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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Alkar-rapidpak, Inc., Lodi, WI (US);
Inventor:
Craig R. Bonneville, Black Earth, WI (US);
Assignee:
Alkar-RapidPak, Inc., Lodi, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 41/12 (2006.01); B65B 61/04 (2006.01); B29C 51/26 (2006.01); B65B 59/04 (2006.01); B29C 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 51/30 (2006.01); B65B 47/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 47/02 (2006.01); B65B 9/04 (2006.01); B65B 47/10 (2006.01); B65B 11/50 (2006.01); B65B 11/52 (2006.01); B65B 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 41/12 (2013.01); B29C 31/006 (2013.01); B29C 51/26 (2013.01); B29C 51/30 (2013.01); B65B 47/06 (2013.01); B65B 59/04 (2013.01); B29C 66/112 (2013.01); B29C 66/131 (2013.01); B29C 66/53461 (2013.01); B29C 66/8167 (2013.01); B29C 66/849 (2013.01); B29C 66/8432 (2013.01); B29C 66/8762 (2013.01); B65B 7/162 (2013.01); B65B 7/164 (2013.01); B65B 7/2878 (2013.01); B65B 9/04 (2013.01); B65B 11/50 (2013.01); B65B 11/52 (2013.01); B65B 47/02 (2013.01); B65B 47/10 (2013.01); B65B 61/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A web packaging machine for forming a food product package from a lower web of packaging material and an upper web of packaging material includes a frame, a web transport conveyor extending along the frame and configured to transport the lower web of packaging material along the frame, and a die box pivotally coupled to the frame and configured to form or close the food product package. A lift assembly is pivotally coupled to the frame and configured to assist manual pivoting of the die box relative to the frame.