Patent ID: 7328555
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A plant for continuous packing of food products in modified atmosphere, comprising a machine for continuous packing in a modified atmosphere of the food products and a conveyor for continuous sequential feeding of the food products to the machine, wherein before an entrance of the machine, along a transport section of the conveyor near the entrance of the machine, means are present that temporarily submit the food products continuously fed by the conveyor to vacuum before the food products are packed in modified atmosphere in the machine, wherein a suitable inert gas constitutes the modified atmosphere, characterized in that said means comprise at least a bell connected to means for the suction of air from inside the bell, the bell being supported by movement means for the bell's synchronous movement along the transport section of the conveyor near the entrance of the machine to enclose in said section one of the food products under the bell and submit said one of the food products to said vacuum; and characterized in that, on the transport section of the conveyor, the food products, after being subject to vacuum in the bell, are subject to normal atmosphere before the food products are packed in the modified atmosphere in the machine.