Patent · US Expired

Side sealing mechanism for a packaging machine

US4380446A · kind A · utility

36Cited by
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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 1980
Grant dateApr 19, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 12, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB31B2160/10
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Heat sealing bars are spaced circumferentially around a rotatable drum and seal together two face-to-face strips of material as the strips are drawn continuously around the drum. The sealing bars are automatically moved radially inwardly and outwardly to change the circumferential distance between the bars and the effective diameter of the drum and thereby keep the bars in register with printed material on the strips.

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