(19)
(11)EP 3 628 480 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
29.07.2020 Bulletin 2020/31

(43)Date of publication A2:
01.04.2020 Bulletin 2020/14

(21)Application number: 19190121.4

(22)Date of filing:  05.08.2019
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B31D 5/00(2017.01)
B29C 65/00(2006.01)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30)Priority: 06.08.2018 US 201862714853 P
02.08.2019 US 201916530440

(71)Applicant: Better Packages, Inc.
Ansonia CT 06401 (US)

(72)Inventor:
  • CURTIN, Michael
    Ansonia, CT Connecticut 06401 (US)

(74)Representative: Barker Brettell LLP 
100 Hagley Road Edgbaston
Birmingham B16 8QQ
Birmingham B16 8QQ (GB)

  


(54)PACKAGING APPARATUS FOR FILM INFLATION AND METHOD THEREOF


(57) A packaging apparatus 10 with an improved pinch roller apparatus 200, fluid supply apparatus 300, and/or a sealing apparatus 100. The pinch roller apparatus (e.g., comprising one or more guide and/or pinch rollers 222, 212) is used to deliver film material to the fluid supply apparatus (e.g., nozzle and blower apparatus, or the like) that fills one or more chambers of the film material with fluid (e.g., air, gas, or other like fluid), and the film material is then sealed by a sealing apparatus (e.g., using one or more heating elements 112, 132 with an improved temperature sensor configuration) that seals the fluid within the one or more chambers in order to form the inflated article (e.g., inflated packaging material). In particular, the sealing apparatus provides improved sealing through the improved accuracy of the temperature reading in the heating zone, in part, by locating a sensor between a heating element and a protective member 160 that covers the sensor.







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