Patents by Inventor Sergio Mancin
Sergio Mancin 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).
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Patent number: 11597553Abstract: An assembly for producing sealed packaging units (14) from a sheet packaging material, comprises: an advancement device (21) for advancing the sheet packaging material along an advancement direction (F), a longitudinal sealing device for sealing opposite borders of the sheet packaging material along a longitudinal sealing band arranged parallelly to the advancement direction (F), thereby forming a continuous tube (15), a transverse sealing device (29) for sealing the continuous tube (15) transversely to the advancement direction (F), so as to define a sealed packaging unit (14). The transverse sealing device (29) comprises a sealing element (30) and an abutment element (31) that are intended to mutually cooperate during sealing while being located on opposite sides of the continuous tube (15). The sealing element (30) is so configured as to act on a side (27) of the continuous tube (15) on which the longitudinal sealing band is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Thomas Sergio Mancin, Gabriele Schiavi, Luca Gentili, Ivan Orsini
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Publication number: 20190135470Abstract: An assembly for producing sealed packaging units (14) from a sheet packaging material, comprises: an advancement device (21) for advancing the sheet packaging material along an advancement direction (F), a longitudinal sealing device for sealing opposite borders of the sheet packaging material along a longitudinal sealing band arranged parallelly to the advancement direction (F), thereby forming a continuous tube (15), a transverse sealing device (29) for sealing the continuous tube (15) transversely to the advancement direction (F), so as to define a sealed packaging unit (14). The transverse sealing device (29) comprises a sealing element (30) and an abutment element (31) that are intended to mutually cooperate during sealing while being located on opposite sides of the continuous tube (15). The sealing element (30) is so configured as to act on a side (27) of the continuous tube (15) on which the longitudinal sealing band is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Thomas Sergio Mancin, Gabriele Schiavi, Luca Gentili, Ivan Orsini
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Patent number: 10189207Abstract: There is disclosed a sonotrode comprising: a head which defines a sealing surface elongated along a first direction orthogonal to a second direction and at least one first slot which extends through the head transversally to the first direction; the first slot extends parallel to a third direction inclined to both the first direction and the second direction; the first direction defines an acute angle with the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Ulrich Voegler, Sergio Mancin, Antonio Melandri, Javier Herzog-Gisbert
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Publication number: 20180133976Abstract: An induction heating sealing device (30) for sealing a packaging material comprising an electrically conductive layer and advancing, in use, along a first direction (A), said induction heating sealing device (30) comprising an inductive element (100), said inductive element (100) comprising a first leg (31) extending along said first direction (A) and within which, in use, an alternate currents flows, said first leg (31) facing, in use, an area (44) of said packaging material to be sealed and being configured to induce, in use, an eddy current within said area (44), and a second leg (32) arranged on one side of said first leg (31) and facing a further area (45) of said packaging material, wherein said first leg (31) comprises at least one first portion (41) and at least one second portion (42) spaced apart from one another in a second direction (S) transversal to said first direction (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Andrea BABINI, Andrea DALCERO, Elisa LUPPI, Thomas Sergio MANCIN
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Publication number: 20160001498Abstract: There is disclosed a sonotrode comprising: a head which defines a sealing surface elongated along a first direction orthogonal to a second direction and at least one first slot which extends through the head transversally to the first direction; the first slot extends parallel to a third direction inclined to both the first direction and the second direction; the first direction defines an acute angle with the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Ulrich VOEGLER, Sergio MANCIN, Antonio MELANDRI, Javier HERZOG-GISBERT
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Patent number: 8621827Abstract: A sonotrode comprising: a head defining a sealing surface elongated along a first direction; and a first and a second drive unit distinct from one another, each comprising at least one piezo-electric element; wherein first and second drive unit may be electrically fed by an unique generator to cause oscillation of head; the height of head measured along a second direction transversal to sealing surface being substantially equal to half the wavelength of wave oscillating in second direction; at least one slot extending through head transversally to first and second direction; a finite number of nodal points at which amplitude of oscillation of head is substantially equal to zero; and a plane on which at least some nodal points lie and which divides head in a first portion and second portion; the slot extends completely within one only between first and second portion and at a certain distance by plane.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Ulrich Vögler, Francesco Giordano, Sergio Mancin, Antonio Melandri, Magnus Råbe
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Patent number: 8572936Abstract: A sealing jaw for producing sealed packages of a food product from a tube of packaging material fed along a path, the jaw having a first work surface which interacts with a second work surface on a counter-jaw to grip the packaging material and form a sealing strip crosswise to the path. One of the jaw and counter-jaw defines an anvil, and the other defines a heating device which interacts with the anvil to form the strip. The first surface has at least two projections elongated along respective first axes, and which, when forming the strip, compress respective areas of the packaging material against the second surface; and at least one cavity which extends along one of the first axes, is interposed between the projections along a second axis crosswise to the first axis, and is located laterally with respect to a central plane of the first work surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Financne S.A.Inventors: Sergio Mancin, Francesco Giordano, Ernesto Di Dodo
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Publication number: 20130008132Abstract: A sonotrode comprising: a head defining a sealing surface elongated along a first direction; and a first and a second drive unit distinct from one another, each comprising at least one piezo-electric element; wherein first and second drive unit may be electrically fed by an unique generator to cause oscillation of head; the height of head measured along a second direction transversal to sealing surface being substantially equal to half the wavelength of wave oscillating in second direction; at least one slot extending through head transversally to first and second direction; a finite number of nodal points at which amplitude of oscillation of head is substantially equal to zero; and a plane on which at least some nodal points lie and which divides head in a first portion and second portion; the slot extends completely within one only between first and second portion and at a certain distance by plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Ulrich Vögler, Francesco Giordano, Sergio Mancin, Antonio Melandri, Magnus Råbe
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Patent number: 7950208Abstract: A sealing jaw for producing sealed packages of a food product from a tube of packaging material includes a supporting body, and a first work surface which interacts, in use, with a second work surface on a further jaw to grip the material to be sealed and perform a sealing operation; one of the jaws defines an anvil, and the other of the jaws defines heating means; the jaw has connecting means for connecting the first surface to the supporting body; the connecting means define a curved third and a curved fourth surface made of rigid material and cooperating mutually to allow the first surface to oscillate with respect to the supporting body when gripping the packaging material prior to the sealing operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Sergio Mancin, Francesco Giordano, Ernesto Di Dodo
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Publication number: 20110030315Abstract: A sealing jaw for producing sealed packages of a food product from a tube of packaging material fed along a path, the jaw having a first work surface which interacts with a second work surface on a counter-jaw to grip the packaging material and form a sealing strip crosswise to the path. One of the jaw and counter-jaw defines an anvil, and the other defines a heating device which interacts with the anvil to form the strip. The first surface has at least two projections elongated along respective first axes, and which, when forming the strip, compress respective areas of the packaging material against the second surface; and at least one cavity which extends along one of the first axes, is interposed between the projections along a second axis crosswise to the first axis, and is located laterally with respect to a central plane of the first work surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Sergio Mancin, Francesco Giordano, Ernesto Di Dodo
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Publication number: 20090266030Abstract: A sealing jaw for producing sealed packages of a food product from a tube of packaging material includes a supporting body, and a first work surface which interacts, in use, with a second work surface on a further jaw to grip the material to be sealed and perform a sealing operation; one of the jaws defines an anvil, and the other of the jaws defines heating means; the jaw has connecting means for connecting the first surface to the supporting body; the connecting means define a curved third and a curved fourth surface made of rigid material and cooperating mutually to allow the first surface to oscillate with respect to the supporting body when gripping the packaging material prior to the sealing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Sergio Mancin, Francesco Giordano, Ernesto Di Dodo