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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2007
Fabrizio Rimondi, Castel San Pietro Terme, IT;
Massimo Pradelli, Reggio Emilia, IT;
Paolo Fontanazzi, Modena, IT;
Lars Jeppsson, Modena, IT;
Fabrizio Rimondi, Castel San Pietro Terme, IT;
Massimo Pradelli, Reggio Emilia, IT;
Paolo Fontanazzi, Modena, IT;
Lars Jeppsson, Modena, IT;
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
A folding assembly for producing a gable portion of a sealed package of pourable product, wherein the gable portion has first and second walls sloping with respect to each other and joined at a seal, and a flap connecting lateral edges of the first and second walls. The folding assembly is supplied with packs, each having an axis and, at one end and on opposite sides of the axis, two end portions which are folded to form the gable portion, with the end portions having, respectively, a first and a second portion to be folded, which are joined by a lateral face of the pack. The folding assembly includes a folding mechanism which interacts, on opposite sides of the axis, with the first and second portion of the pack to fold the second portion onto the lateral face, and the first portion onto the second portion to form the flap.