US20160325872A1 - Sealed package for pourable food products and a basic unit of sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products - Google Patents

Sealed package for pourable food products and a basic unit of sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US20160325872A1
US20160325872A1 US15/107,795 US201415107795A US2016325872A1 US 20160325872 A1 US20160325872 A1 US 20160325872A1 US 201415107795 A US201415107795 A US 201415107795A US 2016325872 A1 US2016325872 A1 US 2016325872A1
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
wall
package
edge
basic unit
define
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
US15/107,795
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Marcello Barbieri
Roberto De Pietri Tonelli
Davide Morciano
Stefania Pertusi
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Tetra Laval Holdings and Finance SA
Original Assignee
Tetra Laval Holdings and Finance SA
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Tetra Laval Holdings and Finance SA filed Critical Tetra Laval Holdings and Finance SA
Assigned to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. reassignment TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: Pertusi, Stefania, De Pietri Tonelli, Roberto, BARBIERI, MARCELLO, MORCIANO, DAVIDE
Publication of US20160325872A1 publication Critical patent/US20160325872A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/02—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body
    • B65D5/06—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body with end-closing or contents-supporting elements formed by folding inwardly a wall extending from, and continuously around, an end of the tubular body
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/02—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body
    • B65D5/06—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body with end-closing or contents-supporting elements formed by folding inwardly a wall extending from, and continuously around, an end of the tubular body
    • B65D5/064—Rectangular containers having a body with gusset-flaps folded outwardly or adhered to the side or the top of the container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/02—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body
    • B65D5/029—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body the tubular body presenting a special shape
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4266—Folding lines, score lines, crease lines
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D2231/00—Means for facilitating the complete expelling of the contents
    • B65D2231/02—Precut holes or weakened zones
    • B65D2231/022—Precut holes or weakened zones for permitting the insertion of a tubular contents-removing device, e.g. a drinking straw

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a sealed package for pourable food products.
  • the present invention also relates to a basic unit of sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products.
  • liquid or pourable food products such as fruit juice, UHT (ultra-high-temperature treated) milk, wine, tomato sauce, etc.
  • UHT ultra-high-temperature treated milk
  • wine tomato sauce
  • etc. are sold in packages made of sterilized packaging material.
  • a typical example is the parallelepiped-shaped package for liquid or pourable food products known as Tetra Brik Aseptic (registered trademark), which is made by creasing and sealing laminated strip packaging material.
  • the packaging material has a multilayer structure comprising a base layer, e.g. of paper, covered on both sides with layers of heat-seal plastic material, e.g. polyethylene.
  • the packaging material also comprises a layer of oxygen-barrier material, e.g. an aluminium foil, which is superimposed on a layer of heat-seal plastic material, and is in turn covered with another layer of heat-seal plastic material forming the inner face of the package eventually contacting the food product.
  • Packages of this sort are normally produced on fully automatic packaging machines, on which a continuous tube is formed from the web-fed packaging material; the web of packaging material is sterilized on the packaging machine, e.g. by applying a chemical sterilizing agent, such as a hydrogen peroxide solution, which, once sterilization is completed, is removed from the surfaces of the packaging material, e.g. evaporated by heating; the web so sterilized is then maintained in a closed, sterile environment, and is folded and sealed longitudinally to form a tube, which is fed vertically.
  • a chemical sterilizing agent such as a hydrogen peroxide solution
  • the tube is filled with the sterilized or sterile-processed food product, and is sealed and subsequently cut along equally spaced cross sections.
  • the tube is sealed longitudinally and transversally to its own axis.
  • Pillow packs are so obtained, which have a longitudinal sealing band and a pair of top and bottom transversal sealing bands.
  • the packaging material may be cut into blanks, which are formed into packages on forming spindles, and the packages are then filled with the food product and sealed.
  • the so-called “gable-top” package known by the trade name Tetra Rex (registered trademark).
  • a parallelepiped package which comprises:
  • top transversal sealing band extends beyond the top wall of the package into respective flat, substantially triangular top flaps of packaging material folded coplanar with and onto respective lateral wall as of top wall.
  • the top transversal sealing band also forms, lengthwise, a rectangular top tab, which comprises a free edge and is folded onto top wall along a bend line formed at the base of the same tab.
  • the longitudinal sealing band extends perpendicularly between the transversal sealing bands and along the centerline of the rear wall.
  • the rear and the front walls are parallel to one another, the lateral walls are parallel to one another, and the lateral walls are orthogonal to both the rear and the front walls.
  • Parallelepiped packages which have a hole for a straw on the top wall and which are completely filled with the pourable product, i.e. with the pourable product in contact with the inner side of the top wall.
  • those parallelepiped packages are not optimally stackable one on the other, i.e. with the bottom wall of the top package resting on the top wall of the bottom package.
  • the rectangular top tab upwardly protrudes from the top wall, thus rendering the latter not perfectly flat.
  • the sealed packages are formed by folding a corresponding basic unit of sheet packaging material along a plurality of crease lines.
  • the volume of each package is slightly less than the theoretical volumes, which is defined by the corresponding basic unit, so that the forming and sealing of the package slightly compresses the packaging material thereof. Accordingly, when the user perforates the holes with the straws, the inner volume of the packages increases up to the theoretical volume, thus causing a decrease in the level of the pourable product. The action of the fingers of the user causes the subsequent increase in this value, up to the level of the hole.
  • packages are known, for example from EP-A-2392517 or EP-A-1332969 in the name of the same Applicant, in which the top wall is slanted with respect to the bottom wall and is descending from the relative first edge to the relative second edge.
  • the top wall comprises:
  • the extension of the first area is increased with respect to the parallelepiped packages, in which the top wall is parallel to the bottom wall.
  • the above-identified known packages allow the fitting of greater opening device in the first area.
  • the sealing band is folded on the top wall on the side of the first edge, i.e. the higher edge of the package.
  • a drawback of the above-identified known packages is that they cannot be vertically stacked one on the other, i.e. with the bottom wall of a top package resting on the top wall of a bottom package.
  • the height of the rear wall is greater than the height of the front wall.
  • the taller wall i.e. the rear wall
  • the smaller wall i.e. the front wall
  • a sealed package for pourable food products as claimed in claim 1 .
  • the present invention also relates to a sealed package for pourable food products, as claimed in claim 9 .
  • the present invention also relates to a basic unit of sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products, as claimed in claim 10 .
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sealed package according to a first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows two packages of FIG. 1 vertically stacked one on the other
  • FIG. 3 is a rear view of the package of FIGS. 1 and 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a bottom view, with parts removed for clarity, of the package of FIGS. 1 and 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a lateral view of the package of FIGS. 1 to 4 ;
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show a first embodiment of a basic unit of sheet packaging material according to the present invention and adapted, once folded, to form the sealed packages of FIGS. 1 to 4 ;
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a sealed package according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 shows two packages of FIG. 8 vertically stacked one on the other
  • FIG. 10 is a rear view of the package of FIGS. 8 and 9 ;
  • FIG. 11 is a bottom view, with parts removed for clarity, of the package of FIGS. 8 to 10 ;
  • FIG. 12 is a second embodiment of a basic unit of sheet packaging material according to the present invention and adapted, once folded, to form the sealed packages of FIGS. 8 to 11 .
  • Number 1 in FIGS. 1 to 5 indicates as a whole a sealed package for pourable food products, which is made of multilayer sheet packaging material 2 (shown in FIG. 6 ).
  • Packaging material 2 from which package 1 is made has a multilayer structure comprising a base layer, e.g. of paper, for stiffness, and a number of lamination layers covering both sides of base layer.
  • a base layer e.g. of paper
  • lamination layers covering both sides of base layer.
  • the lamination layers comprise a first layer of oxygen-barrier material, e.g. an aluminum foil, and a number of second layers of heat-seal plastic material covering both sides of both base layer and first layer.
  • a first layer of oxygen-barrier material e.g. an aluminum foil
  • second layers of heat-seal plastic material covering both sides of both base layer and first layer.
  • such solution comprises, in succession and from the side eventually forming the inside of package 1 , a layer of heat-seal plastic material, a layer of barrier material, another layer of heat-seal plastic material, base layer, and another layer of heat-seal plastic material.
  • the inner layer of heat-seal plastic material contacting the food product, in use may, for example, be made of strong, in particular, high-stretch, metallocene-catalyzed, low-linear-density (LLD) polyethylene.
  • LLD low-linear-density
  • At least the inner layers of plastic material may be provided as prefabricated films, which are laminated on the base layer; this technique allows reducing any risk of formation of holes or cracks at or around the removable portion during the forming operations for producing sealed package 1 .
  • Package 1 has preferably a volume between 80 ml and 375 ml.
  • package 1 comprises:
  • Bottom wall 6 comprises two horizontal edges 10 , 11 parallel to one another, and two horizontal edges 12 interposed between and orthogonal to edges 10 , 11 . Edges 12 are parallel to one another.
  • Top wall 5 comprises two horizontal edges 15 , 16 opposite to each other and parallel to one another. More precisely, horizontal edges 15 , 16 are parallel to and arranged over edges 10 , 11 respectively.
  • Top wall 5 also comprises two edges 17 , which extend between edges 15 , 16 and are parallel to one another.
  • Edges 17 are arranged over respective edges 12 .
  • Wall 7 extends between edges 11 , 16 and comprises two vertical opposite edges 18 , which are parallel to one another and extend between edges 11 , 16 .
  • Wall 8 extends between edges 10 , 15 and comprises two vertical opposite edges 19 , which extend between edges 10 , 15 .
  • Each lateral wall 9 is bounded by edges 12 , 17 , by a relative edge 18 , and by a relative edge 19 .
  • Package 1 also comprises a top transversal sealing band 21 ( FIG. 1 ) and a bottom transversal sealing band 25 ( FIG. 4 ), which extends across respective top and bottom walls 5 , 6 .
  • Sealing band 21 divides top wall 5 into two portions 22 , 23 , one ( 22 ) of which is adjacent to front wall 8 and bounded by edge 15 .
  • the other portion ( 23 ), adjacent to rear panel 7 and bounded by edge 16 comprises along the centerline, a top end portion of a flat longitudinal sealing band 24 of package 1 ( FIG. 4 ).
  • longitudinal sealing band 24 extends perpendicularly between transversal top and bottom sealing bands 21 , 25 , and, in the embodiment shown, substantially along the centerline of wall 7 .
  • Top transversal sealing band 21 extends beyond top wall 5 of package 1 into respective flat, substantially triangular lateral top flaps 26 (only one of which is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 ) of packaging material folded coplanar with and onto respective lateral walls 9 as of top wall 5 .
  • top transversal sealing band 21 also forms, lengthwise, a rectangular flat top tab 29 projecting from portions 22 , 23 and from lateral top flaps 26 and folded onto wall 5 along a bend line 40 formed at the base of tab 29 .
  • Tab 29 is bounded, on the opposite side of bend line 40 , by a free edge 41 .
  • wall 8 free of longitudinal sealing band 24 is positioned on the side of the potential customers and is, therefore, commonly regarded as the front wall of package 1 .
  • wall 7 is positioned on the opposite side of the potential customers and is, therefore, commonly regarded as the back wall of package 1 .
  • bottom transversal sealing band 25 divides bottom wall 6 into two portions 27 , 28 .
  • Portion 27 is adjacent to wall 7 , is bound by edge and comprises along the centerline a bottom end portion of longitudinal sealing band 24 .
  • Portion 28 is adjacent to wall 8 and is bound by edge 10 .
  • Bottom transversal sealing band 25 comprises ( FIG. 4 ) a main portion 30 and a pair of end portions 31 , which are arranged on opposite lateral sides of portion 30 .
  • Portion 30 is folded onto wall 6 while portions 31 form two respective flat, substantially triangular lateral bottom flaps 32 of packaging material folded over portion 30 .
  • bottom transversal sealing band 25 also forms, lengthwise, a flat rectangular bottom tab 33 projecting from portions 27 , 28 and which extends into bottom flaps 32 .
  • Tab 33 comprises, in turn, a main portion folded over bottom wall 8 and a pair of lateral portions folded onto the main portion of tab 33 itself along a bend line formed at the base of tab 33 .
  • Edges 15 , 16 of top wall 5 define a plane P.
  • Edges 10 , 11 , 12 of bottom wall 6 define a plane Q, in use, horizontal and onto which package 1 normally rests, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 .
  • plane P is angled with respect to plane Q for an angle ⁇ smaller than 90 degrees.
  • angle ⁇ ranges between 1 and 7 degrees ( FIG. 5 ).
  • angle ⁇ ranges between 3 and 5 degrees.
  • edge 16 is at first distance H 1 from edge 11 measured orthogonally to plane Q while edge 15 is at a second distance H 2 from edge 10 measured orthogonally to plane Q.
  • First distance H 1 is greater than second distance H 2 .
  • the height of wall 7 is higher than the height of wall 8 .
  • tab 29 is folded on the side of edge 15 , i.e. on portion 22 and on the side of wall 8 , so that edge 41 is interposed between bend-line 40 and edge 15 ( FIGS. 1, 2 and 5 ).
  • edge 41 and edge 16 define a plane R, as shown in FIG. 5 .
  • Plane R is angled relative to plane Q for an angle smaller than angle ⁇ .
  • plane R and plane Q are parallel to one another.
  • a further top package 1 a can be stacked on a bottom package 1 , with its wall 6 a resting on edges 16 , 41 of wall 5 of bottom package 1 .
  • top end of longitudinal sealing band 24 divides portion 23 in two areas 23 a , 23 b.
  • Package 1 also comprises a closed hole 45 , circular in the embodiment shown, from which the base layer has been removed.
  • Hole 45 is adapted to be perforated by a not-shown straw, so as to allow a user to drink the pourable product contained in package 1 .
  • hole 45 is arranged in area 23 a.
  • package 1 does not comprise any opening device fitted on wall 5 .
  • Letter M in FIGS. 6 and 7 indicate a basic unit of packaging material 2 , by which to produce package 1 , and which may be a precut blank, or a portion of a web of packaging material comprising a succession of units M.
  • basic unit M is folded on a known crease spindle (not shown), is filled with the food product, and is sealed at the top and bottom to form package 1 .
  • the web of packaging material 2 comprising a succession of basic units M, is:
  • the theoretical volume defined by basic unit M is greater than the volume of sealed package 1 .
  • the packaging material of sealed package 1 is slightly compressed.
  • Crease pattern 60 substantially comprises:
  • Crease lines 67 , 61 , 62 are straight, i.e. they do not have any angles.
  • Crease lines 67 , 61 , 62 are parallel to one another.
  • Crease lines 63 , 67 are interposed between crease lines 61 , 62 .
  • Crease pattern 60 comprises:
  • crease lines 58 , 65 , 68 , 69 , 66 and edges 64 , 57 are parallel to each other and orthogonal to crease lines 67 , 61 , 62 .
  • Crease lines 65 , 66 are interposed between crease line 58 and edge 57 .
  • Crease pattern 60 also comprises ( FIG. 6 ):
  • End area 78 is adapted to form top tab 29 and end area 79 is adapted to form bottom tab 33 of finished package 1 , once basic unit M has been folded.
  • end edge 77 and further transversal end edge are formed by the transversal cutting of the tube.
  • Crease line 61 is adapted to form bend line 40 of top tab 29 and edge 77 is adapted to form edge 41 of tab 29 of finished package 1 .
  • Crease line 61 intersects crease lines 58 , 65 , 68 , 69 , 66 and end edge 57 respectively at intersection points 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 .
  • Crease line 63 intersects crease lines 58 , 65 , 68 , 69 , 66 and end edge 57 respectively at intersection points 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 .
  • Crease line 67 intersects crease lines 58 , 65 , 68 , 69 , 66 and end edge 57 respectively at intersection points 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 .
  • Crease line 62 intersects crease lines 58 , 65 , 68 , 69 , 66 and end edge 57 respectively at intersection points 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 .
  • Pattern 60 comprises ( FIG. 7 ):
  • Pattern 60 also comprises ( FIG. 7 ):
  • Pattern 60 further comprises ( FIG. 6 ):
  • Crease lines 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 are sloped with respect to crease lines 61 , 67 , 63 , 62 , edges 64 , 57 and crease lines 65 , 68 , 69 , 66 , 60 .
  • pattern 60 comprises ( FIG. 7 ):
  • panels 163 , 162 and 160 form one top flap 26 while panels 165 , 161 , 164 form other top flap 26 .
  • panels 160 , 161 define inner surfaces of respective top flaps 26 superimposed on the upper portion of respective lateral walls 9 while panels 162 , 163 and 164 , 165 define outer surfaces of respective top flaps 26 with respect to lateral walls 9 of finished package 1 .
  • pattern 60 comprises ( FIGS. 6 and 7 ):
  • panels 173 , 172 and 170 form one bottom flap 32 while panels 175 , 171 , 174 form other bottom flap 32 .
  • panels 172 , 173 and 174 , 175 define inner surfaces of respective bottom flaps 32 superimposed on respective bottom walls 6 while panels 170 , 171 define outer surfaces of respective flaps 32 with respect to bottom walls 6 of finished package 1 .
  • Crease line 63 comprises, in turn, ( FIG. 7 ):
  • Each segment 201 is advantageously angled relative to segment 200 for an angle ⁇ smaller than 90 degrees and ranging between 1 and 7 degrees.
  • plane P of finished package 1 is angled relative to plane Q defined by wall 5 once basic unit M has been folded
  • each angle ⁇ ranges, in the embodiment shown, between 3 and 5 degrees.
  • each angle ⁇ form a relative angle ⁇ .
  • segments 201 diverge from crease line 67 , proceeding from segment 200 towards respective segments 202 .
  • the distance between the points of each segment 201 and crease line 67 is increasing, proceeding from points 92 , 93 towards respective points 91 , 94 .
  • Crease pattern 60 also comprises a closed, circular in the embodiment shown, line 190 , which is arranged inside panel 154 bounded by crease lines 58 , 65 , and defines a closed area 191 from which the paper layer has been removed.
  • Area 191 is adapted to define hole 45 , once basic unit M has been folded to from finished package 1 .
  • Crease line 67 is straight, i.e. with no angles, and defines edges 10 , 11 , 12 of wall 6 .
  • Crease line 67 lies on plane Q, once basic unit M of packaging material 2 has been folded to form finished package 1 .
  • crease line 67 comprises ( FIG. 7 ):
  • the distance between segments 200 , 210 equals height H 2 while the distance between segments 202 , 212 equals height H 1 , which is greater than height H 2 .
  • panel 150 has an area smaller than the sum of areas of panel 152 .
  • crease lines 65 , 66 define respective segments which extend between points 91 , 101 ; 94 ; 104 and are adapted to define edges 18 of finished package 1 , once basic unit M has been folded to form it.
  • Crease lines 68 , 69 define respective segments which extends between points 92 , 102 ; 93 , 103 and are adapted to define edges 19 of finished package 1 , once basic unit M has been folded to form it.
  • package 1 In use, package 1 is positioned, in the points of sales, with wall 8 having smaller height H 2 in front of the potential customers.
  • packages 1 can be vertically stacked one on the other, as shown in FIG. 2 , with wall 6 a of top package 1 a resting on edge 16 of wall 5 of bottom package 1 and on free edge 41 of tab 29 .
  • Number 1 ′ in FIGS. 8 to 11 indicates a second embodiment of a sealed package in accordance with the present invention; sealed packages 1 , 1 ′ being similar to each other, the following description is limited to the differences between them, and using the same references, where possible, for identical or corresponding parts.
  • Sealed package 1 ′ differs from sealed package 1 in that longitudinal sealing band 24 ′ extends along the centerline of portion 22 ′ of wall 5 , of portion 28 of wall 6 , and substantially along the centerline of smaller wall 8 ′.
  • taller wall 7 ′ is free from longitudinal sealing band 24 .
  • smaller wall 8 ′ of height H 2 defines a rear wall of packages 1 ′ positioned on the opposite side of the potential customers.
  • taller wall 7 ′ of height H 1 defines, in the point of sales, a front wall of package 1 ′ which is on the side of potential customers.
  • sealed package 1 ′ differs from sealed package 1 in that hole 45 ′ is arranged in the centerline of portion 23 ′ of wall 6 .
  • sealed package 1 ′ differs from sealed package 1 in that top end of longitudinal sealing band 24 ′ divides portion 22 ′ in two areas 22 a ′, 22 b′.
  • Letter M′ in FIG. 12 indicates a second embodiment of a basic unit of packaging material 2 ′, by which to produce package 1 ′; basic units M, M′ of packaging material 2 , 2 ′ are similar to each other, the following description is limited to the differences between them, and using the same references, where possible, for identical or corresponding parts.
  • Basic unit M′ differs from basic unit M in that segments 201 ′ converge towards crease line 67 , proceeding from segment 200 towards respective segment 202 .
  • the distance between the points of each segment 201 ′ and crease line 67 is decreasing, proceeding from points 92 , 93 towards respective points 91 , 94 .
  • basic unit M′ differs from basic unit M in that the distance between segments 200 , 210 equals height H 1 while the distance between segments 202 , 212 equals height H 2 smaller than height H 1 .
  • panel 150 has an area greater than the sum of the areas of panels 152 .
  • basic unit M′ differs from basic unit M in that area 191 ′ is arranged inside panel 153 and, in the embodiment shown, in a central position inside panel 153 .
  • plane P defined by edges 15 , 16 of wall 5 is angled with respect to plane Q defined by wall 6 by angle ⁇ ranging between 1 and 7 degrees.
  • packages 1 , 1 ′ are stackable one on the other (as shown in FIGS. 2 and 9 ) more efficiently than the known parallelepiped packages described in the introductory part of the present description.
  • the inclination of plane P is recovered by the thickness of tab 29 , thus containing any risk of sliding between packages 1 , 1 ′ stacked one on the other.
  • the level of pourable product inside package 1 , 1 ′ is slightly lower than the level of hole 45 perforated by the straw.
  • the level of pourable product inside packages 1 , 1 ′ at first decreases due to the fact that packages 1 , 1 ′ returns to the greater original volume and then increases due to the action of the user, but remains slightly below the level of hole 45 , thus reducing the risk of leaking towards the contour of perforated hole 45 , 45 ′ engaged by straw.
  • packages 1 , 1 ′ when sealed, define a volume less than the geometrical volume defined by sheet packaging material 2 , 2 ′. This happens because the packaging material 2 , 2 ′ forming package 1 , 1 ′ is slightly compressed when forming package 1 , 1 ′.
  • packages 1 , 1 ′ are, on one hand, stackable better than the known parallelepiped packages and, on the other hand, less affected by the leakage problem associated to these known parallelepiped packages.
  • Hole 45 , 45 ′ is closer to edge 16 , which is at a greater distance than edge 15 from plane Q. Accordingly, the risk that pourable product leaks through the boundary of perforated hole 45 , 45 ′ is reduced also for even higher loads exerted by user onto walls 7 , 8 , 9 ; 7 ′, 8 ′, 9 .
  • tab 29 is folded on the side of edge 15 , which is closer to plane Q than edge 16 .
  • free edge 41 of tab 29 and edge 16 define plane R which is less angled than plane P with respect to plane Q and, in the embodiment shown, substantially parallel to plane Q horizontal in use.
  • bottom wall 6 of top package 1 , 1 ′ can be firmly supported on edges 16 , 41 , even if plane P is slightly angled relative to plane Q.
  • Wall 7 ′ of packages 1 ′ has height H 1 greater than height H 2 of wall 8 ′ and is free from longitudinal band 24 .
  • packages 1 ′ can be stored in the point of sales with larger wall 7 ′ in front of the customers, thus increasing their visual impression.
  • Segments 201 define with segments 200 angles 13 , which range between 1 and 7 degrees.
  • finished packages 1 , 1 ′ could comprise one or more further walls interposed between wall 9 and wall 7 , 7 ′ or 8 , 8 ′.
  • holes 45 , 45 ′ could be replaced by through holes in the packaging material 2 , 2 ′, which are closed on the inner side of package 1 , 1 ′ by tightness layer, e.g. polyethylene, and on the outer side by a barrier layer.
  • tightness layer e.g. polyethylene
  • the tightness layer and the barrier layer may be either perforated by a straw or manually removed by the user.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Cartons (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
US15/107,795 2013-12-23 2014-11-25 Sealed package for pourable food products and a basic unit of sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products Abandoned US20160325872A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP13199496.4 2013-12-23
EP13199496.4A EP2886477A1 (de) 2013-12-23 2013-12-23 Versiegelte Verpackung für gießbare Lebensmittelprodukte und Basiseinheit aus Folienverpackungsmaterial zur Herstellung von versiegelten Verpackungen für gießbare Lebensmittelprodukte
PCT/EP2014/075468 WO2015096943A1 (en) 2013-12-23 2014-11-25 Sealed package for pourable food products and a basic unit of sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US20160325872A1 true US20160325872A1 (en) 2016-11-10

Family

ID=49885063

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US15/107,795 Abandoned US20160325872A1 (en) 2013-12-23 2014-11-25 Sealed package for pourable food products and a basic unit of sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products

Country Status (7)

Country Link
US (1) US20160325872A1 (de)
EP (1) EP2886477A1 (de)
JP (1) JP2017501947A (de)
CN (1) CN105683049A (de)
MX (1) MX2016004701A (de)
RU (1) RU2016121620A (de)
WO (1) WO2015096943A1 (de)

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US10479550B2 (en) 2012-03-26 2019-11-19 Kraft Foods R & D, Inc. Packaging and method of opening
US10507970B2 (en) 2013-03-07 2019-12-17 Mondelez Uk R&D Limited Confectionery packaging and method of opening
CN112429361A (zh) * 2020-11-18 2021-03-02 乐美包装（昆山）有限公司 包装容器及其坯料
USD926570S1 (en) * 2018-09-10 2021-08-03 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Package
USD929223S1 (en) * 2019-07-09 2021-08-31 Binggrae Co., Ltd. Packaging container for beverage

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
IT201600131072A1 (it) * 2016-12-27 2018-06-27 Ipi Srl Contenitore per prodotti alimentari versabili.

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4498585A (en) * 1983-12-23 1985-02-12 International Paper Company Denesting paperboard container
US4591091A (en) * 1984-07-27 1986-05-27 Combibloc, Inc. Aseptic container with tamper-resistant spout and blank therefor
US5201459A (en) * 1990-08-21 1993-04-13 Tropicana Products, Inc. Beverage container with novel dispensing means

Family Cites Families (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2740575A (en) * 1953-02-25 1956-04-03 Rene J Fontaine Dispensing container
DE1045895B (de) * 1953-12-19 1958-12-04 Bahlsen Werner Aufreissoeffnung an einem Faltbehaelter
US3048317A (en) * 1960-12-27 1962-08-07 Hugh M Cochrane Closure cap for cups and like containers
SE454584B (sv) * 1982-04-13 1988-05-16 Tetra Pak Ab Anordning for bearbetning av en tubformig materialbana
US5782404A (en) * 1991-03-04 1998-07-21 Combibloc, Inc. Package opening
US7017796B2 (en) * 2000-07-31 2006-03-28 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Method of manufacturing paper packaging container and paper packaging container

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4498585A (en) * 1983-12-23 1985-02-12 International Paper Company Denesting paperboard container
US4591091A (en) * 1984-07-27 1986-05-27 Combibloc, Inc. Aseptic container with tamper-resistant spout and blank therefor
US5201459A (en) * 1990-08-21 1993-04-13 Tropicana Products, Inc. Beverage container with novel dispensing means

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US10479550B2 (en) 2012-03-26 2019-11-19 Kraft Foods R & D, Inc. Packaging and method of opening
US10507970B2 (en) 2013-03-07 2019-12-17 Mondelez Uk R&D Limited Confectionery packaging and method of opening
USD926570S1 (en) * 2018-09-10 2021-08-03 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Package
USD929223S1 (en) * 2019-07-09 2021-08-31 Binggrae Co., Ltd. Packaging container for beverage
CN112429361A (zh) * 2020-11-18 2021-03-02 乐美包装（昆山）有限公司 包装容器及其坯料

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CN105683049A (zh) 2016-06-15
RU2016121620A (ru) 2018-01-30
MX2016004701A (es) 2016-07-26
EP2886477A1 (de) 2015-06-24
JP2017501947A (ja) 2017-01-19
WO2015096943A1 (en) 2015-07-02

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US11667428B2 (en) Sheet packaging matertial for producing a sealed package containing a pourable product and a package obtained therefrom
JP7199491B2 (ja) 注ぎ込み可能な食品のための密封パッケージを製造するためのシート状包装材料
US9327862B2 (en) Sealed package for pourable food products and packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products
US20160325872A1 (en) Sealed package for pourable food products and a basic unit of sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products
CN110386316B (zh) 密封包装和用于生产密封包装的片材包装材料
EP3219633A1 (de) Verpackungsfolienmaterial
US20210237925A1 (en) A sealed package containing a pourable food product and a sheet packaging material for producing a sealed package containing a pourable food product
US11535419B2 (en) Sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products, sealed package for pourable food products and a method of manufacturing a sealed package for pourable products
US11932461B2 (en) Sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for liquid food products
EP4328143A1 (de) Verpackungszuschnitt zum formen einer verpackung und verpackung aus einem verpackungszuschnitt
EP4317002A1 (de) Verpackungszuschnitt zum formen einer verpackung und verpackung aus einem verpackungszuschnitt

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AS Assignment

Owner name: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A., SWITZERLAND

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:BARBIERI, MARCELLO;DE PIETRI TONELLI, ROBERTO;MORCIANO, DAVIDE;AND OTHERS;SIGNING DATES FROM 20160407 TO 20160415;REEL/FRAME:038998/0524

STCB Information on status: application discontinuation

Free format text: ABANDONED -- FAILURE TO RESPOND TO AN OFFICE ACTION