EP3056447A1 - Emballage de contenant de sachet et contenant de sachet - Google Patents

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EP3056447A1
EP3056447A1 EP14849497.4A EP14849497A EP3056447A1 EP 3056447 A1 EP3056447 A1 EP 3056447A1 EP 14849497 A EP14849497 A EP 14849497A EP 3056447 A1 EP3056447 A1 EP 3056447A1
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Hiroyoshi Nabeta
Osao Ueda
Manabu Ishihara
Hiroki Kanemitsu
Kohei Nemoto
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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
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5861—Spouts
    • B65D75/5872—Non-integral spouts
    • B65D75/5883—Non-integral spouts connected to the package at the sealed junction of two package walls
    • 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"

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  • the present invention relates to a pouch container packaging and also to a pouch container.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses an example of a conventional pouch container.
  • Fig. 13 shows a packaging for producing a pouch container disclosed in Patent Document 1.
  • the packaging X shown in the figure includes a pair of outer films 91, a pair of gusset films 92, and a spout 93.
  • the pair of outer films 91 are disposed on the front and the back.
  • the pair of gusset films 92 are each located in a folded state between the pair of outer films 91.
  • the packaging X has a top-edge central seal 94, top-edge side seals 95, side seals 96, a bottom seal 97, and oblique seals 98.
  • the top-edge central seal 94 is formed by joining the pair of outer films 91 along the top edges with the spout 93 sandwiched between protons of the top edges.
  • the top-edge side seals 95 are formed by joining the pair of outer films 91 to the pair of gusset films 92 along the top edges.
  • the side seals 96 are formed by joining the pair of outer films 91 to the pair of gusset films 92 along the side edges.
  • the bottom seal 97 is formed by joining the pair of outer films 91 along the respective bottom edges.
  • the oblique seals 98 are formed by joining the pair of outer films 91 to the pair of gusset films 92 along the oblique edges.
  • the packaging X is such that an inner edge 96a of each side seal 96, an inner edge 97a of the bottom seal 97, and an inner edge 98a of each oblique seal 98 are substantially parallel to their outer edges and are straight throughout their length.
  • a method for producing a pouch container using a packaging X may include a leak testing step to check for leakage prior to a step of filling with an above-mentioned substance.
  • a nozzle Nz shown in Fig. 13 is inserted into the spout 3, for example.
  • air for example is blown in through the nozzle Nz instantaneously within a short period of time (two seconds or so).
  • Fig. 14 shows the state where the packaging X starts to inflate with the air blown in. With completion of the air blowing, the packaging X is fully inflated as shown in Fig. 15 .
  • the packaging X in this state is checked for air leakage. Only if no leakage is detected, the packaging X is filled with the substance.
  • the leak testing step may cause an oblique seal 98 to be turned back as shown in Fig. 15 .
  • portions of the oblique seals 98 are shaded to indicate part of the outer films 91, whereas portions of the oblique seal 98 are left unshaded to indicate part of the gusset films 92.
  • the oblique seal 98 at the lower left is turned back so that the portion being part of the gusset film 92 is exposed on the bottom.
  • the bottom seal 97 is raised.
  • the interior space of the packaging X is evacuated and thus the packaging X becomes flat again.
  • the step of filling the packaging with the substance is performed.
  • An edge once turned back in the leak testing step has a crease that remains even after the packaging is flat again. As such, it often happens that the edge is unintentionally turned back again during the filling step.
  • a pouch container having such a turned back edge involves a risk of unintentional stress applied to the bottom during, for example, a transportation step, and a consequent risk of leakage. This may undesirably result in leakage of the substance from a pouch container X despite that the pouch container is produced by using the packaging X determined to be leakage free in the leak testing step.
  • Patent Document 1 JP-A-2000-344252
  • the present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances and aims to provide a packaging for a pouch container as well as a pouch container capable of effectively preventing an oblique edge from turning back and reducing the risk of leakage of the substance from the pouch container.
  • a packaging for a pouch container which includes: a pair of outer films disposed on a front side and a back side with a filling-and-pouring member sandwiched at a top, where the outer films each have side edges, a bottom edge and oblique edges lying between the side edges and the bottom edge; and a pair of gusset films each disposed in a folded state between the outer films and having side edges and oblique edges.
  • the side edges of the outer films and the side edges of the gusset films are joined to provide side seals, the bottom edges of the respective outer films are joined to provide a bottom seal, and the oblique edges of the outer films and the oblique edges of the gusset films are joined to provide oblique seals.
  • the oblique seals each have an inner edge at least a part of which is curved.
  • each oblique seal has a narrow-width portion that is narrower in width than ends of the oblique seal.
  • each oblique seal has a curved portion continuous with an inner edge of a side seal.
  • each oblique seal has a curved portion continuous with an inner edge of the bottom seal.
  • the entirety of the inner edge of each oblique seal is curved.
  • a pouch container that includes a packaging according to the first aspect of the invention; and a substance contained in the packaging.
  • each oblique seal is curved.
  • the stress on the oblique seal along the entire length of the inner edge is not uniform in the longitudinal direction but varies gradually in accordance with the shape of the curve. This serves to prevent the stress on the inner edge of the oblique seal from being rapidly concentrated at the end connected to an end of the side seal and at the end connected to an end of the bottom seal, ensuring the stress to be distributed. Consequently, the oblique seals are prevented from turning back and the bottom seal is prevented from rising. Therefore, a pouch container produced by using the packaging can significantly reduce the risk of leakage of the substance as compared with a conventional pouch container.
  • the front of a pouch container is toward a customer when the pouch container holding the contents is placed to stand upright on a store shelve.
  • the back of the pouch container is opposite to the front, the sides are in the right and left directions, the top is in a vertically upward direction, and the bottom is in a vertically downward direction.
  • An outer surface of each film of a pouch container refers to a surface exposed to the outside, and an inner surface refers to the opposite surface.
  • an up-and-down direction refers to the vertical direction of the pouch container standing upright, and a width direction refers to the right-and-left direction.
  • Figs. 1 to 3 show a packaging for a pouch container according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the packaging A1 of the present embodiment is formed from a pair of outer films 1, a pair of gusset films 2, and a spout 3 so as to have a top-edge central seal 41, four top-edge side seals 42, four side seals 43, a bottom seal 44, and four oblique seals 45.
  • Fig. 1 is a front view of the packaging A1
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of Fig. 1 .
  • the pair of outer films 1 are disposed on the front and the back to sandwich the spout 3 at the top.
  • Each outer film 1 according to the present embodiment is generally hexagonal as seen from the front and has a top edge that extends in the width direction at the top, two side edges that are spaced apart in the width direction and extend in the up-and-down direction, a bottom edge that extends in the width direction at the bottom, and two oblique edges each connecting the lower end of a side edge to the upper end of a bottom edge.
  • the pair of gusset films 2 are each located between the pair of outer films 1 in a state folded along a fold line 21.
  • Each gusset film 2 has a top edge, two side edges, and two oblique edges and is generally pentagonal when unfolded.
  • the gusset film 2 has cutaway portions 22 at either end of the top edge.
  • the pair of outer films 1 and the pair of gusset films 2 are typically formed from resin films.
  • the resin films are required to have properties expected for a packaging material, including impact resistance, abrasion resistance, and heat resistance.
  • the seals described above are formed by heat sealing, and thus the sheets are required to have heat sealing properties suitable for that.
  • Appropriate sheets include a multilayer sheet of a base-film layer and a sealant layer that imparts the heat sealing properties.
  • an appropriate multilayer sheet may be provided with a barrier layer between the base-film layer and the sealant layer.
  • the base-film layer per se may be imparted with barrier characteristics.
  • the barrier layer acts as the base-film layer, and thus the multilayer sheet includes the barrier layer and the sealant layer.
  • These layers can be stacked through a conventional lamination technique, examples of which include co-extrusion lamination, dry lamination with adhesive, thermal lamination of thermally bonding layers via a heat-sensitive adhesive layer sandwiched in between.
  • the base-film layer examples include single- and multi-layer films, either oriented or non-oriented, made from polyester (such as, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), and polycarbonate (PC)), polyolefin (such as polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP)), polyamide (such as Nylon-6 and Nylon-66), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyimide (PI), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and polyethersulfone (PES).
  • polyester such as, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), and polycarbonate (PC)
  • polyolefin such as polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP)
  • polyamide such as Nylon-6 and Nylon-66
  • PAN
  • sealant layer examples include single- and multi-layer films, either oriented or non-oriented, made from low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), ethylene-propylene copolymer (EP), cast polypropylene (CPP), bi-axially oriented nylon (ON), ethylene-olefin copolymer, ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) copolymer, ethylene-methyl methacrylate (EMMA) copolymer, and ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer.
  • LDPE low-density polyethylene
  • LLDPE linear low-density polyethylene
  • EP ethylene-propylene copolymer
  • CPP cast polypropylene
  • ON bi-axially oriented nylon
  • EAA ethylene acrylic acid
  • EMMA ethylene-methyl methacrylate
  • EVA ethylene-vinyl acetate
  • the gas barrier layer examples include: a thin film of metal such as aluminum; or a film of resin such as polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer and any synthetic resin (which may be the base-film layer), each film of resin having a deposited (or sputtered) layer of aluminum or inorganic oxide such as aluminum oxide or silica.
  • PVDC polyvinylidene chloride
  • EVOH ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer
  • any synthetic resin which may be the base-film layer
  • each film of resin having a deposited (or sputtered) layer of aluminum or inorganic oxide such as aluminum oxide or silica.
  • the outer films 1 or the gusset films 2 may be provided with aprintlayer (not shown) for printing of information related to the substance, including the product name, row materials, and product description, such as precautions for use, in addition to various patterns and designs.
  • the print layer may be provided on the inner surface of the base-film layer by a known method such as gravure printing.
  • the top-edge central seal 41 is formed by heat sealing to join the pair of outer films 1 centrally along the top edges.
  • the top-edge central seal 41 is located between the pair of gusset films 2.
  • the spout 3 is sandwiched at the center of the top-edge central seal 41.
  • the top edges of the pair of outer films 1 and the spout 3 are hermetically joined by, for example, heat sealing.
  • Each top-edge side seal 42 is formed by heat sealing to join a side end of the top edge of an outer film 1 to a side end of the top edge of a gusset film 2.
  • the pair of outer films 1 and the pair of gusset films 2 form four top-edge side seals 42 in total.
  • Each side seal 43 is formed by heat sealing to join a side edge of an outer film 1 to a side edge of a gusset film 2 and extends in the up-and-down direction.
  • the pair of outer films 1 and the pair of gusset films 2 form four side seals 43 in total.
  • the bottom seal 44 is formed by heat sealing to join the pair of outer films 1 along the respective bottom edges and extends in the width direction.
  • the bottom seal 44 is located between the pair of gusset film 2.
  • Each oblique seal 45 is formed by heat sealing to join an oblique edge of an outer film 1 to an oblique edge of a gusset film 2.
  • the oblique seal 45 extends obliquely relative to both the up-and-down direction and the width direction.
  • the pair of outer films 1 and the pair of gusset films 2 form four oblique seals 45 in total.
  • the two oblique seals 45 located on the same side in terms of the width direction are continuous with the same widthwise end of the bottom seal 44.
  • Each side seal 43 has an inner edge 43a
  • the bottom seal 44 has an inner edge 44a
  • each oblique seals 45 has an inner edge 45a.
  • the inner edge 43a is a straight line in the up-and-down direction throughout its length.
  • the inner edge 44a is a straight line in the width direction throughout its length.
  • the inner edge 45a is curved outward throughout its length.
  • the inner edge 45a is curved at any portions, including a portion continuous with the inner edge 43a of the side seal 43, a portion continuous with the inner edge 44a of the bottom seal 44, and an intermediate portion located in between.
  • cross-hatched portions along the inner edges 45a indicate curved portions of the inner edges 45a.
  • the entire length of each inner edges 45a is cross hatched.
  • Each oblique seal 45 is structured to have a smaller width W3 around the middle than widths W1 and W2 at the ends. This is because the inner edge 45a is defined by an outward curve at least partly, and indeed entirely in the present embodiment.
  • the packaging A1 has two sealed shoulders 46.
  • the sealed shoulders 46 which are located at the intersections of the top edge with the side edges, are formed by heat sealing to join the inner surfaces of the pair of outer films 1 at portions exposed through the cutaway portions 22 in the gusset film 2.
  • the spout 3 is a hollow member made of, for example, resin and defines a path through which the substance is poured in and out.
  • the spout 3 has a tubular portion through which the substance is poured in and out and a boat-shaped welding portion joined to the sheet packaging body.
  • the spout 3 is secured to the pair of outer films 1 with the boat-shaped welding portion hermetically sealed between the pair of outer films 1 at the top-edge central seal 41.
  • the spout 3 corresponds to a filling-and-pouring member according to the present invention.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 show a leak testing step in a method for producing a pouch container using a packaging A1.
  • the packaging A1 is produced through a commonly known production method, which typically involves appropriately folding and overlaying a plurality of material sheets, and then heat sealing appropriate portions. Then, the material sheets are cut out to obtain the packaging body. Then, the boat-shaped welding portion of the spout 3 is placed between the outer films 1 at a top of the packaging body and hermetically sealed together by heat sealing. In this manner, the packagings A1 are produced one by one.
  • the leak testing step is performed mainly to check the heat sealed portions for any unintentional leakage.
  • a nozzle Nz may be inserted into the spout 3 of the packaging A1.
  • the nozzle Nz is used in the leak testing step to blow air in.
  • the pressure in the space enclosed by the pair of outer films 1 and the pair of gusset films 2 rises, causing the packaging A1 to inflate.
  • the packaging A1 is fully inflated as shown in Fig. 5 .
  • the blowing of air is carried out instantaneously, or within a short period of time (two seconds or so).
  • none of the four oblique seals 45 are turned back, and the bottom seal 44 is in an appropriate state of lying flat along one of the outer films 1.
  • the packaging A1 is kept in the inflated state and tested for any air leakage using, for example, a sensor not shown in the figures. The test takes about two to three seconds. If leakage is detected, the packaging A1 is rejected for use in the subsequent steps as being incapable of holding the substance. Upon completion of the leak testing step, the interior space of the packaging A1 is evacuated within a short period of time (one second or so). As a result, the packaging A1 becomes flat again.
  • the packaging A1 which is in a flat state, is subjected to the filling step using a conventionally known technique. Through this, the packaging A1 filled with the substance Lq is obtained as a pouch container B1 shown in Figs. 6 and 7 . After the substance Lq is filled, a cap 31 is attached in threaded engagement with the spout 3.
  • the conventional packaging X often experiences a turned back edge in the leak testing step. Although the cause is not fully identified, the following is a possible explanation.
  • an increase in the internal pressure of the packaging X creates stress on the inner edges 96a of the side seals 96, the inner edge 97a of the bottom seal 97, and the inner edges 98a of the oblique seals 98 in accordance with the respective shapes.
  • Each of the inner edges 96a, 97a, and 98a is a straight line and thus subjected to a stress resulting from the force tending to push the edge outward with the edge kept straight.
  • the stress on the inner edges 96a, 97a, and 98a tends to be relatively uniform in the magnitude and direction substantially along the entire length except for the end portions.
  • the force is uniform substantially along the entire length, the stress tends to concentrate locally at the points of connection between the inner edges 96a and 98a and between the inner edges 97a and 98a.
  • the relevant portions of the packaging are abruptly pushed outward. The present inventors assume that these circumstances create a force tending to locally bend the connected portions of the side seal 96 and the oblique seal 98 and of the bottom seal 97 and the oblique seal 98. This may consequently result in that an oblique seal 98 is turned back and the bottom seal 97 is raised as shown in Figs. 14 and 15 .
  • each oblique seal 45 has a curved inner edge 45a as shown in Fig. 1 .
  • the stress on the inner edge 45a is not uniform in the longitudinal direction but varies gradually in accordance with the shape of the curve. This serves to prevent the stress on the inner edge 45a from being concentrated at the ends where the oblique seal 45 is connected to the side seal 43 and where the oblique seal 45 is connected to the bottom seal 44, so that the stress is distributed. Consequently, the oblique seals 45 are prevented from turning back and the bottom seal 44 is prevented from rising. Naturally, a risk of leakage of the substance is reduced for a pouch container produced by using the packaging A1.
  • Each oblique seal 45 has a portion having the width W3, which is smaller than the width W1 or W2 at the end portions. That is, the inner edge 45a of the oblique seal 45 defines an outward curve.
  • the method for producing a pouch container may be modified to fill the packaging with the substance without performing the leak testing step.
  • the filling step still involves the risk that the oblique seals 45 are turned back and the bottom seal 44 is raised. Therefore, in such a method, providing the oblique seals 45 with the inner edges 45a that are at least partly curved is likewise effective to prevent the oblique seals 45 from turning back and the bottom seal 44 from raising.
  • Figs. 8 to 11 show other embodiments of the present invention.
  • the figures use the same reference signs for the same or similar elements described in the above embodiment.
  • Fig. 1 these figures show cross-hatched portions to indicate the curved portions of the inner edges 45a.
  • Fig. 8 shows a packaging for a pouch container according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the packaging A2 according to the present embodiment is such that each oblique seal 45 has an inner edge 45a that is entirely curved.
  • each side seal 43 has an inner edge 43a that is curved at a portion toward the inner edge 45a
  • the bottom seal 44 has an inner edge 44a that is curved at portions toward the inner edges 45a.
  • the inner edge 43a is seamlessly continuous with the inner edge 45a.
  • the inner edge 43a and the inner edge 45a together define a curve at a connected portion.
  • the inner edge 44a is seamlessly continuous with each inner edge 45a.
  • each oblique seal 45 has a portion with the width W3, which is smaller than the widths W1 and W2 at the ends.
  • This embodiment is effective to prevent the stress on each inner edge 45a from being concentrated at the ends.
  • the present embodiment is more effective in preventing the stress on each inner edge 43a from being concentrated at the end toward the inner edge 45a and the stress on the inner edge 44a from being concentrated at the ends toward the respective inner edges 45a. Therefore, the present embodiment is appropriate to prevent the oblique seals 45 from turning back and the bottom seal 44 from raising.
  • Fig. 9 shows a packaging for a pouch container according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the packaging A3 according to the present embodiment is such that each oblique seal 45 has an inner edge 45a that is curved only at an end closer to the inner edge 43a and straight at the other portion.
  • the inner edge 43a is curved at a portion toward the inner edge 45a such that the inner edge 43a is seamlessly continuous with the inner edge 45a.
  • the inner edge 43a and the inner edge 45a together define a curve at the connected portion.
  • each inner edge 45a is curved only partly but still effective to prevent stress concentration at the ends as compared with the inner edge 45a being entirely straight.
  • the present embodiment is expected to be particularly effective to prevent the stress on the inner edge 45a from being excessively concentrated at the ends toward the inner edge 43a. This can prevent a force tending to locally bend the connection portions between the side seals 43 and the oblique seals 45. Therefore, the oblique seals 45 are prevented from being turned back.
  • Fig. 10 shows a packaging for a pouch container according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the packaging A4 according to the present embodiment is such that each oblique seal 45 has an inner edge 45a that is curved only at an end closer to the inner edge 44a of the bottom seal 44 and straight at the other portion.
  • the inner edge 44a is curved entirely, and the inner edge 44a is seamlessly continuous with the inner edges 45a.
  • the inner edge 44a and the inner edge 45a together define a curve at the connected portion.
  • the partly curved inner edges 45a is effective to prevent stress concentration at the end thereof.
  • the present embodiment is particularly expected to be effective to prevent the stress on the inner edge 45a from being concentrated at the end toward the inner edge 44a.
  • Fig. 11 shows a packaging for a pouch container according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the packaging A5 according to the present embodiment is such that each inner edge 45a is curved to define an outward bulge at a central portion.
  • the oblique seal 45 has the width W3 around the middle that is significantly narrower than the widths W1 and W2 at the ends.
  • the present embodiment provided with the inner edges 45a that are partly curved in this manner are likewise effective to prevent stress concentration at the ends thereof and thus expected to be effective to prevent the oblique seals 45 from turning back and the oblique seals 45 from raising.
  • Table 1 blow shows the results of tests conducted on the packagings A1 to A5 according to the present invention, the conventional packaging X shown in Fig. 13 , and packagings C1 to C5 according to comparative examples shown in Fig. 12 . In the tests, occurrences of turned back edges at the oblique seals 45 were checked. [Table 1] Packaging A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 X C1 C2 C3 C4 Occurrence of turned back edges 21% 23% 25% 38% 31% 51% 73% 66% 58% 51%
  • the packagings A1 to A5 are structured as described above.
  • the packaging X is structured as shown in Fig. 13 to have the inner edge 45a of each oblique seal 45 composed only of a single straight line.
  • Fig. 12 shows the packagings C1 to C4 according to the comparative examples.
  • the packagings C1 to C2 are different mainly in shape of the oblique seals 45 and common in that the inner edges 45a are composed of straight lines.
  • the inner edge 43a of the side seal 43 meets the inner edge 45a of the oblique seal 45 at a larger angle than in the packaging X. More specifically, the intersection between the inner edge 43a and the inner edge 45a is shifted upward. In addition, the inner edge 45a has a bend point.
  • the inner edge 44a of the bottom seal 44 meets the inner edge 45a of the oblique seal 45 at a larger angle than in the packaging X. More specifically, the angle mentioned above is larger as a result that the width of the bottom seal 44 is larger.
  • the inner edge 45a has a bend point around the middle thereof, and the width of this middle portion is significantly smaller than the width at either end.
  • the packaging C4 shown in Fig. 12(d) has the oblique seal 45 that is narrower throughout its length than in the packaging X.
  • test results about the occurrences of turned back edges shown in Table 1 were obtained on 50 samples of the individual packagings, namely the packagings A1 to A5, X, and C1 to C4. Each sample was subjected to the leak testing step to visually check the oblique seals 45 for any turned back edge.
  • the conventional packaging X exhibited the occurrence rate of 51%, whereas the packagings A1 to A5 according to the present invention all exhibited the occurrence rates ranging from 21% to 38%, which are lower than the rate obtained on the packaging X. That is, the occurrences of turned back edges were reduced by providing the oblique seal 45 having an inner edge 45a at least partly curved.
  • the packagings A1, A2, and A3 respectively exhibited the occurrence rates of 21%, 23%, and 25%, each of which is about a half of the occurrence rate of the packaging X. That is, the occurrences of turned back edges were sufficiently reduced. This is assumed to be a result achieved by the inner edges 45a being entirely curved.
  • each inner edge 45a is curved only at a portion toward the bottom seal 44. As demonstrated by the occurrence rate of 38%, these packagings still achieved the effect of reducing the occurrences of turned back edges. Comparison between the packaging A3 and the packaging A4 reveals that the occurrences of turned back edges were reduced more effectively by providing a curve at the connection between the inner edge 43a of the side seal 43 and the inner edge 45a of the oblique seal 45 than at the connection between the inner edge 44a of the bottom seal 44 and the inner edge 45a of the oblique seal 45.
  • the packaging A5 has the inner edges 45a curved only at a central portion while the portions closer to the ends are straight lines.
  • the packaging A5 having such a structure was still effective to reduce the occurrences of turned back edges, as demonstrated by the occurrence rate of 31%. This shows that the inner edge 45a not curved at the ends is still effective to distribute the stress, which would otherwise be concentrated at the respective ends of the inner edge 45a (at the intersections with the inner edges 43a and 44a).
  • the occurrence rates range from 51% to 73%, which are at most comparable to the occurrence rates obtained on the conventional packaging X.
  • the pouch container packaging according to the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. Various design changes can be made to the specific structure of the packaging for a pouch container according to the present invention.

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