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EP2662309B1
EP2662309B1 EP20120167549 EP12167549A EP2662309B1 EP 2662309 B1 EP2662309 B1 EP 2662309B1 EP 20120167549 EP20120167549 EP 20120167549 EP 12167549 A EP12167549 A EP 12167549A EP 2662309 B1 EP2662309 B1 EP 2662309B1
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lid film
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Matthias Perick
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Nitto Advanced Film Gronau GmbH
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D77/00Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/10Container closures formed after filling
    • B65D77/20Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers, i.e. flexible membrane or foil-like covers
    • B65D77/2024Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers, i.e. flexible membrane or foil-like covers the cover being welded or adhered to the container
    • B65D77/2028Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab
    • B65D77/2032Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container
    • B65D77/2044Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure
    • B65D77/2048Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure whereby part of the container or cover has been weakened, e.g. perforated or precut
    • B65D77/2056Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure whereby part of the container or cover has been weakened, e.g. perforated or precut the cover being weakened
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2577/00Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks, bags
    • B65D2577/10Container closures formed after filling
    • B65D2577/20Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers
    • B65D2577/2066Means on, or attached to, container flange facilitating opening, e.g. non-bonding region, cut-out
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2577/00Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks, bags
    • B65D2577/10Container closures formed after filling
    • B65D2577/20Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers
    • B65D2577/2075Lines of weakness or apertures
    • B65D2577/2091Lines of weakness or apertures in cover

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  • the invention relates to a lidding film for containers, wherein the lidding film is provided with a weakening line for tearing.
  • the lidding film can be attached to trays, cups or the like as the sole packaging closure.
  • the lidding film is intended for glass containers and plastic containers, which are closed with a lid, in particular a screw cap, and are used for packaging foodstuffs.
  • the foods may be, for example, dry powder, instant coffee and the like.
  • the cover film applied to the edge of the glass or plastic container forms a tamper-evident closure and protects the packaged food from moisture, loss of flavor and the like until it is first removed.
  • a lid film for containers which has a multilayer structure with a cover layer, for example of polyester or oriented polypropylene and a sealable carrier layer z. B. from a polyolefin.
  • the lidding film can at least one Intermediate layer with barrier properties, in particular an intermediate layer of a metal foil included.
  • the cover layer of the lidding film is provided with a weakening line for tearing open the lidding film, wherein a portion of the weakening line is formed as a tongue.
  • the cover sheet can be pressed, the tongue may have a tip to improve the crack initiation.
  • the lid comprises a removable region delimited by a line of weakness with a liftable strip. At the free end of the strip a projecting short incision is arranged.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a lidding film for container, which is pressed when opening the container and allows user-friendly handling.
  • the object of the invention and solution of this problem is a cover film according to claim 1.
  • the cover foil is provided with a weakening line for tearing open the cover foil.
  • a weakening line for tearing open the cover foil.
  • an indentation region is provided, which has at least the size of a fingertip and is bounded on at least one side of its surface by a tear line.
  • the tear line delimiting tear line protrudes from the weakening line into a region of the lid foil, which extends along the Weakening line detachable portion of the lidding film is adjacent.
  • the section adjoining the indentation region and separable from the cover film preferably has the shape of a tongue.
  • the lidding film When used as intended, the lidding film is mounted on the edge of a container, wherein the attachment can be made by an adhesive bond or a sealed connection.
  • the compound can also be embodied as a peelable compound in such a way that the cover film can be completely pulled off the edge of the container.
  • the indentation area bounded laterally by a tear line is pressed in by applying pressure.
  • the indentation region of the lidding film along the tear line and the adjacent weakening line separates from the remaining lidding film and releases a boundary of a section which can be separated from the lidding film.
  • the exposed boundary can then be grasped well between two fingers to rupture the lidding film along the line of weakness.
  • the exposed boundary has the shape of a tongue.
  • the cover foil can be torn open spirally or torn open as a sheet along an annular line of weakness near the edge of the container.
  • the cover film can also be completely removed from the container edge in the course of the tearing process.
  • a first preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the indentation region is bounded by the tear line and an edge zone of the cover film on a container.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the indentation is limited by two tear lines, starting from the boundary in a projecting on the tongue adjacent area of the lidding film.
  • the tear lines are aligned radially.
  • the impressing region laterally delimited by two tear lines can be arranged in a middle region of the cover film or in a region close to the wall near the container wall of a container closed by the cover film.
  • the indentation region is arranged close to the container wall and the tear-open areas bounding tear lines extend to the edge of the lidding film or an edge zone of the lidding film which can be fastened to the container.
  • the weakening line can have different courses.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the weakening line for tearing open the cover film has two ends, wherein a first end extends to the edge of the cover film and wherein the second end of the weakening line extends in a tear strip limiting distance to the edge of the cover film.
  • the lid film is suitably attached in this embodiment by means of a peelable compound on the edge of a container and can be torn spirally along the tear strip and removed without residue from the edge of the container.
  • the second end of the line of weakness has a spiraling portion bounding the crack propagation, the spiraling portion being bent back to the line of weakness. By this configuration, the crack propagation ends at a defined and defined by the spiral formation point. The still adhering part of the lidding film can then be removed in one go from the edge of the container
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the weakening line forms a closed ring.
  • the line of weakness runs near the container edge.
  • the embodiment described is particularly suitable when the lid film is secured by an adhesive bond or a non-peelable sealing compound on the edge of a container.
  • the container may have any geometry in plan view.
  • the lidding film may consist of a laminate which has two or more layers.
  • the cover film preferably has a carrier layer of a sealable polymer, in particular a polyethylene, and at least one further layer as a cover layer.
  • the cover layer may in particular consist of a polyester, an oriented polypropylene or oriented polyamide.
  • the carrier layer can in particular also be designed as a sealable peel layer.
  • the cover film formed as a multilayer composite film expediently also has at least one intermediate layer with barrier properties.
  • the intermediate layer can consist of a metal foil or a metallized polymer layer.
  • the cover sheet consists of a multi-layer laminated composite and has a tendency to curl caused by tensions in the layers of the laminating composite.
  • the curl of the lid film supports the handling when opening the package or tearing the lid foil. It causes the tongue to set up after the depression of the indentation area, which further facilitates gripping.
  • the line of weakness for tearing open the cover film and the tear line for limiting the indentation region pass through the cover layer and preferably leave the carrier layer intact.
  • the weakening line and the tear lines can consist of laser cuts, punched lines or perforations introduced into the cover layer.
  • the Fig. 1 shows a closed container 2 with a lid film 1 container for packaging food.
  • the cover film 1 consists of a multilayer laminate, which in the exemplary embodiment has a carrier layer and a cover layer.
  • the cover layer is provided with a weakening line 3 for tearing open the cover film 1, wherein a section 4 of the weakening line has the shape of a tongue.
  • FIG. 2a and 2 B the opening of the container is shown by tearing open the cover sheet 1.
  • an indentation region 5 is provided which has at least the size of a fingertip and is bounded on at least one side of its surface by a tear line 6 introduced into the cover layer.
  • the tearing line 6 delimiting the indentation region 5 protrudes from the weakening line into a region of the cover film 1 which is adjacent to the tongue-shaped section 4 of the cover film which can be removed along the weakening line.
  • the indentation region 5 is pressed down by means of a finger, wherein the indentation region 5 of the Lid film 1 is separated along the tear line 6 and at the boundary of the tongue 4 from the remaining surface of the lid film.
  • the boundary of the tongue 4 is at least partially exposed, so that the tongue 4 can be detected with two fingers.
  • the cover sheet 1 can be torn open along the weakening line 3.
  • the indentation region 5 is delimited by the tear line 6 and an edge zone 7 of the cover film 1 which can be fastened to the container 2.
  • the weakening line 3 has two ends for tearing open the cover foil, a first end extending to the edge 8 of the cover foil 1, and the second end of the weakening line extending in a tear-strip 9 delimiting distance from the edge 8 of the cover foil 1.
  • the lidding film 1 is attached by means of a peelable compound on the edge of the container 2 and can be completely detached from the container 2 and residue.
  • the boundary of the tongue 4 can be taken with two fingers and the lid sheet 1 spirally torn open by separating the tear strip 9 and are completely removed from the edge of the container 2. So that the cover sheet 1 can be released in one piece from the container edge, the weakening line 3 runs in a spiral-shaped portion 10 delimiting the crack propagation.
  • the representation in Fig. 3 If one deduces that the spiral-shaped portion 10 is bent back to the line of weakness 3. Thus, the crack propagation ends at a position defined by the spiral portion 10.
  • the cover film 1 can be detached without residue from the edge of the container 2 by means of a further pulling movement.
  • Fig. 4 is the indentation 5 of two tear lines 6, 6 'limited, starting from the boundary of the section 4 in projecting an adjacent region of the cover sheet 1.
  • the tear lines 6, 6 ' are aligned radially and extend in the embodiment of the Fig. 4 up to the edge 8 of the cover film 1 or at least up to an attachable to the container edge edge zone 7 of the lid film.
  • the indentation region 5 is arranged in the vicinity of the container wall as in the previously described example.
  • the lidding film 1 is fixed by a firm, non-peelable compound on the edge of the container 2.
  • the opening of the container 2 is carried out by tearing the cover sheet 1 along a line of weakness 3, which forms a closed ring and adjacent to the edge of the container 2 with the smallest possible distance.
  • the lidding film 1 is depressed in Eindschreibbericht 5, wherein the indentation 5 between the two tear lines 6, 6 'along the line of weakness 3 separates from the cover sheet 1 and the boundary of the detachable from the lid film section 4 is exposed.
  • the cover sheet 1 can be torn open along the ring-shaped weakening line 3.
  • the section 4 preferably has the shape of a tongue.
  • the indentation region 5 is arranged at a greater distance from the container wall in a middle region of the cover film 1.
  • the indentation region 5 is limited in this embodiment by two tear lines 6, 6 ', which project from the edge of a tongue 4, starting in a region adjacent to the portion 4 of the lid sheet 1.
  • the free ends of the tear lines 6, 6' are curved outwards.
  • the cover sheet 1 is preferably made of a multilayer laminate which has a cover layer of polyester, oriented polypropylene or oriented Polyamide and a carrier layer of a sealable polymer, in particular a polyethylene having.
  • the lidding film 1 may contain one or more intermediate layers as barrier layers.
  • the cover film 1 has an intermediate layer of a metal foil or a metallized polymer.
  • a multi-layer laminating composite is particularly suitable which has a tendency to curl generated by tension in the layers of Kaschierverbundes. The tendency to curl causes the tongue 4 or a strip 9 to be torn open, when the lidding film 1 is pressed in the indentation region 5 to open the packaging. A curl of the lidding film 1 favors the handling when tearing the lidding film and opening the packaging.
  • the line of weakness 3 for rupturing the cover film 1 and the tear lines 6, 6 'for limiting the indentation region 5 preferably only pass through the cover layer of the cover film 1, while at least the carrier layer to be fastened to the edge of the container remains intact.

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  1. Couvercle en film pour des récipients, le couvercle en film (1) étant muni d'une ligne d'affaiblissement (3) à déchirer, à côté d'une partie de la ligne d'affaiblissement (3) étant prévue une zone d'enfoncement (5) qui présente au moins la taille d'un bout de doigt et qui est délimitée sur au moins un côté de sa surface par une ligne de déchirure (6) et à partir de la ligne d'affaiblissement (3), la ligne de déchirure (6) qui délimite la zone à enfoncer (5) saillant dans une zone du couvercle en film (1) qui est voisine de la partie (4) du couvercle en film (1) qui est détachable le long de la ligne d'affaiblissement (3), caractérisé en ce que le couvercle en film (1) est constitué d'un composite contrecollé et comporte un gondolage créé par des contraintes dans les couches du composite contrecollé.
  2. Couvercle en film selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la partie (4) adjacente à la zone d'enfoncement (5) et détachable du couvercle en film présente la forme d'une languette.
  3. Couvercle en film selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la zone d'enfoncement (5) est délimitée par la ligne de déchirure (6) et par une zone marginale (7) pouvant se fixer sur le récipient.
  4. Couvercle en film selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la zone d'enfoncement (5) est délimitée par deux lignes de déchirure (6, 6'), qui à partir de la bordure de la languette (4) saillissent dans une zone du couvercle en film (1) qui est adjacente à la languette (4).
  5. Couvercle en film selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les lignes de déchirure (6, 6') sont orientées en rayonnement.
  6. Couvercle en film selon la revendication 4 ou la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les lignes de déchirure (6, 6') délimitant la zone d'enfoncement (5) s'étendent jusqu'au bord (8) du couvercle en film (1) ou sur une zone marginale (7) du couvercle en film (1) pouvant se fixer sur un récipient (2).
  7. Couvercle en film selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la ligne d'affaiblissement (3) destinée à déchirer le couvercle en film (1) comporte deux extrémités, une première extrémité s'étendant jusqu'au bord (8) du couvercle en film et la deuxième extrémité de la ligne d'affaiblissement (3) s'écoulant avec un écart délimitant un ruban à déchirer par rapport au bord (8) du couvercle en film (1).
  8. Couvercle en film selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que la deuxième extrémité de la ligne d'affaiblissement se termine dans une partie (10) hélicoïdale délimitant le déploiement de la déchirure qui est recourbée en arrière sur la ligne d'affaiblissement.
  9. Couvercle en film selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la ligne d'affaiblissement (3) forme un anneau fermé.
  10. Couvercle en film selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le couvercle en film comporte une couche porteuse en un polymère scellable et au moins une couche supplémentaire en tant que couche de couverture.
  11. Couvercle en film selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que la couche porteuse est conçue en tant que couche pelable scellable.
  12. Couvercle en film selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce que la ligne d'affaiblissement (3) destinée à déchirer le couvercle en film (1) et la ligne de déchirure (6, 6') destinée à délimiter la zone d'enfoncement (5) consistent dans des découpes au laser, dans des lignes estampées ou dans des perforations ménagées dans la couche de couverture.
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