Container tamping system
OwnerJesus R. Oropezainventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for filling and/or tamping product in a container is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present disclosure is related to a device for filling a container with a material including a conduit comprising a top opening and a bottom opening, and a tamper integrally coupled to the conduit. The tamping face may be configured to move in a straight path along the axis normal to the plane of the bottom opening from the second position to a third position. The shape of the perimeter of the tamping face may be configured to mirror the internal shape of a provided container.
Claims18
A tamper configured to be integrally coupled to a container filler, the tamper comprising:
- a tamper side surface at least partially comprising an internal surface of a conduit, wherein the conduit is interposed between a top opening and a bottom opening of the container filler, wherein the tamper side surface at least partially mirrors a shape of an internal side surface of a container;
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- a tamping face configured to move vertically for tamping, wherein the tamping face is configured to move laterally along a horizontal path from a first position located outside of a channel interior to the conduit to a second position located interior to the channel, wherein a perimeter of the tamping face is configured to mirror an opening of the container.
A method of filling a container and tamping material within the container comprising:
- receiving product via a top opening of a filler;
- delivering the material via a conduit to the container through a bottom opening of the filler;
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- tamping the material in the container by a tamper having a tamping face and a tamper side surface, wherein the tamper is interposed between the top opening and the bottom opening of the filler, wherein the tamper side surface at least partially comprises an internal vertical surface of the conduit, wherein the tamping face is configured to vertically compress the material in the container, wherein the tamping face is configured to move laterally along a horizontal path from a first position located outside of a channel interior to the conduit to a second position located interior to the channel and wherein the shape of the tamping face is configured to mirror an internal shape of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.