Liner crimp device
AssigneeContainment Service Providers Company Limited
InventorsKevin O'Connell, Anthony O'Connell
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Abstract
A bag film crimping device has a socket having top and bottom components joined by a bridge. Each socket component has a pair of opposed limbs, and each limb having inwardly directed teeth. A plug fits between the limbs with a friction fit in a movement from proximal to distal, and it has outwardly directed teeth for engagement with the teeth of the socket. A cover slide over the socket to cover a space at a distal end between the limbs when the socket and plug components have been separated after crimping. The cover includes has tines for prising a socket limb from the plug as the cover is pressed distally after it has previously been used to cover exposed edges of film after crimping and the top and bottom components have been separated.
Claims14
A bag or liner film crimping device comprising:
- a socket having top and bottom components linked by a bridge, each component having a pair of opposed limbs extending proximally away from a distal end, wherein said bridge is capable of being broken or cut by a user;
- a plug having top and bottom components linked by a bridge wherein said bridge is capable of being broken or cut by a user,
- wherein said plug is configured to fit between the socket limbs with a friction fit in a movement from proximal at an open end of the socket to distal when inserted in the socket;
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- a cover comprising a top wall and being configured to slide over the socket bottom component in a proximal direction to a covering position at which the top wall covers a space at the distal end extending from a first socket bottom component limb of the socket bottom component limbs to a second socket bottom component limb of the socket bottom component limbs when only the socket bottom component remains after the socket and plug top and bottom components have been separated by breaking or cutting the bridges;
- wherein the cover is dual-purpose and includes at least one tine for, in a second use after removal from said covering position, prising a socket bottom component limb from the plug as the cover is slid distally.
A method of use of a bag or liner film crimping device comprising:
- a socket having top and bottom components linked by a bridge, each component having a pair of opposed limbs extending proximally away from a distal end, wherein said bridge is capable of being broken or cut by a user;
- a plug having top and bottom components linked by a bridge wherein said bridge is capable of being broken or cut by a user, wherein said plug is configured to fit between the socket limbs with a friction fit in a movement from proximal at an open end of the socket to distal when inserted in the socket;
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- a cover comprising a top wall and being configured to slide over the socket bottom component in a proximal direction to a covering position at which the top wall covers a space at a distal end extending from a first socket bottom component limb of the socket bottom component limbs to a second socket bottom component limb of the socket bottom component limbs when only the socket bottom component remains after the socket and plug top and bottom components have been separated by breaking or cutting the bridges,
- the method comprising:
- crimping a film within the socket by pressing the plug distally into the socket, cutting through the film and the bridges between the top and bottom socket and plug components, and sliding the cover proximally onto the bottom socket and plug components to a covering position so that the top wall covers exposed edges of the film and the space at the distal end extending from the first socket bottom component limb to the second socket bottom component limb, wherein the cover is dual-purpose and includes at least one tine and the method comprises further steps of removing the cover from the covering position and sliding the cover distally so that the tines prise open the socket limbs, and releasing the crimped film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.