Patent · US Expired

Flat sided forming tube for a form-fill-seal machine

US5255497A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 4, 1991
Grant dateOct 26, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B2220/08
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A form-fill-seal machine, for converting a continuous sheet of sealable film into bags, filling and then sealing the bags, in which the vertical forming tube is fabricated from a rectangular sheet of stainless steel material by making a plurality of equal angle and equal spaced bends in the stainless steel material and joining the ends together with a butt weld such that the vertical forming tube has a regular polygon cross section

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