Fill and packaging method
US7533513B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 26, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B25/06
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for filling food product drafts into packages. A supply of open top containers are arranged in rows and carried by an elongated web of film and are movable by the web into a fill station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable conveying surface, the conveying surface arranged above the fill station and having an end region extendable to a position arranged to deposit food product drafts into the containers of the first row by circulation of the conveying surface. The conveying surface is retractable, or extendable, to reposition the end to a position arranged to deposit food product drafts carried on the conveying surface into the containers of the second row and each subsequent row. A tamping apparatus is carried by the conveyor to retract or extend with the conveying surface end. The tamping apparatus has vertically reciprocal tamping elements arranged above the respective row being filled with food product drafts, the tamping elements actuated to press the food product drafts into the containers.
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