Patent ID: 9422073
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B65B

Claim Text:
1. An appliance for vacuum packaging a container, comprising: a base; a vacuum motor disposed in the base; a vacuum sealing compartment formed in the base including a vacuum trough fluidly connected to the vacuum motor; a four-sided opening in a front panel of the base that opens into the vacuum sealing compartment; a sealing element disposed in the vacuum sealing compartment adjacent the vacuum trough; and a storage compartment formed in the base vertically disposed above the vacuum sealing compartment and configured to store a roll of flexible container material; a lid hingedly connected to an upper portion of the base pivotally movable between an open position allowing access to the storage compartment and a closed position enclosing the storage compartment; wherein at least one section of the container material is dispensed from the storage compartment and cut from the roll of container material, sealed on a first free end with the sealing element to form an unsealed container, evacuated by the vacuum motor through a second free end inserted into the vacuum trough, and then sealed on the second free end with the sealing element to form a hermetically sealed container; and an access door covering the opening slidable between open and closed positions, said access door configured to allow the first and second free ends of the container to be inserted into the vacuum trough in the vacuum sealing compartment through the opening when in the open position and to seal the opening when in the closed position.