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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Daryl W. Shackelford, Waunakee, WI (US);
Craig R. Bonneville, Black Earth, WI (US);
Inventors:
Daryl W. Shackelford, Waunakee, WI (US);
Craig R. Bonneville, Black Earth, WI (US);
Assignee:
Alkar-RapidPak-MP Equipment, Inc., Lodi, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 47/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Packaging machines are disclosed including a web transport conveyor transporting a web of flexible packaging material from upstream to downstream locations through a series of stations. Packaging apparatuses are disclosed including a forming station and a closing station, each having movable die members that are counterbalanced. Methods of operating the packaging apparatus are disclosed.