US 12,139,292 B2
Clamping device and clamping method
Te-Hua Lee, New Taipei (TW); Chung-Che Lo, New Taipei (TW); and Chih-Wei Lai, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to ARISE BIOTECH CORPORATION, New Taipei (TW)
Filed by ARISE BIOTECH CORPORATION, New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/243,323.
Claims priority of application No. 112105958 (TW), filed on Feb. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278947 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 7/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 7/2842 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. A clamping method for sealing a cover to a container or detaching the cover from the container, the clamping method comprising the steps of:
setting a container and a cover of the container in a clamping device, wherein the clamping device comprises a first gear plate, a second gear plate, a guiding plate, and a clamp assembly, wherein at least two clamp components of the clamp assembly are simultaneously and respectively disposed in at least two first rail slots of the first gear plate, at least two second rail slots of the second gear plate, and at least two guiding slots of the guiding plate, and wherein the first rail slots, the second rail slots, and the guiding slots are interlaced with one another;
using a first motor and a second motor of the clamping device, respectively driving the first gear plate and the second gear plate to rotate in one of opposite directions or the same direction with unequal speeds, the first gear plate and the second gear plate driving the clamp components to move inwardly along the guiding slots respectively through the first rail slots and the second rail slots, so as to enable the clamp assembly to grip the cover of the container; and
using the first motor and the second motor, respectively driving the first gear plate and the second gear plate to rotate in the same direction with the same speed, so as to seal the cover to the container or detach the cover from the container.