REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PORTIONAL PACKAGES OF AN INADDIBLE FILL IN A FLEXIBLE CLOSURE

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP97/00121 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 17, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 17, 1998 PCT Filed Jan. 11, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/30596 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 28, 1997A device for crimping a flexible tubular container filled with a dividable filling to form portion packs thereof, which comprises an outer ring, a concentric inner ring, at least four crimping elements in the form of strips, each of which elements is pivotally mounted at one end thereof to said inner ring and engaged at the other end in recesses radially extended in said outer ring, said crimping elements cooperating to form an aperture of variable size, which can be closed upon rotation of said outer ring to crimp a flexible tubular container inserted therein.