Abstract: A food package for sliced food products to be maintained with a fluffed appearance, the package including a rigid base member forming a compartment for receiving the food product and a rigid lid sealed to the compartment. Advantageously, the base member includes a bottom wall and side wall portions that are configured to engage the food product to hold the slices in a fluffed arrangement thereof. Preferably, one or more tapered side wall portions hold the food product upwardly toward the lid and inwardly toward a center of the package. In preferred embodiments, the base member and lid provide a rigid-rigid construction of the food package. In preferred embodiments, the food package is also configured to stand-up in a vertical display orientation and does not require the food product be contained within a sealed pouch within the compartment.

Abstract: A clamshell package includes a first clamshell portion having a first surface with a first edge, and a first chamber portion. A second clamshell portion is coupled to the first clamshell portion about a fold axis. The second clamshell portion has a second surface with a second edge, and a second chamber portion. A paper card includes a first card portion, a second card portion, and a connecting portion connecting the first card portion and the second card portion. The first card portion is coupled to the first surface. The second portion is coupled to the second surface. The first edge and second edge extend beyond a perimeter of the paper card. A hanging hole extends through the first clamshell portion, the second clamshell portion, and the paper card.

Abstract: A method for making heat-insulated paper containers and the products made by the same. The method includes steps of: (a) mixing and blending polyethylene terephthalate or polypropylene with an adhesive to form a polymer material; (b) heating and extruding the polymer material with an extruder machine to form a film and coating a surface of paper with the film; (c) cooling and laminating the paper with a laminating roller; (d) continuously coating another surface of the paper with a foam material; and then furling the paper after drying; and cutting the paper into a semi-product and then molding into a paper container; (e) heating the foam material with a heating device. The method can enhance the foam uniformity and the production rate, and decrease the defective rate.

Abstract: A forming tool usable with a packaging machine utilizes adhesive bonds rather than weld joints or fasteners to interconnect structural components of the forming tool. Using adhesive rather than weld joints and mechanical fasteners provides smooth interfaces thereby reducing the collection of bacteria, germs and cleaning residue on the surfaces of the forming tool, which is particularly advantageous for forming tools used with packing machines used in sanitary environments, such as for food or pharmaceutical packaging.

Abstract: A method for making heat-insulated paper containers and the products made by the same. The method includes steps of: (a) mixing and blending polyethylene terephthalate or polypropylene with an adhesive to form a polymer material; (b) heating and extruding the polymer material with an extruder machine to form a film and coating a surface of paper with the film; (c) cooling and laminating the paper with a laminating roller; (d) continuously coating another surface of the paper with a foam material; and then furling the paper after drying; and cutting the paper into a semi-product and then molding into a paper container; (e) heating the foam material with a heating device. The method can enhance the foam uniformity and the production rate, and decrease the defective rate.

Abstract: A form, fill and seal packaging machine is configured to mold a closure directly onto a carton. The machine includes a carton erection station to receive and erect a carton and a direct injection molding station. The molding station has an internal mold tool for receipt of the carton, and an external mold tool set. The internal tool and external tool set are configured to receive and secure a portion of the carton therebetween and define a mold cavity with the portion of the carton disposed therein. The external mold tool set defines an opening for receiving a polymer injection system to inject polymer into the mold cavity. A closure is directly molded in place on the carton, with the polymer encapsulating the inner peripheral edge of the carton opening that is disposed within the mold cavity. The packaging machine also includes a filling station for filling the carton and a sealing station for forming a seal on the carton.

Abstract: A form, fill and seal packaging machine for forming, filling and sealing a carton, molds a closure directly onto the carton. The machine includes a carton erection station adapted to receive a carton in a generally flat form and to erect the flat form carton into a tubular form defining an internal carton region. A direct injection molding station has an internal mold tool and an external mold tool. The internal mold tool is configured for receipt within the internal carton region and the internal mold tool and the external mold tool are configured to receive and clamp the carton therebetween. The direct injection molding station further includes a polymer injection system for injecting polymer from a location external of the carton to the internal mold tool. The closure is directly molded in place on the carton. A mold tool set, a method for carrying out the molding and a closure molded thereby are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of producing a package, particularly for packaging products, the method including the steps of feeding a sheet material to a forming die; deforming and cutting the sheet material to obtain a hollow semifinished body of revolution having at least one inlet opening; forming, on an edge of the semifinished body, two localized bends on opposite sides of the opening and aligned with each other along an axis; permanently deforming the semifinished body by rotating two portions of the semifinished body, located on opposite sides of the axis, about the axis to form an elongated body in a stable, at least partly-open condition, and which may be brought manually into an unstable closed condition in which it is maintained by a releasable retaining device.

Abstract: A container for holding paint or other liquids and a method for making same. The container includes a body having a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall along the periphery of the bottom wall which terminates in an upper rim. The container also includes an annular retaining ring secured to the upper rim. The annular retaining ring forms an outlet/inlet through which a liquid can be placed or removed from the container. The container further includes a lid pivotally and detachably mounted to the annular retaining ring for movement between an open position and closed position with respect to the outlet/inlet and for removing the lid from the annular retaining ring. The lid, body and annular retaining ring are individually molded and secured together by simple fastening means.

Abstract: A method of producing a tinned food container has a container body 1 of a flat material, especially aluminum strip or tinplate strip which is deep-drawn and which, at least in the region of its planar end flange, is provided with a coating 2, especially a sealing coating, and has a cover 4 provided with a further coating, especially a further sealing coating, and is made of a foil material, especially aluminum foil, is sealed on to the edge flange under the influence of pressure and/or heat. To make the production method more economical, and for producing a container body with an intermediate sealing layer 3 additionally inserted during the sealing-on operation, first the blank for the container body 1 and intermediate sealing layer 3 is punched in one piece out of the flat material. Then the intermediate sealing layer 3 subsequently is separated from the container body 1 in the region of the edge flange.

Abstract: Opening device for a packaging container with an unbroken, liquid-tight pouring spout (31, 33) and a closure part (3) is disclosed. A method of manufacturing the opening device entails forming the pouring spout (21, 33) with the closure part (3) as a mold, with a heated, thermoplastic material layer being forced into the closure part through a pressure difference.

Abstract: A gas barrier folding carton formed from a unitary paperboard blank (10) having a gas impermeable polymer layer (52) such as EVOH, nylon, or foil extruded on or laminated to one surface of the blank, except for certain adhesive (56, 58) coated areas. Two opposite side edges of the blank are seamed to form a flattened tube (13) having top and bottom closure flaps (30, 34, 36, 38, 40). One of the major closure flaps (36) at each top and bottom container end is provided with spaced abhesive areas (58), with areas of the two minor closure flaps (34, 38) also provided with abhesive (56). Upon folding the closure flaps at each end, the folding sequence pulls the barrier film (52) away from the abhesive (56, 58) areas and subsequent heat sealing produces hermetic sealing of the carton. This process and carton construction may be employed with conventional gas purging of the container interior by an inert gas before final sealing.

Abstract: The present invention includes of a method for producing a cross sectionally tetragonal tube package for flowable substances, in particular milk and juices. A carrier material (12) coated with synthetic plastic is cut longitudinally and horizontally through to center (35) and then shaped to form two welds (13,14) which made up the relevant tube (1) of the package. The stepped edge (10) of each web (13,14) serves as the top-end edge (10,16) of the tube (1), the blank (I) of which is separated form the web (13,14) by (at 41) parting it in transverse relationship to their direction of movement (15), the blank being provided with a longitudinal sealing seam for formation of the tube. At the top end of the tube (1), there are formed extensions of oppositely disposed side walls (3,5) and projecting wall panels (8,9) which are folded over into the surface of the top (7), the top (7) being integrally moulded on the free edge (10) of the wall panel ( 8,9) and the adjacent stepped end edge (10).

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding sheet-shaped blanks (9) of deep-drawable synthetic plastic material to the receiving station of a deep-drawing machine having a plurality of suction plates (15) wherein a supply roll (2) holding a web (1) of synthetic plastic material which is capable of being intermittently driven by pairs (3, 4, 23) of drive rollers and moved in front of a cutting means (5) having on its downstream side a magazine (8), a movable flap (11) provided with suckers (33) and a first supporting plate (13) being adapted to be brought into engagement with the removal side of the magazine (8), a second movable supporting plate (16) provided with suckers (33) being disposed on the other side, guide means (35) being provided in order to feed the blanks (9) from the movable flap (11) and round onto the opposite side of the suction plate (15) to the second supporting plate (16).

Abstract: The invention describes a liquids package having side walls as well as upper and lower walls serving as top and bottom respectively, a side wall and the top having a sealing seam (6) extending along edges (14', 16') of adjacent wall panels (14). So that the package may have a smooth outer surface in the region of sealing seams, without the formation of synthetic plastics beads or the like, it is according to the invention envisaged that the outer surface (22, 23) of the two wall panels which are connected to each other by the sealing seam (6) are disposed to merge steadily into each other via the gap (24) along at least one end face of an edge (14') which belongs to the relevant wall panel (14) so that the other surfaces are flush in cross-section, and in that the sealing seam (6) is masked on the inside of the package by a synthetic plastics bead (21).

Abstract: A device for forming a rolled rim at the unrimmed mouth of the body of a container having a body which is fabricated from a sheet of an expanded thermoplastic material, the device including a first member with a first annular rim-forming surface, and a second member which is reciprocable relative to the first member. The second member has a second annular rim-forming surface which forms a generally closed rim-forming chamber with the first annular rim-forming surface when the second member is in a first position relative to the first member, the second member being reciprocable to a second position in which the first annular surface and the second annular surface are separated to permit the withdrawal of a container with a rolled rim at the mouth from the first member.

Abstract: A method for applying an end plate to a container body includes applying a heated end blank made of deformable material to one end of the container body and creating a pressure difference between the two sides of the end blank to seal the edges of the end blank to the edges of the container body. The apparatus for applying an end plate to a container body includes a jacket having a chamber into which the container body can be fitted. A vacuum source is provided at one end of the jacket and a lid or clamping device is located at the opposite end of the jacket. The chamber into which the container body is fitted is not as deep as the container body so that when the container body is fitted into the chamber, the upper edges of the container body extend above the surface of the jacket. In that, the end blank can be applied to the container body and thereafter, the clamping device is used to clamp the end blank between the upper edge of the jacket and the clamping device.

Abstract: The invention describes an apparatus for producing a fluids package, with a synthetic plastics coated paper tube, of which one end is closed by an injected synthetic plastics lid while its other end is closed by holding and welding the tube material, with a device (8) for forming a tube from a web (2), at least one intermittently rotatable mandrel wheel (27), an injection station (29), an endless conveyor (31) for the packages (34) during the course of their production, a filling station (63), a closing station (62) and with a removal conveyor (39).

Abstract: A container comprises a man-made material film which is shaped to define at least one sealed compartment, a plane top around the compartment or compartments and continuous external walls which surround the compartment or compartments. These walls have a height at least equal to that of the compartment or compartments. The man-made material film is backed by at least one bonded-on layer of cardboard over substantially all the inside surface of each wall and of the top. The man-made material film is in a single piece which constitutes an uninterrupted outside wall all around the container and a plane top and which forms at least one compartment inside the volume determined by the outside wall of the container and by the top. The cardboard part constitutes in a single piece a top with at least one opening in it and side walls with adjacent edges.

Abstract: A method of forming a sift-proof seal for closure of a box having a plurality of folded flaps, the seal being formed by an adhesive strip pattern. The flaps are moved linearly toward a plurality of nozzles which extrude adhesive in a pattern of closely spaced adhesive strips. A flap having such an adhesive pattern is brought into contact with a second flap to compress the pattern of adhesive therebetween. The spacing between adjacent strips of adhesive is such that the folding of the flap causes merging of the adhesive to form a continuous strip of adhesive, thereby forming a box closure. The adhesive pattern is limited to a first outside edge of the first flap, with each remaining outside edges receiving a sift-proof continuous line of adhesive.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a waterproof paper container which is a thick paper tube made of multiple paper layers by adhering an adhesive and coating a thermofusible synthetic resin on the surface of the adhesive.

Abstract: A container, for example for herbicide, is manufactured by securing a flexible wall (8) to a rigid housing part (2), and subsequently deforming the flexible wall (8), in a plastic manner, into a predetermined configuration. A further housing part, possibly complementary to the housing part (2), may then be applied to the housing part (2) in order to provide a closed chamber which is divided by the flexible wall (8) into two compartments. The flexible wall (8) is preferably deformed into a configuration which enables it to lie, unstressed, against the internal surface of the housing part (2), so that herbicide contained in the cavity between the housing part (2) and the flexible wall (8) can flow substantially completely from the container under gravity.

Abstract: In a system of packaging of foodstuffs in containers of rectangular horizontal section, each open-topped container is sterilized, filled, and closed with a sterilized closure. The closure is of a laminate including a thermoplastics layer of sufficient thickness to fill an internal discontinuity of the container mouth during heat-sealing of the closure to the container. In making the closure, a portion of laminate is partially severed to form a flap and the laminate is clamped around the flap and drawn to form a shallow dish, to the inside of the base of which is heat-sealed a diaphragm including a pull tab. The thermoplastics layer is on a reflective metal layer and incorporates infrared-absorbing particles and infrared-reflective particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing containers such as envelope wallets and folders or the like, which comprise at least two outer wall components (4,6) margins of which are bonded on three sides of the wall components to edges of a flexible extruded plastics material strip (12) which in the example given is polyvinyl chloride, and which has a V-cross-section or a W-cross-section and forms an insertor gusset. The container may have at least one interior wall component provided with adjacent inserts (12) bonded to neighboring wall components. Dielectric heating may be used for the bonding step and suitable apparatus is also described.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing custom-sized foam braced packaging. The apparatus includes means for automatically adjusting the assembler to meet the particular needs of individual package sizes without the requirement for retooling being imposed. Rails are formed from foam and an outer wrap or covering which are then mitered to define a package shape. Packaging material is then adhered to the rail frame to complete the package.

Abstract: Two-piece containers having a one-piece tubular body and base and a cover molded onto the body are formed from a continuous web of thermoplastic supporting material by means of an apparatus which includes tube forming, cover molding, container filling and container base sealing stations. The web of material is initially formed into a strand of partially assembled tubular container bodies having fold impressions for the base and then severed into separate tubular bodies for further processing, filling and sealing.

Abstract: Tearing, blistering, delamination and other defects in deep drawn plastic laminated paperboard containers are eliminated by adding controlled amounts of warmed moisture to the paperboard immediately prior to forming thereof. Water is heated to a desired temperature and is applied by in-line processing equipment to the unlaminated side of the paperboard which functions to both soften and paperboard and preheat the laminate. By heating both the male and female parts of a die press employed for forming the preheated, softened laminate into the container, preheating the laminate using warm water prior to forming and, continuously controlling the moisture added to the paperboard, the degree of stress imposed on the plastic layer of the laminate and the resulting defects in the formed container are significantly reduced.