US4599849A
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Method and a machine for packing sliced products in a container to be vacuum sealed
Assignee: ETAP MASKIN AB
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Filing: 1983-11-02
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Granted: 1986-07-15
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Expires: 2003-11-02
Abstract
Abstract Method and machine for packing bacon bundles in blister packages. Bacon bundles (2) are placed in the blister package (15) by a lifting arm (17) having rotatable rods (21) and transversally extending tines (22). The rods (21) are rotatable over 90°. The distance between the outer tines is slightly smaller than the length of the blister package. If the bacon bundle is too long it will depend over the outer tine and the depending portion (24) will automatically be double folded at the positioning of the bacon bundle in the blister package.
Inventors
- 👤 Rene Lundstrom
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 16:24
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B25/00; B65B25/06; B65B25/065; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S53/00; Y10S53/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
A method of packing sliced products such as bacon bundles in a blister package or similar to be vacuum sealed, characterized in lifting each bacon bundle by several horizontal, transversally extending tines; bringing at least one rim portion of the bacon bundle to depend if the length of the bacon bundle exceeds the length of the blister package; introducing the bacon bundle in the blister package, the depending portion being folded below the remainder of the bundle; and vacuum sealing the blister package.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
83 words
A method of packing sliced products such as bacon bundles in a blister package or similar to be vacuum sealed, characterized in lifting each bacon bundle by several horizontal, transversally extending tines; bringing at least one rim portion of the bacon bundle to depend if the length of the bacon bundle exceeds the length of the blister package; introducing the bacon bundle in the blister package, the depending portion being folded below the remainder of the bundle; and vacuum sealing the blister package.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in pivoting the tines from a horizontal position, supporting the bacon bundle, to a vertical position, in which the bacon bundle is placed in the blister package.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
125 words
A machine for packing sliced products, such as bacon bundles, in a blister package or the like to be vacuum sealed, said machine comprising a lifting arm (17) having at least two lifting rods (21) extending laterally from the lifting arm (17) and being provided with several transversally extending tines (22), the lifting rods being rotatable in order to place said tines in a horizontal position and a vertically depending position, characterized in that the distance between the outer tines of each lifting rod is slightly smaller than the maximally allowed length of each bacon bundle, whereby the bacon bundle if too long depends over the outer tine in order to be double folded when the bacon bundle is in position in the blister package.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
125 words
A machine for packing sliced products, such as bacon bundles, in a blister package or the like to be vacuum sealed, said machine comprising a lifting arm (17) having at least two lifting rods (21) extending laterally from the lifting arm (17) and being provided with several transversally extending tines (22), the lifting rods being rotatable in order to place said tines in a horizontal position and a vertically depending position, characterized in that the distance between the outer tines of each lifting rod is slightly smaller than the maximally allowed length of each bacon bundle, whereby the bacon bundle if too long depends over the outer tine in order to be double folded when the bacon bundle is in position in the blister package.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A machine as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the tines in the vertically depending position are adapted to cooperate with the longitudinal rim of the blister package in order to prevent said rim from being contaminated by grease.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
156 words
A machine for packing sliced products, such as bacon bundles, in a blister package or the like to be vacuum sealed, said machine comprising a lifting arm (17) having at least two lifting rods (21) extending laterally from the lifting arm (17) and being provided with several transversally extending tines (22), the lifting rods being rotatable in order to place said tines in a horizontal and a vertically depending position, characterized in that the distance between the outer tines of each lifting rod is slightly smaller than the maximally allowed length of each bacon bundle, whereby the bacon bundle if too long depends over the outer tine in order to be double folded at the position of the bacon bundle in the blister package, and further characterized by pallets (5) to which each bacon bundle is transferred, and an outfeed station (12) in which preferably three pallets are gathered before loading a row of blister packages.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
156 words
A machine for packing sliced products, such as bacon bundles, in a blister package or the like to be vacuum sealed, said machine comprising a lifting arm (17) having at least two lifting rods (21) extending laterally from the lifting arm (17) and being provided with several transversally extending tines (22), the lifting rods being rotatable in order to place said tines in a horizontal and a vertically depending position, characterized in that the distance between the outer tines of each lifting rod is slightly smaller than the maximally allowed length of each bacon bundle, whereby the bacon bundle if too long depends over the outer tine in order to be double folded at the position of the bacon bundle in the blister package, and further characterized by pallets (5) to which each bacon bundle is transferred, and an outfeed station (12) in which preferably three pallets are gathered before loading a row of blister packages.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
A machine as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the blister packages are moulded from a sheet (14) and comprises several rows with preferably three packages in each row whereby all packages in each row is loaded at one time.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
A machine as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the tines in the vertically depending position are adapted to cooperate with the longitudinal rim of the blister package in order to prevent said rim from being contaminated by grease.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
A machine as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the tines in the vertically depending position are adapted to cooperate with the longitudinal rim of the blister package in order to prevent said rim from being contaminated by grease.
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