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US20060000189A1 - Method and device for applying pouring elements to packaging and packaging produced according to said method - Google Patents

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US20060000189A1
US20060000189A1 US10/513,574 US51357405A US2006000189A1 US 20060000189 A1 US20060000189 A1 US 20060000189A1 US 51357405 A US51357405 A US 51357405A US 2006000189 A1 US2006000189 A1 US 2006000189A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/72Contents-dispensing means
    • B65D5/74Spouts
    • B65D5/746Spouts formed separately from the container
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31BMAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
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    • B31B50/81Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
    • B31B50/84Forming or attaching means for filling or dispensing contents, e.g. valves or spouts
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C65/00Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C65/02Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure
    • B29C65/08Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using ultrasonic vibrations
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C66/00General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts
    • B29C66/50General aspects of joining tubular articles; General aspects of joining long products, i.e. bars or profiled elements; General aspects of joining single elements to tubular articles, hollow articles or bars; General aspects of joining several hollow-preforms to form hollow or tubular articles
    • B29C66/51Joining tubular articles, profiled elements or bars; Joining single elements to tubular articles, hollow articles or bars; Joining several hollow-preforms to form hollow or tubular articles
    • B29C66/53Joining single elements to tubular articles, hollow articles or bars
    • B29C66/532Joining single elements to the wall of tubular articles, hollow articles or bars
    • B29C66/5324Joining single elements to the wall of tubular articles, hollow articles or bars said single elements being substantially annular, i.e. of finite length
    • B29C66/53245Joining single elements to the wall of tubular articles, hollow articles or bars said single elements being substantially annular, i.e. of finite length said articles being hollow
    • B29C66/53246Joining single elements to the wall of tubular articles, hollow articles or bars said single elements being substantially annular, i.e. of finite length said articles being hollow said single elements being spouts, e.g. joining spouts to containers
    • B29C66/53247Joining single elements to the wall of tubular articles, hollow articles or bars said single elements being substantially annular, i.e. of finite length said articles being hollow said single elements being spouts, e.g. joining spouts to containers said spouts comprising flanges
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C66/00General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts
    • B29C66/80General aspects of machine operations or constructions and parts thereof
    • B29C66/81General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps
    • B29C66/814General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps
    • B29C66/8145General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the constructional aspects of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps
    • B29C66/81463General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the design of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps characterised by the constructional aspects of the pressing elements, e.g. of the welding jaws or clamps comprising a plurality of single pressing elements, e.g. a plurality of sonotrodes, or comprising a plurality of single counter-pressing elements, e.g. a plurality of anvils, said plurality of said single elements being suitable for making a single joint
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C66/00General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts
    • B29C66/80General aspects of machine operations or constructions and parts thereof
    • B29C66/84Specific machine types or machines suitable for specific applications
    • B29C66/843Machines for making separate joints at the same time in different planes; Machines for making separate joints at the same time mounted in parallel or in series
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29LINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
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    • B29L2031/7162Boxes, cartons, cases
    • B29L2031/7166Cartons of the fruit juice or milk type, i.e. containers of polygonal cross sections formed by folding blanks into a tubular body with end-closing or contents-supporting elements, e.g. gable type containers

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for attaching pouring elements to packages, especially square packages made of multi-layer composite material for liquids, as well as packages produced in this way.
  • Beverage containers that are developed as multi-layer composite packages are known in a number of forms, such as flat gable composite packages. They are used primarily as containers for liquids in connection with cold-, sterile-, hot- and aseptic contents.
  • EP 0 580 593 B1 discloses a multi-layer composite package with a pouring element that is used for opening the package for the first time and has for the reclosability an appropriate closing element.
  • a notch provided in the area of the carton layer and the outer PE layer of the composite material of the package is supposed to gable the ridge material, and an opening element that is integrally connected to the pouring element is then pressed into the notch in the package material to open the package.
  • packages are known having pouring elements with screwed closures.
  • it is also known to apply the screwed closures to the (still closed) package, or to introduce said screwed closures through an opening in the head area of the multi-layer composite package and attach it there, usually with a flange to be connected to the interior wall.
  • it is problematic to apply the screwed-cap pouring element after the package was filled because of potential hygienic problems with the product and/or the container and/or the pourer to be attached.
  • a device in accordance with the invention solves the problem with a stamping station, where an opening to receive a pouring element is stamped into a delivered and unfolded tube, a station to apply the pouring elements in the openings produced in the stamping station, as well as, if applicable, other stations for preparing the package bottom and filling as well as closing the finished package, with a rotatable transport means being provided for the transport of at least one tube which, depending on the number of stations, is respectively rotated around an angle.
  • the rotatable transport means allows the simultaneous processing of a plurality of package jackets, which pass through several stations.
  • the pouring elements are screwed closures, with the screwed closures usefully being applied with already attached threaded lids.
  • the stamped opening in the package has a diameter that essentially corresponds to the outer diameter of the threaded lid.
  • said elements have a flange that is connected to the interior side of the package, preferably glued or welded all-over.
  • a further station is provided to transfer the tubes provided with the pouring element to downstream units.
  • a transfer means may be provided for this purpose, which supplies the tubes pivoted around an axis by 180° to a mandrel wheel, where the bottom of the package is prepared.
  • another station serves to extract tubes where the pouring element was not attached or not attached properly.
  • the tubes that were not properly processed may remain on the transport means until they arrive at the extraction station, where they are removed from the transport means with mechanical or pneumatic means.
  • the transport means has four stations, with each station having a plurality of receiving means for the respective processing. It is advantageous if the receiving means are arranged along the outer sides of a square on the transport means.
  • the transport means has an upstream means to unfold the package jackets into tubes.
  • the invention relates to a package, especially a rectangular package of composite carton, having a pouring element with a fastening flange, especially a reclosable screwed closure with a threaded cap, produced in accordance with the aforementioned method. It is useful to apply the pouring element at the inner side of the tube such that the flange of the pouring element ends essentially flush with the inner wall of the tube. In this way, the package tube, which is already equipped with the pouring element, can be processed further on a mandrel by drawing the open package tube with the attached pouring element over a mandrel to seal the bottom of the package.
  • FIG. 1 schematically a device in accordance with the invention in perspective view in the direction of the flow of the material
  • FIG. 2 schematically, the device in accordance with the invention in FIG. 1 in another perspective view against the flow of the material.
  • FIG. 1 shows that in a stamping station S, a plurality of flat folded package jackets 1 are fed to an unfolding station (not shown), from where the package jackets, which are formed into respective rectangular tubes 2 , are transferred to a stamping unit 4 to prepare a stamp opening 3 , with a stamp plunger 5 precisely positioning and making the stamp opening 3 .
  • the slugs 6 of the multi-layer composite are also removed from the stamping units 4 in said stamping station S.
  • the package tubes 2 having a stamp opening 3 are fed to a station A to apply the pouring elements 7 .
  • the feed of the pouring elements 7 is effected in station A by feed rails (not shown), with a plunger 8 transferring the pouring element 7 located at the end of the fed pouring elements 7 to a tool 9 , which introduces the respective pouring element 7 into the package tube 2 and inserts the pouring element 7 from the inside through the punch opening 3 toward the outside.
  • the tool 9 serves as an anvil for the welding process.
  • the flange of the pouring element 7 is welded to the multi-layer composite material that borders the stamp opening 3 by axially delivering a sonotrode 10 that has an opening to receive the treaded cap.
  • the transfer of the package tubes 2 from station A and/or S to the stations F and/or D occurs by means of a transport means 11 , which is developed as a square rotary table.
  • a transport means 11 which is developed as a square rotary table.
  • receiving means which are not described in detail, are provided to receive the three tubes 2 in the shown embodiment on one side.
  • the package tubes 2 are then fed from the station A, where the pouring elements 7 were applied, to the transport means 11 of station F with another 90° rotation, with said station F delivering the package tubes 2 to downstream means for the preparation of the package bottom and the filling as well as the closing of the finished package.
  • the package tubes 2 shown in the embodiment in FIG. 2 are pivoted around a horizontal axis 12 by 180° by means of a transfer means and drawn on the mandrel of a mandrel wheel 13 , with only two parallel mandrels of the mandrel wheel 13 being shown for clarity.
  • the package tubes 2 which are still taken up by the transport means 11 are inspected by an appropriately developed sensor 14 before being transferred to check if the pouring elements were applied properly. If the sensor 14 detects tubes 2 where the pouring element was not applied at all or not applied properly, said tubes remain in the transport means 11 and are fed with another 90° rotation to a station D to extract the rejects. This is shown schematically with the package tube 2 ′ in FIG. 2 . Piston/cylinder units 15 (shown only schematically) can be used for the extraction.
  • the device in accordance with the invention is constructed so as to save space and can work at a relatively fast cycle rate due to the respective 90° rotations.
  • the processing tools arranged on the periphery remain stationary, so that only relatively small masses have to be moved for the transfer of the tubes 2 .

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A method and a device for applying pouring elements packages, especially to rectangular multi-layer composite packages for liquids. To facilitate an automated application of a pouring element be introduced through a stamp opening, a stamping station provided, where an opening is stamped into a fed-in unfolded tube to receive a pouring element, as well as a station to apply the pouring elements to the openings prepared in the stamping station. If applicable, other stations are provided for the preparation of the package bottom and the filling as well as the closing of the finished package, or for extracting packages that either have not been provided or have not been properly provided with a pouring element, with at least one rotatable transport means that is rotated by a respective angle corresponding to the number of stations being provided to transport at least one respective tube.

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  • The invention relates to a method and a device for attaching pouring elements to packages, especially square packages made of multi-layer composite material for liquids, as well as packages produced in this way.
  • Beverage containers that are developed as multi-layer composite packages are known in a number of forms, such as flat gable composite packages. They are used primarily as containers for liquids in connection with cold-, sterile-, hot- and aseptic contents.
  • To improve the handling of these composite packages and in particular to achieve the reclosability, the trend has been to provide the composite packages with reclosable pouring elements. Said pouring elements can be developed in single- or multiple parts and generally have an opening element and a lid. Today nearly all packages on the market have reclosable pouring elements. EP 0 580 593 B1, for example, discloses a multi-layer composite package with a pouring element that is used for opening the package for the first time and has for the reclosability an appropriate closing element. A notch provided in the area of the carton layer and the outer PE layer of the composite material of the package is supposed to gable the ridge material, and an opening element that is integrally connected to the pouring element is then pressed into the notch in the package material to open the package.
  • Furthermore, packages are known having pouring elements with screwed closures. In that case, it is also known to apply the screwed closures to the (still closed) package, or to introduce said screwed closures through an opening in the head area of the multi-layer composite package and attach it there, usually with a flange to be connected to the interior wall. In particular with the latter pourers, it is problematic to apply the screwed-cap pouring element after the package was filled because of potential hygienic problems with the product and/or the container and/or the pourer to be attached.
  • It is therefore the object of the present invention to design and develop the initially mentioned and explained method as well as a corresponding device for the application of pouring elements on packages in such as way as to facilitate an automated application with a pouring element that is introduced through a stamp opening.
  • The object of the invention is attained by the following method with the steps:
      • Feeding flat-folded package jackets,
      • Separating, pre-folding, if applicable, and unfolding of the package jackets into respective rectangular tubes,
      • Transporting at least one tube into a stamping station, where an opening to receive the pouring element is stamped into the tube,
      • Transporting at least one tube into a station for the application of pouring elements into the openings prepared in the stamping station,
      • Preparing the bottom of the package, and
      • Filling and closing the finished package.
  • In accordance with the invention, it was found that applying the pouring element even before preparing of the bottom of the package simplifies the production process, because in the sterilization, which takes place directly prior to filling with the packages produced according to this method, the package, as well as the pouring element that was applied earlier and is firmly connected to the wall of the package, are sterilized simultaneously.
  • A device in accordance with the invention solves the problem with a stamping station, where an opening to receive a pouring element is stamped into a delivered and unfolded tube, a station to apply the pouring elements in the openings produced in the stamping station, as well as, if applicable, other stations for preparing the package bottom and filling as well as closing the finished package, with a rotatable transport means being provided for the transport of at least one tube which, depending on the number of stations, is respectively rotated around an angle.
  • The rotatable transport means allows the simultaneous processing of a plurality of package jackets, which pass through several stations.
  • In another embodiment of the invention, the pouring elements are screwed closures, with the screwed closures usefully being applied with already attached threaded lids. This means that the stamped opening in the package has a diameter that essentially corresponds to the outer diameter of the threaded lid. To attach the pouring elements, said elements have a flange that is connected to the interior side of the package, preferably glued or welded all-over.
  • In another advantageous embodiment of the invention, a further station is provided to transfer the tubes provided with the pouring element to downstream units. A transfer means may be provided for this purpose, which supplies the tubes pivoted around an axis by 180° to a mandrel wheel, where the bottom of the package is prepared.
  • In another teaching of the invention it is provided that another station serves to extract tubes where the pouring element was not attached or not attached properly. The tubes that were not properly processed may remain on the transport means until they arrive at the extraction station, where they are removed from the transport means with mechanical or pneumatic means.
  • Especially preferably, the transport means has four stations, with each station having a plurality of receiving means for the respective processing. It is advantageous if the receiving means are arranged along the outer sides of a square on the transport means.
  • To transfer the package blanks to the transport means in unfolded condition, the transport means has an upstream means to unfold the package jackets into tubes.
  • Finally, the invention relates to a package, especially a rectangular package of composite carton, having a pouring element with a fastening flange, especially a reclosable screwed closure with a threaded cap, produced in accordance with the aforementioned method. It is useful to apply the pouring element at the inner side of the tube such that the flange of the pouring element ends essentially flush with the inner wall of the tube. In this way, the package tube, which is already equipped with the pouring element, can be processed further on a mandrel by drawing the open package tube with the attached pouring element over a mandrel to seal the bottom of the package.
  • The invention is explained in the following with an illustration that represents only one preferred embodiment. The illustration shows in
  • FIG. 1 schematically a device in accordance with the invention in perspective view in the direction of the flow of the material and
  • FIG. 2 schematically, the device in accordance with the invention in FIG. 1 in another perspective view against the flow of the material.
  • The sequence of the method in accordance with the invention can be described as follows:
  • FIG. 1 shows that in a stamping station S, a plurality of flat folded package jackets 1 are fed to an unfolding station (not shown), from where the package jackets, which are formed into respective rectangular tubes 2, are transferred to a stamping unit 4 to prepare a stamp opening 3, with a stamp plunger 5 precisely positioning and making the stamp opening 3. The slugs 6 of the multi-layer composite are also removed from the stamping units 4 in said stamping station S.
  • Then the package tubes 2 having a stamp opening 3 are fed to a station A to apply the pouring elements 7.
  • The feed of the pouring elements 7 is effected in station A by feed rails (not shown), with a plunger 8 transferring the pouring element 7 located at the end of the fed pouring elements 7 to a tool 9, which introduces the respective pouring element 7 into the package tube 2 and inserts the pouring element 7 from the inside through the punch opening 3 toward the outside.
  • Then the tool 9 serves as an anvil for the welding process. In the subsequent welding process, the flange of the pouring element 7 is welded to the multi-layer composite material that borders the stamp opening 3 by axially delivering a sonotrode 10 that has an opening to receive the treaded cap.
  • In the shown and insofar preferred embodiment, the transfer of the package tubes 2 from station A and/or S to the stations F and/or D occurs by means of a transport means 11, which is developed as a square rotary table. On the outsides of said rotary table, receiving means, which are not described in detail, are provided to receive the three tubes 2 in the shown embodiment on one side. The package tubes 2 are then fed from the station A, where the pouring elements 7 were applied, to the transport means 11 of station F with another 90° rotation, with said station F delivering the package tubes 2 to downstream means for the preparation of the package bottom and the filling as well as the closing of the finished package.
  • To that end, the package tubes 2 shown in the embodiment in FIG. 2 are pivoted around a horizontal axis 12 by 180° by means of a transfer means and drawn on the mandrel of a mandrel wheel 13, with only two parallel mandrels of the mandrel wheel 13 being shown for clarity.
  • It is especially useful if the package tubes 2, which are still taken up by the transport means 11 are inspected by an appropriately developed sensor 14 before being transferred to check if the pouring elements were applied properly. If the sensor 14 detects tubes 2 where the pouring element was not applied at all or not applied properly, said tubes remain in the transport means 11 and are fed with another 90° rotation to a station D to extract the rejects. This is shown schematically with the package tube 2′ in FIG. 2. Piston/cylinder units 15 (shown only schematically) can be used for the extraction.
  • It becomes quickly obvious that the device in accordance with the invention is constructed so as to save space and can work at a relatively fast cycle rate due to the respective 90° rotations. In doing so, the processing tools arranged on the periphery remain stationary, so that only relatively small masses have to be moved for the transfer of the tubes 2.

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17. A method for applying pouring elements to packages, comprising the steps of:
feeding flat-folded package jackets;
separating and unfolding the package jackets into a respective rectangular tube;
transporting at least one tube to a stamping station where an opening to receive the pouring element is stamped into the tube;
transporting at least one tube to a station for applying pouring elements into the opening prepared in the stamping station;
preparing a package bottom; and
filling and closing the package.
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the pouring elements are screwed closures.
19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the respective screwed closures are applied with a threaded lid already screwed on.
20. The method according to claim 17, wherein the pouring elements have a respective flange glued to an interior side of the package.
21. The method according to claim 17, wherein the pouring elements have a respective flange welded to an interior side of the package.
22. A device for applying pouring elements to packages comprising:
a stamping station where an opening to receive a pouring element is stamped into a fed-in unfolded tube;
a station for applying the pouring element to the opening prepared in the stamping station; and
transport means for transporting at least one tube, wherein the transport means is rotatable around an angle corresponding to a number of stations provided in the device.
23. The device according to claim 22, wherein a first additional station is provided to transfer the tube having a pouring element to a downstream unit.
24. The device according to claim 23, wherein the downstream unit is provided as a transfer unit to pivot the tubes around a horizontal axis by 180° and feed the tubes to a mandrel wheel where the bottom of the package is formed.
25. The device according to claim 23, wherein a second additional station is provided to extract the tubes where one of the pouring elements was not applied and the pouring element was not properly applied.
26. The device according to claim 25, wherein the stamping station, the station for applying, the first additional station, and the second additional station have a plurality of receiving means to receive a plurality of tubes.
27. The device according to claim 26, wherein the transport means has four stations.
28. The device according to claim 25, wherein the stamping station, the station for applying, the first additional station, and the second additional station have a plurality of receiving means.
29. The device according to claim 27, wherein the receiving means are arranged on the transport means along the outer sides of a square.
30. The device according to claim 22, wherein the transport means includes at least one upstream means to unfold a package jacket into the tube.
31. A package comprising:
a pouring element having a fastening flange, wherein the package is produced by feeding flat-folded package jackets;
separating and unfolding the package jackets into a rectangular tube;
transporting at least one tube to a stamping station where an opening to receive the pouring element is stamped into the tube;
transporting at least one tube to a stamping station for applying pouring elements into the opening prepared in the stamping station;
preparing a package bottom; and
filling and closing the package.
32. The package according to claim 31, wherein the pouring element is applied at an interior side of the tube in such a way that the flange of the pouring element ends essentially flush with an interior wall of the tube.
33. The method according to claim 17, wherein the packages are rectangular multi-layer packages for liquids.
34. The device according to claim 22, wherein the packages are rectangular multi-layer packages for liquids.
35. The device according to claim 22, further comprising at least one of a station for preparing a bottom of the package, a filling station, and a closing station.
36. The device according to claim 22, further comprising a station for preparing a bottom of the package, a filling station, and a closing station.
37. The package according to claim 31, wherein the package is a rectangular multi-layer composite package.
38. The package according to claim 31, wherein the fastening flange is a resealable screwed closure with a threaded cap.
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