Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a.

Nihon Bisoh Co., Ltd.

Takeo Yamazaki

Yuzo Otsuka

Shigehiro Kinoshita

Hiroyuki Nishimura

Masahiro Michikoshi

A squeegee device () for cleaning includes a main supporting base () in which an opening () is formed along a cleaning width direction of a cleaning surface (W), and a pair of squeegees () and () arranged to extend along the cleaning width direction along the periphery of the opening () and formed of an elastic body. Tips of the pair of squeegees () are arranged at an angle relative to each other and contact each other in an airtight state, and pressing the tips against the cleaning surface (W) can open a gap between the tips.

Squeegee device for cleaning

The present invention provides a filling apparatus establishing positional coincidence between creases preformed in a packaging material and actual creases to thereby improve the appearance of a packaging container. A light source irradiates a portion of the outer circumferential surface of a packaging material tube which includes an overlap. A sensor receives light emitted from the light source and reflected from the outer circumferential surface of the tube. The overlap is detected as a peak in the sensor output. Light reflected from an edge portion of the packaging material exhibits greater intensity and is seen as a peak in the sensor output indicating position of the overlap.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takeo Yamazaki