Pressure sealing system
AssigneePPI Technologies Global, LLC
InventorR. Charles Murray
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a sealing system for sealing together at least a pair of flexible pouch material layers. The sealing station can have a first sealing bar, a second sealing bar and a drive system that is in contact with the first sealing bar. The drive system is operable to move the first sealing bar between an open position and a closed position such that the first sealing bar can apply a predefined pressure on the flexible pouch material layers when positioned or located between the sealing bars. A pressure sensor is also included and in communication with the drive system, the pressure sensor operable to detect if the drive system applies less or too much pressure than the predefined pressure on the flexible pouch material layers located between the first and second sealing bars.
Claims16
A sealing station for sealing together a pair of oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material, said sealing station comprising:
- a first sealing bar and a second sealing bar;
- a drive system contacting said first sealing bar, said drive system operable to move said first sealing bar between an open position and a closed position, said first sealing bar applying a predefined pressure on a pair of oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material located between said first and second sealing bars when in said closed position;
- a pressure sensor in communication with said drive system, said pressure sensor operable to detect if said drive system applies less or too much pressure than said predefined pressure on the pair of oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material located between said first and second sealing bars.
A process for ensuring proper sealing of a pair of oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material to each other, the process comprising:
- providing at least a pair of layers of flexible pouch material;
- providing a sealing station having:
- a first sealing bar and a second sealing bar;
- a drive system contacting the first sealing bar, the drive system operable to move the first sealing bar between an open position and a closed position with the closed position applying a predefined pressure on the pair of layers of flexible pouch material when the layers are located between the first and second sealing bars;
- a pressure sensor in communication with the drive system, the pressure sensor operable to detect if the drive system applies less or too much pressure than the set pressure on the pair of oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material located between the first and second sealing bars;
- an alarm in communication with the pressure sensor;
- placing the pair of oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material between the first sealing bar and the second sealing bar when the first sealing bar is in the open position,
- moving the first sealing bar to the closed position and applying a pressure on the layers of flexible pouch material using the drive system;
- detecting the pressure applied to the layers of flexible pouch material using the pressure sensor;
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- alerting a user when the pressure applied to the layers of flexible pouch material is less or too much pressure than the predefined pressure using the alarm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.