IP Library Granted Patent US 7,743,811
Granted Patent B2
US 7,743,811 · App. 12/442,033 · Granted Jun 29, 2010

Sheet for closing aseptic containers, aseptic container comprising said sheet, and equipment and method for obtaining said container

Assignee: Ulma Packaging Technological Center, S. Coop.
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Patent No.
US 7,743,811
App. No.
12/442,033
Granted
Jun 29, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a closing sheet for aseptic containers, aseptic container comprising said sheet, equipment and method for obtaining said container. The closing sheet comprises a first sheet ( 7 ) configured to be traversed by ethylene oxide and a second sheet ( 8 ) of impermeable material. The first sheet ( 7 ) is obtained from a first reel ( 7′ ) of film of material that is permeable to ethylene oxide and the second sheet ( 8 ) is obtained from a second reel ( 8′ ) of film of impermeable material. The first sheet ( 7 ) is longitudinally sealed to the second sheet ( 8 ) through a sealing line ( 18 ), thus forming a single closing sheet ( 10 ).

Claims (19)

1. Equipment for making an aseptic container,

the container comprising a closing sheet and a body ( 1 ) of impermeable material defining a housing ( 6 ′) configured to contain an object ( 6 ), comprising a closing sheet ( 10 ) configured to seal the housing ( 6 ′), the perimetric edges of said closing sheet ( 10 ) being heat sealed to outer edges ( 1 ″) of the body ( 1 ) of the container in its entire perimeter, wherein the body ( 1 ) of the container is configured to be obtained from a sheet of multilayer film of polyester and/or polypropylene, the housing ( 6 ′) being defined by means of thermoforming or molding of said body ( 1 ), the equipment comprising:

a frame ( 3 ),

a lower reel ( 1 ′) comprising a film of impermeable material configured to obtain a body ( 1 ) of the container,

a plurality of clamps ( 2 ) configured to hold two opposite perimetric edges of the film of impermeable material of the lower reel ( 1 ′),

a forming mold ( 4 ) configured to thermoform a housing ( 6 ′) in the reel of film of impermeable material which will form a body ( 1 ),

a first reel ( 7 ′) comprising a film of material that is permeable to ethylene oxide,

a second reel ( 8 ′) comprising a film of an impermeable material,

sealing jaws ( 9 ) configured to heat seal a longitudinal edge of the film of permeable material of the first reel to a longitudinal edge of the film of impermeable material of the second reel, through a sealing line, to form a closing sheet ( 10 ) comprising a first sheet ( 7 ) of material that is permeable to ethylene oxide and a second sheet ( 8 ) of impermeable material, the first sheet ( 7 ) and the second sheet ( 8 ) being overlapped through a first edge ( 7 ″) and ( 8 ″), respectively, forming the mentioned sealing line ( 18 );

a welding device ( 11 ) configured to heat weld the film of impermeable material of the second reel ( 8 ′), in a plurality of weld points ( 19 ), to the film of impermeable material configured to obtain a containing body of the container in outer edge ( 1 ″) of the body ( 1 ),

a first sealing mold ( 12 ) configured to heat seal a second edge ( 7 ′″) of the first sheet ( 7 ) to the outer edges ( 1 ″) of the body ( 1 ), through a first area, at a first sealing temperature,

a second sealing mold ( 12 ′) configured to heat seal a second edge ( 8 ′″) of the second sheet ( 8 ) to the outer edges ( 1 ″) of the body ( 1 ), through a second area, at a second sealing temperature different from the first sealing temperature.

2. Equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the first sealing mold ( 12 ) and the second sealing mold ( 12 ′) are configured to heat seal the first sheet ( 7 ) to the outer edges ( 1 ″) and the second sheet ( 8 ) to the outer edges ( 1 ″) simultaneously.

3. Equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the second sealing mold ( 12 ′) is configured to heat seal the second edge ( 7 ′″) of the first sheet ( 7 ) to outer edges ( 1 ″) of the body ( 1 ), through a first area, at the second sealing temperature.

4. Equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a side cutting module ( 15 ) configured to cut surplus sides of the closed container,

a longitudinal cutting module ( 16 ) configured to cut surplus longitudinal edges of the closed container,

a device configured to collect the surplus of film of the process;

at least one conveyor belt ( 20 ) configured to move the obtained containers in the equipment.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2022
From: ULMA PACKAGING TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER, S.COOP.
To: ULMA PACKAGING, S.COOP.
Reel/Frame 062219/0257 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2009
From: OSES FISAC, ROBERTO; ERRASTI IRIARTE, IOSU; JAUREGUI BALANZATEGI, JUAN JOSE; ARBULU ORMAECHEA, NEREA; TXINTXURRETA ESPINOSA, JONE
To: ULMA PACKAGING TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER, S. COOP.
Reel/Frame 022422/0391 →
Continuity (1)
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