B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
B
B65B 51/30 (2006.01) B65B 9/08 (2012.01)
Patent
CA 2214865
A crimper assembly includes upper and lower crimper bars which are rotated relative to a sheet of packaging material. A pair of upper crimpers are secured to opposite sides of the upper crimper bar, while a pair of lower crimpers are secured to opposite sides of the lower crimper bars. Each of the upper crimpers includes a metallic base having an outwardly facing portion with an undulating cross sectional shape. A slot is formed in the outwardly facing portion of the upper crimper, and a cutting blade is retained therein. In a first embodiment, an insert is secured to the base of each of the upper crimpers. The insert includes a rigid shank having a lip portion extending therefrom. Portions of the outer surface of the shank are covered by a layer of a relatively resilient material. The layer is formed from a material which is suitable for compressing overlapping portions of the folded sheet of packaging material to form an intermeshing seal pattern. The outwardly facing portion of the layer of resilient material includes a longitudinally extending, outwardly facing resilient crimping surface with an undulating cross sectional shape. The lower crimpers are formed in a similar manner, except that an anvil is retained within the slot. During operation, the crimpers are rotated such that the folded sheet of packaging material is compressed between the downwardly facing undulating surface of the upper resilient layer and the upwardly facing undulating surface of the lower base. As a result, the overlapping layers which make up the folded sheet of packaging material are sealed together to form a trailing edge seal for a packaged article. The cutting blade and anvil cooperate to cut the sealed packaging material into individual units.
Lako Tool & Manufacturing Inc.
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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