EP0093480A3 - Improvements in or relating to vacuum packaging - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to vacuum packaging Download PDF

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EP0093480A3
EP0093480A3 EP83300134A EP83300134A EP0093480A3 EP 0093480 A3 EP0093480 A3 EP 0093480A3 EP 83300134 A EP83300134 A EP 83300134A EP 83300134 A EP83300134 A EP 83300134A EP 0093480 A3 EP0093480 A3 EP 0093480A3
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vacuum packaging
packaging
vacuum
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EP0093480B1 (en
EP0093480A2 (en
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Ermanno Bortolani
Sandro Brembilla
Enzo Vassarotti
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Cryovac LLC
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WR Grace and Co
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/02—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
    • B65B31/021—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas the containers or wrappers being interconnected
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/50—Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins
    • B65B11/52—Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-, blister-, or bubble- packaging

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Dispersion Chemistry (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Vacuum Packaging (AREA)
  • Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
  • Blow-Moulding Or Thermoforming Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
EP83300134A 1982-04-30 1983-01-11 Improvements in or relating to vacuum packaging Expired EP0093480B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IT21030/82A IT1151393B (en) 1982-04-30 1982-04-30 PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT FOR VACUUM PACKAGING
IT2103082 1982-04-30

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EP0093480A2 EP0093480A2 (en) 1983-11-09
EP0093480A3 true EP0093480A3 (en) 1984-12-19
EP0093480B1 EP0093480B1 (en) 1986-04-16

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EP83300134A Expired EP0093480B1 (en) 1982-04-30 1983-01-11 Improvements in or relating to vacuum packaging

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EP (1) EP0093480B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS58193225A (en)
AU (1) AU561552B2 (en)
BR (1) BR8302137A (en)
CA (1) CA1259024A (en)
DE (1) DE3362974D1 (en)
DK (1) DK157742C (en)
IT (1) IT1151393B (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
IT1153034B (en) * 1982-11-15 1987-01-14 Grace W R & Co PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT FOR VACUUM PACKAGING AND REACTIVE PACKAGING
US4684025A (en) * 1986-01-30 1987-08-04 The Procter & Gamble Company Shaped thermoformed flexible film container for granular products and method and apparatus for making the same
GB2271546A (en) * 1992-10-19 1994-04-20 Grace W R & Co Vacuum packaging chamber and method

Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3204384A (en) * 1962-09-13 1965-09-07 Ludlow Corp Skin packaging method and apparatus

Family Cites Families (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3835618A (en) * 1973-01-22 1974-09-17 Grace W R & Co Apparatus for producing vacuum skin packages in multiples
JPS54159090A (en) * 1978-06-05 1979-12-15 Ishikawa Seisakusho Kk Method of preventing creases in vacuum film wrapping

Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3204384A (en) * 1962-09-13 1965-09-07 Ludlow Corp Skin packaging method and apparatus

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DE3362974D1 (en) 1986-05-22
JPS58193225A (en) 1983-11-10
AU561552B2 (en) 1987-05-14
DK15283D0 (en) 1983-01-14
EP0093480B1 (en) 1986-04-16
EP0093480A2 (en) 1983-11-09
CA1259024A (en) 1989-09-05
DK157742B (en) 1990-02-12
IT8221030A0 (en) 1982-04-30
DK15283A (en) 1983-10-31
IT1151393B (en) 1986-12-17
AU1409583A (en) 1983-11-03
DK157742C (en) 1990-07-30
BR8302137A (en) 1983-12-27

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