US 12,415,638 B2
Method and an apparatus for packaging articles
Diego Gualteri, San Giovanni Teatino (IT); Renzo Blasioli, San Giovanni Teatino (IT); Asti Radovani, San Giovanni Teatino (IT); Marc Rodriguez, Mataró (ES); Jordi Mateu, Mataró (ES); and Thomas Lüttgens, Heidenheim (DE)
Assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A., San Giovanni Teatino Chieti (IT); and PAUL HARTMANN AG, Heidenheim (DE)
Appl. No. 18/248,761
Filed by Fameccanica.Data S.p.A., San Giovanni Teatino (IT); and PAUL HARTMANN AG, Heidenheim (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/065777
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/078636, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20201966 (EP), filed on Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034495 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 9/00 (2006.01); B65B 9/04 (2006.01); B65B 47/02 (2006.01); B65B 47/04 (2006.01); B65B 51/02 (2006.01); B65B 51/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 9/04 (2013.01) [B65B 47/02 (2013.01); B65B 47/04 (2013.01); B65B 51/026 (2013.01); B65B 51/16 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for packaging plasters, comprising:
in a first step at a first station, enclosing said plasters between two opposite flexible sheets, at least one of which has thermally-activated adhesive on its surface facing the other sheet,
in a second step, distinct and separate from said first step, compressing said sheets to peelably fix said sheets together around said plasters by means of said thermally-activated adhesive, wherein the second step is performed at a second station, which is downstream from and separate and distinct from the first station, and
carrying out a preliminary heating of at least one of said sheets at the first station before compressing said sheets, and a final heating of said at least one of said sheets simultaneously to compressing said sheets at the second station.