Reclosable package and method and machine for manufacturing a reclosable package

A method of manufacturing a reclosable package, comprising:

• providing a first web and a second web;
• forming a product cavity by the first web and the second web;
• arranging, between the first web and the second web, a zipper element, the zipper element comprising a third web, a fourth web and a zipper track, the zipper track being arranged at an outer border of the third web and the fourth web, wherein the zipper element is arranged between the first web and the second web so as to extend from an overlapping region of the first web and the second web to a region outside of the overlapping region, and wherein the zipper track is arranged outside of the overlapping region;
• forming a first sealing by fusing together at least a portion of the first web and at least a portion of the second web;
• and
• fusing together, in the overlapping region, a portion of each of the third web and the first web and a portion of each of the fourth web and the second web.

A machine for producing a reclosable package, the machine comprising:

• a transport track for registered transport of a first web and a second web;
• a forming station for forming a product cavity in the first web or the second web;
• a zipper supply station for providing, in an overlapping region of the first web and the second web, a zipper element, the zipper element comprising a third web, a fourth web and a zipper track, wherein the zipper supply station is configured to arrange the zipper element so as to extend from the overlapping region of the first web and the second web to a region outside of the overlapping region, and so that the zipper track is arranged at an outer border of the third web and the fourth web and outside of the overlapping region, and wherein one of the first web and the second web comprises an extending region that extends, in a direction from the overlapping region to the zipper track, beyond a position of the zipper track when the zipper element is arranged by the zipper supply station;
• a lifting element for lifting the zipper element away from the extending region;
• a cutter element for cutting away the extending region while the zipper element is lifted;
• a first sealing station for sealing the first web and the second web so as to form a first sealing defining at least a portion of a periphery of the product cavity;
• and
• a second sealing station for sealing a portion of each of the third web and the first web and a portion of each of the fourth web and the second web in the overlapping region.