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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2000
Renzo Bellei, Modena, IT;
Tiziano Di Fede, Modena, IT;
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
A unit ( ) for sterilizing strip packaging material ( ) on a packaging machine ( ) for packaging pourable food products, the unit ( ) having a bath ( ) for containing a sterilizing agent in which the packaging material is fed continuously; an aseptic chamber ( ) having an input ( ) connected to an output of the bath ( ); and an auxiliary recirculating circuit ( ) having a blower ( ) for aspirating air from the aseptic chamber ( ), and two nozzles ( ) located close to the input ( ) of the aseptic chamber ( ) to direct a jet of sterile air onto an intermediate longitudinal portion ( ) of the packaging material ( ) having preapplied opening devices ( ).