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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2022
Sealstrip Corporation, Gilbertsville, PA (US);
Jo Anne Forman, Pennsburg, PA (US);
Robert E. Lincoln, Blandon, PA (US);
Sealstrip Corporation, Gilbertsville, PA (US);
Abstract
A packaging line station having a frame, a die assembly, a drive motor, and an anvil roller. The frame has a base with two vertical stanchions extending upwardly from sides thereof and a top cross-member affixed across the stanchions. The die assembly includes a yoke affixed to the cross-member, a die wheel rotatably affixed to side arms of the yoke, a drive shaft affixed to the die wheel and a cutting die affixed to the die wheel. The drive motor is connected to the drive shaft. The drive shaft and the anvil roller extend between the stanchions. The cutting die and the anvil roller and spaced apart by a nip for receiving a traveling web. As the web passes through the nip the web is cut by blades of the rotating die to form a slit. An adhesive resealable tape or label is then applied over the slit.