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Sealing device and method for producing sealed packages of a pourable food product

US8844250B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 2006
Grant dateSep 30, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2031/7166
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

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.

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