EP0796793A1 - Verfahren zum Anbringen eines Öffnungs-und Verschlusselementes auf einer Verpackung - Google Patents

Verfahren zum Anbringen eines Öffnungs-und Verschlusselementes auf einer Verpackung Download PDF

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EP0796793A1
EP0796793A1 EP97420043A EP97420043A EP0796793A1 EP 0796793 A1 EP0796793 A1 EP 0796793A1 EP 97420043 A EP97420043 A EP 97420043A EP 97420043 A EP97420043 A EP 97420043A EP 0796793 A1 EP0796793 A1 EP 0796793A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/18—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements
    • B65B61/184—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements by applying tabs over discharge openings, e.g. over discharge openings defined by tear or score lines
    • 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
    • B65D5/708—Separate tearable flexible elements covering a discharge opening of a container, e.g. adhesive tape

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  • the invention relates to a method for finalizing a package, this finalization consisting essentially in the production of an opening within these packages and the installation of an opening and closing device on said package.
  • the opening and closing systems proposed presuppose the creation of a precut within the packaging, and in particular of its upper face, so that, when the first use of the packaging, that is to say when it is opened for the first time, the user can easily open the packaging itself to thereby free access to the interior of the packaging, and as a corollary to allow the liquid it contains 'be dumped.
  • these pre-cuts are made directly on the material of the package which is in the form of a width, that is to say upstream of the actual production of packaging.
  • One of the steps in this process consists in subjecting the width of the material to a sterilization phase by passing through a bath of hydrogen peroxide (hydrogen peroxide), prior to a drying step.
  • hydrogen peroxide hydrogen peroxide
  • Said material is then shaped in the form of a continuous tube and undergoes permanent filling of the liquid which it is intended to contain before being cut into the form of unit packaging.
  • This technique is for example described in the document FR-A-2 195 550. In other words, the introduction of the liquid into the packaging takes place under perfectly sterile conditions.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome these various drawbacks.
  • the invention consists in carrying out the precut operation not on the material in the form of a web, intended to become packaging, but on the packaging itself already produced and already filled.
  • the operation of precut and fitting of the stopper is carried out at the same station, at the level of which the filled packaging is maintained by an indexing system.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic perspective representation of the method according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a packaging at the outlet of the filler, respectively 2a, after precut 2b, and after fitting of a plug 2c.
  • This installation basically comprises a filler (1), symbolized by a parallelepiped and, which is in fact a relatively complex machine, abundantly described in the literature (see for example FR-A-2 195 550), and which does not constitute the object of the present invention.
  • this filler At the end of this filler, that is to say the place at which the packages (4), as already specified, are filled before their formation and cutting and folding, said packages (4) come out unitarily on a conveyor (9), intended to convey them to a precut station (2).
  • This precut station includes a laser (5), in particular a CO 2 laser, intended to produce on the upper face (6) of the packages (4) a precut area (7), for example of elliptical shape as shown in the Figures 1 and 2b. Since the packages arriving at the pre-cutting station (2) are kept fixed, the laser is itself fixed. It is nevertheless possible to design a precut station at which the laser accompanies the packaging at the same speed, itself continuing its progression by means of the conveyor (9), said laser being driven by a return movement, as soon as the precut is carried out.
  • the laser beam is adjusted so that the precut does not pass through all of the composite material constituting the packaging, but at the very least retains the integrity of the internal coating of the packaging, so as to confer to it the tightness with respect to light and ambient air, and therefore its asepsis.
  • the packages thus provided with their precut (7) are then conveyed by means of the same conveyor or another conveyor to the level of the positioning station (3) of the closure and opening plugs (8).
  • This positioning of the plugs is advantageously fully automated, said plugs being in fact glued at the periphery of the precut area.
  • the packages at each of these stations are held in place and positioned correctly by means of an indexing system (not shown), thus making it possible to achieve very high precision on the one hand, in the construction of the zone. pre-cut and secondly, in the establishment of plugs or opening and closing systems (8).
  • the entire process of pre-cutting and fitting the cap is thus automated, making it possible to maintain the production rates of the packaging already known and obtained by the filling machines, without altering the aseptic conditions for making the materials. , and starting from the packaging.
  • the laser used at the precut station (2) is a standard laser (CO 2 ) therefore not requiring a substantial investment.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Closing Of Containers (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Containers Opened By Tearing Frangible Portions (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
  • Packaging Frangible Articles (AREA)
  • Cartons (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
  • Laser Beam Processing (AREA)
EP97420043A 1996-03-20 1997-03-18 Verfahren zum Anbringen eines Öffnungs-und Verschlusselementes auf einer Verpackung Expired - Lifetime EP0796793B1 (de)

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FR9603702A FR2746371B1 (fr) 1996-03-20 1996-03-20 Procede pour la mise en place d'un dispositif d'ouverture et de fermeture d'un emballage
FR9603702 1996-03-20

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JP (1) JPH101136A (de)
KR (1) KR970065359A (de)
CN (1) CN1078158C (de)
AR (1) AR006313A1 (de)
AT (1) ATE192396T1 (de)
BR (1) BR9701339A (de)
DE (1) DE69701832T2 (de)
DK (1) DK0796793T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2146073T3 (de)
FR (1) FR2746371B1 (de)
GR (1) GR3034010T3 (de)
ID (1) ID16780A (de)
MX (1) MX9702016A (de)
PT (1) PT796793E (de)
SG (1) SG71020A1 (de)
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EP0242720A2 (de) * 1986-04-17 1987-10-28 AB Tetra Pak Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Fertigstellung einer Öffnungsvorrichtung an einem Verpackungsbehälter
US4990200A (en) * 1989-12-29 1991-02-05 Lever Brothers Company Fitment application process and apparatus
EP0658480A1 (de) * 1993-12-17 1995-06-21 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA Öffnungsvorrichung für einen Verpackungsbehälter
DE4409945A1 (de) * 1994-03-23 1995-09-28 Pkl Verpackungssysteme Gmbh Quaderförmige Flachgiebelverbundpackung und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung

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GB746891A (en) * 1954-02-25 1956-03-21 Jagenberg Werke Ag Improvements in liquid-proof containers
EP0242720A2 (de) * 1986-04-17 1987-10-28 AB Tetra Pak Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Fertigstellung einer Öffnungsvorrichtung an einem Verpackungsbehälter
US4990200A (en) * 1989-12-29 1991-02-05 Lever Brothers Company Fitment application process and apparatus
EP0658480A1 (de) * 1993-12-17 1995-06-21 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA Öffnungsvorrichung für einen Verpackungsbehälter
DE4409945A1 (de) * 1994-03-23 1995-09-28 Pkl Verpackungssysteme Gmbh Quaderförmige Flachgiebelverbundpackung und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung

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ATE192396T1 (de) 2000-05-15
FR2746371B1 (fr) 1998-05-22
US5778637A (en) 1998-07-14
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FR2746371A1 (fr) 1997-09-26
MX9702016A (es) 1998-04-30
PT796793E (pt) 2000-08-31
AR006313A1 (es) 1999-08-25
DE69701832T2 (de) 2000-08-17
CN1165763A (zh) 1997-11-26
KR970065359A (ko) 1997-10-13
BR9701339A (pt) 1998-11-17
JPH101136A (ja) 1998-01-06
ID16780A (id) 1997-11-13
CN1078158C (zh) 2002-01-23
DE69701832D1 (de) 2000-06-08

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