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US 2017/0144789 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for sealing or tying products
AssigneeDuoSeal Automatics B.V.
InventorGuido Maurinus Adriana Maria AARTS
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AssigneeDuoSeal Automatics B.V.
InventorGuido Maurinus Adriana Maria AARTS
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An apparatus for sealing or tying products includes a housing with a first tape dispenser comprising adhesive tape and binding means for binding tape from the a dispenser around a product or a bundle of products, At least one supply device is provided for supplying items to be connected, to the product or bundle of products. The binding means comprises a cell and an urging device for urging part of the product or bundle of products into the cell, especially towards a closed side of the cell. The urging device comprises a holding provision for holding an item provided by the supply device, such that when the urging device is operated for urging the product or bundle of products into the cell the item is urged against the product or bundle of products, preferably prior to binding the tape around the product or bundle of products in the cell.
Apparatus for sealing or tying products, comprising a housing with at least a first tape dispenser comprising adhesive tape and binding means for binding tape from said at least one dispenser around a product or a bundle of products, wherein at least one supply device is provided for supplying items to be connected to said product or bundle of products, wherein the binding means comprises at least one cell and an urging device for urging part of the product or bundle of products into the cell, especially towards a closed side of said cell, wherein the urging device comprises at least one holding provision for holding an item provided by the supply device, such that when the urging device is operated for urging the product or bundle of products into the cell the item is urged against the product or bundle of products, preferably prior to binding the tape around the product or bundle of products in the cell.
A bundle of products, tied by at least an adhesive tape extending around and adhered to a peripheral portion thereof, wherein between the tape and the bundle of products an item is enclosed at least partly.
A method for sealing or tying products, wherein adhesive tape is led over an open side of a cell of a star wheel, an adhesive side of the adhesive tape facing away from the star wheel, wherein a product or a bundle of products is pushed against the tape and into the cell, adhering at least part of the adhesive tape around at least part of the product or bundle of products, and rotating the star wheel around an axis, wherein the cell with the product or bundle of products is preferably moved along a feeding station for feeding a second tape, preferably non adhesive tape, over the cell and the product or bundle, adhering to the adhesive tape, tying the tape round the product or the bundle of products, wherein the star wheel is rotated further and the tape is or the two adhered tapes are cut, allowing the bundle to be removed from the cell, wherein the product or bundle of products is pushed into the cell at least by an urging device, wherein an item is pushed into the cell against the product or bundle of products by the urging device.
A method of using a sealer with a star wheel, an adhesive tape dispenser and a tape dispenser for a second tape, easier tearable than the adhesive tape, for binding products, especially fresh produce, comprising wherein adhesive tape is dispensed form the dispenser and wound around at least part of a bundle of products using the star wheel, where after a second tape is adhered to the adhesive tape, such that ends of the adhesive tape are covered by the second tape and do not adhere to each other, wherein the bundle of products is pushed into the cell by an urging device, wherein an item is pushed into the cell by the urging device, against the product or bundle of products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.