Method for securing an array of components for processing in a gas-flush packaging machine
US6715264B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02W30/80
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus described to stabilize and secure individual component items in an array during gas flushing and packaging, without obstructing or preventing the free flow of the gas-flush throughout the component. In accordance with the present invention, when the array has been composed, it is over-wrapped with a loop of thin, inexpensive, gas-permeable film applied under pressure or shrunk around the array, leaving two opposite faces of the array free of the over-wrapping loop.
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