B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
B
B65B 43/30 (2006.01) B65B 43/18 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2393185
An apparatus and method for automatic opening of bags uses bags in a folded configuration that include a small aperture near the top thereof. The aperture allows a number of bags to be hung in a substantially vertical orientation on an angled protruding member. A vacuum-operated device engages one side of one of the bags and extracts it from the protruding member. The bag, still in the folded configuration, is moved into position opposite a second vacuum-operated device. The second vacuum- operated device engages the extracted bag on the opposite side of the bag from the first vacuum-operated device. The second vacuum-operated device is activated and one or both of the vacuum-operated devices are moved away from each other to open the bag into an unfolded configuration. The unfolded bag may be positioned in a loading area by synchronized movement of both vacuum-operated devices.
Germunson Gary G.
Main Timothy B.
Smart & Biggar
Yakima Packaging Automation Inc.
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