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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1999
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
The device (,) for heat sealing a tube (,) of packaging sheet material filled with a pourable food product, has first and second jaws (,) movable towards each other to grip the tube (,) under pressure and heat seal the tube. The first jaw (,) has a heating element (,) having a pair of substantially straight active surfaces (,), which extend on opposite sides of and parallel to an intermediate plane (&pgr;). The second jaw (,) has a pair of pressure pads (,), which are housed in respective seats (,) and cooperate with the active surfaces (,) of the heating element (,). Each of the pads has a first longitudinal portion (,) supported rigidly in a seat (,), and a second longitudinal portion (,) supported pliably in the seat (,) and located adjacent to and on the opposite side of the first longitudinal portion (,) with respect to the intermediate plane (&pgr;).
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