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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsuo Inoue, Nagareyama, JP;
Tomoo Hosono, Nagareyama, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Automatic Machinery Works, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53552 ; 533742 ; 533743 ; 533759 ; 533762 ;
Abstract
A sealing apparatus applied to a vertical type flexible package forming, filling and closing machine includes a heater block arranged near a filling tube and having a heating ridge, and a web guide attached to the outer surface of the filling tube and having a pair of guide rails, and the heating ridge cooperates with the pair of guide rails to hold the joint of a traveling package web therebetween in such a manner that the joint is elastically deformed in convex form in cross section, whereby the joint is concentratedly applied with heat and thus is heat-sealed.