EP1149773A1 - Behälter aus biegsamem Stoff und mit einer Ausgabevorrichtung, für körnige Produkte - Google Patents

Behälter aus biegsamem Stoff und mit einer Ausgabevorrichtung, für körnige Produkte Download PDF

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EP1149773A1
EP1149773A1 EP01107003A EP01107003A EP1149773A1 EP 1149773 A1 EP1149773 A1 EP 1149773A1 EP 01107003 A EP01107003 A EP 01107003A EP 01107003 A EP01107003 A EP 01107003A EP 1149773 A1 EP1149773 A1 EP 1149773A1
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Franco Goglio
Luigino Bianconi
Giorgio Bottini
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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
    • B65D75/58Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5861Spouts
    • B65D75/5866Integral spouts
    • 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
    • B65D33/00Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/02Local reinforcements or stiffening inserts, e.g. wires, strings, strips or frames

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  • the present invention refers to a container in flexible material, in particular of the airtight type, for granular or powder products, provided with a product dispensing device.
  • Flexible sheet material containers for example of the so-called gusset type, are widely known and are used to package products of various types, for example food products, such as granular and powder products, or in any case products of a solid consistency.
  • They are made of a single-layer or multi-layer material, with one or both outer surfaces heat-weldable, for example of polyethylene.
  • the package is obtained, in a per se known manner, by successive folds, making transverse and longitudinal welds between superimposed parts of the heat-weldable layers.
  • a drawback of these containers is that they do not retain their shape, normally parallelepiped, if they are not vacuum packed and, in any case, if vacuum packed they tend to go limp or collapse after opening.
  • the cover plate is normally a small frame that involves the perimeter of the container, so as to leave a wide opening for access to the product following lifting of a cover fitted on the container.
  • the presence of said frame can form an obstacle to removal of the product, whether this takes place by means of a spoon, which may knock against the edge of the frame as it is removed, or by tipping of the container, in that the product tends to collect behind the frame, thus obstructing regular dispensing thereof.
  • the object of the invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and in particular to provide a flexible container of the above-mentioned type, with reinforcing plates able to prevent it from going limp, provided with a device for dispensing of the product.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide such a container that is completely airtight before opening.
  • a flexible material container according to the invention has two reinforcing plates, advantageously of plastic material, inside two opposite side walls of the container, and the product dispensing device is disposed on one of said walls, a punching being provided therein that allows outward opening of a flap, through which the product can be dispensed.
  • the flap is extracted with upward rotation, so as to define a window through which the product can be poured.
  • such a flap is extracted with a downward rotation and is shaped so as to define a sort of mouth or channel through which the product can easily be poured.
  • the flap is connected by means of side walls to the corresponding wall of the container, to define the above-mentioned channel for discharge of the product.
  • Said container is made of flexible sheet material, with one or more layers, for example heat-weldable on at least one side.
  • the container 1 is obtained, according to a per se known method, by folding along vertical fold lines 2, corresponding to its vertical corners, and by making a vertical or longitudinal fold 3, which is disposed on a vertical face of the container, in particular near one of said vertical comers 2, so as to merge therewith. Subsequently a bottom horizontal or transverse weld 4, which is then folded and welded onto the bottom wall of the container, and a top horizontal or transversal weld 5 are made, thus obtaining the container as shown in Figures 1 and 4.
  • respective substantially rigid reinforcement plates 7 (visible in particular in the cutaway view in Figure 1), serving to strengthen the container, are disposed inside its opposite sides or side walls 6, ensuring that the upright condition is maintained.
  • the plates 7 can be formed from any suitable material, but they are advantageously made of plastic material, with a barrier effect, so as to be able to be heat welded inside the flexible sheet material forming the container.
  • the plates 7 can be made of cardboard with a layer with a barrier effect and glued to the sheet material.
  • a dispensing device designated as a whole by reference numeral 10, disposed on one of said side walls 6 of the container, is provided.
  • the dispenser 10 is substantially obtained by making in the reinforcing plate 7 a punching 11 which defines a flap 12 that can be opened outward, rotating around a hinge axis 13.
  • a further punching 14, with a complete or broken cut, is provided on the sheet material of the wall 6 of the container, at a position corresponding to said flap 12.
  • the punching 14 could coincide, at least in part, with the punching 11, but to keep the flap 12 completely covered before use, and thus ensure that the container is airtight, it is preferred to make the punching 14 in the sheet material outside the perimeter of the flap 12. In practice, therefore, the punching 14 is disposed outside the punching 11, producing a tab 15 of sheet material (see in particular Figure 4), having a terminal gripping edge 16 disposed at the bottom in the embodiment in figures 1 and 4, such as to facilitate opening of the flap 12.
  • said gripping edge 16 is not fixed in any way to the corresponding plate 7, so as to be able to be raised easily during opening of the container.
  • a layer of easy-open material 17 is applied between the borders of the two punchings 11 and 14, so as to weaken the weld holding between the sheet material and the plate 7, in order to facilitate detachment during opening.
  • a stable coupling is provided, at least along the perimeter of the punching 11, between the sheet material of the container and the plate 7, so as to avoid detachment of the tab 15 from the flap 12.
  • an adhesive that allows the sheet material of the tab 15 to be reapplied tightly to plate 7 can be disposed in the area 17 where the layer of easy-open material is provided.
  • punching of the flap 12 and of the corresponding tab 15 takes place in exactly the same manner as in the embodiment in Figures 1 to 4, with the sole difference that the flap 12 in this case opens with a downward rotation, so that the position of the hinge axis 13 is inverted with respect to that shown in Figure 1.
  • Opening of the dispenser 10 thus takes place in the same manner as described with reference to Figures 1 to 4, with the sole difference that pulling on the gripping edge 16 causes lowering, instead of raising, of the flap 12.
  • respective dispenser side walls 21 of a sufficiently elastic material are provided at the vertical edges 20 of the flap 12 and when the dispenser 10 is closed are disposed inside the container 1, in a substantially wide apart position with respect to the flap, as shown in Figure 6.
  • dispenser side walls 21 are disposed in a position substantially at right angles to the plane of the flap 12, thus defining a channel through which the product contained in the container 1 can be poured.
  • respective notches 22 are provided which, during extraction of said dispenser side walls from the container, that is during opening of the flap 12, come to engage with the upper edge 23 of the opening 18 which is formed in the plate 7, thus holding the flap open in a stable condition.
  • FIG. 10 and 11 differs from that of Figures 5 and 9 solely in that said flexible dispenser side walls 21 in this case are made by means of respective gussets that join the vertical side edges 20 of the flap 12 to the corresponding vertical edges 25 of the opening 18 made in the plate 7.
EP01107003A 2000-03-23 2001-03-21 Behälter aus biegsamem Stoff und mit einer Ausgabevorrichtung, für körnige Produkte Expired - Lifetime EP1149773B1 (de)

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IT2000MI000179U IT250052Y1 (it) 2000-03-23 2000-03-23 Contenitore in materiale flessibile per prodotti granulari provvistodi dispositivo di erogazione
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DE (1) DE60105082T2 (de)
DK (1) DK1149773T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2227004T3 (de)
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US5065868A (en) * 1990-10-23 1991-11-19 Cornelissen Roger E Package consisting of a paper bag compactly packing compressed flexible articles
DE9209269U1 (de) * 1992-07-10 1992-09-24 Bischof Und Klein Gmbh & Co, 4540 Lengerich, De
EP0783442A1 (de) * 1994-09-30 1997-07-16 Atifon Ltd. Behälter mit rechteckigem boden und verfahren zu seiner herstellung
EP0785148A1 (de) * 1996-01-19 1997-07-23 Luigi Goglio Behälter aus biegsamen Folienmaterial

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US5065868A (en) * 1990-10-23 1991-11-19 Cornelissen Roger E Package consisting of a paper bag compactly packing compressed flexible articles
DE9209269U1 (de) * 1992-07-10 1992-09-24 Bischof Und Klein Gmbh & Co, 4540 Lengerich, De
EP0783442A1 (de) * 1994-09-30 1997-07-16 Atifon Ltd. Behälter mit rechteckigem boden und verfahren zu seiner herstellung
EP0785148A1 (de) * 1996-01-19 1997-07-23 Luigi Goglio Behälter aus biegsamen Folienmaterial

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EP1149773B1 (de) 2004-08-25
DK1149773T3 (da) 2005-02-28
IT250052Y1 (it) 2003-07-07
ES2227004T3 (es) 2005-04-01
ITMI20000179V0 (it) 2000-03-23
ITMI20000179U1 (it) 2001-09-23

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