Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sonotrode
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Application No.: US13636501Application Date: 2011-03-15
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Publication No.: US08621827B2Publication Date: 2014-01-07
- Inventor: Ulrich Vögler , Francesco Giordano , Sergio Mancin , Antonio Melandri , Magnus Råbe
- Applicant: Ulrich Vögler , Francesco Giordano , Sergio Mancin , Antonio Melandri , Magnus Råbe
- Applicant Address: CH Pully
- Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
- Current Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Pully
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: EP10157256 20100322
- International Application: PCT/EP2011/053919 WO 20110315
- International Announcement: WO2011/117119 WO 20110929
- Main IPC: B65B7/00
- IPC: B65B7/00

Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130008132A1 SONOTRODE Public/Granted day:2013-01-10
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