Patent ID: 7472529
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: B29C,B29L,B65B

Abstract:
1. A system for improving the end seal of a wrapped object, the object having a wrapper body surrounding the object with opposing end flaps extending from the body, the system comprising: an oven; a conveyor positioned in the oven and having a conveying surface operative to convey an object through the oven, the conveying surface configured to allow air flow therethrough; a source of heated air for moving a volume of air through the oven bypassing the conveying surface to a region below the conveying surface; and means, positioned within the oven, for deflecting the heated air flow entering the region below the conveying surface upward and through the conveying surface to impact the opposing end flaps and move the flaps upward into substantially simultaneous sealing contact with the wrapper body.