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Device, In Particular For Closing A Head Region Of A Foodstuffs Container Made Of A Laminate Having An Edge Region Which Is Skived And Partially Folded Over Itself

Patent No. EP3212514 (titled "Device, In Particular For Closing A Head Region Of A Foodstuffs Container Made Of A Laminate Having An Edge Region Which Is Skived And Partially Folded Over Itself") was filed by SIG Combibloc Services on Oct 9, 2015. The application was issued on Jan 15, 2020.

Patent Summary

A device comprises a first fixing element with a first fixing surface, a further fixing element with a further fixing surface, and a folded planar composite fixed between them. The composite includes a first composite region with a layer sequence of four overlapping composite layers (first to fourth) in the direction from the further fixing surface to the first fixing surface. In this region, the second layer is joined to the third, and the third to the fourth. Each composite layer contains a corresponding carrier layer; the third carrier layer is thinner than the first, second, and fourth carrier layers, or combinations thereof. At least one fixing surface features a recess with a first maximum depth in a first recess region, with the first composite region located at least partially between this region and the fixing surface.

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TETRA LAVAL & FINANCEOct 15, 2020TETRA PAK PATENT ATTORNEYS
ELOPAKOct 13, 2020ACAPO ONSAGERS

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EP3212514

SIG COMBIBLOC SERVICES
Application Number
EP15775723A
Filing Date
Oct 9, 2015
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Dec 13, 2019
Publication Date
Jan 15, 2020
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