MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647025011 A) filed by Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A., Pully, Switzerland, on March 3, for 'feeding unit for feeding semi-finished packs to a folding unit.'
Inventor(s) include Mazzuca, Carmine; and Zoboli, Daniele.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "There is described a feeding unit (7) for feeding semi- finished sealed packs (2) containing a pourable product to a folding unit (6) configured to fold the packs (2) so as to obtain folded packages (2a), the feeding unit (7) comprises: a conveyor device (8) having an input station (I) for receiving the packs (2) and an output station (O) for releasing the packs (2) to the folding unit (6); a plurality of carrier members (10) mounted on the conveyor device (8) for being cyclically carried through the input station (I) and output station (O), the carrier members (10) being configured to cooperate in contact with the packs (2) for sequentially advancing the packs (2) from the input station (I) to the output station (O); the plurality of carrier members (10) comprises pairs (10a, 10b) of carrier members (10), each pair (10a, 10b) of carrier members (10) being configured to interact with at least one respective pack (2) at a time for receiving such pack (2) at the input station (I) and for advancing such pack (2) towards the output station (O)."
The patent application was internationally filed on June 25, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/067764.
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