EP0395949B1 - Emballage pour liquides - Google Patents

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EP0395949B1
EP0395949B1 EP90107494A EP90107494A EP0395949B1 EP 0395949 B1 EP0395949 B1 EP 0395949B1 EP 90107494 A EP90107494 A EP 90107494A EP 90107494 A EP90107494 A EP 90107494A EP 0395949 B1 EP0395949 B1 EP 0395949B1
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Jürgen Färber
Mathias Dammers
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SIG Combibloc GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/70—Break-in flaps, or members adapted to be torn-off, to provide pouring openings
    • B65D5/701—Tearable flaps defined by score-lines or incisions provided in the closure flaps of a tubular container made of a single blank
    • 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
    • B65D2231/00—Means for facilitating the complete expelling of the contents
    • B65D2231/02—Precut holes or weakened zones
    • 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
    • B65D2231/00—Means for facilitating the complete expelling of the contents
    • B65D2231/02—Precut holes or weakened zones
    • B65D2231/022—Precut holes or weakened zones for permitting the insertion of a tubular contents-removing device, e.g. a drinking straw

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  • the invention relates to a liquid pack made of an over-coated cardboard composite with a pierceable straw opening, which is formed by incisions that run radially to one another.
  • the punched or flap holes are made in the extruder before coating the multi-layer cardboard composite and then overcoated, for example with a polyethylene layer (DD-A-201 659).
  • DD-A-201 659 a polyethylene layer
  • a further possibility of making the punched-outs in the multilayer cardboard composite is to make the punched-outs after coating in the extruder through half or double cut openings (DE-U-70 37 657).
  • Half-cut openings are to be understood as punched-outs which - introduced from the outside - only partially pass through the cardboard composite, while double-cut openings are those in which incisions of different sizes are made from opposite sides of the cardboard composite.
  • the commission commitment only begins in the punching or printing machines. In the case of punchings introduced in this way, that is to say in the final equipment, it is not possible to obtain an extensive seal between the drinking straw and the punching out, unless the diameter of the drinking straw and the punching out are matched to one another. If there is no exact coordination, it is difficult to control the unintentional leakage of the filling material from the injection point next to the drinking straw.
  • a liquid pack formed from a multilayer laminate is known (US Pat. No. 4,762,514), in which at least one of the outer laminate layers on the top side is laser-beamed star-shaped incisions are made.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a liquid pack of the type mentioned, in which an optimal adaptation of the straw opening to straws of different diameter and cross-section can be achieved in a simple manner and thus an uncontrolled leakage of the filling material from the injection site next to the straw is avoided.
  • the central star point of the incisions is formed as a recess with a diameter which is smaller than half the diameter of the circumference of the radial incisions and larger than a multiple of the width of the incisions.
  • the straw opening according to the invention can be placed both in the uncoated box - e.g. Insert the extruder - as well as in the fully coated cardboard multilayer composite in the form of a half or double cut.
  • the radial incisions which converge towards one another have the result that the flaps which are formed in a star shape between the incisions adapt more optimally to the diameter of the drinking straw.
  • the central star point which is designed as a recess with a diameter that is smaller than half the diameter of the circumference of the incisions, makes the drinking straw opening easier.
  • a hole-star cut combined in this way is introduced into the extruder before the coating of the cardboard multilayer composite.
  • Half-cut process i.e. in the finished coated composite, insert such star-cut holes.
  • opening the drinking straw opening is made considerably easier if the star point is cut out in a circular manner.
  • the size of the drinking straw used for the piercing as well as the central recess and the incisions must of course be roughly coordinated. It has proven to be particularly favorable if, with a diameter for the drinking straw between 3 and 8 mm, the recess in the star point has a diameter of 1 to 3 mm, preferably 2 mm, and the star cut has four to twelve incisions, preferably eight incisions.
  • the incisions and / or the recess can be formed by a half or double cut, which is preferably over-coated.
  • at least the recess can also be formed by an overcoated full cut.
  • the introduction of a drinking straw opening into the cardboard multilayer composite in a liquid pack can expediently be carried out in such a way that the radial or star-shaped incisions are first made in the cardboard multilayer composite and this is then overcoated.
  • the possibility of making the radial or star-shaped incisions in the multilayer cardboard composite after coating it At least for the central, circular recess, it has proven to be advantageous if this is introduced as a full cut into the multilayer cardboard composite and this is then overcoated on both sides.
  • a blank 1 with a plurality of side wall parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 is shown in FIG. 1, the individual side wall parts of the blank 1 being separated from one another by fold lines 7.
  • a drinking straw opening 8 in the form of a star cut, which is shown on an enlarged scale in FIG. 2.
  • the star-shaped drinking straw opening 8 has a central recess 9 and, starting therefrom, star-shaped incisions 11.
  • the recess 9 in the star point of the star-shaped incisions 11 and the incisions 11 themselves can be arranged in a variety of ways in the cardboard multilayer composite 12 .
  • the cardboard multilayer composite consists of a cardboard layer 13 and a coating 14, 15 arranged on the inside and outside thereof, for example made of polyethylene. In a manner not shown, further layers can be provided, e.g. an aluminum layer.
  • the incision 11 is designed as a half-cut. This half-cut is made in the extruder before coating the cardboard multilayer composite 12.
  • the corresponding incision 11 is arranged and designed accordingly.
  • the central recess 9 is, as can be seen from the right part of FIG. 3, designed as a full cut and then coated on both sides.
  • an incision 11 is shown, which is made as a half cut in the uncoated carton and then covered by coating 15.
  • an incision 11 is shown in FIG. 5 as a half-section, which is only after the coating is introduced into the cardboard multilayer composite 12 by means of a rotary roller or the like.
  • the inner coating 14 is pierced when a drinking straw 16 is inserted into the drinking straw opening.
  • the star flaps 17 lying between the incisions are correspondingly expanded centrally so that they lie sealingly on the drinking straw 16 because the carton tears in the predetermined cuts 11, but not the flexible, stretchable coating 14.
  • the tension resulting from the stretching of the coating also ensures that the drinking straw 16 cannot slide into the liquid pack in an uncontrolled manner.
  • each cut could also be designed as a full cut.
  • the drinking straw used for piercing need not be circular in cross section, but rather can also be oval or polygonal in cross section.

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Claims (7)

  1. Emballage pour liquides constitué par un matériau composite en carton comportant une ouverture pouvant être perforée, pour le passage d'une paille pour boire, et qui est formée par des entailles (11) qui convergent sous la forme de rayons,
    caractérisé en ce que le centre de l'étoile formée par des entailles (11) est agencé sous la forme d'une ouverture (9) possédant un diamètre inférieur à la moitié du diamètre du cercle circonscrit aux entailles en forme de rayons et supérieur au quadruple de la largeur des entailles (11).
  2. Emballage pour liquides selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le diamètre de l'ouverture (9) est inférieur au quart du diamètre du cercle circonscrit aux entailles en forme de rayons.
  3. Emballage pour liquides selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que l'ouverture (9) possède, au centre de l'étoile, un diamètre compris entre 1 et 3 mm et égal de préférence à 2 mm, et l'étoile comporte quatre à douze entailles (11), de préférence huit entailles (11).
  4. Emballage pour liquides selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les entailles (11) et/ou l'ouverture (9) sont formés par une demi-découpe.
  5. Emballage pour liquides selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les demi-découpes sont aménagées sous la forme de découpes doubles décalées les unes par rapport aux autres.
  6. Emballage pour liquides selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la demi-découpe est en surrecouvrement.
  7. Emballage pour liquides selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins l'ouverture (9) est formée par une découpe complète en surrecouvrement des deux côtés.
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