Patent ID: 6655116
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
A bagging machine for bagging material into bags having a closed end and an open mouth, comprising:a wheeled frame having rearward and forward ends; a tunnel on said wheeled frame having an intake end for receiving the material to be bagged and an output end adapted to receive the open mouth of the bag; said tunnel having opposite sides; a material receiving means on said wheeled frame forwardly of said tunnel for receiving the material to be bagged; a material packing means on said wheeled frame at the intake end of said tunnel for forcing the material to be bagged from said material receiving means into said tunnel and into said bag; and a density control assembly positioned rearwardly of the intake end of said tunnel; said density control assembly comprising a support which is operatively secured to said frame means and an inflatable bladder-like material engaging member supported by said support so that said bladder-like material engaging member is in engagement with the material being bagged to resist the movement of said bagging machine away from the bagged material, thereby controlling the density of the bagged material.