IP Library Granted Patent US 10,661,933
Granted Patent B2
US 10,661,933 · App. 15/234,190 · Granted May 26, 2020

Sealing bar for a vacuum drawer and vacuum drawer

Inventors: Stefan Bocks (Frasdorf, DE); Florian Harlander (Niederndorf, AT); Peter Kopfensteiner (Ebbs, AT)
Assignee: Michatek k.s.
B65B51/22B29C65/224B29C65/229B29C66/1122B29C66/43121B29C66/8167B29C66/8324B29C66/849B65B31/024B65B51/146B65B65/00B29C66/00145B29L2031/7128
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Patent No.
US 10,661,933
App. No.
15/234,190
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a sealing bar for a vacuum drawer for vacuuming food, having a base support which comprises at least one welding wire extending in the longitudinal direction over the surface, with the welding wire being fastened to the base support by means of a clamping connection at one side or at both sides.

Claims (39)

1. A sealing bar ( 22 ) for a vacuum drawer for vacuuming food, said sealing bar ( 22 ) having a base support ( 40 ) and at least one welding wire ( 42 ) extending in a longitudinal direction over a surface ( 45 ) thereof,

the welding wire ( 42 ) being fastened to the base support ( 40 ) with a preload and contacting the base support ( 40 ) areally over a total length thereof,

two clamping connections ( 50 ), a first clamping connection ( 50 ) at a first end side of the base support ( 40 ) and a second clamping connection ( 50 ) at a second end side of the base support ( 50 ), with said first and second clamping connections ( 50 ) fastening the welding wire ( 42 ) to the base support ( 40 ),

the welding wire ( 42 ) being received by each said clamping connection ( 50 ) at the end side of the base support ( 50 ), with each said clamping connection ( 50 ) being releasably connectable to the base support ( 40 ), and

each said clamping connection ( 50 ) comprising a hook ( 51 ) hung from the base support ( 40 ) at a location underneath the welding wire ( 42 ), with each said clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally being fixed to a lower side of the base support ( 40 ) below the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ) and the hook ( 51 ) being hung at a transverse edge of the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ).

2. A sealing bar ( 22 ) in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the welding wire ( 42 ) is guided to the lower side of the base support ( 40 ) via the transverse edges of the base support ( 40 ) and is fixed to the lower side of the base support ( 40 ) by the clamping connection ( 50 ), with the welding wire ( 42 ) being guided with areal contact over at least one radius at an end side ( 56 ) of the base support ( 40 ).

3. A sealing bar ( 22 ) in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the clamping connection is formed of an electrically conductive material.

4. A sealing bar ( 22 ) in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the conductive material is metal.

5. A sealing bar ( 22 ) in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the clamping connection ( 50 ) comprises a groove ( 53 ) into which the welding wire ( 42 ) is pressed by a pressing part ( 52 ) of the clamping connection ( 50 ).

6. A vacuum drawer having a vacuum chamber ( 20 ) and at least one sealing bar ( 22 ) in accordance with claim 1 supported in the vacuum chamber ( 20 ).

7. A sealing bar ( 22 ) for a vacuum drawer for vacuuming food, said sealing bar ( 22 ) having a base support ( 40 ) and at least one welding wire ( 42 ) extending in a longitudinal direction over a surface ( 45 ) thereof,

the welding wire ( 42 ) being fastened to the base support ( 40 ) with a preload and contacting the base support ( 40 ) areally over a total length thereof,

a clamping connection ( 50 ) at least at one end side of the base support ( 40 ) and fastening the welding wire ( 42 ) to the base support ( 40 ),

the welding wire ( 42 ) being received by said clamping connection ( 50 ) at the end side of the base support ( 50 ), with the clamping connection ( 50 ) being releasably connectable to the base support ( 40 ), and

the clamping connection ( 50 ) comprising a hook ( 51 ) hung from the base support ( 40 ) at a location underneath the welding wire ( 42 ), with the clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally being fixed to a lower side of the base support ( 40 ) below the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ) and the hook ( 51 ) being hung at a transverse edge of the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ),

wherein the clamping connection ( 50 ) at the lower side of the base support ( 40 ) is fixable thereat by at least one one latching hook ( 47 , 48 ) of the base support ( 40 ).

8. A sealing bar ( 22 ) in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally comprises cutouts ( 54 , 55 ) for the respective latching hooks ( 47 , 48 ),

with one cutout ( 55 ) on an upper surface of the clamping connection ( 50 ) and the other cutout ( 54 ) on a normally-extending surface to the upper surface of the clamping connection ( 50 ).

9. A sealing bar ( 22 ) in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the base support ( 40 ) comprises two latching hooks ( 47 , 48 ),

with one said latching hook ( 47 ) extending downwardly from a top of the base support ( 40 ) and the other said latching hook ( 48 ) extending upwardly from a bottom of the base support ( 40 ) and in a normal direction to said one latching hook ( 47 ), and

the clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally comprises two cutouts ( 54 , 55 ) for receiving the respective latching hooks ( 47 , 48 ),

with one said cutout ( 55 ) recessed from a top surface of the clamping connection ( 50 ) and the other said cutout ( 54 ) recessed from a normally-extending surface to the top surface of the clamping connection ( 50 ).

10. A sealing bar ( 22 ) for a vacuum drawer for vacuuming food, said sealing bar ( 22 ) having a base support ( 40 ) and at least one welding wire ( 42 ) extending in a longitudinal direction over a surface ( 45 ) thereof,

the welding wire ( 42 ) being fastened to the base support ( 40 ) with a preload and contacting the base support ( 40 ) areally over a total length thereof,

a clamping connection ( 50 ) at least at one end side of the base support ( 40 ) and fastening the welding wire ( 42 ) to the base support ( 40 ),

the welding wire ( 42 ) being received by said clamping connection ( 50 ) at the end side of the base support ( 50 ), with the clamping connection ( 50 ) being releasably connectable to the base support ( 40 ), and

the clamping connection ( 50 ) comprising a hook ( 51 ) hung from the base support ( 40 ) at a location underneath the welding wire ( 42 ), with the clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally being fixed to a lower side of the base support ( 40 ) below the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ) and the hook ( 51 ) being hung at a transverse edge of the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ),

additionally comprising a frame part ( 25 ) to be situated on a side of the welding wire ( 42 ) opposite the base support ( 40 ),

said frame part ( 25 ) comprising inner ( 33 ) and outer ( 34 ) walls, with adjacent inner ( 33 ) and outer ( 34 ) walls separated from one another by a gap, and

the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ) comprising a pair of projections ( 43 ) each defining a groove ( 44 ) with an adjacent side wall ( 41 ) of the base support ( 40 ) for receiving a respective inner wall ( 33 ) of the frame part ( 25 ) between the respective projection ( 43 ) and side wall ( 41 ).

11. A sealing bar ( 22 ) for a vacuum drawer for vacuuming food, said sealing bar ( 22 ) having a base support ( 40 ) and at least one welding wire ( 42 ) extending in a longitudinal direction over a surface ( 45 ) thereof,

the welding wire ( 42 ) being fastened to the base support ( 40 ) with a preload and contacting the base support ( 40 ) areally over a total length thereof,

a clamping connection ( 50 ) at least at one end side of the base support ( 40 ) and fastening the welding wire ( 42 ) to the base support ( 40 ),

the welding wire ( 42 ) being received by said clamping connection ( 50 ) at the end side of the base support ( 50 ), with the clamping connection ( 50 ) being releasably connectable to the base support ( 40 ), and

the clamping connection ( 50 ) comprising a hook ( 51 ) hung from the base support ( 40 ) at a location underneath the welding wire ( 42 ), with the clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally being fixed to a lower side of the base support ( 40 ) below the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ) and the hook ( 51 ) being hung at a transverse edge of the surface ( 45 ) of the base support ( 40 ), wherein

the clamping connection ( 50 ) at the lower side of the base support ( 40 ) is fixable thereat by one or more latching hooks ( 47 , 48 ) of the base support ( 40 ),

the clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally comprises cutouts ( 54 , 55 ) for the respective latching hooks ( 47 , 48 ),

with one cutout ( 55 ) on an upper surface of the clamping connection ( 50 ) and the other cutout ( 54 ) on a normally-extending surface to the upper surface of the clamping connection ( 50 ), and

the clamping connection ( 50 ) additionally comprises a groove ( 53 ) on a lower surface thereof into which the welding wire ( 42 ) is pressable by a plug ( 52 ) flexibly fastened to the clamping connection ( 50 ).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 18, 2021
From: MICHATEK K.S.
To: GRONBACH K.S.
Reel/Frame 057841/0721 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2016
From: BOCKS, STEFAN; HARLANDER, FLORIAN; KOPFENSTEINER, PETER
To: MICHATEK K.S.
Reel/Frame 039702/0537 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 010 433 · Aug 11, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170043893A1 · Feb 16, 2017
Cited By (1)
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