Aluminum box sealer

Abstract

A method and apparatus to close boxes made out of aluminum foil like the ones used in supermarkets. The boxes are made to be closed by hand, manually crimping the open aluminum foil around the base against the edge of the lid. The apparatus is hand held and operated by rolling it around the edge of the open aluminum foil base. It will form the edge of the seal against the lid, thus closing the box. The result of this invention is an aluminum foil box sealer that safely and quickly seals the lid against the base of the aluminum foil base.

1 . An aluminum foil box sealer, comprising of a two piece housing held in position by two bushings. One bushing functions as the bearing for the forming wheel. The other bushing holds the entire assembly in place. 
     
     
         2 . An aluminum foil box sealer of  claim 1  further comprising a forming wheel design to crimp the aluminum foil box edge against the lid by hand rolling it over the edge of the box. 
     
     
         3 . An aluminum foil box sealer of  claim 1  further comprising of accessories mounted to the outside of the housing such as a belt clip 
     
     
         4 . An aluminum foil box sealer of  claim 1  further comprising other renditions containing a smaller forming wheel and a housing designed to hold a food thermometer, pencil or other accessories. 
     
     
         5 . An aluminum foil box sealer, comprising of a machine designed to automatically do the manual process explained above.