Apparatus and Method for Sealing or Tying Products
AssigneeDuoSeal Automatics B.V.
InventorGuido Maurinus Adriana Maria Aarts
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Abstract
An apparatus for sealing or tying products, comprising a housing with at least a first tape dispenser and a star wheel, a slot defined by or through the housing, wherein the star wheel extends at least partly in said slot, wherein the star wheel comprises a series of first cells and a series of second cells, the first and second cells being intermittently disposed in the star wheel, each cell being open to a periphery of the star wheel and two opposite sides thereof, wherein an urging device is provided having at least one edge portion for urging at least one product to be tied into one of the cells, especially a first cell.
Claims15
An apparatus for sealing or tying products, comprising a housing with at least a first tape dispenser and a star wheel, a slot defined by or through the housing, wherein the star wheel extends at least partly in said slot, wherein the star wheel comprises at least a series of first cells, the first cells being intermittently disposed in the star wheel, each first cell being open to a periphery of the star wheel and two opposite sides thereof, wherein one of the star wheel and the housing is provided with at least one knife and the other of the star wheel and the housing is provided with an anvil, wherein the at least one knife is movable relative to the star wheel and/or wherein at least one of the at least one knife and the at least one anvil is movable relative to the star wheel and/or to the other of the knife and the anvil, wherein an urging device is provided having at least one edge portion for urging at least one product to be tied into one of the first cells.
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 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, 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 tape is cut by moving a cutting edge of a knife through the tape, by moving a knife at least partly out of the star wheel and/or by moving an anvil against said tape opposite a cutting edge of said knife.
Use of a sealer with a star wheel, an adhesive tape dispenser, for binding products, wherein adhesive tape is dispensed from the dispenser and wound around at least part of a bundle of products using the star wheel, wherein the bundle of products is pushed into and temporarily held in the cell by an urging device and/or a pressing device.
A bundle of products, provided around part thereof with a piece of adhesive tape, binding the bundle together, wherein a piece of a second tape, easier tearable than the adhesive tape, is provided to both ends of said piece of adhesive tape, extending over an interface where parts of the adhesive tape are interconnected and/or over a part of the bundle extending between said ends of said piece of adhesive tape, the bundle tied by at least the tape, wherein a container or item is provided between the tape and the bundle of products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.