Patent ID: 8906187

Claim:
A method of making a tube shoulder/nozzle with a barrier in the tube shoulder/nozzle comprising: forming the tube shoulder/nozzle having a shoulder portion and a nozzle portion, the shoulder portion comprising a first end of the tube shoulder/nozzle and a first portion of an inner surface of the tube shoulder/nozzle and the nozzle portion comprising a second end of the tube shoulder/nozzle and a second portion of the inner surface of the tube shoulder/nozzle; placing the tube shoulder/nozzle in a holder with the first end of the tube shoulder/nozzle exposed; placing a film laminate comprising a barrier layer and a polymer layer above the first end of the tube shoulder/nozzle, the polymer layer forming a first side of the film laminate and the barrier layer forming a second opposite side of the film laminate, the polymer layer facing the tube shoulder/nozzle; contacting the film laminate with a die/mandrel to simultaneously (i) cut the film laminate to fit into the tube shoulder/nozzle, and (ii) insert the film laminate into the tube shoulder/nozzle, the film laminate conforming to the shape of the tube shoulder/nozzle upon being inserted into the tube shoulder/nozzle; and wherein the die/mandrel is at a temperature to also seal the film laminate into the tube shoulder/nozzle upon cutting the film laminate to fit into the tube shoulder/nozzle, the polymer layer bonding to at least a portion of each of the first and second portions of the inner surface of the tube shoulder/nozzle and the barrier layer contacting a product in a tube comprising the tube shoulder/nozzle.