Bagging system for packaging a foodstuff

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9718568
APP PUB NO 20150183535A1
SERIAL NO

14493185

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One variation of a system for packaging a foodstuff includes: a ramp; a bag dispenser adjacent the ramp and dispensing a bag into a load position; a paddle pivotable about a hinge arranged above the ramp, comprising a leading edge opposite the hinge and engaging the ramp, and extensible between a retracted setting and an extended setting, the leading edge of the paddle in contact with the ramp in the retracted setting and inserted into the mouth of the bag in the extended setting; an actuator coupled to the paddle and extending the paddle between the retracted setting and the extended setting; and a conveyor advancing the a foodstuff toward the bag dispenser, foodstuff contacting a bottom surface of the paddle and pivoting the paddle about the hinge to separate an upper layer of the bag from a lower layer.

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CREATOR INC977 HOWARD STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Frehn, Steven San Francisco, US 37 343
McDonald, John Lawrence Oakland, US 21 189
Vardakostas, Alexandros San Francisco, US 40 366

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