John Bean Technologies Corporation

Bolton Alimentari S.p.a.

Fmc Technologies Italia S.p.a.

Mfc Technologies Italia S.p.a.

Gianluca Parisini

Manuele Levati

Ian Thomas Cooper

Gianluca Oddi

Giovanni Rossi

Antonio Aldini

Glenna Matthews

Davide Ghiretti

Michele Queirollo

Dave Hoeppner

Michele Queirolo

An aseptic filler apparatus () includes an actuatable fitment plug assembly () that may be placed against the bottom of a fitment collar, which is in communication with a flexible bag to be filled with flowable food products, thereby to prevent steam or other gasses or liquids from entering the fill bag when undesirable to do so. The plug assembly () includes a plug () mounted on a distal end portion of a pivot arm (). The opposite end of the pivot arm is rotatably axled on a cross pin. A linear actuator () is connected to the distal end of a lug () projecting transversely from the pivot arm. The opposite end of the linear actuator () is pinned to a stationary location, enabling the actuator to pivot the plug () from an engaged position against the fitment collar and a retracted position away from the fitment collar.

Aseptic filler for flowable products

A machine for canning tuna and similar food products comprises a conveyor belt feeder, a plurality of dosing chambers aligned with the feeder and formed in a rotor rotatable in a plane perpendicular to the feed direction, a mouth connecting the feeder to the dosing chambers, a blade to separate the product introduced in the dosing chambers from the bulk of fed product so as to obtain product cakes, shaping means suitable to shape the cakes into the desired shape and transferring means arranged at a second station reachable through a partial rotation of the rotor to transfer the shaped cakes into the cans carried by another rotor. The connecting mouth has a cross-section of substantially constant shape and the shaping is performed in the dosing chambers by shapers radially mobile along the arms of the rotor when the dosing chambers are still aligned with the feeder.

Machine and method for canning tuna and the like

A feeder for a machine for canning tuna and similar food products includes a feeding device with conveyor belts. The feeding device is suitable to feed tuna loins towards the conveyor belt of the canning machine and to shape the loins into loins having a set thickness. An outlet mouth is located at the end of the belts, together with a knife adjacent to the mouth and suitable to separate the portion of loin projecting through the latter. A mobile wall located opposite the outlet mouth is also provided, as well as a mobile shovel suitable to move the newly formed tuna pat perpendicularly in the direction of motion of the conveyor belt of the canning machine.

Feeder for machine for canning tuna and the like and related operating cycle

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 ().

Apparatus and process for aseptically packaging food products in presealed pouches

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