Method of closing a flexible packaging, a device for this purpose and a closed flexible packaging
AssigneeSchutte Holding, B.V.
InventorFrank Emiel Leon van Drunen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of closing an access side of a flexible packaging using a planar closure (15) made of plastic, the closure (15) comprising a slot (20) delimited by limb parts (215) and extending between the circumference of the closure and an opening (10), said method comprising the step of introducing the access side of the flexible packaging into the opening (10) of the closure (15) and the method comprising a subsequent step in which the slot (20) is at least partially sealed by means of a seal (30), which connects the limb parts (215) to one another, without substantially deforming the closure.
Claims15
Method of closing an access side of a flexible packaging using a planar closure made of plastic, the closure comprising a receiving opening for receiving and retaining the access side of the flexible packaging, as well as a slot delimited by limb parts of the closure and extending between the circumference of the closure and the receiving opening, said method comprising the step of introducing the access side of the flexible packaging into the receiving opening of the closure, and a subsequent step wherein the slot is at least partially sealed by means of a seal which connects the limb parts to one another without substantially deforming the closure and the seal.
Device for closing an access side of a flexible packaging using a planar closure made of plastic, the closure comprising a receiving opening for receiving and retaining the access side of the flexible packaging, as well as a slot extending between the circumference of the closure and the receiving opening, the device comprising a conveying element for introducing the access side of the flexible packaging into the receiving opening of the closure, the device comprising a sealing unit for at least partially sealing the slot of the closure by means of a seal, in such a manner that the limb parts are connected to one another without deforming the closure and the seal.
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