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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:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
May. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Tomanovits, Richmond, VA (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53459 ; 53572 ; 533841 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for automatic bagging of compressed bricks of material such as tobacco. The apparatus is provided with a bag opening mechanism, a bag magazine for containing a plurality of bags, a reciprocating table which retracts away from the brick loading mechanism after the compressed brick has been loaded into the opened bag, and a tilt table for dropping the bagged brick onto a take-away conveyor.