Abstract: A method for the molecular orientation of plastic material by expanding a tube of plastic material, includes introducing the tube into a container filled with heated liquid, preferably water of a temperature of 70.degree.-100.degree. C. The tube is expanded by introducing a pressurized liquid into the tube. An apparatus for carrying out the method and a plastic material are also disclosed.

Abstract: This disclosure involves an electron-beam permeable window assembly or cassette mounted in a frame readily insertable and removable from an electron-beam generator housing and, upon insertion, sealable thereto and to pathways carrying materials to be electron-beam irradiated through the window.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture by means of shrink-forming of a packing container of orientation-stretched laminate comprising polyester and aluminium foil, the laminate being formed to a tube (14) and subsequently being made to shrink over a mandrel (10,28) to the intended shape.

Abstract: A porous food product is prepared by mixing sodium alginate and a calcium compound with ground fish or meat, heating the mixture, introducing a pressurized gas and an acid into the mixture, the acid liberating calcium ions from the calcium compound to cause the sodium alginate to form a gel which confers a porous structure on the product, and reducing the pressure to liberate gas and form gas bubbles in the product.

Abstract: A method for the preparation and packing of food products, in particular fish products of long keeping quality, includes disintegrating and sterilizing the fish and allowing the sterilized fish mass to coagulate under pressure in a forming and filling pipe. An inside cross-section of the filling pipe corresponds to the cross-section of the packing container wherein the product is to be packed. The forming and filling pipe is provided, moreover, with cut-off elements and flaplike shut-off elements to make possible the separation and feeding out of the product from the forming and filling pipe to the packing containers.

Abstract: A laminate, including an aluminum foil layer and a polyester layer, has the aluminum foil layer wrinkled or contracted into a large number of wrinkles. These can be straightened out when the plastic material is stretched, without any breaking of the aluminum foil layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture by means of shrink-forming of a packing container of orientation-stretched laminate comprising polyester and aluminium foil, the laminate being formed to a tube (14) and subsequently being made to shrink over a mandrel (10,28) to the intended shape.

Abstract: Opening arrangements for packing containers which are manufactured from a flexible material and intended for pressurized contents, e.g. beer, are sometimes in the form of a tear-off cover strip which is sealed to the packing container wall and covers a pouring opening punched out in the same. In order to withstand the high internal pressure which is caused by the contents, the seal between the cover strip and the packing material must be strong, which detrimentally affects the openability of the packing container. By ensuring that the mutual bond between the different layers in the packing laminate is weaker than the seal between the cover strip and the outer layer of the container material, a readily opening packing container is provided, in spite of the seal between the cover strip and the packing laminate being of a strength such that the risk of leakage or unintentional opening is small.

Abstract: A tube package of plastic material which includes a tubular shell part together with end closures front and back. The shell part is constituted of a cylinder of molecular-oriented plastic material, and its front end closure of a curved shrunk portion of the extension of the shell part. The rear closure of the shell part is constituted of a transversely sealed portion of the shell part.

Abstract: A method for joining together laminated material including layers of orientation-stretched polyester and glycol-modified polyester. A strand of molten glycol-modified polyester is applied to the laminated material along the joining area and the laminated material is pressed together while the strand is cooled. The laminated material is joined together by transferring heat from the molten strand to the pressed-on layers of the laminate. The surface portions of the layers are melted at the same time as the strand is cooled.

Abstract: This disclosure is concerned with automatically replenishable cold cathode structures and the like wherein the monitoring of a predetermined variation in electron beam performance caused by erosion of the cathode material generates control signals for advancing reserve cathode material into operative position.

Abstract: An opening structure preferably located in a top panel of a one-way packaging container provides a pour opening which can be reclosed after the initial opening. The structure is prepared by positioning and sewing a portion of a strip of web material on the panel, defining a pour opening area within the secured strip portion by applying a cut or weakening line forming a boundary. The pour opening area of the panel is retained in its original position in the panel. Then a second, unsecured portion of the strip is folded back over the first portion to cover the first portion and the pour opening area. Securing zones are produced to secure the second strip portion to the panel both within the pour opening area and a surrounding region to thereby obtain a hermetically sealed opening structure on the packaging container. The pour opening is uncovered by lifting the second strip portion so that the cut-out section of the panel is removed.

Abstract: Inductors for the induction welding of complicated welding patterns have been produced up to now mostly from copper plates which were provided with slits in the desired patterns by spark-cutting and embedded into plastic material. This method of manufacture is expensive and does not allow production of inductors with a very detailed pattern because, among other things, the slits must have a minimum width determined by the spark-cutting. By making the inductors in accordance with the present invention having a thin copper foil which is applied onto the surface of an insulating material, these difficulties are overcome and the desired inductor pattern can be produced in a simple manner by etching with the help of a suitable acid. This makes possible great accuracy of detail so that detailed inductors, e.g. for the packaging industry, can be manufactured at low costs.

Abstract: An opening arrangement for cans which are made of sheet steel. The opening arrangement has two preferably U-shaped punched lines provided in the lid of the can. The punched lines wholly penetrate the can lid (2) and form two opposing tongues, which are separated by a narrow intermediate portion of the can lid. The punched out tongues as well as the intermediate portion are jointly covered by an inner cover strip fixed to the inside of the can lid which bridges over and seals the punched lines forming the tongues. On opening the can the two tongues are turned in unison, the intermediate portion acting as an axis of rotation, so that the tongues are placed at an angle and an opening in the lid is established.

Abstract: The invention relates to a laminated material, the main layer of which consists of a molecular-oriented polyester material which has very good tensile strength characteristics and a sealing layer joined to the main layer of a modified polyester material of the type which is marketed under the trade name PETG and which retains its sealing characteristics in spite of the laminated material being subjected to a joint molecular-oriented stretch

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a packing container from a seamless tubular blank of plastic material having a wall thickness greater than the wall thickness of the packing container to be produced therefrom. One end of the tubular blank is sealed and an annular edge ferrule is joined to the other end. The tube is heated until softened and then caused to expand in a mold to a predetermined shape.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cap for containers intended for the keeping of pressurized contents. The cap has two parts, joined along a tearing indication. The two parts along their lower edge zones, are bridged by a disc of gastight aluminum foil, adapted so that it is torn up along an annular rupture line when the cap is opened.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closing arrangements on cans and similar containers of the type which has at least one plane end wall of sheet metal with a hole punched out in the end wall. The cut surface of the said punched-out hole may be sealed effectively by a closing arrangement which is designed as a tubular plastic body with flanges projecting from the plastic body. The flanges embrace the edge zone of the hole when the closing arrangement is pressed into the hole, at the same time as the said cut edge of the end wall is pressed so as to form a seal against, or "is embedded in," the outside of the tubular plastic body.

Abstract: The closing of packing containers, e.g. bottles for beer or refreshing beverages, is achieved by means of metal or plastic caps. A cap which is easy to handle and which is reclosable is disclosed. A substantially conventional cap body of flexible plastic material is provided with locking devices in the form of integrated lever arms, which can be maneuvered by means of a ring surrounding the cap body. The locking devices in closed position rest against a bulge located around the neck of the bottle and can be maneuvered with the help of the ring to an open position in which they permit the unhindered removal or replacement of the cap.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous manufacture of packing containers comprising an outer rigid casing and an inner baglike container. The inner container is manufactured by arranging first seals in pairs at equal distances, substantially in transverse direction of the web, whereupon mandrels are introduced into the web which has been provided with seals. Opening devices are applied to the web with the help of the mandrels as backing. After the mandrels have been withdrawn the free edges of the web are sealed to one another and the contents are introduced into the tube formed. The tube is sealed in its transverse direction along narrow sealing regions to form filled and closed containers which are separated from one another and are introduced into a rigid casing.