Food Storage Appliance with Biased Seal Profile
AssigneeSunbeam Products, Inc.
InventorsScott Ledger, Eddy Fung
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Abstract
A food storage appliance is provided including a housing, a lid pivotally attached to the housing movable between an open and closed position, an elongated heat sealing element, an elongated resilient bumper mounted on an underside of the lid with a plurality of elastic members which bias the bumper into an extended position when the lid is open, and when the lid is moved to the closed position the bumper sandwiches a portion of a food storage container to be sealed against the heat sealing element while the elastic members allow the bumper to adjust to maintain even pressure on the food storage container along the elongated heat sealing element.
Claims14
A food storage appliance, comprising:
- a housing;
- a lid pivotally attached to the housing movable between an open and closed position;
- an elongated heat sealing element;
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- an elongated resilient bumper mounted on an underside of the lid with a plurality of elastic members which bias the bumper into an extended position when the lid is open, and when the lid is moved to the closed position the bumper sandwiches a portion of a food storage container to be sealed against the heat sealing element while the elastic members allow the bumper to adjust to maintain even pressure on the food storage container along the elongated heat sealing element.
A food storage appliance, comprising:
- a housing;
- a lid pivotally attached to the housing movable between an open and closed position;
- a vacuum trough disposed in the housing;
- one or more electronic components including a vacuum motor fluidly connected to the vacuum trough and an elongated heat sealing element disposed in proximity of the vacuum trough;
- a resilient bumper mounted on an underside of the lid with a plurality of elastic members which bias the bumper into an extended position when the lid is open, and when the lid is moved to the closed position the bumper sandwiches a portion of a food storage container to be sealed against the heat sealing element while the elastic members allow the bumper to adjust to maintain even pressure on the food storage container along the heat sealing element.
A food storage appliance, comprising:
- a housing;
- a lid pivotally attached to the housing movable between an open and closed position;
- a heat sealing element;
- at least one stop extending downwardly from the underside of the lid which engages the housing in proximity to the heat sealing element when the lid is moved to the closed position to prevent further movement of the lid during evacuation or heat sealing of a food storage container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.