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Patent No.:

US 10315790 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2014

Method and apparatus for manufacturing a tetrahedral package

Applicant:

Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a., Pully, CH;

Inventors:

Mattias Lennartsson, Lund, SE;

Mårten Andersson, Malmö, SE;

Assignee:

TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A., Pully, CH;

Attorney:

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Primary Examiner:

Stephen F Gerrity

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 9/12 (2006.01); B65B 9/20 (2012.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/10 (2006.01); B29C 65/36 (2006.01); B65B 51/30 (2006.01); B65B 9/213 (2012.01); B65D 75/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 9/2056 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/43129 (2013.01); B65B 9/12 (2013.01); B65B 9/213 (2013.01); B65B 51/30 (2013.01); B65B 51/303 (2013.01); B65B 51/306 (2013.01); B65D 75/50 (2013.01); B29C 65/10 (2013.01); B29C 65/368 (2013.01); B29C 65/3656 (2013.01); B29C 66/223 (2013.01); B29C 66/4312 (2013.01); B29C 66/4322 (2013.01); B29C 66/72321 (2013.01); B29C 66/72328 (2013.01); B29C 66/81463 (2013.01); B29C 66/81465 (2013.01); B29C 66/83221 (2013.01); B29C 66/849 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of producing packages from a tube of packaging material for a liquid food product, comprises reforming a flat web of packaging material into a cylindrical tube, feeding the tube of packaging material in first direction, filling the tube with a liquid food product, transversally sealing the tube, at regular intervals, into separate package volumes, wherein a longitudinal axis of every second transversal seal being parallel to each other, and a longitudinal axis of each adjacent transversal seal being perpendicular to each other, and wherein a longitudinal axis of each transversal seal is angled in a range between 15-30° in relation to a plane which is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the tube of packaging material. Also disclosed is a packaging material for use in the method, a package produced with the method, and a filling machine performing the method.

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Lennartsson, Mattias. (2019). Method and apparatus for manufacturing a tetrahedral package (U.S. Patent No. 10315790). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10315790

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