John Bean Technologies Corporation

Fmc Technologies Italia S.p.a.

Mfc Technologies Italia S.p.a.

Gianluca Oddi

Gianluca Parisini

Manuele Levati

Giovanni Rossi

The present invention relates to an aseptic pouch () for packaging food products, comprising two walls which are bonded together so as to define an internal space () which is sterilized and hermetically closed. The pouch () further comprises at least one sealing () which joins together said walls, extending between opposite sides () of the pouch, () and defines a neck portion () of said internal space () and two border portions () external to said internal space. Said neck portion () is suitable for providing, after opening of the pouch (), an access to said internal space () and said border portions () are suitable for providing grips for handling said pouch. The invention also relates to a method for packaging a food product in said aseptic pouch ().

Aseptic spoutless pouch and method for packaging food products

An apparatus for aseptically packaging of a food product in presealed and internally presterilized pouches. The apparatus comprises a filling chamber () positioned above a sterilization pre-chamber () of the pouches (S). At an opening () between the filling chamber () and the sterilization pre-chamber () there is arranged a widening device () of the pouches (S) which is suitable for holding a pouch (S) in a working position for the filling wherein only a filling end of the pouch is located in the filling chamber ().

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