Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Methods – Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
Patent
1998-10-27
2000-06-27
Ball, Michael W.
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Methods
Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
156249, 156285, 156541, 156566, 156580, 53485, 533891, B32B 3120, B65B 728
Patent
active
060802537
ABSTRACT:
The present invention fulfills the above stated needs, as well as others, by providing a automated container sealing apparatus that automatically removes seals from a backing and applies the seals to the container. The seals are pre-cut and have a size corresponding to the size of the container. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus for sealing containers, the containers defined by a generally planar sealing surface and one or more receptacles, wherein each of the one or more receptacles include an opening coplanar with and defining corresponding openings in the sealing surface. The container sealing apparatus comprises: a plurality of seals, each of said plurality of seals having a shape corresponding to the sealing surface, the plurality of seals peelably affixed to a length of backing; a movable vacuum platen for removing a seal comprising one of the plurality of seals from the backing and transporting the removed seal to a container; and a movable container support for causing the container to engage the seal, thereby sealing the container.
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Ball Michael W.
Beckman Coulter Inc.
Kivinski Margaret A.
May William H.
Tolin Michael A
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