Patent ID: 9694921
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B65B

Claim:
1. A method of filling a container and tamping a material within the container comprising: delivering a first material via a first conduit to a first container, the first conduit comprising a first top opening, a first bottom opening, and a first internal surface; tamping the first material in the first container by a tamper in a first position, the tamper comprising a tamping face and a tamper side surface oriented orthogonal to the tamping face, wherein a tamping face of the tamper is configured to move laterally along a substantially horizontal path from the first position to a second position, wherein the tamping face is configured to vertically compress the first material in the first container; delivering a second material via a second conduit to a second container, the second conduit comprising a second top opening, a second bottom opening, and a second internal surface, wherein the second internal surface of the second conduit comprises the tamper side surface in response to the tamper being in the first position; moving the tamper from the first position to the second position; and tamping the second material in the container by the tamper in the second position, wherein the tamping face is configured to vertically compress the second material in the second container.