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US 2003/0140603 A1Published application
Vacuum sealing bag apparatus
AssigneeHP Intellectual Corp.
InventorsVictor A. Krasenics JR., Marc P. Ortins
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Abstract
A bag sealing apparatus including a frame having a fixed bag insertion slot into a vacuum chamber, a heat sealer connected to the frame, and means forming a vacuum connected to the vacuum chamber. The heat sealer is for sealing a bag located in the slot.
Claims31
A bag sealing apparatus comprising:
- a frame having a fixed bag insertion slot into a vacuum chamber;
- a heat sealer connected to the frame for sealing a bag located in the slot;
- and
- means for forming a vacuum within the vacuum chamber.
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A bag sealing apparatus comprising:
- a frame having a bag receiving area;
- a bag sealer connected to the frame;
- and
- a vacuum system connected to the bag receiving area, wherein the vacuum system comprises a cleanout chamber connected between the bag receiving area and means forming the vacuum for collecting food or liquid exiting an open end of a bag inserted into the bag receiving area.
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A method for heat sealing an open end of a bag comprising steps of:
- inserting the open end of the bag into a fixed slot in a frame of a bag sealing apparatus;
- moving a clamp of the apparatus to clamp onto the open end, wherein the clamp is located at the fixed slot;
- applying a negative pressure to the open end of the bag;
- and
- heat sealing the open end of the bag.
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A method for vacuum sealing an open end of a bag comprising steps of:
- inserting the open end of the bag into a bag receiving area of a bag sealing apparatus;
- applying a negative pressure to the open end of the bag at the bag receiving area;
- and
- evacuating liquid, pulled from the open end of the bag into the bag receiving area, to a liquid holding chamber separate from the bag receiving area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.