Liner crimp device
AssigneeContainment Service Providers Company Limited
InventorsKevin O'CONNELL, Anthony O'CONNELL
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Abstract
A bag film crimping device has a socket having top and bottom components joined by a bridge. Each socket component has a pair of opposed limbs, and each limb having inwardly directed teeth. A plug fits between the limbs with a friction fit in a movement from proximal to distal, and it has outwardly directed teeth for engagement with the teeth of the socket. A cover slide over the socket to cover a space at a distal end between the limbs when the socket and plug components have been separated after crimping. The cover includes has tines for prising a socket limb from the plug as the cover is pressed distally after it has previously been used to cover exposed edges of film after crimping and the top and bottom components have been separated.
Claims16
A bag or liner film crimping device comprising:
- a socket having top and bottom components linked by a frangible bridge, each component having a pair of opposed limbs extending proximally;
- a plug having top and bottom components linked by a frangible bridge and being configured to fit between the socket limbs with a friction fit in a movement from proximal at an open end of the socket to distal when inserted in the socket;
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- a cover comprising a top wall and being configured to slide over the socket bottom component to a covering position at which the top wall covers a space at the distal end between the limbs when the socket and plug top and bottom components have been separated by breaking the bridges after crimping.
A method of use of a bag or liner film crimping device comprising:
- a socket having top and bottom components linked by a frangible bridge, each component having a pair of opposed limbs extending proximally;
- a plug having top and bottom components linked by a frangible bridge and being configured to fit between the socket limbs with a friction fit in a movement from proximal at an open end of the socket to distal when inserted in the socket;
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- a cover comprising a top wall and being configured to slide over the socket bottom component to a covering position at which the top wall covers a space at the distal end between the limbs when the socket and plug top and bottom components have been separated by breaking the bridges after crimping,
- the method comprising:
- crimping a film within the socket by pressing the plug distally into the socket, cutting through the film and the bridges between the top and bottom socket and plug components, and
- pressing the cover proximally onto the lower socket and plug components to a covering position so that it covers exposed edges of the film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.