Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a.

Ken Pokusa

Sevugan Palaniappan

Hisami Mitsuishi

Sheila Moss

Stefan Annehed

Robert D Massey

Karl Frei

Petr Sevcik

A closure feed system for use on an associated form, fill and seal packaging machine for feeding and singulating closures from a closure storage region to a closure applicator. The feed system includes a chute for conveying the closures from the storage region to the applicator along a conveyance path defined by the chute. A singulator includes upper and lower reciprocating members configured for alternatingly reciprocating into and out of the conveyance path. The upper member includes a separating element having an upper surface and a lower surface. One of the upper and lower surfaces is formed at an incline relative to the other surface such that a distance between the upper and lower surfaces increases as the lower member moves into the conveyance path.

Spout singulator for closure feed system

A defoaming apparatus ( ) defoams a foamable product that is dispersed into a container such as a TETRA REX gable-top carton ( ). The defoaming apparatus ( ) creates a sonic shock wave ( ) that destroys most if not all of the bubbles of the foamable product. The defoaming apparatus ( ) has a body ( ) that defines a recessed cavity ( ). A pair of electrodes ( ) is located within the recessed cavity ( ). The opening to the cavity ( ) can include a radio frequency filter ( ) covering to absorb radio waves created from the sonic shock wave ( ). The defoaming apparatus ( ) is preferably disposed immediately after the filling of the container ( ).

Defoaming device for a packaging machine

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Willowbrook, IL, United States of America

Ken Pokusa