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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Roger Bannister, Crossett, AR (US);
John D Aiken, Hamburg, AR (US);
Michael A Berry, Hamburg, AR (US);
Bemis Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A valve assembly for a satchel end tubular bag comprising four members. Two members form an upper sub-assembly and two other members for a lower sub-assembly. The valve assembly is adhesively secured at a corner tuck of the satchel end within the paper plies of the bag. The upper sub-assembly is wrapped within the lower sub-assembly and forms a passageway for a product injection nozzle to be inserted therethrough for introducing product into the bag. The members of the sub-assemblies are laterally offset and each sub-assembly has said members both laterally and longitudinally offset, or stepped, to achieve strength and a sift-proof construction. Extensions of one of the members of each sub-assembly extend bag-inwardly and comprise a thin pliable material, whereby to provide improved self-closure as the product fills the bag. Both improved filling and sealing are achieved.