US3658238A - Opening arrangement with a cover strip - Google Patents

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US3658238A
US3658238A US82344A US3658238DA US3658238A US 3658238 A US3658238 A US 3658238A US 82344 A US82344 A US 82344A US 3658238D A US3658238D A US 3658238DA US 3658238 A US3658238 A US 3658238A
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Gert J V Nedstedt
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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
    • B65D5/064—Rectangular containers having a body with gusset-flaps folded outwardly or adhered to the side or the top of the container
    • B65D5/065—Rectangular containers having a body with gusset-flaps folded outwardly or adhered to the side or the top of the container 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
    • B65D5/70—Break-in flaps, or members adapted to be torn-off, to provide pouring openings
    • B65D5/708—Separate tearable flexible elements covering a discharge opening of a container, e.g. adhesive tape
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5816—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a corner or other small portion next to the edge, e.g. a U-shaped portion
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/06—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes
    • B65D75/12—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes with the ends of the tube closed by flattening and heat-sealing

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  • ..229/5l AS 206/56 AA overlies and is heat sealed to the exposed portion of the mem- [51] Int. Cl ....B65d 5/70 brane in the opening, and flaps arranged generally parallel to [58] Field of Search ..229/51 TC, 51 D, 51 ST, 51 AS, the opening overlying each other as well as the cover strip, and 229/625; 220/29; 222/502, 528, 527; 206/56 AA act as a pouring channel when the cover strip is removed along with the membrane covering the dispensing opening.
  • the inside of the opening in packages to contain liquids is mostly covered with a wafer or membrane of plastic material which is sealed to the inside of the package wall around the opening.
  • the said membrane is broken open as a result of the fact that the tear strip covering the opening on the outside of the package wall is heat sealed, in the region of the opening, to the membrane exposed in the opening, which is broken open when the tear strip is torn up in conjunction with the opening of the package.
  • an opening arrangement in accordance with this invention which opening arrangement is characterized by the fact that flaps affixed to the package wall and capable of being bent in relation to the package wall are arranged mainly parallel to one another onboth sides of the opening, and that a cover strip which is capable of being heat sealed and covers the opening is arranged between the said flaps and is heat sealed to the membrane exposed in the opening.
  • the invention is further characterized by the fact that the said flaps are arranged so as to be capable of being folded in towards one another over the cover strip and of being folded out in order to form a channel alongside the opening, and by the fact that the cover strip is capable of being torn off, whereby the opening is uncovered and the membrane is broken open and the flaps are also raised up so as to form the said channel.
  • FIG. I shows a package with an opening arrangement which has not been broken open
  • FIG. 2 shows an opening arrangement which has been partially broken open and
  • FIG. 3 shows an opening arrangement which has been completely broken open.
  • FIG. 1 shows the upper part of a parallelepiped throw-away package for liquid goods, which has a package wall 1 consisting of at least one layer of paper or cardboard and an un broken inside layer of plastic, e.g. polyethylene.
  • the outside of the package wall can also with advantage be covered with a layer of plastic.
  • FIG. 2 shows how the package is provided with an opening 4 which penetrates at least partially through the package wall 1, the opening in this case having an oblong shape.
  • a strip of plastic has been placed in the example shown below the opening 4 and sealed to that part of the packaging material which in the completed package is to form the inside of the package.
  • FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 how a U-shaped part of metal foil, e.g. aluminum foil, which part is with advantage coated with plastic on at least one side, is placed around the opening 4 and along narrow edge zones 5 along the insides of the U-shaped legs is sealed to the package wall 1 on both sides of the opening.
  • the central portion 7 which connects the legs of the U-shaped part is furthermore affixed to the package wall 1, and the pouring edge 8 of the said portion 7 projects somewhat beyond the edge 9 of the package in order to form in this way a well-defined pouring edge. Affixing of the said U- shaped part is considerably facilitated if the metal foil, on the side turned towards the package wall, is provided with a coating of thermoplastic, e.g.
  • the tear strip 2 can furthermore be placed over the opening 4 already on the strip of packaging material and sealed to the plastic membrane exposed in the opening 4, which membrane is affixed to the opposite side of the packaging material. After the tear strip 2 has been placed over, and affixed to, the opening 4, the free portions 3 of the U-shaped part are folded in over the tear strip 2 in the way shown in FIG. 1.
  • the opening is located in the desired place, i.e. in the case described here at the top of the package, with the pouring edge 8 located somewhat in front of the edge 9 of the package.
  • the flap of the cover strip 2 which projects beyond the folded-in portions 3 is gripped with thumb and finger, after which the cover strip 2 is drawn upwards and backwards in the way shown in FIG. 2. Owing to the fact that the film of plastic affixed beneath the opening 4 is sealed to the underside of the tear strip 2, the film of plastic 6 covering the opening 4, when the tear strip 2 is torn off, will be torn up and will be removed together with the cover strip 2, in which way the opening 4 is uncovered.
  • the folded-over portions 3 of the U-shaped metal-foil part will be raised up when the tear strip 2 is torn open.
  • the edge portions 3 are fully raised up and form a channel.
  • the package can now be emptied by being inclined towards the horizontal plane, whereby the contents run out through the opening 4, are guided by the channel formed and finally pour over the pouring edge 8 a well-controlled jet.
  • the opening can be closed in a dustproof manner by folding in over the opening 4 the flaps 3 forming the channel, which can be raised up again when more of the contents are to be poured out.
  • the opening arrangement described above has been found to work very satisfactorily and also has the advantage that the pouring surface over which the contents run before leaving the package are protected from contact and contamination during storage and transport.
  • the opening arrangement can naturally be used on packages other than that shown here, and it is for instance very easy to use the opening arrangement on packages which are made from a blank stamped out in advance instead of from a strip of packaging material.
  • Opening arrangement on a package of the kind having a package wall provided with an opening, said opening being covered on the interior of the package with a plastic membrane capable of being heat sealed, in a manner to form a liquid-tight seal, a part of the membrane being exposed in said opening, said opening arrangement comprising flaps affixed to the package wall and capable of being bent in relation to the package wall, said flaps being arranged generally parallel to one another on opposite sides of the opening, and a cover strip, capable of being heat sealed, that covers the opening, said cover strip being arranged between said flaps and heat sealed to the portion of the membrane exposed in said openmg.
  • opening arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the cover strip is capable of being torn off whereby to uncover the opening and to break open the exposed membrane and simultaneously to raise the flaps so as to form a pouring channel.
  • opening arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the covering strip extends for some distance past said opening, and at least part of said cover strip is not affixed to the package wall at one end, the non-affixed part of said cover strip acting as a draw flap for tearing off said cover strip.

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US4126263A (en) * 1976-07-08 1978-11-21 Tetra Pak International Ab Packing container provided with opening arrangement
US4538396A (en) * 1980-05-22 1985-09-03 Kenji Nakamura Process for producing a re-sealable dispenser-container
US4599851A (en) * 1984-10-04 1986-07-15 Marpac Industries, Inc. Dry toner cartridge system and method of filling same
US4616470A (en) * 1979-12-03 1986-10-14 Konji Nakamura Method of forming re-sealable dispenser-container
US4798296A (en) * 1986-03-26 1989-01-17 Ab Tetra Pak Packing container provided with a reclosable opening arrangement
US4986465A (en) * 1988-11-09 1991-01-22 Tetra Park Holdings & Finance S.A. Opening arrangement on a packing container
US5093187A (en) * 1986-11-29 1992-03-03 Beiersdorf Ag Tear strip
US5620550A (en) * 1992-03-31 1997-04-15 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Packaging material with an opening arrangement and a method of producing same
US5694746A (en) * 1994-12-20 1997-12-09 Chung; Yun H. Paperboard package and method for forming same
US6003713A (en) * 1997-07-04 1999-12-21 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Opening arrangement for packaging containers
US20040108371A1 (en) * 2002-12-06 2004-06-10 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Opening arrangement, packaging and method of providing a packaging with an opening arrangement
US20050101466A1 (en) * 2002-12-06 2005-05-12 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance Sa Opening arrangement, packaging and method of providing a packaging with an opening arrangement

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US2998911A (en) * 1958-12-01 1961-09-05 Union Bag Camp Paper Corp Bag opening device
US3011691A (en) * 1959-04-27 1961-12-05 Dorothy S Mcglynn Envelope
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US2546052A (en) * 1948-07-19 1951-03-20 Wilkins Wendell Collapsible dispensing spout
US2991000A (en) * 1956-10-04 1961-07-04 Arthur T Spees Tear strip means for plastic packaging
US2998911A (en) * 1958-12-01 1961-09-05 Union Bag Camp Paper Corp Bag opening device
US3011691A (en) * 1959-04-27 1961-12-05 Dorothy S Mcglynn Envelope
US3101884A (en) * 1961-08-15 1963-08-27 Alfred G Price Cigarette pack dispensing carton

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4126263A (en) * 1976-07-08 1978-11-21 Tetra Pak International Ab Packing container provided with opening arrangement
US4616470A (en) * 1979-12-03 1986-10-14 Konji Nakamura Method of forming re-sealable dispenser-container
US4538396A (en) * 1980-05-22 1985-09-03 Kenji Nakamura Process for producing a re-sealable dispenser-container
US4599851A (en) * 1984-10-04 1986-07-15 Marpac Industries, Inc. Dry toner cartridge system and method of filling same
US4798296A (en) * 1986-03-26 1989-01-17 Ab Tetra Pak Packing container provided with a reclosable opening arrangement
US5093187A (en) * 1986-11-29 1992-03-03 Beiersdorf Ag Tear strip
US4986465A (en) * 1988-11-09 1991-01-22 Tetra Park Holdings & Finance S.A. Opening arrangement on a packing container
US5620550A (en) * 1992-03-31 1997-04-15 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Packaging material with an opening arrangement and a method of producing same
US5694746A (en) * 1994-12-20 1997-12-09 Chung; Yun H. Paperboard package and method for forming same
US6003713A (en) * 1997-07-04 1999-12-21 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Opening arrangement for packaging containers
US20040108371A1 (en) * 2002-12-06 2004-06-10 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Opening arrangement, packaging and method of providing a packaging with an opening arrangement
US20050101466A1 (en) * 2002-12-06 2005-05-12 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance Sa Opening arrangement, packaging and method of providing a packaging with an opening arrangement
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