FLEXIBLE POUCH FITMENT STRUCTURE

摘要

A flexible plastic fitment for providing spouts for pouches formed of sheet material. The fitment includes a pair of opposed side walls each having a center portion formed from diametrically opposed segments of a common cylinder and straight segments th at blend respectively into the cylindrical segments on opposite sides of the common cylinder. The side walls are joined together at both ends thereof to form a canoe shape. A cove r, which provides the only support for the side walls joins the top edges of the canoe shape a nd extends at both ends of the canoe shape between the cylindrical segments and the joined ends . A thin fin extends from each end of the joined side walls. A method of and apparatus for attaching the fitment by distending the side walls outwardly while urging the sheet material toward t he side walls is also disclosed.