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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2021
Bartelt Packaging Llc, Covington, KY (US);
Nathan Geringswald, Bradenton, FL (US);
Adam Freed, Sarasota, FL (US);
BARTELT PACKAGING LLC, Covington, KY (US);
Abstract
A pouch feeding assembly includes a conveyor lane having a load end and a transfer end, wherein the conveyor lane includes a conveyor operable to move pouches in a conveyance direction from the load end to the transfer end, wherein the transfer end of the conveyor lane includes a downwardly facing pouch transfer window over which pouches at the transfer end are positioned. A transfer subassembly including a first transfer mechanism and a second transfer mechanism, the first transfer mechanism configured to engage a lower face of a pouch, pull at least part of the pouch down through the pouch transfer window and transfer the pouch to an infeed point of the second transfer mechanism.