Packaging tube

Abstract

A packaging tube is provided which is substantially gas-tight and has low absorptivity, consisting of a tube of multilayer composite foil with a metallic barrier layer, a prefabricated plastic head piece having a discharge opening and an external thread, and a connecting body which consists of a composite foil containing a metal layer and at least one thermoplastic material layer. The head piece is placed on the connecting body and is welded thereto by means of the plastic layer. The circumferential rim of the tube overlaps the outer rim of the connecting body extending over or under the same, and its plastic layers are softened by the inductive generation of heat in the metal of the composite foil and are welded together while pressure is applied. The head piece has the shape of a cylinder or a truncated cone and is joined at its base area completely to the connecting body. At its lower end, the discharge opening has an enlargement in which at least one annular depression is made, into which plastic material of the connecting body is introduced during softening. The connecting body has a neck which corresponds to the shape of the enlargement and consists of an annular profiled washer or a profiled lid having an integral diaphragm.