Patent ID: 9545751
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B29L,B65B

Claim:
1. An ultrasonic welding device, for use at a sealing station of a form-fill-seal machine or a pre-made pouch machine, said ultrasonic welding device comprising: a housing; a parallel gripper fixedly secured to a portion of said housing; a linear rail fixedly secured to a portion of said housing; an anvil support member, said anvil support member slidably received upon a portion of said linear rail, said anvil support member configured to be connected to a first piston of said parallel gripper; said anvil support member configured to secure an anvil thereto; a sonotrode support member, said sonotrode support member configured to slide relative to said linear rail, said sonotrode support member configured to be connected to a second piston of said parallel gripper; said sonotrode support member configured to secure a sonotrode thereto; wherein said first and second pistons of said parallel gripper are configured to cause respective translation of said anvil support member and said sonotrode support member, relative to said housing, from a first respective position to a second respective position, said respective translation of said anvil support member and said sonotrode support member to said second respective positions comprising convergent translation.