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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Cryovac, Llc, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventor:
Riccardo Palumbo, Arona, IT;
Assignee:
Cryovac, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 31/02 (2006.01); B65B 7/16 (2006.01); B65B 51/10 (2006.01); B65B 57/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 57/00 (2013.01); B65B 7/164 (2013.01); B65B 31/028 (2013.01); B65B 51/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a device can be used for setting vacuum time in a packaging apparatus and in a packaging process. The method and device provide for determining, from pressure signals or from humidity signals detected in the vacuum chamber, a reference time instant. The method and device also provide for commanding a vacuum device either to stop extracting gas from the vacuum chamber or to execute one or more prescribed steps preluding to end of the vacuum cycle at expiration of a delay time interval following said reference time instant.