CN106256695A - Heat-sealing cooler and relevant external member, method and assembly for packaging system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to the heat-sealing cooler for packaging system and relevant external member, method and assembly, more particularly relate to provide the heat-sealing machine of cooler, system, device, the method and computer program product with the reservoir body keeping acyclic liquid；Described acyclic liquid provides/makes moistening coating pad, and this coating pad contacts with the heat-sealing in the downstream of the heat-sealing on product horn thus utilizes the coating pad applying liquid that liquid can be stoped to collect to make heat-sealing cool down simultaneously.

Description

Heat-sealing cooler and relevant external member, method and assembly for packaging system

Related application

This application claims the U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 62/182 submitted on June 19th, 2015, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 62/234 of 006 and 2015 on JIUYUE submission in 30, the priority of 994, the content of these temporary patent applications is incorporated by reference herein such as the narration in full text herein.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the packaging machine with hot sealing device.

Background technology

Generally, in the production of consumer goods (such as meat or other food), in the way of allowing the product overlapping effective desired amt to fill, food injected (being normally pumped) or be packed in sleeve pipe.As it is well known that these sleeve pipes natural or artificial sleeve pipe that can be slug formula, this sleeve pipe is untied, advances, stretches and/or pulled thus forms elongated sleeve pipe above desired product.Another type of sleeve pipe is by sticking with glue the heat-sealing tubular sleeve that the long edge join of the flexible material (typically elastic and/or polymeric material) of a thin layer is formed by agent together.United States Patent (USP) 5,085,036 and 5,203,760 describes the example being suitable for that sheet material or flat coiled material are formed as the substantially continuous automatic supplier of tubular film sleeve pipe.

The multi-clipper platform system rotated, the Rota-Clip such as produced by Tipper Tie company of Ai Peikesi city, North Carolina^®High-speed packaging system, has been used in hot sealing device so that (chub) that produce a series of salmon or the product cut are packed.See, e.g. United States Patent (USP) 4,821,485,5,020,298,5,259,168,5,471,815,5,644,896 and 8,006,463.Contents of which patents is incorporated by reference herein such as the narration in full text herein.

As it is well known that generally make heat-sealed seam cool down, in order to when heated product fills tubing, (this tubing can close in time and form heat-sealing) seam will remain intact.In the past, solve this problem in seam by being blown to by cold air, but cold air system may be not enough to reliably solve this problem.Distribute heat also by seam crossing injection water and make seam cool down.But, injection water band water can enter the probability of functional unit (such as film drives motor and/or vacuum diaphragm driving means) and/or water can undesirably be assembled or collect in below packaging machine and/or on ground around.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the invention provide one to have the heat-sealing cooler of liquid coating pad (being usually fixed) provided by liquid (such as, water) reservoir, and this coating pad contacts with heat-sealing and makes drippage minimize to apply liquid (such as, water) film simultaneously.

In certain embodiments, heat-sealing cooler can be used in the packaging system with the turntable keeping multiple circumferentially spaced guillotines.

Some embodiments relate to sealing chiller assembly.These assemblies include reservoir body, and this reservoir body includes: at least one of at least one liquid inlet being in fluid communication with at least one liquid chambers and the open space including having the open periphery faced out keeps room.Reservoir body is additionally included at least one liquid chambers and keeps the dividing plate extended between room.This baffle plate configuration becomes to distribute liquid from liquid chambers above the longitudinal extent keeping room.Chiller assembly also includes the valve of at least one liquid inlet fluid communication with reservoir body.

Heat-sealing chiller assembly can include coating pad, and this coating pad is maintained at and keeps making its outer surface lower section on the border of reservoir body with external holding room extend certain distance in room.

Valve can be attached to reservoir body.

Reservoir body can have the length between 3-10 inch.

Heat-sealing chiller assembly can include being attached to valve and the liquid flow conduits of liquid source of supply.

Coating pad can have elongated shape, and has the plane exposure contacted with heat-sealing film.

Coating pad can be rectangle, and has the length dimension more than height and width dimensions.

Reservoir body can have elongated shape.Dividing plate can include multiple longitudinally spaced aperture.

Coating pad can have elongated polygonal shape, and can include felt and/or sponge material.

Keep room can have and form the sidewall of cone angle and the shoulder of the spaced of longitudinal extension outward below at dividing plate, being dimensioned so as to and be configured to the most removably keep compressible coating pad of these shoulders.

Heat-sealing chiller assembly can include mounting assembly, this mounting assembly is configured to be installed to reservoir body the framework of the packaging system above product horn, make that reservoir body is closely spaced above product horn and optionally can float in vertical direction, thus accommodating the product horn of injustice.

Other embodiments relates to packaging system.These packaging systems may include that the rotation platform with column and the multiple circumferentially spaced guillotine being installed to rotation platform.Rotation platform is configured to simultaneously be arranged on by multiple guillotines in respective circumferentially spaced guillotine station.These packaging systems also include the heat-sealing cooler keeping coating pad, and exposure is positioned at the position adjacent with product horn and top and makes the exposure of coating pad contact with heat-sealing film, thus applies liquid when heat-sealing film is advanced towards guillotine so that heat-sealing film cools down.

Heat-sealing cooler can include reservoir body, and this reservoir body has and at least one liquid inlet of external valve fluid communication.Reservoir body can have at least one liquid chambers being configured to keep liquid and have at least one the holding room of the open space keeping coating pad.Reservoir body is additionally may included at least one liquid chambers and keeps the dividing plate extended between room.This dividing plate can be configured to distribute liquid above the length of longitudinal extension keeping room from liquid chambers.

Described valve can be attached to reservoir body.

Coating pad can be slender bodies, and has the length between 3-10 inch.

Described packaging system may include that and is attached to seal the liquid flow valve of the reservoir body of cooler and extend to the liquid flow conduits of liquid source of supply.

Coating pad can be rectangle, and has the length dimension more than height and width dimensions.Coating pad includes felt and/or sponge material.

Reservoir body can have elongated shape and keep the dividing plate of extension between room and at least one liquid chambers.This dividing plate can include multiple longitudinally spaced aperture.

Keep room can have the sidewall forming cone angle at dividing plate outward below, and also can include that being dimensioned so as to and be configured to compression coating pads the spaced shoulder of longitudinal extension wherein.

Described packaging system can include mounting assembly, this mounting assembly is configured to be installed to reservoir body the framework of the packaging system above product horn so that reservoir body is closely spaced and optionally can float in vertical direction above product horn and thus accommodates the product horn of injustice.

Described packaging system may include that the adhesive heat-sealing module with hard-wired extruder, this extruder connects with the feed hopper of adhesive in bulk and heated adhesive provides the adhesive runner to adhesive distribution applicator, then this adhesive distribution applicator is by heated adhesive distribution to film, and this film utilizes and is present in the forming ring of adhesive distribution applicator upstream position and is formed as tubular form.Coating pad may reside in the distance between 0.1 inch and 6 inches of adhesive coated device downstream position.

Described packaging system can include fluid supply conduit, and this fluid supply conduit is attached to and seals valve that cooler fluid connects and be attached to liquid source of supply.Described packaging system can include controller, and when producing film, this controller closes valve closing.

Other embodiments relates to multi-clipper and rotates the improvement external member of packaging system.These external members include reservoir body, and this reservoir body includes at least one liquid inlet being in fluid communication with at least one liquid cavity.Reservoir body is additionally included at least one liquid chambers and keeps the dividing plate extended between room.This dividing plate can include at least one aperture, and this aperture is configured to from liquid chambers above the longitudinal extent keeping room distribute liquid.These external members also include at least one compressible coating pad, and this coating pad is configured to removably by keeping the reservoir body in room to be kept so that its outer surface on the border of reservoir body with extension certain distance below external holding room.

These external members can include that the valve being attached to reservoir body, this valve are in fluid communication with at least one liquid inlet of reservoir body.

Coating pad can be porous, and can have the length between 3-10 inch.

Described external member can include being adapted for attachment to valve and the pipeline of liquid source of supply.

Coating pad can have elongated shape, and has the exposure contacted when being maintained in reservoir body with heat-sealing film.

Coating pad can be rectangle, and has the length dimension more than height and width dimensions.

Reservoir body can have elongated shape.Dividing plate can include multiple longitudinally spaced aperture.

Coating pad can have elongated shape, and includes felt or sponge material.

Keep room can have and form the sidewall of cone angle and the shoulder of the spaced of longitudinal extension outward below at dividing plate, being dimensioned so as to and be configured to keep coating pad with the shape laterally and longitudinally compressed the most wherein of these shoulders.

Described external member can include mounting assembly, and this mounting assembly is configured to reservoir body be installed to the framework of packaging system and above product horn so that reservoir body is closely spaced above product horn.

Mounting assembly and/or coating pad are configured to float in vertical direction, thus accommodate the product horn of injustice.

The other side of the present invention relates to handle the computer program of the packaging system with turntable, this turntable has multiple circumferentially spaced guillotine in the above, and these guillotines connect with forming ring and product horn thus utilize heat-sealing module to make flat steel product be formed as generally tubular film.Computer program includes non-transitory computer-readable storage media, and this storage medium has the computer readable program code included in the medium.Computer readable program code includes computer readable program code, this program code is configured to open and close and liquid storage device at least one inlet throttle flow valve of fluid communication, coating pad is maintained at below dividing plate by this liquid storage device, and this dividing plate distributes liquid when heat-sealing film production is carried out above coating pad length.

The other side of described packaging system relates to packaging system.These packaging systems include product horn, and this horn has forming ring in the above and the flat sheet volume connected with forming ring and product horn.These systems are configured to make sheet material be formed as tubular form and have open overlapping long edge near product horn in position.These systems also include connecting hot glue stick source of supply with adhesive coated device.Adhesive coated device coats heated adhesive thus the film phonograph seal that will remain on product horn becomes tubular form.These systems also include the heat-sealing coolers with reservoir body, and coating pad is maintained at against adhesive coated device but in the position in adhesive coated device downstream by this reservoir body.Reservoir body includes at least one liquid inlet and at least one holding room, and this holding room has the coating pad remained at.Reservoir body is additionally included at least one liquid chambers and keeps the dividing plate extended between room.This baffle plate configuration becomes from keeping distributing above the longitudinal extent of coating pad in the liquid chambers room liquid, thus makes pad moisturize with mat and can contact with the seam of heat-sealing film and apply moisture or liquid to it.These systems also include: the valve that is in fluid communication with at least one liquid inlet of reservoir body and including is attached to valve and extends to the flow channel for liquids of pipeline of liquid source of supply.

The method that other embodiments relates to making the heat-sealing cooling of container material.These methods include: make the flat coiled material packaging material of certain length be formed as tubular form；The seam of the packaging material of tubular form is sealed；When pulling tubular packaging material the most continuously with throughput rate, the seam making heat-sealing contacts with the coating pad including liquid；And, in response to this contact procedure, liquid is coated the seam to heat-sealing from coating pad, thus make seam cool down when the seam of heat-sealing when the side away from coating pad travels upwardly.

Flat coiled material can be film.

Can utilize the hot melt adhesive being coated to seam between 200 DEG C and 300 DEG C at a temperature of perform heat-sealing.

Aperture and the coating that can be maintained in reservoir body below dividing plate by coating pad and be spaced are padded and are faced down to contact with the heat-sealed seam of packaging material.

Described method can also include making liquid flow in reservoir body with sufficient speed thus apply pressure, and this pressure allows coating pad with the film actuating speed applying liquid between about 100-330 feet/min in the way of not dripping.

Coating pad may be located at above at least one film driving belt, axially consistent with product horn.

In certain embodiments, liquid (such as, water) source of supply can be attached to have the distribution block of applicator material (such as, imbibition or moistening material, such as felt and/or sponge).This liquid can pass through the applicator material touching film top with imbibition, movement or flowing.This new equipment makes the water of a thin layer flow on seam top, and is moving up towards the side of guillotine away from glue envelope module.Contact cooling device may be configured so that do not have water be dropped in film drive motor or the surrounding of vacuum belt or near.Coating pad can be configured to " floating " or has that some are elastic to accommodate various sizes of horn and/or making it can be consistent with film and horn, because horn can incomplete level and to make cooler generation floating a little can be useful.

Heat-sealing cooler may be located at the top of product horn.

Heat-sealing cooler may be located at adjacent with adhesive coated device and above film driving belt position.

In certain embodiments, it is possible to use the liquid being transported to distribute block is controlled by least one valve so that the liquid only flowing when manufacturing film.When valve cutting out thus stop liquid flows, coating pad can keep liquid wherein in the case of not having drippage thus provide for by the contact cooling device without dripping off sealing the sealing that module is formed.

Some embodiments relate to packaging machine, and these packaging machines include keeping multiple guillotines on a spinstand and are present in adhesive or the glue allotter of turntable upstream position and having and are maintained at and adhesive or the roller blocks of the cylinder of glue dispenser nozzle adjacent position.

Roller blocks can include the support keeping cylinder.

Roller blocks can include the actuator cylinder with lower limb, and this lower limb can extend and regain cylinder.

Roller blocks can include the first and second support elements, and these support elements have and are attached to the actuator legs of second component and at the cylinder of actuator legs attached underneath to the first component.

Roller blocks can include the spring being maintained between the first component and the second component adjacent with cylinder.

Roller blocks may include that the 3rd support element being present in above the first and second support elements and is attached to be parallel to second and the 3rd bar of support element of actuator legs.

Roller blocks can include mounting assembly, and this mounting assembly has the upper bracket component of the top being present in the first and second lower carriage components.Upper bracket component can keep cylinder that actuator legs is downwardly extended thus be attached to the second support element, and its intermediate roll is to be kept by the first support element thus is closely spaced above product horn.

Packaging machine can include automatic film lifter, and this film lifter can extend and regain thus mention the film being present in and upstream position adjacent with allotter.

Packaging machine can include the heat-sealing chiller assembly being present between turntable and roller blocks.Heat-sealing chiller assembly can include reservoir body, and this reservoir body can have at least one liquid inlet and at least one keeps room, and this holding room has the wall of the outside open space of enveloping surface.Heat-sealing chiller assembly can also include pad, and this pad is maintained at and keeps making its outer surface extend certain distance the outside of wall surrounding holding room in room.

Other embodiments relates to packaging machine, and these packaging machines have and are kept the most multiple guillotine and are present in the heat-sealing chiller assembly of turntable upstream position.This heat-sealing chiller assembly can include reservoir body, this reservoir body includes at least one liquid inlet and at least one holding room, this holding room has wall and has the open space and pad faced out, and this pad is maintained at and keeps making its outer surface at the outside extension certain distance surrounding the wall keeping room in room.

The open space that described wall can surround or partly enveloping surface is outside.

Packaging machine can include and the valve of reservoir body fluid communication.This valve can optionally be attached to reservoir body.

Reservoir body can be rectangle, and has the length between 3-10 inch.

Reservoir body can have more than the height of its lateral width and can have the length more than its height.

Packaging machine can include being attached to valve and the liquid flow conduits of liquid source of supply.

Pad can have elongated horizontal alignment, and has the outer surface being suitable for contacting with heat-sealing film.

Pad can be felt mattress or the felt including constituting its outer surface.

Reservoir body and/or pad can be rectangles, and have the length dimension more than width dimensions.

Pad can have the Shore A durometer hardness between 20-40.

Pad can be compressed inwardly main part on its in reservoir body keeps room and be kept.

Pad can include felt, and can have the felt grade of F3, F5 or F7.

Pad may reside in the position in adjacent with cylinder (and downstream) makes adjacent 0.25 inch and 3 inches of the end that cylinder is present in (applicator) pads.

Although above the method for the embodiment of the present invention being described, but it is to be understood that these features also can be embodied as system, subsystem, module and/or computer program.It should be noted that each aspect of the present invention described in one embodiment may be incorporated in different embodiments, although being not specifically described wherein.It is to say, the feature of all embodiments and/or any embodiment can in any way and/or combination and be combined.Therefore, applicant retains the claim changing any initial submission or the power submitting any new claim to, depend on and/or include the power of any feature of other claim any, although initially claiming the most by this way including the claim of any initial submission can be revised.In description set forth below, these and other objects and/or the aspect of the present invention is described in detail.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Figure 1A is the front view of exemplary heat-sealing module according to embodiments of the present invention.

Figure 1B is the zoomed-in view of a part for module shown in Figure 1A.

Fig. 1 C is the front view of another exemplary heat-sealing module according to embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 1 D be according to embodiments of the present invention, the front perspective view of machine with heat-sealing module that is similar to machine shown in Fig. 1 C.

Fig. 1 E is the partial top of the machine shown in Fig. 1 D according to embodiments of the present invention, front perspective view.

Fig. 2 be according to embodiments of the present invention, the side perspective view of exemplary heat-sealing cooler above the heat-sealed seam and product horn of film.

Fig. 3 A is the front perspective view of the packaging system with multi-clipper rotation platform according to embodiments of the present invention, and this multi-clipper rotation platform has the heat-sealing module that can include sealing cooler as shown in Figure 1A.

Fig. 3 B is the side perspective view of exemplary heat-sealing module according to embodiments of the present invention, and this heat-sealing module can include all heat-sealing coolers as shown in Figure 1A.

Fig. 4 A is the side perspective view of reservoir body (such as, applicator support) according to embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 4 B is the front view of reservoir body shown in Fig. 4 A.

Fig. 4 C is the upward view of reservoir body shown in Fig. 4 A.

Fig. 4 D is the end-view of reservoir body shown in Fig. 4 A.

Fig. 5 is the sectional view that the straight line 5-5 along 4B is intercepted.

Fig. 6 is the sectional view that the straight line 6-6 along Fig. 4 D is intercepted.

Fig. 7 A is the local end perspective view significantly amplified of reservoir body shown in Fig. 4 A.

Fig. 7 B is the local end perspective view significantly amplified of reservoir body shown in Fig. 7 A according to some embodiments of the invention, shows the exemplary coating device before and after being assembled to reservoir body in this end perspective view.

Fig. 8 is the decomposition view of an exemplary embodiment of the mounting assembly for sealing cooler according to embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is the leading flank perspective view of another embodiment of the reservoir body for sealing cooler according to embodiments of the present invention.

Figure 10 A is the front view of reservoir body shown in Fig. 9.

Figure 10 B is the upward view of reservoir body shown in Figure 10 A.

Figure 10 C is the end-view of reservoir body shown in Figure 10 A.

Figure 11 is the sectional view that the straight line 11-11 along Figure 10 A is intercepted.

Figure 12 is the sectional view that the straight line 12-12 along Figure 10 C is intercepted.

Figure 13 A be according to some embodiments of the invention, the side perspective cutaway view of the reservoir body with pad for sealing cooling.

Figure 13 B be according to embodiments of the present invention, the front perspective view of the reservoir body being installed to mounting bracket shown in Figure 13 A.

Figure 13 C is reservoir body according to embodiments of the present invention and coordinates the side perspective view of alignment mounting bracket with horn and heat-sealing module.

Figure 14 A is the side perspective view of another embodiment of heat-sealed seam cooler according to embodiments of the present invention.

Figure 14 B is the exploded view of assembly shown in Figure 14 A.

Figure 14 C is the exploded view of exemplary glue nozzle assembly according to embodiments of the present invention.

Figure 14 D is another exploded view of glue nozzle assembly shown in Figure 14 C.

Figure 15 is the schematic diagram of heat-sealing chiller system according to embodiments of the present invention.

Figure 16 is the schematic diagram of another embodiment of heat-sealing chiller system according to embodiments of the present invention.

Figure 17 A is the schematic diagram of another embodiment of heat-sealing chiller system according to embodiments of the present invention.

Figure 17 B is the schematic diagram of another embodiment of heat-sealing chiller system according to embodiments of the present invention.

Figure 18 is the front view of the tropical seal modules with heat-sealing cooler according to embodiments of the present invention.

Figure 19 is the block diagram of data handling system according to embodiments of the present invention.

Detailed description of the invention

The present invention, shown in the drawings embodiments of the invention be will be described more fully hereinafter with reference now.But, the present invention can be embodied as many different forms, and should not be regarded as being limited to embodiments set forth herein.In all of the figs, similar reference refers to the element being similar to.Feature described in one embodiment can be used alone or be used in another embodiment, although being not specifically described in other embodiments.

In the accompanying drawings, for the sake of clarity, some layer, parts or feature can be amplified, and optional feature shown in phantom or operation, except as otherwise noted.Term " accompanying drawing " and " figure " can " be schemed " to be used interchangeably with the word in the application and/or diagram.It addition, the order of operation (or step) is not limited to the order gone out given in claim, unless otherwise expressly specified.In a situation of use where, term " is attached ", " connection ", " contact ", " connection " etc. can represent directly or indirectly, except as otherwise noted.Term " simultaneously " represents that each operation is essentially simultaneously to perform.

Unless otherwise prescribed, all terms used herein (including technology and scientific terminology) have the identical implication being generally understood with those skilled in the art in the invention.It is to be further understood that, term (such as defined in common dictionary) should be construed as having the implication consistent with they implications in association area background and should not explain, unless be so defined the most clearly in the way of Utopian or the most formal.

Term " framework " represents the total frame structure for supporting one or more assembly, module and/or parts.This framework can be ground installation frame.

Term " automatically " represents that operation can perform in the case of there is no human assistance, it is common that utilizes and programs the control system and electronic and/or machinery instructed and perform.Operator can be used to input or assist for term " automanual " expression but most operation is to utilize electromechanical device to automatically carry out with the control system of programming guidance.

Term " about " represents that numerical value can change and reaches +/-20%.

Below in the description of the embodiment of the present invention, some term refers to some structure position relationship relative to other structure.Term used herein " front " or " forward " and derivative thereof refer to that implant or product are advanced in production line thus formed the packaging general direction of product or principal direction；This term is intended that the synonym in term " downstream ", and " downstream " is often used in manufacture or material flowing environment, in order to represent that certain material being traveling at or being applied is more farther than other material in this process.On the contrary, term " backward " and " upstream " and derivative thereof refer to respectively with forward and downstream side in the opposite direction.

Term " adhesive " or " glue " represent can adhere to edge when being applied to the edge part of superposition of seam or covering or shell material thus the material of sealed product (generally using generally tubulose or elongated shape).These seal and are typically firm and can bear desired pressure.For food, adhesive can be food stage, the most biocompatible.The suitably example of adhesive includes but not limited to polymer, such as fusing HDPE(high density polyethylene (HDPE)).

Embodiments of the invention are particularly suitable for and the device cooperation for producing packaging product, and guillotine applies cutting thus will remain in product in sleeve pipe and seal.The connection chain of the elongated extruded product that this product can be to maintain in sleeve pipe.Sleeve pipe or covering can be any suitable material (edibles or unedible, naturally occurring or synthetic), such as but not limited to collagen, cellulose, elasticity, polymer and/or plastic bushing.Term " film " refers to the thin soft sheet material of cover stock material.Film can include paper tinsel or layers of foil laminate.When being used in food, film, sleeve pipe or covering should be food compatible.

Referring now to accompanying drawing, Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Fig. 1 C, Fig. 1 D and Fig. 1 E shows exemplary heat-sealing module 100.As shown in FIG., heat-sealing module 100 can include the adhesive system 30 with relevant (heated) adhesive runner 30f, hot melt or other heated adhesive are supplied to adhesive coated device 39(such as nozzle or other allocation member (Fig. 3 A) by this adhesive runner 30f), sleeve pipe (i.e., film) drive assembly 40(to omit from Figure 1A and Figure 1B, be shown in Fig. 1 C-1E, Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B) and be positioned at the vicinity of end 52e of product horn 52 and be positioned at the heat-sealing cooler 125 of forming ring 50 downstream position.Heat-sealing module 100 can include the man machine interface (HMI) with controller 10c and display 10d, thus allows user select some operating parameter and/or check mode of operation etc..Must be it is clear that term " module " refer to when " sealing " be used together with phrase seal flat steel product thus pack the physics sub-component of the packaging system of product, film or other shell material are sealed to tubular form by generally heat-sealing module.Term " module " (sees Figure 19, such as refers to can be used for the computer executable program code performing to specify logical function time) when being used in data handling system.

As shown in Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Figure 13 C, Figure 14 C and Figure 14 D, heat-sealing cooler 125 may reside in film and drives the downstream position of assembly 40 and be present in (Fig. 3 B) in distance D between about 0.1 inch to about 6 inches of driving belt 221b, 222b interval.In certain embodiments, as shown in Fig. 1 C and Fig. 1 E, heat-sealing cooler 125 may reside in the top of driving belt 221b, 222b, consistent with horn 52 and be present in the short distance downstream position (Fig. 3 B) of adhesive coated device 39, it is usually located at and applicator 39 is spaced in about 0.10 inch to about 6 inches, more generally between about 0.25 inch and 3 inches.

In embodiment shown in Fig. 1 C, Fig. 1 D, Fig. 1 E, Figure 13 C, Figure 14 C and Figure 14 D, such as seam cooler 125 may be located at the position of more upstream, closer to the position sealed by film lap, i.e. adjacent with nozzle 39.This layout will not be suitable for " injection " type seam cooler, because unnecessary water will enter in vacuum belt 221b, 222b.Preferably, new seam cooler 125 can be the contact cooler of " without dripping off " and liquid coolant do not enter vacuum driving system 40(entirely without or trace).

It should be noted that though it is shown that adhesive heat-sealing module 100, but heat-sealing cooler 125 can be used for other packaging system, including utilize heat such as the torrid zone 140(Figure 18) in the case of without adhesive coated by flat film seal packaging system.

As shown in Figure 1A-Fig. 1 E, Fig. 2 and Figure 13 C, heat-sealing cooler 125 can include coating pad 130, and this coating pad 130 contacts when the heat-sealing 62 when traveling over (being pulled) with the film 60 formed at product horn 52.Heat-sealing cooler 125 can include reservoir body 132, and this reservoir body 132 has at least one cavity 132c including liquid coolant (such as water).Cavity 132c and coating pad 130 fluid communication.Liquid is supplied to coat pad 130 by least one cavity 132c.Coating pad 130 has the outer exposure 130e(Fig. 2 with the area contact of heat-sealed seam or film 62).In use, coating pad 130 can contact with film and be smeared by liquid in heat-sealing 62.This contact can apply the liquid of a thin layer thus avoid liquid drop onto the ground below coating pad 130 from coating pad or drop onto on film driving means 40 or its motor.Therefore, heat-sealing cooler 125 is without being constructed to closed-loop circulating coolant system.

In certain embodiments, liquid (such as, water) reservoir body 132 and inlet throttle valve 135 and be communicated to liquid source of supply/fluid supply 200(Figure 15) supply flow line 137(Fig. 2) be in fluid communication.

Fig. 1 E shows heat-sealing module 100, and/or relevant packaging machine can include the air pilot-actuated valve 1135 for controlling to be supplied to the liquid of coating pad 130.When coolant is coated to seam 62 by coating pad 130, valve 135 can be " to open " (such as, film produces and carries out the 90% of the time) continuously or substantially continuous.In certain embodiments, air pilot-actuated valve 1135 control valve 135.Air pilot-actuated valve 1135, in a situation of use where, the ON/OFF that can circulate reaches the number of times of regulation thus is formed provided to the flowing of the liquid of the coating pad 130 that cavity 132c is provided to be kept by reservoir body 132.This circulation can have " open " more longer than " closedown " time period, is equal to " open/close " time period or has " close " more longer than " unlatching " time.This circulation can be used for reducing fluid flow thus is suitable for the film production of slower speed.Controller 10c(such as, PLC) pneumatic operated valve (such as in the pneumatic box/control chamber that valve 135 can be carried out pilot control) in packaging machine can be started.Little liquid (such as, water) feeding pipe can from for make other parts of rubber extruding machine chuck or packing device, feature and/or region cooling liquid isolate.

Coating pad 130 can be kept by reservoir body 132.Material that is that coating pad 130 can include imbibition or that moisten, such as felt and/or sponge material, as described further below.Therefore, for heat-sealing (coolant) liquid can by imbibition, movement or flowing through contact at the/applicator material that is resisted against on film.When film travels through heat-sealing cooler 125, heat-sealing cooler 125 can by the liquid of a thin layer (such as, water) distribute, smear or be lowered on the top of seam, and the liquid of thin layer is pulled away on the direction away from heat-sealing (such as, glue seals) module 100 and can be evaporated before film arrives guillotine or other locking device.In certain embodiments, the heat-sealing through liquid cooling advances (Fig. 3 A) towards one or more guillotines 22.Contact cooling device 125 may be configured so that do not have water be dropped in the surrounding of film drive system 40 with near, such as film drives motor and/or vacuum belt.

The liquid of controlled volume may remain in the 132c of reservoir chamber.This volume can elapse in time and changes or be kept substantially constant.At least one reservoir chamber 132c may be sized to and be configured to maintain sufficient liquid coolant (such as, water) to pad flowing and/or the movement of 130 through coating.Simply by the presence of sufficient liquid volume, the density/porosity of coating pad 130 and flow control valve 135 can control to be coated to the liquid of heat-sealing film.In certain embodiments, due to the most wear-resistant/or gratifying Performance Characteristics, thus by fine and close but porous material is used in coating pad 130.

Coating pad 130 and/or reservoir body 132 can be configured to " floating " or have some elasticity to accommodate various sizes of horn and/or making it can be consistent with the contact membranes against horn, because horn 52 can level by halves.

Mounting assembly 150 can be utilized to be attached to seal framework 10f or other supporting member of packaging system of module by heat-sealing cooler 125.Mounting assembly 150 and associated components (heat-sealing cooler 125) can provide and include the feature of OEM thermal modules system to improve the form of external member.

As shown in Figure 1B, Fig. 1 C and Fig. 2, at least one cavity 132c of such as reservoir body 132 can be in fluid communication with inlet throttle flow valve 135 to regulate flow and/or automatically supplying the liquid flowing opening and closing of pipeline 137 in the future.

In exemplary embodiment shown in Figure 1A, Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B, runner 30f has approximate horizontal first being combined with (level) extruder 33, this extruder 33 is incorporated to the curve part being combined with pipeline, pipeline or flexible pipe 36, and this pipeline, pipeline or flexible pipe 36 travel upwardly and then travel down to adhesive coated device 39.Extruder 33 can be fixing and horizontal alignment becomes to be in fluid communication with feed hopper 31.Pipeline, pipeline or flexible pipe 36 can have the lower end against adhesive coated device 39, this adhesive coated device 39 can substantially perpendicularly move reach between about 3-6 inch, generally distance between about 4-5 inch (in order to adhesive coating or distribution and downwards and in arrested state under upwards).The heat-sealing module 100 with fluid adhesive induction system 30 can optionally include the separately controllable hot-zone of at least four, is illustrated as " A, B, C, D " in figure 3b.Individually control permission system 10 and electronically monitor and be set in difference (or identical) temperature in each district A-D.Other extruder/adhesive system and different runners can be used.Adhesive coated device 39 can be configured to be discharged into a plurality of adhesive the surface of film/covering, it is common that three.

In certain embodiments, as shown in Fig. 1 C and 13C, adhesive system 30 can include the feed hopper 31 being positioned at above horizontal extruder 33, and this feed hopper 31 has the runner 30f extending to applicator 39.The side that horizontal-extending extruder 33 can be orientated to being perpendicular to horn 52 upwardly extends, as shown in FIG..Lifter 41 can be located at upstream position and with applicator 39(such as, distributing nozzle) adjacent.

As shown in Figure 1A, Fig. 1 D, Fig. 3 A, Fig. 3 B and Figure 13 C, system 10 includes sealing module 100, and this heat-sealing module 100 has the vertical orientated feed hopper 31 keeping adhesive material in bulk, generally uses the form of solid grain, crystal or granule.Adhesive granule can include polymer such as HDPE.Raw material is provided to horizontal-extending screw extruder 33 by feed hopper 31, and this screw extruder 33 includes the machine barrel connected with spiral distributor.As shown in FIG., extruder 33 is static and is secured in place.Machine barrel includes at least one heater, usual two interior heaters, is used for making granule or other source adhesive material be fused into flowable form.

As shown in Figure 13 B, Figure 13 C and Figure 14 A-Figure 14 D, such as have the cylinder 43(downwardly extended be typically spring load cylinder 43) roller blocks 44 can be in the downstream position adjacent with allotter 39, in order to after adhesive coating extrude seam 62.Generally, as shown in FIG., cylinder 43 is positioned at before heat-sealing cooler 125, such as, between distributing nozzle 39 and heat-sealing cooler 125, be such as spaced 0.25-2 inch with allotter 39 and coating between 0.25 inch and 3 inches of the hithermost end padding 130.Cylinder 43 can apply pressure (Fig. 2) immediately preceding the backward seam 62 of adhesive coating (glue) consequently facilitating form the most flat sealing.Roller blocks 44 can include fluid (the most pneumatic) cylinder 47, and this cylinder 47 has actuator legs 47l to make cylinder move into operating position.Roller blocks 44 can include at least one spring 46 downwardly extended, and this spring 46 may reside in the downstream position of cylinder 43 and can apply the power unrelated with air pressure, the power that this power is typically smaller than applied by cylinder 47.

Roller blocks 44 can include first and second support element 144b, 144u, wherein actuator legs 47l be attached to second component 144u and cylinder 43 only in the attached underneath of actuator legs 47l to the first component 144b.

Roller blocks 44(i.e., drum assembly) can have mounting assembly 144, this mounting assembly 144 can include first, second, and third support 144b, 144u, 47m.Lower or the first support 144b can keep cylinder 43.Helical spring 46 can be maintained at position adjacent with cylinder 43 between first and second support element 144b, 144u.Upper or the 3rd support element 47m may reside in the top of first and second support element 144b, 144u.Bar 247 can be attached to second and the 3rd support element 144u, 47m, and upwardly extends in the side being parallel to actuator legs 47l.Lower or the first support element 144b can keep cylinder 43 to make it closely be spaced above product horn 52.

Fluid flow system can include the pressure transducer sensing the pressure in extruder barrel.Limiting pressure can be configured to guarantee that downstream line or flexible pipe bear too high pressure；Generally limiting pressure is set as about 1500 Psi, if it exceeds this pressure can automatically turn off system 10 and/or adhesive system 30.Suitably commercial extruders is the 3/4 inch screw extruder buied from the Killion Extruders company of Xi Dageluofu city being positioned at New Jersey.Keyway or groove can drilled or molding enter in the interior diameter in extruder feed portion (about 6 o ' clock orientation relative with the entrance of feed hopper) in case excessively drive electronic in the case of promote that particle flow enters extruder 33.The further details of packaging system and exemplary hot melt sealing system may refer to United States Patent (USP) 8, and 006,463, the content of this patent is incorporated by reference herein as stated in full text herein.

As shown in Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Fig. 1 C, Fig. 1 D2, Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B, and as being well-known for those skilled in the art, packaging system 10 and/or heat-sealing module 100 can include forming ring 50, this forming ring 50 is configured to be formed the sleeve pipe of (joint) the generally tubulose sealed by elastic and/or polymer sheet and/or plane coiled material, then clogs with flowable products or fills this sleeve pipe.More generally, coiled material is relatively thin elasticity and/or polymer sheet.Coiled material can be the flat sheet of flexible membrane, and this sheet material can the tubular sleeve sealing and/or connecting or engage for continuous length formed in situ.This shaping can in desired time interval (generally between at least about 45-60 minute, according to the length dimension of coiled material) substantially automatically and be consecutively carried out.

Hot melt flowable materials (such as polymer, such as adhesive) can be used to perform heat-sealing, and two-layer is sealed together thus forms seam by this adhesive, and two long edges/edge part is connected thus formed tubular body by flat coiled material by this seam.Seam engages and can use additionally and/or other suitable encapsulating method, including such as sealing band, ultrasonic, light (ultraviolet or the light of other expectation wavelength), chemistry, machinery and/or other encapsulating method.Seam can be carvel joint, wing seam or other overlap and/or the form of docking, but the long edge 62 being generally of the sleeve pipe 60 overlapping with other, the most shown.Adhesive can be heated to or exceed fusing point (generally between about 200-300 DEG C), to promote the flowing of adhesive.Can between about 200-300 DEG C at a temperature of adhesive is discharged into film from adhesive coated device 30.

Packaged elongated or tubular products can be elongated food, such as meat products.Exemplary meat products is included but not limited to: skewer (can include peperoni, Fowl meat and/or beef or other desired meat) and processing meat product (including grain mixture wholly or in part, including sausage, hot dog etc.).Other embodiments of the invention can relate to be sealed in film or other shell material other type of food (such as cheese) or other products.The example of other products includes powder, such as granular material, including corn, sugar, sand, explosive etc., or other flowable materials, including wet pet food (being similar to generally remain in canned food) or other powder, granular, solid, semisolid or gel-like material.Can be by this packaging products application in any suitable industry, including in food, cultivation, agricultural, environment, chemistry, explosive or other purposes.

Figure 1A and Fig. 3 A shows tension feedback component 70, and this tension feedback component 70 is connected with the sleeve pipe/product (not shown) of the tensioning filled.What one component was constructed to respond to excess outwards shifts tension force from pivotal arm, thus applies a force to respective component, thus causes film speed, adhesive extruded velocity and/or adhesive conveying to increase.In operation, the downstream component of component 70 be configured to communicate with position sensor contact in case provide feedback to controller thus allow controller regulate operating parameter.Figure 1A and Fig. 3 A shows that tension feedback component 70 may reside in the top of the end of discharge feed supporting surface 55.

Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B shows exemplary packaging system 10, and this packaging system 10 has the rotation platform or platform 20 keeping including sealing multiple guillotines of module 100.Although illustrated as including (usual two) guillotine 22, but during packaging operation, not it is entirely (for example, it is possible to disabling guillotine alternately) of operation, or turntable 20 can include the guillotine 22 of other quantity (generally between 10-14).Rota-Clip^®Packaging system can be from the Tipper in Ai Peikesi city, the North Carolina state Tie company buys.As shown in figures 3 a and 3b, rotation platform 20 can have platform top 21, and this top has circumferentially spaced guillotine 22(and is typically double guillotine).Can allow to produce the end product of different length with quantity and/or the guillotine 22 radiai adjustment position on turntable 20 of the circumference guillotine 22 being used in combination of turntable 20.Such as, under identical guillotine radial position, using whole 12(12) once-through operation of guillotine 22 can produce the product of 6 inches, and if disable other guillotine 22 each, then can produce the product of up to 36 inches.The size that the constitution realization of replacement is bigger can be utilized.

As shown in fig. 3, system 10 can include micro ball valve 22v, using this ball valve generally for each guillotine 22 connected with air control unit, this air control unit automatically controls the startup of each guillotine 22 based on system (HMI/PLC) controller 10c and disables.Such as conventional rotation platform guillotine, in operation, in the lower section of tabletop of platform, sealed filling tubulose covering is cut.System 10 can be configured to perform in HMI(man machine interface) touch screen input on display 10d.This user may select input can inform that film drives the rear and initial vacuum band driving means 221,222 of assembly 40 to be turned on and off, and can make various control function automatization.After film 60 is in place, engines/systems 10 is in preparation operating position, vacuum belt driving means 221,222 should be closed at this and make vacuum belt 221b, 222b upwardly against film 60, thus is clamped between horn 52 and band 221b, 222b by film 60.This can utilize cylinder pneumatically to complete, and this cylinder is connected with vacuum belt driving means 221,222.The belt driven by motor can simultaneously drive vacuum belt driving means 221,222.Film drives assembly 40 can have regulation wheel 225, and this regulation wheel 225 can make both the vacuum belt driving means 221,222 (together) the front and back motion towards machine.This operation allows that front and rear vacuum belt driving means is generally equally spaced with horn 52 is directed at.Once they are equal with the distance of horn 52, it is possible to use the input (Figure 1A) on touch screen 10d is electronically turned on and off vacuum motor 221,222.Open and close the most simultaneous.It should be noted, although by way of example vacuum diaphragm driving means is illustrated as making film move past or through heat-sealing module 100, but is used as other film driving means.

Can downwardly extend along the newel 12 for each guillotine station 22s with reference to Fig. 3 A, two air pipe line 22a.Article one, pipeline is main air line, and this main air line is for starting the valve below sprocket.Second air pipe line allows the gate that cuts of each guillotine 22 to close.Second air pipe line can have the connection break valve 22v being installed in pipe.If using this stop valve 22v, then cut off the air of the door cylinder flowing on independent guillotine.If this door is not closed, guillotine will not " startup " (put down drift or start cutting knife).The reason closing guillotine is to obtain the product that the product (such as, salmon) of general length more manageable than each guillotine is longer.Such as, if No. 1 guillotine is opened, No. 2 guillotines cut out, and No. 3 guillotines are opened, and product length becomes the distance from No. 1 guillotine to No. 3 guillotines.

System 10 can with about 300/minute or about 300 feet of films/minute the speed of maximum and operate, whichever is formerly.In order to term " whichever formerly " is explained further: can be by the speed of foot film/minute measure for unit total machine.Less length and less diameter products can pump than big product sometimes quickly.Such as, object or the product " salmon " of 8 inches × diameter of length 1 inch can pump quickly than the salmon of 18 inches × diameter of length 3 inches and produce.Embodiments of the invention can produce with the speed of 300/minute, as long as product is 12 inches and less.For each equipment, revolution speed can change.In certain embodiments, system 10 can produce with the speed of the film between about 100 feet to about 400 feet/minute (film of the most about 300 feet/minute).

Rotation platform 20 has vertical support frame 12(and also can be described as post or lower limb), this vertical support frame 12 is connected with main drive system 20d, and main drive system 20d makes platform and guillotine rotate (and can automatically change speed based on production requirement/input) with desired speed.The air feed conduit being connected to various guillotine can progress down to air feeder along post 12.System 10 can include single normal air feedway, and this air feeder can be split to provide air to whole guillotines.Alternately, the guillotine of each or each group can have the air feeder of special separation.Each guillotine 22 can include airborne air feed conduit/pipeline, and this air feed conduit/pipeline has the valve of the air feed conduit being releasably coupled on post 12.

System 10 can include Siemens frequency conversion drive and overall security system, including such as, has Siemens Step 7300 processor of the security system of entirety, including Siemens touch screen, motor driver and security module.Touch screen can include a series of icons that user starts and/or image show or indicate the state of feature of various parts, such as adhesive nozzle downwards, pump " is turned on and off ".Motor can be to be installed in the explosion-proof TECO motor outside electrical box, in order to reduces or gets rid of cooling problem.This system can include being automatically positioned of vacuum belt driving means.System 10 could be for carrying out remote access Ethernet via VPN, and can also be the fieldbus (PROFIBUS) of foreign language support.

In certain embodiments, system 10 can be configured to and automatic synchronization driving control system cooperation, this automatic synchronization driving control system can use single virtual axle, to rise to maximum speed of operation, covering (such as, film) driving means, adhesive extruder driving means is thus made to drive (utilizing the frequency changing driving system of Siemens or similar) synchronization with turntable.Each drive system can operate with selected (variable or constant) speed.Film and extrusion driving means can provide the tubulose covering of sealing with arbitrary desired speed (being included between about 10-400 foot per minute, generally between about 150-300 foot/min) operation；More generally, machine can operate with the speed of operation of about 300 feet/min.

Referring now to Fig. 4 A-Fig. 4 C, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B, figure shows an example of the reservoir body 132 of heat-sealing cooler 125.In this embodiment, reservoir body 132 has the outer wall surrounding at least one elongated interior liquid chambers 132c, and this internal liquid chamber 132c and liquid inlet 132i is in fluid communication.Figure showing, liquid inlet 132i is positioned at centre and through top wall but it also may located elsewhere.Liquid inlet 132i can provide with single entrance or the form of multiple entrance.

Reservoir body 132 can also include dividing plate or the wall 132w of the inside longitudinal extension between the holding room 133 of liquid chambers 132c and coating pad 130.Internal partition or wall 132w can be configured to the liquid distribution provided above at least most of pad 130 length, and provide ratio from the most single entrance 132i to the longer length that directly flows of pad in the case of then.These liquid delivery paths are to be provided to the distribution pattern to the coating pad kept in room 133 by the aperture in reservoir cavity 132.As shown in FIG., dividing plate 132w has at least one aperture 132a extended past from which, in order to limits and leaves path for the liquid that will remain in the coating pad 130 that the liquid at least one cavity 132c is supplied in the open zone 133 keeping coating pad 130.

Coating pad 130 can be consumable parts, and these parts can be replaced with desired time interval by operator/user.Coating pad 130 can removably be maintained in the holding room 133 of reservoir body 132.

As shown in FIG., reservoir body 132 have entirety/single component structure, this structure provide reservoir liquid cavity 132c, dividing plate 132w and keep room 133.But, reservoir body 132 can alternately be configured to single cooperation component, such as provides the stackable cooperation component of above-mentioned parts.

Fig. 5 show keep the sidewall 133w of room 133 can outward-dipping reach between about 10-20 degree, generally angle beta between about 12-14 degree.In certain embodiments, angle beta can be the most about 10 degree, about 11 degree, about 12 degree, about 13 degree, about 14 degree, about 15 degree, about 16 degree, about 17 degree, about 18 degree, about 19 degree and about 20 degree.In certain embodiments, the upper shoulder keeping room 133s can reach angle [alpha] from sidewall 133w is downward-sloping, this angle [alpha] can be between about 50 to about 80 degree, generally between about 60 and 80 degree, more generally between about 65 and 75 degree (the most about 68-70 degree).

Coating pad 130 can have the shape compressed compared with at the natural self-supporting shape of its outside reservoir body (not having the power of any applying) when being maintained in reservoir body 132.Fig. 7 B shows coating pad 130, and this coating pad 130 uses three-dimensional " like block " shape 130n of natural self-supporting outside reservoir body 132 and uses compression shape 130c inside reservoir body 132.Coating pad 130 can take up the volume of most or all of open chamber 133 so that liquid coolant (such as, water) can leave reservoir body 132 merely through coating pad 130.Coating pad 130 can extend up to distance " d " outside holding room 133.Keep room 133 can have the tapered sidewalls 133w of longitudinal extension and the shoulder 133s of compression stress Fc can be applied simultaneously to coating pad 130.

Reservoir body 132 can have open chamber 133, this open chamber 133 removably keeps coating pad 130 to allow the sides (such as, the bottom in the orientation shown in Figure 1A and Figure 1B) of coating pad 130 to stretch out from reservoir body 132 reaching distance " d " thus form external cladding contact surface 130e simultaneously.Distance " d " can be between 10-80%, it is common that between 10-50%, the height of coating pad 130.Distance " d " can be between 0.1 inch and about 1 inch, about but other distance value can be used.In certain embodiments, coating pad 130 can have the height between about 1 inch and 2 inches and the width less than height (the most about 20% to 60% or less, all such as from about 25%, about 30%, about 30%, about 40%, about 45% and about 50% or less).In certain embodiments, width is of about 0.5 inch.In certain embodiments, the height of coating pad 130 can be about 1 inch, is wherein of about 5/8 inch in keeping room 133 and is of about 3/8 inch when outside the bottom exposing/extend to reservoir body 132,132'.

As shown in Fig. 4 C and Fig. 6, at least one aperture 132a can be laterally center single-row in multiple longitudinally spaced aperture 132a.But, aperture 132a can other arrange in (such as in multiple pipelines) and provide, in the adjacent pipeline with the adjacent aperture being offset from one another, at different pipelines.Aperture 132a is illustrated as being regularly spaced, and generally up between about 0.3 to about 0.75 inch, but can be irregularly spaced apart from (not shown).

At least one aperture 132a can be less than at least one liquid inlet 132i.Such as, liquid inlet 132i can have the diameter between 0.20 and 0.16 inch, and at least one aperture 132a can have the diameter between 0.10 and 0.13 inch or greatest width dimension.At least one aperture 132a can have the Breadth Maximum/length dimension (such as, diameter) between 0.10 inch to 0.13 inch, in certain embodiments.Although being illustrated as circle in figure 4 c, but aperture 132a can having other shape, it is included in laterally, tilts or the otch 132s(Fig. 7 A in one or more orientation in longitudinal extension orientation).

The quantity of aperture 132a can change, generally between 1-100, more generally between 5-50.Embodiment shown in Fig. 4 C and Figure 13 A, reservoir body 132' includes 11 aperture 132a, it is illustrated that for being disposed on straight line (but can use offset design).

With reference to Fig. 5, internal liquid chamber 132c can be maintained at the top keeping room 133 by reservoir body 132.Keep room 133 can have the sidewall broadened towards lower end, be generally formed at the angle between 10-20 degree with vertical direction.Keeping room 133 can have the top of shoulder 133s, this shoulder 133s can have outward flange, and when coating pad 130 is held therein with the shape of compression, this outward flange can clamp coating pad 130.

As shown in figures 7 a and 7b, such as shoulder 133s can extend internally and be upwardly formed cone angle and limit the folder point/surface of the point for coating pad 130 keeping facing with each other in room.Coating pad 130 can be maintained at holding room 133 in, thus relative to expose lower surface 130e and and top 130t between compression pad up/down extend shape and there is broader top and substructure.

In certain embodiments, as shown in Figures 1 A and 1 B 1, coating pad 130 can face down prominent from reservoir body 132.But, in other embodiments, reservoir body 132 can be to maintain from this orientation reverse or lateral, thus coating pad 130 is positioned at other position, generally corresponds to seal the position of weld seam/seam.

Reservoir body 132,132' can be elongate body, or there is the length between 3-10 inch, the most about 3 inches, about 3.5 inches, about 4 inches, about 4.5 inches, about 5 inches about 5.5 inches, about 6 inches, about 6.5 inches, about 7 inches, about 7.5 inches, about 8 inches, about 8.5 inches, about 9 inches, about 9.5 inches and about 10 inches.

Coating pad 130 can have substantially like blob-like shapes, and may be configured to elongated rectangular body in certain embodiments, as shown in the decomposition view in Fig. 8.Coating pad 130 can have the height dimension more than its width dimensions.In certain embodiments, coating pad 130 can have (in the outside of reservoir body 132) width between about 0.3 inch and 1 inch, the most about 0.4 inch, about 0.5 inch, about 0.6 inch, about 0.7 inch and about 0.9 inch.Coating pad 130 can have the height between about 0.4 to about 0.7 inch.Coating pad 130 can have the length between about 3-10 inch, the most about 3 inches, about 3.5 inches, about 4 inches, about 4.5 inches, about 5 inches, about 5.5 inches, about 6 inches, about 6.5 inches, about 7 inches, about 7.5 inches, about 8 inches, about 8.5 inches, about 9 inches, about 9.5 inches and about 10 inches.

Coating pad 130 can have other shape, generally but optionally has plane film contact surface 130e.Film contact surface 130e can alternately have curved shape, and this curved shape has the radius of curvature corresponding to the product horn in lower section.Coating pad 130 can have " T " word shape, the triangular shaped or section shape of polygonal shape (such as pentagon or octagon etc.).

Coating pad 130 can include deformable porous material, such as felt, foam and/or sponge material.In the case of coating pad 130 includes sponge material, this sponge can be to synthesize or natural, and about 200-250 DEG C (or even as high as about 320 DEG C should be stood, temperature in certain embodiments), and there is no excessive degradation in suitable operating time section such as at least one conversion (6-8 hour).

Coating pad 130 can include felt.Felt can be synthesis or natural.Felt can have the Pilus Caprae seu Ovis of high percentage, generally between about 95%-100%.Wool fiber has the elastic cortex being packaged in the rigidity chuck with small hook thorn or squame.Due to heat, dampness and beating, fiber can become slack in all directions, crimps and interlock.Along with the increase beaten and pat, fiber can be compressed or be hardened into close compact block.The product formed can be firm and compact, remains in that a certain degree of elasticity simultaneously.100% wool felt is divided into two big classes: SAE felt and technology felt (Technical Felt).The density relevant with hardness determines main performance difference.Conventional and method known to those skilled in the art can be provided to determine felt density.For example, it is possible to by weighing 36 " The weight of × 36 " × 1 " sample determines felt density, if 36 " × 36 " × 1 " felt sheet be weighed as 20 pounds, then it is referred to as " 20 pounds of felts ".

In certain embodiments, coating pad 130 can include having the felt of density between 10-40 pound/square yard.In certain embodiments, coating pad 130 can have the felt density between 10-20 pound/square yard.

In certain embodiments, coating pad 130 can include the felt having about 10 pounds/square yard to the density of about 20 pounds/square yard, and has the wool content of about 80%, 85%, 90% or 95% or bigger.

Felt can be synthesis and/or natural felt.Felt can be laminar felt, and this felt is the wool product of fine and close compacting.Felt can include needle punched felt, and this needle punched felt refers to that felt is made together by being vertically needled into by fiber, thus obtains desired thickness and density.Needle punched felt be typically by Pilus Caprae seu Ovis, synthesis and other reprocessing fiber made by.When observing the cross section of needle punched felt, fiber is vertically arranged, and this is contrary with overfelt (wherein fiber water level land is arranged).Knitting woolen felt usually contains the Pilus Caprae seu Ovis of lower percentage compared with SAE wool felt.

Coating pad 130 can have the hardness between 20-40 shore A, more generally the Shore A durometer hardness between 20-35, the most about 20, about 25, about 30 or about 35 Shore A hardness.

In certain embodiments, for sponges/foams material, coating pad 130 can have shore 00 hardness between 70-86, the generally hardness between about 76-83 shore 00.

Coating pad 130 can have at about 100-600(minimum) tensile strength between psi, the most about 150 psi, about 200 psi, (minimum) tensile strength of about 250 psi, about 300 psi, about 350 psi, about 400 psi, about 450 psi, about 500 psi, about 550 psi and about 600 psi.

In certain embodiments, coating pad 130 can include having F3(felt grade), the felt of the felt grade of F5 or F7.

In certain embodiments, felt can be to have 1 " thickness under the about 15.6 pounds/density of square yard, the F3 of specified (minimum) tensile strength of the Shore A durometer hardness of 35 and 400 psi.In certain embodiments, felt can be to have 1 " F5 of specified (minimum) tensile strength of the about 12.2 pounds/density of square yard, the Shore A durometer hardness of 25 and 400 psi under thickness.In certain embodiments, felt can be to have 1 " F7 of specified (minimum) tensile strength of the about 12.2 pounds/density of square yard, the Shore A durometer hardness of 25 and 250 psi under thickness.

Coating pad 130 can moisten the degree allowing coating to pad 130 heat-sealings that liquid is coated to film in mode without dripping off with the liquid being stored in the 132c of device chamber.Term " without dripping off " represents in normal film production model and supplies for the normal fluid of cooler 125 in volume/speed having heat-sealing module 100(Figure 1A) the operation of at least 1 hour of heat-sealing cooler after, do not find in the adjacent component on ground from the liquid accumulation of heat-sealing cooler 125 or collect.In the normal operation period, can be pulled away by visually seeing the luminescent layer that liquid (such as, water) is moisture film or water, this moisture film or luminescent layer to move to heat-sealing cooler 125 advanced downstream along with film.Term " without dripping off " also illustrates that at that time by when being released from from the fluid pressure of reservoir body 132, the working fluid source of supply of 132', liquid does not continue to flow out or drip from coating pad 130, even when reservoir body be oriented such that pad 130 be at horn 52 when being arranged above vertical and exposure.

Fig. 8 shows exemplary mounting assembly 150, and this mounting assembly 150 is the heat-sealing module 100 for heat-sealing cooler 125 is installed to packaging machine 10.Mounting assembly 150 includes that reservoir body keeps support 155, and this support 155 keeps reservoir body 132 in the way of vertically adjustable.As shown in FIG., support 155 can be attached to the slide plate 156 kept by the support 158 with track 159.This frame rack 158 with track can be fixing, and is attached to seal framework and/or the packaging system 10 of module 100.Plunger type lock pin 152 can extend past mounting bracket 155 to engage with frame rack 158 thus mounting bracket 155 being locked in suitable height.May be used without other and form is installed.

Mounting bracket 150 can be floated relative to product horn 52 reach certain length so that coating pad 130 can be consistent with film and horn 52, because horn 52 can be level by halves.

Inlet throttle flow control valve 135 can be kept by reservoir body 132."T"-shaped joint 136 can be sealingly attached to entrance 132i, thus provides flow duct 137(Fig. 2) and the connection of inlet throttle flow valve 135.

Fig. 9, Figure 10 A-Figure 10 C, Figure 11 and Figure 12 show another embodiment of reservoir body 132' of heat-sealing cooler 125.In this embodiment, reservoir body 132' has assembling hanger 160, and this assembling hanger 160 has groove 161, and this groove 161 is for carrying out vertical height regulation when being installed to packaging system/heat-sealing module 100.Shoulder bolts 170(Fig. 9) groove 161 can be extended past this bolt can be floated.

Figure 13 A-is similar to the embodiment as shown in Fig. 9, Figure 10 A-10C, Figure 11 and Figure 12 Figure 13 C shows.Reservoir body 132 can be kept by mounting bracket 150' of the framework or housing that are attached to packaging machine 10.Mounting bracket 150' can keep cylinder 147, and this cylinder 147 can guide actuator legs 147l to move up and down on vertical cursor slide 149 thus be positioned by the pad 130 kept by reservoir body 132.Reservoir body 132 can include at least one inlet flow rate valve 135.

Figure 14 A and Figure 14 B shows and is similar to the embodiment shown in Fig. 9 and Figure 13 C.In this embodiment, reservoir body 132(is i.e., it is optionally or includes the keeper that the coating of felt mattress is padded) can be kept by mounting bracket 150'', this mounting bracket 150'' has the first seam cooler maintaining part 125b and also can include adjacent rolling stand portion 44b.Mounting bracket 150' can be to have the first planar wall 150w₁Overall plate, this first planar wall 150w₁It is incorporated to the plane wall 150w of adjacent indent₂, this plane wall 150w₂It is present at the centerline depression from product horn 50 or inside lateral distance.

Support 150'' can keep the joint 136' fluid communication of pneumatic operated valve 135' and valve flow quantity control instrument 135f, this valve flow quantity control instrument 135f and the ingress port 132i for reservoir 132'.Heat-sealing chiller assembly can include water supply diverter member 200c, this water supply diverter member 200c is connected to valve 135' and is connected to the supply channel/runner (Figure 15) from water source 200, such as from extruder water leg or from the feedwater of extruder water leg, this extruder water leg also provides for the water leg (not shown) of extruder.

Figure 14 C and Figure 14 C shows that exemplary glue nozzle assembly 100a, this glue nozzle assembly 100a can be optionally to provide to improve the form of external member and/or can be attached during the coming of new of packaging machine.Assembly 100a can include nozzle and rolling stand 126.Support 150'' can be attached to support 126, in order to drum assembly 44 and hot seam cooler 125 are maintained at applicator nozzle 39 and the downstream position of film hook/lifter 41.

Nozzle 39 can be kept by heat block assembly 139, and may reside between hook/lifter 41 and the drum assembly 44 with cylinder 43.

Drum assembly 44 can include upper and lower piece of 144u, 144b, and this upper and lower piece is attached to cylinder cylinder stent 47m, this support 47m and also keeps cylinder 47.Lower piece of 144b can utilize pin (axle such as, extended laterally) 178 to keep taking turns 43.

Nozzle 39 can extend internally (pass through/on the opposition side of the centrage of the longitudinal extension of product horn) thus in the face of seal cooler 125(Figure 14 D).

Assembly 100a can include having the glue nozzle positioning component 246 extending laterally bar 246r, bar 246r can laterally through the lifter/hook 41 before nozzle 30, be generally directed at lifter 41 or and lifter 41 vertical misalignment reach the distance between 0.1 inch and 1 inch.During operation, lifter 41 and glue nozzle 39 can be substantially aligned vertically, such as, be present in normal height and position.

In certain embodiments, due to the space for the connecting rod in adjusting rod 246r end, thus the skew between about 3 inches to about 4 inches can be there is between adjusting rod 246r and plate 126.

In certain embodiments, adjusting rod 246r can have between about 1 foot to about 2 foot, the length of the most about 18 inches.Bar 246r can be the longest to touch the outward flange of framework, and this outer edge easily enters the position being adjusted operator.

Glue nozzle positioning component 246 can allow to carry out lateral adjustment by making knob 246k rotate.Glue nozzle positioning component 246 can include upper and lower glue nozzle guider 341u, 341b, and this guider can slide on track/axle 342.Vertical orientated cylinder 241 can make glue nozzle positioning component 246 raise and reduce.

Nozzle can be kept by the nozzles 239 with glue nozzle guard cover 239g.Glue nozzle 39 can be kept by glue nozzle block 139, and this glue nozzle block 139 can include heating element.This nozzles include interface/joint 239f, this joint 239f be for be connected to for providing extruder 33(such as Figure 13 C of glue) pipeline that is connected.Glue nozzle block block 139 can be attached to nozzle and rolling stand 126.

Hook activates cylinder 141 can make hook/lifter 41 pivotal axis to promote a seam edge thus allowing nozzle 39 to apply glue/adhesive.Activating cylinder 141 can be with horizontal alignment, as shown in FIG..Hook 41 can include aperture 41a, and this aperture 41a Shoulder bolts 159 can be attached to the screw nut 103 fixed, and this screw nut 103 can be cooperated with hook (film lifter) 41 and/or be that hook (film lifter) 41 provides pivot.

Glue nozzle assembly 100a can include the U-joint 111 being attached to support 122, support 122 is to be kept to cooperate (in the form/orientation shown in Figure 14 C with cylinder 241 by lateral frame 126, generally above cylinder 241 and consistent with cylinder 241) glue nozzle assembly 100a can be advanced up and down, so that glue nozzle 39 vertically raises and reduces.

It should be noted, although Fig. 8, Fig. 9 and Figure 13 A shows exemplary reservoir main body 132 with the form of single (entirety) main body, but reservoir body can provide, such as coating pad 130 with one group of attachment or the form of the reservoir body at interval.

Coating pad 130 to be single overall pad or can provide with vertical stacking and/or the form of the multiple pads being longitudinally arranged, and these multiple pads contact with each other or closely interval reaches such as 1-10 mm.

Figure 15 is the schematic diagram of an example of heat-sealing cooler control circuit 100c.Circuit 100c can be configured to the flow controlling to open/close or flow into from liquid source of supply 200 liquid of reservoir body 132,132'.Liquid source of supply 200 can be any suitable liquid, such as water.This liquid can be nonvolatile and/or non-hazardous.For being based on the production of food, water can be cleaning and be suitable for being used in food manufacturing apparatus.

For respective heat-sealing cooler 125, flow into reservoir 132 from liquid source of supply 200, the flow of 132' can change, typically at least in part based on film speed of production.Film speed may be used for selecting suitable flow thus provides the liquid supply of the amount that heat-sealed seam can be made sufficiently cool.The mutual relation (such as, Computer Database look-up map) that film speed based on glue use and/or film properties is predetermined can be provided, in order to be automatically provided the fluid flow being suitable for reliably cooling down during operation.

Liquid in reservoir 132,132' can be located at ambient temperature and without cooled.Such as, controller 10c can be configured to based on trigger event or to user's input of the production model started on display 10d when not producing film automatically part close into " closedown " with the valve 135 of the liquid source of supply fluid communication leading to reservoir 200, and can be configured to automatically to open valve when producing film to " unlatching ".User can also manually close valve closing 135.Such as, this is automatically brought into operation and can produce the collecting or drip of liquid when stopping by block film.

In certain embodiments, enter reservoir body 132 at production period, the fluid flow of 132' can be at about 1 ml/min and about 3500 Between ml/min, and can be in certain embodiments between about 100 ml/min and about 3000 ml/min.This flow can be that continuous print " drips " or at a slow speed and/or can be the short unlatching of continuous print/pass closed loop, or with not overfilling with maintain desired pressure thus be forced to the liquid of excess vol through coating pad 130 and/or enter have coating pad 130 keep room 133 in the case of be enough to maintain reservoir the very fast flow of the speed/supplementary rate of desirable for liquid capacity.

When the startup of each batch, such as controller 10c can order liquid flow into reservoir body 132,132' thus be pre-charged with to regulation liquid level or volume, make once to produce film, heat-sealing cooler 125 can play state, and coat pad 130 and make moistening it is thus possible to liquid is coated to heat-sealing film fully.Controller 10d can be structured to block film envelope and prepare effectively to operate and have sufficient liquid in reservoir chamber and/or be pre-charged with/contact coating pad with sufficient liquid thus provide to seal to cool down until sealing cooler.

Sensor can be used to confirm that whether correct the liquid level in reservoir body and/or for confirming that coating pad 130 is in correct position or moistens fully.For example, it is possible to be held in place by " blank " base material with liquid sensor on the horn 52 below coating pad 130, and then controller 10c can allow/start film to produce with monitoring sensor or start heat-sealing module, such as.In other embodiments, liquid sensor can be placed in coating pad self, above exposure 130e or in the sidewall 133s of holding room 133.

While not wishing to limited by specific film speed or fluid flow, but an example of the flow rate calculation for about 300 ft/min operator schemes is described below.

Nova The hot property of Sclair 2714:

Softening point: 119 DEG C；

Fusion temperature: 170-280 DEG C (average glue application temperature 200 DEG C)

Constant cooling decline temperature: 150 DEG C.

Chilling temperature T=200-150=50 DEG C

Sclair glue temperature uses: p/n 99-0936 2 hole nozzle hole dimension: 0.036 " × 2

Area of section A=0.657 mm

Film speed=(in this case, 300 Ft/min)

Glue operating speed (units/ml/min)=0.657/100 × 30.48

If film speed is equal to 300 ft/min, glue utilization rate=60 The single hole of ml/min()

Total glue utilization rate=60 × 2 =120 ml/min or 4 × (feet/min)

Cp is with reference to water Cp=1 Kcal/kg DEG C

HDPE Cp=0.55 Kcal/kg

Discharge calculates:

As water Cp=HDPE Cp, reach thermal balance

Therefore, discharge=T × HDPE Quality=50 × 0.55 of Cp × 2714 × 120=3300 ml/min or about 3.3 liters/min.

Figure 15 also show and can be used by controller 10c and make operating time (such as produce ON/OFF or startup/stopping based on film and make valve 135 open/close) the synchronized sequential chart of each parts of heat-sealing chiller system.

Figure 16 shows that control circuit 100c can have common or public liquid source of supply 200, and this liquid source of supply 200 may be used for liquid being supplied to reservoir 132,132' and providing to rubber extruding machine (housing) 33 for utilizing the T runner from liquid source of supply 200 to cool down.This flow channel for liquids can include control valve 235, and this control valve 235 is for opening automatically/close and/or flow control operation.

Figure 17 A and Figure 17 B shows and can substitute for main body 132 as above overall, 132' and a series of reservoir body 132 that uses.Figure 17 A shows and single inlet control valve can be used for respective entrance 132.Figure 17 B shows that each entrance can have single flow control valve 135.Such as, Figure 17 B also show available slide bar 333 or each reservoir body is mounted together by other attachment structure.Although not shown, but multiple adjacent coating pad 130 can be kept by respective reservoir body 132,132'.

Figure 18 shows the heat-sealing cooler 125 being used in Different Package system 10' with tropical black box 140 according to embodiments of the present invention.For the more details of this type system, can be found in U.S. Patent Application Publication serial number 2015/0119218, the content of this patent application is incorporated by reference herein such as the statement in full text herein.

Figure 19 is the block diagram of the exemplary embodiment of data handling system, the block diagram illustrates system according to embodiments of the present invention, method and computer program product.Processor 410 communicates with memorizer 414 via address/data bus 448 and contacts.Processor 410 can be any commercially available or the microprocessor of customization.Memorizer 414 is the representative of overall hierarchy of storage device, includes software and the data of function for performing data handling system in this storage device.Memorizer 414 can include but not limited to following kind of device: cache, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory, SRAM and DRAM.

As shown in Figure 19, if memorizer 414 comprises the steps that software and the data of the dry type being used in data handling system 405；Operating system 452；Application program 454；(I/O) device driving means 458；Liquid unlatching/closing control module 450 automatically, this control module 450 can make the liquid flowing of entrance reservoir produce synchronization with film；With data 456.

Data 456 can include look-up map and relevant actuating speed, guillotine and the platform position configuration information etc. of difference " scheme ", corresponding to the specific of one or more manufacturers or target product.Data 456 could be for making actuating speed (platform rotation in such as film drive system, drive system, extruded velocity, revolution speed etc.) the synchronized synchronized drive module of different partner systems.Speed or the rotary speed etc. of turntable 20 of film/covering 60 can be regulated, such as based on the tension force/force feedback carrying out comfortable dancer arm the most described by Real-time Feedback based on machine operator conditions.Can based on " scheme " make to all of, each group and/or the selection automatization of single guillotine 22, thus start or disable some guillotine at different (the most alternately) guillotine station (such as stand 1-12) place.

As those in the art will appreciate, operating system 452 can be any operating system being suitable for being used in data handling system, OS/2, AIX, DOS, OS/390 or System 390 of such as International Business Machines Corp. of New York Armonk city；Windows CE, Windows of Microsoft NT、Windows 95、Windows 98 or Windows 2000；Redmond, WA, Unix or Linux of Palm company limited or Free BSD, Palm OS；The Mac OS of Apple Computer；LabView；Or special purpose operating system.Input/output device driving means 458 generally includes and is communicated, by the device with such as I/O FPDP, data storage 456 and some memorizer 414 parts, the software routine that the application program 454 contacted is accessed through operating system 452.Application program 454 is carried out the illustration of the program of the various features of data handling system 405, and preferably includes at least one application program supporting operation according to embodiments of the present invention.Finally, data 456 represent the static data and dynamic data used by application program 454, operating system 452, input/output device driving means 458 and other software program of may be present in memorizer 414.

Although illustrate the present invention referring for example to the module 450 being application program in Figure 19, but as will be understood by those skilled in the art, it is possible to use and benefit from its form of employing that present invention teach that.Such as, it is possible to module 450 is incorporated in other this logical division of operating system 452, input/output device driving means 458 or data handling system 405.Therefore, the present invention should not be regarded as being limited to the form of Figure 19, the present invention is intended to include being able to carry out any form of operation described herein.

I/O FPDP may be used for transmitting information between data handling system 405 and downstream guillotine or another computer system or network (such as, the Internet or Ethernet) or other device controlled by processor.The parts that these parts are the most conventional, such as the parts used in many routine data processing systems, may be configured to operate in a manner described herein according to these processing systems of the present invention.

Although illustrating the present invention referring for example to specific class of procedures, function and memorizer, but the present invention should not be regarded as being limited to this logical division.Therefore, the present invention should not be regarded as being limited to the form of Figure 19, but the invention is intended to include being able to carry out any form of operation described herein.

The operation of event and order can be controlled by programmable logic controller (PLC) (PLC).The operator of the man machine interface (HMI) contacted can be communicated with controller and input by using and select or control operator scheme and some inputs parameter or apparatus control, as well known to those skilled in the art.

Block diagram shows the structure of the possible embodiments of the present invention, function and operation.In this respect, each square frame in flow chart or block diagram represents the part of module, section or code, and this code includes one or more executable instruction of the logic function specified for execution.It should also be noted that, in some alternative embodiments, function described in the block can use and described order different in the accompanying drawings.Such as, two square frames in succession illustrated actually essentially simultaneously can perform based on relevant function or each square frame can perform sometimes in reverse order.

It is above the illustration of the present invention, and is not construed as limiting the present invention.Although having been described for some exemplary embodiments of the present invention, but those skilled in the art being readily understood by, can many modifications may be made in the exemplary embodiment on the premise of the new teaching the most substantially deviating from the present invention and advantage.Therefore, all of this amendment is intended that and is included in the scope of the invention defined by the claims.In the claims, functional specification clause, if used, it is intended that include the structure of the described function of execution described herein, and it is not only equivalent structures and is equivalent structure.It is therefore to be understood that be above the illustration of the present invention and should not be regarded as being limited to disclosed specific embodiment, and the amendment of open embodiment and other embodiments is intended that includes within the scope of the appended claims.The present invention is to be defined by the appended claims, and the present invention should include the equivalent of claim.

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1. a heat-sealing chiller assembly, including:

Reservoir body including at least one liquid inlet being in fluid communication with at least one liquid chambers,With at least one holding room with the open periphery faced out, wherein said reservoir body is additionally included in the described dividing plate extended between at least one liquid chambers and described holding room, and wherein said baffle plate configuration becomes to distribute liquid above the longitudinal extent of described holding room from described liquid chambers.

Seal chiller assembly the most as claimed in claim 1, also include that coating pad, described coating pad are maintained in described holding room and make its outer surface extend certain distance in the lower section of described holding room.

Seal chiller assembly the most as claimed in claim 1, also include the valve being in fluid communication with described fluid intake, and wherein, described valve is attached to described reservoir body.

Sealing chiller assembly the most as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described reservoir body has the length between 3-10 inch.

Seal chiller assembly the most as claimed in claim 1, also include being attached to described valve and the liquid flow conduits of liquid source of supply.

Sealing chiller assembly the most as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described coating pad has elongated shape, and has the exposure contacted with heat-sealing film.

Sealing chiller assembly the most as claimed in claim 6, wherein, described coating pad is rectangle, and has the length dimension more than height and width dimensions.

Sealing chiller assembly the most as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described reservoir body has elongated shape, and wherein said dividing plate includes multiple longitudinally spaced aperture.

Sealing chiller assembly the most as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described coating pad has elongated polygonal shape, and includes felt and/or sponge material.

Seal chiller assembly the most as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described holding room has the spaced shoulder of the sidewall forming cone angle outward below at described dividing plate and longitudinal extension, being dimensioned so as to and be configured to removably be remained at by compressible coating pad of described shoulder.

11. seal chiller assembly as claimed in claim 1, also include mounting assembly, described mounting assembly is configured to be installed to described reservoir body the framework of the packaging system above product horn, make described reservoir body closely be spaced above described product horn and optionally can float in vertical direction, thus accommodate the product horn of injustice.

12. seal cooler as claimed in claim 1, also include the support being attached to described heat-sealing cooler, and wherein said support also keeps the drum assembly including cylinder, described cylinder is adjacent with described coating pad and longitudinally spaced with described coating pad and is in the position being directed at described coating pad so that when described coating pad is consistent with each other with the centrage of longitudinal extension, the bottom of described cylinder is in normal longitudinally height.

13. seal cooler as claimed in claim 12, and wherein, described cylinder is present in adjacent 0.25 inch and 3 inches of the end padded with described coating.

14. 1 kinds of packaging systems, including:

There is the rotation platform of column；

Being installed to the multiple circumferentially spaced guillotine of described rotation platform, wherein said platform architecture becomes simultaneously to be arranged on by the plurality of guillotine in respective circumferentially spaced guillotine station；With

Heat-sealing cooler, described heat-sealing cooler keeps the coating pad with exposure, described coating pad is positioned at the position adjacent with product horn and top, the described exposure of described coating pad when described heat-sealing film is advanced towards described guillotine is contacted with heat-sealing film, and thus applying liquid is so that described heat-sealing film cools down.

15. packaging systems as claimed in claim 14, wherein, described heat-sealing cooler includes the reservoir body with at least one liquid inlet with external valve fluid communication, wherein said reservoir body has at least one liquid cavity being configured to holding liquid and at least one holding room with the open space that the described coating of holding is padded, wherein said reservoir body is additionally included in the described dividing plate extended between at least one liquid cavity and described holding room, and wherein said baffle plate configuration becomes and will distribute liquid from described liquid chambers above the length of the longitudinal extension of described holding room.

16. packaging systems as claimed in claim 15, wherein, described valve is attached to described reservoir body.

17. packaging systems as claimed in claim 14, wherein, described coating pad is the slender bodies with the length between 3-10 inch.

18. packaging systems as claimed in claim 14, also include being attached to the liquid flow valve of the reservoir body of described heat-sealing cooler and extending to the liquid flow conduits of liquid source of supply.

19. packaging systems as claimed in claim 18, wherein, described coating pad is to have more than height and the rectangle of the length dimension of width dimensions, and wherein said coating pad includes felt and/or sponge material.

20. packaging systems as claimed in claim 15, wherein, described reservoir body has elongated shape and the dividing plate extended between described holding room and at least one liquid cavity described, and wherein said dividing plate includes multiple longitudinally spaced aperture.

21. packaging systems as claimed in claim 20, wherein, described holding room has and forms the sidewall of cone angle outward below at described dividing plate and be dimensioned so as to and be configured to be compressed in described coating pad the spaced shoulder of longitudinal extension therein.

22. packaging systems as claimed in claim 14, also include mounting assembly, described mounting assembly is configured to be mounted above described reservoir body at product horn the framework of described packaging system so that described reservoir body is closely spaced and optionally can float in vertical direction above described product horn and thus accommodates the product horn of injustice.

23. packaging systems as claimed in claim 14, also include that adhesive seals module, described adhesive heat-sealing module includes the hard-wired extruder connected with the feed hopper of adhesive in bulk, with the adhesive runner that heated adhesive is supplied to adhesive distribution applicator, then heated adhesive is assigned to film by described adhesive distribution applicator, described film utilizes the forming ring of the upstream position being present in described adhesive distribution applicator to be formed as tubular form, wherein said coating pad is present in the distance between 0.1 inch and 6 inches of the downstream position of described adhesive coated device.

24. packaging systems as claimed in claim 14, also include liquid source of supply pipeline, described liquid source of supply tubing attaches is to the valve connected with described heat-sealing cooler fluid and is attached to water liquid source of supply, and wherein said system includes the controller of closing described valve when not producing film.

25. packaging systems as claimed in claim 14, also include the support being attached to the framework of described packaging system, described support keeps described heat-sealing cooler and drum assembly to include cylinder, described cylinder is adjacent with described coating pad and longitudinally spaced with described coating pad and is positioned at the position being directed at described coating pad so that when described coating pad is consistent with each other with the centrage of longitudinal extension, the bottom of described cylinder is in normal longitudinally height.

26. packaging systems as claimed in claim 25, wherein, described cylinder is present in 0.25 inch and 3 inches adjacent with the end of described coating pad.

27. packaging systems as claimed in claim 14, also include that there is glue nozzle and the glue nozzle assembly of the supporting member extended laterally, the wherein said supporting member extended laterally keeps described heat-sealing cooler and drum assembly, described heat-sealing cooler and described drum assembly is made to be perpendicular to described supporting member and be in longitudinally spaced with the described cylinder at described adjacent heat-sealing cooler upstream position, and wherein said glue nozzle be also attached in the position of lateral spacing described in the supporting member that extends laterally, described nozzle face is made inwardly and to be parallel to described supporting member and the center towards described supporting member.

28. packaging systems as claimed in claim 27, also include the film lifter extending laterally supporting member described in being attached to.

29. packaging systems as claimed in claim 14, also include the glue nozzle positioning component being attached to upper and lower guide pad and have the cylinder of upwardly extending bar；Described upper and lower guide pad slides up and down on the axle that at least one is vertical orientated, described cylinder is attached to described lower guide pad and described bar be attached to described in the supporting member that extends laterally.

30. 1 kinds of improvement external members rotating packaging system for multi-clipper, including:

Reservoir body including at least one liquid inlet being in fluid communication with at least one liquid chambers, wherein said reservoir body is additionally included in the described dividing plate extended between at least one liquid chambers and described holding room, and wherein said dividing plate includes that at least one aperture, described aperture are configured to from described liquid chambers on the longitudinal extent of described holding room distribute liquid；With

At least one compressible coating pad, it is configured to removably be maintained in described holding room by described reservoir body so that its outer surface extends certain distance on the border of described reservoir body with the lower section of external described holding room.

31. external members as claimed in claim 30, also include that valve, described valve are attached to the described reservoir body of at least one liquid inlet fluid communication with described reservoir body.

32. external members as claimed in claim 30, wherein, described coating pad is porous, and wherein said reservoir body and/or described coating pad have the length between 3-10 inch.

33. external members as claimed in claim 31, also include being adapted for attachment to described valve and the pipeline of liquid source of supply.

34. external members as claimed in claim 30, wherein, described coating pad has elongated structure, and has the exposure contacted when being maintained in described reservoir body with heat-sealing film.

35. external members as claimed in claim 30, wherein, described coating pad is rectangle, and has the length dimension more than height and width dimensions.

36. external members as claimed in claim 30, wherein, described reservoir body has elongated shape, and wherein said dividing plate includes multiple longitudinally spaced aperture.

37. external members as claimed in claim 30, wherein, described coating pad has elongated shape and includes felt or sponge material.

38. external members as claimed in claim 30, wherein, described holding room has the spaced shoulder of the sidewall forming cone angle outward below at described dividing plate and longitudinal extension, being dimensioned so as to and be configured to removably be remained at by described coating pad with the shape laterally and longitudinally compressed of described shoulder.

39. external members as claimed in claim 30, also include mounting assembly, its framework being configured to described reservoir body is mounted above packaging system at product horn so that described reservoir body is closely spaced above described product horn.

40. external members as claimed in claim 39, wherein, described mounting assembly and/or coating pad are constructed to be permeable to float in vertical direction, thus accommodate the product horn of injustice.

41. external members as claimed in claim 23, also include the support being attached to described heat-sealing cooler, and wherein said support also keeps the drum assembly including cylinder, described cylinder is adjacent with described coating pad and longitudinally spaced with described coating pad and is in the position being directed at described coating pad so that when described coating pad is consistent with each other with the centrage of longitudinal extension, the bottom of described cylinder is in normal longitudinally height.

42. external members as claimed in claim 41, wherein, in 0.25 inch and 3 inches of the adjacent end portion that described cylinder is present in described coating pad.

The computer program of 43. 1 kinds of packaging systems for operation with turntable, wherein said turntable has multiple circumferentially spaced guillotine in the above, described guillotine connects with forming ring and product horn thus utilizes heat-sealing module to make flat steel product be formed as the film of generic tubular, and described computer program includes:

Having the non-transitory computer-readable storage media including computer readable program code in media as well, described computer readable program code includes:

Computer readable program code, described computer readable program code is configured to open and close and at least one inlet throttle flow valve of liquid storage device fluid communication, described liquid storage device keeps coating pad in the lower section of dividing plate, and when heat-sealing film produces, described dividing plate distributes liquid above the length of described coating pad.

44. 1 kinds of packaging systems, including:

Product horn, described product horn has forming ring in the above；

With the volume of the flat sheet that described forming ring and described product horn connect, described system is configured to make from the long edge of the described sheet material shape for generally tubulose formed in situ and open overlap near described product horn；

The hot glue stick source of supply connected with adhesive coated device, wherein said adhesive coated device by heated adhesive coated to the heat-sealing film being maintained on described product horn and being formed as tubular form；With

There is the heat-sealing cooler of the reservoir body keeping coating pad, described heat-sealing cooler is present in against described adhesive coated device but in the position in described adhesive coated device downstream, wherein said reservoir body includes at least one liquid inlet, with at least one holding room with the described coating pad remained at, wherein said reservoir body is additionally included in the described dividing plate extended between at least one liquid chambers and described holding room, and wherein said baffle plate configuration becomes the liquid chambers from described holding room to distribute described liquid on the longitudinal extent of described coating pad, thus make described coating pad moisten described pad to be contacted and moisture or liquid are coated to the seam of described heat-sealing film；

Valve, described valve is in fluid communication with at least one liquid inlet described of described reservoir body；With

Flow channel for liquids, described flow channel for liquids includes being attached to described valve and extending to the pipeline of liquid source of supply.

45. packaging systems as claimed in claim 44, also include support and the drum assembly being attached to the framework of described packaging system, described support keeps described heat-sealing cooler, and described drum assembly includes adjacent with described coating pad and longitudinally spaced with described coating pad cylinder and is in the position being directed at described coating pad so that when described coating pad is consistent with each other with the centrage of longitudinal extension, the bottom of described cylinder is in normal longitudinally height.

46. packaging systems as claimed in claim 45, wherein, described cylinder is present in 0.25 inch and 3 inches adjacent with the end of described coating pad.

47. packaging systems as claimed in claim 44, also include that there is glue nozzle and the glue nozzle assembly of the supporting member extended laterally, the wherein said supporting member extended laterally keeps described heat-sealing cooler and drum assembly, described heat-sealing cooler and described drum assembly is made to be perpendicular to described supporting member and be in and the longitudinally spaced place of described cylinder of the upstream position at described adjacent heat-sealing cooler, and wherein said glue nozzle be also attached in the position of lateral spacing described in the supporting member that extends laterally make described nozzle face inwardly and be parallel to described supporting member and the center towards described supporting member.

48. packaging systems as claimed in claim 47, also include the film lifter extending laterally supporting member described in being attached to.

49. packaging systems as claimed in claim 44, also include being attached to the glue nozzle positioning component of upper and lower guide pad slided up and down on axle and the cylinder with upwardly extending bar, described cylinder is attached to described lower guide pad and described bar be attached to described in extend laterally supporting member.

The method of 50. 1 kinds of heat-sealing coolings making container material, including:

The flat coiled material packaging material making certain length are formed as tubular form；

The seam of the packaging material of described tubular form is sealed；

When pulling described tubular packaging material the most continuously with productivity ratio, the seam making described heat-sealing contacts with the coating pad including liquid；And

In response to described contact procedure, liquid is coated to from described coating pad the seam of described heat-sealing, thus makes described seam cool down when the seam of described heat-sealing when the side away from described coating pad travels upwardly.

51. methods as claimed in claim 50, wherein, described flat coiled material is film, and wherein between 200 DEG C and about 300 DEG C at a temperature of utilize be coated to described seam hot melt adhesive perform described heat-sealing.

52. methods as claimed in claim 50, wherein, are maintained at described coating pad in reservoir body in the lower section of dividing plate, and the heat-sealed seam that described dividing plate has a spaced aperture and described coating pad faces down with described packaging material contacts.

53. methods as claimed in claim 52, also including flowing liquid into described reservoir body with sufficient speed thus apply pressure, described pressure allows described coating pad to coat described liquid with the film actuating speed between about 100-330 feet/min in the way of without dripping off.

54. methods as claimed in claim 50, wherein, described coating pad is positioned at the top of at least one film driving belt, axially consistent with product horn.