Method and apparatus for packing material

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EP 1 083 125 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/12

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	14.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/11

(21)	Application number: 00119314.3

(22)	Date of filing: 06.09.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65B 1/26, B30B 15/30, B30B 11/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

07.09.1999 JP 25276699

(71)	Applicant: Intermetallics Co., Ltd.
	Kyoto 615-8206 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Sagawa, Masato Kyoto 606-8294 (JP) Nagata, Hiroshi Ushigase, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8031 (JP)

(74)	Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)

(54)	Method and apparatus for packing material

(57) The present invention relates to a packing method and an apparatus implementing said method in which a material is packed into a container by an air tapping process in which the air-pressure state of the space comprising a container and a space part connected with said container, which space being loaded with the material, is switched several times from a low air-pressure state to a high air-pressure state alternately, while keeping said low at-pressure state equal to or higher than the atmospheric pressure existing outside said space, thereby preventing the material from getting blown up by the inflow of the atmospheric air outside the container and packing a material into said container homogeneously.

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