EP0935569B1 - Three-dimensional insert construction - Google Patents

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EP0935569B1
EP0935569B1 EP97946474A EP97946474A EP0935569B1 EP 0935569 B1 EP0935569 B1 EP 0935569B1 EP 97946474 A EP97946474 A EP 97946474A EP 97946474 A EP97946474 A EP 97946474A EP 0935569 B1 EP0935569 B1 EP 0935569B1
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Carol Joyce Witt
Anthony J. Nowakowski
Gretchen J. Abel
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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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/40—Packages formed by enclosing successive articles, or increments of material, in webs, e.g. folded or tubular webs, or by subdividing tubes filled with liquid, semi-liquid, or plastic materials
    • B65D75/44—Individual packages cut from webs or tubes
    • B65D75/46—Individual packages cut from webs or tubes containing articles
    • 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
    • B65D73/00—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/54—Cards, coupons, or other inserts or accessories
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents

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  • the present invention generally relates to the packaging art, and more particularly, to a three-dimensional insert construction provided in a continuous web of inserts that may readily be handled by automated packaging equipment or the like.
  • Packaging apparatus particularly adapted for handling inserts or coupons provided in the continuous perforated web are known in the art from, for example, U.S. Patent No. 5,079,901, assigned to the assignee of the present invention. That patent describes an apparatus and system that receives a continuous perforated web of coupons, provides a forwardmost coupon between pairs of feed rolls and burst rolls, and at a desired time, separates the forwardmost coupon from the continuous web by applying a bursting tension to a transverse perforation separating the forwardmost coupon from the next succeeding coupon. The separated coupon is then passed to a point of insertion at a desired time such as into a moving container based on signals provided by timing circuitry.
  • German patent #DE 27 30 133 A1 discloses a bag, intended for liquid or granular product, made from two rolls of foil and a two-part insert attached thereto. This patent indicates that such a structure addresses the issue of a liquid-containing bag or granular-containing bag breaking or tearing open when exposed to high mechanical stresses. The structure of the bag and insert is said to overcome those structures.
  • skin pack in which plastic film is attached to a porous paper backer material through which a vacuum is drawn to conform the film to the item to be packaged.
  • the present invention provides these and other additional objects with a three-dimensional insert comprising a piece of cardstock or paperboard (hereinafter referred to as cardstock) defined by first and second opposed ends and first and second opposed sides.
  • cardstock a piece of cardstock or paperboard
  • a thermosealable, olefin coating or film is applied to the top surface of the cardstock.
  • An overwrap material is contacted with the coating and is bonded therewith to provide a seal between the overwrap material and the surface of the cardstock.
  • This arrangement presents relatively consistent surfaces that are readily grasped by coupon processing equipment. In this way, a prize or other three-dimensional object is retained in the overwrap without moving toward the peripheral sides utilized in handling the insert.
  • Fig. 1 is an isometric view of first and second inserts provided in a continuous web of inserts according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a piece of cardstock with an thermosealable coating on the cardstock.
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the insert shown in Fig. 1 taken along the lines 3-3.
  • the present invention relates to an insert used in a packaging application.
  • the insert is particularly suited for handling by automated processing equipment such as that disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,549,233, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • Such equipment is adapted to engage the peripheral side edges of the insert while a three-dimensional object located in the central portion of the insert passes between the sets of rolls to enable handling of various types of three-dimensional objects.
  • the three-dimensional object may be a premium, prize or a package component that is intended to be inserted into a container such as a cereal box, bag or pouch.
  • the insert may be a packet of flavoring or seasoning that is intended to be placed into a container, while remaining physically separated from the remaining contents of the container.
  • Fig. 1 is an isometric view of first and second inserts or coupons 10, 12 provided in a continuous web or stream of inserts.
  • each of the inserts 10, 12 includes a three-dimensional piece or object 10p, 12p which will ultimately be placed within a container or the like.
  • the objects 10p, 12p may be prizes or the like provided in cereal boxes, bread wrappers or other suitable containers.
  • the pieces 10p, 12p may be small packages which are utilized in food packaging or other similar applications.
  • the inserts 10, 12 are preferably provided in a continuous perforated web format and are separated from each other by a perforation 14 disposed to extend transversely to the web which connects inserts 10, 12 together. The remaining inserts in the web are similarly connected to each other.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a relatively flat piece 20 of cardstock, paperboard or other material having a suitable rigidity to withstand processing by automated handling equipment.
  • the cardstock piece provides structural support for the insert.
  • the cardstock piece is defined by a pair of opposed ends 20e, a pair of opposed sides 20s, and a top surface.
  • Fig. 2 also shows the cardstock piece 20 having a thermosealable coating 22 applied to the entire top surface of the cardstock.
  • the coating 22 is an olefin-based material or other material having suitable thermo-sealing characteristics.
  • a pair of strips of coating or other adhesive may be applied to the peripheral edges of the cardstock piece 20, preferably proximate to the sides 20s.
  • the surface of card 20 may be coated with heat sealable olefin-based material strips that extend the lengthwise dimension of the piece 20 between ends 20e.
  • the coating may applied to the top surface of the cardstock piece in other forms, such as in the form of spaced lands or the like.
  • the cardstock piece 20 with thermo-sealable coating and object 10p are surrounded by a plastic overwrap material such as overwrap material 26.
  • the overwrap material may be utilized to circumscribe the object and cardstock 20 to provide a barrier with the outside such as an aseptically packaged insert.
  • the overwrap material ends 26e are heat sealed together to provide a transverse band which is then perforated or otherwise weakened proximate to the ends 20e of the cardstock.
  • the sides 26s of the overwrap material are also preferably heat sealed or otherwise bonded or affixed to the lateral sides of the top surface of the cardstock piece 20 to completely enclose the three-dimensional object.
  • One alternative method for engaging the overwrap material with the lateral sides of the top surface of the cardstock 20 is with the use of rollers or the like which provides a suitable compressive forces to the overwrap material and coating to provide a seal therebetween.
  • a seal is provided between the overwrap material and the thermo-sealable coating on the surface of the cardstock at locations proximate to the side edges of the cardstock piece.
  • the overwrap material is fabricated of the same material as the coating, for example an olefin-based material.
  • the overwrap may be fabricated of a different material so long as its bonding characteristics are such that it will be readily secured with the coating on the top surface of the cardstock upon the application of heat and/or compressive forces applied to the lateral edges of the cardstock piece.
  • the three-dimensional object such as a promotional piece or packet is prevented from being laterally moved or dislodged toward the peripheral side edges of the insert and is kept away from the handling equipment.
  • this arrangement presents relatively flat, uniform side surfaces which are the portions of the insert to be handled by the processing equipment.
  • the web of inserts is presented to handling apparatus which engages the sides of the insert.
  • spaced pairs of feed rolls engage the side edges of the forwardmost insert in the web and pass the coupon downstream to a pre-dispense location, preferably such that the forwardmost coupon is engaged by spaced pairs of burst rolls while the perforation separating the forwardmost coupon is disposed between the pairs of feed rolls and the burst rolls.
  • the burst rolls are rotated at relative angular speed greater than that of the feed rolls to apply a bursting tension to the perforation between the forwardmost coupon and the next succeeding coupon to disengage the forwardmost coupon from the remainder of the web and to position the coupon into a container or the like. In this way, three-dimensional inserts of the type described above may be readily placed into containers.
  • the insert provides improved structural integrity as well as improved handleability.

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US08/876,611 US5803261A (en) 1996-10-31 1997-06-16 Three dimensional insert construction
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