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US 9,790,014 B2Granted
Flowpack tray
AssigneeAmcor Flexibles, Inc.
InventorJens Pilzecker
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Abstract
The present invention is related to a flowpack comprising a cross-sealed film, said film comprising one or more polymeric layer(s), said flowpack enclosing a tray comprising one or more cavity(ies), the film forming said flowpack being sealed against said tray and forming a lid closing the cavity(ies) of said tray, said lid being part of the initial film of the flowpack.
Claims10
A flowpack comprising:
- a flowpack body comprising:
- a film of at least one polymeric layer;
- a longitudinal seal;
- a first and a second cross-seal;
- a tray;
- the tray comprising a bottom wall and at least one outer wall, the at least one outer wall surrounding an outermost perimeter of the bottom wall and extending from the bottom wall towards a top of the tray to define an at least one cavity;
- wherein the flowpack body encloses the tray with the film of the flowpack body sealed against the top of the tray to form a lid closing the at least one cavity.
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The process for the production of the flowpack comprising the steps of:
- providing a tray comprising a bottom wall and at least one outer wall, the at least one outer wall surrounding an outermost perimeter of the bottom wall and extending from the bottom wall towards a top of the tray to define an at least one cavity
- filling the at least one cavity with goods to be packaged;
- forming a flowpack body with a film of at least one polymeric layer having a longitudinal seal and a first cross seal and an unsealed end;
- placing the tray having the filled at least one cavity in the flowpack through the unsealed end;
- closing the unsealed end of the flowpack body with a second closing seal;
- forming a lid from the flowpack body upon the tray to close the at least one cavity by sealing the at least one polymeric film to a top surface of the tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.