Patent ID: 6347499
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: B29C,B65B

Abstract:
A bag sealing mechanism for sealing bags having an inner liner, said mechanism comprising:a pair of opposable forming bars for gripping and supporting said bag; a pair of opposable crimping bars for forming a transverse crease in said bag; said pairs of forming and crimping bars being rotatively supported by a pair of parallel side plates; said forming bars being arranged to clamp a filled bag below the location at which said pair of crimping bars form said transverse crease across said bag; said forming bars having rotatively mounted thereunder a pair of sealing bars, said sealing bars being arranged and constructed to rotate between a first position in which said sealing bars are clear of the path of rotation of said crimping bars and a second position in which said sealing bars engage said bag to seal said inner liner of said bag.