Automatic sequential bagging machine with constant feed and method of operation
US5813196A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B5/061
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and a machine for automatically bagging articles in a bag and in a sequential and uninterrupted manner. A plurality of articles are continuously fed to the machine and received in two or three compartments, herein three compartments. Once the third article is received in the third compartment, all three articles are discharged within a bag held under the machine. A control circuit, after a predetermined time delay actuates an article support element which is caused to enter into the third compartment or the first compartment depending on the sequence of loading the machine whereby to support a fourth article entering the third compartment due to the fact that the bottom end of all compartments is open. The feeding device is uninterrupted and continues to feed articles to the machine regardless if the bottom discharge gate is open and the sequence is automatically reversed, back and forth, between the first and third and third and first compartments.
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