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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2006
Applicants:
Keith W. Sterner, Bethlehem, PA (US);
David R. Gill, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
John F. Simonof, Jr., Easton, PA (US);
Inventors:
Keith W. Sterner, Bethlehem, PA (US);
David R. Gill, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
John F. Simonof, Jr., Easton, PA (US);
Assignee:
Flexicon Corporation, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bulk bag filler is provided having a frame assembly, a bag filling head, rotatable hooks for engaging bag loops and latch assemblies to engage the rotatable hooks. Each of the latch assemblies include an actuatable latch pin to release the rotatable hook, and upon release, the latch assemblies are gravity driven to return to a latching position in which the rotatable hooks are re-engageable. A method for loading a bulk bag with a bulk material is also provided.