Patent ID: 9676538
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A47J,B65B,B65D

Claim:
1. A method for manufacturing containers filled with a substance, wherein a flat sheet is placed in a vacuum or thermo forming apparatus with a forming die, and multiple container bodies are formed simultaneously in the sheet by vacuum forming or thermoforming filling cavities into the sheet using the forming die, dispensing channels are depressed by the vacuum or thermo forming apparatus in regions of the sheet that form circumferential rims surrounding openings of respective filling cavities, the dispensing channels being depressed into the sheet in a same direction as the filling cavities and arranged to allow substance to pass from a respective filling cavity, positioning protrusions are depressed by the vacuum or thermo forming apparatus in said regions of the sheet that form the circumferential rims surrounding openings of respective filling cavities, said positioning protrusions being depressed into the sheet in a same direction as the filling cavities and arranged to fit in guiding bores of a dispensing apparatus to position a respective container body relative to the dispensing apparatus, the sheet with the filling cavities is placed in a filling machine and the filling cavities are filled with said substance, a covering sheet is sealed over the sheet with the container bodies to close the filling cavities, and the sheet with the closed filling cavities is placed in a punch machine, where perimeters of the circumferential rims of the container bodies are formed by punching out waste material between the circumferential rims of the container bodies such that each circumferential rim has one of said dispensing channels and one or more of said positioning protrusions.