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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
David William Payne, Lutterworth, GB;
David William Payne, Lutterworth, GB;
ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITED, West Midlands, GB;
Abstract
The application relates to a twin lane tray sealer () comprising a pair of conveyors aligned with respective lanes for conveying trays to a heat sealing tool () and a pair of transfer mechanisms () each for transferring a known plurality of trays together and at a known separation from the respective conveyors to the heat sealing tool wherein the heat sealing tool () comprises a plurality of individually operable heaters (), each aligned with a respective tray in the tool in use. Control means is utilized to determine if a tray is missing from a group of trays transferred by the transfer mechanism. If a tray is determined as missing the control means is configured to not activate the heater aligned with the position of the determined missing tray in the tool.