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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Tna Australia Pty Limited, Lidcombe, AU;
Inventor:
Brian Joseph Pearson, Lidcombe, AU;
Assignee:
TNA Australia Pty Limited, Lidcombe, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/36 (2006.01); B65H 9/08 (2006.01); B65H 9/10 (2006.01); G01M 3/00 (2006.01); B65H 43/04 (2006.01); B65H 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/36 (2013.01); B65H 9/08 (2013.01); B65H 9/10 (2013.01); B65H 29/003 (2013.01); B65H 43/04 (2013.01); G01M 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly () to engage seemingly closed bags () that contain a product. The assembly () includes a conveyor () that has a length () that is moved in a conveying direction (). A compression device () is adjustable in respective distance from the length () by a 'parallelogram' arrangement. The compression device () engages the bags () and compresses the bag () against the length (), with sensors (and) providing a signal indicative of the depth of the bags (), and therefore a signal indicative of bags ().