Apparatus for vacuum sealing casings and the like

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR VACUUM SEALING A BAG CONTAINING A PRODUCT COMPRISING: A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING SUPPORT ADAPTED TO SUPPORT SUCH BAG FORSLIDING MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER IN ONE DIRECTION ALONG A FIRST HORIZONTAL PATH OF TRAVEL FROM A FIRST STATION TO A SECOND STATION, A VERTICALLY DISPOSED CONDUIT SWINGABLY SUPPORTED AT ITS LOWER END AT A POINT SPACED DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORT AND PROVIDED AT ITS UPPER END WITH A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING TERMINAL PORTION ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED THROUGH THE NECK OF SAID BAG, AND MOVABLE WITH SAID CONDUIT ALONG A GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING ARCUATE SECOND PATH OF TRAVEL ALONGSIDE SAID FIRST PATH AND BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS CORRESPONDING RESPECTIVELY TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND STATIONS, MEANS FOR APPLYING A VACUUM TO SAID CONDUIT FOR EVACUATING SAID BAG, A CLIPPING DEVICE AT SAID SECOND STATION IN SAID FIRST PATH FOR SEALING SAID NECK, MEANS ACTUATED BY MOVEMENT OF SAID CONDUIT BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS FOR CONNECTING SAID VACUUM APPLYING MEANS TO SAID CONDUIT, AND MEANS OPERABLE WHEN SAID CONDUIT IS AT SAID SECOND POSITION FOR ACTUATING SAID CLIPPING DEVICE.