Method for making pouches and a pouch as such

US9932136B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Teepack Spezialmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG · DE
• Molins PLC · GB

Inventors

• Stefan Lambertz · Hürth, DE
• Phil Haddow · Biggleswade, GB
• Peter John Whitlock · Leek Wootton, GB
• Bradley Wiggett · Birmingham, GB
• Michael Merlyn Klein · Ann Arbor, US
• Hans Knops · Krefeld, DE
• Wolfgang Reichel · Yverdon-les-Bains, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 3, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D85/808
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pouch and a method for making the same. In the inventive method, which is adapted to produce pouches having a limited amount of fusible material, a heat-sealable cord is arranged on a web forming confronting side surface of each pouch. Those confronting side surfaces are fused by heating the heat-sealable cord. The present invention furthermore provides a pouch, in particular containing a brewable or extractable commodity such as tea, with a pocket defined between confronting side surfaces of a web. The pouch of the present invention can have a limited amount of fusible material as the confronting side surfaces are joined by solidified melt of a heat-sealable cord arranged in vicinity of at least one edge of the pouch.