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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2001
Christopher Stephan Wadium, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Benjamin Bradly Petersen, Tooele, UT (US);
Kenneth David Goodworth, Grantsville, UT (US);
David Loyd Sorensen, Stansbury Park, UT (US);
Daren Kay Searle, Centerville, UT (US);
Stone Container Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for filling and sealing of containers, such as sealable valved bags are provided. A sealable valved bag is placed in an upright, erect position, with its sealable valve structure presented to the apparatus, in a slightly open position, amenable to receipt of a filling nozzle of a filling tube. A bag sealing apparatus is placed at the same position along a processing path as a filling apparatus. The filling apparatus and the sealing apparatus are both configured for reciprocable movement into and out of engagement with successive ones of the bags, to enable filling, and subsequent sealing of each of such bags, without intermediate indexing of bags from a filling station to a sealing station.