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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2003
Reinhard Kupfer, Mainz, DE;
Roland Palmqvist, Akarp, SE;
Reinhard Kupfer, Mainz, DE;
Roland Palmqvist, Akarp, SE;
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
A sealing jaw for manufacturing a sealing seam in a heat-sealable packaging material. The invention furthermore relates to an induction sealing device with a sealing jaw and to a packaging machine with induction sealing device. In order to provide a sealing jaw with which a sealed and durable sealing seam can be produced, even when solid components of the in-filled product are trapped between the jaws that have to be moved towards one another, a sealing jaw is proposed with means of a sealing jaw with a sealing surface that is provided in order to come into contact with the heat-sealable material, and a rod or bar-shaped heating device that is provided in order to heat up the heat-sealable material, wherein a pressure element is provided on the sealing surface, projecting above said sealing surface, and distanced from the heating device.