Patent ID: 8807401

Claim:
A sealing arrangement for sealing of a flexible package, comprising a circumferential sealing device which is connectable about an opening in the package, an openable access device which is disposed for insertion in the opening of the package, the sealing device being disposed about the access device for urging of the package against the access device, the sealing device comprising two shanks with a hinge device at one end of the shanks and an (Tenable locking device at their other end so that there is an interspace between the outside of the access device and the shanks in the open position of the sealing device along the entire circumference of the access device, the extent of the interspace along the outside of the access device being at least of a same order of magnitude as a width of the shanks so that an opening in the package is insertable in the interspace and clampable when the sealing device is closed, and the access device has an anchorage against a portion of the sealing device in association with the hinge device, wherein the hinge device includes two upper hinge members on either side of the anchorage and a further two lower hinge members in that portion of the shanks which defines the interspace between the shanks and the outside of the access device.