Package making – With means responsive to a sensed condition – Of package and filled receptacle closing or opening
Patent
1995-07-03
1996-12-10
Culver, Horace M.
Package making
With means responsive to a sensed condition
Of package and filled receptacle closing or opening
532843, 533816, B65B 4328, B65B 4330, B65B 508
Patent
active
055819729
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for opening a container including at least one moveable panel. The apparatus comprising a frame, vacuum source means, means for gripping the container and a solenoid fixably mounted to the frame. The solenoid including a moveable plunger having a first end and an internal passage having an opening at the first end and being in communication with the vacuum source means. The gripping means mounted to the plunger first end. Also, the apparatus additionally including control means for actuating the plunger between a home position where the gripping means is spaced apart from the moveable panel and an operative position where the gripping means contacts the moveable panel. The vacuum source means for applying negative pressure to the internal passage so that the moveable panel adheres to the gripping means as the plunger moves from the operative position to the home position separating the moveable panel from the container and opening the container.
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Chaclas Angelo N.
Culver Horace M.
Malandra, Jr. Charles R.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Scolnick Melvin J.
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