| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6134864 |
Bag handling mechanism |
October 24, 2000 |
| A bag filling machine of the type having a discharge spout with clamps to hold a bag mouth on the spout is disclosed as incorporating gusset pleat gripping assemblies on opposite sides of the spout. Each of those assemblies has a pair of cooperatively actuable gusset gripping members |
| 6003289 |
Gussett control apparatus and method for bag filling machine |
December 21, 1999 |
| A bag filling machine of the type having a discharge spout with clamps to hold a bag mouth on the spout is disclosed as incorporating gusset pleat gripping assemblies on opposite sides of the spout. Each of those assemblies has a pair of cooperatively actuable gusset gripping members |
| 5979512 |
Top-off and weighing apparatus for filling bags |
November 9, 1999 |
| A device for topping-off a substantially filled bag with a final charge of particulate material to provide a predetermined final charge weight in the bag is herein disclosed. The device comprises a lower frame supported upon a plurality of load cells and an upper frame supported above th |
| 5768863 |
Gusset control mechanism for bag closing machines |
June 23, 1998 |
| A bag filling machine of the type having a discharge spout with clamps to hold a bag mouth on the spout is disclosed as incorporating gusset pleat gripping assemblies on opposite sides of the spout. Each of those assemblies has a pair of cooperatively actuable gusset gripping members |
| 5413157 |
Bag filling apparatus having dust-tight spout |
May 9, 1995 |
| A bag filling apparatus including a clam-jaw spout having an inner liner and interior chute suspended beneath a hopper. The bottom end of the inner liner is pleated, and a pair of air jets disposed on opposing sides of the liner project a stream of air toward each concave side of the lin |
| 5349996 |
Bag filling apparatus having dust-tight spout |
September 27, 1994 |
| A bag filling apparatus including a clam-jaw spout having an inner liner and interior chute suspended beneath a hopper. The bottom end of the inner liner is pleated, and a pair of air jets disposed on opposing sides of the liner project a stream of air toward each concave side of the lin |
| 5327947 |
Vertical auger type bag filler having a vibrating bowl with inverted venting cone and rotating a |
July 12, 1994 |
| A vertical auger bottom-fill bag filling machine including a conical auger bowl depending from a cylindrical hopper on rocker arms, with the auger bowl being connected to the cylindrical hopper and a fill tube by flexible gaskets. A vertical auger shaft extends through the cylindrical ho |
| 5238032 |
Product settler having vertically movable rollers |
August 24, 1993 |
| A product settler comprising a pair of spaced-apart carriages mounted for independent reciprocal movement in a generally vertical direction relative to a surrounding frame assembly. Each carriage has a longitudinal beam generally traversing the length of the product settler and disposed |
| 5191920 |
Z-belt type lifting and stabilizing mechanism for vertical bag filling machines |
March 9, 1993 |
| A lifting and stabilizing mechanism for an apparatus such as a bag elevator assembly for an automated filling machine having a stationary frame and a generally horizontal carriage mounted for vertical movement relative to the frame. The carriage is carried on a plurality of geared belts |
| 5113918 |
Vertical bottom-fill auger assembly |
May 19, 1992 |
| A vertical bottom-fill auger assembly including a bottom-fill auger bowl containing an internal rotating agitator or wiper element, and a vertical moving carriage or bag handling mechanism including a traveling bag settler. The vertical movement of the carriage or bag handling mechanism |
| 5113917 |
Vertical bottom-fill auger assembly |
May 19, 1992 |
| A vertical bottom-fill auger assembly including a bottom-fill auger bowl containing an internal rotating agitator or wiper element. The agitator or wiper has a blade element disposed at least partially within the auger bowl and carried on a rotating ring horizontally disposed at or near |
| 5109894 |
Vertical bottom-fill auger assembly |
May 5, 1992 |
| A vertical bottom-fill auger assembly including a bottom-fill auger bowl containing an internal rotating agitator or wiper element, and a vertical moving carriage or bag handling mechanism including a traveling bag settler. The vertical movement of the carriage or bag handling mechanism |
| 5042539 |
Vertical bottom-fill auger assembly |
August 27, 1991 |
| A vertical bottom-fill auger assembly including a bottom-fill auger bowl containing an internal rotating agitator or wiper element, and a vertical moving carriage or bag handling mechanism including a traveling bag settler. The vertical movement of the carriage or bag handling mechanism |
| 4944334 |
Vibrating hopper and auger feed assembly |
July 31, 1990 |
| A vibrating hopper and auger feed assembly including an infeed auger which transfers product from a main storage bin to a live bottom hopper, the live bottom hopper having a vibrating bottom pan and discharge spout, an inverted pressure cone which is centrally vented to the exterior of t |
| 4884389 |
Rotating carousel and bag handling apparatus for paper or plastic bags |
December 5, 1989 |
| A rotating carousel and bag handling apparatus comprising a rotating carriage plate driven by a motor and carrying a plurality of trays filled with bags. The trays are each maintained in a stable, level position by a timing collar, belt, and pulley assembly connected to each tray. As |
| 4612965 |
Automatic bag hanging device |
September 23, 1986 |
| The invention shows a device for hanging bags to be filled. A fold-down arm with suction cups grabs the front bag of a vertically oriented stack of bags and folds the top portion of the bag down over a drum. The top edge of the bag is then registered at a predetermined position at which |
| 4526214 |
Bag filling apparatus |
July 2, 1985 |
| Apparatus for filling bags and simultaneously providing complete, controlled collection and discharge of dust generated from particulate material with which the bags are filled. The discharge end of a spout positioned under a hopper is formed by a pair of closure members movable betw |
| 4432186 |
Automatic bag hanger |
February 21, 1984 |
| Apparatus for filling bags and providing completely controlled handling of bags from pickup through their movement to a bag closing station. A pair of elongated forming bars supported for up and down movement and traversing movement between a bag filling hopper and a laterally spaced |
| 4322932 |
Bag filling and handling apparatus |
April 6, 1982 |
| Apparatus for filling bags and providing completely controlled handling of bags from filling through their movement to a bag closing station. A pair of elongated forming bars supported for up and down movement and traversing movement between a bag filling hopper and a laterally spaced |
| 4147106 |
Tag feeding apparatus |
April 3, 1979 |
| A tag feeding machine particularly adapted for separating thin paper tags, of the type applied to feed bags, one at a time from a stack. A tag engaging member mounted on a movable arm and having a friction contact surface thereon is movable through a predetermined path on a displacement |
| 4038922 |
Apparatus for feeding tags |
August 2, 1977 |
| A method and apparatus adapted for processing tags, cards, or the like are disclosed herein. The apparatus preferably comprises a magazine for storing a predetermined quantity of tags and an associated slotted gate, feed dispensing system for automatically moving tags out of the magazine |
