EP2338800B1 - Barquette alimentaire en carton avec bordure renforcée et procédé de fabrication - Google Patents

Barquette alimentaire en carton avec bordure renforcée et procédé de fabrication Download PDF

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EP2338800B1
EP2338800B1 EP09425530A EP09425530A EP2338800B1 EP 2338800 B1 EP2338800 B1 EP 2338800B1 EP 09425530 A EP09425530 A EP 09425530A EP 09425530 A EP09425530 A EP 09425530A EP 2338800 B1 EP2338800 B1 EP 2338800B1
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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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/441—Reinforcements
    • B65D5/443—Integral reinforcements, e.g. folds, flaps
    • 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
    • B65D1/40—Details of walls
    • B65D1/42—Reinforcing or strengthening parts or members
    • B65D1/46—Local reinforcements, e.g. adjacent closures
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/20—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form
    • B65D5/2014—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form the central panel having a non rectangular shape
    • B65D5/2019—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form the central panel having a non rectangular shape with at least partially curved edges or the like

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  • the object of the present invention is a cardboard food tray with a reinforced opening rim, and its manufacturing method.
  • the cardboard trays are in fact fitting the most demanding packaging requirements and can be used in freezers, in refrigerators and in ovens moreover they can be printed on their outer side.
  • the normal thermally formed cardboard containers show a moderate rigidity on their peripheral portions, with specific regard to the square and rectangular forms. These containers can be used where the container's closing system does not require a particular rigidity of the rim (for instance, a sealing by thermal sealing, with lids made of cardboard and/or film).
  • a simple thermally formed cardboard container proves to be too weak, and its rims and walls will deform.
  • the peripheral rim of the tray is reinforced by a ring associated with the upper rim, that duplicates the outline of the same, or by associating a reinforcing element with the rim which is subdivided into a first portion capable of being stably associated with a portion of the board next to its connection with the walls, and into a second portion with the walls next to the rim; these two portions of the reinforcing element present a development that duplicates the rim and sides form, so as to define an additional surface or layer capable of allowing a stiffening of the area between the rim and the walls.
  • An example of the mentioned reinforcing systems is schematically described in the following, with reference to the Figures 5-8 , and in greater detail in the document WO 02/060768 A1 .
  • a further disadvantage is the fact that the coupling of such a ring to the upper rim inhibits the thermal welding properties, of any heat sealable lid, when using a material similar to that of the container itself. Therefore, the containers obtained in this manner can be sealed easily only by using certain methods (for instance filming), but cannot be sealed by heat sealing. In This case users might be obliged to use different kinds of trays depending on the sealing system they need or use.
  • the scope of the present invention is to realize a cardboard food tray with a reinforced opening rim and the relative manufacturing process, being capable of ensuring at least one of the following advantages:
  • Figs. 1-3 schematically show phases of the known manufacturing process of cardboard trays with a rim not reinforced.
  • Fig. 1 shows the cardboard utilized for manufacturing a cup-type container prior to the start of its fabrication.
  • the contour "a" of the hatched portion stands to indicate the line along which, in a first working phase, the die cutting of the cardboard is to occur.
  • the hatched lines inside the mentioned contour stand to indicate the areas "b" of the cardboard that will be subjected to a creasing suitable for favouring a subsequent deep drawing and thermal forming phase.
  • Figs. 2 shows the cardboard as it looks after the die cutting and creasing phase
  • Figures 3 and 4 show a top view and a prospective view, respectively, of the cup-type container as it looks at the end of the deep drawing and thermal forming phase.
  • the Figs. 5-8 show, in a very simplified form, the reinforcing process for the already known rim of the cup-type container of the Figs. 3 and 4 , based on a continuous ring.
  • Fig. 5 shows the cardboard utilized for obtaining the reinforcement of the rim.
  • the two hatched lines "c" stand to indicate the contours of the cardboard ring to be shaped by die-cutting.
  • Fig. 6 shows the portions of the initial cardboard (hatched parts) destined for scrapping
  • Fig. 7 shows the ring "d" obtained by die-cutting the cardboard of Fig. 5
  • Fig. 8 shows a top view of a cup-type container after the application and welding of the ring on its rim.
  • Figs. 9-12 are referring to phases of the already known process of reinforcing the rim while using cardboard segments reproducing the shape of the rim.
  • Fig. 9 shows the cardboard utilized for obtaining the reinforcement of the rim, where the hatched lines stand to indicate the contour of the cardboard segments to be obtained by die-cutting.
  • Fig. 10 shows the portions of the initial cardboard (hatched parts) destined for scrapping, while Fig. 11 illustrates four segments "e" obtained pursuant to the mentioned die-cutting and as emplaced at the instant of their application on the board of the tray.
  • Fig. 12 shows a top view of a tray after the application and welding of the segments on its rim.
  • the Figs. 13, 14 and 15 respectively illustrate a prospective view, a top view and a front view of a tray with a reinforced rim according to the invention.
  • the tray according to the invention is, like the tray of Fig. 4 , of a type produced according to the conventional method, which has a rim 8 of the opening in the shape of a flat ring, angular portions 4' fitted with creases, and reinforcing fillets 6', 9' fastened to its rim, and is characterized by the fact that the fillets are constituted of appendices of the same cardboard of the rim of the tray that form a single body with said cardboard along sections 8' of the outer contour of rim portions free of creases.
  • Figs. 13-15 refers to the case in which it becomes necessary to produce a reinforcement on all four sides of the cup-type container. If, on the contrary, the cup-type container is to be used for closing systems with films primarily exercising pressure forces on the longest sides of the tray, the reinforcing fillets on the shorter sides may be missing.
  • the Figs. 16-19 shows the phases of a first manufacturing process of a tray with a reinforced rim according to the present invention.
  • the example refers to the case where it suffices to produce a container with reinforced rims only along the two longer sides of tray, because a reinforcement limited to the mentioned two sides is adequate to withstand the pressure forces exercised on the rim of the majority of the films that close the openings of the tray.
  • the manufacturing process comprises the following phases:
  • Figs. 21-24 show the phases of a second example of a manufacturing process of a tray with a reinforced rim according to this invention.
  • the example refers to a case in which it is necessary to realize a tray with rims reinforced on all sides.
  • the manufacturing process is similar, with some obvious variants, to the previous one.
  • the only variants are the provision of two additional appendices 9 on the initial sheet, and the likewise backward bending of these appendices on the rim of the cup-type container at the end of the deep-drawing phase.

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Claims (5)

  1. Plateau en carton pour des denrées alimentaires, équipé d'un rebord d'ouverture (8) sous la forme d'un anneau plat et de portions (4') avec des plis, dans lequel des filets ou appendices de renforcement non pliés (6, 9) sont présents, fixés au rebord, reproduisant sa forme, et sont faits du même carton que le conteneur et sont constitués d'appendices du rebord qui forment un seul corps avec le carton du conteneur le long des portions (8') de l'arête externe du rebord qui sont exemptes de plis, caractérisé par la fait que lesdits filets (6', 9) recouvrent au moins partiellement les portions pliées du rebord d'ouverture.
  2. Plateau en carton pour des denrées alimentaires selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que lesdits filets apparaissent repliés vers l'arrière sur le rebord le long des portions susmentionnées (8') de l'arête externe du rebord.
  3. Procédé de fabrication d'un plateau en carton (7) pour des denrées alimentaires, d'une forme prédéterminée et équipé d'un rebord d'ouverture renforcé (8) ayant la forme d'un anneau plat et d'une partie (4') avec plis, comprenant les phases suivantes :
    - Obtention, par découpe, d'une feuille initiale (2) d'un carton découpé selon un contour (3) adapté à l'obtention, par emboutissage et de thermoformage, du plateau en carton (7) selon une forme prédéterminée ;
    - Pliage des parties (4) de ladite feuille initiale destinée à un procédé subséquent d'emboutissage ;
    - Emboutissage et thermoformage de ladite feuille initiale pliée, apte à conférer au plateau ladite forme prédéterminée ;
    caractérisé par le fait que :
    - des portions (5) du contour extérieur de la feuille initiale (2) qui ne sont pas destinées à être pliées sont conformées en des appendices (6, 9) sous la forme de bandes d'une largeur sensiblement égale à la largeur du rebord (8) de l'ouverture du conteneur, lesdits appendices étant aptes, par pliage, à venir chevaucher le rebord (8) à la fin des phases d'emboutissage et de thermoformage, afin de recouvrir au moins partiellement les portions pliées du rebord d'ouverture ;
    - après que la feuille initiale (2) a été soumise aux phases de pliage, d'emboutissage et de thermoformage, les appendices (6, 9) susmentionnés sont repliés le long de lignes (8') appartenant au contour extérieur du rebord (8) jusqu'à ce qu'ils se superposent audit rebord, auquel ils sont finalement soudés.
  4. Procédé de fabrication d'un plateau en carton selon la revendication 3, caractérisé par le fait que la découpe de la feuille initiale (2) inclut également une incision de la feuille dans des portions situées le long des lignes (8'), le long desquelles les appendices susmentionnés sont repliés au cours d'une phase ultérieure.
  5. Procédé de fabrication d'un plateau en carton selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le soudage final des appendices (6, 9) sur le rebord (8) du conteneur de type barquette se produit par encollage ou soudage thermique.
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