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Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Ats Automation Tooling Systems Inc., Cambridge, CA;

Inventors:

Richard Lees, Cambridge, CA;

Roger Hogan, Cambridge, CA;

Paul Green, Cambridge, CA;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 51/14 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/18 (2006.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 51/14 (2013.01); B29C 65/18 (2013.01); B29C 66/81 (2013.01); B29C 66/8246 (2013.01); B29C 66/9221 (2013.01); B29C 66/9261 (2013.01); B65B 61/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A packaging system for film including: a controller; and a seal jaw controlled by the controller, wherein the seal jaw includes: a first sealing bar; a second sealing bar; a servo motor controlling movement of at least one of the first and the second sealing bars between an open position and a closed position, where the sealing bars are in contact; and a pneumatic cylinder, connected with at least one of the first and second sealing bars, and controlling a pressure between the sealing bars when in the closed position. A method of creating a seal in packaging film, the method including: moving, via a servo motor, a first sealing bar and a second sealing bar from an open position to a closed position; and upon reaching the closed position, clamping, via a pneumatic cylinder, the sealing bars to create a seal in the packaging film.


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