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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Cryovac, Llc, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Giovanni Candida, Milan, IT;
Giulio Benedetti, Solbiate Arno, IT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/04 (2006.01); B29C 51/08 (2006.01); B29C 51/26 (2006.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B65B 9/04 (2006.01); B65B 41/02 (2006.01); B65B 47/02 (2006.01); B65B 57/08 (2006.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/02 (2013.01); B29C 51/08 (2013.01); B29C 51/261 (2013.01); B29C 51/264 (2013.01); B65B 5/04 (2013.01); B65B 9/04 (2013.01); B65B 41/02 (2013.01); B65B 47/02 (2013.01); B65B 57/08 (2013.01); B65B 61/06 (2013.01); B65B 65/003 (2013.01); B29L 2031/712 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a supplying station to receive a feed roll and to rotate it to unroll consecutive portions of plastic film; and a cutting station to separate, from an unrolled portion of plastic film, either a strip or a plurality of distinct film sheets obtained from a same strip shaped portion. The strip or the strip shaped portion have a width and a length, where the width of said strip shaped portion is larger than the length of the same strip shaped portion. The apparatus also includes a thermoforming station and/or a packaging station.