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

Claim 0:
1. A packaging machine for making film wrapped pouches, comprising:
multiple stages for making film wrapped pouches on platens;
a track through the multiple stages;
movers carrying the platens through the multiple stages around the track; and, the movers move independently about the track through each of the multiple stages in an upward facing orientation in a first portion of the track and in a downward facing orientation in a second portion of the track; 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.