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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Stefano Paradisi, Carpi, IT;
Matteo Galloni, Nonantola, IT;
Roberto DE Pietri Tonelli, Formigine, IT;
Stefano Paradisi, Carpi, IT;
Matteo Galloni, Nonantola, IT;
Roberto De Pietri Tonelli, Formigine, IT;
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
There is described a forming member for controlling the volume of packs of pourable food products formed from a tube of packaging material and sealed at a number of sections of tube crosswise to an axis of tube, comprising: a wall comprising, in turn, a first surface which is adapted to interact with a first portion of tube; and a pair of sidewalls protruding from wall on the same side of wall, and comprising respective second surfaces which are adapted to interact with relative second portions of tube; first surface is at least partially concave.