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US 9,168,715 B2Granted
Packaging pillow device with upstream components
AssigneePregis Innovative Packaging LLC
InventorsThomas D. Wetsch, Thomas F. McNellis
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Abstract
The disclosure describes a device for inflating and cutting a material web. The device can include a web advancement mechanism to advance a material web in a longitudinal path, an inflation mechanism for inserting a fluid into the material web to create one or more inflated pillows, a fluid inlet for providing the fluid to the inflation mechanism, and a cutting mechanism configured to cut the material web in the longitudinal path.
Claims8
A material web inflating, cutting and sealing device, comprising:
- a device base having a mounting plate that includes a sealing mechanism mounted thereto;
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- a module that is removably mounted as a unit to the device base, wherein the module includes:
- a module base formed by a plate that is removably attached within the mounting plate of the device base,
- an inflation nozzle configured to insert a fluid into a material web to create one or more inflated pillows, and
- a cutting mechanism configured to cut the material web as the material web passes over the inflation nozzle,
- wherein the nozzle and the cutting mechanism are mounted to the module base such that mounting the module base to the device base mounts the nozzle and cutting mechanism to the device base as a unit and into association with the sealing mechanism, which seals the web for sealing the fluid within the web.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.