EP1711404B1 - A cubical beverage packaging unit that includes a pouring orifice - Google Patents
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- EP1711404B1 EP1711404B1 EP05704788A EP05704788A EP1711404B1 EP 1711404 B1 EP1711404 B1 EP 1711404B1 EP 05704788 A EP05704788 A EP 05704788A EP 05704788 A EP05704788 A EP 05704788A EP 1711404 B1 EP1711404 B1 EP 1711404B1
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- closure element
- packaging unit
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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
- B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
- B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
- B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
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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
- B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
- B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
- B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
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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
- B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
- B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
- B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
- B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
- B65D47/261—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement
- B65D47/265—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement between planar parts
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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
- B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
- B65D2501/0009—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents
- B65D2501/0081—Bottles of non-circular cross-section
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- the present invention relates to a beverage packaging unit.
- people drink a large number of different sorts of beverage, for instance aerated or carbonated beverages, juices, milk, milk-based beverages, but also packaged beer, ale and wine, for instance portion-wise packaging units.
- the most common packaging units for present day beverages are bottles of varying sizes each with its characteristic appearance, i.e. a cylindrical package which narrows at its top to form an orifice from which the beverage can be drunk or poured, wherewith the orifice can be re-sealed with the aid of a screw-threaded cork or screw cap.
- the bottles are normally made of plastic, such as PET or glass.
- Another type of common packaging unit is an aluminium can of cylindrical shape, so as to enable such cans to be mutually stacked, and comprising a characteristic can opening procedure in which part of the aluminium tab is broken away from the upper side of the can and therewith create a hole from which the contents of the can be drunk or poured.
- Tetra Pak Another common type of packaging unit is the Tetra Pak with which a plastic wrapped drinking straw is glued to one of the two largest side surfaces of the Tetra Pak unit.
- the contents of this packaging unit are typically drunk by removing the straw from the unit and then removing the plastic wrapping and inserting the straw down through a hole provided in the upper side of the Tetra Pak packaging unit and covered with aluminium foil. The contents of the Tetra Pack unit can then be drunk through the straw.
- Another common beverage packaging unit is a glass bottle that includes a cap fitted over the neck orifice of the glass bottle and a hole from which the bottle contents can be drunk or poured.
- packaging units have certain positive and negative aspects. Generally speaking, some packaging units are not transport effective because they cannot be packed tightly together, while others cannot be re-sealed. These drawbacks are described in more detail hereinafter.
- beverage packaging units can not be re-sealed.
- a packaging unit has been opened on a given occasion, in order to drink its contents, its either necessary for the person concerned to empty the unit of its contents at one and the same time or to throw away beverage that he/she does not wish to drink at that particular time subsequent to having opened the unit.
- the person drinking from the packaging unit will normally wish to drink a small amount, often at different times, and be able to re-seal the unit so that its content can be drunk later on.
- One solution to this problem exists in the bottle that is sealed with a screw-on cork, for instance the PET-bottle, although these bottles have less effective freight-volume properties, as mentioned above.
- Other typical beverage packaging units such as aluminium cans, glass bottles provided with caps or Tetra Pak packaging units cannot be re-sealed.
- Tetra Pak packaging unit that includes a drinking straw
- the Tetra Pak unit is deformable, meaning that when the unit has been opened with the aid of the straw and while gripping the Tetra Pak unit with unaccustomed fingers, the unit is often squeezed together to such an extent that liquid will gush from the Tetra Pak unit like a fountain and therewith land outside the unit.
- a beverage packaging unit that includes an opening from which the liquid contents of the unit can be drunk or poured, wherewith said opening can be closed and sealed with the aid of a closure element
- the packaging unit is parallelepipedic and comprises a hollow box-like body and said closure element; in that said parallelepipedic hollow box-like body has a bevelled corner at which there is formed a three-sided or triangular surface that connects with said box-like body; in that there projects out from said surface a tubular part that includes said opening;
- said closure element includes a generally pyramidal body which is shaped so that when in abutment with said bevelled corner of said box-like body it forms, together with said body, said parallelepipedic packaging unit; in that said closure element includes a cavity for receiving said tubular part; and in that the packaging unit includes co-acting fasteners on said tubular part and also in said cavity for pivotally retaining said closure element at said tubular part, so that said
- the packaging unit 1 is parallelepipedic and comprises a hollow box-like body 2 and the closure element 3.
- One of the corners of the parallelepipedic hollow body 2 is bevelled to provide a three-sided, or triangular, surface 9.
- This three-sided surface 9 connects with the box-like body 2.
- the closure element 3 includes a generally pyramidal body that is configured so that when the closure element 3 is in abutment with the three-sided surface 9 at the bevelled corner of the box-like body 2, said pyramidal body will form said parallelepipedic packaging unit 1 together with the box-like body 2.
- the closure element 3 includes a cavity 6 which is intended to receive the tubular part 4.
- Mutually co-acting fasteners 11 for instance snap fasteners or screw threads, are provided on both the tubular part 4 and in the cavity 6. These co-acting fasteners 11 retain the pivotal closure element 3 on the tubular part 4, so that the box-like body 2 and the closure element 3 will form said parallelepipedic packaging unit 1 in given pivoted positions of the closure element 3.
- the cavity 6 extends through the closure element 3 out to an orifice 7 on one of the outer sides 13 of said closure element.
- the unit 1 is open when the closure element 3 has been pivoted or turned to a position in which said opening 5 and the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 are centrally opposite one another.
- Respective top and bottom sides of the packaging unit 1 or the sides of said unit 1 are defined in figure 1 .
- the box-like body 2 is shown standing on its bottom side in figure 1 .
- the side opposite to the bottom side is referred to as the top side of the unit 1.
- the bevelled corner of the box-like body 2 is located at one of the upper corners of the body.
- the closure element 3 is therewith placed at one of the corners of said body 2 that is in contact with the top side of said body.
- the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 is placed on the top side of said element 3.
- the fastener 11 is a snap fastener.
- the snap fastener is preferably comprised of an edge 8 located externally on the tubular part 4 and a recess 10 placed within the cavity 6 of the closure element 3.
- the fastener 11 is adapted so that the closure element 3 can be pivoted or turned about the tubular part 4.
- Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the packaging unit 1.
- the closure element 3 is designed for sealing abutment with the opening 5 of the tubular part 4 and also with the top surface 12 of the tubular part 4.
- the closure element 3 is designed for sealing abutment with the three-sided surface 9 of the box-like body 2.
- the closure element 3 is designed for sealing abutment with the opening 5 of the tubular part 4 and the top surface 12, and also with the three-sided surface 9 of the box-like body 2.
- the packaging unit 1 is in a closed and sealed state when the opening 5 of the box-like body 2 and the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 are not registered centrally opposite one another; see figure 3, 4, 5 .
- This non-registered state is achieved by pivoting or turning the closure element 3, enabled by the fastener means 11 of said packaging unit, to a position in which the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 is positioned centrally over the top surface 12 of the tubular part 4, instead of positioning the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 centrally over the opening 5 of the tubular part 4; see above.
- the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 will be positioned on the upper side of said packaging unit.
- the beverage contained in the packaging unit 1 is therewith retained until a person wishes to drink from the unit and therewith turns the unit 1 so as to enable beverage to run from the packaging unit.
- This construction enables the unit 1 to be filled to its full capacity. If the orifice 7 is placed on the outer sides 13 of the closure element 3 that do not form an upper side of the unit 1, the beverage will be able to run out from the unit 1.
- the unit 1 cannot then be filled to its full capacity.
- Plastic bridges 14 are preferably fastened between the box-like body 2 and closure element 3 in abutment with said body 2, regardless of the embodiment concerned. When turning the closure element 3 relative to the box-like body 2 and therewith open the unit 1, theses bridges 14 will be broken, therewith indicating that the unit has been opened.
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- Closures For Containers (AREA)
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- Sealing Of Jars (AREA)
- Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
- Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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SE0400218A SE525997C2 (sv) | 2004-02-04 | 2004-02-04 | Parallellepipedisk dryckesbehållare med vridbar förslutning |
PCT/SE2005/000126 WO2005075302A1 (sv) | 2004-02-04 | 2005-02-02 | Förpackning för dryck, med mynning. |
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EP1711404A1 EP1711404A1 (en) | 2006-10-18 |
EP1711404B1 true EP1711404B1 (en) | 2009-11-11 |
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EP05704788A Not-in-force EP1711404B1 (en) | 2004-02-04 | 2005-02-02 | A cubical beverage packaging unit that includes a pouring orifice |
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US (1) | US20070278238A1 (sv) |
EP (1) | EP1711404B1 (sv) |
JP (1) | JP4586029B2 (sv) |
CN (1) | CN1960918B (sv) |
AT (1) | ATE448149T1 (sv) |
DE (1) | DE602005017579D1 (sv) |
SE (1) | SE525997C2 (sv) |
WO (1) | WO2005075302A1 (sv) |
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WO2005075302A1 (sv) | 2005-08-18 |
CN1960918B (zh) | 2010-12-08 |
ATE448149T1 (de) | 2009-11-15 |
SE0400218L (sv) | 2005-06-07 |
JP2007520399A (ja) | 2007-07-26 |
SE0400218D0 (sv) | 2004-02-04 |
SE525997C2 (sv) | 2005-06-07 |
CN1960918A (zh) | 2007-05-09 |
EP1711404A1 (en) | 2006-10-18 |
DE602005017579D1 (de) | 2009-12-24 |
JP4586029B2 (ja) | 2010-11-24 |
US20070278238A1 (en) | 2007-12-06 |
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