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EP1670690B1
EP1670690B1 EP04775486A EP04775486A EP1670690B1 EP 1670690 B1 EP1670690 B1 EP 1670690B1 EP 04775486 A EP04775486 A EP 04775486A EP 04775486 A EP04775486 A EP 04775486A EP 1670690 B1 EP1670690 B1 EP 1670690B1
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Per Gustavsson
Peter Marbe
Bengt Jönsson
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Eco Lean Research and Development AS
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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
    • B65D75/008—Standing pouches, i.e. "Standbeutel"
    • 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
    • B65D75/56—Handles or other suspension means
    • B65D75/563—Integral handles or suspension means
    • 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
    • B65D75/5816—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a corner or other small portion next to the edge, e.g. a U-shaped portion
    • B65D75/5822—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a corner or other small portion next to the edge, e.g. a U-shaped portion and defining, after tearing, a small dispensing spout, a small orifice or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a container for liquid contents and, more specifically, such a container of a collapsible type, comprising a compartment which is defined by two opposite side walls and a bottom wall and whose volume depends on the relative position of the walls.
  • Liquid products such as dairy products, juice or wine, can be packed in a number of different containers.
  • An increasingly frequently used container is of the type described by way of introduction and has great advantages since it can be manufactured at a relatively low cost.
  • a suitable container material such as a laminate material with a core layer of mineral-filled polyolefin
  • the container can also be made to exhibit environmentally advantageous properties.
  • a container of said type is known from, for example, WO9941155 , WO0226567 or EP0864508 .
  • a drawback in some packages of this type is that in the filled state they have a tendency towards wrinkling.
  • Such wrinkling has a negative effect on the shape and appearance of the container and may, if the worst comes to the worst, result in wear on the side walls of the container and an indication involving a risk of leakage.
  • a container of a collapsible type for liquid contents comprising a compartment which is defined by two opposite side walls and a bottom wall and whose volume depends on the relative position of the walls.
  • the container comprises a product-enclosing portion which is formed by said walls and which in a filled state of the container extends from said bottom wall to the surface level of the contents held in the container.
  • the product-enclosing portion is adapted to be expanded by said contents to essentially assume the shape of a truncated cone with its narrow end facing away from said bottom wall.
  • a container which in a filled state can be made not to have a tendency to wrinkle. It is assumed that it is the frustoconical shape with the wider end of the product-enclosing portion facing downwards that causes the contents held in the container to expand the side walls of the container in a manner that counteracts wrinkling.
  • the product-enclosing portion can in its expanded state be essentially elliptic in cross-section.
  • said side walls are joined along an upper connecting portion, which in the area of said product-enclosing portion has opposite boundary lines, which face the compartment and which in an empty and flat state of the container taper away from the bottom wall of the container.
  • the ratio of the width of said bottom wall to the length thereof does not exceed 1/2.
  • ratios exceeding 1/2 may result in a bottom wall which in the filled state of the container is not expanded in an optimal manner and which therefore causes wrinkle-promoting tensions in the container walls.
  • the side walls are joined to the bottom wall along a lower connecting portion each, each connecting portion comprising end portions facing away from each other and connecting, at an obtuse angle ⁇ , to the upper connecting portion on an associated side of the container in a flat and empty state thereof, in which state said bottom wall is folded in two.
  • the end portions may be designed in such a manner that in the expanded state of the product-enclosing portion they connect to the upper connecting portion at an angle ⁇ not exceeding 180°.
  • said end portions are designed so as to be arranged, in the expanded state of the product-enclosing portion, along the circumferential surface of the thus formed frustoconical shape of said product-enclosing portion. It is assumed that the extent of the end portions along said circumferential surface counteracts the presence of wrinkle-promoting tensions in the walls of the container.
  • Figs 1 a and 1b illustrate an inventive container 1 in an empty and flat state.
  • the container 1 comprises two opposite side walls 2 and a bottom wall 3. which in the shown state of the container 1 is folded in two.
  • the walls 2, 3 define a compartment 4.
  • the side walls 2 are joined to each other along an upper connecting portion 5.
  • Said upper connecting portion 5 defines on a first side 6 of the container 1 a handle portion 7.
  • the handle portion 7 can be designed in various ways, and in the embodiment illustrated it is designed as a duct 8 that can be filled with gas to produce an easy-to-grip handle which besides helps to stiffen the container 1 in the filled state.
  • the upper connecting portion 5 further defines a filling duct 9 which at its end facing away from the compartment 4 is sealed by an end seal 10 included in the upper connecting portion 5.
  • said end seal 10 is removed, after which a filling tube (not shown) can be introduced through the filling duct 9 into the compartment 4 of the container 1 for filling of the same. Finally the filling duct 9 is resealed.
  • the container 1 also comprises a spout-forming portion 11 at the upper coner of a second side 12 of the container 1 opposite to said first side 6.
  • a spout-forming portion 11 at the upper coner of a second side 12 of the container 1 opposite to said first side 6.
  • an end tab 13 is removed from said spout-forming portion 11, after which the contents held in the container 1 can be poured out.
  • the end tab 13 is removed by cutting, tearing or the like. If the end tab 13 is arranged to be torn off, the container 1 may have a tear initiation 14 that facilitates tearing off.
  • Each side wall 2 is further joined to the bottom wall 3 along a lower connecting portion 15, each connecting portion comprising end portions 16 which are facing away from each other and connect to the upper connecting portion 5 on the associated side 6, 12 of the container 1.
  • the walls 2, 3 being joined to each other is meant that the walls 2, 3 are joined by a sealing process, such as welding, gluing or the like.
  • Each lower connecting portion 15 can also, like in the shown embodiment of the inventive container 1, comprise an intermediate portion 17 located between the two end portions 16.
  • the walls 2, 3 thus define a compartment 4 which in the empty and flat state of the container 1 has a non-existent volume (for the sake of clarity, the side walls 2 of the container 1 are shown slightly separated in Fig. 1b ).
  • the compartment 4 is further sealed in said state and can thus be sterilised in connection with the manufacture of the container 1 and, with maintained sterility, be distributed to the location of filling the container 1.
  • the volume of said compartment 4 depends on the relative position of the walls 2, 3, and in Figs 2a and 2b , to which reference is now also made, the container 1 has been filled with liquid contents 18, whereby the walls 2, 3 of the container 1 have assumed a relative position for defining a compartment 4, whose volume essentially corresponds to the supplied contents 18. It will be appreciated that a small air-filled volume may be formed just above a surface level of the contents 18 held in the compartment 4 of the container 1. For the sake of clarity, this air-filled volume is highly exaggerated in Fig. 2b .
  • the inventive container 1 is designed so that its tendency to wrinkle in the filled state is reduced.
  • the container 1 has a product-enclosing portion 19 which is formed by the walls 2, 3 of the container and which in the filled state of the container extends from said bottom wall 3 to a surface level 20 of the contents 18 held in the compartment 4 of the container 1.
  • the product-enclosing portion 19 is arranged to be expanded by said contents 18 to essentially assume the shape of an elliptic, truncated cone with its wide end facing the bottom wall.
  • the shape of the product-enclosing portion 19 is illustrated in Fig. 3 , to which reference is now also made, by the truncated cone 21 drawn in this Figure. In fact it has surprisingly been found that such a design of the product-enclosing portion 19 effectively counteracts wrinkling.
  • said product-enclosing portion 19 is in the embodiment illustrated arranged to essentially assume the shape of an elliptic, truncated cone 21, However it will be appreciated that the shape can be allowed to deviate somewhat from said conical shape. For instance, it may in some cases be desirable to let the upper narrow end diverge somewhat to produce a projecting spout-forming portion 11 of the container 1.
  • the upper connecting portion 5 of the container 1 is designed in such a manner that, in the area of said product-enclosing portion 19, it has opposite boundary lines 22 which are facing the compartment 4 and extended in a tapering manner away from the bottom wall 3 when the container 1 is in a flat and empty state.
  • the boundary lines 22 can advantageously taper towards the compartment 4 in a curved manner in said direction.
  • the tapered shape is required because a bottom width B1 of the container 1 will be contracted during filling of the container 1 while an upper width 82 of the container 1 will be affected to a considerably smaller extent. This is quite obvious when comparing Figs 1 a and 2a. It is especially apparent from Fig. 2a that the tapering extent of the boundary lines 22 is maintained in the filled state of the container 1, but to a smaller extent than in the flat and empty state of the container 1 ( Fig. 1a ).
  • each end portion 16 of the respective lower connecting portion 15 connects to the upper connecting portion 5 at an obtuse angle ⁇ .
  • the angle ⁇ projected in the plane shown in Fig. 2a , is still obtuse, whereby the tendency of the container 1 to wrinkle is further reduced.
  • said angle ⁇ does not exceed 180°, it is in fact guaranteed that an undesirable wrinkle is not formed in the transition between the respective end portions 16 and the upper connecting portion 5.
  • Another factor that promotes the forming of a container 1 which is not inclined to wrinkle is the design of said end portions 16 so that these end portions, in the expanded state of the product-enclosing portion 19, are arranged along the circumferential surface of the thus formed frustoconical shape of said portion 19.
  • the design of the bottom wall 3 has been found to be important for the tendency of the container 1 to wrinkle. It has been found advantageous to design the bottom wall so that the ratio of its width to its length does not exceed 1/2. It has been found that ratios exceeding this quota result in a wrinkle on each side wall at a short distance from the bottom wall. It will be appreciated that there is also a lower limit of the ratio of the width of the bottom wall to its length, but this lower limit is more important for the stability of the filled container than for its tendency to wrinkle.
  • the length of the bottom wall 3 corresponds to the width B1 of the container in the unfilled state and the width of the bottom wall 3 thus is the measure transversely of said length in the filled state of the container, as shown in Fig. 2b .
  • an inventive container 1 has a gas-filled handle. It will be appreciated that this stiffening handle additionally helps to provide a container 1 which is not inclined to wrinkle in its filled state.
  • the inventive container 1 thus has a number of designs, which each help to provide a container 1 which is not inclined to wrinkle. It is possible that some of these designs themselves are not sufficient, and that it is necessary for the designs to appear together in order to provide a container 1 which is not inclined to wrinkle.
  • a container 1 is thus provided, whose tendency to wrinkle in the filled state is reduced.
  • a product-enclosing portion 19 formed by the walls 2, 3 of the container 1 is arranged to be expanded by contents 18 held in the container 1 to essentially assume the shape of a truncated cone 21 with the wide end facing downwards, in which case said product-enclosing portion 19 is preferably given an elliptic cross-section.
  • This design of the container 1 has been found efficient for reducing wrinkles in the container 1.
  • Additional means for counteracting wrinkling comprise designing the bottom wall 3 of the container 1 in such a manner that its width is to its length as maximum 1 to 2.

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SE0302632A SE526951C2 (sv) 2003-10-02 2003-10-02 Förpackning
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US20080230549A1 (en) 2008-09-25
SE0302632L (sv) 2005-04-03
WO2005030598A1 (en) 2005-04-07
CN1860066A (zh) 2006-11-08
PL1670690T3 (pl) 2009-01-30
EP1670690A1 (en) 2006-06-21
SE0302632D0 (sv) 2003-10-02
ES2311855T3 (es) 2009-02-16
CN1860066B (zh) 2010-08-11
SE526951C2 (sv) 2005-11-22
DE602004016191D1 (de) 2008-10-09

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