| TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. Patent applications |
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| 20120128822 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A YOGHURT-BASED PRODUCT - A method of producing a yoghurt-based product involves pre-treating milk raw material normally by pasteurization, de-aeration, homogenization and possible dry matter adjustment. A stabilizer and possible flavourings are also added. A first bacteria culture is added to the milk raw material and the milk raw material is held at a temperature of 37-45° C. during an incubation period. Thereafter, the product is heat treated at a temperature of 75-110° C. during a predetermined period of time. Thereafter, a second bacteria culture is added to the heat treated, yoghurt-based product. The second bacteria culture must be of the type which is not active below a given pH. The finished product is packed aseptically. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120122642 | FOLDING UNIT FOR POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT PACKAGING MACHINES - There is described a folding unit for producing packages of pourable food products from sealed packs having a longitudinal first axis and comprising at least one end tab to be folded and which projects in the direction of longitudinal first axis; end tab comprises a central zone and a pair of lateral zones arranged on opposite sides of central zone; unit comprises a conveying member fed with a plurality of packs and which feeds the pack along a forming path, and folding device interacting with each pack along forming path to fold relative first end tab relative pack; folding device comprises a plurality of surfaces carried by conveying member and cooperating with central zone of end tab of a relative pack, and movable between a first position and a second position with respect to relative pack with which it cooperates; folding device comprises a plurality of cams carried by conveying member and each cooperating, with a relative surface for moving it between relative first and second positions. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122048 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY STERILIZING WATER FOR SPRAYING THE PISTONS IN A PISTON PUMP OR A HOMOGENIZER - A method and an apparatus for continuously sterilizing water for spraying the pistons in a piston pump or a homogenizer. The heating takes place in a first stage in a first heat exchanger and in a second stage in a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger operates regeneratively so that incoming cold water is heated in the first heat exchanger by water which has been heated by steam in the second heat exchanger. After the second heat exchanger the water is at a temperature of at least 121° C. and is to stay at this temperature in a holding cell during a predetermined period of time. After the water has been cooled regeneratively in the first heat exchanger it is to be at a temperature which exceeds 75° C. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120112422 | STRIP SPLICING - The present invention concerns a method of splicing two sealing strips and a sealing strip formed by the method. The sealing strip is placed at longitudinal edges of a packaging material web, used for packaging containers for liquid foods. The sealing strips to be spliced are cut each forming an oblique edge of about | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120103856 | ROBUST PACKAGING LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF THE PACKAGING LAMINATE AND PACKAGING CONTAINER PRODUCED THEREFROM - A packaging laminate comprising a core layer of paper or carton with through-going holes, openings or slits, a first layer of heat sealable thermoplastic material applied on the outermost side of the packaging laminate, a second layer of heat sealable thermoplastic material applied on the other, innermost side of the packaging laminate, one or more barrier layers applied between the core layer and the innermost thermoplastic layer, the thermoplastic material and barrier layers all being laminated to each other within the regions of said holes to form a membrane of barrier and thermoplastic material layers. A method for manufacturing of the packaging laminate and a packaging container that is made from the packaging laminate. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120100320 | HIGH BARRIER PACKAGING LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF THE PACKAGING LAMINATE AND PACKAGING CONTAINER - A non-foil packaging laminate for liquid food packaging comprises a first layer of paper situated towards the inner side of the packaging laminate and a second layer of paper situated towards the outer side of the packaging laminate, with the first and second paper layers laminated to each other by a first intermediate bonding layer in a sandwich structure. The packaging laminate further comprises a gas barrier coating layer, coated onto the inner side of the first paper layer by liquid film coating of a liquid gas barrier composition onto the first paper layer and subsequent drying, the liquid composition containing a polymer binder dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous or solvent medium, and a further barrier layer towards water vapour laminated and bonded to the barrier-coated inside of the first paper layer. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the laminate, and a packaging container made from the laminate. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120094047 | BARRIER LAYER FOR A PACKAGING LAMINATE AND PACKAGING LAMINATE COMPRISING SUCH BARRIER LAYER - The present invention relates to a barrier layer and a packaging laminate comprising a barrier layer and a method to produce a barrier layer. The barrier layer is manufactured of a cellulose-based hydrolysate. The barrier layer comprises lignin and oligo- or poly-saccharides, where the lignin and oligo- or polysaccharides are at least partly covalently bonded to each other in a matrix, and at least one co-component. The co-component is bonded to the lignin and oligo- or polysaccharides by means of primary and/or secondary bonds. In addition, the invention relates to a package made of the packaging laminate. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091137 | OPENING DEVICE FOR STRAWS OF LIQUID FOOD CONTAINER - An opening device for straws for liquid food containers enables a straw hole to be easily opened by piercing with a straw whilst avoiding easy leakage or breakage due to external force from vibrations or the like during delivery. The device comprises: a base and a main body, formed from packaging material, both sides of the base paper of which have been laminated with thermoplastic resin and a top, formed from thermoplastic resin, which is jointed to the top of the main body. An opening of the opening device for straws, integrated with the top section, is provided with a plurality of step sections and between-step sections on the front and back surfaces thereof. The front between-step sections and the back between-step sections overlap at the edge of each said section, with the thickness at the edge of the between-step sections being thinner than that of the steps. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120087842 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING AN ELECTRON EXIT WINDOW AND AN ELECTRON EXIT WINDOW ASSEMBLY - The present invention refers to a method for arranging a window foil to an electron exit window assembly of an electron beam generating device, comprises the steps of: arranging a foil support plate on a housing of the electron beam generating device, bonding a window foil to the foil support plate along a continuous bonding line, attaching a skirt of said window foil extending radially outside of the bonding line to the housing along a continuous attachment line. The invention also relates to an electron exit window assembly of an electron beam generating device. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087829 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR STERILIZATION OF PACKAGES - A device for sterilization of packages and a method of sterilizing packages are provided. The device comprises a gassing zone for exposing the packages to a gaseous sterilization agent, inlet mechanisms for introducing the gaseous sterilization agent into the gassing zone and a conveyor for transporting the packages through the gassing zone in a transport direction. The device also includes a separation mechanism arranged inside the gassing zone to divide at least an upper part of the gassing zone into sub gassing zones, each of said separation mechanisms having an opening for passage of the packages, each of at least a number of the inlet mechanisms being arranged to provide a flow of the gaseous sterilization agent at the opening of a respective one of the separation mechanisms. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120085418 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A GAS FLOW BARRIER BETWEEN TWO INTERCONNECTED VOLUMES - A method and a device for maintaining, in a filling machine, a gas flow barrier between two volumes of a channel, wherein the channel is used for transportation of packages in a length direction thereof, and the volumes comprise a first volume having a first degree of sterilization and a second volume having a second degree of sterilization, and wherein the first volume comprises a gas injection mechanism, the second volume comprises a gas evacuation mechanism, and the first and the second volume meet in an interface area extending in a length direction of the channel. The method comprises arranging, divergent jets flowing from the gas injection mechanism such that the divergent jets of gas cooperate in the interface region for the generation of a unidirectional flow in the direction from the first volume towards the second volume in the interface area, and thus forming a gas flow barrier. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120076995 | PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING MAGNETISABLE PORTIONS - A packaging material comprises a plurality of magnetisable portions thereon. The magnetisable portions are provided as at least one spot per package to be formed from the packaging material. The spots comprise magnetisable particles and are provided on the side of the paper layer intended to face to the interior of the package. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074234 | PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING MAGNETISABLE PORTIONS - A packaging material comprising a plurality of magnetisable portions thereon comprising at least one spot per package to be formed from the packaging material is disclosed. At least one of the magnetisable portions, per package, provides a first magnetic mark carrying a magnetic field pattern, and another of the magnetisable portions, per package, provides a second magnetic mark carrying a magnetic field pattern. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120073242 | PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING MAGNETISABLE PORTIONS - A packaging material comprises a plurality of magnetisable portions thereon, the magnetisable portions comprising at least one spot per package to be formed from the packaging laminate. The packaging material further comprises at least one preparation feature for enhancing finishing of packages, wherein the at least one preparation feature is aligned with a magnetic field mark in the at least one magnetisable portion. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120070634 | PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING MAGNETISABLE PORTIONS - A packaging material comprising a plurality of magnetisable portions thereon comprising at least one spot per package to be formed from the packaging material is disclosed. At least one of the magnetisable portions provides a magnetic mark carrying a magnetic field pattern. The magnetic field pattern comprises a first magnetic field peak having a first polarity and a second magnetic field peak having a second opposite polarity. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120067953 | PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING MAGNETISABLE PORTIONS - A packaging material comprises a plurality of magnetisable portions thereon, the magnetisable portions comprising at least one spot per package to be formed from the packaging laminate. The packaging material further comprises at least one preparation feature for enhancing finishing of packages, wherein the at least one preparation feature is aligned with a magnetic field mark in the at least one magnetisable portion. Methods for writing and reading, respectively, a magnetic mark on a packaging material are also disclosed. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120036814 | SAFETY CHAMBER - An arrangement is provided to prevent emissions of hydrogen peroxide from a packaging machine forming sealed packaging containers from a packaging material web. The packaging machine has a sterilization portion comprising an inlet chamber, a peroxide bath and an aseptic chamber. The aseptic chamber is held at an overpressure while the inlet chamber is held at an underpressure during normal operation of the packaging machine. The peroxide bath functions as a seal between the inlet chamber and the aseptic chamber. A safety chamber placed in front of the inlet chamber is held at an underpressure to avoid peroxide emissions to the environment. The packaging material web will pass the safety chamber before going into the inlet chamber. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120033200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF A LAYER OF COATING - A system and a method for measuring the thickness of a layer of coating deposited on a substrate indirectly measures the thickness of the layer of coating on the substrate by measuring the thickness of layers of coating on a coating roller before and after the coating is transferred from the coating roller to the substrate. To measure the thickness of the layers of coating on the coating roller two sensors are used directed to respective layer on the coating roller. The sensors have IR radiators and IR detectors. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120011998 | MEMBRANE PUMP HEAD FOR A HOMOGENIZER OR A HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP - The disclosure relates to a membrane pump head for a homogenizer or a high-pressure pump. The membrane pump head comprises at least one pump head enclosed in a pump housing. The membrane pump head also includes a product chamber with inlet and outlet for the product, as well as a hydraulic chamber in which a piston is disposed to operate. The product chamber and the hydraulic chamber are separated by a double membrane. The membrane is oriented at 15-75° in relation to the longitudinal direction of the piston. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011973 | CUTTING FRAME HAVING EXCHANGEABLE KNIVES - A cutting frame for use in a curd vat comprises one or more exchangeable longitudinal knives, and a support frame accommodating the knife/knives. The support frame comprises first and second transverse frame girders, and at least one longitudinal frame girder. The longitudinal frame girder at one end connects the first transverse frame girder; and the longitudinal frame girder at another end connects the second transverse frame girder. An opening in the first transverse frame girder and an opening in the second transverse frame girder together in pairs accommodate one of the longitudinal knives. At least one of the longitudinal knives comprises a first knife lock for releasable locking the knife into a locked position onto the frame, and the frame comprises a second knife lock for releasable locking the longitudinal knife into a locked position onto the frame by engagement of the first knife lock with the second knife lock. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20110308200 | SEALING ELEMENT FOR HEAT SEALING PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR PRODUCING SEALED PACKAGES OF FOOD PRODUCTS POURABLE WITHIN A TUBE OF PACKAGING MATERIAL - A sealing element for heat sealing packaging material for producing sealed packages of food products which are pourable within a tube of packaging material; sealing element comprises a heater adapted to heat-seal the packaging material at spaced cross sections of tube so as to form a plurality of sealed packages, and a groove which may be engaged by a cutting element carried by a counter sealing element during a cutting operation in which a sealed package is separated from tube; sealing element comprises at least a slot which extends between groove and a first outer wall of sealing element. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110301873 | PREDICTIVE ROLLING BEARING MAINTENANCE - A method of predicting a fault in a rolling bearing, the rolling bearing including inner and outer rings and rolling bodies evenly angularly distributed therebetween, the method comprising: processing (in the DSP system | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110280701 | METHOD FOR FEEDING A SUPPLY STATION OF A PACKAGING UNIT WITH A NEW REEL OF SHEET PACKAGING MATERIAL, SHEET PACKAGING MATERIAL HOLDER AND LIFT TRUCK - A method for feeding a supply station of a packaging unit with a new reel of sheet packaging material comprises releasably connecting a sheet packaging material holder to a support structure; coupling an end portion of new reel with holder connected, in turn, to support structure; carrying out on end portion at least an operation, which is preliminary for joining of end portion to a first edge of a terminated reel previously connected to packaging unit; moving new reel together with holder from support structure towards supply station; and releasably connecting a fixed part of supply station to holder together with new reel. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278311 | POLYMER FILM, A PACKAGING LAMINATE COMPRISING THE POLYMER FILM, A PACKAGING CONTAINER FORMED FROM THE PACKAGING LAMINATE AND A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE POLYMER FILM - A polymer film comprising a gas barrier coating of SiOx directly coated onto a first side of a polymer carrier layer. The film also comprises a heat sealable polyolefin layer arranged on a second side of the polymer carrier layer. The polymer film forms a part of a packaging laminate, and a packaging container can be produced from such a packaging laminate. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110274527 | METHOD FOR MOVING A REEL OF PACKAGING MATERIAL FROM A STORAGE STATION TO A SUPPLY STATION OF A PACKAGING UNIT FOR PRODUCING SEALED PACKAGES OF FOOD PRODUCT, AND CLAMPING UNIT FOR CLAMPING SUCH REEL - A method for moving a reel of packaging material from a storage station to a supply station of a packaging unit involves clamping a peripheral edge of reel by using a pair of clamping elements of a clamping unit, rotating clamping elements relative to the reel, and supporting the reel on the pair of clamping elements by interacting with a portion of reel radially inner with respect to circumferential edge. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110256996 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE RELATIVE POSITION BETWEEN PRINTED PATTERNS AND NON-PRINTED PATTERNS ON A WEB-SHAPED MATERIAL AND A SYSTEM USED IN THE METHOD - A method and a system for controlling the relative position between a printed pattern and a non-printed pattern, such as for example a pattern of creasing lines or holes, on a running web-shaped material, involves providing the material web with at least one impressed indentation mark with a three-dimensional topographic configuration, at a pre-determined distance from a printed register mark and detecting the marks with a same sensor control system. The controlling method and system is used for the manufacturing of a laminated packaging material, having a printed décor and creased folding lines in register. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110248076 | PACKAGING LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF THE PACKAGING LAMINATE AND PACKAGING CONTAINER PRODUCED THEREFROM - A non-foil packaging laminate for liquid food packaging comprises a core layer of paper or paperboard, outermost liquid tight, heat sealable layers of polyolefin and, applied onto the inner side of the layer of paper or paperboard, an oxygen gas barrier layer formed by liquid film coating of a liquid gas barrier composition and subsequent drying, the liquid composition containing a polymer binder dispersed or dissolved in a liquid medium. The laminate further comprises a layer of a polyolefin-based matrix polymer with inorganic filler particles distributed therein and inorganic particles dispersed also in the gas barrier layer from the liquid gas barrier composition. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the packaging laminate and a packaging container made from the packaging laminate. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110244411 | GAS BURNER - A gas burner, which is particularly suitable for flame treatment of substrates having large surfaces, e.g. for coating such surfaces in a combustion chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) process, includes a burner body with a gas supply connection and a nozzle plate, wherein the burner body and the nozzle plate constitute together a gas plenum and the nozzle plate constitutes a perforated wall section of the plenum. The nozzle plate includes a large number of nozzles extending from a plenum side to a flame side of the nozzle plate and it is made of a plurality of sheets which are arranged in a stack and extend substantially perpendicular or substantially parallel to the nozzle extension. The sheets include through openings, wherein the through openings of all sheets are at least partly aligned with each other, or they have a comb-like form. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110225929 | SELF-CONFIGURING INDUCTION SEALING DEVICE FOR USE TO PRODUCE POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT PACKAGES - An induction sealing device for producing packaged pourable food products from heat-seal sheet packaging material. The sealing device has a signal source, an inductor, and an impedance matching circuit connected between the signal source and the inductor. The impedance matching circuit has: two input terminals; a first and second line connected to the input terminals; a variable-capacitance stage having capacitive modules each made up of a capacitive element and a controlled switch; and a control stage to control the controlled switches. Each controlled switch includes: input terminals receiving a respective control signal from the control stage, with one input terminal of each controlled switch connected to the second line; a single two-way controlled switching element having a control terminal connected to the other input terminal of the controlled switch; a first current-conducting terminal connected to the first line, and a second current-conducting terminal connected to the second line. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110204137 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRACEABILITY MARKING AND PACKAGING LINE PROVIDED WITH TRACEABILITY MARKING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for visualization of non-visible information on a packaging material to provide traceability. The method comprises the steps of: reading the non-visible information from the packaging material by means of a magnetic head reader, processing the non-visible information in a central processing unit together with additional new non-visible information, and printing an optional portion of the amount of combined non-visible information onto the packaging material as a traceability marking. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method and a packaging line with a filling machine making use of the device. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110203225 | UNIT FOR THE APPLICATION OF OPENING DEVICES ON PACKAGES OF FOOD PRODUCTS POURABLE INTO A TUBE OF PACKAGING MATERIAL - A unit for applying opening devices on packages of pourable food products, comprises a first conveying device to feed the opening devices along a first path, a second conveying device to feed the packages along a second path, a third conveying device movable about a first axis to displace the opening devices along a third path from a withdrawal station to an application station of the opening devices, a gripping member for gripping an opening device, and a supporting plate to support the gripping member; wherein the supporting plate is coupled to the third conveying device; the gripping member is displaceable, at the application station in a defined plane by a first direction transversal to the first axis and to the second path, and by the first axis. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110203223 | PRESSURE DEVICE FOR EXERTING PRESSURE ON AN OPENING DEVICE FITTED TO A PACKAGE OF A FOOD PRODUCT POURABLE INTO A TUBE OF PACKAGING MATERIAL - A pressure device for exerting pressure on an opening device fitted to a package of a food product pourable into a tube of packaging material, the device having a first pressure member movable between a first work position, in which it presses a first area of the opening device against the package, and a first rest position, in which it is detached from the opening device; and a second pressure member movable between a second work position, in which it presses a second area of the opening device against the package, and a second rest position, in which it is detached from the opening device; the first and second area being crosswise to each other. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110203221 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE POSITION OF APPLICATION OF A SEALING STRIP ONTO A WEB OF PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR FOOD PRODUCTS - An apparatus for detecting the position of application of a sealing strip of heat-seal plastic material onto a multilayer web of packaging material for food products advanced along a predetermined path and including at least one base layer for stiffness and strength and one or more heat-seal plastic layers; the sealing strip has a first longitudinal portion, applied onto a longitudinal edge of the web, and a second longitudinal portion projecting laterally from the longitudinal edge. The apparatus comprises a light source for irradiating a transversal portion of the web during movement thereof along its path, and a sensor detecting a quantity related to different behavior of the materials forming the web and the sealing strip to light exposure and generating an output signal related to the width of the second portion of the sealing strip in a direction orthogonal to the web travelling direction and parallel to said web. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110192118 | PACKAGING CONTAINER, AND POURING PLUG FITTED THERETO - A packaging container capable of reducing a tensile or compressive stress in the paper container caused by folding the pleat portion thereof to maintain the strength characteristics thereof, and providing a wide roof portion on one side thereof so that a large-sized spout can be fitted thereto. The packaging container including a pouring spout fitted thereto is characterized in that the top part thereof formed by folding the pleat line is formed of a surface tilted forward on the front side of the top part and a substantially flat surface adjacent to the tilted surface on the rear side of the top part and that a flap derived from the formation of the top part is allowed to abut on the container side-walls adjacent to the top part by the folding of the pleat. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110185686 | PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE - A packaging and filling machine is capable of easily preforming with the forming flaps by keeping the pressure of the filled liquid food in the tube the positive pressure, capable of preventing the pressure of the liquid food from dropping to negative pressure, even if the pressure of the liquid food decreases due to the up-and-down of the liquid food pressure, and capable of preventing outside atmosphere materials from invading into the tube. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110174760 | STOPPER HAVING A SUBDIVIDED LINE OF WEAKNESS AND A METHOD OF FABRICATING SUCH A STOPPER - The invention relates to a cap ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110174216 | GLUING UNIT FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE TO A SUCCESSION OF OPENING DEVICES FOR GLUING TO SEALED PACKAGES OF FOOD PRODUCTS POURABLE INTO A TUBE OF PACKAGING MATERIAL - 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. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110162326 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORKING OPERATION OF A FILLING MACHINE - A packaging laminate includes at least one material layer provided with magnetisable particles. A roller can be configured to apply crease line patterns on the packaging laminate while also applying magnetic fields for magnetising at least some of the magnetisable particles in the packaging laminate. A method of controlling working operations on a packaging laminate in a filling machine involves supplying a packaging laminate to a filling machine, wherein the packaging laminate includes at least one material layer comprising magnetizable particles, with at least some of the magnetizable particles being magnetized particles. The method also involves controlling working operations of the filling machine on the packaging laminate supplied to the filling machine by reading information provided by the magnetized particles. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110143070 | THERMO-MECHANICALLY STABLE, HEAT SEALABLE FILM, A BARRIER COATED SUCH FILM, A PACKAGING LAMINATE COMPRISING THE FILM, A PACKAGING CONTAINER FORMED FROM THE PACKAGING LAMINATE AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE FILM - A thermo-mechanically stable, heat sealable mono-axially oriented polymer substrate film includes polymers based on low density polyethylene. The thermo-mechanically stable, heat sealable mono-axially oriented polymer substrate film can consist essentially of the polymers based on low density polyethylene. The disclosure also describes a vapour deposition coated substrate film, especially such a film which is metallised, a packaging laminate comprising the vapour deposition coated polymer substrate film, and a packaging container produced from such a packaging laminate. Also disclosed is a method for the production of the thermo-mechanically stable, heat sealable polymer substrate film and a method of vapour deposition coating the film. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110132975 | PACKAGING LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF THE PACKAGING LAMINATE AND PACKAGING CONTAINER PRODUCED THEREFROM - A non-foil packaging laminate for liquid food packaging comprises a core layer of paper or paperboard, outermost liquid tight, heat sealable layers of polyolefin and, applied onto the inner side of the layer of paper or paperboard, and an oxygen gas barrier layer formed by liquid film coating of a liquid gas barrier composition and subsequent drying. The liquid composition contains a polymer binder dispersed or dissolved in a liquid medium. The disclosure also involves a method for manufacturing of the packaging laminate and a packaging container made from the packaging laminate. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110120063 | APPARATUS FOR REFORMING A MATERIAL WEB - The present invention relates to an apparatus for reforming of a web of flexible packaging material into tube form by rotatable forming rollers which define a material opening. The apparatus is at least one of the forming rollers is displaceable in relation to the material web when an opening device disposed on the material web passes through the material opening. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110120059 | PACKAGING METHOD AND UNIT FOR PRODUCING SEALED PACKAGES OF A FOOD PRODUCT POURABLE INTO A TUBE OF PACKAGING MATERIAL - A method of producing a sealed package of a pourable food product involving feeding a tube of packaging material along an axis; moving a pair of first jaws and a pair of second jaws cyclically and alternately along sealing paths parallel to the axis, and along repositioning paths; moving the jaws, as they travel along the sealing paths, into a closed position in which the sealing members grip the tube and respectively form, at different times, a first and a second seal sealing the tube and defining respective opposite ends of the package; and moving the jaws, as they travel along the respective repositioning paths, into an open position, in which they are detached from the tube; acquiring a desired value of a quantity related to the package weight; and forming the second seal at a distance, which is a function of the value, from the first seal. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110100950 | STOPPER FOR A CONTAINER NECK AND A MOLDING MACHINE FOR MOLDING A PLASTICS MATERIAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF FABRICATING SUCH A STOPPER - The stopper ( | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110099955 | PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE - A packaging and filling machine is capable of easily preforming with the forming flaps by keeping the pressure of the filled liquid food in the tube the positive pressure, capable of preventing the pressure of the liquid food from dropping to negative pressure, even if the pressure of the liquid food decreases due to the up-and-down of the liquid food pressure, and capable of preventing outside atmosphere materials from invading into the tube. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110094672 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEALING - A method for sealing a first packaging material laminate, comprised of at least one layer of magnetizable particles and a sealable layer, to a second packaging laminate involves facing the sealable layer towards the second laminate, providing an alternating magnetic field to the laminates in a sealing zone, thereby generating magnetic hysteresis losses in the laminate having the magnetizable particles, which losses create heat substantially melting the sealable layer in the sealing zone, and applying a sealing pressure to the first and second laminate to cause the first and second laminate to be pressed together in the sealing zone, thereby sealing the laminates to each other. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110068079 | SNAP-SHUT STOPPER HAVING A PROJECTING TAB FOR A CONTAINER NECK | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110057026 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A PACKAGING LAMINATE WITH AN IDENTIFICATION CODE, METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A PACKAGE, AND PACKAGE WITH IDENTIFICATION CODE - In a method of providing a packaging laminate with an identification code the packaging laminate is subjected to a magnetic field, thus magnetising a matrix of magnetic domains in the packaging laminate. Each magnetic domain is made up of a number of the magnetisable particles. A method of identifying a package is also disclosed. The package has walls of a packaging laminate comprising magnetisable particles. The method comprises the steps of subjecting the packaging laminate to a magnetising magnetic field, thus magnetising a matrix of magnetic domains in the packaging laminate, and detecting an emitted magnetic field emitted by the magnetic domains in the matrix. A package having an identification code is also described. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110041981 | LAMINATION STATION FOR LAMINATING A PAPERBOARD OR CARDBOARD WEB - A lamination station for laminating a film to a web of paperboard includes a nip roller and a cooling roller. Between the rollers there is formed a nip which presses together the film and the web of paperboard with an interjacent molten polymer layer or adhesive layer disposed between the film and the web of paperboard. The film, the paperboard and the molten polymer lie, after the nip, in abutment against the cooling roller for a certain angle interval. The nip roller is a shoe-press type roller, either comprising a pressure bar having several hydraulically operated pressure elements, or comprising one or several rigid pressure bars. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110038756 | UNIT AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING A WEB OF PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR A MACHINE FOR PACKAGING POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS - A unit for sterilizing a web of packaging material for a machine for packaging pourable food products includes a sterilizing chamber containing a liquid sterilizing agent at a first temperature; a conveying device for feeding the web through the sterilizing chamber before the web is formed into a succession of sealed packages of pourable food products; a hold tank for the sterilizing agent; a feed mechanism activated selectively to feed the sterilizing agent from the tank to the sterilizing chamber; a drain activated selectively to drain the sterilizing agent from the sterilizing chamber into the tank in the event of stoppage of the packaging machine; and a cooling device activated selectively, at the end of the package production cycle, to cool the sterilizing agent in the tank to a second temperature lower than the first temperature. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110030315 | SEALING JAW FOR PRODUCING SEALED PACKAGES OF A FOOD PRODUCT - A sealing jaw for producing sealed packages of a food product from a tube of packaging material fed along a path, the jaw having a first work surface which interacts with a second work surface on a counter-jaw to grip the packaging material and form a sealing strip crosswise to the path. One of the jaw and counter-jaw defines an anvil, and the other defines a heating device which interacts with the anvil to form the strip. The first surface has at least two projections elongated along respective first axes, and which, when forming the strip, compress respective areas of the packaging material against the second surface; and at least one cavity which extends along one of the first axes, is interposed between the projections along a second axis crosswise to the first axis, and is located laterally with respect to a central plane of the first work surface. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110017344 | AN INLET FOR A TANK - The invention relates to an inlet for a tank which is intended for a liquid food product. The inlet is placed in the side wall of the tank and at the upper end of the tank. The inlet is further designed so that the inflowing product is distributed in fan-shape along the inside of the tank. The application also includes a method of supplying liquid food product to a tank. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110006031 | A STOPPER DEVICE FOR STOPPING A CONTAINER NECK - A sealing device ( | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110005408 | ADJUSTABLE STEAM INJECTOR - The invention relates to an adjustable steam injector of the type which has an injector housing with an inlet for a product which is to be heated and an inlet for steam. The injector housing also has an outlet for the product mixed with steam. The injector also includes an injector body displaceable in the injector housing. About the front end of the injector body there are disposed concentric gaps for product and steam, respectively. The injector body has a recess in its front end. The recess has the same extent as the cross sectional surface of the injector body and has its greatest depth in the centre of the injector body. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110000928 | DEVICE FOR PLUGGING THE NECK OF A VESSEL - The invention relates to a plugging device ( | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100329073 | HOMOGENIZER VALVE - A homogenizer valve includes two or more pressurized, movable valve cones, two or more valve seats and a valve housing which surrounds the valve cones and the valve seats. The valve cones and the valve seats are disposed so that throttles occur between them, which constitute homogenization gaps, which have a gap height h. The homogenization gaps are disposed at an angle in relation to the horizontal plane. The homogenizer valve is intended to be used in existing homogenizers and has been particularly produced to be able to obtain an efficient homogenization for liquids which are processed at a lower pressure and with a greater flow, such as, for example, pasteurized milk. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100307361 | METHOD OF PREPARING PRINTING FORMS FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING AND A SYSTEM USED IN THE METHOD - A method and a system of preparing a flexographic printing form, and a preparation table used in the method and system, involves placing printing plates in a plate magazine and delivering the printing plates in a predetermined order from the plate magazine to the preparation table. The printing plates are transported by a transporter, such as a conveyor belt, on the preparation table and further to a printing sleeve or a printing cylinder. During transportation, the printing plates are exposed on the backsides to a light source. The printing sleeve is rotated with a speed adapted to the speed of the transporter in such a way that the printing plates are placed staggered in two or more lanes on the printing sleeve. The printing plates placed on the printing sleeve are then imaged, e.g. by laser ablation. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100300040 | STRAW APPLICATOR - An apparatus for applying drinking straws on prefabricated packaging containers includes a drive device for continuous belts of drinking straws wrapped in protective sleeves or envelopes, a conveyor for moving packaging containers past the drinking straw applicator, a separator for separating drinking straws from the belt, as well as an applicator for applying the drinking straw on a side wall of the packaging container. The drinking straw applicator include at least one excenter which is excentrically disposed on a shaft mounted adjacent the drive device. During rotation of the shaft, the excenter is moved from an inner position to an outer position, a drinking straw is picked up at the inner position and is applied on a packaging container at the outer position. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100264146 | RECLOSABLE OPENING DEVICE FOR PACKAGES OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS - A reclosable opening device for a sealed package of a pourable food product includes a frame fitted about a pierceable portion of the package and defining a through pour opening; a removable threaded cap that screws onto the frame to close the pour opening; a tubular cutter engaging the pour opening and having a cutting device which cooperates with the pierceable portion to unseal the package; a first connector connecting the cap to the cutter, and which, as the cap is unscrewed, pushes the cutter towards the pierceable portion and a second connector connecting the frame to the cutter, and which, in use, feed the cutter along a predetermined piercing path through the pierceable portion in response to unscrewing of the cap; and the piercing path, as the cap is unscrewed, has a first portion of pure axial translation, followed by a second portion of both axial and rotary motion. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100258520 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MAKING A STOPPER FOR THE NECK OF A CONTAINER, AND STOPPER AS PRODUCED BY THIS METHOD - This method makes it possible to fabricate a stopper ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100257987 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE REGISTER BETWEEN A PRINTED PATTERN AND A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN ON A PACKAGING MATERIAL - A method and/or an apparatus for controlling the register between print and three-dimensional structures, such as creases in the forming of a package, and a method and/or the apparatus for controlling a unit for repeated cutting-out or perforation of a material web from which the packages are formed. In the control, a focused, high intensive light beam, such as a laser line, is laid in a bisecting direction to relevant creases. The position of the crease or the creases is determined by sensing of a deflection of the projected laser line. Diffuse light from the laser line may be used in order to register the position of a register marking. If the difference between the register marking and crease differs more than a predetermined value, the creasing tool and/or printing press is automatically adjusted. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100244317 | APPARATUS FOR MOULDING A PART OF A PACKAGING CONTAINER - An apparatus for moulding a thermoplastic package part(s) to an end portion of a container body includes inner and outer mould elements between which a mould cavity per package part is formed. At least one of these mould elements is at least partly freely suspended. When one package part is moulded with the mould elements, plastic melt is injected in a first number ≧1 of points in the cavity, an island of plastic melt for each point is formed inside the cavity, and the distribution of the points causes a force centre to pass through a surface defined by a parallel projection of each first number of islands on a plane orthogonal to a direction of the compression force, and when the first number >1, a second number of imaginary straight lines interconnecting a third number of parallel projections such that the surface is at its maximum. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100205911 | MEMBER AND METHOD FOR FORMING SEALED PACKAGES OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS FROM A TUBE OF PACKAGING MATERIAL - A forming member for controlling the volume of packages of pourable food products formed from a tube of packaging material and sealed at a number of sections of the tube crosswise to an axis of the tube; the forming member having: a main wall which cooperates cyclically with a first portion of the tube extending between two consecutive sections; and at least one flap extending alongside the wall. The flap is movable, with respect to the wall, between a first position, in which it cooperates with a second portion of the tube, extending between the two consecutive sections, to control the volume, between the two consecutive sections, of the package being formed, and a second position, in which it is detached from the second portion. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100180545 | INDUCTION SEALING DEVICE FOR HEAT SEALING PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR PRODUCING SEALED PACKAGES OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS - An induction sealing device for heat sealing packaging material for producing sealed packages of pourable food products and fed in a first direction, the sealing device having an inductor device which interacts with the packaging material by at least one active surface; a supporting body made of heat-conducting material and housing the inductor device; an insert made of magnetic flux-concentrating material and housed in the supporting body; and a member made of plastic material, and having at least a first portion interposed, in the first direction, between the supporting body and the insert so as to be at least partly surrounded by the supporting body. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100170768 | SEPARATING UNIT FOR SEPARATING OPENING DEVICES TO BE APPLIED SINGLY TO RESPECTIVE PACKAGES OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100166923 | METHOD OF INJECTION MOLDING OPENING DEVICES ON SHEET MATERIAL FOR PACKAGING POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL AND PACKAGE OBTAINED THEREBY - A method of injection molding an opening device on sheet packaging material for packaging pourable food products; the packaging material has at least a first and a second layer, and an opening formed through the first layer and sealed by a cover portion of the second layer; the method includes the steps of injecting molten plastic material onto a first side of the cover portion of the second layer, feeding the molten plastic material along the cover portion to cover it on the first side, and feeding the molten plastic material through an annular peripheral portion of the cover portion to form a spout of the opening device projecting from a second side, opposite the first side, of the cover portion; the molten plastic material covers the cover portion to define, with the cover portion, a user-removable sealing portion of the spout. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100154358 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR SEPARATING OPENING DEVICES SUPPLIED JOINTLY IN THE FORM OF A SHEET AND APPLIED INDIVIDUALLY TO RESPECTIVE PACKAGES OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS - A method of separating opening devices supplied jointly in the form of a sheet and applied individually to respective packages of pourable food products involves feeding the sheet, which has a number of parallel rows of opening devices integral with one another, to a first station where a first row is detached from the rest of the sheet. The first row is fed to a second station where it is divided into individual opening devices, and a following second row of the sheet is fed to the first station as the preceding first row is being fed to the second station and/or is being at least partly divided. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100140271 | CLOSURE FOR A SEALED CONTAINER OF A POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF - There is described a closure for a sealed container of a pourable food product, comprising a pouring spout, having at least a layer of gas- and/or light-barrier material and closed by a cover portion on the side opposite to the side facing, in use, the container, and a cap fittable to, and removable from, the pouring spout; the cover portion has a through cut at its periphery and is joined to a top wall of the cap superimposed on the cover portion, so that the cover portion defines a layer of gas- and/or light-barrier material of the cap and can be removed together with the cap from the pouring spout during first unsealing of the closure; a sealant is provided on a given area of the top wall of the cap for cooperating with a region of the pouring spout around the cover portion to ensure sealing of the closure. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100139216 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORKING OPERATION OF A FILLING MACHINE - A packaging laminate includes at least one material layer provided with magnetisable particles. A roller can be configured to apply crease line patterns on the packaging laminate while also applying magnetic fields for magnetising at least some of the magnetisable particles in the packaging laminate. A method of controlling working operations on a packaging laminate in a filling machine involves supplying a packaging laminate to a filling machine, wherein the packaging laminate includes at least one material layer comprising magnetizable particles, with at least some of the magnetizable particles being magnetized particles. The method also involves controlling working operations of the filling machine on the packaging laminate supplied to the filling machine by reading information provided by the magnetized particles. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100132394 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING FORM-MOLDED ITEMS OF EDIBLE ICE - A system for use in creating form-moulded items of edible ice from a mass of ice is provided, the system comprising mould boxes arranged in a circle, wherein a first opening is formed between two neighbouring mould boxes for extraction of one or more created items of edible ice from moulds formed between said two neighbouring mould boxes. An index control is arranged to move the first opening by performing an angular rotation of one of the mould boxes, so that it is moved into the first opening, thereby closing the same, while the neighbouring mould boxes with items of ice in the moulds there between are not moved. Thereby, a new opening for extraction of completed items of edible ice is formed. Thus, it is achieved that the mould boxes do not need to be movable with respect to each other during formation of the first opening. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100126982 | Method and an Apparatus for the Supply of a Gas - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the supply of a gas or a gas mixture at a predetermined temperature to a processing station in a filling machine in which gas or gas mixture pressurised to above atmospheric is passed through an electrically heated heating unit ( | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100119676 | Method of Improving the Efficiency of Fat Separation in the Separation of a Liquid Food Product - A method of improving the efficiency of fat separation in the separation of a liquid food product with a certain fat content. The method comprises the liquid food product is caused to pass two separators connected in parallel, a first and a second, in which the product is divided up into a lighter and a heavier phase. The first separator is regulated so that the lighter phase will have a fat content which is less than 15%. The lighter phase from the first of the separators connected in parallel is led into the inlet conduit to the second of the separators connected in parallel. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100116774 | CAP FOR THE NECK OF A CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ONE SUCH CAP - The invention relates to a cap for the neck of a container and to a method for producing one such cap. According to the invention, the skirt ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100116644 | DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT A PLASMA-ASSISTED PROCESS - A device for carrying out a plasma enhanced process includes, within a vacuum chamber, at least one magnetron electrode ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100111760 | METHOD OF PRESTERILIZING AN ASEPTIC TANK AND CONNECTING CONDUITS - A method of presterilizing an aseptic tank and connecting conduits involves pumping a certain amount of cold water into the tank and the conduits which is caused to pass through a heat exchanger. In the heat exchanger, the water is heated to 120-150° C., whereafter the water is pumped across the tank and conduits during 10-20 minutes. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100062274 | PACKAGING LAMINATE AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE PACKAGING LAMINATE - A packaging laminate for a retortable packaging container for a food in which the packed food may be stored and, after storage, be heated by microwaves without the packaging container first needing to be opened. The packaging laminate has a core layer and outer, liquid-tight thermoplastic coatings which withstand heating in a retort. Between the core layer and one of the outer coatings, the packaging laminate has a gas barrier film bonded to the core layer. To increase the internal cohesion of the packaging laminate between the layers as well as the tightness properties of the packaging laminate against gases, the film displays, at least on one side, an outer coating of a water-soluble adhesion-promoting polymer component, preferably a modified polyacrylic acid and a water-soluble barrier-increasing polymer component, preferably a polyvinyl alcohol, in a coating quantity of between 1 and 3 g/m2, such as, for example, 1.6 g/m2. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100062269 | LAMINATED PAPER PACKAGE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide a laminated packaging material wherein a plant-origin material is used as the main material constituting a laminated paper packaging material for foods; a laminated packaging material being excellent in oxygen-barrier performance; a method of producing a barrier laminated packaging material in a small number of steps; a method of producing a barrier laminated packaging material whereby the structure of the laminate can be simplified without a need for a petroleum-derived adhesive and the laminate thickness can be reduced; and a method of producing a barrier laminated packaging material which is free from the occurrence of defects such as pinholes in spite of having a thin barrier layer. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100034938 | METHOD OF TREATING A PACKED FOOD FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING ITS SHELF-LIFE - To extend shelf-life, a method of heat-treating a food packed in a packaging container of a packaging laminate comprising a layer of paper or paperboard and outer, liquid-tight coatings of plastic. The 9ackaging container is exposed to a liquid heating medium sprayed against outer walls of the packaging container to heat and hold the food at a predetermined treatment temperature during a predetermined period of time so as to exterminate, eliminate or deactivate harmful microorganisms inside the packaging container. Thereafter, the food is cooled by cold water sprayed against the outer walls of the packaging container. To avoid the risk that liquid penetrates into exposed incision edges on the outside of the packaging container during the heat treatment, the packaging container, before this treatment, is brought into contact with a hydrophobic impregnation agent for absorption and penetration of the hydrophobic impregnation agent in the exposed incision edges. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100029452 | PACKAGING CONTAINER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A PACKAGING CONTAINER - The present invention relates to a packaging container ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100018159 | Method and an apparatus in the advancement of packaging blanks - A method of advancing packaging blanks disposed standing upright in a magazine, one after the other, in a file or queue resting against the bottom of the magazine and disposed to be driven forwards through the magazine towards a stop at an outlet end for individual discharge comprises the file or queue of blanks being divided into two pressure zones, a first and forward pressure zone extending from the zone limit between the pressure zones up to the stop and displaying a first mutual pressure between neighbouring blanks, as well as a rear second pressure zone displaying a second mutual pressure between neighbouring blanks. The first mutual pressure is higher than the second mutual pressure. Another aspect of the disclosure pertains to an apparatus for carrying out advancement of the packaging blanks. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100012457 | UNIT AND METHOD FOR GROUPING PACKAGES ALONG A TRANSFER PATH - A unit for grouping packages along a transfer path includes an input station receiving groups of packages arranged in longitudinal lines parallel to the transfer path; and an aligning mechanism which interacts with the packages of each group to align them in at least one line crosswise to the transfer path. The unit has a rotation device which, following interaction of the aligning mechanism with the packages in each group, is selectively activated to rotate the packages in each group by a predetermined angle about a direction crosswise to the transfer path. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100000183 | METHOD OF PACKING A FOOD PRODUCT WITH EXTENDED SHELF-LIFE - A method of packing and, for purposes of extending its shelf-life, heat treating a food product in a packaging container of paper or paperboard. The packaging container is first filled wholly or at least partly with foam containing a non-oxidising gas, such as nitrogen, whereafter the wholly or partly filled packaging container is filled with the pertinent food product. After this filling, the packaging container is, where necessary, filled with additional foam to ensure the headspace above the product level in the packaging container is entirely filled with foam when the packaging container is closed and sealed by thermosealing. The closed packaging container filled with product and foam is thereafter subjected to the heat treatment for purposes of extending its shelf-life at a treatment temperature of at least 115 C. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090308833 | OPENING DEVICE, SCREW CAP FOR USE IN SUCH AN OPENING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING SUCH AN OPENING DEVICE - An opening device for a packaging container comprises a neck portion and a screw cap. The opening device comprises a wall of the first part of the screw cap being with a weakening extending in a circumferential direction of the first part and a recess extending in a longitudinal centre axis direction of the first part. The recess is arranged to receive a projection of the neck portion, which projection is directly injection-moulded in the recess. A tamper flap of the first part, which tamper flap is defined by the weakening and the recess, is automatically deformable in connection with a first time opening of the packaging container by cap rotation. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090301987 | Stopper for Stopping a Receptacle Neck, a Receptacle Fitted with Such a Device, a Method of Stopping Such a Receptacle, andMethod of Manufacturing Such a Device - The invention relates to a stopper device ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090266034 | Device and a method for controlling a twist of a tube - A device for controlling a twist of a tube of packaging material in relation to an apparatus for transverse sealing of the tube comprises a number of rollers forming an aperture through which the packaging material is arranged to pass. A roller surface of each of the rollers is arranged to be in contact with an outer surface of the tube. The direction of the rotation axis of at least one of the rollers is adjustable to control the twist of the tube. A method for controlling a twist of a tube of packaging material comprises allowing the packaging material to pass through an aperture formed by a number of rollers with a rolling surface in contact with an outer surface of the tube, and adjusting the direction of the rotation axis of at least one of the rollers to control the twist of the tube. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090266030 | SEALING JAW FOR PRODUCING SEALED PACKAGES OF A FOOD PRODUCT - A sealing jaw for producing sealed packages of a food product from a tube of packaging material includes a supporting body, and a first work surface which interacts, in use, with a second work surface on a further jaw to grip the material to be sealed and perform a sealing operation; one of the jaws defines an anvil, and the other of the jaws defines heating means; the jaw has connecting means for connecting the first surface to the supporting body; the connecting means define a curved third and a curved fourth surface made of rigid material and cooperating mutually to allow the first surface to oscillate with respect to the supporting body when gripping the packaging material prior to the sealing operation. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090232697 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING PACKAGES - A device for sterilization in production of packages ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090199964 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COATING A POLYMER FILM WITH AN OXIDE LAYER - A web of a polymer film ( | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090193763 | FOLDING UNIT FOR PRODUCING SEALED PACKAGES OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS - A folding unit for producing sealed packages of pourable food products from respective packs, each having a main portion folded into a desired shape, and opposite end portions to be folded to form respective folded ends of a relative finished package. The unit has a first folding station, in turn having a first retaining mechanism for securing each pack by a relative first end portion, and a first folding mechanism for folding a relative second end portion of the pack. The unit also has a second folding station located downstream from the first folding station in the traveling direction of the packs, a second retaining mechanism for securing each pack by the relative folded second end portion, and a second folding mechanism for folding the relative first end portion. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090184082 | Stopper Device for a Container, a Container Fitted with Such a Device, and a Method of Fabricating Such a Device - This stopper device ( | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090169718 | UNIT AND METHOD FOR PREPARING AN OPENING DEVICE FOR GLUING TO A RESPECTIVE SEALED PACKAGE OF A POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT - A unit for preparing an opening device for gluing to a respective sealed package of a pourable food product includes a conveyor for feeding the opening device along a predetermined path, a dispenser for depositing a layer of adhesive onto a portion of the opening device to be applied to a corresponding package; and a monitor for identifying, on the opening device, the position of the layer of adhesive with respect to the adhesive-receiving portion, and which generate a signal associated with the shape of the identified layer. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090165536 | Sealing Status Inspecting Apparatus And Sealing Status Inspecting Method - [Problems] To provide a sealing status inspecting apparatus and a sealing status inspecting method, by which nondestructive inspection is facilitated without requiring cutting nor opening of a paper container nor cutting of a container wall for making a sample, and all the products are inspected on a manufacturing line. [Means For Solving Probiems] A laminated packaging material is composed of a thermoplastic material outermost layer, a paper base material layer, a conductive barrier layer and a heat sealing innermost layer. An apparatus inspects an opening section, which is formed by at least partly eliminating the thermoplastic material outermost layer and the paper base material layer and by being sealed to be easily opened. In the apparatus, a probe electrode and a grounding electrode are arranged on the outer side and the inner side of the opening section, a current flowing between the probe electrode and the grounding electrode is detected by using the conductive barrier layer, and the sealing status of the opening section is inspected by a judging means. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090163339 | Packaging device - A method of and a device for folding a bottom of a package, which includes a sleeve of packaging material with a transversal seal in the end of the bottom forming portion of the package, the portion having the shape of a fin. The method includes folding the fin and forming primary flaps, breaking corners on the folded fin between the primary flaps and the edge between the part of the sleeve forming the bottom and the rest of the sleeve, such that secondary flaps are folded in between the primary flaps and the fin, the secondary flaps thereby being folded essentially towards each other, folding the primary flaps towards each other, and pressing the primary flaps towards the remaining part of the bottom forming part of the sleeve. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090123780 | Method Of Providing A Packaging Laminate With An Identification Code, Method Of Identifying A Package, And Package With Identification Code - In a method of providing a packaging laminate with an identification code the packaging laminate is subjected to a magnetic field, thus magnetising a matrix of magnetic domains in the packaging laminate. Each magnetic domain is made up of a number of the magnetisable particles. A method of identifying a package is also disclosed. The package has walls of a packaging laminate comprising magnetisable particles. The method comprises the steps of subjecting the packaging laminate to a magnetising magnetic field, thus magnetising a matrix of magnetic domains in the packaging laminate, and detecting an emitted magnetic field emitted by the magnetic domains in the matrix. A package having an identification code is also described. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090123330 | Method of sterilizing a package - A method of sterilizing packages in production of the packages, wherein the packages have an open end and a closed end. A gaseous sterilizing agent is used and kept in the gaseous phase throughout the sterilization process and an ambient temperature and a concentration of sterilizing agent in a sterilization zone where sterilization is performed are measured and used for controlling the amount of sterilizing agent introduced in the sterilization zone. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090123298 | METHOD TO PROLONG LIFETIME OF DIAPHRAGM PUMP - A method for operating a diaphragm-type piston pump prolongs the life of the diaphragm. A pump has a predetermined pump volume defined by a length of a piston stroke. The pump having a variable drive. The method includes drawing a first volume of liquid into the pump through a first portion of the piston stroke. The first volume of liquid is less than the pump volume. The first volume of liquid is expelled from the pump through a reverse motion through the first portion of the piston stroke. A second volume of liquid is drawn into the pump through a second portion of the piston stroke. The second volume of liquid is less than the pump volume. The second volume of liquid is expelled from the pump through a reverse motion through the second portion of the piston stroke. At least portions of the first and second portions of the piston stroke are different from one another. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090113848 | Folding unit for pourable food product packaging machines - A folding unit for producing packages of pourable food products from sealed packs having at least one projecting foldable end tab. At least one conveying member cyclically receives a relative pack, by the end corresponding to the tab, and feeds the pack along a forming path crosswise in the axis of the pack. A folding mechanism having an impact surface receives each pack by the end corresponding to the tab, and is carried by the conveying member to move between a first operating position, in which the impact surface forms, with the feed direction of the relative pack, an angle of over 90° and open in the direction of the forming path, to fold the relative tab, upon impact, onto the pack in the traveling direction of the pack, and a second operating position, in which the impact surface is rotated towards and cooperates with the pack. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090104468 | Laminated packaging material - [Problems] To provide a laminated packaging material having a simplified lamination structure for a packaging material having the gas blocking capability, enhancing an inter-layer mechanical strength between a barrier layer and an adjoining layer, and capable of preserving the sealing strength of a sealant layer which is the innermost layer. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090090088 | SEALING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEALED PACKAGES OF A POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT - A sealing device for producing sealed packages from a tube of packaging material fed along a path and filled with a pourable food product, comprising: a frame; a pair of jaws movable cyclically with respect to the frame and along part of the path to grip the tube; ultrasonic sealing means carried by a first jaw to seal the tube; and power means including a primary winding fixed to the frame and connectable to an electric energy source, and a secondary winding carried by the first jaw, supplying the sealing means, and receiving electric energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding as the first jaw travels past the primary winding; and the device having transformer means supplied by the electric energy source with a first voltage value, and supplying the primary winding with a second voltage value lower than the first voltage value. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090090086 | Method and an Apparatus for Sterilising Packages - An apparatus and a method of supplying gas or a gas mixture to the inside of partly formed packages in a filling machine before a subsequent filling and sealing of the packages involves supplying the gas or gas mixture as at least one flow into the package via an opening in the package. The supply is made such that the at least one flow flows into the package to the inner region of the package and thereafter returns back through the opening. The method also involves temporarily catching the return flow from the package in a delimited space outside the opening, and directing the return flow out from the space in such a way that a substantially vertical flow along the outer envelope surface of the package is formed. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090084787 | Packaging Containers, Method of Producing Innertape, and Innertape for Packaging Containers - The present invention provides a packaging container in which the innertape can tightly seal an opening section provided on a top wall surface of the container from the under side, and also can easily and sharply be broken at a position near an edge portion of the opening section when the pull-tab is pealed off in association with an operation for unsealing the opening section, a method of producing the innertape for the packaging containers, and an innertape for the containers. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090054220 | Method and Arrangement in Cardboard Creasing - The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement in a cardboard creasing machine performing creases on a cardboard blank web. The web has a width of at least two lanes of blanks in parallel to each other and comprise in at least one zone per pair of lanes an area where intentional creases on both are made transversally to a feeding direction of the machine. The crease-lines are on the male side interrupted to provide a longitudinal seal strip to an edge of each blank to become. The cardboard web is in a limited area of such an interruption intentionally and positively lifted and supported from the side of a female crease die to a level in between being in line with to being above an outermost surface of a female crease die roller of the machine. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090049805 | Device and method for transverse sealing | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090048084 | Gluing Unit and Method of Applying Adhesive to Opening Devices for Gluing to Sealed Packages of Pourable Food Products - There is described a gluing unit ( | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090044487 | SEQUENCING UNIT FOR OPENING DEVICES TO BE GLUED TO SEALED PACKAGES OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS - There is described a sequencing unit ( | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090038915 | Apparatus For Removing Objects Advanced On A Conveyor - The invention relates to an apparatus for removing objects ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090025871 | INFRARED PREHEATING FOR CARTON MATERIAL SEALING - An infrared preheater preheats the first and second surfaces of an edge-proximate portion of a package that is formed from a polymeric material. The first and second surfaces on opposing sides of a sheet of material in which the surfaces are sealed to one another or to another element at the edge-proximate portion. The preheater includes an infrared energy emitting element disposed to emit infrared energy directly toward the first surface of the edge-proximate portion to preheat the first surface of the edge-proximate portion. An energy reflective element is disposed in opposing relation to the energy emitting element. The energy reflective element is positioned such that at least a portion of the energy that is emitted from the emitting element that does not strike the first surface of the package strikes the energy reflective element and is reflected back to the second surface to preheat the second surface of the edge-proximate portion. A method for preheating the first and second surfaces of the edge-proximate area is also disclosed. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090025337 | Unit for Applying Opening Devices to Packages of Pourable Food Products | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090022863 | Method of Packing a Food and of Heat Treating It for Purposes of Extending Its Shelf-Life - A method of packing a food, and heat treating the food for purposes of extending its shelf-life, in a packaging container made of a packaging laminate comprising a core layer of paper or paperboard and outer plastic coatings of polyethylene, preferably low density polyethylene. The filled and sealed packaging container is conveyed through a treatment chamber or tunnel comprising a heating zone in which the packaging container is heated to the desired treatment temperature, e.g. 80-100° C., a holding zone in which the packaging container is kept at the desired treatment temperature and a cooling zone, wherein the packaging container during both of these treatment phases is subjected to an outer support pressure of less than 0.5 bar, preferably 0.2-0.3 bar. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090019819 | Forming Device, Machine, Packaging Laminate Web, Forming Method and Process in Producing Packages - A forming device and method for use in a packaging machine of the type where packages are produced from a tube. The forming device comprises two opposing sealing elements between which the tube is arranged to be flat-laid and squeezed to heat the thermoplastic and obtain a first transverse seal of the tube. It further comprises two volume control elements. The forming device is arranged to displace the first transverse seal off-center in relation a longitudinal axis of the first portion of the tube in a displacement direction essentially perpendicular to the first transverse seal to enable later shaping of a corresponding final package with a wall arranged with a predetermined angle of inclination in relation to the displacement direction. Also disclosed is a machine, a process and a packaging laminate. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090005227 | Folding Assembly and Method for Producing a Gable Portion of a Sealed Package of a Pourable Food Product - 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. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090000250 | System and Method for Producing a Packaging Laminate and Packages Made from the Packaging Laminate - A system and a method for production of a packaging laminate that comprises a layer containing magnetizable particles. The method involves marking faults, such as single spot defects and splices, on the packaging laminate by the application of a magnetic field to make a magnetic mark on the packaging laminate. A packaging device is arranged to sense the presence of the magnetic mark related to a package made from the packaging laminate. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080315452 | Unit and Method for Molding Opening Devices for Application to Packages of Pourable Food Products - A molding unit for producing an opening device, wherein a web having plural holes is fed to the unit, and the opening device has a spout closed by a membrane, a neck portion projecting from the spout, and a pull ring extending from the membrane inside the neck portion. The unit includes first and second mold devices cooperating with the web to define a closed cavity, and movable to be detached from the web. The unit also has a first and a second matrix which can be set to a configuration in which they are located inside the cavity to define a first and second volume. The matrices are movable relative to the web to disengage the opening device from the volumes and permit removal of the opening device by feeding forward the web. A single actuator moves one of the mold device and the matrices to/from the web. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080309327 | Position Detector and Method for Detecting a Position of a Packaging Material with Magnetic Marking - A position detector arrangement for detecting a position of a packaging material with magnetic marking comprises a sensor assembly comprising a plurality of magnetic sensor units each comprising an output providing an output signal. The magnetic sensor units are arranged in at least two sensor unit pairs, with the sensor units of each pair arranged with opposite sensitivity directions, and with the sensor units arranged to sense magnetic markings of the packaging material. A signal processing assembly is connected to the outputs of the magnetic sensors and comprises a combiner arranged to aggregate the output signals of the sensors to an aggregated signal; and a detector arranged to determine the position of the packaging material from the aggregated signal. Further, a method for detecting a position of a packaging material with magnetic markings is disclosed. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080307749 | Sequencing Unit for Opening Devices for Gluing to Sealed Packages of Pourable Food Products - A sequencing unit operating along a feed path of a number of opening devices for attachment to respective sealed packages of pourable food products includes a conveyor for conveying the opening devices arranged in at least one line, and a releasable stop mechanism interacting with the opening devices downstream from the conveyor along the path. The stop mechanisms are normally set to a first configuration, in which they arrest the opening devices along the path, and are movable into a second configuration allowing travel of the opening devices. The unit also has a push mechanism traveling at predetermined intervals past the stop mechanism to move the stop mechanism from the first configuration to the second configuration, so that the opening devices are fed in sequence and at a predetermined rate through the stop mechanism. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080304950 | Apparatus and Method For Turning Containers - The disclosure relates to an apparatus ( | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080296299 | Spout for Opening Devices of Sealed Packages of Pourable Food Products - There is described a spout for opening devices of sealed packages of pourable food products. The spout has an annular flange fixable to a respective package, and a tubular neck portion projecting from the flange and defining, with the flange, a through opening through which to pour the food product; and the spout also has, at least at a section crosswise to the axis of the opening a constriction constricting flow of the pourable food product. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080296248 | Method of Producing Plastic Tops for Sealed Containers of Pourable Food Products, and Container Plastic Tops So Produced - There is described a method of producing plastic tops ( | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080289299 | Method and an Apparatus for Filling of Packages - A method of reducing the proportion of oxygen in an at least partly formed package before product is filled into the package in a filling station in a filling machine, where the package comprises a tube-shaped blank of packaging material, the blank being closed in a first end and open in a second end. The method involves, during transport of the package to the filling station from an immediately preceding station in the filling machine, passing the package beneath a supply means for inert gas, and when the package passes the supply means generating a gas pulse in a direction down into the package. An apparatus is provided for reducing the method into practice. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080283360 | Unit for Grouping Packages Along a Path - A unit for grouping packages along a transfer path includes an input station receiving the packages arranged in longitudinal lines parallel to the transfer path; an output station for groups defined by a given number of packages from respective longitudinal lines and aligned in at least one line crosswise to the transfer path; a movable conveying surface, which is fed at predetermined time intervals with a number of packages equal to that of each group, and feeds the packages along the transfer path; and at least one movable member, which is fed cyclically along an operating path having at least one portion parallel to the transfer path, and has an aligning surface, against which, at each cycle, the packages in each group upstream from the movable member come to rest and are aligned in at least one line crosswise to the transfer path; the movable member also has a push surface which, at each cycle, acts on each group of packages downstream from the movable member to push the group out of the unit. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080279999 | Method of Improving the Efficiency of Fat Separation in the Separation of a Liquid Food Product - The disclosure relates to a method of improving the efficiency of fat separation in the separation of a liquid food product with a certain fat content. The method includes the method step that the liquid food product is caused to pass through a first separator where the product is divided up into a lighter and a heavier phase. The first separator is regulated so that the lighter phase will have a fat content which is less than 15%. The method also includes the method step that the lighter phase is caused to pass through a second separator. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080276576 | UNIVERSAL TOP SEALING SYSTEM FOR GABLE TOP PACKAGE - A top sealer for a gable top package having a sealed top fin includes an arm support and a pair of opposing arms pivotally mounted to the arm support. The arms each have a sealing jaw at about an end thereof. The arms are pivotal to move the sealing jaws toward and away from one another through an arc. The arm support is linearly movable toward and away from the package, as the arms pivot, to move the sealing jaws downward, toward the package, to alter the arc of the pivoting sealing jaws. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080276575 | BULGE REDUCER FOR GABLE TOP PACKAGE - A bulge reducer is configured for use on a form, fill and seal packaging machine for gable top packages. The machine has a drive element and plurality of discrete package carriers for conveying the packages along a conveyance path through the machine. The bulge reducer includes a drive member operably connected to the machine station chain. A reciprocating member is operably connected to the drive member for the reciprocation toward and away from the conveyance path. The reciprocating member contacts one of the package side walls as the package moves along the conveyance path to exert an inward force on and urge the side wall inwardly of the package. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080273919 | DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF FASTENING AN EMITTER - A device for fastening an emitter to a housing comprises a manoeuvre element slidable in a first direction, an activating element slidable in a second, fastening direction that is inclined in relation to the first direction, with the first and second elements are interconnected via at least one cam mechanism. In addition, a fastening element is slidable in the second direction, wherein the activating and fastening elements are interconnected via at least one elastic element. The fastening element is adapted to move, in response to displacement of the manoeuvre element in the first direction, between a fastening position in which it produces a fastening force onto the emitter and an open position in which the fastening force is released. | 11-06-2008 |
