JP2023536245A - A device for removing the contents of a package - Google Patents

Abstract

The technical solution of the present application relates to a device installed in a package for removing the contents of the package. 1. A device for dispensing the contents of a package, provided over a pouring hole in the package, the device comprising a chute having a plurality of skirt parts, a pouring valve and a support element, the device being foldable. the chute is located below the spouting valve and is held by the support element, the spouting valve having a plurality of flaps which displace the plurality of skirt portions of the chute when the chute is moved to the open position. can be held to form an opening. Here, the chute is designed to be able to tilt at an angle of more than 90° when open, and the edges on three sides of the skirt portions of the chute are not attached anywhere. The chute has a pull-out element and the support element has a plurality of slots. When folded, the chute is retained by skirt portions of the chute disposed in slots provided in the support element. Furthermore, the chute is held in the closed position on the support element by a plurality of flaps of the spout valve.

Description

The technical solution of the present application relates to a device installed in a package for unloading the contents of the container package.

The prior art discloses numerous packages made from flexible materials, such as boxes and bags for storing loose-fitting products in granular or powder form, including tea, coffee, cereals, and the like. ing. Such container packages may have a device for removing the contents of the package. These are described in US Pat. No. 1,847,028, US Pat. No. 2,064,029, US Pat. No. 2,593,778, US Pat. No. 2,946,496, US Pat.

Thus, U.S. Pat. No. 2,069,281, issued Feb. 2, 1937, Classification B65D 33/36, describes an opening provided on the package, more particularly in the top flap of the package. A provided apparatus for unloading the contents of the package is disclosed. A line of weakness is provided in the middle of the top flap to provide a device for removing the contents of the package. The device comprises a chute having a drawer element and a skirt portion, the skirt portion having a folding element enabling the chute to be fixed to the surface of the top flap of the package when the chute is opened. have.

However, such a configuration of the device for unloading the contents of the package has disadvantages. For example, when in the open position, the folding elements of the skirt portion (бортик) of the chute allow the chute to be placed only in positions where the opening angle is less than 90°. With the chute in such a position, the user's field of view for removing the contents of the package into the chute is considerably restricted. In situations where the field of view is restricted, the user is forced to perform additional manipulations of the package to force the contents out. Also, since the chute is held only by the thin edges of the top flap of the package and the thin edges of the take-out device, which are uncertain retainers, when the chute is folded back into the package, the chute remains inside the package. can fall into Furthermore, the removal device is located in the middle of the top flap of the package, which creates a "blind spot" on either side of the device, from which it is very difficult to remove the contents.

The prior art includes a device for unpacking a package, described in U.S. Pat. Also disclosed is a chute with a drawer element. A device for removing the contents of the package is provided on the narrow side wall of the package and has associated therewith a removal chute having side skirt portions which force the chute into an open position. It has a pull-out element which is retained and which is the projection of the pick-up chute.

However, the aforementioned devices also have constructional disadvantages, such as the width of the chute being equal to the width of the package sidewalls. This can result in more of the contents of the package being ejected into the chute than is desired by the user. This can result in an uncontrolled retrieval process. Furthermore, the device for removing the contents of the package is held in a position where the opening angle does not exceed 90°. This forces the user to take extra effort to return the contents of the package from the chute to the container, i.e. to do unnecessary work to bring it to the desired condition. When the chute is folded back into the package, the rough edges of the chute will rub against and engage the rough edges of the protrusions on the package so that the device will be held in the closed position without additional securing means. However, holding the device in the closed position in this manner is not completely reliable, and if the package is overturned (or flipped upside down), the contents of the package may be held under its own weight. It may spill.

The problem solved by the device of the present application relates to overcoming the disadvantages known from the prior art.

The technical result obtained by implementing the technical solution of the present application is that the user can operate the device even when it is in the folded (closed) position and the ejection opening is covered and in the open position. arbitrarily selected the size of the opening angle of the package to ensure that the take-out device is held firmly again and again, thereby making the process of unloading the contents of the package more controllable. Become.

This technical achievement is achieved by creating a device for dispensing the contents of the package, which is provided on the spout of the package. The device comprises a chute having a plurality of skirt portions, an outlet valve and a support element, the chute being positioned below and retained by the support element when collapsed, and the outlet valve has a plurality of flaps designed to hold a plurality of skirt portions of the chute to form an opening when the chute is moved to an open position.

Here the chute is designed so that it can be tilted at an angle of more than 90° when open, and the edges on three sides of each skirt portion of the chute are not attached anywhere. do not have. The chute has a drawer element and the support element has a plurality of slots. When folded, the chute is retained by the plurality of skirt portions of the chute disposed in the plurality of slots provided in the support element. Furthermore, the chute is held in a closed position on the support element by flaps of the dispensing valve.

In a specific embodiment of the dispensing device, each element of the dispensing device, such as a chute having multiple skirts, a dispensing valve, a support element, etc., is part of the package and in one piece when in the deployed state. It can be designed to consist of something.

In another specific embodiment of the dispensing device, the chute with a plurality of skirts, the dispensing valve and the support element are constructed as separate elements and are mounted on the dispensing opening provided in the package. You can place these elements in the

In yet another specific embodiment of the dispensing device, the chute with a plurality of skirt portions, the dispensing valve and the support element can be constructed in one piece and can be mounted on the dispensing opening provided in the package. You can set this to

In yet another specific embodiment of the dispensing device, the chute having a plurality of skirt portions, the dispensing valve and the support element are partially attached to and partially remote from the package. It can consist of a combination of elements and can be mounted over a spout provided in the package.

An advantage of the present solution of the device for unloading the contents of the package is that the chute of the device can be tilted at an angle of less than 90°, while the chute can be tilted at an angle of more than 90°. This is accomplished by not attaching multiple skirt portions of the chute to the package on which the picker is located, but by attaching only one edge of each skirt portion to the chute along each long side of the chute. . This allows the user to tilt the chute at any desired angle. This position of the chute allows the user to control the visible extent of the spout hole of the package and to orient the chute at an angle that exceeds the angle of friction of the dispensed contents from the package against the surface of the chute. Thus, the contents of the package can be freely removed without further manipulation of the package.

At the same time, the skirts of the chute are supported externally by the flaps of the dispensing valve so that the chute is securely held in the position selected by the user. Further, such an angle for removing the contents of the package ensures that the user has a sufficient line of sight to the device so as to facilitate the process of removing the contents through the spout of the package. The user has full control.

After taking out the contents of the package, the chute can freely return to its original position through the ejection valve, so that the ejection hole of the package can be reliably closed and the ejection hole of the package can be closed. can be covered with a chute, and a plurality of skirt portions of the chute can be retained in a plurality of slots provided in the support element. The chute can be further covered from above by a plurality of flaps of the dispensing valve. The line connecting the flaps of the dispensing valve may be curved. In this way, each protruding element of one flap can become interlocked between each protruding element of the opposite flap. It is held in the folded state by friction of the end faces of the protruding elements of the intermeshing flaps forming a flat "fastener"-like connection. This is a further countermeasure against the case where the spout hole of the package is accidentally opened.

Thus, the present device for unloading packages differs from the devices known from the prior art for unloading packages.

FIG. 1 shows a device for removing the contents of a package provided on the package. Figure 2 shows the dispensing valve in the collapsed position. FIG. 3 shows one embodiment of a device integral with the package for unloading the contents of the package. FIG. 4 shows one embodiment of a device for unpacking the contents of a package, constructed from separate elements. FIG. 5 shows one embodiment of a device for unpacking the contents of a package when the package is not a box.

The following numbers refer to the following components of the device of the present application.
1. package 2. Shoot 3. The skirt portion of the chute 4 . drawer element 5 . 5. spout valve; longitudinal flaps7. edge flaps 8 . tag9. support elements 10 . slots in support elements 11 . dispense valve opening 12 . spout hole in package 13 . Tag notch 14 . sidewalls of the package 15 . Package top flap 16 . Package bottom flap 17 . Eject device 18 . Drawer element weakening line 19 . Weakening lines of longitudinal flaps 20 . Edge flap weakening line 21 . hole in support element

The present invention relates to a device used for unloading the contents of packages, for example powdered or granular products such as tea, coffee, grains, cereals and the like. The wrapper itself may be of various shapes and may be made of a flexible material such as cardboard.

The invention is disclosed in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings which schematically show the components and applications of the device.

More specifically, Figure 1 shows a schematic of an apparatus for unpacking the contents of a package.

A device for taking out the contents of the package 1 is provided above the outlet 12 of the package 1 and has a take-out chute 2. It has a plurality of skirt portions 3 delimiting the outlet of the contents out of the. The skirt portion 3 can take various shapes (rectangular, round, decorative) to fulfill its function. Each skirt portion 3 has one edge attached to the chute 2 and all other edges of the skirt portion 3 are free. On another side of the chute 2 , a line of weakness 18 is provided, such as a crease (not shown in FIG. 1 ), connecting the chute 2 with the drawer element 4 . The draw-out element 4 is a protrusion at the edge of the chute 2 and the line of weakness 18 allows the draw-out element 4 to be bent with respect to the plane of the chute 2 . The line of weakness 18 may then be curvilinear, which increases the stiffness of the drawer element 4 after bending.

Another important element of the device for unloading the contents of the package 1 is the dispensing valve 5 (see Figure 2). The outlet valve 5 is formed by a plurality of longitudinal flaps 6 and edge flaps 7 with tags 8 .

Figure 2 shows the dispensing valve 5 in the closed position. A dispensing valve 5 is located on chute 2 (not shown in FIG. 2) and is used to remove the contents of package 1 . Around the middle of the outlet valve 5, a line of weakness 19 is constituted by a fold. The line of weakness 19 can be linear or zigzag, in which case each flap is a zigzag shaped element that fits together. By tearing the lines of weakness 19 , a plurality of longitudinal flaps 6 are formed in the dispensing valve 5 , which separate from each other to form the opening 11 of the dispensing valve 5 . The dispensing valve 5 further comprises an edge flap 7 attached to the edge side of the plurality of longitudinal flaps 6 and having a tag 8 with an incision 13 . By flipping the tag 8 through the notch 13 the edge flap 7 is folded along the line of weakness 20 and separated from the dispensing valve 5 and the longitudinal flap 6 to touch the withdrawal element 4 of the chute 2. is designed to allow By pulling the withdrawal element 4, each longitudinal flap 6 can be split along the line of weakness 19 of the dispensing valve 5 to form an opening 11 through which the contents of the package 1 can be removed. chute 2 can be moved to the open position immediately (see FIG. 1). When open, the chute 2 is held by the frictional forces between the skirt portions 3 of the chute 2 and the longitudinal flaps 6 of the dispensing valve 5, which force acts on the skirt portions of the chute 2. 3 is elastically supported. As mentioned above, the advantage of this arrangement is that each skirt portion 3 of the chute 2 of the device for unloading the package 1 is supported from both sides by each longitudinal flap 6 of the dispensing valve 5, so that the chute 2 is held firmly in the open position and, contrary to the arrangements known from the prior art, each skirt portion 3 of chute 2 does not touch the packages 1, and chute 2 is opened to remove packages 1 through 90. It can be tilted and held at an angle greater than 90° (>90°). Each outer surface of each skirt portion 3 of the chute 2 and each surface of each longitudinal flap 6 of the dispensing valve 5 in contact therewith may be roughened so that the convexity of the surface of each skirt portion 3 is formed on each surface. Corresponding recesses in the surfaces of the longitudinal flaps 6, these surfaces are in firm contact with each other.

For each product contained in the package 1, a clearly visible line is provided on the surface of each longitudinal flap indicating the optimum angle at which the chute 2 can be tilted to allow the optimum removal of the contents of the package. , may be further drawn. For the same purpose, the surfaces where each skirt portion 3 of the chute 2 and each longitudinal flap 6 of the dispensing valve 5 meet are provided with special ridges and recesses to suit the particular product contained in the package 1. The user may feel that the chute 2 has been rotated by a certain angle.

FIG. 1 shows another component of the device of the present application, more specifically the support element 9 . The support element 9 may be part of the package 1 or may be a separate element attachable to the package 1 in a known manner. The support elements 9 are designed so that the edges of the chute 2 are supported by the surfaces of the support elements 9, so that when the device is folded after use, the chute 2 is in the package 1. It prevents you from falling. The support element 9 also has at its free edge a plurality of slots 10 (see FIGS. 3 and 4), which may be straight or rounded. Each slot 10 is formed by pressing each skirt portion 3 of the chute 2 into the slot 10 when the chute 2 of the device for removing the contents of the package 1 is folded into the package after use. used to hold the This allows the weight of the contents to act on the chute 2 from within the package during various manipulations of the closed package or when the closed package is turned over, thereby causing each skirt to The part 3 is prevented from arbitrarily slipping out of the slot 10. - 特許庁

FIG. 1 also shows an outlet hole 12 provided in the package 1 through which the contents of the package 1 are removed. The spout hole 12 of the package coincides with the hole 21 of the support element 9 and the opening 11 of the spout valve. The holes 21 of the support element 9 pass through this when the contents of the package 1 are removed. Here, the length of the holes 21 in the support elements 9 must be smaller than the length of the chute 2, and the width of the holes 21 in the support elements 9 is the width of the chute 2 (the outer dimension of the skirt portion 3). must be equal to The length of the holes 21 in the support element 9 determines the maximum possible outflow when removing the contents from the package 1 . Also, shortening the length of the hole 21 proportionally reduces the maximum possible outflow when removing the contents from the package 1 . Conversely, increasing the length of the holes 21 increases the maximum outflow.

The dispensing device of the present application for dispensing the contents of the package 1 can be used as follows.

The device for unloading the contents of a package 1 comprises a chute 2 with a plurality of skirt portions 3, a withdrawal element 4, a dispensing valve 5 with respective longitudinal flaps 6 and edge flaps 7, and a support element 9. and is installed on the pouring hole 12 provided in the package 1. As shown in FIG. To remove a portion of the contents from the package 1 , the user opens the edge flap 7 along the line of weakness 20 . This edge flap 7 has a slot 13 pre-drilled in the tag 8 . The user grabs the tag 8 from the slot 13 and bends the edge flap 7 so that the drawer element 4 of the chute 2 can be removed. Having bent and grasped the pull-out element 4 of the chute 2, the user moves the chute 2 from the folded position to the unloading position. Once the chute 2 has been withdrawn by the withdrawal element 4 , the tear line at the line of weakness 19 is torn and each longitudinal flap 6 is bent to form the opening 11 for the outlet valve 5 . The width of the opening 11 of the outlet valve 5 corresponds to the width of the chute 2 . Since each skirt portion 3 of the chute 2 is spaced from the side of the package 1, the user can tilt the chute 2 at an angle greater than 90° while removing the contents of the package 1, allowing each of the chute 2 Frictional forces between the skirt portion 3 and each longitudinal flap 6 of the dispensing valve 5 can hold it firmly in the same position. Each longitudinal flap 6 is adapted to resiliently support a respective skirt portion 3 of the chute 2, no further retaining means being necessary. As a result, the chute 2 can be reliably moved to the open position and held at the required position when taking out. In a position in which the chute 2 is tilted at an angle of more than 90°, the user has the widest view of the area of the holes 21 in the support element 9 located below the chute 2 and allows the package 1 to be manipulated further. Instead, by tilting the package 1 and taking out the contents into the container through the chute 2, the contents of the package 1 can be controlled to be taken out into the container in a desired amount. Each skirt portion 3 of the chute 2 reliably protects the content of the package 1, which has been taken out in the desired amount, from spilling.

After the required quantity of the contents of the package 1 has been removed, the chute 2 can be returned to its original (folded) position inside the package 1 . To do so, the user holds the drawer element 4 and lowers the chute 2 through the opening 11 of the outlet valve 5 until the chute 2 touches the surface of the support element 9 . The pull-out element 4 of the chute 2 allows the user to avoid touching the surface of the chute 2 and to comply with hygiene regulations. In this case, the user fixes each skirt portion 3 of the chute 2 in each slot 10 of the support element 9 . Each slot 10 is pryed open by inserting each skirt portion 3 over its entire length into each slot 10 when the chute 2 is folded into the package 1 to securely hold the chute 2 in the folded position. is configured to At the same time, the chute 2 covers the hole 21 of the support element 9 and the pouring hole 12 of the package 1, so that the contents of the package 1 can reach the outlet valve 5 when the package 1 is in various spatial states. through the opening 11 of the support element 9 and the hole 21 of the support element 9. To facilitate entry of each skirt portion 3 of the chute 2 into each slot 10 of the support element 9, the tip portion of each slot 10 may be chamfered or rounded (скругления).

Thus, the present invention has been described by combining the features described above, by which the present invention provides a spout for removal while improving controllability and simplifying the process of removing the contents of the package. can be opened and closed repeatedly even after part of the contents have been taken out.

The following examples of the device do not limit the implementation of the present invention.

Example 1
The device for removing the contents of the package can be provided on a container package made of cardboard in the form of a box with a pour hole, which is in one piece when unfolded (Fig. 3). . The package 1 has respective side walls 14 , respective top flaps 15 and respective bottom flaps 16 . Each element of the device 17 for unloading the package 1 is integral with the main part of the package 1 .

Thus, a chute 2 with a plurality of skirt portions 3 and a drawer element 4 are provided on one of the top flaps 15 of the package 1 .

Each longitudinal flap 6 and edge flap 7 with the tag 8 of the dispensing valve 5 are also provided on the adjacent top flap 15 of the package 1 . Thereby, the longitudinal flaps 6 are connected at a line of weakness 19 when folded, which line of weakness 19 may be straight, or the longitudinal flaps 6 may be connected to each other in the folded state. may be provided curved to increase the effectiveness of holding the . The opening 11 of the dispensing valve 5 is formed by separating the flaps 6 and 7 .

Support element 9 is formed from another top flap 15 of package 1 . The support element 9 is provided with holes 21 for removing the contents of the package 1 and slots 10 for retaining the skirt portions 3 of the chute 2 when the chute 2 is folded.

When the side walls 14, the top flap 15 and the bottom flap 16 in the developed view are joined together, a package in the form of a box is obtained (see FIGS. 1 and 2). At this time, the elements of the device 17 for removing the contents of the package, such as the chute with each skirt portion 3, the dispensing valve, the support element, etc., are provided on top of the dispensing opening 12 of the packaging 1, one above the other. ing. Unloading of the contents of the box can be accomplished in the manner previously described using the device 17 for unloading the contents of the package.

Example 2
Figure 4 shows another embodiment of a device for unloading the contents of a package. This device comprises a chute 2 having a plurality of skirt portions 3, a draw-out element 4, an outlet valve 5 formed by edge flaps 7 with tags 8 and respective longitudinal flaps 6, each slot 10 and the aperture 21 are separate components of the dispensing device described above and are arranged one above the other in turn on the dispensing aperture 12 provided in the package 1 . The aforementioned elements of the apparatus for unloading the contents of the package are mounted in a known manner and the unloading of the contents of the package can be effected in the manner described above using the unloading apparatus described above.

Example 3
Figure 5 shows yet another embodiment of a device for unloading the contents of a package. This device comprises a chute 2 having a plurality of skirt portions 3, a draw-out element 4, an outlet valve 5 formed by edge flaps 7 with tags 8 and respective longitudinal flaps 6, each slot 10 is a pre-assembled device comprising a support element 9 having a . Unloading of the contents of the package can be accomplished in the manner previously described using the unloading device described above.

Example 4
Yet another embodiment (not shown) of the device for unloading the contents of the package described above comprises a chute 2 with a plurality of skirt portions 3, a drawer element 4, edge flaps 7 with tags 8 and each longitudinal A dispensing valve 5 formed by a directional flap 6, a support element 9 with respective slots 10 and a hole 21 are partially provided in and partially spaced from the packaging 1. The present invention proposes a device that can be configured by combining a plurality of elements that are present and that can be attached to the spout hole 12 provided in the package 1. - 特許庁Unloading of the contents of the package can be accomplished in the manner previously described using the unloading device described above.

Claims (11)

A device for taking out the contents of a package provided on a spout hole of the package,
a chute having a plurality of skirt portions, an outlet valve and a support element;
when folded, the chute is positioned below the outlet valve and is retained by the support element;
The pouring valve has a plurality of flaps,
The flaps are designed to hold the skirt portions of the chute to form an opening when the chute is moved to an open position.
A device characterized by: 2. The device of claim 1, wherein
A device, characterized in that said chute is designed so that it can be tilted at an angle of more than 90° when open. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein
An apparatus, wherein edges on three sides of said plurality of skirt portions of said chute are not attached anywhere. A device according to claim 1, comprising:
A device, characterized in that said chute is designed with a drawer element. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein
The device, wherein the support element has a plurality of slots. 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein
A device, wherein when folded, the chute is retained by a plurality of skirt portions of the chute disposed in the plurality of slots provided in the support element. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein
A device, characterized in that, when folded, said chute is retained on said support element by said plurality of flaps of said dispensing valve. 8. The apparatus of claims 1-7, comprising:
Each of the elements of the device, such as the chute with skirt portions, the dispensing valve, the support element, etc., is part of the package and is constructed in one piece when deployed. A device characterized in that it can be designed to 8. The apparatus of claims 1-7, comprising:
wherein said chute with said plurality of skirt portions, said outlet valve and said support element are constructed as separate elements;
A device, characterized in that these elements can be placed on said spout provided in said package. 8. The apparatus of claims 1-7, comprising:
the chute having a plurality of skirt portions, the outlet valve and the support element may be integrally constructed,
A device, characterized in that it can be installed over said pouring hole provided in said package. 8. The apparatus of claims 1-7, comprising:
The chute having a plurality of skirt portions, the dispensing valve and the support element combine elements partially provided in the package and partially remote from the package. can be configured,
A device, characterized in that they can be mounted on said spout hole provided in said package.

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