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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:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2003
Applicants:
David C. Ours, Marshall, MI (US);
Randall L. Cary, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Inventors:
David C. Ours, Marshall, MI (US);
Randall L. Cary, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Assignee:
Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B053/02 ; B65B057/00 ; B67B003/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a diameter reducing system for reducing the diameter of a flexible container as the container is filled. The system includes a shrinking device to shrink the container at the fill level as the container is filled with a plurality of particles. The shrinking device can include a heater to direct heat at the fill level. The container can be a bag formed from heat shrinkable material. Shrinking of the container at the fill level as the container fills promotes supporting engagement between particles.