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US4363205A
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Packaging method
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-11-08
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Granted: 1982-12-14
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Expires: 1996-11-08
Abstract
Abstract A method of making a package having contents comprising the steps of taking a tube of flexible material having a top and a bottom end, ultrasonically sealing a bottom band seal across the tube, inserting the contents into the tube, and ultrasonically sealing an upper band seal across the tube at a location spaced away from the bottom end of the tube, with the contents contained between the upper and bottom band seals.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward F. Hollander, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 22:45
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B3/00; B65B3/02; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/08; B29C65/74; B29C65/743; B29C65/7443; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/40; B29C66/41; B29C66/43; B29C66/431; B29C66/4312; B29C66/80; B29C66/83; B29C66/832; B29C66/8322; B29C66/83221; B29C66/84; B29C66/841; B29C66/8412; B29C66/84123; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/82
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A method of making a package having contents, comprising the steps of taking a tube of flexible material having a top and a bottom end, ultrasonically sealing a bottom band seal across the tube, inserting the contents into the tube, and ultrasonically sealing an upper band seal across the tube at a location spaced away from the bottom end of the tube, with the contents contained between the upper and bottom band seals, the contents-inserting step comprising inserting tablets or the like into the tube, and said method including the further steps of folding the tube across itself between tablets to form fold lines in the tube, and ultrasonically sealing said fold lines to form compartments for a series of tablets.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
121 words
A method of making a package having contents, comprising the steps of taking a tube of flexible material having a top and a bottom end, ultrasonically sealing a bottom band seal across the tube, inserting the contents into the tube, and ultrasonically sealing an upper band seal across the tube at a location spaced away from the bottom end of the tube, with the contents contained between the upper and bottom band seals, the contents-inserting step comprising inserting tablets or the like into the tube, and said method including the further steps of folding the tube across itself between tablets to form fold lines in the tube, and ultrasonically sealing said fold lines to form compartments for a series of tablets.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1, including bending the tube at right angles to the axis of the tube.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1, including bending the tube at an angle other than a right angle to the axis of the tube.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the tube is made of extruded-plastic flexible material in the form of a straight straw of a finite length.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 4 in which there are at least three tablets inserted in the tube.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
149 words
A method of making a package having contents, comprising the step of taking a tube of flexible material having a top and a bottom end, ultrasonically sealing a bottom band seal across the tube, inserting liquid contents into the tube with the tube held in an upright position, and ultrasonically sealing an upper band seal across the tube at a location spaced away from the bottom end of the tube, with the contents contained between the upper and bottom band seals, said inserting step including placing the tube onto a bottom plug having a dispensing channel for dispensing liquid into the bottom of the tube, placing a top plug having an exhaust channel onto the top of the tube, and dispensing liquid into the tube through the dispensing channel and exhausting gas through the exhaust channel until the tube is filled with the liquid and emptied of the gas.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
149 words
A method of making a package having contents, comprising the step of taking a tube of flexible material having a top and a bottom end, ultrasonically sealing a bottom band seal across the tube, inserting liquid contents into the tube with the tube held in an upright position, and ultrasonically sealing an upper band seal across the tube at a location spaced away from the bottom end of the tube, with the contents contained between the upper and bottom band seals, said inserting step including placing the tube onto a bottom plug having a dispensing channel for dispensing liquid into the bottom of the tube, placing a top plug having an exhaust channel onto the top of the tube, and dispensing liquid into the tube through the dispensing channel and exhausting gas through the exhaust channel until the tube is filled with the liquid and emptied of the gas.
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