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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2015
Jt International S.a., Geneva, CH;
Michael Polikeit, Schweich, DE;
Wolfgang Sevenich, Trier, DE;
Abstract
A packaging apparatus, in particular for packaging smoking articles, includes a wrapping device for wrapping a barrier film around an item to be packaged, such as a pack of smoking articles; and at least one sealing head having a contact surface for contacting the barrier film wrapped around the item and sealing the barrier film along a seam to form a protective enclosure around the item. The contact surface of the sealing head is at least partially discontinuous to provide a non-sealing region in the sealing head. In this way, the non-sealing region can be positioned to at least partially, and preferably wholly, overlie a frangible part or strip provided in the barrier film.