Patent ID: 9533775
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B65B

Claim:
1. A high speed particle packaging machine, comprising: a weighing station, operable to weigh a cluster of particles; a densification station, positioned downstream of the weighing station and being operable to collect a cluster of particles released from the weighing station to densify the cluster of particles; the densification station including an openable gate operable to selectively and instantaneously release the cluster of particles collected at the densification station; and a bagging station, positioned downstream of the densification station and being operable to receive the densified cluster of particles after being released by the gate; wherein the densification station includes a chute having a channel formed therein and extending downward from the gate toward the bagging station, the chute defined by a vertical wall; wherein the cluster of particles follows an uninterrupted downstream path from the densification station to the bagging station and the chute has a vent opening therein between the gate and the bagging station.