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Title:
PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PACKETS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/004169
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
A process for sequentially forming a plurality of enclosed containers (32) comprising a product, the process involving passing a continuous web (10), comprising a strip of container material having two opposing edges (4, 6), to a folding station (12), whereupon each open container is sequentially formed by folding the web, to bring into contact two contiguous edge portions (9a, 9b) from only one edge of the web, then sealing the two edges together to form a portion of the web into an open container, depositing the product onto the web so that it is held within the open containers, and then sealing the open containers to form the enclosed containers.

Inventors:
FORD, Thomas, David, Reid (5 London Road, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 9EJ, GB)
HOWARTH, James, Robert, Stirling (2 The Hawtreys, CombertonCambridge, Cambridgeshire CB23 7EP, GB)
WOODWARD, Adrian, Michael (31 Daisy Avenue, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk IP32 7PG, GB)
Application Number:
EP2011/060880
Publication Date:
January 12, 2012
Filing Date:
June 29, 2011
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Assignee:
UNILEVER PLC (Unilever House, 100 Victoria EmbankmentLondon, Greater London EC4Y 0DY, GB)
UNILEVER N.V. (Weena 455, AL Rotterdam, NL-3013, NL)
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED (Hindustan Lever House, 165/166 Backbay ReclamationMaharashtra, Mumbai 0, 400 02, IN)
FORD, Thomas, David, Reid (5 London Road, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 9EJ, GB)
HOWARTH, James, Robert, Stirling (2 The Hawtreys, CombertonCambridge, Cambridgeshire CB23 7EP, GB)
WOODWARD, Adrian, Michael (31 Daisy Avenue, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk IP32 7PG, GB)
International Classes:
B65B29/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KEENAN, Robert, Daniel (Unilever PLC, Unilever Patent GroupColworth House, Sharnbrook,Bedford, Bedfordshire MK44 1LQ, GB)
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