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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1976
Cecil A Eddlemon, Gretna, LA (US);
Robert J Harris, Marrero, LA (US);
George E Hanson, Belle Chasse, LA (US);
H. C. Price Co., Bartlesville, OK (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for packaging thermoplastic fluid material is the subject of the present invention. The thermoplastic material is mixed at an elevated temperature and emptied in predetermined batch quantities into a holding area. A gate in the bottom of the holding area is operable to empty the batch of material in a very short time span. A plurality of heating elements are disposed beneath the outlet of the holding means and are maintained at a temperature high enough to cause parting of the fluid material as it passes over the heating elements. Thus the batch of material from the holding area will be divided into a plurality of individual masses as the material passes over the heating elements. By utilizing a number of heating elements equal to one less than the number of containers to be filled, and by spacing the heating elements equi-distances apart, the individual masses of material will be equal in size and the number of individual masses will equal the number of containers. The containers are positioned immediately beneath the heating elements to receive the material and are filled simultaneously.