Appliance for vacuum sealing food containers
AssigneeSunbeam Products, Inc.
InventorsJordan Aron Kahn, Charles A. Boulos, Yigal Offir
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Abstract
An appliance for evacuating a flexible container, the appliance including a base housing and a vacuum source disposed within the base housing. A drip retainer is removeably disposed in the base and is in communication with the vacuum source. The drip retainer includes a chamber for holding material. The drip retainer further including a nozzle projecting therefrom, the nozzle is engagable with an opening of the flexible container. A cover is rotatably connected to the base and movable to a closed position to cover the nozzle.
Claims17
An apparatus for evacuating and sealing a flexible container, the apparatus comprising:
- a base housing having a recess;
- a vacuum source disposed within said base housing, said recess having a vacuum intake port in communication with said vacuum source;
- a drip retainer removeably disposed in said base housing and being in communication with said vacuum source, said drip retainer including a nozzle engagable with an opening of the flexible container;
- a cover rotatably connected to said base and movable to a closed position to cover said nozzle;
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- a heating element mounted on one of said base and said cover for heat sealing the opening of the flexible container.
An apparatus for evacuating and sealing a flexible container, the apparatus comprising:
- a base housing having a longitudinal extent for receiving there alone an end of the flexible container;
- a vacuum source;
- a drip retainer removeably disposed in said base housing, said drip retainer defining a chamber, said chamber having a vacuum opening disposed within, said vacuum opening being in communication with said vacuum source, said drip retainer including a nozzle having a passage into said chamber, said nozzle being engagable with an opening of the flexible container, said drip retainer having a longitudinal extent being aligned with said longitudinal extent of said base housing, and said passage being offset from said vacuum opening along the longitudinal extent of the drip retainer;
- a cover rotatably connected to said base and movable to a closed position to cover said nozzle;
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- a heating element mounted on one of said base and said cover for heat sealing the opening of the flexible container.
An apparatus for evacuating and sealing a flexible container, the apparatus comprising:
- a vacuum source;
- a base housing including a recess therein, said recess having a vacuum intake port in communication with said vacuum source;
- a drip retainer removeably disposed in said recess, said drip retainer defining a chamber, said chamber having a vacuum opening disposed within, said vacuum opening being in communication with said vacuum source, said drip retainer including a nozzle having a passage into said chamber, said nozzle being engagable with an opening of the flexible container, said drip retainer having a longitudinal extent, and said passage being offset from said vacuum opening along the longitudinal extent of the drip retainer;
- a cover rotatably connected to said base and movable to a closed position to cover said nozzle;
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- a heating element mounted on one of said base and said cover for heat sealing the opening of the flexible container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.