MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647025103 A) filed by Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A., Pully, Switzerland, on March 3, for 'support device for a reel, packaging machine having a support device for a reel, method for coupling a reel to a support device and method for uncoupling a reel from a support device.'
Inventor(s) include Ricco, Marco; and Poletti, Gabriele.
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 support device (25) for carrying a reel (11) having a tubular holder (26) and a web of packaging material (3) wound about the tubular holder (26) The support device (25) comprises a spindle (31) extending along a longitudinal axis (E), a first clamping group (32) and a second clamping group (33) connected to the spindle (31) and configured to clamp the reel (11) between one another. The first clamping group (32) being configured to laterally engage the reel (11) from a first side and the second clamping group (33) being configured to laterally engage the reel (11) from a second side opposite to the first side. The second clamping group (33) comprises a locking device (34) controllable between an active configuration in which the locking device (34) is configured to engage the second side of the reel (11) for clamping the reel (11) in cooperation with the first clamping group (32) and a rest configuration in which it is possible to introduce the first clamping group (32) into the tubular holder (26) and to move the second clamping group (33) within the tubular holder (26)."
The patent application was internationally filed on June 25, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/067762.
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