摘要 |
Apparatus for filling and handling bags with material in strand or other particulate form comprising a) an intermittently rotatable turret (1) having a plurality of stations for sequential indexing, b) a pair of chambers (33, 36) at each station for receiving measured portions of material to be packaged as each station is indexed at a material delivery position, c) means (20) for supplying material in measured portions to said chambers, d) means (33, 36) at each station for compressing the portions of material within the chambers, e) means (30, 31) for receiving and clamping a pair of bags at each station as each station is indexed at a bag receiving position, f) means for discharging (33, 34) the compressed portions from said chambers into said bags in pairs as each station is indexed at a material transfer position. |