Method of manufacture of individual beverage carton with a straw therein

Patent 6354062 Issued on March 12, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 16, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

BevTek Inc.

Application

No. 712965 filed on 11/16/2000

US Classes:

53/410, Forming a cover adjunct or application of a cover adjunct to a cover53/133.1, Adjunct comprising provision to allow access to contents, e.g., spout, straw, drain, opening, etc.53/451, Vertically formed, filled, and sealed tubular package53/474, With diverse contents53/551Vertically disposed tube

Examiners

Primary: Sipos, John

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

B65B 009/20
B65B 061/20

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a liquid container of plastic coated boxboard, laminated cardboard or the like having a straw therein is disclosed. A method for attaching a holder/straw assembly to a carton in a continuous form, fill and seal process including the following steps: unrolling a rolled sheet material being comprised of a plurality of carton sections, each carton section having a hole formed therein; sealingly attaching the holder/straw assembly to the sheet material over said hole; attaching a strip to the holder/straw assembly; forming the sheet into a columnar sleeve; sealing a longitudinal seal along the columnar sleeve; adding the beverage into the sealed columnar sleeve; forming a top and bottom transverse seal across the columnar sleeve and through the beverage; cutting each carton from the columnar sleeve; and forming a parallelepipedic carton having a drinking straw therein.