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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1997
Satoshi Kume, Tokushima-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Katayama, Tokushima-ken, JP;
Shigenori Tawa, Tokushima-ken, JP;
Michio Ueda, Tokushima-ken, JP;
Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd., Tokushima-ken, JP;
Abstract
A cutting device is provided for securing the cutting of the lateral sealed parts of a tubular packaging material web in the filling and packing machine of a filling and packaging apparatus that manufactures package containers each have a rectangular cross section and are filled with a fluid such as juice, etc. The cutting device includes the tubular packaging material web which is filled with a fluid, a pair of seal bars for laterally sealing the packaging material web, a cutter for cutting the packing material web at sealed parts thereof by a length corresponding to one container, fluid (such as air) pressure serving as a means for giving a biasing force to the cutter in a direction to retreat the cutter, and a pressure sensor capable of detecting a change of the fluid pressure in the supply passage.