Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D75/5827—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion
  • B65D75/5833—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall
  • B65D75/5838—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall combined with separate fixed tearing means, e.g. tabs
• • 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
  • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
  • B65D77/10—Container closures formed after filling
  • B65D77/20—Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers, i.e. flexible membrane or foil-like covers
  • B65D77/2024—Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers, i.e. flexible membrane or foil-like covers the cover being welded or adhered to the container
  • B65D77/2028—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab
  • B65D77/2032—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container
  • B65D77/2044—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure
  • B65D77/2048—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure whereby part of the container or cover has been weakened, e.g. perforated or precut
  • B65D77/2056—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure whereby part of the container or cover has been weakened, e.g. perforated or precut the cover being weakened
  • B65D77/206—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure whereby part of the container or cover has been weakened, e.g. perforated or precut the cover being weakened so as to uncover one or more preformed openings made through some layers of the cover
• • 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
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  • B65D77/10—Container closures formed after filling
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  • B65D77/2068—Means for reclosing the cover after its first opening
  • B65D77/2096—Adhesive 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
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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
  • B65D2575/00—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
  • B65D2575/52—Details
  • B65D2575/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
  • B65D2575/586—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture with means for reclosing
• • 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
  • B65D2577/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks, bags
  • B65D2577/10—Container closures formed after filling
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  • B65D2577/2041—Pull tabs
  • B65D2577/205—Pull tabs integral with the closure
• • 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
  • B65D2577/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks, bags
  • B65D2577/10—Container closures formed after filling
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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
  • B65D2577/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks, bags
  • B65D2577/10—Container closures formed after filling
  • B65D2577/20—Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers
  • B65D2577/2075—Lines of weakness or apertures
  • B65D2577/2091—Lines of weakness or apertures in cover

Definitions

• the invention relates to packaging for a product, in particular a food product.
• a packaging for the packaging of several portions of dry food products for example cookies, individual pastries, confectionery or snack products (for English "snack")
• said packaging having a film at least partially defining a housing in which such products are intended to be packaged.
• EP-1 886 934, EP-1 975 081 and EP-2 177 455 describe packaging, the film of which comprises:
• a partial cutout which is arranged so as to form a shutter blocking out an opening for access to the housing, said shutter being surrounded by an edge formed on said film;
• the label can be arranged so that it can be reassociated on the border and allow the rehiding of the opening, which preserves the freshness of the food products remaining in the housing.
• the documents EP-1 886 934 and EP-2 177 455 provide for forming by cutting in the border side protrusions arranged to indicate this first opening through a zone for reading the label disposed opposite.
• these protuberances are arranged, in particular by their cutout, to lower themselves into the opening during the first lifting of the label, the reading zone being sufficiently transparent to allow the visualization of this sagging when said label is reassociated on the film.
• the arrangement of the growths does not guarantee good sagging.
• these growths can remain in alignment with the film even after the first opening, which can mislead the consumer, and thus could lead him to buy an already opened package.
• document EP-1 886 934 proposes to carry out, opposite the reading area, an inscription indicative of closure (for the English "SEALED”), as well as a lateral projection arranged to erase this inscription during its collapse, to indicate the first opening by disappearance of said registration.
• the invention aims to perfect the prior art by proposing a packaging in which the first opening is indicated in a simple and reliable manner.
• the invention provides a packaging for a product, in particular a food product, having a film delimiting at least partially a housing in which said product is intended to be packaged, said film comprising a partial cut which is arranged so as to form a shutter d concealment of an access opening to the housing, said flap being surrounded by a border formed on said film, said film being equipped with an associated label on the flap and at the periphery on the border, said label having a gripping area allowing its lifting by driving the flap by breaking the cutout in order to release the access opening, said label being able to be reassociated on the border to allow a concealment of said opening, the cut forming a protrusion in the film which is arranged in the opening to indicate, through a reading zone of the label which is arranged opposite, the first opening of the packaging, the protrusion having a support which is connected to the border by a bridge whose size is reduced compared to that of the support so that, after breaking the cut, the support is in the lowered position in the opening
• FIGS. 1a and 1b are schematic perspective views seen from above of a package according to respectively an embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 2 to 7 schematically show the steps of the first opening of a package respectively according to an embodiment of the invention, respectively before (step (a)) and during (step (b)) the lifting of the label, and after re-associating said label with the film (step (c));
• FIG. 8a, 8b and 8c are partial schematic representations and in top view of a package according to respectively an embodiment of the invention.
• the packaging is suitable for packaging several portions of dry food products, for example cookies, individual pastries, confectionery or snack products (for English “snack”).
• the packaging has a film 1 at least partially delimiting a housing in which such products are intended to be packaged.
• the film 1 can in particular be produced on the basis of a polymeric material, for example polypropylene, polyethylene or cellophane.
• the film 1 has a laminated structure which comprises at least one outer layer and one inner layer, the thicknesses and / or the respective materials of said layers being chosen for their respective function.
• the outer layer can confer mechanical strength on the packaging, the inner layer allowing it to be closed, in particular by welding, but also good preservation of the product packaged in the packaging while limiting the risks of spoilage of said product by contact with said inner layer.
• the packaging comprises an envelope 2 formed with a film 1.
• the envelope 2 is formed by winding a film 1, the two longitudinal edges of which are joined, in particular by welding, according to a dorsal disposed on the underside of said envelope (not shown), and each transverse edge of which is closed, in particular by welding, along a sealed edge 3 disposed on respectively a transverse face 2a of said envelope.
• the packaging may include a tray 4 made of rigid material, for example cardboard or plastic, in which said products are intended to be packaged, the film 1 covering at least one access side to said tray.
• the tray 4 can be arranged to form compartments arranged in at least one row, and in each of which food products can be packaged in stacks, in particular if they are individual cookies or pastries.
• Such a container 4 can in particular be placed inside an envelope 2 as shown in FIG. 1a, which makes it possible to stiffen the shape of the packaging while protecting the food products it contains.
• the tray 4 forms the outside of the packaging, and the film 1 is associated on the edges 4a on its access side, in particular by welding or by heat-bonding.
• the film 1 comprises a partial cutout 5 arranged so as to form a shutter 6 for blocking an opening 7 for access to the housing, said shutter being surrounded by an edge 8 formed on said film.
• the cutout 5 can in particular comprise a partial cutout line for the thickness of the film 1 which is arranged to break by tearing when the flap 6 is raised relative to the film 1.
• the partial cutout 5 has an open line forming a substantially rectangular flap 6, said open line comprising two longitudinal portions 5a each extending along respectively a longitudinal edge 9a of the upper face 1a of the film 1, and a transverse portion 5b extending along a transverse edge 9b of said upper face.
• the partial cutout 5 is arranged to stop along the other transverse edge 9c, in order to form a bridge 10 connecting the flap 6 to the rest of the film 1.
• the partial cutout 5 comprises two transverse portions 5c of reduced length extending on either side of the bridge 10, in order to facilitate the folding of the flap 6 along said bridge during its lifting, and thus to improve the release of the opening 7 for better access to the packaged products.
• the film 1 is equipped with a label 1 1 associated on the shutter 6 and at the periphery on the edge 8, said label having a gripping area 12, in particular in the form of a tongue, to allow it to be lifted by causing the flap 6 by breaking the cutout 5 in order to release the access opening 7.
• the packaging comprises a rigid tray 4
• the portion 1a of film 1 provided with the label 1 1 covers the side d 'access to said tray.
• the label 1 1 can be associated with the flap 6 by means of an adhesive which is strong enough to cause the joint lifting of the said label and the said flap when the packaging is opened.
• the label 1 1 has a rectangular shape which extends over the major part of the upper face 1 a of the film 1, as well as a gripping tongue 12 disposed opposite the transverse edge. 9b opposite the bridge 10 of the shutter 6.
• the tongue 12 may have an inscription 12a to indicate its function to the consumer, in particular in the form of an arrow directed in the direction of the pull to be exerted on said tongue to open the 'packaging.
• the label 1 1 extends over a reduced part, in particular half of the upper face 1a of film 1.
• the label 1 1 extends over a reduced part, in particular half of the upper face 1a of film 1.
• the label 1 1 has a rectangular shape, as well as a gripping tab 12 disposed opposite a transverse edge 9b (Figure 8b) or longitudinal 9a (Figure 8a) of the upper face 1 a;
• the label 1 1 has a triangular shape, as well as a gripping tab 12 disposed opposite a corner 9d of the upper face 1a.
• the label 1 1 is capable of being reassociated on the border 8 to allow a re-occultation of the opening 7.
• the label 1 1 can be associated with the border 8 by means of a repositionable adhesive.
• the repositionable adhesive can be identical to the adhesive used to associate said label with the flap 6, which makes it easier to manufacture the packaging.
• the partial cutout 5 forms a protrusion 13 in the film 1 which is disposed in the opening 7 to indicate, through a reading zone 12b of the label 1 1 which is arranged opposite, the first opening of said packaging.
• the label 11 includes at least one zone 12b made of a transparent material, in order to form the reading zone.
• the label can be made entirely of such a transparent material, then covered with prints outside of the reading zone 12b, for example to indicate:
• the protrusion 13 has a support 13a which is connected to the edge 8 by a bridge 13b whose size is reduced compared to that of the support 13a so that, after breaking of the cutout 5, the support 13a is in the lowered position in opening 7 by flexing of said bridge.
• the bridge 13b may have a width at least two times less than the maximum width of the support 13a, in order to flex sufficiently sufficiently to lower said support technically, and thus improve the visibility of said lowering through the area of reading 12b.
• the width of the bridge 13b must be large enough to avoid tearing it during the first opening, for example by being at least 3 mm.
• the bridge 13b has a parallelepiped shape.
• the support 13a has a suitable shape, in particular in width and / or in length, to allow good subsidence of its free end.
• the support can in particular have an ovoid shape (FIGS. 1 a, 1 b, 2, 3) or be offset with respect to the bridge 13 b (FIGS. 4 to 7).
• the support 13a extends in the continuity of the zone 12 for gripping the label, which allows it to be detached from said label from the start of its lifting, and therefore to indicate the first opening of the packaging even in the event of partial lifting of the said label.
• the support 13a is formed by the transverse portion 5b of the cutout 5.
• the reading zone 13b has a positive inscription 14 for opening the packaging, said inscription being obscured by the support 13a before the first opening of said packaging, and visible through the reading zone 12b when the support 13a is in position. lowered. This indicates the first opening of the packaging in a clearer and more ergonomic way for the consumer.
• the inscription 14 is arranged to be placed in the center of the support 13a, which makes it possible to improve its visibility by the consumer after the collapse of said support.
• the inscription 14 may include the word "OPEN”, as in FIGS. 2, 3, 6 and 7, or its linguistic and / or semantic equivalent, in particular the French word "OPEN”, in order to indicate explicitly the opening of the packaging.
• the inscription 14 includes an exclamation point arranged opposite the center of a support 13a of triangular shape, so that, when the packaging is opened for the first time, the collapse of said support causes the appearance through the reading area 12b of a figure similar to a danger sign road sign, which constitutes a particularly understandable symbol for the consumer.
• the writing 14 is carried out by printing on the reading area 12b, said printing being arranged to be invisible on the support 13a. To do this, the printing forming the inscription 14 can be carried out in shades identical to those of the film portion 1 forming the support 13a.
• the inscription 14 is produced by a partial cutting of the support 13a, said inscription remaining associated with the reading area 12b when the packaging is opened for the first time.
• the inscription 14 can comprise at least one pattern formed by cutouts in a closed line in the support 13a, in particular a letter (FIGS. 3, 7) or a semantic symbol (FIG. 5), in order to facilitate the dissociation of said motif of the support 13a when the label 11 is raised.

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