Automatic bagging machine

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC BAGGING MACHINE COMPRISING A HOPPER, A FEED ROLLER BELOW SAID HOPPER FOR FEEDING MATERIAL THEREFROM, A FEED GATE POSITIONED ADJACENT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID FEED ROLLER AND MOVEABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID PERIPHERY TO CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL PASSING BETWEEN SAID ROLLER AND SAID GATE, A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, A PISTON WITHIN SAID CYLINDER, A GATE ARM CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FEED GATE AND SAID PISTON, CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE RATE OF FLOW OF FLUID TO SAID CYLINDER TO VARIABLY DETERMINE THE RATE OF PISTON DISPLACEMENT TO THEREBY DETERMINE THE RATE OF MOVEMENT OF SAID GATE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID ROLLER, A SOLENOID FOR MOVING SAID GATE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID ROLLER, A TIME DELAY SWITCH CONTROLLING SAID SOLENOID, MOTOR MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FEED ROLLER, A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT FOR ACTUATING SAID MOTOR MEANS AND SAID SOLENOID, A WEIGHING HOPPER FOR RECEIVING SAID MATERIAL FROM SAID ROLLER, WEIGHT RESPONSIVE MEANS SUPPORTING SAID WEIGHING HOPPER, AND MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID WEIGHT RESPONSIVE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE ACTUATION OF SAID SOLENOID.