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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Frito-lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Patrick J. Bierschenk, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/00 (2006.01); B65B 9/20 (2012.01); B65B 37/18 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01); B65B 1/22 (2006.01); B65B 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/00 (2013.01); B65B 9/20 (2013.01); B65B 37/18 (2013.01); B65B 65/006 (2013.01); B65B 1/22 (2013.01); B65B 1/32 (2013.01); B65B 2210/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for compacting and packaging a plurality of slugs of product and apparatus for accomplishing the same. The invention describes collecting weighed product in an intermediate settling device to form compact slugs of product. The device can comprise a single settling chamber for each slug of product or can comprise multiple settling chambers which are axially rotatable. The slugs can be compacted by jostling and/or vibrating the settling device. Thereafter, the slugs of product are discharged to a multiple bagmaking packaging apparatus.