Patent ID: 6629401
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A method of essentially sterile packaging fluid powdery products in a packaging material in the form of a pouch of foil material having a filler opening closable by a closure cap, characterized by the following steps:1.1 providing a pouch in which the closure cap can be placed in a first and second sealing position relative to the filler opening, whereby the closure cap is removable non-destructively from the filler opening in at least the first position, 1.2 subjecting the interior of the empty substantially flat pouch having the closure cap in its first position to a germ-killing treatment, 1.3 conveying the pouch having the closure cap in its first position and its interior already subjected to a germ-killing treatment to a filling point, 1.4 subjecting the exterior of the pouch having the closure cap in its first position to a germ-killing treatment at least at a portion including the closure cap and the filler opening, 1.5 removing the closure cap from the pouch, 1.6 filling the product into the pouch through the filler opening, and 1.7 re-placing the closure cap on the filled pouch and closing the filler opening by bringing the closure cap into its second position.