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EP1318082B1
EP1318082B1 EP02026904A EP02026904A EP1318082B1 EP 1318082 B1 EP1318082 B1 EP 1318082B1 EP 02026904 A EP02026904 A EP 02026904A EP 02026904 A EP02026904 A EP 02026904A EP 1318082 B1 EP1318082 B1 EP 1318082B1
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Marco Razeti
Elena Peron
Michael Ellenrieder
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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
    • 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
    • B65D2575/00—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
    • B65D2575/52—Details
    • B65D2575/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D2575/586—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture with means for reclosing
    • 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
    • B65D75/40—Packages formed by enclosing successive articles, or increments of material, in webs, e.g. folded or tubular webs, or by subdividing tubes filled with liquid, semi-liquid, or plastic materials
    • B65D75/44—Individual packages cut from webs or tubes
    • B65D75/46—Individual packages cut from webs or tubes containing articles

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  • the present invention relates to a flexible container of the pouch type made of material in film form.
  • the container is particularly but not exclusively suitable for containing food products such as candies, chocolates, confectionery, et cetera.
  • the flexible containers of many food products are made of material in film form, for example polypropylene, and are derived from a tubular element that is shaped appropriately and forms front faces and sides with folds, formed by means of a longitudinal heat-seal and by transverse heat-seals of the two ends.
  • Actual packaging occurs by mating and heat-sealing two flaps of the film so as to form a continuous tubular element which, filled with the product to be preserved, is heat-sealed transversely and cut appropriately so as to separate the leading heat-seal of one container from the trailing heat-seal of the next container.
  • the container does not open completely but opens only partially, so that the user, for example, can extract only some of the products and the container can continue to perform its containment functions.
  • Document EP 0317334 discloses a reclosable container of flexible material which comprises an upper transverse seal, a lower transverse seal and a back seal extending longitudinally from the upper transverse seal to the lower transverse seal.
  • the container also exhibits an internal member extending adjacent the inner surface of the outer wall thereof and an opening location extending substantially sloped with respect to the back seal.
  • Document GB 2193484 describes a security bag of plastic material having a front and a back panel sealed together and an opening in the front panel being underlay by an intermediate membrane sealed to the inside of the bag along the sides of the bag.
  • a pressure sensitive adhesive which is protected by a removable strip and extends above and below the opening so as to be capable of closing the opening on removal of the strip after the filling of the bag. Should an attempt be made to open the bag in the region of the sealed opening, the membrane will make the tampering being apparent.
  • Document US 4762230 discloses a package composed of two flexible wall members forming a sealed pocket for an article to be packaged.
  • the pocket has at a predetermined location a spot of cohesive material on the inner surface of one of the wall members.
  • a portion of the wall member on which the opening is located has to be removed and next, the second wall member carrying the cohesive material must be folded over until cohesive substance engages with the outer surface of the remaining portion of the first wall member.
  • DE 20006820 U upon which the preamble of claim 1 is based discloses a container very similar to the object of the present invention.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a pouch-type flexible container, provided starting from a film by means of heat-seals for preserving products, which can be opened easily, and then reclosed in order to retain inside it the unused products.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an easy-opening, reclosable flexible container that can be manufactured with automated systems.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an easy-opening reclosable flexible container that can be manufactured with low production costs.
  • an easy-opening reclosable flexible container is generally designated by the reference numeral 10 and is obtained starting from a film that forms a tubular body 12, inside which products 11 are accommodated; transverse heat-seals 13 are provided on said tubular body at the two ends.
  • the film which is generally wound in rolls, is unrolled and folded so as to form a continuous tubular body by means of a longitudinal heat-seal 14; transverse heat-seals 13 and cuts then form the body 12, which has two facing walls 15.
  • the longitudinal heat-seal 14 is provided substantially at the longitudinal central region in this case of a wall 15, so as to form an external fin.
  • a corner region 16 can have a tear line 17 that is shaped so as to tear, by pulling, a portion 18 of said film that comprises a part 13a of the transverse heat-seal 13 and a part 15a of the tubular wall 15, releasing a corresponding flap of wall 15b.
  • the line 17 therefore lies diagonally at a wall 15 and follows the corresponding side 23 and the inner region of the wall 15 that is adjacent to the heat-seal 13.
  • the two walls 15 are heat-sealed locally so as to constitute a retention element for interrupting the fracture formed by the line 17.
  • the flap of wall 15b is provided at least partially internally with low-stickiness adhesive 21 protected by a removable film 24.
  • low-stickiness adhesive is used to designate an adhesive that allows to join and separate two surfaces several times before losing its adhesive effect.
  • the flap 15b can be folded conveniently back onto the remaining portion of the container 10 so as to close it by temporary gluing, as shown in Figure 5.
  • the flexible container according to the invention ensures easier opening for access to the products and the possibility of reclosure in order to retain inside it the unused products.
  • Opening and reclosing can be performed until the contained products have been used up completely.
  • the flexible container according to the invention can be produced without using particular manufacturing methods with respect to known ones.
  • Another advantage consists in that the flexible container according to the invention has an extremely simple constructive structure.
  • the flexible container according to the invention can be produced with an automated procedure.
  • Another advantage is the fact that the container according to the invention can be produced at very low production and manufacturing costs.
  • the materials employed may be any according to requirements.

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Claims (5)

  1. Flexibler Behälter der Art, die aus einem schlauchförmigen Aufbau (12) erhalten ist, der durch eine Folie mit einer longitudinalen Verschweißung (14) und durch transversale Verschweißungen (13) an den beiden Enden ausgebildet ist, wobei der Behälter zumindest einen Eckbereich (16) aufweist, der zwischen einer transversalen Kante (19) und einer Seite (23) definiert ist und der an seiner transversalen Kante (19) in dem Bereich der Verschweißung (13) eine Aufreißkerbe (20) aufweist, die relativ zu der transversalen Kante (19) schräg vorgesehen ist und die von der transversalen Kante (19) in die Richtung der Seite (23) ausgerichtet ist, um durch ein Ziehen das Aufreißen eines Bereiches (18) der Folie zu erzeugen, der einen Teil (13a) der transversalen Verschweißung (13) und einen Teil (15a) der schlauchförmigen Wand (15) aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Aufreißen eine entsprechende Lasche (15b) der Wand freilegt, die in dem Eckbereich (16) angeordnet ist und die zumindest teilweise an der Innenseite mit einem gering haftenden Kleber (21) versehen ist, der durch eine entfernbare Folie (24) geschützt ist, dass die Lasche (15b) zurückfaltbar auf den verbleibenden Bereich des Behälters (10) vorgesehen ist, um diesen durch temporäres Haften zu verschließen, dass der von der entfernbaren Folie (24) geschützte Klebstoff (21) so angeordnet ist, dass an der Wand des Eckbereichs (16), der an der Innenseite mit dem Klebstoff (21) vorgesehen ist, das Aufreißen des Bereichs (18) in eine erste Richtung parallel zu einer Kante des Klebstoffs fortschreitet, der benachbart und parallel zu der transversalen Kante (19) vorgesehen ist, und anschließend in eine zweite Richtung parallel zu einer zweiten Kante des Klebstoffes fortschreitet, die benachbart und parallel zu der Seite (23) vorgesehen ist.
  2. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass an der Wand des Eckbereiches (16), der an der Innenseite mit dem Klebstoff (21) versehen ist, der Riss des Bereichs (18) entlang der Kanten des Klebers (21) fortschreitet und an der gegenüberliegenden Seite des Eckbereichs (16) der Riss des Bereichs (18) entlang der schrägen Richtung fortschreitet, die durch die Aufreißkerbe (20) definiert ist.
  3. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er eine Aufreißlinie (17) aufweist, die an der Aufreißkerbe (20) beginnt und über einen Bereich (13a) einer transversalen Verschweißung (13) und einen Bereich der schlauchförmigen Wand (15) sich erstreckt.
  4. Behälter nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Aufreißlinie (17) diagonal an einer Wand (15) anliegt und der entsprechenden Seite (23) und dem Innenbereich der Wand (15) folgt, der benachbart zu der entsprechenden transversalen Verschweißung (13) vorgesehen ist.
  5. Behälter nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in einem Bereich (22), der benachbart einer Seite ist, auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite in Bezug auf die Aufreißkerbe (20), die zwei Wände (15) des Behälters (10) lokal verschweißt sind, um ein Rückhalteelement zum Unterbrechen des von der Linie (17) geformten Risses zu bilden.
EP02026904A 2001-12-07 2002-12-03 Wiederverschliessbarer, leicht zu öffnender flexibler Behälter Expired - Lifetime EP1318082B1 (de)

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SI200230602T SI1318082T1 (sl) 2001-12-07 2002-12-03 Fleksibilen vsebnik s preprostim odpiranjem in ponovnim zapiranjem

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ITPD20010285 2001-12-07
IT2001PD000285A ITPD20010285A1 (it) 2001-12-07 2001-12-07 Contenitore flessibile ad apertura agevolata e richiudibile

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DK (1) DK1318082T3 (de)
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ATE370081T1 (de) 2007-09-15
DE60221774T2 (de) 2008-06-05
PT1318082E (pt) 2007-09-10
SI1318082T1 (sl) 2007-12-31
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ES2292679T3 (es) 2008-03-16
ITPD20010285A1 (it) 2003-06-09

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