EP1135309B1 - A packaging container with an opening device - Google Patents
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- EP1135309B1 EP1135309B1 EP99950571A EP99950571A EP1135309B1 EP 1135309 B1 EP1135309 B1 EP 1135309B1 EP 99950571 A EP99950571 A EP 99950571A EP 99950571 A EP99950571 A EP 99950571A EP 1135309 B1 EP1135309 B1 EP 1135309B1
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- packaging container
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
- B65D5/02—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body
- B65D5/06—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body with end-closing or contents-supporting elements formed by folding inwardly a wall extending from, and continuously around, an end of the tubular body
- B65D5/067—Gable-top containers
- B65D5/068—Gable-top containers with supplemental means facilitating the opening, e.g. tear lines, tear tabs
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
- B65D5/02—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body
- B65D5/06—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body with end-closing or contents-supporting elements formed by folding inwardly a wall extending from, and continuously around, an end of the tubular body
- B65D5/064—Rectangular containers having a body with gusset-flaps folded outwardly or adhered to the side or the top of the container
- B65D5/065—Rectangular containers having a body with gusset-flaps folded outwardly or adhered to the side or the top of the container with supplemental means facilitating the opening, e.g. tear lines, tear tabs
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
- B65D75/52—Details
- B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
- B65D75/5816—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a corner or other small portion next to the edge, e.g. a U-shaped portion
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- the present invention relates to a packaging container for pourable food products, comprising a laminated, tubular packaging material with two-opposed end portions that have been produced by sealing and cutting a continuous packaging material web between consecutive packages, wherein a line of perforations extends across a corner of one of said end portions to facilitate the opening of the container.
- the invention relates to the technical field of packaging of pourable food products, such as fruit juice, heat treated milk subjected to so-called UHT (ultra high temperature) treatment, tomato puree, sauces, etc.
- pourable food products such as fruit juice, heat treated milk subjected to so-called UHT (ultra high temperature) treatment, tomato puree, sauces, etc.
- UHT ultra high temperature
- tomato puree tomato puree
- sauces etc.
- Some food products, particularly for children, are sold in a liquid state for storage in a domestic freezer, and then consumed in a frozen state.
- Such products are packaged in packages that are manufactured from a previously sterilised or sterile-treated packaging material.
- a typical example of this kind of package is the tetrahedral packaging container for liquid or pourable food products, which is known by the name TETRA CLASSIC ASEPTIC (Registered Trade Mark), which is manufactured by folding and sealing of a web-shaped laminated packaging material.
- the laminated packaging material comprises a support layer, made of e.g. fibrous material such as paper, coated on either side with a thermoplastic material such as polyethylene.
- a layer of barrier material such as e.g. aluminium foil, which is also coated with a thermoplastic layer.
- packaging material web is sterilised in the packaging machine by the application of a chemical sterilisation agent such as e.g. hydrogen peroxide solution.
- a chemical sterilisation agent such as e.g. hydrogen peroxide solution.
- the sterilisation agent is removed from the surfaces of the packaging material, for example, it may be vaporised by heating.
- the sterilised packaging material is folded and longitudinally sealed to form a tube, which is filled with sterile-treated food product.
- the tube passes between two pairs of endless chains bearing sealing members which clamp and seal the tube therebetween to produce a first sealed band of material extending in a first direction, and a second sealed band of material extending in a perpendicular direction.
- the resulting packages have a tetrahedral shape.
- the sealed packaging material bands are cut between consecutive filled and sealed tetrahedral packages.
- An example of this type of packaging machine is the TETRA CLASSIC ASEPTIC (Registered Trade Mark) filling machine, manufactured by Tetra Pak Stalvall, in Partille, Sweden.
- One solution consists in the provision of a line of perforations, partially penetrating the outer layers of the laminated packaging material but leaving the internal barrier layer or layers intact, and extending across a corner of the package. By cutting or tearing along the perforations, the package was opened, and the contents could be poured from the package.
- some persons e.g. children and elderly, may have a problem to open this package due to the lack of finger power or due to the lack of suitable scissors.
- FR 2 314 106 discloses a container for packaging liquid products having an end sealed band provided, at the cut edge, with a grip-tab for facilitating the opening of the container.
- One of the objects of the invention is to provide better means for opening a packaging container having a tear-off corner. Another object is to improve the aseptic properties of this type of container. Still another object of the invention is to avoid production of waste material.
- the packaging container according to invention is characterized in that the cut edge of the end fin portion with the line of perforations is provided with a bend, so that a first segment of the cut edge extends more close to the product-filled part of the container than a second segment of the cut edge, wherein the second segment of the cut edge, which is more distant from the product-filled part of the container than the first segment, forms a grip-tab for opening the perforated corner.
- This grip-tab equipped corner makes it much easier to open the packaging container, both by providing a clear indication to which of the corners of the container that is provided with the tear-off facility, and by providing a larger grip surface for the fingers.
- the protruding grip-tab provides a better leverage for initiating the tear-off.
- the cut edge bend is located near the line of perforations. It is possible to cut both ends of the packaging container with identical knife means by providing the cut edge of the other end portion with a corresponding bend.
- the packaging container may be a tetrahedral packaging container, a parallelepiped packaging container, a wedge-shaped packaging container, or a non-folded pillow-shaped packaging container.
- the tetrahedral container 10 shown in FIG.1 is essentially of a conventional type, having two sealed fin portions 11 and 12 and an intermediate product filled container portion 13. One of the four corners of the container is provided with a perforation 14 that partially penetrates the outer layers of the laminated packaging material but leaves the internal barrier layer or layers intact.
- the fin portion 11 is provided with a protruding grip-tab 11a, which is located at the corner which is provided with the perforation 14.
- the grip-tab 11a has been produced by cutting the fin so that the cut edge portion 11b of its remaining part, i.e. except the cut edge portion 11c of the grip-tab 11a, extends close to or immediately along the sealing weld 15 that seals the fin portion 11.
- the cut edge portions 11b and 11c are interconnected by means of a bent cut edge portion 11d.
- the intersection between the bent edge portion 11d and the edge portion 11b is provided with a notch 16 into the perforation 14.
- the fin portion 11 has a shorter segment where the fin is wide and a longer segment where the fin is narrow.
- the knife 17 for cutting the sealed bands of packaging material between consecutive packages in the packaging machine has a first linear segment 17a for cutting the unsealed part of the fin (i.e. the outermost part of the fin which remains unsealed) from the sealed part of the fin (located adjacent the product filled part of the package) along a linear tract.
- the knife also has a second shaped segment 17b for leaving a protruding grip-tab at one end of the fin, and a third intermediate segment 17c including an angled cutting edge 17d for forming a pre-cut tearing line between the grip-tab and the linear tract.
- FIG. 4 shows four knives 17 that are mounted with equal angular distribution around the circumference of a first rotatable member 18.
- a corresponding number of counterdies 19 are mounted in the same manner around the circumference of a second rotatable member 20, so that each knife cooperates with a corresponding counterdie.
- the material web 21 is cut off simultaneously producing a trailing edge of a preceding container and a front edge of a following container.
- the concept of the present invention is of course also applicable to other types of packaging containers for pourable food products, for example to packaging containers 10', 10'', 10''' shown in Figures 5, 6, 7 and respectively known by the names TETRA BRIK, TETRA WEDGE and TETRA FINO (Registered Trade Marks).
- Packaging container 10' presents a parallelepiped shape and has a product-filled part 13' corresponding to the part 13 of packaging container 10 and delimited by end walls 25, first lateral walls 26 and second lateral walls 27 wider than first lateral wall 26.
- Packaging container 10' has two sealed fin portions 28 (only one of which is shown) parallel one another and similar to fin portions 11, 12 of packaging container 10.
- Each fin portion 28 presents a main portion 29 folded on a relative end wall 28 and opposite corner portions 30 folded on respective first lateral walls 26 and having a substantially triangular shape.
- One of the corner portions 30 is provided with the perforation 14 and the protruding grip-tab 11a according to the present invention, described in detail above with reference to packaging container 10.
- Packaging container 10'' presents a wedge shape and has a product-filled part 13'' corresponding to the part 13 of packaging container 10 and delimited by a bottom rectangular wall 31, a pair of isosceles trapezoidal-shaped lateral walls 32 projecting from wall 31 and having the minor side adjacent to wall 31 itself, and a pair of triangular-shaped lateral walls 33 projecting from wall 31 and joined to walls 32 to form a wedge 34.
- Packaging container 10'' has two sealed fin portions 35 (only one of which is visible in Figure 6) similar to fin portions 11, 12 of packaging container 10; one (not shown) of fin portions 35 is folded on wall 31, whilst the other one defines the wedge 34 and is provided with the perforation 14 and the protruding grip-tab 11a according to the present invention, described in detail above with reference to packaging container 10.
- Packaging container 10''' ( Figure 7) comprises a non-folded pillow-shaped product-filled part 13''' corresponding to the part 13 of packaging container 10 and delimited by opposite sealed fin portions 36, 37 similar to fin portions 11, 12; a corner of fin portion 36 is provided with the perforation 14 and the grip-tab 11a according to the present invention, described in detail above with reference to packaging container 10.
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- A packaging container (10, 10', 10'', 10''') for pourable food products, comprising a laminated, tubular packaging material with two opposed end fin portions (11, 12; 28; 35; 36, 37) that have been produced by sealing and cutting a continuous packaging material web between consecutive packages, wherein a line (14) of perforations extends across a corner of one of said end portions (11; 28; 35; 36) to facilitate the opening of the container, characterized in that the cut edge of the end fin portion (11; 28; 35; 36) with the line (14) of perforations is provided with a bend (11d), so that a first segment (11b) of the cut edge extends more close to the product-filled part (13; 13'; 13''; 13''') of the container than a second segment (11c) of the cut edge, wherein the second segment (11c) of the cut edge which is more distant from the product-filled part of the container than the first segment (11b), forms a grip-tab (11a) for opening the perforated corner, and wherein the intersection between the cut edge bend (11d) and the first segment (11b) is provided with a notch (16) into the perforation line (14) of the end portion (11; 28; 35; 36).
- A packaging container according to claim 1, characterized in that the cut edge of the other end portion (12) is provided with a corresponding bend.
- A packaging container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the cut edge is substantially Z-shaped.
- A packaging container according to any one of the above claims, characterized in that it is a tetrahedral packaging container (10).
- A packaging container according to any one of the claims 1-3, characterized in that it is a parallelepiped packaging container (10').
- A packaging container according to any one of the claims 1-3, characterized in that it is a wedge-shaped packaging container (10'').
- A packaging container according to any one of the claims 1-3, characterized in that it is a non-folded pillow-shaped packaging container (10''').
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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SE9804121 | 1998-11-30 | ||
SE9804121A SE519009C2 (en) | 1998-11-30 | 1998-11-30 | A packaging container, a knife device for cutting the fabric web, and a method for making the packaging container |
PCT/EP1999/007232 WO2000032494A1 (en) | 1998-11-30 | 1999-09-29 | A packaging container with an opening device, knife apparatus and method to produce said container |
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EP1135309A1 EP1135309A1 (en) | 2001-09-26 |
EP1135309B1 true EP1135309B1 (en) | 2003-08-13 |
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EP99950571A Expired - Lifetime EP1135309B1 (en) | 1998-11-30 | 1999-09-29 | A packaging container with an opening device |
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EP (1) | EP1135309B1 (en) |
CN (1) | CN1131821C (en) |
AT (1) | ATE247041T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU6330499A (en) |
BR (1) | BR9915740B1 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2343290C (en) |
DE (1) | DE69910428T2 (en) |
DK (1) | DK1135309T3 (en) |
HK (1) | HK1042679A1 (en) |
ID (1) | ID28815A (en) |
MY (1) | MY121374A (en) |
SE (1) | SE519009C2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000032494A1 (en) |
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DE102010011208A1 (en) | 2010-03-09 | 2011-09-15 | Vita Pak Ug | packaging system |
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- 1999-09-29 AT AT99950571T patent/ATE247041T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1999-09-29 EP EP99950571A patent/EP1135309B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1999-09-29 CA CA002343290A patent/CA2343290C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1999-09-29 BR BRPI9915740-3A patent/BR9915740B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1999-09-29 WO PCT/EP1999/007232 patent/WO2000032494A1/en active IP Right Grant
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CN1328519A (en) | 2001-12-26 |
BR9915740B1 (en) | 2008-11-18 |
SE9804121D0 (en) | 1998-11-30 |
DK1135309T3 (en) | 2003-11-24 |
HK1042679A1 (en) | 2002-08-23 |
DE69910428D1 (en) | 2003-09-18 |
BR9915740A (en) | 2001-08-14 |
SE9804121L (en) | 2000-05-31 |
CA2343290A1 (en) | 2000-06-08 |
EP1135309A1 (en) | 2001-09-26 |
CA2343290C (en) | 2008-09-23 |
ATE247041T1 (en) | 2003-08-15 |
AU6330499A (en) | 2000-06-19 |
DE69910428T2 (en) | 2004-06-24 |
WO2000032494A1 (en) | 2000-06-08 |
SE519009C2 (en) | 2002-12-23 |
ID28815A (en) | 2001-07-05 |
MY121374A (en) | 2006-01-28 |
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