Patent ID: 11912467
Assignee: ICA S.P.A.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A method for closing, in an automated way with an automated packaging machine, at least one package provided with a reversibly closeable interlocking element comprising a first complementary element and a second complementary element and having a length that extends between a first extremity and a second extremity comprising the steps of:
pressing said first complementary element against said second complementary element, in a progressive way starting from said first extremity to said second extremity, by translating a pressing element entirely along the length both along one direction and along an opposite direction, and simultaneously counteracting the pressure of said first complementary element against said second complementary element, by stopping said second complementary element by a counteracting bar which is at least as long as the length of the reversibly closeable interlocking element, and
in such a way that said first complementary element and said second complementary element interlock with each other along an entire length of said first complementary element and said second complementary element.