Straw-access system for flexible beverage pouch
US5873656A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2231/022
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An easy-open beverage container and an opening system for the beverage container are provided which include a container barrier wall having a straw hole. An easy-open tamper-evident membrane seal is located inside of the container and sealingly covers the straw hole. This membrane seal includes an outer portion which is sealed to an inside surface of the barrier wall about the straw hole and which terminates at a distance from the straw hole. This outer portion includes fingers which extend toward the straw hole. The membrane seal also includes an inner portion integral with the outer portion which is not sealed to the inside surface and which covers the straw hole so that in use the straw pierces the inner portion after being inserted into the straw hole. Preferably, the fingers form a sinusoidal intersection of the inner and outer portions, and the inner and outer portions as well as the straw hole are concentric. In addition, the membrane seal is formed of a laminate of LLDPE-EVOH-LLDPE suitably laminated together, as by tie layers, with the EVOH less than 40% of the thickness of the laminate and each LLDPE is at least 30% of the thickness of the laminate. The distance is greate…
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