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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Stéphane Marceau, Rivière-du-Loup, CA;
Patrick Dumont, St-Antonin, CA;
Yann Gagné, St-Antonin, CA;
Billy Lapointe, Rivière-du-Loup, CA;
Stéphane Marceau, Rivière-du-Loup, CA;
Patrick Dumont, St-Antonin, CA;
Yann Gagné, St-Antonin, CA;
Billy LaPointe, Rivière-du-Loup, CA;
Premier Tech 2000 Ltee, , CA;
Abstract
A bag filling apparatus for packing loose material into a bag, comprising a feeding hopper for receiving the loose material and a hollow tube connected to the feeding hopper. The hollow tube comprises an upper section connected to the feeding hopper and a lower section slideably mounted around the upper section and movable between a raised position and a lower position where the lower section extends into the bag. The lower position is used upon discharge of the loose material into the bag. The apparatus comprises dust collecting means for collecting dust within the lower section of the hollow tube when the lower section is in the lower position and the bag is filled with the loose material. The apparatus further comprises means for moving the lower section of the hollow tube along a substantially vertical axis between the raised and the lower positions.