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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Tna Australia Pty Limited, Lidcombe, AU;
Inventors:
Brian Pearson, Lidcombe, AU;
Andre Tombuelt, Wittringen, DE;
Assignee:
TNA Australia Pty Limited, Lidcombe, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 9/207 (2012.01); B65B 57/00 (2006.01); B65B 51/30 (2006.01); B65B 61/28 (2006.01); B65B 57/04 (2006.01); B65B 31/04 (2006.01); B65B 57/08 (2006.01); B65B 9/20 (2012.01); B65B 57/16 (2006.01); G01M 3/36 (2006.01); G01M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 9/207 (2013.01); B65B 9/2007 (2013.01); B65B 31/045 (2013.01); B65B 51/306 (2013.01); B65B 57/00 (2013.01); B65B 57/04 (2013.01); B65B 57/08 (2013.01); B65B 57/16 (2013.01); B65B 61/28 (2013.01); G01M 3/00 (2013.01); G01M 3/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly for forming bags, having a belt drive for feeding a film at a film speed to a former shoulder to form a tubular film, a set of jaws movable at a jaw speed to engage and seal a tubular film to form a closed bag, and a sensor assembly to provide a volume signal indicative of a volume of the closed bag, wherein the controller is configured to adjust at least one of the film speed and the jaw speed in response to the volume signal.