GAS-BASED MATERIAL COMPRESSION AND PORTIONING

An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second...

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Main Authors SUNDBERG, Sean, POWELL, JR., Robert V, NELSON, Gregory L, NGUYEN, Thien, CHALKLEY, Jarrod W, EVANS, James D, STRAIGHT, Jeremy, NEWCOMB, Christopher R, YERKIC-HUSEJNOVIC, Berina
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LanguageEnglish
Published 30.12.2021
Subjects
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PRESSES
PRESSES IN GENERAL
STORING
TRANSPORTING
UNPACKING
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Summary:An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202016911838