Patent ID: 6574940
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B65B,Y10S

Abstract:
Improvements in a packing machine for packing product in mesh bags with handles, said packing machine includes means for supplying a mesh and lateral bands, means for shaping the bags including means for closing the lower portion of the bag and means for filling each bag with the product, means for closing the upper end of the filled bags and means for transporting the filled and closed bags towards a machine exit, wherein the improvement comprises:a set of at least three loose rollers, with each roller horizontally disposed, and said loose rollers being vertically disposed between a tubular mesh which moves downwardly, and a vertically disposed frame is provided, in turn, with at least three other loose rollers in horizontal disposition in juxtaposed to the frame with the tubular mesh inserted between said sets of rollers; two oppositely disposed feeders of two thermoplastic material bands disposed below the loose rollers; two oppositely and vertically disposed plates disposed on the frame, and elastic means for outwardly pushing the plates to cause the plates to contact respective zones of the inside surface of the mesh, said respective zones having the respective bands superimposed there against, and welding means for heat welding each band to the mesh; two vertically and oppositely disposed flat wheels disposed below the welding means that shape two folds in and towards the inside of the mesh free of the bands; at least two oppositely and horizontally disposed rollers located on the flat wheels that turn in opposite directions, said oppositely disposed rollers being applied against the set formed by the tubular mesh and the two bands for dragging the set downwardly, and heat-weld means for closing the bottom end of the mesh to form the closed end of the bag, and means for cutting the mesh at the top to form the open-end of the bag.