JP7067932B2 - Gable top type container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gable top type container for containing beverage liquids such as milk, milk beverages and juices, and gelled foods such as yogurt and jelly.

Conventionally, as a paper container for beverages represented by a milk carton, there is a gable top type container made of a paperboard material in which a thermoplastic resin is laminated on the front and back surfaces. The gable top type container includes a tubular body for accommodating a drinking liquid and the like, and a gable roof connected to the upper end of the tubular body. The tubular body is composed of a plurality of body panels including a pair of body panels facing each other.

As such a gable top type container, there is known one in which a grip improving substance (non-slip portion) is provided on a cylindrical body portion to improve the gripability of the container (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Special Table 2016-508930

In the conventional gable top type container as described in Patent Document 1, since the non-slip portion is provided at the same position on each other of the pair of body panels facing each other, the manufacturing process of the product using the gable top type container. In the above, there is a problem that the non-slip portions of adjacent gable top type containers come into contact with each other to form resistance, and the gable top type containers cannot slide with each other, that is, so-called blocking occurs.

An object of the present invention is to provide a gable top type container capable of preventing blocking between containers.

The gable top type container of the present invention includes a tubular body portion, a bottom portion connected to the lower end of the tubular body portion, and a gable roof connected to the upper end of the tubular body portion. The roofs are a pair of roof panels facing each other, a pair of gable wall panels facing each other in a direction intersecting each other in the facing direction of the pair of roof panels, and being folded between the pair of roof panels, and the pair of roofs. The top seal formed by joining the upper end portion of the panel and the upper end portion of the pair of gable wall panels is provided, and the tubular body portion faces each other in the facing direction of the pair of roof panels, and the pair of roof panels are opposed to each other. A pair of body panels connected to the roof panel are provided, each of the pair of body panels has a non-slip portion, and one body panel slides in a side view from one of the pair of body panels to the other. It is characterized in that the stopper portion and the non-slip portion of the other body panel are provided at positions where they do not overlap each other.

According to the present invention, since the non-slip portion of one body panel and the non-slip portion of the other body panel are provided at positions where they do not overlap, the non-slip portions of adjacent gable top type containers come into contact with each other. It is possible to prevent the containers from blocking each other.

In the gable top type container of the present invention, it is preferable that at least one of the pair of body panels has a convex portion protruding in the out-of-plane direction of the body panel.

According to the present invention, since the body panel is provided with a convex portion protruding in the out-of-plane direction, a gap can be provided between the gable top type containers, and blocking between the containers can be prevented more reliably.

In the gable top type container of the present invention, it is preferable that the non-slip portion is provided at a position within a range of 30% or more and 80% or less of the height of the tubular body portion from the bottom portion.

According to the present invention, since the non-slip portion is provided at a height position where the user tends to grip the gable top type container, the gripability of the gable top type container can be effectively improved.

The gable top type container of the present invention is preferably used for storing beverage liquids such as milk, milk beverages and juices, and gelled foods such as yogurt and jelly.

According to the present invention, since the gable top type container is used for storing beverage liquids such as milk, milk drinks and juices, and gelled foods such as yogurt and jelly, the versatility of the gable top type container can be utilized.

The perspective view of the gable top type container which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. The development view of the gable top type container of FIG. The side view of the gable top type container of FIG. The perspective view of the gable top type container which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The development view of the gable top type container of FIG. The side view of the gable top type container of FIG.

Hereinafter, each embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
When the direction is indicated in the following description, as shown in FIG. 1, the state in which the gable top type container 1 is erected is used as a reference.
Further, in the second and subsequent embodiments, the constituent members having the same functions as those of the first embodiment and the constituent members having the same functions are designated by the same reference numerals as the constituent members of the first embodiment, and their description is omitted or simplified. do.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a gable top type container 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a development view of the gable top type container 1 (plan view of the gable top type container panel 10 (also referred to as a carton blank)). The gable top type container 1 is made of a paperboard material in which a thermoplastic resin is laminated on the front and back surfaces, and is used for storing beverage liquids such as milk, milk beverages and juices, and gel-like foods such as yogurt and jelly.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, the gable top type container 1 has a tubular body portion 2, a bottom portion 3 connected to the lower end of the tubular body portion 2, and a gable connected to the upper end of the tubular body portion 2. It has a roof 4.

The tubular body 2 includes four body panels 21 to 24 connected in the circumferential direction (horizontal direction) of the tubular body 2 via the body vertical folding lines 21A, 22A, and 23A extending in the vertical direction, and the body. A seal panel 25 connected to the body panel 24 via the vertical folding line 24A is provided. The body panels 21 to 24 form a substantially square cylindrical body 2 by heat-sealing the seal panel 25 to the body panel 21.

The body panel 21 includes a non-slip portion 211 and a convex portion 212.
The non-slip portion 211 is formed by applying a non-slip agent to the surface of the body panel 21 by printing, spraying, or the like, and has a higher friction coefficient than other regions of the body panel 21. As the non-slip agent, for example, allyl varnish or urethane varnish can be used, but the anti-slip agent is not limited thereto. When the non-slip agent is applied by printing, the printing method is not limited, and for example, inkjet printing, letterpress printing, intaglio printing, and screen printing can be adopted.

In the case of the present embodiment, the non-slip portion 211 is formed by printing an anti-slip agent. Further, the non-slip portion 211 has a corrugated shape inclined downward from the body panel 23 toward the body panel 24 (from the opened portion side to the unopened portion side of the gable top type container 1), and has a vertical direction. Multiple are provided side by side. The distance between the non-slip portions 211 is set wider than the width in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the non-slip portion 221 described later of the body panel 21. The non-slip portion 211 is preferably provided at a position within a range of 30% or more and 80% or less of the height of the tubular body portion 2 from the bottom portion 3. By providing the non-slip portion 211 in such a range, the non-slip portion 211 is arranged at a height position where the user tends to grip the gable top type container 1, so that the gripability of the gable top type container 1 can be achieved. Can be effectively improved.

The convex portions 212 are provided at the four corners of the region surrounding the non-slip portion 211, and project in the out-of-plane direction of the body panel 21. The convex portion 212 is formed by embossing the body panel 21, laminating a thermoplastic resin on the body panel 21, or attaching a sheet to the body panel 21. The amount of protrusion of the convex portion 212 from the surface of the body panel 21 is larger than the thickness of the non-slip portion 211.

The body panel 22 is arranged so as to face the body panel 21. The body panel 22 includes a non-slip portion 221 and a convex portion 222.
The non-slip portion 221 and the convex portion 222 are formed by the same method as that of the body panel 21, but are different in shape and arrangement. The non-slip portion 221 and the convex portion 222 are those in which the non-slip portion 211 and the convex portion 212 are line-symmetrical with the vertical straight line passing through the center of the body panel 23 as the axis of symmetry in the gable top type container panel 10. Is arranged so as to be offset downward.

As shown in FIG. 3, the non-slip portion 221 is provided at a position where it does not overlap with the non-slip portion 211 of the body panel 21 when viewed from one of the body panels 21 and 22 and the other, and the non-slip portion 221 is provided. It is formed below 211. The distance between the non-slip portions 221 is set wider than the width in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the non-slip portions 211.
The convex portion 222 is provided at a position not overlapping with the convex portion 212 of the body panel 21 in a side view from one of the body panels 21 and 22, and is formed below the convex portion 212.

The body panel 23 is provided on the opening side of the gable top type container 1.
The body panel 24 is arranged to face the body panel 23 and is provided on the unopened side of the gable top type container 1.

The bottom portion 3 is connected to each other via the bottom vertical folding lines 31B, 32B, 33B, and is connected to the four bottom panels 31 to 34 connected to the lower ends of the body panels 21 to 24 via the bottom horizontal folding lines 31A, 32A, 33A, 34A. The bottom panel 34 is connected to the bottom panel 34 via the bottom vertical folding line 34B, and is provided with a seal panel 35 connected to the lower end of the seal panel 25.
A pair of valley fold lines 311 and 321 are formed on the bottom panels 31 and 32.

The gable roof 4 faces each other in a direction intersecting the pair of roof panels 41, 42 facing each other and the pair of roof panels 41, 42 in the facing direction, and is folded between the pair of roof panels 41, 42. The end wall panels 43 and 44, the seal panel 45 connected to the end wall panel 44 via the upper vertical folding line 44B, and the seal panel 45 connected to the upper end of the seal panel 25, and the upper end portions 412, 422 and the pair of the pair of roof panels 41 and 42. It is provided with a top seal 46 formed by joining upper end portions 435 and 445 of the end wall panels 43 and 44. The pair of roof panels 41, 42 and the pair of end wall panels 43, 44 are horizontally connected in the order of the roof panel 41, the end wall panel 43, the roof panel 42, and the end wall panel 44.

The roof panel 41 is connected to the end wall panel 43 via an upper vertical folding line 41B extending in the vertical direction, and is connected to the body panel 21 via an upper horizontal folding line 41A extending in the horizontal direction. The roof panel 41 is provided below the valley fold line 411 formed along the horizontal direction, the upper end portion 412 located above the valley fold line 411, and the valley fold line 411, and is provided downward toward the upper vertical fold line 41B. It is provided with a valley fold line 413 inclined toward the intersection P1 of the upper vertical fold line 41B and the upper horizontal fold line 41A).

The roof panel 42 is connected to the end wall panels 43 and 44 via the upper vertical folding lines 43B and 42B extending in the vertical direction, and is connected to the body panel 22 via the upper horizontal folding line 42A extending in the horizontal direction. The roof panel 42 is provided below the valley fold line 421 formed along the horizontal direction, the upper end portion 422 located above the valley fold line 421, and the valley fold line 421, and is provided downward toward the upper vertical fold line 43B. It is provided with a valley fold line 423 inclined toward the intersection P2 of the upper vertical fold line 43B and the upper horizontal fold line 42A).

The end wall panel 43 is a panel constituting the opening portion of the gable top type container 1, and is connected to the body panel 23 via the upper horizontal folding line 43A extending in the horizontal direction. The end wall panel 43 includes a mountain fold line 431 formed along the horizontal direction, a pair of valley fold lines 432 extending from the intersections P1 and P2 to each other's intersection P3 located at the center of the mountain fold line 431, and a pair of valley fold lines. It is provided on both sides (horizontally both sides of the first folding portion 433) sandwiching the first folding portion 433 surrounded by the 432 and the upper horizontal folding line 43A, and is connected to the pair of roof panels 41 and 42. It includes a second folding portion 434 and an upper end portion 435 located above the mountain folding line 431.
The upper end portion 435 is provided with a folding line 436 extending upward from the intersection P3 in the center in the horizontal direction, and forms the top seal 46 in a state of being folded at the folding line 436.

The end wall panel 44 is a panel constituting the unopened portion of the gable top type container 1, and is connected to the body panel 24 via the upper horizontal folding line 44A extending in the horizontal direction. Since the end wall panel 44 is configured in the same manner as the end wall panel 43, the symbol 3 which is the second from the beginning of the code of the end wall panel 43 is replaced with 4 and illustrated, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The above gable top type container 1 is formed from the gable top type container panel 10 shown in FIG. 2 by the following procedure.
First, the seal panels 25, 35, 45 of the gable top type container panel 10 are heat-sealed to the body panel 21, the bottom panel 31, and the roof panel 41 to form a carton blank. Next, the carton blank is made into a square cylinder. In this state, while the bottom panels 31 and 32 are valley-folded along the valley fold lines 311 and 321, they are folded inward between the bottom panels 33 and 34 by the bottom horizontal fold lines 31A and 32A and overlapped with the bottom panels 33 and 34. .. Then, the entire overlapped portion of the bottom panels 31 to 34 is heat-sealed to form the bottom portion 3.

Next, the beverage liquid or the like is stored in the gable top type container 1. At this time, while the gable top type containers 1 are arranged side by side and transported on the production line, the gable top type container 1 may contain a beverage liquid or the like, but the non-slip portion 211 of the body panel 21 and the body panel 22 Since the non-slip portion 221 of the above is provided at a position where it does not overlap with each other, it is possible to prevent the non-slip portions 211 and 221 of the adjacent gable top type containers 1 from coming into contact with each other, and it is possible to prevent the containers from blocking each other. ..

After that, while folding back the second folding portions 434 and 444 at the valley folding lines 432 and 442, the first folding portions 433 and 443 are folded inward at the upper horizontal folding lines 43A and 44A, and the wife wall between the roof panels 41 and 42. Fold the panels 43 and 44. At this time, the roof panels 41 and 42 are bent inward by the upper horizontal folding lines 41A and 42A in conjunction with the folding of the end wall panels 43 and 44. Then, the roof panels 41 and 42 are valley-folded along the valley fold lines 411 and 421, and the wife wall panels 43 and 44 are mountain-folded along the mountain fold lines 431 and 441, and the wife is folded back at the turn-back lines 436 and 446. The upper end portions 435 and 445 of the wall panels 43 and 44 are interposed between the upper end portions 412 and 422 of the roof panels 41 and 42. Then, the upper end portions 412, 422, 435, and 445 are heat-sealed with each other to form the top seal 46.

When opening the gable top type container 1, the roof panels 41 and 42 are separated from each other while inserting a finger between the pair of roof panels 41 and 42 on the end wall panel 43 side, and the roof panels 41 and 42 and the end wall are opened. The panel 43 is folded back. In this state, by projecting the end wall panel 43 forward while applying force to the top seal 46 from the left-right direction, the end wall panel 43 is peeled off from the roof panels 41 and 42 and opened. As a result, the spout is formed by the end wall panel 43, and the user can incline the spout side forward while grasping the gable top type container 1 to pour the beverage liquid or the like inside from the spout. Will be. At this time, the user can easily grip the tubular body portion 2 by the non-slip portions 211 and 221, and the gripability of the gable top type container 1 can be improved by a simple structure.

According to the above embodiment, since the non-slip portion 211 of one body panel 21 and the non-slip portion 221 of the other body panel 22 are provided at positions where they do not overlap, they are adjacent gable top type. It is possible to prevent the non-slip portions 211 and 221 of the container 1 from coming into contact with each other, and it is possible to prevent blocking between the containers.

Further, since the body panels 21 and 22 are provided with convex portions 212 and 222 protruding in the out-of-plane direction, a gap can be provided between the gable top type containers 1 to more reliably block the containers from each other. Can be prevented.

Further, since the non-slip portions 211 and 221 are provided at the height positions where the user tends to grip the gable top type container 1, the gripability of the gable top type container 1 can be effectively improved.

Further, since the gable top type container 1 is used for storing beverage liquids such as milk, milk drinks and juices, and gelled foods such as yogurt and jelly, the versatility of the gable top type container 1 can be utilized.

[Second Embodiment]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the shape and arrangement of the non-slip portions 213 and 223 in the body panels 21 and 22 are different from those of the first embodiment.
The non-slip portions 213 and 223 each have a substantially rectangular shape, and are arranged in a grid pattern at intervals from each other. As shown in FIG. 6, the non-slip portion 213 and the non-slip portion 223 are provided at positions where they do not overlap each other when viewed from one of the body panels 21 and 22 and the other, and the non-slip portion 223 is located. Is located below the non-slip portion 213. The distance between the non-slip portions 213 is set wider than the size of the non-slip portions 223, and the distance between the non-slip portions 223 is set wider than the size of the non-slip portions 213. The non-slip portions 213 and 223 are formed by the same method as in the first embodiment.

The same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained by this embodiment as well.
Further, since the non-slip portions 213 and 223 are arranged in a grid pattern, the non-slip portions 213 and 223 can be arranged without discomfort, and depending on the size, texture, color, etc., contribute to the improvement of aesthetics. can do.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications, improvements, and the like to the extent that the object of the present invention can be achieved are included in the present invention.
For example, the tubular body portion 2 may be a square cylinder having a triangular cross section or a square cylinder having a cross section of five or more angles.
The tubular body 2 is not limited to a square cylinder, and for example, the body panels 21 to 24 or any of them may be curved in the circumferential direction of the tubular body 2 to be partially cylindrical. good.

The non-slip portions 211, 213, 221 and 223 are not limited in shape as long as they do not overlap each other when viewed from one of the body panels 21 and 22 in a side view, and the shape is not limited, for example, a straight line, a sinusoidal waveform, or a triangular waveform. It may be formed of a circle, an ellipse, a triangle, a parallelogram, a trapezoid, a rhombus, or a polygon having five or more angles.
The number of the non-slip portions 211, 213, 221, 223 and the convex portions 212, 222 is not limited to that of the embodiment, and may be a number other than that shown in the embodiment.
The convex portions 212 and 222 may be formed by thickening the corresponding portions of the body panels 21 and 22, or may be formed by printing a thermoplastic resin on the body panels 21 and 22.
The convex portions 212 and 222 may be provided between the non-slip portions 211, 213, 221 and 223, or may be provided at positions where they overlap each other in a side view from one of the body panels 21 and 22. Alternatively, it may be provided only on one of the body panels 21 and 22.

The body vertical folding lines 21A, 22A, 23A, and 24A are not limited in shape, and may be composed of only curved lines, for example, a combination of a plurality of straight lines, or a combination of straight lines and curved lines. It may be formed into a wave shape such as a sinusoidal waveform, a rectangular waveform, or a triangular waveform.

In the above embodiment, the seal panels 25, 35, 45 are formed with the same width, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the seal panels 25, 35, 45 may be formed with different widths, or the seal panels 25 may be formed. , 35, 45 may be formed to have the same width. Further, the seal panels 25, 35, 45 do not have to have a constant width dimension in the vertical direction, and the width dimension may be partially changed.

In the above embodiment, the upper horizontal folding lines 41A, 42A, 43A, and 44A are formed in a straight line, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the upper horizontal folding lines may be formed in a curved line. For example, the upper horizontal folding lines 41A, 42A, 43A, 44A may be a downwardly convex curve.

The present invention can be used for various gable top type containers 1 capable of containing beverage liquids such as milk and juice, and gelled foods such as yogurt and jelly.

1 ... Gable top type container, 2 ... Cylindrical body, 3 ... Bottom, 4 ... Gable roof, 21-24 ... Body panel, 41, 42 ... Roof panel, 43, 44 ... Wife wall panel, 46 ... Top seal , 211, 213, 221, 223 ... Non-slip portion, 212, 222 ... Convex portion.

Claims (2)

It is a gable top type container,
Cylindrical body and
The bottom portion connected to the lower end of the tubular body portion and the bottom portion
It is equipped with a gable roof connected to the upper end of the tubular body.
The gable roof
A pair of roof panels facing each other and
A pair of end wall panels facing each other in a direction intersecting the pair of roof panels and being folded between the pair of roof panels.
It comprises a top seal formed by joining the upper ends of the pair of roof panels and the upper ends of the pair of end wall panels.
The tubular body includes a pair of body panels that face each other in the opposite direction of the pair of roof panels and are connected to the pair of roof panels.
The pair of body panels each include a non-slip portion and a convex portion that is provided separately from the non-slip portion and projects in the out-of-plane direction of the body panel .
When viewed from one of the pair of body panels to the other, the non-slip portion of one body panel and the non-slip portion of the other body panel are provided at positions where they do not overlap each other , and one body is provided. A gable top type container characterized in that the convex portion of the portion panel and the convex portion of the other body panel are provided at positions where they do not overlap each other . The gable according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the non-slip portion is provided at a position within a range of 30% or more and 80% or less of the height of the tubular body portion from the bottom portion. Top type container.

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