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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Fulvio Boldrini, Ferrara, IT;
Roberto Ghiotti, Pietro, IT;
Stefano Cavallari, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
Containers () for food products are manufactured employing a system that includes a feed station () supplying a succession of tubular elements (), and a heat sealer () positioned to close and secure a first open end () of each tubular element () that coincides with the base of the container. The sealing operation occurs at a station associated with a conveyor () consisting in a wheel () rotatable in a feed direction (B) along a path (P) passing both through the feed station () and through the station occupied by the heat sealer (). The tubular elements () are carried by radial elements () of the wheel () such as can be indexed between a first operating position, where the tubular elements () are taken up from the feed station (), and a second operating position in which the open end () is offered to the heat sealer ().