EP0547424A1 - Emballage pour mouchoirs en papier - Google Patents

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EP0547424A1
EP0547424A1 EP92120465A EP92120465A EP0547424A1 EP 0547424 A1 EP0547424 A1 EP 0547424A1 EP 92120465 A EP92120465 A EP 92120465A EP 92120465 A EP92120465 A EP 92120465A EP 0547424 A1 EP0547424 A1 EP 0547424A1
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Heinz Focke
Oskar Balmer
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D75/00Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52Details
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D75/00Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/06Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes
    • B65D75/08Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes with the ends of the tube closed by folding
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D83/00Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/08Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
    • B65D83/0847Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture at the junction of two walls
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S206/00Special receptacle or package
    • Y10S206/812Packaged towel

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  • the invention relates to a package for stacks of folded tissues, in particular paper handkerchiefs, with a wrapping of paper, (plastic) film or other flexible packaging material surrounding the contents of the pack, with a removal opening facing an adjacent end wall in the area of a rectangular front wall of the wrapping is arranged with a closing flap covering this in the closed position, which extends into the end wall and is part of an outer flap thereof, side flaps connected to elongated, upright side walls being folded inward into the plane of the end wall and connected to further folding flaps thereof.
  • Such a soft pack is known from DE-U-83 19 608.0.
  • the outer covering consists of a blank that is separated from a continuous sheet of plastic film.
  • the closure flap of a blank projects into the area of an adjacent blank and forms a recess or depression as a removal opening.
  • the blanks can be produced waste-free by a toothed arrangement within the material web.
  • the closure flap extends over the full width of the front wall or front wall.
  • the side flaps connected to the side walls are separated from the closure flap or the outer flap of the end wall as part of the closure flap by corresponding punch cuts.
  • the side tabs can be folded individually and independently of other parts of the blank into the plane of the end wall.
  • Half of the side tabs are thermally sealed to the closure flap or the outer tab.
  • Such a blank or the packaging made from it is not well suited for packaging material with low tear strength, in particular for paper or paper-like products. If the packaging is opened several times by actuating the closure flap, there is a risk of tearing and tearing in the area of the corners of the closure flap and the removal opening.
  • the invention has for its object to propose a packaging for paper handkerchiefs in particular, which is suitable for all types of thin packaging material, in particular also for paper or similar materials, without the risk of unwanted tearing or tearing in the area of the opening aid.
  • the packaging should be designed so that it can be manufactured industrially on packaging machines with high performance.
  • the packaging according to the invention is characterized in that the side flaps are connected to the closure flap or the outer flap of the end wall in such a way that when the side flaps are folded into the plane of the end wall in a region facing a rear wall, folded gussets are formed, some of which are attached fit the inside of the locking tab.
  • the side tabs adjoining the side walls of the packaging are therefore connected to the outer tab of the end wall, that is to say are not separated by die cuts. This results in multilayer folding gussets during folding, which result in increased stability of the packaging in the region of the end wall and prevent tearing even with packaging material with low tear strength.
  • the removal opening which extends like a tongue in the region of the front wall, is formed with a significantly smaller width than that of the front wall.
  • relatively wide webs remain in the area of the front wall.
  • the side tabs are also connected to these at least until the packaging is put into use. When the side flaps are folded in, this also results in (small) folding gussets in the area of the front wall, which in the closed position of the packaging are partially covered by the closing flap.
  • an edge strip of the side tabs facing the removal opening is folded over, in particular against its upper side. This results in a widening of the removal opening into the end wall, which facilitates the removal of the package contents.
  • the exemplary embodiment shown is a cuboid soft pack for a stack of folded paper handkerchiefs 10. These are surrounded by an outer covering made of a one-piece blank 11. Paper and paper-like materials are considered as packaging material, but also thin, highly flexible ( Plastic) foils.
  • the covering or the blank 11 form a front wall 12, an opposite rear wall 13, elongated, narrow side walls 14 and 15 and an end wall 16 with an opposite bottom wall.
  • the rectangular blank 11 envelops the cuboid-shaped package contents in a tubular manner.
  • Two side wall tabs 17 and 18 overlap one another and form the side wall 15.
  • a removal opening 19 is formed in the area of the front wall 12 and the adjacent end wall 16. This has a tongue-shaped here Shape with rounded contours.
  • the removal opening 19 extends in an upper region of the front wall 12 facing the end wall 16 and in an adjacent edge region of the end wall 16.
  • the removal opening 19 is arranged and dimensioned by punching out a part of the front wall 12 so that it has a significantly smaller width than the rectangular front wall 12. This leaves lateral webs 20, 21 as a limitation of the removal opening 19 in the region of the front wall 12. These webs 20, 21 extend to an upper, front transverse edge 22 as a transition between front wall 12 and end wall 16. The webs 20, 21 are dimensioned such that they amount to approximately 1/6 of the total width of the front wall, for example 4 in the case of packaging of conventional dimensions mm to 8 mm.
  • the removal opening 19 is covered by a closure tab 23 and thus closed.
  • the closure flap 23 has significantly larger dimensions than the removal opening 19.
  • protrusions 24 of the closure flap 23 arise on all sides with respect to the removal opening 19. This is reliably covered thereby, even if the closure flap 23 is not exactly centered due to manufacturing tolerances is aligned with the removal opening 19.
  • the locking tab 23 is tongue-shaped. It is adapted in shape and dimension to the removal opening 19. In the exemplary embodiment shown, this results from the arrangement of blanks 11 within a continuous material web (FIG. 4). Within this web of packaging material, two blanks 11 are arranged side by side. Fold lines of the blanks are shown in thin lines, separating cuts in the packaging material in stronger lines.
  • the locking tab 23 of one blank 11 connected to the rear wall 13 projects into the removal opening 19 of the adjacent blank. Through a common Punching cut 25 is accordingly made on the one hand the removal opening 19 of the one and on the other hand the closure tab 23 of the other blank 11.
  • the cuts 11 lying next to one another are separated from one another by central cuts 26 which are made in the longitudinal direction of the material web. A continuous cut separates the two blanks 11 from the material web.
  • the closure tab 23 extends with a partial area in the front wall 12, further in the end wall 16 or in an inner tab 27 of the end wall 16 of the adjacent blank 11 and in an outer tab 28 of the blank 11 to which the closure tab 23 belongs.
  • the exposed part of the closure flap 23, that is to say the part cut out from the adjacent blank 11, is formed in the present exemplary embodiment by a divergent course of the punched cut 25 with a variable width, namely increasing up to the transverse edge 22.
  • the die cut 25 consists of converging die legs 29, 30. These extend only over part of the width of the outer tab 28. At the ends of the die legs 29, 30 there are diverging fold lines 45, 46 which lead to corners at the rear .
  • the closure flap 23 is consistently of a smaller width than the corresponding dimensions of the front wall 12 and end wall 16. This also leaves lateral edge regions 31, 32 in the region of the end wall 16, which are not covered by the closure flap 23.
  • the end wall 16 consists of the inner tab 27 or the remaining edge regions 31, 32 of the same, the outer tab 28 and intermediate tabs 33, 34. These extend in continuation of the side walls 14, 15 and the wall tabs 17, 18.
  • the side tabs 33 , 34 are folded into the plane of the end wall 16 and form a layer thereof.
  • the side tabs 33, 34 extend between the inner tab 27 and the outer tab 28.
  • the special feature is that the side tabs 33 and 34 are not separated from the adjacent inner tabs 27 and outer tabs 28, but are connected to them. This creates triangular folding gussets 35, 36 when the side flaps 33, 34 are folded into the plane of the end wall 16 (position according to FIG. 3) on the side facing the rear wall 13. These are part of the outer flap 28 and form a connection between the side flaps 33, 34 and the outer tab 28 or the closure tab 23 forth.
  • the folding gussets 35, 36 extend with a partial area between the side tabs 33, 34 and the outer tab 28 or the closure flap 23, which is part of the outer tab 28 in this area.
  • the connection of the side tabs 33, 34 to the inner tab 27 or its edge regions 31, 32 results in smaller corner folds 37, 38. These are also folded against the top of the side tabs 33, 34. In the exemplary embodiment shown, an edge strip 39, 40 of the side tabs 33, 34 is also folded over against the upper side thereof. This results in an expansion of the removal opening 19 into the region of the end wall 16.
  • the finished packaging (FIGS. 1 and 2) is designed in such a way that the closure flap 23 with the part extending in the region of the end wall 16 is firmly connected to the underlying folding tabs of the end wall 16, that is to say with the folded-in side tabs 33, 34 In this part, the closure flap 23 forms the outer tab 28 of the end wall 16.
  • the connection can be made by thermally sealing in the case of thermoplastic materials, by gluing in the case of paper and similar materials.
  • a free tab end 41 is used to open and reclose the packaging, which area is made up of the inner tab 27 of the adjacent blank (FIG. 4) and that Part of the closure tab 23 results, which is separated from the front wall 12 to form the removal opening 19.
  • the transverse edge 22 also forms a hinge axis or a hinge for the tab end 41.
  • This part of the locking tab 23 covers the removal opening 19 in the closed position (FIG. 1).
  • the tab end 41 of the closure tab 23 can be connected to the front wall 12 by an adhesive strip.
  • a glue point 42 made of a permanent adhesive is arranged below the removal opening 19.
  • the closure tab 23 is releasably fixed in the closed position.
  • the tab end 41 of the closure tab 23 is formed in the present case with an inwardly folded end piece 43 which is fixed in this position. This makes it easier to grasp the locking tab 23 when opening and closing.
  • the relatively wide webs 20, 21 on the side next to the removal opening 19 can hinder the pulling out of the paper handkerchiefs 10. It is therefore provided that in the region of the transverse edge 22 the webs 20, 21 are separated from the adjacent part of the blank 11 which extends in the end wall 16, that is to say from the inner tab 27 or the edge regions 31, 32 of the same. A stamped cut or advantageously a perforation 44 can be formed in this area. This is severed when the first, front handkerchief 10 is removed. The removal opening 19 is thereby free over the full width of the front wall 12 (Fig. 2).

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DE4141518A DE4141518A1 (de) 1991-12-16 1991-12-16 Verpackung fuer papier-taschentuecher

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CA2084982C (fr) 1999-08-31
JP3372071B2 (ja) 2003-01-27
CA2084982A1 (fr) 1993-06-17
JPH0654776A (ja) 1994-03-01
DE59205588D1 (de) 1996-04-11
DE4141518A1 (de) 1993-06-17
US5564562A (en) 1996-10-15
ES2084254T3 (es) 1996-05-01

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