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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Frito-lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Ashish Anand, Frisco, TX (US);
Vibhav Jindal, Gurgaon, IN;
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A novel system and apparatus for bagmaking is disclosed herein. In particular, a former assembly is described which includes a collar flange having an aperture passing through from a first side to a second side. A wing assembly, which is mounted to the collar flange, has a former wing and a crown tube. The crown tube extends at least partially through the aperture of the collar flange. The former assembly also includes a transition tube having an elongate cylindrical body that passes through the crown tube and the aperture of the collar flange. A set of handles extends from the collar flange towards an upstream end of the elongate cylindrical body. Additionally, the former assembly has a center of gravity, determined from a reference coordinate system, with a y-component that is not further than 43 mm from the y-axis.