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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Valley Tissue Packaging, Inc., Kaukauna, WI (US);
Inventor:
Michael Rooyakkers, Combined Locks, WI (US);
Assignee:
Valley Tissue Packaging, Inc., Kaukauna, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 63/02 (2006.01); B65B 35/24 (2006.01); B65B 25/14 (2006.01); B65G 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 63/026 (2013.01); B65B 35/243 (2013.01); B65G 15/14 (2013.01); B65B 25/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
An infeed system for feeding a product downstream to a packaging machine for packaging a product with a packaging material includes a first conveyor section, a second conveyor section, and a third conveyor section. Each one of the conveyor sections includes a top belt and a bottom belt that engage respective surfaces of the product. The speeds of each belt may be adjusted to control the processing rate of the product and prevent any gaps between successive products. The top belt of the first conveyor system may also be inclined relative to the bottom belt to compress the product.