Apparatus for handling flat retort pouches
CA 1092565 A · Owner: Continental Group Of Canada Ltd. (The) · Inventors: Hoffman, Johan D.W.
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Apparatus for handling flat retort pouches or the like having opposed walls and an open mouth. The apparatus includes a transport mechanism which carries a series of pouch holders in upright position to different handling stations. There is a magazine in which a pack of pouches are contained, feeding means for removing one pouch at a time and placing it in the holder, pre-opening means for initially opening the mouth by engaging its respective walls and separating them initially, means for suctionally engaging the walls to separate them further, filling means for placing a product in the pouch, mouth-closing means for bringing the edges of the walls of the pouch into juxtaposition at the …
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- Granted December 30, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 30, 1997.
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