| US 7,401,452 B2 | ||
| Appliance for vacuum sealing food containers | ||
| Jordan Aron Kahn, Wellesley, Mass. (US); Charles A. Boulos, Milford, Mass. (US); and Yigal Offir, Hopkinton, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sunbeam Products, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 06, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/593,681. | ||
| Application 11/593681 is a division of application No. 10/965705, filed on Oct. 14, 2004, granted, now 7,131,250. | ||
| Application 10/965705 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/675284, filed on Sep. 30, 2003, granted, now 7,076,929, filed on Jul. 18, 2006. | ||
| Application 10/675284 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/371610, filed on Feb. 21, 2003, granted, now 7,003,928, filed on Feb. 28, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/416036, filed on Oct. 04, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0068120 A1, Mar. 29, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65B 31/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 53—512 [53/374.9] | 17 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for evacuating and sealing a flexible container, the apparatus comprising:
a base housing having a recess;
a vacuum source disposed within said base housing, said recess having a vacuum intake port in communication with said vacuum
source;
a drip retainer removeably disposed in said base housing and being in communication with said vacuum source, said drip retainer
including a nozzle engagable with an opening of the flexible container;
a cover rotatably connected to said base and movable to a closed position to cover said nozzle; and
a heating element mounted on one of said base and said cover for heat sealing the opening of the flexible container.
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