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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Wilhelm Reil, Bensheim, DE;
Heiko Bub, Bodenheim, DE;
Bernhard Korus, Darmstadt, DE;
Gottfried Pusch, Tsungstadt, DE;
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for manufacturing a pack for flowable contents in a deep draw process having tubular side walls, a bottom and a top. The top has a pouring opening having an upstanding collar and a seam that passes around the pack in a plane that is oriented in the top so that the plane is interrupted by the pouring opening and projects on diametrically oppositely disposed sides almost as far as a free upper edge of the collar. The collar is formed of two collar halves joined together at the seam, and threads are provided on the collar for a screw top. An annular fitting sealing surface is provided on the free upper edge of the collar