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System and method for connecting two flexible containers

US8925973B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FLECOTEC AG · DE

Inventors

Guenter Untch · Memmingen, DE
Peter Lais · Memmingen, DE
Martin Koch · Neuenbürg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 11, 2013
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/4995
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for connecting two flexible containers is provided, in particular for the environmentally sealed connecting of two open ends of tubular films. The method has at least the following method steps of: everting a first open end of a first flexible container over a first ring; everting a second open end of a second flexible container over a second ring, subsequently inserting the first ring through the second ring into the inside of the second flexible container; subsequently aligning, in a parallel and coaxial relationship, the rings in relation to one another; and abutting the rings with the ends clamped in between them.

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