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US3167232A
US3167232A US264170A US26417063A US3167232A US 3167232 A US3167232 A US 3167232A US 264170 A US264170 A US 264170A US 26417063 A US26417063 A US 26417063A US 3167232 A US3167232 A US 3167232A
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Partridge Robert Dennis
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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
    • B65D5/067—Gable-top containers
    • B65D5/068—Gable-top containers with supplemental means facilitating the opening, e.g. tear lines, tear tabs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • 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
    • B65D5/56—Linings or internal coatings, e.g. pre-formed trays provided with a blow- or thermoformed layer
    • B65D5/60—Loose, or loosely attached, linings
    • B65D5/603—Flexible linings loosely glued to the wall of the container
    • B65D5/606—Bags or bag-like tubes loosely glued to the wall of a "tubular" container

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  • Containers of this kind currently in use are usually coated with wax but this kind of container is expensive to produce because it is necessary to use a high quality cardboard and the cost of the wax and the application.
  • This kind of container does however lend itself to theformation of what has become known as a gable form of closure which is an attractive kind of closure and is capable of being provided with a pouring spout.
  • a container comprising. a carton made of cardboard or similar material andhavinga body the interior of which is lined by a bag made of heat-sealable liquid-impervious organic thermoplastic material extending outwards from the top otthe.
  • FEGUREI illustrates a blank for carton according to the invention
  • FIGURE 2 illustrates the container in a partly set-up condition thereof
  • FIGURE 3 illustrates a container according to the invention
  • FIGURE 4 illustrates, in exaggerated form, the, mode of closing the mouth of the bag, 7
  • FiGURE 5 illustrates the manner of opening the sealed s
  • FIGURE 1 illustrates a blank made of cardboard or similar material from which a cartonvis made.
  • FIG. 3 the end flaps l3, 14 slope towards eachipothen The, cover flaps it), li have seamengaging tlaps ls 16.
  • flaps formed in extension thereof and these flapsare c llg i by a pouienforming fiap l7 and a connecting fiap 18,.
  • Theufiapsli, 18 are respectivelyprovidedwith medial creases 1%, 29 about which they can be folded as "de; scribed below,
  • seam-engaging flap-s 15,16 are each provided with a line of weakening, formed by a seriesofclosely adjacent short slits 21, wh ich extends frorn the freelongitudinal edge, 22 of vthe flap towards and substantially to the junction23 of the fiap with its cover fiap
  • An opening 24 is formed in each seam-engaging flap 15, 16 at a position betweenthe free longitudinal edge 22 and junction 23 and presents a tearing edge 25,;
  • theuppef edge of the 'ope nin g 24, is spacedfroni the tearingedge 25 at a position which is between the tearing edge ZS-and the free longitudinal edge of the Seam engaging flap.
  • the tearing edge 25. is located between the longitudinal edges 22, 23 ,of the seam-engaging fiaps lS, land extends from posi tions adjacent 'to the like ends 25,27 of the seam-engag ing flaps towards the opposite ends 28, 29f.
  • the edge 25 is an edge along which, as is described below, bag material can be torn following tearing there- 5 of together with the seannforming flap along the line of weakening 21 and the edges ZS in the seam-engaging flaps 15, in are spaced by like distances from the free longitudinal edges 22 of the said flaps.
  • the FIGURE 6 illustrates the manner in which a pouring H a bar seal
  • the bag is'madeof'heat-sealable liquidimpervious material, preferably an organic thermoplasticv material such as polyethylene, and islpreferably made froma seamless tube.
  • the bag is so located in the carton that the mouth end of .the bag extends outwards from the top of the carton body and the bag is preferably secured to the body so that it is set up simultaneously with the setting up of the carton body.
  • the mouth of the bag is closed by infolding of the end flaps 10, 11 and 13, 14.
  • This causes the formation of a mouth-closing seam formed by the juxtaposition of the'two opposite side portions 33, 34 and the gusset-folding, FIGURE 4, of the other I side portions 35, 36, the gusset folds being disposed between the juxtaposed portions 33, 34 and folded together with the flaps 17, 18 which arefolded about the medial creases 19, 20 formed therein.
  • FIGURE'3 the. sides of the bag extending between theseam and the top of the carton body and which terminate in said opposite side portions33, 34-'-are covered and engaged by the cover flaps 10,11 which slope towards each'other from the .tops of the opposite sides 1, 3 of the carton body.
  • the side portions 35, 3610f the mouth'end of the bag are engaged.
  • the mouth portion of the bag extends beyond the free longitudinal edges 22 of the seam-engaging flaps 15, 16 and is sealed by a heat-induced bead seal 37, FIGURE 3."
  • the scaling is effected by a'bead seal because of the .thickness of the seam which for most of the length thereof consistsof four thicknesses of bag material bflt'at the centre of the seam consists, for a short distance, of only two thicknesses of bag material;
  • the bead seal ensures a completely liquid-tight seal "which could not be ensured by When it is desired to obtain access to the contents of the container the portion 38 is gripped-between a finger and-thumb of one hand and, with the other hand,
  • the lines of -weakening 21 are torn from the edges 22 down to the junctionr23.'
  • the lines ot' weakening are only two thicknesse's'of bag material and this eases the tearing of the bag material and results in tearing of the in broken lines in FIGURES'l and 6.
  • edges 25 befree to stretch in order to effect tea-ring thereof and it is for this reason that the said portions of the bag material are arranged to be unsecured to the seam-engaging flaps.
  • FIGURES 7 to 9 illustrate an alternative form of carton embodying the invention and from FIGURE 7 it will be seen that the. blank is generally similar to that of FIGUREl butthat thebottom end flaps 6,, 7, 8
  • the tearing edges 25 are formed, by slits, instead of openings, made inthe seam-engaging flaps 15,16 and pourer-forrn- 'ing'flaps 17 and the lines of weakening 26 are formed by slits which extend from edge 22 nearly, but not quite, to 'the slits formingthe tearing edges 25.
  • adhesive is indicated by hatching and it will be noted I that no adhesive is applied to the area 46 :so that the bag portions immediately above the tearing edges 25 are not adhered to the seam-engaging flaps15, 16 or to the-pourer-forming flap 17. r
  • FIGURElO' is similar to that of FIGURE 8-but carton sides 2 and 4 are provided with crease lines 47' which permit the mouth end of the carton to be closed in a manner such that the bag-mouthclosing seam consists of only two juxtaposed oppositeportions throughout the whole length thereof. This permits the heat-sealing of the bag mouth-closing seam by a sealing device.
  • Well known form i band sealer Well known form i band sealer
  • FIGURE 11 is similar to that of FIGURE 10 except thatthe creaselines 47'; commence at positions intermediate the bottom and topof the carton body so that thelower portion43 of the carton body is of rectangular cross-section similar to that of the cartons shown in FIGURES .3 and 8.
  • a carton made of cardboard or similar material comprising a body the-interior of whichvis lined by a bag ""made. of heat-sealable liquid-impervious organic .ther'mo- I plastic imaterial, said bag extending outwards from the top of the, carton body and having the mouth thereof closed by a seam formed by the juxtaposition and heatsealing of. two opposite side portionsof the bag, coverfiaps connected one toeachoftwo opposite sides of the body at the top-thereof, said cover flaps sloping towards each other and covering the side portions of the bag which extend between said seam and the top of the carton body,
  • said seam-engaging flaps including tearing edges'loca'ted between the longi-' tudinal edges of the seam-engaging flaps and extending from positions adjacent to like ends of the flaps towards other hand andthen tearing the bag material along the tearing edges 25 towards the ends' 26, '27 of the seam-. engaging flaps 15,16 and completely removing the porfree longitudinal'edgesof thev se'am engaging flaps" and are not-secured'to the seam-engagingflaps. It' has been found to'be essential to the tearing 'of the bag material that theportio'n thereof immediately above the tearing lines of weakening.
  • each tearing edge is formed by one side of an opening formed in a seam-engaging flap and another side of the opening is spaced fnom said one side at a position between said one side and the free longitudinal edge of the seam-engaging flap.
  • each tearing edge is substantially at right angles to the line of weakening extending towards said tearing edge.
  • each line of weakening is formed by a series of closely adjacent slits.
  • a carton made of cardboard or similar material comprising a four-sided body the interior of which is lined by a bag made of heat-sealable liquid-impervious organic thermoplastic material, said bag extending outwards from the top of the carton body and having the mouth thereof closed by a seam formed by the juxtaposition and heatsealing of two opposite side portions of the bag, cover fiaps connected one to each of two opposite sides of the body at the top thereof, said cover flaps sloping towards each other and covering the side portions of the bag which extend between said seam and the top of the carton body, seam-engaging flaps extending one from each of the cover flaps and engaging said seam, a connecting flap connecting one pair of like ends of the seam-engaging flaps and provided with a medial crease, and a pourer-forrning flap connecting the other pair of like ends of the seam-engaging flaps and provided with a medial crease about which it is foldable to form with portions of the bag a spout by which the contents of the carton may be
  • each tearing edge is formed by one side of an opening formed in a seam-engaging flap and another side of the opening is spaced from said one side at a position between said one side and the free longitudinal edge of the seam-engaging flap.
  • each tearing edge is substantially at right angles to the line of weak ening extending toward said tearing edge.
  • each line of weakening is formed by a series of closely adjacent slits.
  • each tearing edge is formed by one side of an opening formed in a seam-engaging flap and another side of the opening is spaced from said one side at a position between said one side and the free longitudinal edge of the seam-engaging flap.
  • each tearing edge is substantially at right angles to the line of weakening extending towards said tearing edge.
  • each line of weakening is formed by a series of closely adjacent slits.

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US3297227A (en) * 1964-01-16 1967-01-10 Hans I Wallsten Pouring spouts for containers
US4491267A (en) * 1982-09-28 1985-01-01 Tisma Machine Corporation Folding carton for dry powder
US4548593A (en) * 1982-09-28 1985-10-22 Tisma Machine Corporation Folding carton for dry powder
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US20100155279A1 (en) * 2008-12-23 2010-06-24 Econix Limited Container constructed substantially from card
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