US 11,878,829 B2
Packaging machine with independently controllable movers
Thomas M. McLenithan, Mt. Prospect, IL (US); Andrzej Kepinski, Mt. Prospect, IL (US); John Paselsky, Erlanger, KY (US); Jeff Williams, Cincinnati, OH (US); Richard McKenzie, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Richard Bishop, Erlanger, KY (US)
Assigned to NEW SPS POD, LLC, Mt. Prospect, IL (US)
Filed by NEW SPS POD, LLC, Mt. Prospect, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/063,980.
Application 18/063,980 is a continuation of application No. 17/226,591, filed on Apr. 9, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/226,591 is a continuation of application No. 15/276,287, filed on Sep. 26, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/232,570, filed on Sep. 25, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0106482 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 3/02 (2006.01); B65B 9/04 (2006.01); B65B 31/00 (2006.01); B65B 39/14 (2006.01); B65B 41/12 (2006.01); B65B 43/52 (2006.01); B65B 47/02 (2006.01); B65B 51/00 (2006.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65D 65/46 (2006.01); C11D 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 9/042 (2013.01) [B65B 3/022 (2013.01); B65B 31/00 (2013.01); B65B 39/14 (2013.01); B65B 41/12 (2013.01); B65B 43/52 (2013.01); B65B 47/02 (2013.01); B65B 51/00 (2013.01); B65B 61/06 (2013.01); B65D 65/46 (2013.01); C11D 17/042 (2013.01); C11D 17/045 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging machine for making film wrapped pouches, comprising:
multiple stages for making film wrapped pouches on platens;
a track through the multiple stages;
movers carrying the platens through the multiple stages around the track; and, the movers move independently about the track through each of the multiple stages in an upward facing orientation in a first portion of the track and in a downward facing orientation in a second portion of the track; and
a vacuum system, wherein the vacuum system comprises a vacuum manifold with vacuum nozzles positioned over the platens and the vacuum system is positioned between a powder fill head and a liquid fill head, wherein the platen moves under the powder fill head, then under the vacuum nozzle, and then under the liquid fill head.