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Unit and method of sealing package for transferring and inverting the food capable of being poured

A technology of sealing packaging and packaging, applied in the direction of packaging, multiple packages, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of packaging stuck, packaging machine downtime, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-04-01
TETRA LAVAL HLDG & FINANCE SA
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[0020] As a result, the packages tend to get stuck inside the unit, causing the packaging machine to shut down

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[0030] Reference numeral 1 in the figures generally designates a unit of a sealed parallelepiped-shaped package 2 for transferring and inverting food products, such as drinks, fruit juices, semi-liquid products and generally pourable food products. More specifically, each package 2 is equipped with a known external opening mechanism (not shown) and has an axis A perpendicular to its top face 3 .

[0031] Unit 1 is preferably designed to be used on and defines a workstation of an automatic packaging machine (not shown generally) producing packages 2 of said food products using laminated tape packaging material.

[0032] Referring to Figures 2 to 5, the unit 1 continuously feeds a succession of packages 2 along a path P extending from the infeed station 4 to the outfeed station 5, and at the same time continuously inverts the packages 2 from the infeed position to the outfeed position, wherein , in the infeed position the packages 2 are positioned with their respective axes A or...

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The present invention provides a unit (1) which is used for transferring and inverting at least one hermetic package (2) of pourable food and a method thereof. The hermetic package (2) comprises pourable food and is provided with a first axis (A). The unit (1) according to the invention comprises the following components: at least one impelling component (15), and a guiding mechanism (17) which cooperates with the hermetic package (2) and feeds the hermetic package (2) from a material incoming station (4) to a material discharging station (5) along a first path (P). Furthermore the guiding mechanism (17) cooperates with the hermetic package (2) along the first path (P) for inverting the hermetic package (2) from the material incoming position to the material discharging position. The hermetic package (2) is positioned to an orientation that the first axis (A) is in a first direction (B) at the material incoming position. The hermetic package (2) is positioned to an orientation that the first axis (A) is in a second direction (C) crossed with the first direction (B). The first direction and the second direction (B, C) limits an angle (beta) which is in the range of from 45 degrees to 55 degrees.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a unit and method for transferring and inverting packages of pourable food products. Background technique [0002] It is well known that many pourable food products, such as beverages, fruit juices, pasteurized or UHT (Ultra High Temperature Treated) milk, wine, tomato sauce, etc., are sold in packages made of sterile packaging materials. [0003] A typical example of this type of packaging is the parallelepiped-shaped packaging for liquid or pourable food products, called Tetra Brik Aseptic (registered trademark), which is formed by folding and sealing the layers Made of compressed tape packaging material. [0004] This packaging material has a multilayer structure, basically comprising a base layer and a plurality of layers of heat-sealable plastic material (for example, polyethylene film), wherein the base layer is used for stiffness and strength, which may include a layer of fibrous material (for example, paper), ...

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IPC IPC(8): B65B61/28B65B9/06B65G47/24
CPCB65B61/28B65G47/846B65G47/52
Inventor M·米切利尼S·德西莫尼P·坎蒂
Owner TETRA LAVAL HLDG & FINANCE SA