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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Corporation, Solon, OH (US);
Inventors:
Bryan Cassiday, Beaverton, MI (US);
Anthony P. Pagliaro, Jr., Lansdale, PA (US);
Jason B. Chapman, Clearwater, FL (US);
Sridhar K. Siddhamalli, Lutz, FL (US);
Assignee:
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Solon, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/1412 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an IR tube sealing device and method of sealing a polymer tube with infrared energy. In particular embodiments, the IR tube sealing device can be a portable, hand-held device adapted to receive and compress a polymer tube, and produce and direct infrared energy toward the compressed polymer tube to quickly form a permanent aseptic seal.