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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Khs Usa, Inc, Sarasota, FL (US);
Donald Scott Peebles, Bradenton, FL (US);
KHS USA, INC., Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
A sealing bar assembly for a packaging machine includes a mounting frame, first and second sealing bar carriages carried by the mounting frame, at least one of the first and second sealing bars being movable with respect to the mounting frame, first and second sealing bars mounted, respectively, to the first and second sealing bar carriages and movable therewith, the first and second bars including, respectively, first and second opposed sealing surfaces, at least a first electromagnet assembly arranged adjacent to the first sealing bar, and a controller configured to selectively energize the first electromagnet assembly to move the first and second opposed sealing surfaces into and out of engagement across a web of packaging material passing therebetween.