EP2093152B1 - Three-dimensional containers provided with relief decorations and a production method for such containers - Google Patents

Three-dimensional containers provided with relief decorations and a production method for such containers Download PDF

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EP2093152B1
EP2093152B1 EP09152806A EP09152806A EP2093152B1 EP 2093152 B1 EP2093152 B1 EP 2093152B1 EP 09152806 A EP09152806 A EP 09152806A EP 09152806 A EP09152806 A EP 09152806A EP 2093152 B1 EP2093152 B1 EP 2093152B1
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Giorgio Trani
Marion Sterner
Marco Scatto
Leonardo Andreotti
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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
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/004—Information or decoration elements, e.g. level indicators, detachable tabs or coupons
    • 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
    • B31B2155/00—Flexible containers made from webs
    • 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
    • B31B2160/00—Shape of flexible containers
    • B31B2160/20—Shape of flexible containers with structural provision for thickness of contents
    • 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
    • B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
    • B31B70/74—Auxiliary operations
    • B31B70/88—Printing; Embossing
    • 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
    • B31F—MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F2201/00—Mechanical deformation of paper or cardboard without removing material
    • B31F2201/07—Embossing
    • B31F2201/0702—Embossing by tools working discontinuously
    • 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
    • B31F—MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F2201/00—Mechanical deformation of paper or cardboard without removing material
    • B31F2201/07—Embossing
    • B31F2201/0707—Embossing by tools working continuously
    • B31F2201/0715—The tools being rollers
    • B31F2201/0723—Characteristics of the rollers
    • B31F2201/0733—Pattern

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  • the present invention relates to a method for producing three-dimensional containers provided with relief decorations.
  • These shopping bags are normally produced from a sheet of preprinted material which is glued and folded to form the bag. Further paper or cardboard pieces can be disposed or glued on particular regions of the sheet, for example that intended to form the base or the upper edge where the handles are attached, to provide greater strength.
  • An object of the invention is to produce a container provided with relief decoration able to increase its visual effect on the consumer.
  • Another object of the invention is to utilize reliefs obtained on deformable material to vary the mechanical properties of the articles formed from said material.
  • Another object of the invention is an automatic production process for such articles starting from materials either in sheet, in punched-out pieces or in rolls which uses traditional machines possibly modified to obtain said reliefs on the articles.
  • a method for producing shopping bags consists of unwinding from a reel 2 a web of papery material having plastic yielding characteristics, in both the transverse and longitudinal direction, of not less than 5%, then subjecting it in a suitable station 6 to the traditional operations of punching, crease-lining, folding and gluing to form a flattened tubular web comprising a plurality of pleats 7 along its longitudinal edges.
  • the tubular web is then fed to a forming unit 8 consisting of a roller 10 comprising on its lateral surface one or more reliefs 12 corresponding to the design to be formed on the shopping bag, and a die 14 facing the roller and made of soft material.
  • a forming unit 8 consisting of a roller 10 comprising on its lateral surface one or more reliefs 12 corresponding to the design to be formed on the shopping bag, and a die 14 facing the roller and made of soft material.
  • the two outer surfaces of the flattened tubular web become provided respectively with a depression 16 and a projecting portion corresponding to the roller motif.
  • the web is then cut in a cutting station 20 to form individual pieces which at one end are subjected to application of the support handles 28 and at the other end are folded to form the bag base 26.
  • the shopping bag obtained in this manner is then fed to a storage station 22 where the bags can be easily stacked on each other by virtue of the co-penetration of the deformations 16, 18 of superimposed bags.
  • the paper web can be advanced stepwise to enable a male/female deformation element to be used, with the male element consisting of a punch producing a positive of the three-dimensional form, or an elastic membrane extended and pressed onto the web and then subjected to an overpressure from the opposite side by a compressed fluid, for example air.
  • a male/female deformation element consisting of a punch producing a positive of the three-dimensional form, or an elastic membrane extended and pressed onto the web and then subjected to an overpressure from the opposite side by a compressed fluid, for example air.
  • the web leaving the roll is subjected, at least in a region which will later form the face of the shopping bag, to a deformation to create the desired motif.
  • the method comprises firstly completing the shopping bag 24 by applying the base 26 and the handles 28, and then subjecting the bag while in the flat configuration to plastic deformation with a deforming element consisting of a punch 30 and a die 32.
  • Figure 5 shows an additional step of the method of producing the shopping bag, which comprises ornamental relief motifs on both the opposing vertical walls.
  • the method consists of firstly making the bag 24 and then inserting it into the cavity 34 of a mould 36 having the same shape and dimensions as the bag when completely unfolded, in which the two walls corresponding to those walls of the bag to be decorated comprise a depression 38 corresponding to the relief motif. Compressed air is then fed into the shopping bag while inserted in the mould, to urge the wall portion of the shopping bag made of yieldable papery material into the mould depression to create the final relief motif 40 in the shopping bag by stretch-moulding.

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  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)
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Abstract

A three-dimensional container characterised by consisting of papery material having a degree of plastic yielding, in all directions, of not less than 5%, and comprising on at least one portion of its lateral surface at least one three-dimensional plastic deformation.

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  • The present invention relates to a method for producing three-dimensional containers provided with relief decorations.
  • Such a method is disclosed in US1793163 , upon which the preamble of claim 1 is based.
  • Shopping bags of paper or combined paper/plastic are known, produced manually or by machine and provided or not provided with handles. They are used both for low cost products and for luxury products, depending on the bag finish.
  • These shopping bags are normally produced from a sheet of preprinted material which is glued and folded to form the bag. Further paper or cardboard pieces can be disposed or glued on particular regions of the sheet, for example that intended to form the base or the upper edge where the handles are attached, to provide greater strength.
  • An object of the invention is to produce a container provided with relief decoration able to increase its visual effect on the consumer.
  • Another object of the invention is to utilize reliefs obtained on deformable material to vary the mechanical properties of the articles formed from said material.
  • Another object of the invention is an automatic production process for such articles starting from materials either in sheet, in punched-out pieces or in rolls which uses traditional machines possibly modified to obtain said reliefs on the articles.
  • These objects are attained according to the invention by a method as described in claim 1.
  • The present invention is further clarified hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
    • Figure 1 is a schematic view showing a block scheme of a production method for shopping bags, which is however hot according to the present invention
    • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the forming station of figure 1.
    • Figure 3 shows a shopping bag obtained by the method of the invention,
    • Figure 4 is a schematic view showing a manual production system, and
    • Figure 5 shows a further embodiment.
  • As can be seen from the figures, a method for producing shopping bags consists of unwinding from a reel 2 a web of papery material having plastic yielding characteristics, in both the transverse and longitudinal direction, of not less than 5%, then subjecting it in a suitable station 6 to the traditional operations of punching, crease-lining, folding and gluing to form a flattened tubular web comprising a plurality of pleats 7 along its longitudinal edges.
  • The tubular web is then fed to a forming unit 8 consisting of a roller 10 comprising on its lateral surface one or more reliefs 12 corresponding to the design to be formed on the shopping bag, and a die 14 facing the roller and made of soft material.
  • By passage through the forming station, the two outer surfaces of the flattened tubular web become provided respectively with a depression 16 and a projecting portion corresponding to the roller motif.
  • The web is then cut in a cutting station 20 to form individual pieces which at one end are subjected to application of the support handles 28 and at the other end are folded to form the bag base 26.
  • The shopping bag obtained in this manner is then fed to a storage station 22 where the bags can be easily stacked on each other by virtue of the co-penetration of the deformations 16, 18 of superimposed bags.
  • In an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is however not shown in the drawings, the paper web can be advanced stepwise to enable a male/female deformation element to be used, with the male element consisting of a punch producing a positive of the three-dimensional form, or an elastic membrane extended and pressed onto the web and then subjected to an overpressure from the opposite side by a compressed fluid, for example air.
  • In a further embodiment of the method, the web leaving the roll is subjected, at least in a region which will later form the face of the shopping bag, to a deformation to create the desired motif.
  • According to the present invention (see Figure 4), the method comprises firstly completing the shopping bag 24 by applying the base 26 and the handles 28, and then subjecting the bag while in the flat configuration to plastic deformation with a deforming element consisting of a punch 30 and a die 32.
  • Figure 5 shows an additional step of the method of producing the shopping bag, which comprises ornamental relief motifs on both the opposing vertical walls. The method consists of firstly making the bag 24 and then inserting it into the cavity 34 of a mould 36 having the same shape and dimensions as the bag when completely unfolded, in which the two walls corresponding to those walls of the bag to be decorated comprise a depression 38 corresponding to the relief motif. Compressed air is then fed into the shopping bag while inserted in the mould, to urge the wall portion of the shopping bag made of yieldable papery material into the mould depression to create the final relief motif 40 in the shopping bag by stretch-moulding.

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  1. A method for producing a three-dimensional container consisting of papery material having plastic yielding characteristics, in both the transverse and longitudinal directions of the paper web through which the container is formed, of not less than 5 % and comprising on at least one portion of its lateral surface at least one three-dimensional plastic deformation, characterized in that said papery material is subjected to, in sequence, the steps of punching, crease-lining, folding and stabilization in the folded configuration, to form the three-dimensional container, the papery material being subjected to, before or after any one of said steps, on at least one portion of the container lateral surface, plastic deformation in a flat mould comprising a punch and a die (30, 32) comprising reliefs/cavities corresponding to those which are to appear in the finished container (24) to obtain a three-dimensional deformation in the regions in which ornamental relief motifs are to be created.
  2. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterised by subjecting the already formed container (28) to plastic deformation in a mould (34) having a cavity substantially corresponding to that of said container and presenting, in the walls corresponding to those of the finished container, cavities (38) corresponding to the ornamental relief motifs to be obtained on the container.
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