Leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box of corrugated board and method for fabricating it

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11319106-B2
Application number	US-201816640457-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2018
Priority date	Aug 24, 2017
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box of corrugated board, which box is erected mechanically using glueing as an aid. What is essential in the invention is that the corner surfaces of the structurally strong, torsionally rigid, leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box stackable one on top of another are folded and glued to the outer surface of the vertical surface of the short side. In addition, it comprises an inward-formed cone structure of the vertical surface of the long side of the box, and a rigid and load-resistant beam structure is formed on all sides of the packaging box.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A one-piece blank, of corrugated board, for a leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box, the blank comprising a base surface, an inner vertical surface of a long side of the box, an inner vertical surface of a short side of the box, a corner surface of a corner structure of the short side, a corner surface of the long side and a folding line between them in such a way that the surfaces form a liquid-tight and leakproof corner structure mechanically erected using glueing as an aid, wherein for achieving a torsionally rigid and strong structure the blank for a packaging box also comprises:
a folding line between the vertical surface of the short side and the corner surface of the liquid-tight and leakproof box, which folding line slants in towards to the vertical surface with respect to the folding line as viewed from the base surface,
an outer vertical surface of the short side and glueing flaps on both sides of it,
folding lines of the short side and a double-foldable beam structure between them as well as folding lines of the long side and a double-foldable beam structure between them,
wherein the blank comprises stacking claws and counter-apertures for them, into which apertures the stacking claws lock in such a way that the stacking claws are formed in the beam structure, so that they are cut from one long side and from both short sides, counter-apertures are formed in the lower vertical surface of the long side and in the glueing flap, in such a way that cavities corresponding to the stacking claws are cut in them.

2. A one-piece blank according to claim 1 for a leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box, wherein an inner folding line of the end of the short side that is closer to the base surface is longer in length than an outer folding line of the end, in which case a slanted folding line is formed between the end point of the inner folding line and the end point of the outer folding line.

3. A one-piece blank according to claim 2 for a leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box, wherein the angle A between the inner folding line and the slanted folding line is less than 90°, most preferably in the range 89° 85° and the angle B between the long side and the corner surface of the long side is 90°.

4. A one-piece blank according to claim 1 for a leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box, wherein the blank comprises the outer vertical surface, of the long sides, the vertical surface forms the top part of the long side, and the vertical surface the bottom part of the vertical surface, and between them is the folding line.

5. A one-piece blank according to claim 1 for a leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box, wherein the blank comprises handle apertures, with flaps, formed in the surface of the short sides.

6. A one-piece blank according to claim 1 for a leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box, wherein the blank comprises the stacking claws and the counter-apertures for them, into which the apertures the stacking claws lock in such a way that the stacking claws are formed in the beam structure, so that they are cut from the one long side and from both of the short sides, and also from another long side of the folding line.

7. A leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box of corrugated board comprising:
a corner surface folded along a folding line, which surface is folded and glued to an outer surface of an inner vertical surface of a short side of the box,
an inward-formed cone structure of an inner vertical surface of a long side of the box,
glued flaps at both ends of the outer vertical surface, which are folded and glued against the inner vertical surfaces of the long sides,
folding lines of the short side and a double-foldable beam structure between them, and also folding lines of the long side and a double-foldable beam structure between them in such a way that a rigid, load-resistant beam structure is formed on all sides of the packaging box, wherein stacking claws, and counter-apertures for them, are formed in the beam structure in the lower vertical surface of the long side and in the glueing flap in such a way that cavities corresponding to the stacking claws are cut in them.

8. A torsionally rigid, leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box according to claim 7 , wherein by means of the slanted folding line the top part of the vertical surface of the side is slanted towards the inside part of the packaging box in such a way that the vertical surfaces together with the corner surfaces and the glueing flaps are inward cones.

9. A torsionally rigid, leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box according to claim 7 , wherein the beam structure formed by means of the folding lines of the double fold folding to the outside is at an angle of 90 degrees to the vertical surfaces of the long sides.

10. A torsionally rigid, leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box according to claim 7 , wherein handle apertures, with flaps, are formed in the surface of the short sides.

Assignees

• Stora Enso Oyj

Inventors

• Tuhkunen Mika

Classifications

• Y02W30/80

  Packaging reuse or recycling, e.g. of multilayer packaging (bio-packaging Y02W90/10) · CPC title

• B65D5/22 Primary

  held erect by extensions of one or more sides being doubled-over to enclose extensions of adjacent sides · CPC title

• B65D5/4608

  Handgrip holes · CPC title

• B65D5/2057 Primary

  Inter-engaging self-locking flaps (B65D5/4254 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D5/001

  stackable · CPC title