Patent ID: 6199601
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
An apparatus for filling a pouch having an opening with a product, said apparatus comprising:a hood having at least one wall defining a passageway, said passageway being open to air from outside said hood, said hood having means for dispersing pressurized gas into said passageway to displace said air from outside said hood;a fill tube extending into said passageway of said hood to dispense product for filling said pouch; andmeans for moving said pouch into said passageway to said fill tube, said means for moving supporting said opening of said pouch in said pressurized gas while product from said fill tube is dispensed into said pouch said means including a turret for moving said pouches through said passageway, said turret having a plurality of stations, said hood extending over at least one station, said turret having an opening station upstream of said hood.