Patent ID: 6474050
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A device for filling and sealing sacks which are open on one side, comprising:a filling station for filling sacks; a plurality of grippers for transporting empty sacks, holding sacks while at the filling station and transporting filled sacks from the filling station; a conveyor belt for bracing and carrying away the filled sacks on a carrying run, said conveyor belt having a first end which starts in a region below the filling station and is supported under the filling station, means for raising and lowering, the first end of said conveyor belt, said raising and lowering causing fill material in the sack undergoing said sack filling operation to settle; and a vibrator movable with and in contact with an underside of said carrying run of the first end of said conveyor in the region below said filling station to vibrate a bottom of said sack to compress said fill material in said sack when said first end is raised.