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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2019
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a., Pully, CH;
Paolo Sanibondi, Reggio Emilia, IT;
Claudio Ferrari, Albinea, IT;
Nicola Garuti, Scandiano, IT;
Nicola Macini, Modena, IT;
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
There is described a packaging apparatus () for forming a plurality of sealed packages () from a tube () of a web of packaging material () which is continuously filled with a pourable product. The packaging apparatus comprises an isolation chamber () separating an inner environment () containing a sterile gas from an outer environment (). The packaging apparatus further comprises a delimiting element () arranged, in use, within the tube () and being designed to divide the tube (), in use, into a first space () and a second space (). The packaging apparatus () also comprises a pressurizing device () for pressurizing the second space () by means of a pressurized sterile gas. The delimiting element () is arranged within the isolation chamber ().