US20040060265A1 - Controlling the flow of a powder - Google Patents

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US20040060265A1
US20040060265A1 US10/609,132 US60913203A US2004060265A1 US 20040060265 A1 US20040060265 A1 US 20040060265A1 US 60913203 A US60913203 A US 60913203A US 2004060265 A1 US2004060265 A1 US 2004060265A1
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Dale Ploeger
Derrick Parks
Diane Brannigan
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B37/00—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged
    • B65B37/08—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged by rotary feeders
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • B65B1/08—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles by vibratory feeders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B1/366—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods with measuring pockets moving in an endless path about a horizontal axis of symmetry
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