Hi I opened up one of those food vacuum sealer machines - it has got the function of sealing things stored in a bag or it could seal things in a jar/bottle.
I was hoping to get some help figuring out on how it works. I thought it was going to be pretty straight forward with a motor sucking the air out like a vacuum cleaner - there is a motor with the pipes connected to the vacuum channel (where the bag mouth is placed). However there is also another pipe going from vacuum channel and which splits one end goes into the bottle/jar inlet and then it goes into a mystery component, the pcb marking says "K1". It looks like a motor it has got a small hole. It needs a voltage across its terminals.
I have attached some pictures and a rough sketch of the vacuum lines.
I hope to understand the mechanics behind how the vacuum sealer works. Thanks in advance.
I was hoping to get some help figuring out on how it works. I thought it was going to be pretty straight forward with a motor sucking the air out like a vacuum cleaner - there is a motor with the pipes connected to the vacuum channel (where the bag mouth is placed). However there is also another pipe going from vacuum channel and which splits one end goes into the bottle/jar inlet and then it goes into a mystery component, the pcb marking says "K1". It looks like a motor it has got a small hole. It needs a voltage across its terminals.
I have attached some pictures and a rough sketch of the vacuum lines.
I hope to understand the mechanics behind how the vacuum sealer works. Thanks in advance.
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