Curved tear guide on tubular packagings
OwnerMichael Metzinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to tubular packaging, especially for dry food stuff, which contains the product in a plastic tube that is closed by welding, whereby the packaging comprises a tearing aid which is located in the area of a weld seam. The packaging is also provided with a label whose side facing the weld seam is configured as a curved tearing edge which is suited for intercepting a tear, said tear starting from the tearing aid, and for guiding the same to the edge of the packaging.
Claims20
A flexible tubular package, for a product, which contains the product in a flexible tube closed by welding, comprising a flexible tube;
- a weld seam;
- a tear open means for tearing open the package, the tear open means being positioned adjacent to the weld seam;
- an edge of the package;
- and a stick-on sheet including a side in the form of a curved rip edge, which is adapted to direct a tear, which starts at the tear open means, to the edge of the package, wherein the curved rip edge comprises a cutout in the form of a circular quadrant in a corner part of the stick-on sheet and extending essentially perpendicular to the edge of the package.
A flexible tubular package, for a product, which contains the product in a flexible tube closed by welding, comprising a flexible tube;
- a weld seam;
- a tear open means for tearing open the package, the tear open means being positioned adjacent to the weld seam;
- an edge of the package;
- and a stick-on sheet including a side in the form of a curved rip edge, which is adapted to direct a tear, which starts at the tear open means, to the edge of the package, wherein the curved rip edge has an elongated S-like shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.