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Apparatus for the separable attachment of two synthetic plastics parts and the use of the apparatus for a package to contain flowable contents
Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings and Finance SA
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Filing: 1990-10-09
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Granted: 1992-05-19
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Expires: 2010-10-09
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for the separable attachment of a lid (1') to a bottom part is described, both parts being connected to each other by a first welded seam (3), a first tear line (5) being provided which extends parallel with the first welded seam (3). In order no longer to have to tear the lid upwards or even bend it and in order to be able to provide such a tearing-open device for a package, it is according to the invention proposed that at a distance (a) from the first tear line (5) and at least along a first portion (5) thereof, a second tear line (4) be so disposed to extend in the lid (1') that a tear-off strip (6) can be formed between the two tear lines (4, 5).
Inventors
- 👤 Wilhelm Reil
- 👤 Ulrich Deutschbein
- 👤 Gerd Knobloch
- 👤 Udo Liebram
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 13:21
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D77/00; B65D77/10; B65D77/20; B65D77/2024; B65D77/2028; B65D77/2032; B65D77/2044; B65D77/2048; B65D77/2056; B65D2577/00; B65D2577/10; B65D2577/20; B65D2577/2075; B65D2577/2091; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/15; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/2457
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
240 words
A packge for containing fluids or solids including a tub-shaped bottom part and a top enclosing said bottom part about an upper sealing edge of the bottom part and at least said upper sealing edge of said bottom part and said top being formed of synthetic plastic material, comprising: means defining a first welded seam extending generally circumferentially of said top along said upper sealing edge between said upper sealing edge and said top joining said bottom part at said upper sealing edge to said top, said first welded seam defining a first tear line along a lateral edge of said seam, means in said top forming a circumferentially extending tear-off strip defining an inner edge and an outer edge, and in which said outer edge of said strip is joined to said upper sealing edge along said first welded seam, said tear-off strip inner edge being defined, in part, by a line of weakness in said top and part by a second welded seam formed as a continuation of said line of weakness and connecting said top to said upper sealing edge of said bottom part, whereby the removal of said tear strip by separating the same along said first welded seam and along said line of weakness and said second welded seam separates said top from said bottom part along said line of weakness and leaves said top attached to said bottom part along said second welded seam.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
240 words
A packge for containing fluids or solids including a tub-shaped bottom part and a top enclosing said bottom part about an upper sealing edge of the bottom part and at least said upper sealing edge of said bottom part and said top being formed of synthetic plastic material, comprising: means defining a first welded seam extending generally circumferentially of said top along said upper sealing edge between said upper sealing edge and said top joining said bottom part at said upper sealing edge to said top, said first welded seam defining a first tear line along a lateral edge of said seam, means in said top forming a circumferentially extending tear-off strip defining an inner edge and an outer edge, and in which said outer edge of said strip is joined to said upper sealing edge along said first welded seam, said tear-off strip inner edge being defined, in part, by a line of weakness in said top and part by a second welded seam formed as a continuation of said line of weakness and connecting said top to said upper sealing edge of said bottom part, whereby the removal of said tear strip by separating the same along said first welded seam and along said line of weakness and said second welded seam separates said top from said bottom part along said line of weakness and leaves said top attached to said bottom part along said second welded seam.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A package according to claim 1 further in which said second tear line is formed along a first portion of said first tear line by a separate line of weakness in said top and along a second portion of said first tear line by said second welded seam.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A package according to claim 1 further comprising a welded attaching point connecting said upper sealing edge of said bottom part to said tear-off strip, said welded attachment point extending between and connecting said first welded seam to said second welded seam.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A package according to claim 3 further comprising a gripper tongue as an integral part of said tear-off strip, said gripper tongue being positioned on said strip adjacent said attachment point, said tongue forming an interruption in the continuity of said first welded seam.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The package according to claim 4 further comprising the fact that said bottom part and said top are substantially quadrilateral in plan view, thereby defining, in said top, four straight edges, said first and second welded seams extending parallel to each other in spaced-part relation along one of said straight edges.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The package of claim 5 in which said tongue is positioned alongside said one straight edge.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
70 words
The package according to claim 6 in which said first welded seam extends from said gripper tongue at a first end thereof circumferentially of said package and terminates at said tongue at a second end thereof, and in which said second tear line extends from said attachment point adjacent said second end of said tongue circumferentially and terminates at an end of said second welded seam remote from said tongue.
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