Back to results
US 10,807,754 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for sealing or tying products
AssigneeDuoSeal Automatics B.V.
InventorGuido Maurinus Adriana Maria Aarts
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeDuoSeal Automatics B.V.
InventorGuido Maurinus Adriana Maria Aarts
Estimating the term…
An apparatus for sealing or tying products includes a housing with a first tape dispenser comprising adhesive tape and binding means for binding tape from the a dispenser around a product or a bundle of products, At least one supply device is provided for supplying items to be connected, to the product or bundle of products. The binding means comprises a cell and an urging device for urging part of the product or bundle of products into the cell, especially towards a closed side of the cell. The urging device comprises a holding provision for holding an item provided by the supply device, such that when the urging device is operated for urging the product or bundle of products into the cell the item is urged against the product or bundle of products, preferably prior to binding the tape around the product or bundle of products in the cell.
An apparatus for sealing or tying products, comprising a housing with at least a first tape dispenser comprising adhesive tape and binding means for binding the adhesive tape from said first tape dispenser around a product or a bundle of products, wherein at least one supply device is provided for supplying items to be connected to said product or the bundle of products, wherein the binding means comprises at least one cell and an urging device for urging part of the product or the bundle of products into the at least one cell, wherein the urging device comprises at least one holding provision for temporarily holding a first item of the items provided by the at least one supply device before the product or the bundle of products are contacted by the urging device, wherein the first item is urged by the urging device towards the cell and is released from the urging device, such that when the urging device is operated for urging the product or the bundle of products into the at least one cell the first item of the items is urged by the product or the bundle of products prior to binding the adhesive tape around the first item and the product or bundle of products in the at least one cell.
A method for sealing or tying products, comprising the steps of:
A method of using a sealer with a star wheel, a first tape dispenser and a second tape dispenser for a second tape, for binding a product or bundle of products, comprising wherein a first adhesive tape is dispensed from the first adhesive tape dispenser and wound around at least part of the product or bundle of products using the star wheel, wherein after the second tape is adhered to the first adhesive tape from the first tape dispenser, such that ends of the first adhesive tape are covered by the second tape and do not adhere to each other, and wherein the second tape is more easily tearable than the first adhesive tape, wherein the product or bundle of products is pushed into a cell on the star wheel by an urging device, wherein prior to pushing the product or bundle of products into the cell, the item is placed on the urging device, and is then released from the urging device in front of the cell, whereafter the product or bundle of products is engaged by the urging device and is urged into the cell with the released item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.