US 11,866,210 B2
Sealing station for sealing packaging units
Bastian Grondinger, Biessenhofen (DE); Christoph Zettler, Tannheim (DE); and Markus Weiland, Bad Groenenbach (DE)
Assigned to Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller SE & Co. KG, Wolfertschwenden (DE)
Filed by MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG, Wolfertschwenden (DE)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,527.
Claims priority of application No. 102021134192.2 (DE), filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192336 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 31/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 31/046 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing station for sealing packaging units, the sealing station comprising a lower tool with a receptacle for a packaging unit and an upper tool, wherein one of the lower tool and the upper tool is movable relative to the other of the lower tool and the upper tool, wherein the sealing station comprises an edge extractor with at least one extraction opening for subjecting an interior of the packaging unit to a vacuum and/or a gas and wherein the lower tool comprises a lifting element for lifting a film cover of the packaging unit, wherein the lifting element does not coincide with the at least one extraction opening.