Platen adjust apparatus
AssigneeDoboy Packaging Machinery, Inc.
InventorKeenan W. Stahl
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Abstract
A platen adjust apparatus for the heating, compression and cooling platens in a bag sealer assembly of a high speed bagger. The bag sealer has a plurality of platen pairs in face to face orientation with each platen pair having an adjustable platen and a stationary platen. The stationary platens are mounted to a frame and the adjustable platens are mounted to a plate. This plate is slidably mounted to the frame for movement towards and away from the stationary platens. The plate is moved towards or away from the stationary platens by a moveable wedge member until the appropriate gap between the stationary platens and the adjustable platens is achieved. The gap is adjusted simultaneously along the length of the platen pairs because the plate is moved simultaneously along its length.
Claims20
A platen adjust apparatus for use in a band sealer assembly of a high speed bagging machine, the band sealer assembly having a frame and a series of platen pairs oriented in face-to-face relations with a set gap therebetween, said platen adjust apparatus comprising:
- a) a plate mounted to said frame for movement thereon, a first platen of each said platen pair mounted on said plate and a second platen of each said platen pair mounted on said frame opposite said plate;
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- b) an adjustment block mounted on said frame adjacent said plate, said adjustment block having means for moving said plate to a predetermined position to obtain a predetermined uniform gap size for said gap between said first and second platens of said series of platen pairs.
A platen adjust apparatus for use in a high speed bagging machine incorporating a frame with a plurality of platen pairs arranged in face-to-face orientation with a predetermined set gap therebetween, said platen adjust apparatus comprising;
- a) a plate having a first platen of each said platen pair stationarily mounted thereon, said plate mounted to said frame for movement thereon;
- b) a support bar located adjacent said plate in a spaced apart parallel relationship thereto;
- c) a plurality of linkage arms extending from said plate and coupled to said support bar;
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- d) means for moving said plate to a predetermined position with a predetermined uniform gap size between said first and second platens of said series of platen pairs with respect to a second platen of each said platen pair, said second platen of each said platen pair stationarily mounted to said frame opposite said plate.
A platen adjust apparatus for use in a band sealer of a high speed bagging machine, the machine incorporating a frame with a plurality of spaced apart platen pairs stationarily mounted in face-to-face orientation with a gap therebetween, said platen adjust apparatus comprising:
- a) an elongate plate having a first platen of each said platen pairs stationarily mounted thereon, said elongate plate mounted to said frame for movement thereon;
- b) a support bar extending along a length of said plate in a spaced apart parallel relationship to said plate;
- c) a plurality of linkage arms interconnecting said plate and said support bar;
- d) a moveable wedge member contacting one of said plurality of linkage arms;
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- e) a pneumatic cylinder mounted on said frame and linked to said support bar for selectively positioning said plate in an operating position and a nonoperating position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.