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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 10, 2022
Spee-dee Packaging Machinery, Inc., Sturtevant, WI (US);
Joshua A. Schwartz, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
James R. Knudsen, Racine, WI (US);
Ronald B. Brandt, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
James P. Navin, Burlington, WI (US);
Anthony D. Stefanelli, Boyceville, WI (US);
Darren Beahler, West Allis, WI (US);
Andrew Boles, Kenosha, WI (US);
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc., Sturtevant, WI (US);
Abstract
A rotary filling machine includes a rotatable fill plate with fill openings defined therein, a plurality of circumferentially spaced drop buckets mounted above the fill plate and configured to rotate with the fill plate, and a rotating mounting plate mounted on top of the fill plate and disposed below the drop buckets. Each drop bucket includes an inner radial wall, an outer radial wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall surrounding a volume bounded by top and bottom openings. A coupler for each drop bucket includes a first connector, such as a socket, extending from an outer surface of the inner radial wall and a mating connector, such as a post, extending upwardly from the mounting ring. A plurality of ridges or protrusions are formed on a side surface of at least one of the walls to reduce the planar surface area available for adhesion to materials being dispensed.