Appeal No. 2006-1862
Application No. 09/954,443
sealing the packages. Claim 9 is illustrative:
9. A system for making portion control sized packaged
flowable liquid-containing condiments in a portion size in
the range from 1 to 5 ounces comprising:
a heat sealable material feeder;
a flowable material feeder for feeding a flowable liquid-
containing condiment; and
a form/fill/seal apparatus structured and arranged for
receiving the heat sealable material, forming a portion control
sized package with the heat sealable material, filling the
portion control sized package with the flowable liquid-containing
condiment in a portion size in the range from 1 to 5 ounces, and
sealing the portion control sized package so that the portion
control sized package has a portion size in the range from 1 to 5
ounces, the form/fill/seal apparatus including a heat seal die
comprising:
a first die member having a longitudinal axis and a die
face;
a second die member having a longitudinal axis and a die
face;
a first heating element engaged with the first die member
for heating the first die member;
a second heating element engaged with the second die member
for heating the second die member;
a first longitudinal heat tube tightly disposed in a first
longitudinal bore in the first die member between the first
heating element and the die face of the first die member for
maintaining a substantially uniform heat seal temperature along
the die face of the first die member; and
a second longitudinal heat tube tightly disposed in a first
longitudinal bore in the second die member between the second
heating element and the die face of the second die member for
maintaining a substantially uniform heat seal temperature along
the die face of the second die member.
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