EP1209085A1 - Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Behälters zur Aufnahme von festen oder gefrorenen Nahrungsmitteln - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Behälters zur Aufnahme von festen oder gefrorenen Nahrungsmitteln Download PDF

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EP1209085A1
EP1209085A1 EP00830761A EP00830761A EP1209085A1 EP 1209085 A1 EP1209085 A1 EP 1209085A1 EP 00830761 A EP00830761 A EP 00830761A EP 00830761 A EP00830761 A EP 00830761A EP 1209085 A1 EP1209085 A1 EP 1209085A1
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Gianfranco D'amato
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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
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/50—Non-integral frangible members applied to, or inserted in, preformed openings, e.g. tearable strips or plastic plugs
    • B65D17/501—Flexible tape or foil-like material
    • B65D17/502—Flexible tape or foil-like material applied to the external part of the container wall only
    • 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
    • B65D3/268—Opening arrangements or devices incorporated in, or attached to, containers the opening arrangement being located in a container closure
    • 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
    • B65D3/02—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 characterised by shape
    • B65D3/06—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 characterised by shape essentially conical or frusto-conical
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2105/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers made by assembling separate sheets, blanks or webs
    • B31B2105/002—Making boxes characterised by the shape of the blanks from which they are formed
    • B31B2105/0022—Making boxes from tubular webs or blanks, e.g. with separate bottoms, including tube or bottom forming operations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B31B50/59—Shaping sheet material under pressure
    • B31B50/592—Shaping sheet material under pressure using punches or dies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B31B50/74—Auxiliary operations
    • B31B50/81—Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
    • B31B50/812—Applying tabs, patches, strips or strings on blanks or webs
    • B31B50/8122—Applying patches
    • 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
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0002—Location of opening
    • B65D2517/0004—Location of opening in can base, i.e. the part on which the container stands
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/72—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials
    • B65D85/78—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials for ice-cream

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  • the present invention relates to a process for making a food container, and, more precisely, to a process for making a squeezable container for solid and/or frozen food, and also to a container obtained according to such process.
  • Squeezable containers for the containment of solid foodstuffs such as pralines, sweets or the like, which, once unsealed, are also apt to dispense individual product units contained therein are already known in the art.
  • Such containers have various shapes and are made in different materials suitable to preserve the product contained therein.
  • a known type of such containers has a frustoconical shape and is provided at the smaller base thereof with a dispensing port, usually sealed by a removable label.
  • a process providing a step of inserting the former inside the container followed by a subsequent step of folding the edge area of the container wall onto said bottom wall is provided.
  • a first drawback of such a process for fastening the bottom wall to the container wall is due to the fact that the edge, once it is folded onto the bottom wall, generates radial wrinkles which tend to compromise the seal of the container.
  • a second drawback is due to the fact that the folded edge of the container wall generates an annular area onto which the sealing label may not be applied, due to the presence of the radial wrinkles. This entails that the latter may be applied onto the bottom wall solely at the inside of the area delimited by the folded edge, therefore it should be of moderate dimensions in order not to compromise the adhesion thereof to the wall.
  • An object of the present invention is to overcome the abovementioned drawbacks by providing a process for making a squeezable foodstuff container providing an eased and effective assembling thereof.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a foodstuff container providing a bottom edge structure free from wrinkles in order not to compromise the seal thereof, yet concomitantly preserving the intrinsic sturdiness and flexibility thereof.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a container providing the use of a sealing label with an eased grasping and tearing thereof.
  • a process for making a container for dispensing solid and/or frozen food characterised in that it comprises the following steps:
  • the present invention provides a container for dispensing solid and/or frozen food, comprising a frustoconical-shaped main body having a top wall and a bottom wall for closing said container, characterised in that said closing member comprises a food dispensing port, and means for sealing said dispensing port.
  • the present invention has several advantages.
  • a first advantage of the present invention is given by the fact that the container thus assembled has a working surface for arranging a sealing membrane which is greater with respect to those of the likewise state of the art containers, thereby improving the use thereof since, container volume being equal, a sealing membrane of greater dimensions may be made.
  • a second advantage is given by the fact that the container thus assembled provides an upper bottom wall free from folds or creasings onto the edge thereof. Therefore, the sealing membrane is placed onto the top wall so as not to interfere with the edge area of the container, thereby allowing an eased grasping and tearing off of the former.
  • a third advantage is given by the fact that the container thus assembled may have the sealing membrane of the top wall with a portion of the same protruding from the edge of the container, in order to further ease the grasping and the tearing off thereof.
  • a fourth advantage is given by the fact that, since a top wall working surface which is greater with respect to that of the state of the art containers is being provided, in order to ease the dispensing of the food a dispensing port of greater dimensions may be formed.
  • a fifth advantage is given by the fact that, a top wall working surface which is greater with respect to that of the state of the art containers being provided, the position of the dispensing port may be off-centred, bringing the same towards an edge area in order to ease an user's mouthwise dispensing without compromising the sturdiness of the container.
  • a sixth advantage is given by the fact that a top closing wall of the container which is fixedly arranged onto the top edge area of the latter, in the complete absence of folds or creasings, folded so as to provide an outwardly tight seal improved with respect to the state of the art containers, is provided.
  • the container has a frustoconical-shaped main body 1 which has a top wall 2 onto which a sealing member 3 for a food product dispensing port 4 (not in figure and better illustrated hereinafter) is arranged.
  • the arrangement is such as to provide that during the assembly process the top wall 2 be previously inserted through the bottom port into the container body 1 until reaching the top edge area of the latter, where it locks by interference and is heat sealed.
  • the top edge area of the body 1 be folded and heat sealed onto the surface of the wall 2. This entails that the edge folded onto the wall 2 generate a series of radial wrinkles which might compromise the tight seal of the container itself.
  • this arrangement allows the dispensing port 4 to be of moderate dimensions and mandatorily arranged at the centre of the wall 2, in order not to compromise the sturdiness thereof.
  • the top wall 2 be fixed to the top end edge of the container 1 in such a manner that the same edge ends with no portion thereof inserted onto the surface of the wall 2, and therefore free from possible wrinkles. Moreover, this arrangement provides the latter with a working surface for the sealing which is greater with respect to the state of the art containers of same sizes.
  • the top wall 2 provides the dispensing port to be suitably off-centred and of greater size with respect to the state of the art ones, in order to ease the user's mouthwise dispensing, concomitantly without compromising the overall sturdiness of the container 1.
  • the wall 2 is apt to be totally or almost totally covered by the sealing member 3, which has a grip area 5 of greater dimensions with respect to ones of the state of the art.
  • the absence of a folded edge thickness at the annular edge area of the container makes the user's grasping of the grip area 5 extremely easy, the user merely needing to bring the fingertip into contact with said grip area 5 to lift the latter off the wall 2.
  • the grip portion 5 of the sealing member 3 may protrude from the top edge of the container 1 in order to further ease the user's grasping thereof.
  • a process for making the container of the present invention comprises a first step wherein from a coil 6 a strip 7 of a suitable material is fed.
  • the strip 7 undergoes a dinking step in which the dispensing port 4 is formed onto a strip portion. Subsequently, a sealing step of said dispensing port 4 is provided, by applying the sealing member 3 at the area wherein the dispensing port 4 was formed.
  • the strip is conveyed to a subsequent shearing and drawing step so as to form a concave-shaped closing member 2, having at the centre area thereof the sealing member 3 of the dispensing port 4.
  • the closing member 2 thus obtained may be conveyed to the subsequent step, in which the application of a skirt 1 at the edge area of the drawn member 2 is provided, so as to make a container having a frustoconical-shaped body, closed at the top thereof by the previously sealed closing member 2. Then, the container 1 thus obtained may be conveyed to the subsequent steps of foodstuff filling and final closing thereof.
  • the dispensing port 4 may be formed by dinking the drawn closing member 2, and the relevant sealing thereof subsequently to the step of fixing the skirt 1 onto the edge of the drawn member 2. More precisely, the container body 1, already closed topwise by the drawn member 2, is arranged in a dinking station in which the dispensing port 4 is formed onto the member 2 and, subsequently, conveyed to a sealing station of the dispensing port 4 as abovedescribed.
  • the container thus assembled may proceed to the subsequent steps of foodstuff filling, of course in an upturned condition, and of closing the bottom end thereof.
  • the portion 5 of the sealing member 3 is grasped, to be then manually torn off the top wall 2, thereby opening the dispensing port 4. Then, in this condition, the product may be dispensed by a partial upturning and optionally squeezing of the container 1 towards the user's hand or mouth.
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USD906799S1 (en) 2020-01-28 2021-01-05 Blue Buffalo Enterprises, Inc. Vacuum package

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EP0259976A2 (de) * 1986-09-09 1988-03-16 General Foods Corporation Spenderpackung für pastöse Esswaren
EP0389792A1 (de) * 1989-03-29 1990-10-03 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA Verpackung, insbesondere für unter Druck stehende Flüssigkeiten
EP0439664A1 (de) * 1990-02-02 1991-08-07 SEDA S.p.A. Behälter für Flüssigkeiten

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US2216331A (en) * 1938-10-28 1940-10-01 Us Envelope Co Method of and apparatus for producing paper cups
US2415625A (en) * 1942-10-15 1947-02-11 Sonoco Products Co Method of making containers
US4412644A (en) * 1981-07-20 1983-11-01 Fever William C Spill resistant disposable paper drinking cup
EP0259976A2 (de) * 1986-09-09 1988-03-16 General Foods Corporation Spenderpackung für pastöse Esswaren
EP0389792A1 (de) * 1989-03-29 1990-10-03 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA Verpackung, insbesondere für unter Druck stehende Flüssigkeiten
EP0439664A1 (de) * 1990-02-02 1991-08-07 SEDA S.p.A. Behälter für Flüssigkeiten

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JP2012236612A (ja) * 2011-05-10 2012-12-06 Toppan Printing Co Ltd 紙容器
USD906799S1 (en) 2020-01-28 2021-01-05 Blue Buffalo Enterprises, Inc. Vacuum package

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