MUMBAI, India, July 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647077274 A) filed by Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A. on June 23, 2026, for Packaging Machine And Method Of Cleaning A Packaging Machine.
Inventors include Sanibondi, Paolo; and Fangarezzi, Gianni.
The application for the patent was published on July 03, 2026, under issue no. 27/2026.
Abstract: There is described a packaging machine (1) comprising a conveying device (5), an isolation chamber (7), a tube forming and sealing device (10) being configured to form and longitudinally seal a tube (3), a gas feeding device (14) configured to direct gas into the tube (3), a cleaning device (19) and a control unit (11) configured to set the packaging machine (1) into a production configuration and a cleaning configuration The gas feeding device (14) comprises a gas delivery circuit (20) and a gas delivery source (21) configured to deliver the sterile gas to the gas delivery circuit (20). The gas delivery circuit (20) comprises a connection element (24) configured to be arranged in a production position and a cleaning position with the packaging machine (1) being controlled into, respectively, the production configuration and the cleaning configuration. The connection element (24) is fluidically connected to the gas delivery source (21) when being in the production position and to the cleaning device (19) when being in the cleaning position.
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