EP3156343A1 - Flan d'emballage - Google Patents

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EP3156343A1
EP3156343A1 EP16194177.8A EP16194177A EP3156343A1 EP 3156343 A1 EP3156343 A1 EP 3156343A1 EP 16194177 A EP16194177 A EP 16194177A EP 3156343 A1 EP3156343 A1 EP 3156343A1
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Kaisa PIETILÄ
Rauno VILJAKAINEN
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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
    • B65D5/18—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 a single blank to U-shape to form the base of the container and opposite sides of the body portion, the remaining sides being formed primarily by extensions of one or more of these opposite sides, e.g. flaps hinged thereto
    • 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
    • B65D2301/00—Details of blanks
    • B65D2301/10—Blanks mutually positioned to minimise waste material upon cutting out the individual blank from a continuous or large sheet

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  • the invention relates to a package blank for a scoop-type carton board package or box which can be used e.g. for French fries or other snack food.
  • the invention relates also to a die-cutting layout for blanks and method for producing cardboard package from a blank.
  • the present invention has especially an object of providing a new package blank and a new layout for printing and cutting to get material consumption per blank smaller.
  • One object of the present invention is to provide a plank for a package that is considered more efficient regarding carton consumption.
  • This invention may be used in rotary printing and flatbed die-cutting in line from a carton board reel.
  • An object is to provide a solution for smaller production machines where maximum reel width is e.g. 650 mm and maximum die-cut size is e.g. 650 mm x 650 mm.
  • a typical package blank according to the invention can be used to produce e.g. a scoop-type carton board package for French fries or other snack food.
  • the blank comprises
  • the back panel and the front panel are typically arranged next to the bottom panel on opposite sides of it in a grain direction of the package blank.
  • the left side panel and the right side panel are typically arranged next to the back panel or next to the front panel on opposite sides of it in a cross-grain direction of the package blank.
  • the left glue flap and the right glue flap are typically arranged next to the back panel or next to the front panel on opposite sides of it in a cross-grain direction of the package blank.
  • the back panel and the front panel are separated from the bottom panel by curved folding lines.
  • the left side panel, the right side panel, the left glue flap and the right glue flap are separated from the back panel or the front panel by straight folding lines.
  • the bottom panel is divided in two sub-panels being separated from each other by a folding line arranged from the bottom panel left side edge to the bottom panel right side edge in a cross-grain direction of the package blank.
  • the width of the bottom panel in the cross-grain direction varies.
  • the folding line dividing the bottom panel is arranged between the widest and narrowest points of the bottom panel.
  • the left side panel is divided into an inner left side sub-panel and an outer left side sub-panel by a straight folding line.
  • the right side panel is divided into an inner right side sub-panel and an outer right side sub-panel by a straight folding line.
  • left side panel and the right side panel are arranged next to the front panel.
  • left glue flap and the right glue flap are arranged next to the back panel.
  • a left side of the package blank is defined by the left side panel edge, the bottom panel left side edge and the left glue flap edge.
  • a right side of the package blank is defined by the right side panel edge, the bottom panel right side edge and the right glue flap edge.
  • At least a part of the left side panel edge is parallel to at least a part of the right glue flap edge. In an embodiment at least a part of the right side panel edge is parallel to at least a part of the left glue flap edge.
  • At least a part of the left side panel edge is parallel to at least a part of the left glue flap edge. In an embodiment at least a part of the right side panel edge is parallel to at least a part of the right glue flap edge.
  • Inventive design and selection of folding lines and edges of the planks provides more effective production and material consumption. E.g. forming edges parallel to each other helps to arrange blanks in an optimal way near each other.
  • a typical layout or a carton layout according to the invention comprises multiple planks according to the invention.
  • all package blanks are arranged in the same direction, i.e. in grain direction a back panel edge of one package blank is in contact with a front panel edge of a neighbouring blank package and in cross-grain direction a left side of one package blank is in contact with a right side of one or two neighbouring package blanks.
  • layout package blanks are arranged in two directions, i.e. in grain direction a back panel edge of one package blank is in contact with a front panel edge of a neighbouring blank package and in cross-grain direction a left side of one package blank is in contact with a left side of one or two neighbouring package blanks.
  • Size of a carton board blank according to the invention can be similar to cartons used previously e.g. in restaurants.
  • a difference to previous cartons is that glue flaps are not situated next to the side panels but they are placed directly on the back or front panel. This modification makes the amount of stripping waste near to the reel edge smaller than in the previous scoop cartons.
  • the carton board material comes normally from a reel and is printed and die-cut in line, the material waste comes mainly from the edges and small areas on the corners of blanks in the layout. Amount of this waste material is now minimized.
  • edges of glue flaps and side panels can be divided e.g. in 2 to 4 sections to provide more room for glue. The sections may be separated e.g. by angles in the edge. With these adjustments a glue area with e.g. at least 50mm x 8mm size is achieved which is enough for the function of the package. In some embodiments glue flap edges and side panel edges meet in the layouts, so the directions of these edges must be conforming.
  • Folding lines can be made in any suitable way, e.g. as perforations or as crease lines, or combination of both.
  • One typical method for producing cardboard package from a layout for multiple similar package blanks comprises at least following steps:
  • a package blank according to the invention is cut loose from the layout.
  • Glue is applied e.g. as multiple drops or as a stripe.
  • a package blank is cut loose, and then glued together in gluing machine.
  • a package blank is glued together in gluing machine by first folding the back part's reverse side together with front part's reverse side along the folding line that divides bottom part to two sub-parts.
  • glue is applied in grain direction e.g. from glue means, such as a glue gun.
  • glue is applied on the back side of the blank, on the outermost sub-panels of the right and left side panels.
  • Glue can also be applied from glue means in grain direction on the print side of the left and right glue flaps. Outermost left and right side sub-panels are folded on top of the glue flaps e.g. along folding lines that divide the side panels in sub-panels. Thereby the glue flaps are adhered to the outermost sub-panels.
  • a typical package blank comprises a back panel 1, a front panel 2, a bottom panel 3, right side panel 6, left side panel 7, right glue flap 4 and left glue flap 5.
  • the front panel 2 and the back panel 1 are positioned next to the bottom panel 3 on opposite sides.
  • the front 2 and back 1 panels are separated from the bottom part by curved folding lines 17, 18. Curved folding lines are shaped as arcs to get the erected package to keep its shape. Grain direction is shown by axis A.
  • Right side panel 6 and left side panel 7 are positioned opposite sides of the front panel 2 and glue flaps 4, 5 are positioned opposite sides of the back panel 1.
  • Right side panel 6 and left side panel 7 are both divided in two sub-panels 7.1, 7.2 and 6.1, 6.2 by folding lines 19, 20.
  • Fig. 3 the side panel edges and glue flap edges are divided in two sections, see Fig 1 .
  • a longer section on the side panel edge 14 is parallel to glue flap edge 17.
  • a longer section on the side panel edge 13 is parallel to glue flap edge 16.
  • the shorter sections 21 and 22 of side panel edges are parallel to the grain direction axis A in order to ease the blank moving straight in gluing machine.
  • Glue flap edge is chamfered from the other end which divides the edge in longer 16, 17 and shorter 23, 24 divisions.
  • Reason for chamfer is to make total length of back panel 1 and glue flaps 4, 5 somewhat, e.g. at least 10 mm per side narrower than total length of side panels 6, 7 and front panel 2. This is made in order to ease folding and moving the blank in a gluing machine.
  • the angle between the side panel edge 14 and the glue flap chamfer 24 as well as angle between side panel edge 13 and chamfer 23 in the layout of Fig. 3 should be adequate, e.g. bigger than 18 degrees, to ease die cutting tool building, die cutting and stripping.
  • the die-cut size i.e. also the size of the layout used is e.g. 650 mm x 650 mm.
  • Blanks are so big that 8 blanks do not fit in the 650 x 650 mm layout with every blank in the same direction. Then every other row of blanks may be rotated 180 degrees, see fig. 4 .
  • Blanks are positioned following the principle that layout size in grain direction is close to the maximum size. The bigger the layout size is in the grain direction, the smaller the size is in cross-grain direction. The maximum size of the layout in cross-grain direction is defined by the reel width.
  • Fig 2 shows the blank in the layout of Fig. 4 .
  • glue flap edges are divided in 4 sections 51 - 54 and 55 - 58 and side flap edges are divided in two sections 59-60 and 61-62.
  • First sections 51 and 55 of glue flap edge are parallel to grain direction axis A. These sections make the difference between total length of back panel 1 and glue flaps 4, 5 smaller than total length of front panel 2 and side panels 7, 6.
  • Second section 52 in right glue flap is parallel to shorter section 59 of right side flap edge, and second section 56 in the left glue flap is parallel to shorter section 61 of left side flap edge.
  • Third section 53 of right glue flap edge is parallel to longer section 60 in the right side flap edge, and third section 57 of left glue flap edge is parallel to longer section 62 in the left side flap edge.
  • Angle between fourth section 54 in glue flap edge and longer section of side flap edge 60 in the layout fig 4 is more than 18 degrees to ease die cutting and stripping.
  • Edge 12 of back panel such as the short straight parts 32, 31 on both sides of edge, are shaped similar to edge 11 of front panel and straight parts 29, 30 on both sides of it to fit two blanks tightly together in the layouts, see Figures 3 and 4 .
  • lines 35 and 36 are angled so that the angle between line 35 and 27 and angle between lines 36 and 28 in the layout is preferably more than 20 degrees. Corners 25 and 26 are hidden behind the outermost parts of the side panels 6.1; 7.1 and the corners 43, 44 meet the lines 35, 36 when package is folded and glued to shape. Lines 33 and 34 are parallel to 27 and 28.
  • lines 39, 40 are parallel to lines 38, 37.
  • Lines 43 and 44 are angled so that corners 41 and 42 meet the lines 39 and 40 when package is folded and glued.
  • FIGS 5-8 are shown positions of glue dots or glue lines 71 from a glue gun. And positions 72 where the glue attaches. While applying glue, the blank is moving in reference to the glue gun in grain direction A. Therefore the positions 71 are parallel to the grain direction A, whereas positions 72 for angles with the grain direction A.
  • Figure 9 shows package 101 erected from a package blank 100 of Fig. 1 .

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US3877632A (en) * 1974-02-07 1975-04-15 Federal Paper Board Co Inc Scoop type container
US4267955A (en) 1979-07-25 1981-05-19 Diamond International Corporation Quickly erected scoop-type carton and layout for cutting
DE4222531A1 (de) * 1991-07-09 1993-01-21 Wolfensberger Ag Kartonzuschnitt zur bildung einer faltschachtel fuer schuettgueter
FR2894936A1 (fr) * 2005-09-30 2007-06-22 Mahmoud Nabli Emballage pour produit alimentaire

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3877632A (en) * 1974-02-07 1975-04-15 Federal Paper Board Co Inc Scoop type container
US4267955A (en) 1979-07-25 1981-05-19 Diamond International Corporation Quickly erected scoop-type carton and layout for cutting
DE4222531A1 (de) * 1991-07-09 1993-01-21 Wolfensberger Ag Kartonzuschnitt zur bildung einer faltschachtel fuer schuettgueter
FR2894936A1 (fr) * 2005-09-30 2007-06-22 Mahmoud Nabli Emballage pour produit alimentaire

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