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Method and apparatus for packaging loose material

US4348852A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 6, 1977
Grant dateSep 14, 1982
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Expiry dateOct 6, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B1/36
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A Method and Apparatus for automatically packaging granular or powdered material in envelopes wherein a belt supported horizontal column of material of uniform cross section is intermittently advanced longitudinally toward an envelope filling station in such equal increments that during each advance a leading end column section of predetermined volume falls into an envelope newly positioned at said station.

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