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(11) EP 0 603 963 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.10.1994 Bulletin 1994/41

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.06.1994 Bulletin 1994/26

(21) Application number: 93203589.2

(22) Date of filing: 21.12.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B65D 88/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DK GB SE

(30) Priority: 23.12.1992 GB 9226752

(71) Applicant: BOWATER BULK PACKAGING LIMITED
London SW1X (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hughes, James Francis John
    Rufforth, York YO2 3RL (GB)

(74) Representative: Wharton, Peter Robert 
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord Inventions House Valley Court, Canal Road
Bradford BD1 4SP
Bradford BD1 4SP (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Container bag


    (57) A method of securing a liner within an IBC which comprises providing a liner separated into a content-receiving portion and one or more ear portions separated therefrom and attaching the or each ear portion at or near the top of the IBC. The attachment is carried out by gluing, heat sealing, stitching, tying, ultra-sonic welding or by means of plastic tags applied with a tag gun. A generally rectangular sheet of plastics material is provided, the sheet is heat sealed or otherwise joined to form a flat rectangular "pillow" having one of its narrower sides open, the width of this open side is constricted to leave a narrower opening such that when the liner is filled it resembles a bottle in shape. The portions of the liner on either side of the bottle "neck" are separated from the main body by a heat seal and comprise the ear portions.






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