Heat sealing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12280905-B2
Application number	US-202318354875-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2023
Priority date	Feb 22, 2021
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

There is provided a heat sealing device that seals a film for packaging an article by heat welding, with the film sandwiching the article in between and being disposed in a partially overlapped state around the article, the heat sealing device including: a sealing head that heat-welds a seal portion to be sealed in the film; a first cooling head that cools the seal portion after heat welding by the sealing head; and a second cooling head that cools at least a part of an article side region in the film, which is located on an article side with respect to the seal portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat sealing device that seals a film for packaging an article by heat welding, with the film sandwiching the article in between and being disposed in a partially overlapped state around the article, the heat sealing device comprising:
a sealing head that heat-welds a seal portion to be sealed in the film;
a first cooling head that cools the seal portion after heat welding by the sealing head; and
a second cooling head that cools at least a part of an article side region in the film, which is located on an article side with respect to the seal portion;
a moving mechanism that moves the film and each of the sealing head, the first cooling head, and the second cooling head relative to each other; and
a control unit that controls each part of the sealing head, the first cooling head, the second cooling head, and the moving mechanism.

2. The heat sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit brings the second cooling head into contact with the article side region through the moving mechanism to start cooling of the article side region and then brings the sealing head into contact with the seal portion through the moving mechanism to start heat welding of the seal portion.

3. The heat sealing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the control unit retracts the sealing head from the seal portion through the moving mechanism and brings the first cooling head into contact with the seal portion through the moving mechanism after heat welding by the sealing head.

4. The heat sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit continues to cool the article side region through the second cooling head from a start of heat welding of the seal portion by the sealing head to an end of cooling of the seal portion by the first cooling head.

5. The heat sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit controls a temperature of at least one of the first cooling head or the second cooling head to a preset temperature.

6. The heat sealing device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the preset temperature is 20° C. or lower.

7. The heat sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit controls a pressing pressure against a contact region in a case where the second cooling head is brought into contact with the article side region.

8. The heat sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in a case of cooling the article side region, an end part position on a sealing head side of a pressing surface of the second cooling head, which is pressed against the article side region of the film, is located on the sealing head side with respect to an end part position on the sealing head side of the article.

9. The heat sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in a case of cooling the article side region, a pressing surface of the second cooling head, which is pressed against the article side region of the film, is disposed at a position facing at least an outer peripheral edge of the article.

10. The heat sealing device according to claim 9 ,
wherein, in a case of cooling the article side region, the pressing surface of the second cooling head, which is pressed against the article side region of the film, is disposed at a position facing an entire surface of the article.

11. The heat sealing device according to claim 9 ,
wherein a sealing head side of the pressing surface protrudes more than the article side with the position facing the outer peripheral edge of the article as a reference.

12. The heat sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in a case where a width of the sealing head is denoted by LH, and a distance interval between the sealing head and the second cooling head is denoted by D, a relationship between D and LH satisfies
LH/1000<D<10LH.

13. The heat sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in a case where a width of the sealing head is denoted by LH, and a width of the first cooling head is denoted by LC, a relationship between LH and LC satisfies
LH/2<LC.

14. The heat sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seal portion is provided in a form of surrounding an entire periphery of the article, and
the sealing head also has a frame shape corresponding to a shape of the seal portion.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Fuchigami Yujiro
• Noji Fumio

Classifications

• B65B2051/105

  Heat seal temperature control · CPC title

• B65B51/14

  by reciprocating or oscillating members (B65B51/148 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C66/0342

  Cooling, e.g. transporting through welding and cooling zone · CPC title

• B29C66/73921

  characterised by the materials of both parts being thermoplastics · CPC title

• B29C66/919

  characterised by specific temperature, heat or thermal flux values or ranges (specific electrical resistance values B29C66/81262) · CPC title