US 12,263,978 B2
Method for bundle-packaging batches of products, heating device and facility with such a device
François-Régis De Brunier, Corcelles-les-Citeaux (FR)
Assigned to SIDEL PACKING SOLUTIONS, Corcelles-les-Citeaux (FR)
Appl. No. 17/416,469
Filed by SIDEL PACKING SOLUTIONS, Corcelles-les-Citeaux (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/086236
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/127682, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1873613 (FR), filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063887 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 53/06 (2006.01); B65B 35/30 (2006.01); B65D 35/30 (2006.01); B65D 71/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 53/063 (2013.01) [B65B 35/30 (2013.01); B65D 35/30 (2013.01); B65D 71/08 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for heating coated batches of products, comprising at least:
an oven provided with at least one first section and one second section;
at least one conveyor passing through said first and second section;
heating means for heating the first and second sections;
the heating means comprising at least one heating block, at least one circuit linking said heating block and emerging inside said corresponding one of said first and second sections, and at least one circulation means for circulating an air stream heated by said heating block to said circuit;
at least one manifold for each of the first and second sections, the manifolds linked at the output of the at least one circuit of the heating means and extending along at least a portion of the corresponding one of said first and second sections;
wherein:
each manifold of said first section comprises at least one wall provided with orifices distributed over a surface of said wall;
each manifold of said second section comprises at least one wall provided with at least one aperture extending longitudinally in a direction of displacement of the batches of products by the conveyor, the at least one aperture comprising a length that is at least two times a width thereof.