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Patent No.:

US 11897649 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2023

Cut and seal method and apparatus

Applicant:

Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);

Inventors:

Jarrod W. Chalkley, Mechanicsville, VA (US);

James D. Evans, Chesterfield, VA (US);

Thien Hoang Nguyen, Glen Allen, VA (US);

Patrick S. McElhinney, Chesterfield, VA (US);

Assignee:

Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US);

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Chinyere J Rushing-Tucker

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 65/08 (2006.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65B 61/28 (2006.01); B65B 9/207 (2012.01); B65B 9/20 (2012.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/18 (2006.01); B29C 65/74 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B65B 51/30 (2006.01); B29C 65/30 (2006.01); B65B 57/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B65B 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 61/06 (2013.01); B29C 65/18 (2013.01); B29C 65/305 (2013.01); B29C 65/7451 (2013.01); B29C 65/7894 (2013.01); B29C 65/7897 (2013.01); B29C 66/005 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/133 (2013.01); B29C 66/135 (2013.01); B29C 66/4312 (2013.01); B29C 66/4322 (2013.01); B29C 66/83513 (2013.01); B29C 66/849 (2013.01); B65B 9/207 (2013.01); B65B 9/2049 (2013.01); B65B 51/306 (2013.01); B65B 61/28 (2013.01); B65B 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7128 (2013.01); B65B 29/00 (2013.01); B65B 57/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fin sealer and method to seal a radially outwardly directed fin of a tubular web structure by directing the fin through a nip between a first and a second fin sealing rollers while communicating heat to the fin through at least one of the fin sealing rollers is provided. The fin sealer is configured to maintain a nominal face-to-face relation between an outer annulus of the first fin sealing roller and an outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller with a flexible connection between a hub element of the second fin sealing roller with the outer annulus of the second fin sealing roller.

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