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AssigneeIntercon Holland B.V.
InventorsVictor Robert Bochno, Cornelis Willem Blom
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An assembly provided with a package and an apparatus for the metered emptying of the package, which package contains viscous material and is at least partly manufactured from flexible sheet-like foil material. The apparatus comprises a frame with guide means and a substantially flat two-part supporting surface, as well as metering control means which, guided by the guiding means, can be moved, in a position substantially not changing as regards their orientation relative to the supporting surface, over and along the supporting surface. Emptying takes place by nipwise pressing the package flat onto the supporting surface with the metering control means. The frame comprises a stationary part having a first supporting surface part and a part movable relative to the stationary part, having a second supporting surface part, which supporting surface parts in a first position form a continuous, uninterrupted supporting surface and in a second position are placed relative to each other so as to close off an open package by squeezing it shut.
An assembly provided with a package and an apparatus for the metered emptying of the package, which package contains viscous material and is at least partly manufactured from flexible sheet-like foil material, and which apparatus is provided with a frame with guide means and a substantially flat supporting surface for supporting the package, as well as with metering control means which, guided by the guiding means, can be moved, in a position substantially not changing as regards their orientation relative to the supporting surface, over and along the supporting surface, the emptying taking place by nipwise squeezing the package flat onto the supporting surface with the metering control means, starting from a first end in the direction of a second end, located opposite the first end, with at least one dispense opening to be opened by cutting away material of the package, the at least one dispense opening being situated on the supporting surface, and the metering control means being movable over the supporting surface as far as the at least one dispense opening, characterized in that the frame comprises a stationary part having a first supporting surface part and a part movable relative to the stationary part, having a second supporting surface part, wherein in a first position, in which the movable part is coupled with the stationary part, the second supporting surface part is in line with and contiguous to the first supporting surface part and carries a part of the package including the at least one dispense opening, while in a second position, in which the movable part is also coupled with the stationary part, the second supporting surface part is offset relative to the first supporting surface part, the arrangement being such that in the second position, through a cooperation, secured against movement, of the stationary part and the movable part, the package is substantially sealingly closed off in the vicinity of the at least one dispense opening.
An assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movable part forms part of a cover part and the stationary part forms part of a bottom part, while in the second position of the supporting surface parts the cover part and the bottom part form a closed box in which the package is contained.
An assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on the first supporting surface part, viewed in the first position of the supporting surface parts, on a side remote from the second supporting surface part, fixing means are provided for fixing the package relative to the first supporting surface part.
An assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide means, viewed in the first position of the supporting surface parts, have the form of raised side edges located in line with each other on both sides of the first and the second supporting surface part, and the metering control means have the form of a spatula-like member having such a width that the spatula-like member can be slid between the raised side edges with a sliding fit.
An apparatus for the metered emptying of a package containing viscous material and at least partly manufactured from flexible sheet-like foil material, which apparatus is provided with a frame with guide means and a substantially flat supporting surface as well as with metering control means, the metering control means and the guide means being arranged such that the metering control means can be moved, in a position not changing as regards their orientation relative to the supporting surface, over and along the supporting surface, characterized in that the frame comprises a stationary part having a first supporting surface part and a part movable with respect to the stationary part, having a second supporting surface part, wherein in a first position, in which the movable part is coupled with the stationary part, the second supporting surface part is in line with and contiguous to the first supporting surface part, and in a second position, in which the movable part is also coupled with the stationary part, the second supporting surface part, while leaving clear a relatively narrow slit in the order of the thickness of two layers of flexible sheet-like foil material, is offset and secured with respect to the first supporting surface part.
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