US Patent Issued to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE on March 25 for "Inductor for transversal sealing, a packaging machine comprising the inductor for transversal sealing and a method thereof" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,168, issued on March 25, was assigned to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Inductor for transversal sealing, a packaging machine comprising the inductor for transversal sealing and a method thereof" was invented by Karl Israelsson (Malmo, Sweden) and Per Karlsson (Limhamn, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor for transverse sealing a packaging material tube filled with food product comprises a main body comprising first and second sealing surfaces facing the packaging material during a sealing state, a recess in the main body for receiving a knife during a cutting state, and an electric conducto...