ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,973, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to UNIVERSAL PACK S.R.L. (San Giovanni in Marignano, Italy).
"Delivery unit for an aseptic packaging machine, aseptic packaging machine and sterilization method" was invented by Pietro Donati (San Giovanni in Marignano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery unit for an aseptic machine for packaging sachets starting from sterilized films includes at least one nozzle surrounded by a tubular wrapping of film. The nozzle includes a product delivery duct to deliver a product, and a sterilant delivery duct to deliver a sterilant. The delivery unit includes a deflector disposed upstream of th...