DE202018003306U1 - Packaging container consisting of a flexible inner bag, a spout with protective cap and a stabilizing wrapping - Google Patents

Abstract

Packaging container consisting of a flexible inner bag, a Spout with protective cap and a stabilizing wrapping. characterized in that, in the inner bag, which consists of a folded film or of two or more pieces of foil which are welded together, at an open side called a welding spout, also top, shuttle spout or spout, is welded.

Description

From the state of the art for filling liquid, chunky, pasty and pourable filling goods of 100 ml. - 12,000 ml. Filling amount today mostly used beverage cartons made of composite material.
However, the European Commission is calling for huge increases in recycling rates. Furthermore, thermal recycling and landfill deposits will no longer be authorized in the future. This is a real problem for the conventional beverage cartons made of composite material, since in this type of packaging are very expensive, if at all possible and with enormous costs and logistics costs, the individual material components are separated again from each other.

Other systems are known which produce and fill liquid containers or beverage cartons in other ways and already take account of the latest statutory recycling requirements. For example Europapatent: EP 2 555 995 B1 where an inner bag opened by a punch hole is connected to a spout to protrude with the spout through the outer casing or a similar application with the no. PCT / DE 2012/000751 , which describes the order of filling and the possibility of aseptic filling in a tubular bag with a rigid wrapper.

These so-called discontinuous processes all have the disadvantage of slow filling speed of a maximum of 20 - 80 pieces / min. And filling tube, a functioning system is not known to us today.

For this reason, there is a general interest in industry, the end user and the environment to provide packaging that meets the legally required recycling rates and is very easy to use for the end user.

The invention relates to a packaging container for liquid, particulate, pasty and flowable contents of 100 ml. - 12,000. ml Filling volume consisting of a flexible inner bag to hold the contents, a Spout with protective cap and a stabilizing wrapper. In this case, the spout is mounted so that it is guided by the stabilizing enclosure, if necessary, locks into place unrotatable in a mechanism. Until the final emptying of the inner bag, the contents can be closed again and again by a protective cap, or another closing mechanism. A special separation device, such as a perforation in the envelope, then makes it possible to separate the envelope from the bag with spout, which can immediately be disposed of separately, without causing by compounds such as glue, impurities on the individual recycled materials.

• - das Herstellen eines vorgefertigten Beutels entweder inline in der Abfüllmaschine, oder outline mit einer separaten Beutelherstellungsmaschine wie sie zum Beispiel von der IMA (Kompakta Pouch Making) angeboten wird,
• - das Bestücken und verschweißen zwischen zwei Folien des Beutels an der geöffneten Seite des Einschweiß-Spouts, auch Top-,Schiffchen-Spout oder Tülle genannt (1 und 2),
• - optional die Kontrolle der Dichtigkeit nach üblichen Methoden des hergestellten Behälters durch Luftdruck mit festgelegter Messeinheit und Toleranz,
• - optional die Sterilisierung des Innenbereichs des Behälters, z. B. mit einem Wasserstoffperoxidgas zur Sicherstellung der Sterilität im Innbeutel zur Abfüllung von haltbaren Produkten,
• - das Befüllen des Behälter mit dem Füllgut, entweder durch den Spout oder einer offenen Seite des Beutels,
• - optional Füllmengenbestimmung über Mengenstrommessverfahren,
• - optional zusätzliche Füllmengenbestimmung über Gewichtsbestimmung,oder andere geeignete Bestimmungsverfahren,
• - Verschließen des Behälters mit einer Schutzkappe die frei abnehmbar ist oder die optional dauerhaft mit dem Spout verbunden bleibt um nicht separat entsorgt zu werden, wie es ein neuer europäischer Gesetzentwurf vorsieht. Oder alternativ das Verschweißen der offenen Beutelseite durch die das Füllgut eingefüllt wurde,
• - das Aufstellen, Herstellen oder Umwickeln im Wraparound-Verfahren einer steifen Umhüllung (3, 4 und 5) um den Beutel, vorzugsweise aus Recyclingkarton, um die Verpackung stapelfähig zu gestalten und in der Handhabung einem bisherigen Getränkekarton ähnlich werden zu lassen.
• - das Abpacken von 4 St. - 16 St., vorzugsweise 10 St. oder 12 St. in einen Umkarton,
• - das Abpacken der Umkartons auf eine Palette.

Unlike the registrations EP 2 555 995 B1 and No. PCT / DE 2012/000751 in which the spout is glued or welded to the flat side of the bag, the manufacture and filling of the packaging container of our invention by welding a weld-in part also called top spout or spout between the two films on the open side of the prefabricated bag in following steps, the order may change or the optional steps may be omitted. Parts of the production or the entire process can take place continuously and discontinuously.

• the production of a prefabricated bag either inline in the filling machine, or outline with a separate bag making machine such as that offered by the IMA (Kompakta Pouch Making),
• - The loading and welding between two films of the bag on the open side of the welding Spouts, also called Top-, Schiffchen-Spout or spout ( 1 and 2 )
• optionally checking the tightness according to standard methods of the container produced by air pressure with fixed measuring unit and tolerance,
• - Optional sterilization of the interior of the container, eg. B. with a hydrogen peroxide gas to ensure the sterility in the inner bag for filling of durable products,
• filling the container with the contents, either through the spout or an open side of the bag,
• - optional filling quantity determination via mass flow measuring method,
• optional additional filling quantity determination by weight determination or other suitable determination methods,
• - Closing the container with a protective cap which is freely removable or optionally remains permanently connected to the spout so as not to be disposed of separately, as provided for in a new European bill. Or alternatively, the welding of the open side of the bag through which the contents were filled,
• the erection, production or wrapping in the wraparound process of a rigid casing ( 3 . 4 and 5 ) around the bag, preferably made of recycled cardboard, to make the packaging stackable and in the Handling to be similar to a previous beverage carton.
• - the packaging of 4 pieces - 16 pieces, preferably 10 pieces or 12 pieces in a carton,
• - the packaging of the cartons on a pallet.

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Cited patent literature

• EP 2555995 B1 [0002, 0006]
• DE 2012/000751 [0002, 0006]

Claims (4)

Packaging container consisting of a flexible inner bag, a Spout with protective cap and a stabilizing wrapping. characterized in that, in the inner bag, which consists of a folded film or of two or more pieces of foil which are welded together, at an open side a welding Spout, also called top, shuttle spout or spout, is welded. Packaging container consisting of a flexible inner bag, a Spout with protective cap and a stabilizing wrapping Claim 1 characterized in that, a rigid wrap around the bag, preferably made of recycled cardboard or wrapped in Wraparound method. Depending on the requirements, this wrapping could also be an automatically erected or prefabricated outer carton. Any other stabilizing enclosure would also be conceivable. Packaging container consisting of a flexible inner bag, a Spout with protective cap and a stabilizing wrapping according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inner bag can take a variety of bag shapes (eg., Pillowbag, gusseted bag, Doypack, etc.) to those from marketing technology desired The most ideal way to reproduce interior conversions is to ensure that no bulbous packs are created, while still ensuring optimal load absorption from the inner bag. Packaging container consisting of a flexible inner bag, a Spout with protective cap and a stabilizing enclosure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, the inner bag is filled by the Spout or optionally, each Füllanlagenmöglichkeiten is filled via an open side of the bag.

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