Patent ID: 9139321
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B31B,B31F,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A method for the in-line packaging of a product, comprising: feeding in a packaging material, the packaging material being selected from a group of materials including at least a shrink film, a stretch film, a combined stretch-shrink film, and a packaging material used on a skin-packaging machine; applying at least one cover element to the packaging material; forming at least one first opening in the packaging material at the place of the cover element, substantially without forming a corresponding opening in the cover element that lies beyond it, which at least one first opening is arranged for opening the package by hand; forming at least one second opening, at the place of the cover element, in the combination of the packaging material and the cover element that lies beyond it; and packaging at least one product in this packaging material, comprising placing at least one product on the packaging material and sealing the packaging material.