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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Claude E Monsees, Durham, NC (US);
William W Simpson, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Rexham Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53451 ; 53551 ; 53389 ;
Abstract
A package forming and filling machine of the type which forms sheet material into a tube and the tube into individual packages incorporates a pair of magnetizable bars which are suspended within the tube during filling and are magnetically attracted outwardly during filling so as to maintain the tube open for the fill material. Associated driven belts engage external tube surfaces and are timed to operate in coordination with the tube sealing, stripping and severing mechanism.