Packaging station and method of operating a packaging station

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11753197
APP PUB NO 20200369418A1
SERIAL NO

16988951

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An apparatus includes a product metering device, first and second container preparation systems, and a controller. The product metering device is configured to dispense a product. The first and second container preparation systems are configured to dispense first and second containers, respectively, for receiving the product from the product metering device. The first and second container preparation systems include first and second severed container material transporting devices, respectively, operable to transport the first and second containers, respectively, from the first and second container preparation systems, respectively, to the product metering device. The controller simultaneously controls (i) one of the first container preparation system and the second container preparation system to prepare one of the first container and the second container, and (ii) the product metering device to dispense the product into the other of the first container and the second container.

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KELLANOVAONE KELLOGG SQUARE P O BOX 3599 BATTLE CREEK MI 49016-3599

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Michels, John Joseph Portage, US 25 340

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