Bag-sealing apparatus and method
AssigneeVestel Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
InventorsMert KAHYAOGLU, Erkan TUNAY
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Abstract
Bag-sealing apparatus is provided for heat-sealing a bag. The apparatus has a heater arrangement operable to apply heat to heat-seal an open end of the bag. A bag detector detects the location of the bag relative to the heater arrangement. The heater arrangement is formed of plural heater portions. The heater arrangement is operable such that only the or each heater portion that overlies the bag as detected by the bag detector is caused to operate to apply heat to the bag.
Claims9
Bag-sealing apparatus for heat-sealing a bag, the apparatus comprising:
- a heater arrangement operable to apply heat to heat-seal an open end of a bag which is inserted in use into the bag-sealing apparatus;
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- a bag detector constructed and arranged to detect the location of a said bag relative to the heater arrangement when a said bag is inserted in use into the bag-sealing apparatus;
- wherein the heater arrangement is formed of plural heater portions;
- the heater arrangement being operable such that only the or each heater portion that overlies a said bag inserted in use into the bag-sealing apparatus as detected by the bag detector is caused to operate to apply heat to a said bag.
A method of heat-sealing a bag using a bag-sealing apparatus having a heater arrangement which is formed of plural independently operable heater portions, the method comprising:
- placing an open end of the bag in the bag-sealing apparatus;
- detecting the location of the bag relative to the heater arrangement;
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- operating the heater arrangement to heat-seal the bag;
- wherein the heater arrangement is operated such that only the or each heater portion that overlies the bag placed in the bag-sealing apparatus as detected by the bag detector is caused to operate to apply heat to the bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.