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Anvil for an ultrasound sealing unit

US5976315A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 4, 1997
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C66/81422
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Anvil for an ultrasonic sealing unit for sealing at least two sections composed of a plastic coated support material; wherein the ultrasonic sealing unit comprises a sonotrode movable relative to the anvil. The anvil has an anvil body with a sealing surface at a front of the body. The sealing surface has raised and indented areas where the raised areas are configured as narrow ribs. One of the ribs is a lower retaining rib running along a free lower edge of the sealing surface. Another of the ribs is a central sealing rib, above and parallel to the lower retaining rib, which central sealing rib extends across the entire width of the sealing surface.

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