Packaging for Foodstuffs

Abstract

For packaging foodstuffs or semi-luxury goods, the invention proposes packaging in which a protective packaging means ( 21 ) contains an inner packaging means ( 11 ) which contains the material to be packaged. The two packaging means are each produced from a strip ( 3, 13 ) by the strip being guided together to form a flexible tube ( 14 ). The inner packaging means is connected, in the region of its one end, to the outer packaging means such that, when the outer packaging means, which constitutes a protective packaging means, is torn open, the inner packaging means, rather than being destroyed, remains in the one part of the torn-open protective packaging means. The inner packaging means can preferably consist of a different material to the outer packaging means.

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         25 . A packaging, in particular, a packaging for foodstuffs and semi-luxury goods, or similar, having an inner packaging accommodating the item to be packaged and a protective packaging surrounding the inner packaging the inner surface of which is firmly joined to the inner packaging at at least one location and may be manually opened. 
     
     
         26 . A packaging according to  claim 25 , wherein the protective packaging has a perforation extending along a closed line. 
     
     
         27 . A packaging according to  claim 25 , wherein the protective packaging and possibly the inner packaging, have longitudinally extended shapes and the perforation is arranged transversely in respect to the longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         28 . A packaging according to  claim 25 , wherein the protective packaging has a grasping tab on either end. 
     
     
         29 . A packaging according to  claim 25 , wherein a single inner packaging is arranged within a protective packaging. 
     
     
         30 . A packaging according to  claim 25 , wherein the inner packaging and/or protective packaging are manufactured in the form of flexible, tubular sections from a strip of material. 
     
     
         31 . A packaging according to  claim 30 , wherein the flexible tubular sections are pressed flat at separation zones running transversely to the tube and the two sides of the flexible tubing are joined to one another. 
     
     
         32 . A packaging according to  claim 31 , wherein the flattened sections on either side of the separation zones form grasping tabs. 
     
     
         33 . A packaging according to  claim 30 , wherein an edge of the strip of material is folded over outward and the opposite edge of the strip of material is joined to the outer layer of its folded-over edge in order to form the inner packaging. 
     
     
         34 . A packaging according to  claim 33 , wherein a zone along the folded-over edge of the strip of material remains loose. 
     
     
         35 . A packaging according to  claim 30 , wherein an edge of the strip of material is folded over outward and the opposite edge of the strip of material is joined to the outer layer of its folded-over edge in order to form the protective packaging. 
     
     
         36 . A packaging according to  claim 33 , wherein the zone along the folded-over edge of the strip of material serves to join the protective packaging to the inner packaging. 
     
     
         37 . A packaging according to  claim 25 , wherein the joint between the inner packaging and the protective packaging is provided in the vicinity of just one end of the packaging. 
     
     
         38 . A packaging according to  claim 25 , wherein the inner packaging consists of a material differing from that of the protective packaging. 
     
     
         39 . A packaging according to  claim 25 , wherein the inner packaging consists of a material permeable to water. 
     
     
         40 . A method for packaging foodstuffs and/or semi-luxury goods, wherein an inner packaging having an open end is formed, a portion of the item to be packaged is filled into the inner packaging through its open end, the inner packaging is sealed, a protective packaging having an open end is formed, the inner packaging is positioned in the protective packaging through its open end, and the protective packaging is sealed. 
     
     
         41 . A method according to  claim 40 , wherein the inner packaging and/or the protective packaging are configured as sections of flexible tubing formed from a continuously forming, flexible tube. 
     
     
         42 . A method according to  claim 41 , wherein the flexible tube is formed by joining the longitudinal edges of a strip of material. 
     
     
         43 . A method according to  claim 41 , wherein the inner packaging and/or the protective packaging are separated into individual sections by dissecting the respective flexible tubes. 
     
     
         44 . A method according to  claim 41 , wherein the inner packaging is joined to the protective packaging in the vicinity of a separation zone. 
     
     
         45 . A method according to  claim 40 , wherein the protective packaging is provided with a circumferential perforation. 
     
     
         46 . A method according to  claim 42 , wherein an edge of the strip of material is folded over outward and the opposite edge of the strip of material is joined to the outer layer of its folded-over edge in order to form the inner packaging, where its folded-over edge preferably remains loose at the zone along its edge. 
     
     
         47 . A method according to  claim 40 , wherein the inner packaging consists of a material differing from that of the protective packaging. 
     
     
         48 . A method according to  claim 40 , wherein both ends of the protective packaging are provided with a grasping tab.