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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
James Birkle, Redwood City, CA (US);
Rob Van Uijen, Kapelaan, NL;
Rob Robinson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vivek Krishnan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Charles Daigle, San Jose, CA (US);
James Birkle, Redwood City, CA (US);
Rob Van Uijen, Kapelaan, NL;
Rob Robinson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vivek Krishnan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Charles Daigle, San Jose, CA (US);
Free-Flowing Packaging International, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for inflating and sealing packing cushions has a drive mechanism for feeding a preconfigured film material to a sealing mechanism in a flattened state without wrinkles in the sealing region in which a longitudinal seal is formed. In one aspect, the drive mechanism comprises a pair of upper adjacent belts and a backing element, such as a lower belt. The sealing mechanism may be a rotary sealing wheel that contacts the film material between the upper adjacent belts.