Patent ID: 9359092
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B65B

Claim Text:
1. A device for packaging products which is designed for forming a bag-like tube by way of a longitudinal connection device, from a web of packaging material, wherein the bag-like tube, with respect to a conveying direction of the packaging material, is open in a region in front of the longitudinal connection device and is closed in a region after the longitudinal connection device, the device comprising: a suction device comprising a suction channel and at least one suction opening, said suction device, in the region in front of the longitudinal connection device, leads into the still open bag-like tube, said at least one suction opening, through which gas can be drawn out of the region after the longitudinal connection device, through the suction channel, and out of the bag-like tube, being provided in the region after the longitudinal connection device, wherein a section of the suction channel cooperates with the longitudinal connection device to form a longitudinal connection in the web of packaging material and thereby form the bag-like tube, wherein the section of the suction channel defines an enclosed hole in the suction channel into which layers of the packaging material, which lie against one another, can be pressed by the longitudinal connection device to form the longitudinal connection.