Patent ID: 9180988
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A24B,B65B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use in the formation and filling of a pouched product, the apparatus comprising: (a) an elongated outer tubular member having a first end, a second end and an outer surface, said outer surface providing a surface for forming a pouch from a supply of web material thereabout; (b) an elongated inner tubular member, said elongated inner tubular member coaxially aligned within said elongated outer tubular member so as to form an annular delivery chamber and having a first end and a second end, said first end for receiving a product to be pouched, said second end having a plurality of circumferentially spaced exit orifices in fluid communication with said annular delivery chamber and directed radially inwardly, said second end for placing the product within the pouch being formed; and (c) an inlet hub adjacent said first end of said elongated outer tubular member and said first end of said elongated inner tubular member, said inlet hub having a first inlet in communication with said first end of said elongated inner tubular member and a second inlet in fluid communication with said annular delivery chamber; wherein the apparatus is configured to direct liquid from the delivery chamber through the exit orifices and into the pouch to coat at least a portion of an interior of the pouch with the liquid upon discharge of the product to the pouch to form the pouched product.