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US 12,391,422 B1Granted
Sealing mechanism with punches and dies for securing packages
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLarry Joe Robb, Garett Ochs, Hang Tran Nguyen-Grove, Jacqueline Rose Lerro, Anupam Dighe
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Abstract
Packaging material is folded around an item. First punches are actuated to pierce through the packaging material at a first location, and first dies are actuated to receive a portion of individual first punches of the first punches. Second punches are actuated to pierce through the packaging material at a second location, and second dies are actuated to receive a portion of individual second punches of the second punches. A first press compresses the packaging material at the first location, and a second press compresses the packaging material at the second location.
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A method comprising:
- causing packaging material to surround an item;
- causing one or more first punches to actuate to pierce through the packaging material at a first location, wherein individual first punches of the one or more first punches are independently actuatable;
- causing one or more first dies to actuate to receive a first portion of the individual first punches of the one or more first punches, wherein individual first dies of the one or more first dies are independently actuatable;
- causing one or more second punches to actuate to pierce through the packaging material at a second location, wherein individual second punches of the one or more second punches are independently actuatable;
- causing one or more second dies to actuate to receive a second portion of the individual second punches of the one or more second punches, wherein individual second dies of the one or more second dies are independently actuatable;
- causing a first press to compress the packaging material at the first location;
- and
- causing a second press to compress the packaging material at the second location.
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A method comprising:
- causing a first punch to actuate in a first direction to pierce through a packaging material that is used to form a container, between a top surface of the packaging material and a bottom surface of the packaging material, wherein the first punch forms at least a first tab from the top surface of the packaging material and a second tab from the bottom surface of the packaging material;
- causing a first die to actuate in a second direction to receive a first portion of the first punch;
- causing a second punch to actuate in the first direction to pierce through the packaging material, between the top surface and the bottom surface, wherein the second punch forms at least a third tab from the top surface of the packaging material and a fourth tab from the bottom surface of the packaging material;
- causing a second die to actuate in the second direction to receive a second portion of the second punch;
- causing a first upper press and a first lower press to actuate to compress the packaging material at a first end of the container, wherein at least the first tab and the second tab are compressed via the first lower press against the bottom surface of the packaging material;
- and
- causing a second upper press and a second lower press to actuate to compress the packaging material at a second end of the container, wherein at least the third tab and the fourth tab are compressed via the second lower press against the bottom surface of the packaging material.
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A method comprising:
- causing a packaging material to surround an item;
- causing one or more first punches to actuate to pierce through the packaging material at a first location to form first tabs,
- wherein at the first location, the packaging material includes a first segment of a first layer of the packaging material and a second segment of a second layer of the packaging material, and
- wherein the first tabs are created from the first segment of the first layer and the second segment of the second layer;
- causing one or more second punches to actuate to pierce through the packaging material at a second location to form second tabs,
- wherein at the second location, the packaging material includes a third segment of the first layer of the packaging material and a fourth segment of the second layer of the packaging material, and
- wherein the second tabs are created from the third segment of the first layer and the fourth segment of the second layer;
- causing a first press to compress the packaging material at the first location to compress the first tabs to secure the packaging material together, wherein the first tabs are compressed against the second layer of the packaging material;
- and
- causing a second press to compress the packaging material at the second location to compress the second tabs to secure the packaging material together, wherein the second tabs are compressed against the second layer of the packaging material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.