B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
B
226/24
B65B 1/24 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1043310
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE: A method for packaging compressible material into a flexible-walled container on an intermittently rotating support carrying a holding means and an associated, vertically movable loading tube located above the holding means, the support being operable to position the holding means and its associated loading tube at each of a series of four work stations. The method of the invention includes the steps of beginning with the holding means and its associated loading tube located at a first of the four work stations and with the loading tube in its lowered position, positioning the container to be filled inside the holding means with a top portion thereof drawn up around the bottom end of the lowered loading tube, the holding means having rigid walls for confining the container to a desired, filled shape; operating the support to move the holding means and its associated loading tube to a second work station; delivering a predetermined quantity of the compressible material through the lowered loading tube and into the container, the quantity being in excess relative to the container; operating the support to move the holding means and its associated loading tube to a third work station; compressing the material down the lowered loading tube and into the container; operating the support to move the holding means and its associated loading tube to a fourth work station; raising the loading tube, and thereafter folding the top portion of the filled container over the upper surface of the compressed material to close the container; operating the support to move the holding means and its associated loading tube back to the first work station; and removing the closed, filled container from the holding means, after which the loading tube is lowered in preparation for the start of another operating cycle. An apparatus for carrying out the above method is also disclosed. The method and apparatus of the invention minimize manual labor in the packaging operation.
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