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Patent No.:

US 10259606 B1

Date of Patent:

Apr. 16, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2014

Method and apparatus for making a bundle of containers with controlled heat-shrinking, as well as a bundle obtained with such a method

Applicant:

Ocme S.r.l., Parma, IT;

Inventor:

Carlotta Gatteschi, Parma, IT;

Assignee:

OCME, S.R.L., Parma, IT;

Attorney:

Ice Miller LLP

Primary Examiner:

Robert Long

Assistant Examiner:

Xavier A Madison

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

B65B 21/24 (2006.01); B65D 71/08 (2006.01); B65D 71/00 (2006.01); B65B 53/02 (2006.01); B65B 53/06 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

B65B 21/245 (2013.01); B65B 53/02 (2013.01); B65B 53/063 (2013.01); B65D 71/0085 (2013.01); B65D 71/08 (2013.01);

Abstract

Method for making a bundle () of the type comprising a plurality of containers () positioned along at least one row and wound in a heat-shrunk film () due to a heat-treatment effect; said method comprising the steps of: a) arranging a heat-shrinkable film () around said containers () ordered along at least one row in order to obtain an open tunnel () along the transverse direction () with respect to the longitudinal direction of advancement ('), said open tunnel () identifying along said transverse direction () lateral over-edge portions () with respect to said containers (); b) handling said over-edge portions (); c) supplying said containers () and said heat-shrinkable film () to a heat-treatment device, so that said over-edge portions () are compacted to said containers for heat-shrinking; in which said step of handling said over-edge portions comprises the step of making said over-edge portions () at least partially adhere to said containers ().

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gatteschi, Carlotta. (2019). Method and apparatus for making a bundle of containers with controlled heat-shrinking, as well as a bundle obtained with such a method (U.S. Patent No. 10259606). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10259606

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