holding a variety of wicket-supported bags. A tooling assembly [107] accepts product for a product line and dispenses the product into an opened bag from the bag station. A bag transfer assembly [109] lowers the filled bag to a bag seal assembly [111] located vertically below the tooling assembly. The apparatus allows high speeds and quick-change of bags and bagged product.
Claims10
A bagging apparatus for bagging articles in bags supported from a wicket, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame:
- a bag station attached to the frame, the bag station comprising a plurality of wicket support bars;
- a tooling assembly disposed vertically above and adjacent to at least one of said plurality of wicket bars;
- a bag transfer assembly attached to the frame and comprising a bag engagement element for gripping a bag dispensed from said at least one of said plurality of wicket bars and transferring said bag to a seal assembly disposed vertically below the tooling assembly;
- and;
- a bias element cooperating with each of the plurality of wicket support bars for indexing a wicket wire of a bag wicket attached to said at least one of said plurality of wicket bars toward a frame stop attached to said frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.