ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,978, issued on April 1, was assigned to SIDEL PACKING SOLUTIONS (Corcelles-les-Citeaux, France).
"Method for bundle-packaging batches of products, heating device and facility with such a device" was invented by Francois-Regis De Brunier (Corcelles-les-Citeaux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for bundle-packaging batches of products, wherein products are moved in a longitudinal running direction, grouped into batches and wrapped with a film of heat-shrinkable film. Each wrapped batch is heated to form a contraction of each sheet around said batch. Heating of a batch is performed by the c...