Pouch conditioning methods and apparatus
US5331790A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B61/24
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pouch conditioner inverts a group of pouches, urges them together while conditioning the by vibrating them, reinverts them and deposits them into a confine container. Product is more evenly dispersed throughout the pouch, reducing the maximum pouch thickness and allowing packaging of a group of pouches in a smaller case than possible with pouches having product which is settled in the pouch bottom.
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