Package for flowable products with flat outer sealing joint, method for producing such package and apparatus for performing this method.

摘要

A package for liquids is described which has side walls and an upper and lower wall as lid and bottom, one side wall and the lid having a sealing seam (6) extending along edges (14', 16') of adjacent wall areas (14). In order to provide the package with a smooth outer surface in the region of sealing seams without bulges of plastic material or the like resulting, provision is made according to the invention for the outer surface (22, 23) of the wall (14) with the sealing seam (6) to be of such a smooth construction that the surfaces (22, 23) of both wall areas, joined together by the sealing seam (6), are arranged so as to be flush in cross-section and merging constantly into one another via the gap (24) next to at least one end edge of an edge (14') belonging to the relevant wall area (14), and that the sealing seam (6) is covered by a plastic bulge (21) on the inside of the package.