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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 (GB)
HOWARTH JAMES ROBERT STIRLING (GB)
WOODWARD ADRIAN MICHAEL (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2011/060880
Publication Date:
January 12, 2012
Filing Date:
June 29, 2011
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Assignee:
UNILEVER PLC (GB)
UNILEVER NV (NL)
UNILEVER HINDUSTAN (IN)
FORD THOMAS DAVID REID (GB)
HOWARTH JAMES ROBERT STIRLING (GB)
WOODWARD ADRIAN MICHAEL (GB)
International Classes:
B65B29/02
Domestic Patent References:
WO1995001907A21995-01-19
WO2004033303A12004-04-22
Foreign References:
EP2119638A12009-11-18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KEENAN, Robert, Daniel (Unilever Patent GroupColworth House, Sharnbrook,Bedford, Bedfordshire MK44 1LQ, GB)
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