Automatic packaging machine

• US 3,323,280 A
• Filed: 02/19/1963
• Issued: 06/06/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Clarence W. Rausch
• Original Assignee: Clarence W. Rausch
• Inventors: Rausch, Clarence W.
• Application Number:
  US04/259,495
• Time in Patent Office: 1,568 Days
• US Class Current: 53/571
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 43/26 Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 51/07 Sewing or stitching

Claims

28. A BAG FILLING MACHINE COMPRISING:

A ROTARY TURRET TYPE BAG FILLER AND CONVEYOR HAVING A VERTICAL AXIS OF ROTATION WITH A BAG HANGER MECHANISM FOR HOLDING AND CONDITIONING BAGS WHILE ON AND ROTATING WITH SAID TURRET CONVEYOR;

AND A BAG MAGAZINE AND SINGLING DISPENSER INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL TRANSFER CONVEYOR DEFINING A FLAT BAG PLANE INCLUDING THE AXIS OF TURRET ROTATION, ALONG WHICH PLANE A SINGLED FOLDED BAG IS SUBSTANTIALLY DISPOSED AND SHIFTED BY SAID HORIZONTAL TRANSFER CONVEYOR RADIALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF SAID TURRET CONVEYOR INTO A FOLDED BAG PICK-UP POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID BAG HANGER MECHANISM ON SAID TURRET TYPE CONVEYOR.

57. A BAG FILLING MACHINE INCLUDING A CONTINUALLY ROTATABLE TURRET TYPE BAG FILLER AND CONVEYOR COMPRISING:

A NONROTATABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE;

A ROTATABLE STRUCTURE;

POWER MEANS FOR CONTINUALLY ROTATING SAID ROTATABLE STRUCTURE;

AND A PLURALITY OF BAG HANGER AND FILLER STATIONS MOUNTED ON SAID ROTATABLE STRUCTURE, EACH STATION INCLUDING MEANS FOR SECURING AND OPENING INDIVIDUAL FOLDED CLOSED BAGS DURING CONTINUAL ROTATION OF SAID ROTATABLE STRUCTURE.

58. A BAG FILLING MACHINE INCLUDING A ROTATABLE TURRET TYPE BAG FILLER AND CONVEYOR COMPRISING:

A NON-ROTATABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE;

A ROTATABLE STRUCTURE;

AND A PLURALITY OF BAG HANGER AND FILLER STATIONS AND STATION MOUNTING MEANS SECURING SAID STATIONS ON SAID ROTATABLE STRUCTURE, EACH STATION INCLUDING MEANS FOR SECURING AND OPENING INDIVIDUAL FOLDED BAGS DURING ROTATION OF SAID ROTATABLE STRUCTURE;

SAID STATION MOUNTING MEANS ALSO MOUNTING SAID MEANS FOR SECURING AND OPENING THE BAGS ON SAID ROTATABLE STRUCTURE FOR INCREMENTAL PLANETARY ROTATION RELATIVE TO SAID ROTATABLE STRUCTURE.