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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2009
Andrea Maccagnani, Modena, IT;
Lars Skarin, Uddevalla, SE;
Lennart Johansson, Uddevalla, SE;
Mahmod Tabarte, Munkedal, SE;
Andrea MacCagnani, Modena, IT;
Lars Skarin, Uddevalla, SE;
Lennart Johansson, Uddevalla, SE;
Mahmod Tabarte, Munkedal, SE;
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
A gluing unit for applying adhesive to a succession of opening devices to be fitted to respective sealed packages of food products pourable into a tube of packaging material, the unit having a conveyor for feeding the opening devices along a path, and an adhesive dispenser located along the path, interacting with each opening device to apply adhesive to a portion of the opening device, and movable in a plane parallel to the path as well as crosswise to the plane.