Patent ID: 8647246

Claim:
A sealing station for sealing together a pair of oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material, said sealing station comprising: a first sealing bar and a second sealing bar; a drive system contacting said first sealing bar, said drive system operable to move said first sealing bar between an open position and a closed position, said first sealing bar applying a predefined pressure on a pair of oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material located between said first and second sealing bars when in said closed position and producing a seal between the oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material and producing a seal between the oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material; a pressure sensor in communication with said drive system, said pressure sensor detecting if said drive system applies less pressure than said predefined pressure on the pair of oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material located between said first and second sealing bars; and an alarm in communication with said pressure sensor, said alarm operable to alert a user when said pressure sensor detects less than said predefined pressure, said pressure sensor and said alarm monitoring seals produced by said first and second sealing bars for the purpose of ensuring proper sealing between the oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material; and an alarm in communication with said pressure sensor, said alarm operable to alert a user when said pressure sensor detects less than said predefined pressure, said pressure sensor and said alarm monitoring seals produced by said first and second sealing bars for the purpose of ensuring proper sealing between the oppositely disposed layers of flexible pouch material.