Patent ID: 9027314
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B29C,B29L,B65B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A heated jaw for a continuous fill packaging machine, said heated jaw comprising (a) a base, optionally having a separable support component attached thereto; (b) an insulator block attached to said base; (c) a heated jaw block attached to said insulator block on a side opposite said base, said heated jaw block comprising a heated jaw face, a heater cartridge embedded in said heated jaw block, and an axially bored channel proximate to the heated jaw face; (d) a thermocouple embedded in the axially bored channel to measure the temperature of the heated jaw face; and (e) a wireless transmitter connected to said thermocouple and attached to said base to transmit the temperature of the heated jaw face to an antenna.