Patent ID: 11878829
Assignee: NEW SPS POD, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 29:
30. A packaging machine for film wrapped pouches, comprising:
a track passing through a base film application stage, a filling stage, a lid film application stage;
independent movers engaged to the track, the independent movers carrying platens to the base film application stage, the filling stage, and the lid film application stage;
the independent movers provided with magnets affixed thereto wherein the independent movers are driven through the base film application stage, the filling stage, and the lid film application stage in an upward facing orientation at a slow speed and through a discharge stage and a return stage in a downward facing orientation at faster speeds by magnetic fields of linear motors; and, the platens comprising molds for forming film wrapped pouches; and
a vacuum system, wherein the vacuum system comprises a vacuum manifold with vacuum nozzles positioned over the platens and the vacuum system is positioned between a powder fill head and a liquid fill head, wherein the platen moves under the powder fill head, then under the vacuum nozzle, and then under the liquid fill head.