Folding unit and method for producing pourable food product packages

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10071534
APP PUB NO 20140194267A1
SERIAL NO

14127503

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A folding unit for producing folded packages of pourable food products from sealed packs, comprising: movable conveyor which are fed with a plurality of packs at an input station, which feed packs along a forming path and output folded packages at an output station; and folder cooperating with each pack to perform at least one folding operation on pack comprising: at least one pair of shells which are integrally movable along the forming path and are movable relative to each other along a direction transversal to the forming path; shells of each pair may be set along the direction in: a fully closed position in which they exert a pressure onto a relative pack, so as to at least complete a folding operation onto relative pack; and an open position in which they are detached from the corresponding folded package.

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TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S A1009 PULLY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pradelli, Massimo Reggio Emilia, IT 15 70

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