Method and plant for packaging fresh food products, such as fruit and vegetables, and food product thus packaged

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EP 2 186 732 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.07.2010 Bulletin 2010/29

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	19.05.2010 Bulletin 2010/20

(21)	Application number: 09175491.1

(22)	Date of filing: 10.11.2009

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B65B 9/04^(2006.01)

B65B 25/04^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA RS

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Priority:

12.11.2008 IT UD20080239

(71)	Applicant: Divti Quartagamma Srl
	33090 Sequals (PN) (IT)

(72)	Inventors:
	Della Valentina, Angelo 33070 Polcenigo (PN) (IT) Toneatti, Rudi 33090 Sequals (PN) (IT)

(74)	Representative: Petraz, Gilberto Luigi et al
	GLP S.r.l. Piazzale Cavedalis 6/2 33100 Udine 33100 Udine (IT)

(54)	Method and plant for packaging fresh food products, such as fruit and vegetables, and food product thus packaged

(57) A method for packaging a fresh food product (20), such as fruit and vegetables, provided externally with a protective peel, comprises at least a peeling step, in which the peel is removed from said product (20). After the peeling step, the method comprises at least a covering step, in which at least a covering film is associated with the external surface of said product (20). The method also comprises a molding step in which said covering film is made to adhere to the external surface of said product (20).

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