Patent · US Expired

Heat sealing device

US4737231A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 1986
Grant dateApr 12, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/1741
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a device for sealing portions of an overlapped pair of single or composite films by contacting or facing an appropriately heated sealing surface of a heat sealing member. The heat sealing member is provided with the sealing surface in a part of its outer surface and with a sealed chamber therewithin in the vicinity of the sealing surface. The sealed chamber contains under decompression working liquid for evaporating and generating high-temperature condensable gas by being heated. The heat sealing member further has a heat source in the interior or the exterior thereof adjacent to at least a part of the sealed chamber for heating the working liquid.

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