Patent ID: 11858673
Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 12:
13. A packaging machine, comprising:
the doser mechanism of claim 1;
a material reservoir, the auger conveyor of the doser mechanism configured to draw material from the material reservoir;
a packaging supply device configured to supply a strip of packaging material that is folded to define an open enclosure having an enclosure opening, wherein the doser mechanism is configured to supply the material into the open enclosure through the enclosure opening to at least partially fill a distal portion of the open enclosure with a particular amount of the material;
a sealing device configured to join opposing surfaces of the folded strip of packaging material to isolate the distal portion of the open enclosure from a remainder of the open enclosure that includes the enclosure opening such that the isolated distal portion of the open enclosure establishes a sealed enclosure that contains the particular amount of the material in the folded strip of packaging material; and
a cutting device configured to separate the sealed enclosure from a remainder of the folded strip of packaging material to establish an article of packaging that contains the particular amount of the material.