US3120335A - Container with infolded bottom closure - Google Patents

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US3120335A
US3120335A US136505A US13650561A US3120335A US 3120335 A US3120335 A US 3120335A US 136505 A US136505 A US 136505A US 13650561 A US13650561 A US 13650561A US 3120335 A US3120335 A US 3120335A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to packaging and more specifically to a container bottom closure construction.
  • the invention nds particular, but by no means exclusive, utility in disposable containers adapted for distribution of milk and other dairy products.
  • the usual procedure in erecting the container is to form the blank into a polygonal tube open at both ends and then to close the lower or 'bottom panel extensions, retaining them in place by means of a suitable adhesive. It is presently the practice to coat or impre'gnate the exposed surfaces of the erected tube
  • paraffin coated containers of the above-described type have been commercially successful, there are certain disadvantages inherent in their use, one of the most marked of which involves the parain coating.
  • a suitable dip tank of molten paraffin must be maintained as part of the packaging machinery at the dairy or processing plant. This, along with the extra care and attention required on the part of the operator, plays a part in increasing the cost of the container and finally of the ultimate product.
  • globules of the parain coating may Hake off of the container walls. While this does not impair the sanitary integrity of the contents, it does tend to impair consumer acceptance of the container.
  • thermoplastic substance used is desirably one which is inert to the substances to be packaged, is strong and durable, is inexpensive, and is easy to apply in sheet form onto the paperboard.
  • a coating of' this sort renders the paper sheet material resistant to fluids which would be packaged in the container including such acidic products as milk.
  • thermoplastic substance which is useful for packaging dairy products is polyethylene.
  • thermoplastic materials such as polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinyl chloride and acetate copolymer, and polypropylene, to name only a few, will find use under favorable circumstances.
  • ICC Paper sheet stock for forming containers is initially supplied in the form of rolls, and as the stock is produced it can be coated on both sides with a layer of polyethylene thermoplastic material.
  • One method of accomplishing this is by heating and stretching the polyethylene and applying it when hot directly onto the surface of the paper to which it becomes tightly bonded.
  • the surface of the paper to be used for the outside of the blank is generally coated with a layer approximately 3A of a mil thick while the inside surface of the sheet -is coated with a layer of polyethylene approximately 1 to 11/2 mils thick.
  • the general aim of the present invention is to provide a new and improved container formed of thermoplastic sheet material, or thermoplastic-coated paperboard sheet material, and which will be strong, simple to erect, close and seal, and susceptible of high volume economical production for packaging milk and other comestibles.
  • a more specific object of the present invention is to provide a container of the above type having surfaces of sanitary heat and pressure sensitive thermoplastic material which not only protects the contents of the container against admission of harmful substances but also serves as a sealing adhesive for effecting tight closure and sealing of the container.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an improved container of the character set forth and having a bottom closure susceptible of automat-ic closing and sealing to form a strong leak-proof bottom on the container which will remain Huid-tight even under severe conditions of use, such as being dropped on a bottom corner.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a container of the foregoing type and having a bottom closure with at least three plies of integrally connected stock at each bottom corner area and a minimal length of raw edge exposed to the interior of the container and the contents thereof.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of an illustrative closed and sealed container embodying the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a layout View of a 'blank from which the container in FIGURE 1 was erected and showing the inside surface thereof.
  • FIGS. 3, 4, 5 and l6 are fragmentary perspective views illustrating sequentially various steps in forming the bottom closure of the container of FIGURE l.
  • FIGS. 7, 8, 9 and 10 are fragmentary perspective views similar to FIGS. 3 to 6 but showing another form of container 'bottom closure also embodying the invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a layout view of the inside face of a blank similar to that shown in FIG. 2 Ibut yadapted to define the bottom closure of FIGS. 7 to '10.
  • FIG. 12 is an outside ybottom View of the container of FIGURE 1 and showing certain embossing of the latter in accordance with a further aspect of the invention.
  • FIG. 13 is an outside bottom view similar to FIG. 12 but showing a container having the bottom closure of FIGS. 7 to l0.
  • FIG. 14 is a view of the inside face of the container bottom of FIG. 13, looking in the direction indicated by the line 14-14 in FIG. 10.
  • the container 20 is formed from paper or other suitable sheet material and is self-sustaining in shape.
  • the sheet material has surfaces of, or is coated with, a thermoplastic material of the type exemplified by polyethylene.
  • the container 20 comprises a tubular body 21 which in the present instance happens to be substantially square in cross section. At its base the body 21 is provided with a bottom closure 22. The upper end of the body 21 in this instance terminates in what will be recognized as the familiar gable top type of end closure 23 which is surmounted by a central laminar rib or truss 24. The top end closure has incorporated therein an extensible spout for dispensing the contents of the container.
  • the container 20 is fashioned from a tlat blank 25 of high-grade paperboard coated with a layer of polyethylene thermoplastic material.
  • the blank 25 (the inner face of which is illustrated in FIG. 2) is divided into a plurality of panels and areas which are utilized for the walls of the container and the closure parts when the container is erected.
  • the central and major area of the blank becomes the body 21 of the container and is defined by spaced apart transverse score lines 26, 28, running in substantially parallel relation across the face of the blank.
  • transverse score lines 26, 28 are not continuous but are formed in staggered portions -interrupted by the perpendicular score lines 29, 30, 31, and 32.
  • the purpose of this staggered sco-ring is to accommodate the thickness of the paper as it is bent along the score lines when the container is erected and thus prevent crowding of the paper at the various corner junctions of the score lines. This not only enhances the strength and appearance of the iinished container but facilitates its erection and closure by automatic machinery.
  • bot-tom closure panels 39, 40, 41, and 42 Connected to the lower edges of the side panels along the lower transverse score line 28 are bot-tom closure panels 39, 40, 41, and 42. Accordingly, alternate side panels 34, 36 have respectively connected therewith opposed bottom closure panels 39, 41. 'Ihe latter in turn include respectively a tuck-in flap 5t) and an overlying or outside overlap flap 51.
  • the tuck-in flap Sti is relieved or recessed at 52 so that it receives the adjacent end 53 of the side seam tiap when the bottom closure is sealed.
  • alternate side panels 3,5, 37 have connected therewith along the transverse score line 28, opposed triangular infold panels 40, 42, respectively.
  • the infold panel 40 is anked by triangular fold-back panels 55, 56 connected thereto along converging score lines 5S, S9, starting at the intersections between the perpendicular score lines 29, and the transverse score line 28, converging downwardly and intersecting at the cut lower edge of the blank (as viewed in FIG. 2,).
  • infold panel 42 is flanked by fold-back panels 6), 61 connected thereto along fold lines 62, 63.
  • triangular fold-back panel 56 is connected to bottom panel 39, panel 55 is connected to bottom panel 41, panel 61 is connected to panel 41, while panel 60 is connected to the bottom portion 53 of the side seam ap 38.
  • transverse score line 26 Integral with the upper ends of the side panels, but separated therefrom by the transverse score line 26, are a plurality of panel extensions which give the top of the container 2t) its characteristic gable shape. These areas include a transverse score line 66 generally parallel to the score line 26 and spaced between the latter and the top edge of the blank 25. The areas below the line 66 define roof panels 68, 69 and triangular end and fold-back panels 75, 78, 79 and 76, ⁇ B8, 89 of the top closure. The areas above the line 66 define the parts of the central laminar rib 24, namely, inner rib panels S4, 85, 94, 95, outer rib panels 70, 71, and sealing iiaps 72, 73. Again score line 66 is not a straight line but includes staggered portions 66a, 66b, 66e and 66d corresponding respectively to the panels 34, 35, 36 and 37, for accommodating the thickness of the paper when the container closure is folded.
  • the blank 25 is transformed into a completed container as illustrated in FIG 1, by iirst folding it upon itself to form a fiat tube and adhesively securing the side seam ap 38 and its extensions 53, 98, 99 to the inside faces of panels 39, 34, 78 and 84.
  • the polyethylene coating as an adhesive for the side seam
  • Such added adhesive is desirably resistant to heat at the melting point of the polyethylene or other coating on the container so that the side seam remains tight during subsequent closing and sealing operations.
  • One polyethylene base adhesive used for the side seam has a melting point of about 500 F.
  • the iiattened blank tube is then erected into a tube of substantially square cross section (FIG. 3) and the bottom closure is completed. Accordingly, the score l-ines or creases 58, 59, 62, and 63 are broken or given a prebend by folding the triangular infold aps 40, 42 inwardly towards each other (FIG. 4).
  • the tuck-in tiap 5) is then in position for insertion beneath end panel 39 and above the triangular fold-back aps 56 and 60 so that the bottom panel 39, which includes the sealing iiap 51, overlies end panel 411, which includes the tuck-in ap (as Viewed in FIG. 5).
  • the bottom closure panels are first broken but before they are finally folded they are subjected to a source of intense heat so as to melt or vat least activate and render adhesively active the coating of polyethylene on both surfaces of the bottom closure panels.
  • a source of intense heat so as to melt or vat least activate and render adhesively active the coating of polyethylene on both surfaces of the bottom closure panels.
  • the heat must be suflicient to partially melt the coating which melts between about 230 and 275 F., depending upon its density.
  • These panels are then folded together and the tuck-in flap 50 is inserted in place.
  • the bottom closure is completed it is subjected to pressure between cooled pressure pads to cool and solidify the polyethylene plastic adhesive and thus produce a completely sealed bottom end closure.
  • the bottom closure panels 4G and 42 are so proportioned that the combined length of the triangullar fold-back panels 55, S6, as well as the combined length of the triangular fold-back panels 60, 61, normal to the score line 28, will be slightly greater than the base width of each triangular bottom closure panel measured along the score line 2S (IFIG. 2).
  • the bottom closure panels are proportioned so that those portions of the vertical score lines 29, 30, 31 and 32, joining the bottom closure panels 39, 4i), 41 and 42, and defining a side of each of the triangular foldback panels, are slighlty longer than one-half the width of each triangular bottom closure panel measured along the score line 28.
  • the cut edges of thc triangular fold-back panels 55, 56, 6! and 61 will enter into positive abutting engagement with each other.
  • the paperboard is crowded together under substantial compression in its own plane las well as transversely thereof. tThe tightness of the ultimate bottom seal is thus materially increased.
  • the container When the container has been erected and the bottom closure sealed, it is normally in a sanitary condition. In some instances, however, it may be subjected to iurther sterilization as by irradiation with ultraviolet light or by dipping in a tank of water at approximately 200 F The sterilized containers are then filled with the desired product.
  • the parts thereof are iniolded into gable form.
  • the triangular panel crease lines 86, 81, 90, 9'1 are broken by infolding the triangular end panels 75, 76 toward each other.
  • the inner and outer rib panels and Sealing liaps 72, 73 are then heated on both sides, as was done with the bottom flaps, to adhesively activate the polyethylene thermoplastic coating.
  • the container is then closed ⁇ as by passing its top portion between a pair of converging shoes which bring the adhesively activated rib panels and sealing flaps together to complete the gable top structure.
  • the rib panels and sealing iiaps are thereupon subjected to substantial sealing pressure which may be derived from cooled pressure jaws leaving the top closure in sealed condition as illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • the top closure seal may, of course, be broken by ⁇ the user through deliberate application of external forces to effect partial disassembly of the top rib 24 and expose the pouring spout housed therein.
  • an additional precaution may be taken, particularly where the container is used for packaging fluids. This. involves the application of increased pressure to selected areas of the closure parts during the pressure sealing operation, producing indentations or embossments in the closure plies which effectively close up incipient fluid escape channels. In the present instance, these areas of increased pressure or ernbossing on'the bottom closure are represented by the crosshatched areas in FIG. 12.
  • Rectangular embossed area 105 on overlying or outside bottom panel 39 has been pressed inwardly forl almost the thickness of one ply of stock. This effectively blocks the incipicnt leakage channels which would otherwise occur along the free-cut edge of the bottom tuck-in flap 5? and the side seam lflap 53.
  • Embossrnents 106 which in this instance happen to be circular, are located primarily on the overlying or outside bottom panel 39 and are adapted to block oi channels at the abutting edges of bottom foldback panels 55, 56, 60, 61.
  • embossments 106 enhance the sealing between the bottom fold-back panels and the flaps ⁇ 5t?, 51, 53, on the one hand, and between the bottom fold-back panels and the bottom infold panels 40, 42, on the other hand.
  • embossments 108 which.v happen to be wedge-shaped, are situated adjacent the lateral edges of the overlying bottom flap 51 ⁇ and close the incipient channels between the underlying abutting plies of the bottom tuck-in flap 56, side seam ap 53, and the panels 40', 55, 56, and 42, 60, 61.
  • the container may have another form of bottom closure 22a dilering in some respects from the bottom closure 22 described above but also embodying the present invention.
  • the container 20 is formed from a flat blank 110, the inside face of which is shown in IFIG. 11, having many parts in common with the blank 25 shown in FIG. 2 and already described herein.
  • the blank thus includes transverse score lines 26, 28, 66, perpendicular score lines 29, 30, 31 and 32, side panels 34, 35, 36, 37, and side seam ilap 38.
  • the blank Above the score line 26, the blank includes a series of top closure elements which in this instance happen to be similar to those of the blank 25.
  • the blank 110 includes triangular bottom closure panel 40 ilanked by triangular fold-back panels 55, 56, all constituting an eX- tension of the side panel 35, and triangular bottom closure panel 42 and fold-back panels 60, 61, all being an extension of side panel 37.
  • major bottom closure panel l'111 constituting an extension of the side panel 34
  • bottom closure panel 112 constituting an extension of the side panel 36.
  • the major bottom panels '111, 112 fold relative to one another in a relationship which is just the opposite from that of their counterparts 39 and l41 in the closure 22.
  • the free-cut marginal edge portion of panel 111 has defined thereon a tuck-in iiap 2115
  • the free-cut marginal edge portion of the panel 112 has defined thereon an overlying or outside overlap iiapl 116.
  • the ends of the tuck-in flap are chamfered or tapered as at 118 to facilitate entry of the ap 115 between the triangular fold-back panels 55, 61 and the inside face of the overlying flap ⁇ 11'6 of bottom panel v112.
  • the end of Ithe side seam panel extension 114 is relieved or chamfered as at 119, while the end portion of the overlying lflap 116 which faces it is also relieved or chamfered at 120.
  • the iniolding o-r downiolding is then contin-ued rapidly, the tuck-in -flap 115 being rst slid beneath the inside lface of the overlying ap 116 and thereupon inserted between the inside face of the overlying botto-m panelv 112 and adjacent triangular
  • the ap 116 Prior to the completion of the downfolding, with the bottom closure in the 4condition illustrated in FIG. 9', the ap 116 substantially overlies the tuck-in flap 115.
  • the ends of the fold-back panels enter into positive abutting engagement prior to completion of downioldin-g.
  • FIG. 13 is an outside view of the bottom ⁇ closure 22a, that the same includes a relatively large rectangular embossment 121 (shown in dot-dash outline) covering the overlying or outside bottom lap 112 except the area thereof overlying the tuckin flap.
  • the inner major bottom panel 111 is embossed over a rectangular area 122 extending from the side seam panel to the edge of the overlying ilap 115.
  • spot embossments 124 (FIGS. 13 and 14), which in this instance happen to be of circular shape with narrow rectangular central indentations, block incipient leakage channels adjacent the free-cut edge of the tuck-in ap, and also adjacent the inside free-cut edge and the chamfered end 119 of the side seam panel extension 114.
  • lCertain of these incipient leakage channels run between the outer perimeter of the container and the central portion of the free cut edge of the bottom closure panel 115 which is exposed to the interior of the container.
  • Another such incipient leakage channel runs from the exposed portion of the edge of the side seam panel extension 114 inside the container, along such edge and the end of the side seam panel extension, to the outer perimeter of the container (FIGS.
  • a container of paperboard or the like having an overall surface of thermoplastic material that becomes adhesive when subjected to heat, said container comprising, in combination, a tubular body, a top closure overlying said body, tirst and second pairs of opposed bottom closure panels connected to said body, said second pair of bottom closure panels being triangular in shape and infolded ybetween said body ⁇ and said first pair of bottom closure panels, two pairs of triangular Ifold-back panels each pair of which is connected to a respective one of said triangular bottom panels and to respective ones of said first pair of opposed bottom closure panels, said foldback panels also having cut edges and being folded against the inside surface of said first pair of opposed bottom panels, the combined length of said fold-back panels along said opposed bottom panels of said tirst pair being greater than the length of the base of the adjoining triangular bottom panel whereby said fold-back panels are crowded together along their cut edges upon infolding and sealing of said bottom closure panels.
  • a container of paperboard or the like having a surface of thermoplastic material that becomes activated adhesively when subjected to heat said container comprising, in combination, a tubular body, a top closure overlying said body, a first pair of opposed bottom closure panels connected to said body, a second pair of opposed bottom closure panels also connected to said body, said second pair of bottom closure panels being triangular in shape and infolded between said body and said rst pair of bottom closure panels, two pairs of triangular fold-back panels each pair of which is connected to a respective one of said triangular bottom panels and to respective ones of said iirst pair of opposed bottom closure panels, said fold-back panels also having cut edges and being folded against the inside surface of said first pair of opposed bottom panels and with adjacent edges of each said pair of yfold-back panels abutting each other, the combined length of said fold-back panels along said opposed bottom panels of said first pair being greater than the length of the base of the adjoining7 triangular bottom panel whereby said fold-back panels are a
  • a container of paperboard or the like having an overall surface of thermoplastic material that becomes activated adhesively when subjected to heat said container comprising, in combination, a body, a top closure on said body, iirst and second pairs of opposed bottom closure panels connected to said body, said second pair of bottom closure panels being triangular in shape and in- -folded between said body and said first pair of bottom closure panels, two pairs of triangular fold-back panels each pair of which is connected to a respective one of said triangular bottom panels and to respective ones of said iirst pair of opposed bottom closure panels, said fold-back panels also having cut edges and being folded against the inside surface of said iirst pair of opposed bottom closure panels and with adjacent cut edges of each said pair of fold-back panels abutting each other, the combined length of said ⁇ fold-back panels along each said opposed bottom closure panel of said rst pair being greater than the length of the base of the adjoining triangular bottom panel whereby said abutting cut edges of said fold-
  • a container of paperboard or the like having an overall surface lof thermoplastic material that becomes activated adhesively when subjected to heat comprising the combination of a tubular body having a side seam flap, a top closure on said body, iirst and second pairs of opposed bottom closure panels connected to said body, a side seam panel extension secured to one of said tirst pair of bottom closure panels, a relieved end portion on said side seam panel extension, said second pair of bottom closure panels being triangular in shape and infolded between said body and said irst pair of bottom closure panels, two pairs of triangular fold-back panels each pair of which is connected to a respective one of said triangular bottom panels and to respective ones of said tirst pair of opposed bottom closure panels, said fold-back panels being folded against the inside surface of said first pair of opposed bottom panels and with adjacent edges of each said pair of fold-back panels abutting each other tightly throughout their entire length, and an overlying fiap integral with the other one of said iirst pair
  • a blank for a container of foldable sheet material having an overall surface of thermoplastic material that becomes adhesive when subjected to heat said blank comprising, in combination, a plurality of side panels, a plurality of top closure panels, first and second pairs of bottom closure panels alternately connected to said side panels as extensions thereof, said second pair of bottom closure panels being triangular in shape, two pairs of triangular fold-back panels each pair of which is connected to a respective one of said triangular bottom panels and to respective ones of said first pair of opposed bottem closure panels, each said pair of told-back panels having a common free cut edge, the combined length of said fold-back panels along said bottom closure panels of said lirst pair being greater than the length of the base of the adjoining triangular bottom panel whereby said fold-back panels are adapted to be crowded together along their free cut edges upon infolding and sealing yof said bottom closure panels.
  • a container of paperboard or the like having an overall surface of thermoplastic material that becomes activated adhesively when subjected to heat said container comprising the combination of a tubular body, a top closure Ioverlying said body, iirst and second pairs of overlapping opposed bottom closure panels connected to said body, said second pair of bottom closure panels being tliangular in shape and infolded between said body and said iirst pair of bottom ⁇ closure panels, two pairs of triangular told-back panels each pair of which is connected to a respective one of said triangular bottom panels, said fold-back panels being folded against the inside surface of said rst pair of opposed ⁇ bottom panels and With adjacent edges of each said pair of fold-back panels abutting each other, an overlap iiap integral with one of said iirst pair of bottom closure panels, the other bottom closure panel of said ⁇ first pair having an overlapped edge with its central portion exposed to the interior of the container, said overlap flap being constructed and arranged to extend over the other bottom closure
  • a container of paperboard or the like having an overall surface lof thermoplastic material adapted to become activated adhesively when subjected to heat said container comprising, in combination, a tubular body, a top closure on said body, iirst and second pairs of overlapping opposed bottom closure panels connected to said body, a side seam panel extension secured to one of said irst pair of bottom closure panels, said side seam panel extension having an end portion and an inner edge, said inner edge having a portion exposed to the inte-rior of the container, said second pair of bottom closure panels being triangular in shape and infolded between said body and said rst pair of bottom closure panels, two pairs of triangular fold-back panels each pair of which is connected to a respective one of said triangular bottom panels, said fold-back panels being folded :against the inside surface of said iirst pair of opposed bottom panels and with adjacent edges of each said pair of fold-back panels abutting each other, the other bottom closure panel of said rst
  • a container of oldable sheet material having a thermoplastic surface that becomes activated adhesively when subjected to heat said container comprisin in combination, a body, a top closure on said body, iirst and second pairs of opposed bottom closure panels connected to said body, a side seam panel extension secured to one of said tirst pair of bottom closure panels and having an inner edge and a projecting end, said second pair of bottom closure panels lbeing triangular in shape and infolded between said body and said iirst pair of bottom ⁇ closure panels, two pairs of triangular fold-back panels each pair of which is connected to a respective one of said triangular bottom panels, said fold-back panels being lfolded against t-he inside surface of said irst pair of opposed bottom closure panels and with adjacent edges of each said pair of fold-back panels abutting each other, a tuck-in iiap integral with one of said iirst pair of bottom closure panels and inserted between the other bottom closure panel of said

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