Patent ID: 8608379
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A reclosable bag which is suitable for cooking food and which has a device for the escape of steam, comprising a flexible plastic film or a flexible plastic film composite having an outer and an inner surface, wherein a zipper having two parts is provided on the inner surface of the plastic film and the two parts of the zipper are fixed on the opposite inner surface of the bag and the zipper allows reclosable access to the packaged goods, wherein the zipper is connected to the inner surface of the plastic film by welded regions in such a manner that between the welded regions between the zipper and the inner surface of the plastic film, recesses are left free in the longitudinal direction of the zipper to form a seal-free longitudinal channel and in the transverse direction of the zipper to produce free air or steam passage openings at defined distances between the zipper and the inner surface, through which openings a passage of steam is possible, and wherein ends of the openings facing the interior of the bag are larger than ends of the openings facing the exterior of the bag, and said openings taper from the interior to the exterior of the bag, with the exterior end of each opening being disposed centrally over the interior end of the corresponding opening.