Grocery packaging apparatus

Abstract

Abstract A PACKAGING APPARATUS FOR RANDOMLY PACKING GROCERY ITEMS CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF VARIOUS SIZES OF CANS, BOXES AND THE LIKE INTO A NYLON NET OR MESH BAG, INCLUDES A SUPPLY ROLL OF TUBULAR NET MATERIAL FED THROUGH AN ANNULAR FEED ORIFICE, AND A TRAVELING HEAD WITH A LARGE CENTRAL APERTURE HAS A PLURALITY OF NET HOLDING FINGERS WHICH MOVE TO THE CENTER AT THE ORIFICE FOR PICKING UP THE NETTING AND OUTWARDLY TO THE EDGE OF THE ORIFICE IN A POSITION REMOTE FROM THE FEED FOR OPENING THE MOUTH OF THE NETTING. THE TRAVELING HEAD MOVES UPWARDLY AWAY FROM THE FEED ORIFICE PULLING OUT A PREDETRMINED AMOUNT OF THE NETTING. A LOAD CONVEYOR BELT MOVES THE GROCERIES TO BE PACKAGED INTO THE MOUTH OF THE BAG FILLING THE SAME WHILE THE NETTING IS OSCILLATED. THE FILLING BAG IS THEN SEALED AT THE BOTTOM BY HEAT SEALING AND CUTTING IT FROM THE SUPPLY, AND THE BAG IS TWISTED TO CLOSE THE MOUTH AND THE TWISTED NECK IS HEAT SEALED PROVIDING A SEALED BAG FOR THE CUSTOMER. THE SEALED BAG IS THEN RELEASED FROM THE FILLING UNIT, PASSED TO A CONVEYOR BELT FOR DELIVERY TO THE CUSTOMER.

Inventors

• 👤 Frank M Givin

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