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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1999
Applicants:
Paolo Benedetti, Modena, IT;
Hans Selberg, Lund, SE;
Inventors:
Paolo Benedetti, Modena, IT;
Hans Selberg, Lund, SE;
Assignee:
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B009/06 ; B65B051/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing sealed packages containing pourable food products from a tube of heat seal sheet packing material fed along a vertical path and filled continuously with the food product. The tube is pressure gripped at equally spaced cross sections of the tube by at least two pairs of jaws acting cyclically and successively on the tube. The tube is cut at each of the cross sections along a respective parting line. The packing material of the tube is heated sealed on opposite sides of the parting line.