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EP3530587B1
EP3530587B1 EP19159463.9A EP19159463A EP3530587B1 EP 3530587 B1 EP3530587 B1 EP 3530587B1 EP 19159463 A EP19159463 A EP 19159463A EP 3530587 B1 EP3530587 B1 EP 3530587B1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D2231/025—Precut holes or weakened zones for draining or discharging the liquid contents, e.g. soup, milk

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  • This invention relates to a container for pourable food products.
  • the container of this invention is advantageously applicable in the liquid food industry.
  • Known in the food industry are several different kinds of containers.
  • document WO2004078607 discloses a container with a tetrahedral structure made from a tubular laminated material, where a first longitudinal edge overlaps a second longitudinal edge comprising a first seal and a second seal, both of which are disposed transversely to the longitudinal direction of the tube.
  • the container comprises a front wall provided with an opening, two triangular side walls, a triangular back wall and a triangular bottom wall.
  • the container disclosed has several disadvantages.
  • the container made in this way (being a substantially rigid structure) does not allow its contents to be poured out smoothly and completely, with the risk that some of the product it contains remains trapped inside (and cannot be poured out completely). Furthermore, owing to the shape of the container, pouring out its contents tends to be awkward. Further example in this field could be found in documents WO2009/127783 (basis for the preamble of claim 1), US2011/203229 , WO01/23260 , DE1274792 and GB1508053 .
  • the aim of this invention is to provide a container for pourable food products to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art described above.
  • this invention has for an aim to provide a container for pourable products to make pouring the contents particularly easy. This aim is fully achieved by the container for pourable food products of this invention as characterized in the appended claims.
  • a container 1 for pourable food products is illustrated in Figure 1 .
  • the container 1 is obtained from a sheet (roll) of multilayer wrapping material which is longitudinally folded and sealed to obtain a tubular structure.
  • a first seal is made to close one end of the tubular structure and the pourable food product is then filled into the tubular structure.
  • a second seal orthogonal to the first seal, is made at the second end of the tubular structure.
  • the container 1 thus made comprises: a front wall 2 provided with an opening A; two triangular shaped side walls 3, 4; a back wall 5; a trapezoidal shaped bottom wall 6; and a seal 7.
  • the side walls 3, 4 are defined by the edges of the front wall 2, of the back wall 5 and of the bottom wall 6.
  • a first portion 9 of the seal 7 extends along the back wall 5, and a second portion 10 of the seal 7 is folded over and orthogonally overlaps the minor base 11 of the bottom wall 6; the second portion 10 is also sealed at a portion of the bottom wall 6 adjacent to the minor base 11. Folding the second portion 10 of the seal 7 over onto the minor base 11 of the bottom wall 6 defines the trapezoidal base pyramid structure of the container 1.
  • the container comprises a further seal 14, transverse to the seal 7 and parallel to the minor base 11 of the bottom wall 6; the further seal 14 joins the front wall 2, the bottom wall 6 and the two side walls 3, 4.
  • the line of weakness 13 of the bottom wall 6 is located in the proximity of, and parallel to, the minor base 11 of the bottom wall 6.
  • each side wall 3, 4 and the bottom wall 6 each have at least one line of weakness 8, 13 for preferentially folding the container 1. More specifically, each side wall 3, 4 preferably has three lines of weakness 8a, 8b, 8c, whilst the bottom wall 6 has only the line of weakness 13.
  • each line of weakness 8a, 8b, 8c of each side wall 3, 4 has a point of origin O located on the respective side wall 3, 4; each line of weakness 8a, 8b, 8c extends from the point of origin O and converges on a respective vertex of the side walls 3, 4. In other words, from the point of origin O, each line of weakness 8a, 8b, 8c extends to the point where it meets a respective vertex, the vertices being defined by the points where the edges of the front wall 2, the back wall 5 and the bottom wall 6 meet.
  • the line of weakness 13 of the bottom wall 6 extends partially along both side walls 3, 4.
  • the line of weakness 13 of the bottom wall 6 extends along both side walls 3, 4 until it meets the point of origin O of each side wall 3, 4.
  • the lines of weakness 8, 13 are shaped in such a way that the bottom wall 6 can be brought closer to the front wall 2 by pressing the portion of the back wall 5 adjoining the second portion 10 of the seal 7 (pressing also brings the portion of the back wall 5 closer to the bottom wall 6); bringing the bottom wall 6 closer to the front wall 2 causes the container 1 to be folded down to a flat shape (collapse) and, at the same, allows the food product inside the container 1 to be poured out through the opening A.
  • the consumer by pressing the edge created by folding the second portion 10 of the seal 7 onto the minor base 11 of the bottom wall 6, the consumer causes the structure of the container 1 to yield in a predictable (controlled) manner along the lines of weakness 8, 13.
  • Predictable folding of the structure, caused by pressing means that the container 1 changes from its initial shape (illustrated in Figure 1 ) to the intermediate configuration (illustrated in Figure 3 ) and lastly to the final, completely flat, final shape (illustrated in Figure 4 ).
  • the portion of the bottom wall 6, delimited at the top by the minor base 11 of the bottom wall 6 and at the bottom by the line of weakness 13, has a concave shape.
  • the side walls 3, 4 have a convex shape so as to facilitate yielding of the container 1.
  • the bottom wall 6 has an isosceles trapezoidal shape. In a further preferred embodiment, the bottom wall 6 has a scalene trapezoidal shape.
  • the opening A is located on the front wall 2, confronting the minor base 11 of the bottom wall.
  • the container 1 may comprise a covering element (for example, an adhesive tab made of plastic and/or paper material) removable by the consumer in order to open the container 1.
  • the container 1 may comprise a closing element - preferably a capsule (cap - located at the opening A.
  • the container 1 comprises a dispenser located at the opening A; preferably, the dispenser is shaped to be inserted (at least partly) into the opening A and to engage a closing element (specifically a cap) and the closing element is adapted to allow the container 1 to be opened and closed.
  • the container 1 contains a quantity of product suitable for a single serving; in other words, the container 1 is a single-serve container.
  • folding the structure of the container 1 causes all the food product it contains to be poured out.
  • the container 1 contains a quantity of product suitable for multiple servings; in other words, the container 1 is a multi-serve container.
  • folding the structure of the container 1 causes part of the food product it contains to be poured out.
  • the lines of weakness 8, 13 are made by a creasing process which involves using a creasing device. More specifically, in a possible configuration of it, a creasing device comprises a pair of facing rollers, where a first roller (male) is provided with protrusions on its outside surface, while the second roller (female) is provided with recesses to receive the wrapping material pressed into them by the protrusions of the first roller as the first roller rotates. That way, the wrapping material is creased and the lines of weakness 8, 13 thus made.
  • the first roller male operates on the surface of the wrapping material opposite to the surface of the wrapping material that is intended to be pressed (by the consumer); that way, the lines of weakness 8, 13 are oriented correctly to allow the container 1 to be folded down in predictable manner.
  • the lines of weakness 8, 13 are made by a partial incision process which involves using a laser device. More in detail, the process involves the use of a scoring laser to partially cut the wrapping material by removing part of the material from the surface of the container 1. That way, the lines of weakness 8, 13 are made without cutting the inner layer of the wrapping material (so the container 1 retains its aseptic properties).
  • the laser device operates on the surface of the wrapping material opposite to the surface of the wrapping material that is intended to be pressed (by the consumer); that way, the lines of weakness 8, 13 are oriented correctly to allow the container 1 to be folded down in predictable manner.
  • the container 1 for pourable food products of this invention meets the need to allow the contents of the container to be poured out easily, smoothly and completely.
  • the container 1 is thus particularly convenient to handle.
  • the invention can be advantageously be used for pourable food products such as, for example, liquid, semi-liquid and creamy food products.
  • the shape of the container 1 disclosed allows even semi-liquid and creamy food products to be easily and completely poured out, preventing part of the product it contains from remaining trapped inside (and unable to be poured out).
  • Figure 5 illustrates a preferred configuration of a flat multilayer material before it is folded into a tubular shape (in the manner described herein) to make the container 1 of this invention. More specifically, it shows the layout of the lines of weakness 8, 13 for preferentially folding the side walls 3, 4 and the bottom wall 6. Still more specifically, each side wall 3, 4 in the preferred embodiment illustrated, preferably has three lines of weakness 8a, 8b, 8c, whilst the bottom wall 6 has only the line of weakness 13.

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Claims (9)

  1. Récipient (1) pour produits alimentaires versables, fabriqué en scellant et en pliant un matériau d'enveloppement ;
    le récipient (1) comprenant : une paroi avant (2) ; deux parois latérales de forme triangulaire (3, 4) ; une paroi arrière (5) ; une paroi de fond de forme trapézoïdale (6) ; et au moins un joint d'étanchéité (7) ; les parois latérales (3, 4) et la paroi de fond (6) ayant chacune au moins une ligne de faiblesse (8, 13) pour plier préférentiellement le récipient (1) de sorte que la paroi de fond (6) peut être rapprochée de la paroi avant (2), aplatissant ainsi le récipient (1), l'aplatissement du récipient (1) provoquant le déversement du produit alimentaire à l'intérieur du récipient (1) à travers une ouverture (A) ;
    caractérisé en ce que ladite paroi avant est munie de l'ouverture (A)
    et que le récipient (1) a une structure en forme de pyramide avec une base trapézoïdale.
  2. Récipient (1) selon la revendication précédente, dans lequel une première portion (9) du joint d'étanchéité (7) s'étend le long de la paroi arrière (5), et une seconde portion (10) du joint d'étanchéité (7) est repliée sur et recouvre orthogonalement la petite base (11) de la paroi de fond (6).
  3. Récipient (1) selon la revendication 2, dans lequel la ligne de faiblesse (13) de la paroi de fond (6) est située à proximité de, et parallèlement à, la base secondaire (11) de la paroi de fond (6).
  4. Récipient (1) selon la revendication 2, dans lequel la ligne de faiblesse (13) de la paroi de fond (6) s'étend partiellement le long des deux parois latérales (3, 4).
  5. Récipient (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel chaque ligne de faiblesse (8) de chaque paroi latérale (3, 4) a un point d'origine (O) situé sur la paroi latérale respective (3, 4) ; chaque ligne de faiblesse (8) s'étend du point d'origine (0) à un sommet des parois latérales (3, 4).
  6. Récipient (1) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel la ligne de faiblesse (13) de la paroi de fond (6) s'étend le long des deux parois latérales (3, 4) jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre le point d'origine (0) de chaque paroi latérale (3, 4).
  7. Récipient (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les lignes de faiblesse (8, 13) sont formées de telle sorte que la paroi de fond (6) peut être rapprochée de la paroi avant (2) en appliquant une pression au niveau du coin formé par le pliage de la seconde portion (10) du joint (7) sur la petite base (11) de la paroi de fond (6).
  8. Récipient (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel les lignes de faiblesse (8, 13) sont réalisées par rainage.
  9. Récipient (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel les lignes de faiblesse (8, 13) sont réalisées par rayage au laser.
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DE1274792B (de) * 1964-06-08 1968-08-08 Nicholas E Griffin Zusammenlegbarer wegwerfbarer Behaelter fuer Urin
WO2001023260A1 (fr) * 1999-09-30 2001-04-05 Sig Combibloc Systems Gmbh Contenant pliable dote d'un dispositif de versement
WO2004078607A1 (fr) * 2003-03-05 2004-09-16 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Recipient d'emballage et ebauche d'emballage
WO2009127783A1 (fr) * 2008-04-14 2009-10-22 Stora Enso Oyj Emballage thermoscellé et découpe d’emballage pour former ce dernier
US20110203229A1 (en) * 2010-02-23 2011-08-25 Exner Ronald H Method and Apparatus Pertaining to a Flexible Wrapping Material Having Laser-Formed Crease Lines

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NL155780B (nl) * 1974-06-17 1978-02-15 Leer Koninklijke Emballage Houder voor vloeibare stoffen en werkwijze voor het vervaardigen van de houder.

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DE1274792B (de) * 1964-06-08 1968-08-08 Nicholas E Griffin Zusammenlegbarer wegwerfbarer Behaelter fuer Urin
WO2001023260A1 (fr) * 1999-09-30 2001-04-05 Sig Combibloc Systems Gmbh Contenant pliable dote d'un dispositif de versement
WO2004078607A1 (fr) * 2003-03-05 2004-09-16 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Recipient d'emballage et ebauche d'emballage
WO2009127783A1 (fr) * 2008-04-14 2009-10-22 Stora Enso Oyj Emballage thermoscellé et découpe d’emballage pour former ce dernier
US20110203229A1 (en) * 2010-02-23 2011-08-25 Exner Ronald H Method and Apparatus Pertaining to a Flexible Wrapping Material Having Laser-Formed Crease Lines

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