Guarantee seal for food products and a machine for its automatic application to the product
AssigneeRenio - Comercio E Consultadoria LDA
InventorAlberto Meazzi
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Abstract
The invention refers to a seal of guarantee (10) for foodstuff wrapped in a packaging, which closes said packaging and which has the shape of a label, having a tab (11) which can be folded down on to itself to cover a sufficient portion of the packaging, with a zone (12) where it is possible to write information regarding the product, such as the production and best before dates. The invention also refers to a machine to automatically apply the seal (10) which fundamentally includes a loader (17) containing a pile of seals, which are picked up one at a time from the underside, a cursor (19) which handles the seals to be applied, a tool (21) to fold the tab (11) and a seal applicator head (18) for ultrasonic welding, gluing or similar.
Claims19
A guarantee seal for food products closed in a bag, the seal comprising:
- a plaque or label element with a stem portion having a fold between a first stem portion and a second stem portion with the stem portion folded around the bag and fastened around the bag and with an explanatory portion carrying printed information about the product on both sides, said explanatory portion and said stem portion being formed integral of plastic material, said first stem portion and said second stem portion being welded together with plastic material of said first stem portion and plastic material of said second stem portion forming a weld connection to seal food in the bag.
A seal for food closed in an enclosing structure, the seal comprising:
- an indicia portion having a surface area for displaying printed information;
- a stem portion extending from said indicia portion and formed integral with said indicia portion and having a length wrapped around a neck of the enclosing structure, first and second portions of said length being formed of a food industry plastic which is welded together to form a plastic to plastic weld, said length of said stem portion and a position of said weld fastening said stem portion around the neck and sealing the food in the enclosing structure.
A seal arrangement for food, the seal arrangement comprising:
- an enclosing structure surrounding the food and having a neck at one end of the food;
- an indicia portion having a surface area for displaying printed information;
- a stem portion extending from said indicia portion and having a length wrapped around said neck of said enclosing structure, first and second portions of said length being formed of a food industry plastic which is welded together to form a weld, said length of said stem portion and said weld fastening said stem portion around said neck and sealing the food in said enclosing structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.