Patents Assigned to Automatic Inspection Systems
  • Patent number: 4848065
    Abstract: A bottle bagger (10) for bagging a plurality of bottles (12) in a plastic bag (14) comprises an upstream part (16), a downstream part (18), a table assembly (20), a pusher assembly (22), a sealing assembly (24) and a bag holder assembly (25). In operation, the bag (14) is first placed on the bag holder assembly (25) with the open end of the bag facing the upstream part (18) of the bagger (10). Bottles (12) are fed seriatim by a conveyor (44) onto an infeed table (26) of the table assembly (20) and are thereafter pushed downstream into the plastic bag (14) and onto an outfeed table (76) of the table assembly (20) by a pusher paddle (132) of the pusher assembly (22). Subsequently, the bag (14) is sealed and excess plastic from the bag is severed upstream of the seal by upper and lower sealing jaws (198, 192) of the sealing assembly (24). The bagged bottles (14) are then ready for storage or shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Automatic Inspection Systems
    Inventor: Jerry A. Bott