Back to results
US 6,282,870 B1Granted
Process and device for packaging products and corresponding packaging boxes
AssigneeMecaplastic
InventorPatrick Robache
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A process and a device for packaging products in thermoformed boxes, uses a single strip of thermoplastic or thermoformable material to produce cavities (B) and covers (A) and to fold them down (13) about the product to be packaged before thermowelding (14) their edges.
Claims4
A process for packaging a product in thermoformed boxes from a single strip of thermoplastic or thermoformable material, comprising the steps of:
- thermoforming successive pairs of cavities and associated covers in said single strip;
- cutting out three sides of the covers;
- loading the cavities with product;
- folding the associated covers over the cavities;
- and
- thermowelding the associated covers to the cavities to constitute boxes containing the product while leaving the boxes secured to the single strip in order to be transported to a final separation zone.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.