US Patent Issued to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE on March 18 for "Anvil, a transversal sealing system, filling machines, and a method for producing packages" (Italian, Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,286, issued on March 18, was assigned to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Anvil, a transversal sealing system, filling machines, and a method for producing packages" was invented by Luca Gentili (Ascoli Piceno, Italy), Fabrizio Fenu (Modena, Italy) and Per Johansson (Malmo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anvil for forming a transversal sealing of a sleeve-shaped portion of packaging material holding a liquid product, said anvil comprising a main surface, in operation, facing the tube, and a ridge provided on the main surface, the ridge comprising a first section and a second section, wherein the f...