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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Augusto Picozza, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Richard Neil Tobin, Wellington, FL (US);
Andrew L. Hall, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Jeffrey A. Smith, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Augusto Picozza, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Richard Neil Tobin, Wellington, FL (US);
Andrew L. Hall, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Jeffrey A. Smith, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Sunbeam Products, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
An appliance for dispensing, forming and vacuum packaging a container is provided including a base, a vacuum motor disposed in the base, a vacuum sealing compartment formed in the base including a vacuum trough fluidly connected to the vacuum motor, a sealing element disposed in the vacuum sealing compartment adjacent the vacuum trough, and a bag roll storage compartment formed in the base vertically disposed above the vacuum sealing compartment. At least one section of the container material may be dispensed from the storage compartment and cut from the roll of container material and sealed on a first free end with the sealing element to form an unsealed container. The unsealed container may then be evacuated by the vacuum motor through a second free end inserted into the vacuum trough and/or sealed on the second free end with the sealing element to form a hermetically sealed container.