Thermoshrinking tunnel oven for making thermoshrinking plastic material film package and the packaging method performed thereby
OwnerPaolo Navainventor
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Abstract
A thermoshrinking tunnel oven for making thermoshrinking plastic material film packages comprises a bottom plate and a top plate having openings for allowing thermoshrinking hot air to pass therethrough, the cross-sections of the openings being controlled by perforated sliders which are independently slidably mounted on the plates. With respect to conventional tunnel ovens, the inventive tunnel oven and method have the advantage that they provide thermoshrinking material packages of even aspect and devoid of unevennesses.
Claims21
A thermoshrinking tunnel oven for making packages of thermoshrinking material film, characterized in that said thermoshrinking tunnel oven comprises a thermoshrinking chamber and control means for controlling a temperature of said chamber for in turn controlling a thermoshrinking temperature of said film in packages housed in said chamber, said control means comprising a bottom plate arranged under said packages, said plate including a plurality of variable cross-section holes for directing hot air supplied by hot air supplying fans in a direction of said packages, said oven further comprising at least a bottom slider element associated with said bottom plate and including a plurality of perforations which can be displaced between a position coinciding with said holes, thereby leaving said holes fully open, and a position inward or outward offset of said_holes, thereby fully closing said holes, said at least a bottom slider element comprising a shaft and lever driving device, controlled by a corresponding knob, and designed to provide said displacement with respect to said plate, a plurality of mutually adjoining bottom slider elements thereby covering all said bottom plate, said thermoshrinking chamber comprising a covering element and a bottom base, said covering element having walls defining a thermoshrinking air passage gap, for conveying thermoshrinking air under said bottom plate, in said gap a plurality of heating resistances for heating air supplied by said hot air supplying fans, said oven additionally comprising a perforated top plate associated with at least a top perforated slider element which is slidably mounted with respect to said perforated top plate for opening and closing holes of said perforated plate.
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