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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Paolo Benedetti, Modena, IT;
Alf Lindgren, Hjärup, SE;
Inventors:
Paolo Benedetti, Modena, IT;
Alf Lindgren, Hjärup, SE;
Assignee:
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 55/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is described a method of producing a sealed package of a pourable food product from a substantially tubular precut blank of sheet packaging material with opposite open ends. The method includes the steps of feeding the blank onto a relative forming mandrel; sealing one end of the blank to form a container open at the opposite end; removing the container from the mandrel; and sterilizing the container before filling it with the pourable food product; and the method also including the step of preheating the container by heating the mandrel before sterilizing the container.