WO2004065091A2 - Bag sealing system and method - Google Patents
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Definitions
- the present invention relates generally to vacuum packaging, and more particularly to an apparatus and system for thermally sealing bags using a constant temperature heat source located adjacent to one or more heat sinks.
- the vacuum chamber comprises two major elements or assemblies, an upper lid or cover assembly that houses the heat sealing mechanism and a blade for trimming excess bag material, and a lower base or platen assembly that holds the bag and product to be packaged, valves, sealing support device, cutting support device, and vacuum pump.
- a significant problem in food packaging applications relates to "leakers", which result from defective seals.
- meats and other packaged foods commonly have natural juices, fat particles, preservatives and other substances trapped in their bags. These substances are sometimes trapped in the bag openings as they are sealing, and prevent the thermoplastic film from closing airtight across the mouths of the bags. Bag closures can thus be compromised with leak channels that form where the bag portions do not completely seal, which create leakers allowing fluid to leak out and other substances to leak in and potentially contaminate the packaged food products.
- Leakers tend to be aesthetically unacceptable for retail merchandising because they create unattractive packages, which customers tend to avoid. They can also discharge substances onto surrounding packages, store displays, shipping containers, etc.
- Leakers can occur in approximately 7%-20% of the thermoplastic bags sealed with current technology. Therefore, achieving complete, fluid-tight seals with minimal "leakers” is an important criterion in the design and operation of bag sealing equipment.
- a design strategy for eliminating leak passages involves providing a relatively wide area of engagement with crisscrossing sealing lines whereby a leak passage would have to cross multiple sealing lines in order to compromise the bag.
- equipment designs which place total reliance on single seal lines for bag closures tend to be more susceptible to being compromised by leak passages. For example, much of the current bag sealing equipment provides sealed areas that are only about 3 mm wide, and are thus susceptible to leak channels.
- impulse sealing includes the intermittent application of electric current "impulses" to a heating element in a sealing bar.
- the sealing bar was formed of metal or other materials that transmit heat to the plastic bag.
- an impulse of electrical current was applied to the heating element, which heated the sealing bar long enough to fuse or melt- weld ("meld") the plastic bag.
- the heating element was then deenergized, thus allowing the sealing bar to cool until the next heating/cooling cycle began.
- heating/cooling cycles tended to cause operating problems with prior art equipment. For example, delays occurred and energy was wasted as components, such as heating bars, were brought up to operating temperatures and then allowed to cool. Therefore, prior art components with substantial thermal mass tended to incur substantial operating delays and consumed considerable amounts of energy due to their cyclic operations. Moreover, heating/cooling cycles tended to expand and contract thermally conductive components, such as metals and ceramic-core heating elements. The resulting expansion/contraction cycles subjected the equipment to wear. Operators of prior art impulse-type bag sealing equipment thus incurred operating expenses for replacement parts, repairs and downtime.
- constant-temperature sealing bars can benefit from greater thermal mass because they tend to be less affected by heat loss to the workpieces.
- equipment for sealing thermoset plastic bags tends to operate more efficiently and with less wear if operating temperatures are maintained relatively constant.
- thermal energy from constant-heat sealing bars can dissipate throughout the equipment and cause other problems.
- the present invention addresses these and other problems with the prior art by providing heat sinks on both sides of a heating bar, thus focusing and directing the radiant heat output along a relatively narrow strip or "heat zone".
- a bag sealing system includes one or more bag sealing units, each comprising a lower vacuum platen and a vacuum chamber adapted for sealing engagement on the platen.
- a sealing bar assembly includes a sealing bar designed for constant heated operation and located between a pair of heat sink/cooling plates which function as heat sinks. The sealing bar assembly is pneumatically reciprocated between a raised, disengaged position and a lowered position with the sealing bar engaging the neck of a bag for hermetically sealing same.
- the cooling plates clamp the bag neck against a sealing support assembly.
- a cutoff knife blade severs the end of the bag beyond a sealed area, which extends across its neck.
- a packaging object is placed in a thermoplastic bag, which is then placed on a cradle mounted on the platen with the bag neck extending over a sealing support assembly.
- a vacuum chamber is placed on the platen and a partial vacuum is drawn in the vacuum chamber, thus evacuating the bag.
- a sealing bar assembly melds the thermoplastic to form a sealed area across the bag neck. After the vacuum chamber is open, the closed bag is heat-shrunk to a final, reduced- volume configuration.
- an object of the present invention to provide a constant temperature heat sealing device for vacuum packaging machines that avoids the problems of prior art impulse sealing devices such as oxidation of the element and mechanical stress due to rapid and frequent temperature fluctuations. It is a further object to provide a constant temperature heat-sealing device that hermetically closes a plastic bag after evacuation of the air inside the bag.
- Another object is to provide a constant temperature heat-sealing device wherein the sealing bar may be linear or curved, flat or crowned, as required by the material to be sealed.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a continuous temperature heat-sealing device that works well using relatively large heating elements having an increased thermal mass.
- Another object is to provide a heat-sealing device that can withstand high pressure water wash-down.
- a further object of the invention is to accommodate thermoplastics of various thickness, including relatively thick bags.
- Yet another object of the invention is to provide bag sealing units adapted for stand-alone, endless-belt and circular conveyor types of operations.
- Fig. la is a side elevational view of a bag sealing system embodying the present invention.
- Fig. lb is another side elevational view thereof, shown with the vacuum sealing units raised.
- Fig. 2a is a longitudinal cross-section of a bag sealing unit in a closed-cover position.
- Fig. 2b is a longitudinal cross-section section thereof with a sealing bar assembly engaged.
- Fig. 2c is a longitudinal cross-section section thereof with the vacuum chamber raised.
- Fig. 3 is a transverse cross-section thereof taken generally along line 3-3 in Fig.2a.
- Fig. 4a is a fragmentary, top plan view thereof, particularly showing the sealing bar assembly.
- Fig. 4b is a fragmentary, side elevational view thereof, taken generally along line 4b-4b in
- Fig. 5 is an orthographic view of a sealing bar thereof, shown with a cover plate removed.
- Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the sealing bar, taken generally along line 6-6 in Fig. 8.
- Fig. 7 is an orthographic view of the sealing bar.
- Fig. 8 is an elevational view thereof.
- Fig.9 is an orthographic view of a modified, straight sealing bar, shown with a cover plate removed.
- Fig 10 is an orthographic view of the modified, straight sealing bar.
- Fig. 11 is an orthographic view of a sealing support assembly.
- Fig. 12 is orthographic view of a vacuum chamber cover.
- Fig. 13 is a top plan view of a bag containing a poultry carcass, with the sealing bar and cutoff blade shown in position for sealing and cutting off the bag.
- Fig. 14 is a top plan view of the sealed bag.
- Fig. 15 is a top plan view of the sealed bag, shrunken to its final configuration.
- Fig. 16 is a top plan view of a rectangular product, such as a block of cheese, shown in a bag with a seal bar and cutoff blade shown in position for sealing and cutting off the bag.
- Fig. 17 is a top plan view thereof, showing the bag sealed.
- Fig. 18a is a longitudinal cross-section of a modified embodiment bag sealing unit with a modified cutoff knife assembly.
- Fig. 18b is a longitudinal cross-section thereof, showing the sealing bar and the cooling plates in their lowered, engaged positions.
- Fig. 18c is a longitudinal cross-section section thereof, showing the vacuum cover raised and the bagged product being removed.
- Fig. 19 is a top plan view of a circular, carousel-type bag sealing system.
- Figs, la and lb illustrate an automated multiple-chamber vacuum packaging machine 100.
- the machine includes a continuous, driven chain or belt 101 supported on and driven by an idler roller 102a and a drive roller 102b.
- a circuitous train of lower vacuum platens 200 are fastened at their leading edges to the belt 101.
- the platens 200 are made of stainless steel.
- the platens are moving counterclockwise in a direction from right to left across the top.
- the belt 101 is driven by sprocket and bearing assemblies that are fixed to a drive shaft and a free wheeling shaft (not shown).
- the drive shaft is driven by a servo drive gear reduction motor 110.
- Three vacuum chambers 300 (individually denoted by numbers 300a, 300b and 300c) are mounted above the belt 101.
- the platens 200 and respective vacuum chambers 300 collectively form respective bag sealing units 106, which are capable of automated or semi-automated operation (Figs. la, b), or stand-alone operation as individual bag sealing units 106.
- the vacuum packaging machine 100 operates as follows.
- the belt 101 moves counterclockwise (i.e., from right-to-left across the top). Movements can be continuous or intermittent, the latter being adapted for "batch"-type operations, thereby moving the lower vacuum platens 200 underneath the vacuum chambers 300.
- the packaging machine 100 rate of output is generally governed by the number of vacuum chambers 300 usable simultaneously in operation, together with the duration of the process steps in each unit.
- each vacuum chamber 300 operates independently and simultaneously.
- the packaging machine 100 uses all available empty vacuum chambers 300 by means of sensors 224 that monitor various operating parameters, such as timing, temperature and pressure with respect to the vacuum chambers 300 and the bag sealing units
- a programmable microprocessor controller 222 can be connected to the sensors 224 and other components of the system 100 for controlling its operation, particularly in automated and semi-automated operating modes.
- each independent vacuum chamber 300 performs the following functions.
- the vacuum chamber cover 302 descends upon a vacuum platen 200 positioned directly below (see 300a, Fig. 1).
- the vacuum chamber cover 302 forms a seal with the upper surface 202 of the vacuum platen by means of a seal gasket 304 (see Figs. 2a and 2b).
- Air within the sealed chamber 300 is then evacuated by means of an exhaust valve 306 located in the top surface of the cover 302 and connected to a suitable vacuum source, such as a compressor.
- a vacuum sensor (not shown) monitors the air pressure in the chamber 300 and reports the pressure value to the microprocessor controller 222.
- An air pressure set point has been previously programmed into the microprocessor controller 222.
- the microprocessor controller 222 triggers an air compressor (not shown) to inflate a bladder 308 located on the inner, upper surface of the cover 302.
- the bladder 308 fills with compressed air, provided through bladder air supply line 318, and expands downward, forcing the sealing bar assembly 310 downward (Fig. 2b) and overcoming the return springs 384.
- the sealing bar 350 is mounted on the lower extremity of the sealing bar assembly 310.
- an item 104 to be vacuum sealed in this case a poultry carcass, has been placed inside a plastic vacuum seal bag 120 upon a cradle
- the bag 120 is made of a thermoplastic film known in the industry for heat sealing and heat shrinking applications.
- the bag 120 is oriented so that the open neck 122 lies on top of a sealing support assembly 205 with spring- loaded engagement gaskets 206a, 206b and 206c.
- the neck 122 is fitted over a set of neck retention pins 209 that hold the neck 122 of the bag open so that air may be drawn out of the bag 120 by the vacuum created in the chamber 300.
- the sealing bar 350 After closing the cover 302 against the platen 200 and evacuating the air inside the chamber 300 to the pre-programmed set point, the sealing bar 350 is forced downward by the expanding inflatable bladder 308, thereby coming into contact with the plastic of the neck 122.
- the sealing bar 350 continues to move downward, overcoming the upward spring 216 bias of the engagement gaskets 206a,b,c.
- As the sealing bar 350 moves downward the neck 122 is pushed against a fixed cutoff blade 124.
- the neck 122 of the bag 120 is thereby sheared or cutoff by the cutoff blade 124, which separates a neck cutoff portion 122c.
- the device is calibrated so that downward motion of the sealing bar 350 ceases shortly after the neck 122 of the bag is driven against the cutoff blade 124 and severed.
- the sealing bar 350 includes a contact surface 354, which contacts the plastic of the neck 122, thus transferring thermal energy to the plastic film, melting the plastic and causing the upper wall 122a and the lower wall 122b to meld or fuse together, creating a thermocompressive bond at 122d.
- two heat sink/cooling plates 360a,b also come into contact with the surface of the neck 122, one on either side of the sealing bar 350, along their respective cooling plate lower edges 362a,b.
- the cooling plates 360a,b are attached to the seal bar assembly 310, and are driven downward along with the sealing bar 350 by the force of the inflated bladder 308.
- the heat sink/ cooling plates 360 provide means for cooling the portion of the neck 122 proximate the area of contact between the sealing bar 350 and plastic film, thereby minimizing shrinkage of the neck 122 during heat sealing.
- the cooling plates 360 also serve to hold the neck 122 in position by clamping same against the engagement gaskets 206a,c during the sealing operation.
- the three engagement or support gaskets 206a,b,c are spring biased, so that they maintain upward pressure against the neck 122 while yielding to the downward force of the sealing bar 350 and the cooling plates 360a,b.
- cooling plates 360a,b are also spring biased so that towards the end of the downward stroke of the sealing bar assembly 310 the sealing bar 350 may move past the cooling plates 360a,b, driving further downward and causing the neck 122 to be cut against the bag cutoff blade 124.
- Fig. 2b illustrates the downward travel of the sealing bar assembly 310 with arrows 313a, 313b and 313c indicating the downward direction of travel.
- Arrow 314 indicates the direction of the final evacuation of air from the bag 120, which is achieved just prior to incision of the neck 122 by the cutting blade 124.
- Dashed line 120a indicates the relative size of the bag 120 prior to the final expulsion of air which reduces it to the size indicated by the solid line 120b.
- Fig.2b also illustrates the bladder 308 in its inflated state.
- the cradle 204 may be formed with a concave upper surface to receive an item 104 having a curved or rounded shape.
- Fig. 2c illustrates the apparatus at the conclusion of a cycle, in which the cover 302 has been lifted off of the platen 200.
- the sealed bag 120 is shown being removed from the cradle 204.
- Arrow 315 indicates the upward direction of travel of the bag 120 as it is being removed. It should be appreciated that removal of the sealed bag 120 typically occurs after full retraction (lifting) of the cover 302.
- Arrow 313d indicates the upward direction of travel of the seal bar assembly 310 as it is retracted upwards by expulsion of air from the bladder 308.
- Arrow 316 indicates the upward direction of travel of the cover 302 as it is raised above the platen 200.
- Fig. 2c the neck 122 is shown after being separated by the cutting blade 124.
- the portion of the neck 122 remaining attached to the body of the bag 120 contains the sealed portion of the neck 122d (see Fig. 14 for a top view of the sealed portion 122d of the neck 122).
- the cut-off remnant 122c of the neck 122 is ejected from the neck retention pins 209, as shown by arrow 317 indicating the upward direction of travel, and phantom lines indicating the ejected neck remnant 122c.
- Fig. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view along line 3-3 in Fig. 2a.
- the cover 302 and the platen 200 are shown in cross section and the plastic bag 120, the neck and in the in a and to the 122 and the pins 209a,b are shown in phantom lines.
- the bladder 308 is located on the upper inside surface of the cover 302 and is in communication with an air supply hose 318 which is in further communication with an air pump or compressor (not shown).
- a seal bar assembly suspension 380 comprises spring biased bolts 382 that support the seal bar assembly 310 by attachment to the upper inside surface of the cover 302. The springs 384 force the assembly 310 upward, squeezing against the bladder 308 when the assembly 310 is in the retracted position.
- a cooling plate suspension system 390 is also illustrated in Fig. 3.
- the cooling plates 360a,b are attached to the sealing bar assembly 310 via bolts 392 mounting return springs 394.
- the tension in the springs 394 may be overcome by a greater force associated with the downward travel of the cooling plates 360a,b.
- the elongated, convex side of the cooling plate 360a is illustrated in Fig. 3, including a notch
- the wiring 400 conducts a controlled current to the heating element 352 (Fig. 5).
- the heating element 352 supplies thermal energy to the sealing bar 350, which is thus maintained at a selected, relatively constant temperature.
- the thermal energy supplied to the sealing bar 350 is regulated by controlling the current applied to the heating element 352 through setting a desired temperature value in a microprocessor-controlled thermostat (not shown).
- Water inlet and outlet lines 370, 372 lead to and from the cooling plates 360a,b.
- cool water or other suitable coolant
- the temperatures of the surfaces of the cooling plates 360a,b are thereby reduced, concurrently lowering the temperature of the portion of the plastic bag 120 contacted by the cooling plates 360a,b during sealing.
- Fig. 4a is a top plan view of the preferred embodiment of the neck retention structure 208. It comprises a pair of pins 209a and 209b that extend outward from a neck retention bracket 210 that holds a guide tube 212 in which the pins 209a,b are urged outwardly by respective springs 214 a,b.
- the pins 209a,b travel along the guide tube 212 during operation of the device.
- the pins 209a,b are compressed inwardly towards the center of the guide tube 212. Releasing the pins 209a,b stretches the bag opening to its full open, extended position for maximum effective sealing at 122d.
- Fig. 4b is an end view of the neck retention structure 208, including a side view of neck retention pin 209b.
- a motorized configuration with a screw-threaded rod driven by a suitable servo motor controlled by the microprocessor controller 222 can be provided and can reciprocate the neck retention pins 209a,b inwardly and outwardly.
- Fig. 5 is an orthographic view of a curved sealing bar 350 with the cover plate removed to show the tubular heating element 352 that provides constant sealing temperature.
- Fig. 5 also shows the contact surface 354 of the sealing bar 350 designed to provide a cross-hatch pattern when melting the sealed plastic of a vacuum bag 120.
- Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the sealing bar 350 showing the cross-hatch pattern in greater detail.
- This cross-hatch pattern permits the device to form a seal through contaminated plastic as well as through gathered layers of plastic created by irregularly shaped products. In particular, multiple, crisscrossed meld lines are formed and tend to cut across contaminated substances and gathered plastic layers, forming multiple barriers to leakage.
- Fig. 7 is an orthographic view of the sealing bar 350 of Fig. 5 with the cover plate 356 in place.
- FIG 8 is an isometric view of the front of the sealing bar 350 with the top portion of the sealing bar tilted slightly toward the viewer.
- Fig. 9 is an orthographic view of a straight or linear sealing bar 350 with the cover plate 356 removed to show the straight tubular heating element 352 used to create a constant temperature heat source.
- the contact surface 354 of the sealing bar 350 shown in Fig. 9 has a cross-hatch pattern.
- Fig. 10 is an orthographic view of the sealing bar 350 of Fig. 9 with the cover plate 356 in place.
- Fig. 11 is an orthographic view of the sealing support assembly 205 including the engagement gaskets 206a, 206b and 206c, and the bag cutoff blade 124.
- a sealing support base 220 includes secondary channels 222 for receiving springs 224, a primary major channel 226a within which is mounted the cutoff blade 124, and a secondary major channel 226b which defines and separates engagement gaskets 206b and 206c.
- the gaskets 206a, 206b and 206c fit over channels
- the gaskets 206a, 206b and 206c may include a contact surface having a cross-hatched pattern.
- the arrangement shown in Fig. 11 would be appropriate for use with a curved sealing bar as shown in Fig. 7.
- Fig. 12 is an upper, front, orthographic view of the vacuum chamber cover 300.
- Fig. 13 is a fragmentary plan view of the bag 120 containing the item to be packaged 104, the sealing bar 350 positioned above the neck 122 of the bag 120, the cutting blade 124, and a severed portion (remnant) 122c of the neck 122.
- Fig. 14 is a plan view of the bag 120 of Fig. 13 showing the neck remnant 122c severed and removed from the main portion of the bag 120 and the seal 122d formed across the neck 122.
- FIG. 16 is a fragmentary plan view of an alternative configuration sealing bar 350.
- the sealing bar 350 is straight rather than curved as is the cutoff blade 124.
- the embodiment shown in Fig. 16 is advantageous for use with rectangular shaped items, such as the cheese block shown.
- Fig. 17 is a top view of the bag 120 of Fig. 16 with a portion of the neck 122 removed after vacuum sealing and with the bag 120 shrunk after hot water immersion.
- Figs. 18a-c illustrate an alternative embodiment of the vacuum packaging machine 500.
- the illustrated embodiment differs from that illustrated in Figs. 2a through 2c primarily in that the engagement gaskets 506a,b are fixed rather than spring-biased.
- the cutoff blade 524 is movable rather than fixed and is mounted on a cutoff blade platform 526 mounted on bolts 528 with springs 529 biasing the cutoff blade platform 526 downwardly.
- the platform 526 and the associated cutting blade 524 are moved upward during the cutting operation by means of a secondary bladder 528.
- Air supply to the secondary bladder 528 is regulated by a three-way valve 530.
- the valve 530 is activated by a pin 534.
- the pin 534 is depressed by the descending cooling plate 560b.
- the pin 534 moves downward through the platform 526 and activates the valve 530 causing the bladder 528 to be opened to ambient air pressure outside the vacuum chamber 500 through a vent opening 531 formed in the platen 600.
- the secondary bladder 528 fills with outside air, pushing the platform 526 and the cutoff blade 524 upward, and severing the neck 122 of the bag 120 as shown in Fig. 18b.
- Fig. 18c illustrates the vacuum packaging machine 500 at the conclusion of the cycle.
- the cover 502 has been lifted off the platen 600 and the sealed bag 120 is shown being removed from the cradle 604.
- Arrow 615 indicates the upward direction of travel of the bag 120 as it is being removed.
- Fig. 19 shows ah alternative configuration rotary chamber system 700 comprising a circular conveyor 702 with multiple bag sealing units 106 mounted thereon in radially-spaced relation.
- the conveyor 702 is rotated by a motor whereby the bag sealing units 106 perform sealing operations at appropriate workstations for different steps of the process.
- the components of the system 100 are preferably constructed of suitable materials, such as stainless-steel or aluminum, which can accommodate power washing for cleaning purposes and tend to resist rust and corrosion in working environments with relatively high humidity and temperature levels. It is to be understood that while certain embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, the invention is not to be limited thereto and can assume a wide variety of alternative configurations, including different materials, sizes, components and methods of operation.
- system and method of the present invention can be adapted to various applications, including the manufacture of bags and other products from thermoplastic film, forming multiple seals on bags and sealing the sides and ends of bags.
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AT04701778T ATE514629T1 (en) | 2003-01-16 | 2004-01-13 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOSING A BAG |
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