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Reversible pressure sealer rollers

US5133828A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 4, 1991
Grant dateJul 28, 1992
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/18
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A pressure sealer for sealing pressure sensitive adhesive strips on business forms has only a single set of sealing rollers forming a nip. One roller is gear driven by a D.C. motor, and a spring applies a biasing force to press the rollers into contact with each other. A forward sensor and a reverse sensor are positioned just before the nip of the rollers, in a support surface for business forms, and cooperate with a computer chip to control the motor to drive a business form in a first direction between the rollers, until it has almost completely passed through the nip. Then the motor is reversed to drive the business form through the nip again in a second direction opposite the first direction. The business form is manually fed to, and removed from, the nip.

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