Apparatus for bagging foodstuffs
CA 2025993 A1 · Owner: Volm Bag Company, Inc. · Inventors: Mueller, Alan C.
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An apparatus for bagging foodstuffs such as potatoes includes a carousel having a number of hopper recesses defined in a top surface and an electric motor and transmission assembly for rotatably moving the carousel. Each of the hoppers terminates in a chute for guiding the foodstuffs, and the carousel is vibrated in two separate directions in order to prevent the foodstuffs from becoming stuck. An automatic bag gripping mechanism is provided beneath each of the chutes, and is adapted to close when a bag is placed into position between its grippers when the carousel is in a first position. A control and interface unit continuously moves the carousel from the first position to a second …
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- Filed September 21, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 21, 2010.
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