Patent ID: 6260336
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B29C,B29L,B65B

Abstract:
A cutter cleaning apparatus for a filling machine in which a web-shaped packaging material is continuously sealed longitudinally to be formed into a tubular shape and a liquid food is filled into a section of the tubular packaging material, said apparatus comprising:(a) a seal block;(b) heating means disposed on said seal block;(c) at least one seal member disposed facing said seal block and adapted to press a laterally extending portion of the filled section of the tubular packaging material against said seal block to form a pair of parallel and spaced seal lines, with liquid food trapped therebetween, extending across the laterally extending portion;(d) a cutting knife disposed in association with said seal member;(e) drive means for advancing and retracting said cutting knife so that said cutting knife cuts the laterally extending portion, between said seal lines, when advanced; and(f) cleaning medium supply means for supplying a cleaning medium to said cutting knife to clean liquid food from said cutting knife.