Abstract: The specification represents and describes a cuboid flat gable package made from a multi-layer composite, with the composite having at least one carrier layer made from paper or cardboard, a coupling layer, a barrier layer and a double-sided plastic coating made from polyethylene (PE), with an opening area provided in the package gable which forms the pour opening after the severing, with a pouring element provided with a reclosable closing lid whose flange encompassing the opening area is rigidly connected to the package surface, with the closing lid simultaneously representing the opening mechanism.

Abstract: The specification represents and describes a cuboid flat gable package, with the composite having at least one carrier layer made from paper or cardboard, a coupling layer, an oxygen barrier layer and a double-sided plastic coating made from polyethylene (PE). An opening area is provided in the package gable which which is adapted to be severed to form a pour opening pouring element is provided with a reclosable closing lid being hinged thereto in one piece and whose flange encompassing the opening area is rigidly connected to the package surface and whose closing lid is provided with a tubus corresponding to the shape of the opening area.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the metering of a predeterminable quantity of a liquid, more particularly H.sub.2 O.sub.2, having a liquid inlet (10E), at least one metering chamber (6) and a liquid outlet (10A), in that the quantity of the liquid delivered by the apparatus always has not only an identical volume, but also identical properties. Thus more particularly in the case of gassing-out liquids, such as H.sub.2 O.sub.2, for example, it is possible to reliably ensure that a continues metering of a bubble-free liquid is rendered possible, so as not to change the concentration.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the sterilization during the filling of preferably liquid foodstuffs into packaging containers, having a preheating zone (A), a sterilizing zone (B), a drying zone (C), a filling zone (D) and a closure zone (E), in that the period during which the individual zones are acted upon with a sterilizing agent can be shortend and that the quantity of the sterilizing agent to be used can be minimized. In addition, a simple construction is desirable, so that the expenditure always required for cleaning and maintenance is also minimized. This is solved by the features that the individual zones (A, B, C, D, E) are combined into an overall space and closed in the upward direction by a single hood into which the required supply elements and lines (2, 3, 4, 5) are integrated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a folding box of composite cardboard material coated heat sealably at least on the inside, which has a flat bottom to which two pairs of opposite triangular folding pockets are sealed lying flat. To prevent bubble formation on the inside of the package, more particularly those areas of the triangular folding pockets which are to be sealed to one another over their complete surface, due to steam forming in the composite cardboard material during the heat activation of the areas, the heat sealable coating is perforated right into the cardboard in the areas.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filling valve on a filling and closing machine with a filling container 1 for free-flowing products, in particular foodstuffs with lumpy ingredients. In order to prevent subsequent dripping or the formation of threads during the portioned drawing off of the free-flowing products, the filling valve has, in a mouthpiece, an axially movable valve slide 9 which, in the closed portion, can be set in vibration in the axial direction. The stroke of the vibration is dimensioned in such a manner that the closing function of the valve tappet 9 is maintained.

Abstract: A container for liquids and bulk materials is made from a blank having a plurality of sets of folding lines thereon. The container comprises a substantially parallelipipedic body having side walls and laterial edges between the side walls, the lateral edges comprising a first set of folding lines of the blank, and a funnel-shaped portion on top of the body comprising faces extending from the side walls, the head portion tapering in cross-section towards a central annular opening of predetermined shape. The head portion further comprises triangular folding pockets folded inwardly along a second set of folding lines towards the interior of the head portion and outwardly along a third set of folding lines so that the folding pockets are disposed in pairs and bear along interior surfaces of the faces. The folding pockets are sealed to the interior surfaces along the interior folds and along upper edges of the folding pockets so that the folding pockets are closed off to the interior of the head portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a package for liquid made of a coated cardboard composite, having a pierceable opening for a drinking straw, which has incisions 11 running towards one another in the form of rays or a star, and perferably a cutout 9 located at the star point of the incisions. An opening thus constructed for a drinking straw easily enables an arbitrarily concentric expansion of the star flaps located between the incisions, so that said flags rest sealingly on the drinking straw in each case. This guarantees for different drinking straws a uniform opening for the drinking straw which can be introduced into the multilayer cardboard composite both before it is coated and after it is coated.

Abstract: A parallelepipedal package, especially one made of a composite of cardboard and plastic, for liquids, soups, and similar products, with a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls, with a square or rectangular top wall and a square or rectangular bottom wall, and with its edges drawn in to create at least one convex area. The drawn-in edges of the package extend over an area located strictly at the top of the otherwise still parallelepipedal package.

Abstract: A parallelepipedal flat-gabled package, especially an eared package with a medial seam, having an area in the gable that has been prepared such that it can be penetrated or separated along a closed curve and, once it has been penetrated or separated, will constitute a pouring hole. The package also has a plastic pour-out structure that has a flange surrounding the pouring hole, rigidly secured to the outer surface of the gable, and into the spout of which can be axially inserted a tube with a circumference that matches the closed curve. It also has a number of triangular teeth along the surface that faces the pouring hole, and a cap that can be repeatedly employed to close the spout, the inner surface of the package being coated with a hot-adhering film of plastic. The closure-flap cap is securely attached to the tube, by way of a connecting strip, and is articulated to the tab on the pour-out structure, which is in the form of a spout.

Abstract: A container is made out of a flat material like paper, cardboard, etc., especially a parallelopipedal container for liquid made out of a composite of cardboard and plastic. The container has a ridged-seam closure that extends along the upper surface and, continues at each side, along fold-down triangles, which can be applied against the walls of the container, and which are demarcated by scores. The scores slant from the upper edge of the walls to the ridged-seam closure, and at least one of the scores is provided with a tear-out closure, which has material-weakening lines in the area of the wall that constitutes the fold-down triangle which are arrayed in the shape of a U with a basic perforated line that parallels the base line of the ridged-seam closure and with leg-like perforated lines that extend perpendicular to the basic perforated line, which they encounter in the vicinity of the slanting scores.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for sterilizing packaging material, in particular packaging containers by means of a liquid sterilizing agent containing hydrogen peroxide, in which a mixture consisting of sterilizing agent and air is vaporized within a spray pipe (18) and guided positively within the spray pipe so that a very good vaporization capacity is achieved. In order to achieve this, a rotary flow movement along a central axis is imparted to the mixture of vapor and air by swirl bodies (19, 21) and coil spring inserts (22, 23) inserted alternately therewith inside the spray pipe (18) and the liquid which has not yet vaporized is given a flow direction in opposition to that of the main stream of the mixture and consequently a long residence time of the liquid on the pipe wall of the spray pipe (18) is achieved.

Abstract: A plastic-coated cardboard blank for forming a container of rectangular cross-section having a gabled top, the blank comprising four walls, a first pair of opposite walls each having fold lines forming an upwardly convergent triangle having its apex some distance below the top of its respective wall, the second pair of opposite walls being adapted to be joined to one another at their tops to form the gable, one of the first pair of walls having a cut-out in its top above its respective apex, whereby upon erecting the blank and joining the tops of the second pair of walls the resulting gable closes off the cut-out but upon opening the gable the cut-out is uncovered for insertion of a straw therethrough into the interior of the container.

Abstract: A parallelepipedal gable-topped bulk-material container made out of a multilayer plastic laminate and with its head sealed by a ridged seam, leaving two superimposed triangular folding tabs at the ends of the seam, whereby each tab is wrapped out and around a straight buckling edge on each side of the container and the container material has longitudinal and transverse or sloping scores for the edges of the body and floor or gable edges. To maintain the integrity of a ridged seam when manufacturing and sealing thick-walled containers in a filling machine and hence eliminate ridged-seam fracture, the container has at least one auxiliary score for each vertical body score in the vicinity of the gable and out of alignment with the body score.

Abstract: A nozzle with at least one opening that can be closed off, and especially a nozzle for packaging machines, including those that handle liquid products, with a valve body in the form of a piston that moves back and forth between a retracted position wherein it leaves the opening free and an advanced position wherein it completely closes off the opening. The object is to provide a nozzle with highly effective product-trimming action and continued piston operation even during the sterilization process. A guide for the piston has at least two positioning surfaces that operate in conjunction with two essentially opposite surfaces on the piston and precisely position it in the nozzle opening. The piston is axially divided or slit. Tensioning components force the halves of the piston apart and tight against the walls of the nozzle opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tear-open flap orifice on packs consisting of plastic-coated laminated material with a folded-round fillet-seam closure (10), there being in a first seam region (14) at least one full cut and in a second seam region (15) at least one weakening line in the form of a half cut which extends beyond the second seam region into the region of the first pack surface in contact with the filling material of the pack. As a result of an appropriate arrangement of the full cuts and half cuts, an easy-to-handle tear-open flap orifice is obtained by simple means for the entire range from drinking-straw, pour-out, drinking and spoon orifices to separating-strip orifices on freeze packs.