Flexible funnel for filling a pouch with a product

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9771174
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14032230

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A flexible funnel positioned at a filling station of a fill machine. The flexible funnel directs a product dispensed at the filling station of the filling machine into a pouch. The flexible funnel having a rigid upper portion and a plurality of fingers. The rigid upper portion includes an open top end and an open bottom end. Each of the plurality of elongated fingers hingedly connected to the upper portion. The rigid upper portion has a regular polygon shape having a plurality of sides, and each of the plurality of fingers is individually articulatable with respect to one of the plurality of sides of the upper rigid portion.

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  • POUCH PAC INNOVATIONS, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Murray, R Charles Sarasota, US 183 2006

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