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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Applicant:
I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a., Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Inventor:
Fiorenzo Draghetti, Medicina, IT;
Assignee:
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano Dell'Emilia (BO), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 37/10 (2006.01); A24C 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 1/08 (2006.01); B65B 1/10 (2006.01); B65B 1/24 (2006.01); B65B 1/32 (2006.01); B65B 1/46 (2006.01); B65B 43/56 (2006.01); A24C 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 37/10 (2013.01); A24C 5/06 (2013.01); B65B 1/08 (2013.01); B65B 1/10 (2013.01); B65B 1/24 (2013.01); B65B 1/32 (2013.01); B65B 1/46 (2013.01); B65B 43/56 (2013.01); A24C 5/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
Filling apparatus () and method for automatically filling containers () for smoking articles with a desired metered quantity of incoherent material (M) of the fibrous type. The apparatus () comprises a first and a second filling station (A, A) each having one or more delivery devices () and being configured to deliver respectively a first and a second quantity of incoherent material (M) into each container (), wherein the second filling station (A) is disposed downstream of said first filling station (A) along a working line.