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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2007
Sergio Mansuino, Mondovi, IT;
Sergio Mansuino, Mondovi, IT;
Soremartec S.A., Arlon, BE;
Abstract
A method and a device for packaging a confectionery product (P) in a shaped wrapper of sheet material () having a cup-shaped portion () (pleated cup) formed from the same sheet material as the product wrapper; the method and the device comprise the use or a mandrel with petals () which cooperates with a forming cavity () and which may assume a retracted configuration so that it can penetrate into the forming cavity to shape the wrapper into a cup shape adhering to the product. The packaging is characterized in that the wrapper has a central region () on which the product bears and from which the cup extends with a transverse dimension (or diameter) smaller than the maximum transverse dimension of the packaged product.