Patent ID: 6589146
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B31B

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing packages having a length and a width transverse to the length based on a film (10) having at least one peelable zone, comprising:(A) feeding segments (20) of strip or tape of peelable material onto the film 10) in parallel to the width of the package so that a length of said segments of elongated strip or tape of peelable material extends in parallel to said width of the package, wherein the length of the segments (20) of strip or tape of peelable material is less than the package width, while the segments (20) are deposited on the film (10); (B) flattening at least the ends of each deposited segment (20) to extend the length of each segment so that, after flattening, the segments (20) of strip or tape of peelable material cover all the width of said package in full; and (C) fixing each segment (20) of strip or tape of peelable material to the film (10).