Packaging apparatus with package dividing seal mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11679906
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17571017

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Packaging apparatuses for loading and sealing products into a web of interconnected bags, and methods of using them, are provided. In one aspect, the packaging apparatus includes an intermittently advancing web conveyor that also indexes vertically to facilitate stacked loading of products into the bags. In another aspect, the packaging apparatus includes a dividing seal station that applies a center seal dividing the bag into separate sealed subcompartments, some of the bag contents being distributed to each compartment, such as one of two trays to each subcompartment. To facilitate distribution of contents and even sealing, the dividing seal station may include a dividing sealer lower support that oscillates vertically to promote settling of contents and gases in the bag before applying a dividing seal.

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CVP SYSTEMS LLCELGIN IL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baran, Nicholas M Elgin, US 3 6
Duszka, Christopher Elgin, US 3 6
van, Wandelen Christiaan J Elgin, US 3 6

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