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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2015
Cryovac, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Jvanohe Rizzi, Legnano, IT;
Stepfano Capitani, Milan, IT;
Cryovac, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A process for packaging a product arranged on a support comprising unrolling a film, moving the film to a packaging assembly defining at its inside a packaging chamber, progressively moving a number of supports inside the packaging chamber of the packaging assembly, closing the packaging chamber with the film sheets held above the respective support, optionally causing one or both of: a gas withdrawal from the hermetically closed packaging chamber and gas injection of a gas mixture of controlled composition, heat sealing the film to said support, wherein the heat sealing uses one or more heaters having heating surfaces which are heated for discrete and short time periods only. An apparatus for performing the above process is also disclosed.