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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2023
Cryovac, Llc, Charlotte, NC (US);
Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Gregory E. McDonald, Duncan, SC (US);
Gregory H. Grossman, Duncan, SC (US);
Joe A. Price, Duncan, SC (US);
Rod Hodgson, Duncan, SC (US);
John L. King, Jr., Duncan, SC (US);
Shuichi Nakamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshitaka Nii, Hiroshima, JP;
Silvio Rohrer, Stalden, CH;
Joel Caillier, Cham, CH;
Peter Schmalz, Hochdorf, CH;
Cryovac, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for vacuumizing and sealing a package includes a plurality of platens and vacuum chambers, each chamber adapted to mate with a dedicated one of the platens; a conveying system for conveying the platens and chambers along a generally angular path having a single axis of rotation; an automated loading assembly having a linear component and configured to load a package onto each of the platens; an automated unloading assembly having a linear portion and configured to unload a vacuumized, sealed package from each loaded platen onto an outfeed conveyor; and a vacuumizing/sealing system configured to cause relative movement of each chamber/platen pair, along a portion of the angular path, to form therebetween an air-tight enclosure accommodating the package and effect vacuumization and sealing of the package.