Patents by Inventor Gert Kostropetsch

Gert Kostropetsch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6543205
    Abstract: A form and seal unit (1) for producing aseptic sealed packages from a tube (2) of packaging material filled with a pourable food product; the unit having a fixed structure (3), and two forming assemblies (5, 5′) interacting alternately and cyclically with the tube (2) of packaging material, and in turn having respective pairs of jaws (7) movable between an open position and a closed position in which the jaws grip the tube (2) of packing material between respective sealing members (13, 14), and respective forming flaps (21) having respective half-shell forming portions (22) which surround the tube (2) of packaging material to determine the shape and volume of the packages; the closing movement of the forming flaps (21) about the tube (2) of packaging material is controlled by cams (30) carried by the forming flaps (21) and interacting with rollers (64) fixed to the structure (3) of the unit (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Behrooz Faskhoody, Magnus Johansson, Gert Kostropetsch