Gable-top package for pourable food products
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorLars-Erik Palm
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Abstract
A gable top package (1, 1′, 1″) for pourable food products comprising a gabled top portion (4) including a front sloping top wall (10) and a back sloping top wall (11) joined together at a top transversal seal (12), characterized in that the gabled top portion (4) includes a pair of lateral flaps (13, 14) adjacent to respective end portions (12a, 12b) of the top transversal seal (12) and folded out of the package top volume available for the food product and delimited by the front and backs loping top walls (10, 11).
Claims15
1) A gable top package (1, 1′, 1″) for pourable food products comprising a gabled top portion (4) including a front sloping top wall (10) and a back sloping top wall (11) joined together at a top transversal seal (12), characterized in that said gabled top portion (4) includes a pair of lateral flaps (13, 14) adjacent to respective end portions (12a, 12b) of said top transversal seal (12) and folded out of the package top volume available for the food product and delimited by said front and back sloping top walls (10, 11).
4) A package as claimed in any one of the foregoing claims, characterized by comprising a prismatic main portion (3, 3′, 3″) upwardly delimited by said gabled top portion (4), said lateral flaps (13, 14) being folded onto respective top portions (20, 20′, 20″) of opposite side walls (8, 9;
- 8′, 9′;
- 8″, 9″) of said main portion (3, 3′, 31′).
8) A method for obtaining a gable top package (1, 1′, 1″) for pourable food products, characterized by comprising the steps of:
- forming a gabled top portion (4) including a front sloping top wall (10), a back sloping top wall (11), a top transversal seal (12) joining said front and back sloping top walls (10, 11), and a pair of lateral flaps (13, 14) protruding from opposite sides of said back and front sloping top walls (10, 11) and delimited at the top by respective end portions (12a, 12b) of said top transversal seal (12);
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- folding said lateral flaps (13, 14) out of the package top volume available for the food product and delimited by said front and back sloping top walls (10, 11).
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