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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raymond G Buchko, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Rapidpak, Inc., Appleton, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53453 ; 53478 ; 53559 ; 53251 ;
Abstract
An indexing motion apparatus and method for advancing and vacuum sealing a plurality of connected, preformed trays. The connected, preformed trays are supplied by an indexing conveyor belt assembly which delivers the preformed trays to an advancement mechanism indexingly driven by a programmable servo motor. After the preformed trays are loaded and evacuated, a flexible web of packaging material is disposed in overlying relation to the preformed trays and sealed thereto. A cutting mechanism severs the sealed, preformed trays longitudinally and transversely.