Packaging machine
US4590734A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 4, 1984 |
| Grant date | May 27, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B55/027
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A packaging machine comprising an endless conveyor, a mandrel wheel disposed above the starting end of the path of transport of the conveyor and having mandrels, a closed main chamber enclosing the conveyor and the mandrel wheel entirely, a series of devices arranged on the top wall of the main chamber from the rear to the front in succession for making tubular blanks into containers by closing one end of each blank to form the bottom of the container, filling contents into the bottomed blank and thereafter closing the other end of the blank to form the top of the container, the series of devices having portions operative on the blank and extending into the main chamber, and a closed subchamber disposed to the rear of the main chamber and communicating therewith, the subchamber having installed therein a blank sterilizer and a blank transfer assembly for transferring tubular blanks from a blank shaping-feeding unit to the blank sterilizer and for transferring sterilized tubular blanks from the sterilizer to the mandrel wheel. The device for filling contents into the bottomed blank includes a filling nozzle and a liquid conduit disposed therebelow which is rotatably mounted so as to…
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