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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1977
Norman Kelly, Sarnia, CA;
William T Fletcher, Sarnia, CA;
Derek J Holden, Camlachie, CA;
James J Welsh, Sarnia, CA;
Fiberglas Canada Limited, Toronto, CA;
Abstract
Apparatus for compressing and packaging articles, e.g. insulation batts, comprises a bomb bay door arrangement for receiving the articles in succession and depositing the articles in a first position in successive batches each comprising a stack of the articles, a compression chamber, a movable support for displacing the batches in succession from said first position to a second position in the compression chamber, a lifting fork for displacing a first one of the batches from the second position to a third position in the compression chamber to allow the displacement of the next succeeding batch from the first position to the second position, a vertical ram for compressing the first batch and the next succeeding batch together in the compression chamber, and a horizontal ram for discharging the compressed articles through a bagging snout for applying a bag to the compressed articles.