Packaging machine with pouch transfer and opening mechanism
US4330288A · kind A · utility
15Cited by
7References
10Claims
0Family size
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 1980 |
| Grant date | May 18, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B43/123
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Successive pouches severed from the leading end of a continuously moving strip of pouches are picked up by a series of spaced paddle assemblies and are turned from edgewise positions to broadwise positions. Each paddle assembly ducks into the pouch to pick up and turn the pouch and opens the pouch just prior to turning it to a broadwise position. Thereafter, the paddle assemblies release the pouches to carriers which advance the pouches through filling and closing stations. The carriers are more closely spaced than the paddle assemblies and are advanced at a slower rate than the paddle assemblies.
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