Apparatus for compacting product and high speed bagmaking
AssigneeFrito-Lay North America, Inc.
InventorPatrick J. Bierschenk
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Abstract
A method for compacting and packaging a plurality of slugs of product and apparatus for accomplishing the same. The invention describes collecting weighed product in an intermediate settling device to form compact slugs of product. The device can comprise a single settling chamber for each slug of product or can comprise multiple settling chambers which are axially rotatable. The slugs can be compacted by jostling and/or vibrating the settling device. Thereafter, the slugs of product are discharged to a multiple bagmaking packaging apparatus.
Claims9
An apparatus for compacting and packaging a plurality of product slugs simultaneously, said apparatus comprising:
- a multiple bagmaker, said bagmaker having a number of product delivery cylinders;
- a weigher split into sections, each section weighing and discharging a slug of product into a corresponding receiving funnel which guides product into a settling device, the settling device comprising at least four settling chambers, a gate, and a vibrator;
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- wherein said settling device is located between said weigher and said product delivery cylinders, wherein said settling chambers are axially rotatable within the settling device, and wherein a number of said settling chambers equal to said number of said product delivery cylinders are grouped at a single position.
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