Abstract: A filling station for filling flexible containers with liquid. The filling head is fixed. The container is gripped and brought into abutment with the filling head outlet. The container is filled and subsequently while the container is still in abutment with the filling head it is heat sealed. The container is then removed.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing tubular-pouch packages with heat-sealed transverse seams. In order that the bottom seam will harden rapidly following the securing process, a cooling medium is blown onto it by a nozzle. The nozzle is disposed in the tubular body from which tubular-pouch packages are made and is directed at the pressing plane of the transverse-seam welding apparatus.

Abstract: A dynamic setting and tucking mechanism for setting and tucking the closure tab of a carton in a carton-closing station of a carton-loading machine is described. The mechanism includes a plurality of setting blades mounted on an endless chain for movement through the setting and tucking station and a plurality of tucking blades mounted on an endless chain for movement through the setting and tucking station. The setting blades engage the closure tab of a carton and bend it along its hinged connection with the closure flap of a carton and the tucking blades push the set tab into the opening in the end of the carton which is designed to receive the tabs.