EP1086906B1 - Package for a cylindrical stack of round biscuits - Google Patents

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EP1086906B1
EP1086906B1 EP00120831A EP00120831A EP1086906B1 EP 1086906 B1 EP1086906 B1 EP 1086906B1 EP 00120831 A EP00120831 A EP 00120831A EP 00120831 A EP00120831 A EP 00120831A EP 1086906 B1 EP1086906 B1 EP 1086906B1
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Rizzini Ivan Lodi
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Barilla G e R Fratelli SpA
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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
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5827—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion
    • B65D75/5833—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall
    • B65D75/5844—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall the portion of the wall being a narrow strip, e.g. between lines of weakness
    • 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
    • B65D3/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies or peripheral walls of curved or partially-curved cross-section made by winding or bending paper without folding along defined lines
    • B65D3/26—Opening arrangements or devices incorporated in, or attached to, containers
    • B65D3/261—Opening arrangements or devices incorporated in, or attached to, containers the opening arrangement being located in the container side wall
    • B65D3/262—Opening arrangements or devices incorporated in, or attached to, containers the opening arrangement being located in the container side wall forming a circumferential line of weakness
    • 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
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5827—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion
    • B65D75/5833—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall
    • B65D75/5838—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall combined with separate fixed tearing means, e.g. tabs
    • 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
    • B65D2575/00—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
    • B65D2575/52—Details
    • B65D2575/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D2575/586—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture with means for reclosing

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  • the present invention broadly relates to packaging food articles of a round (circular, disk- or doughnut-like) shape, such as biscuits, toasted bread slices, and the like.
  • this invention relates to a package which comprises essentially a cylindrical wrapper enveloping a plurality of biscuits arranged one over another into a cylindrical pack or stack, said wrapper being formed from a flexible plastics sheet for food products, such as polythene, which is wrapped around the cylindrical stack of biscuits, welded along a generatrix line of said cylindrical stack, and folded over at the opposed ends thereof, the folded flaps being then suitably welded or glued together.
  • a package which comprises essentially a cylindrical wrapper enveloping a plurality of biscuits arranged one over another into a cylindrical pack or stack, said wrapper being formed from a flexible plastics sheet for food products, such as polythene, which is wrapped around the cylindrical stack of biscuits, welded along a generatrix line of said cylindrical stack, and folded over at the opposed ends thereof, the folded flaps being then suitably welded or glued together.
  • a package is conventionally arranged to be opened at one end of the cylindrical wrapper by pulling up the folded flaps and rupturing their bond.
  • US 4 053 242 discloses a substantially cylindrical dispensing package for round and flat cosmetic product applicators, having a slot near one end thereof from which the applicators may be withdrawn one at time.
  • the underlying problem of this invention is to provide a novel package for food articles, such as round biscuits or the like, which can obviate the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art.
  • a package for a plurality of biscuits or the like food articles of substantially round shape which have been arranged one over another into a substantially cylindrical stack
  • this package comprising essentially a sheet of a flexible plastics material for food products which is wrapped around said cylindrical stack, welded along a generatrix line of said cylindrical stack, and sealed at the opposed ends thereof, wherein said wrapper is formed, a predetermined distance away from at least one of said ends, with a semiannular slit for issuing/taking out the biscuits therethrough, the semiannular slit being at least as wide as said biscuits are thick, a means being also provided of covering said slit, characterized in that said cylindrical wrapper includes a semiannular strip portion located a predetermined distance away from at least one of its ends and bounded by a tear-off weakening line which extends along three sides of said semiannular portion, the fourth side lying parallel to the generatrices of said cylindrical wrapper and that, a grasping means is
  • an adhesive means is provided on said semiannular portion for re-attaching it to cover said semiannular slit.
  • the adhesive means is preferably of a permanent type and coated on the inboard side of said grasping tab.
  • a package is shown generally at 1 for a plurality of biscuits 2 which are substantially round (circular, disk- or doughnut-like, or the like) in shape and arranged one over another into a pack or a cylindrical stack.
  • Said package comprises a cylindrical wrapper 3 obtained from a flexible sheet of a plastics material for food products, e.g. a polythene-polypropylene composite, which is wrapped around said stack of biscuits 2, welded along a generatrix line of said cylindrical stack and sealed at the opposed ends 4, 5 thereof.
  • a plastics material for food products e.g. a polythene-polypropylene composite
  • a semiannular slit 6 is formed through said wrapper 3 a predetermined distance away from one of its ends 4, 5, e.g. the end 5, which slit extends circumferentially to a length at least equal to, but preferably slightly greater than, one half the wrapper circumference and has a width at least equal to, but preferably slightly greater than, the thickness of the packaged biscuits.
  • said slit 6 is used for issuing/taking out the biscuits 2 individually from the package of this invention.
  • a semiannular portion 7 of the wrapper estends circumferentally a predetermined distance away from the wrapper end 5, and is bounded by a tear-off weakening line 8 extending along three sides only of the portion 7 of the wrapper 3, the fourth, non-weakened side (8a) extending preferably parallel to the wrapper generatrices.
  • said portion 7 has a grasping tab 9 associated therewith, which tab is advantageously coated on its inboard side with an adhesive of a so-called permanent type.
  • the tearing action on the semiannular portion 7 does not result in it becoming completely separated from the wrapper 3, since said portion would still be attached to the wrapper by its non-dinked side 8a.
  • the desired slit 6 would be uncovered for issuing/taking out biscuits 2.
  • the portion 7 can be sealed back onto said slit 6 on account of the adhesive coating provided on the tab 9.
  • the grasping means for tearing off the portion 7 and replacing said portion over the uncovered slit 6 comprises, instead of the tab 9 just described, a label (not shown because conventional) of a suitable size which is also associated with the portion 7 at the non-dinked side thereof opposed from the side 8a.
  • a label 10 being coated with a permanent adhesive and far exceeding said portion 7 in length and width, is stuck onto said wrapper 3 symmetrically across said portion 7.
  • the strip-like portion 7 is also torn off to uncover the slit 6 for issuing/taking out the packaged biscuits 2.
  • the slit 6 can be re-sealed.
  • said slit 6 its preferred width is only slightly greater than the combined thickness of two biscuits, and its distance from the wrapper end 5 is preferably equal to or slightly greater than the combined thickness of four biscuits.

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  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
  • Container, Conveyance, Adherence, Positioning, Of Wafer (AREA)
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EP00120831A 1999-09-27 2000-09-25 Package for a cylindrical stack of round biscuits Expired - Lifetime EP1086906B1 (en)

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SI200030728T SI1086906T1 (sl) 1999-09-27 2000-09-25 Embalaza cilindricnega stolpca okroglih piskotov

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ITMI992005 1999-09-27
IT1999MI002005A IT1313633B1 (it) 1999-09-27 1999-09-27 Confezione di una pila cilindrica di biscotti tondi.

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AT (1) ATE295811T1 (it)
DE (1) DE60020199T2 (it)
DK (1) DK1086906T3 (it)
ES (1) ES2245288T3 (it)
IT (1) IT1313633B1 (it)
PT (1) PT1086906E (it)
SI (1) SI1086906T1 (it)

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DE60020199T2 (de) 2006-01-12
PT1086906E (pt) 2005-09-30
DK1086906T3 (da) 2005-09-19
ITMI992005A0 (it) 1999-09-27
DE60020199D1 (de) 2005-06-23
SI1086906T1 (sl) 2006-02-28
IT1313633B1 (it) 2002-09-09
ITMI992005A1 (it) 2001-03-27
EP1086906A2 (en) 2001-03-28
EP1086906A3 (en) 2002-09-25
ES2245288T3 (es) 2006-01-01
ATE295811T1 (de) 2005-06-15

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