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US4343402A
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Parallelepipedic packing container provided with an opening arrangement
Assignee: Tetra Pak AB
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Filing: 1979-12-21
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Granted: 1982-08-10
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Expires: 1999-12-21
Abstract
Abstract A parallelepipedic packing container of the type which is provided with a sealing fin which extends over the upper end wall of the packing container as well as over triangular, double-walled lugs adjoining this end wall. The sealing fin comprises a narrow sealing zone on the outer edge of the fin and a tearing perforation on the base line of the fin, the tearing perforation extending from the tip of one triangular lug to a point on the end wall of the packing container. The sealing fin is unsealed in the area between the narrow sealing zone and the tearing perforation, and moreover a corresponding sealing fin arranged at the base of the packing container is appreciably narrower than the sealing fin wherein the tearing perforation is arranged.
Inventors
- 👤 Sven N. H. Holmstrom
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 18:48
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/02; B65D5/06; B65D5/064; B65D5/065; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S493/00; Y10S493/916; Y10S493/93; Y10S493/934
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
A packing container comprising: a top end wall and a bottom end wall and side walls; first and second triangular lugs extending from opposite sides of the top end wall and overlapping the adjacent side walls; a first sealing fin extending along the top end wall from the tip of the first lug to the tip of the second lug, said first sealing fin being double-walled and having a base edge adjoining said top end wall and a free edge spaced from said base edge, said first sealing fin having a sealing zone; and said first sealing fin also having a perforation along said base edge, said perforation extending from the tip of one lug to a central portion of the top end wall, said first sealing fin being folded down against the top end wall after being sealed along said sealing zone, said perforation being spaced from said sealing zone, said sealing zone being located closer to said free edge of said first sealing fin than to said perforation, and opposing interior faces of said double-walled fin being unsealed along said perforation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
A packing container comprising: a top end wall and a bottom end wall and side walls; first and second triangular lugs extending from opposite sides of the top end wall and overlapping the adjacent side walls; a first sealing fin extending along the top end wall from the tip of the first lug to the tip of the second lug, said first sealing fin being double-walled and having a base edge adjoining said top end wall and a free edge spaced from said base edge, said first sealing fin having a sealing zone; and said first sealing fin also having a perforation along said base edge, said perforation extending from the tip of one lug to a central portion of the top end wall, said first sealing fin being folded down against the top end wall after being sealed along said sealing zone, said perforation being spaced from said sealing zone, said sealing zone being located closer to said free edge of said first sealing fin than to said perforation, and opposing interior faces of said double-walled fin being unsealed along said perforation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
The packing container of claim 1 wherein the packing container is formed from a packing material having at least one outer layer and at least one inner plastic layer and wherein the perforation comprises perforation lines extending along a common axis said perforation lines penetrating through the at least one outer layer of the packing material on opposite sides of the first sealing fin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The packing container of claim 2 wherein facing inner thermoplastic layers of the packing material are fused along the sealing zone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The packing container of claim 1 wherein the first sealing fin is greater than three times as wide as the zone sealing zone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The packing container of claim 1 wherein the perforation extends along the top end wall for a length at least as great as the length of the perforation along the said one lug.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
152 words
In a packing container having a top end wall, a bottom end wall and side walls, first and second triangular lugs extending from opposite sides of said top end wall and overlapping adjacent side walls and a sealing fin extending along said top end wall from a tip of said first lug to a tip of said second lug, the improvement comprising: a sealing zone adjacent a free edge of said sealing fin, a perforation extending along a base edge of said sealing fin from the tip of one lug to near an intersection point of two crease lines located on said top wall, and an unsealed area in said sealing fin extending between said perforation and said sealing zone, and wherein said sealing fin is of substantial width in relation to the width of said sealing zone so that said unsealed area is at least as wide as said sealing zone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
152 words
In a packing container having a top end wall, a bottom end wall and side walls, first and second triangular lugs extending from opposite sides of said top end wall and overlapping adjacent side walls and a sealing fin extending along said top end wall from a tip of said first lug to a tip of said second lug, the improvement comprising: a sealing zone adjacent a free edge of said sealing fin, a perforation extending along a base edge of said sealing fin from the tip of one lug to near an intersection point of two crease lines located on said top wall, and an unsealed area in said sealing fin extending between said perforation and said sealing zone, and wherein said sealing fin is of substantial width in relation to the width of said sealing zone so that said unsealed area is at least as wide as said sealing zone.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The packing container of claims 1 or 6 wherein said perforation extends in a substantially straight line parallel to said base edge.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
114 words
The packing container of claims 1 or 6 wherein said sealing fin is arranged to be gripped, near said tip of one lug from which said perforation extends, for pulling up thereon to tear said sealing fin along said perforation thereby defining a first wall panel joined to a side face of the packing container and a pair of second wall panels each joined to said first wall panel as well as to said top end wall of the packing container such that said pair of second wall panels may be spaced from each other along said crease lines in said top end wall to form a rhomboid-shaped pouring spout in the packing container.
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