Method for producing a packaging material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11772841-B2
Application number	US-201917260085-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2019
Priority date	Jul 16, 2018
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

A packaging material is provided, comprising a core material layer and at least one polymer layer being laminated thereto. The core material layer is provided with at least one area being configured to assist in folding the packaging material into a bottom end corner of a package to be formed, wherein the packaging material comprises a first set of crease lines being designed to form a bottom end of the package, and a second set of crease lines being designed to form a main body of the package. The at least one area comprises an intersection of a plurality of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section, while a plurality of crease lines of the first set of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section and having a virtual extension through the intersection, are terminated such that they end at a distance from the intersection.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A packaging material, comprising:
a core material layer,
at least one polymer layer laminated to the core material layer,
wherein the core material layer is provided with at least one area being configured to assist in folding the packaging material into a bottom end corner of a package to be formed,
a first set of crease lines configured to form a bottom end of the package and a first portion of an intersection between the bottom end of the package and a main body of the package, and a second set of crease lines configured to form the main body of the package and a second portion of the intersection between the bottom end of the package and the main body of the package,
said at least one area comprising an intersection of a first plurality of crease lines of the second set of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section, while a second plurality of crease lines of the first set of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section and having a virtual extension through said intersection, terminate such that they end at a distance from said intersection and constitute terminated crease lines,
wherein the terminated crease lines of the at least one area comprises one transversal crease line, one longitudinal crease line, and one diagonal crease line.

2. The packaging material according to claim 1 , wherein a virtual extension of one of the terminated crease lines of the first set of crease lines substantially coincides with one intersecting crease line of the second set of crease lines.

3. The packaging material according to claim 1 , wherein the intersecting crease lines are perpendicular to each other.

4. The packaging material according to claim 1 , wherein the distance is from 1 to 10 mm.

5. The packaging material according to claim 1 , comprising two areas configured to form two rear bottom corners of the package, wherein each of the two areas comprises an intersection of a first plurality of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section, while a second plurality of crease lines of the first set of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section and having a virtual extension through said intersection, terminate such that they end at a distance from said intersection.

6. The packaging material according to claim 5 , wherein the two areas are configured to form bottom corners arranged on opposite sides of a longitudinal sealing area.

7. The packaging material according to claim 1 , comprising four areas configured to form four bottom corners of the package, wherein each area comprises an intersection of a first plurality of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section, while a second plurality of crease lines of the first set of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section and having a virtual extension through said intersection, terminate such that they end at a distance from said intersection.

8. The packaging material according to claim 1 , wherein the cross-section of the triangular crease lines is asymmetric.

9. A package produced by sealing and forming a packaging material according to claim 1 .

10. A packaging material, comprising:
a core material layer,
at least one polymer layer laminated to the core material layer,
wherein the core material layer is provided with at least one area being configured to assist in folding the packaging material into a bottom end corner of a package to be formed,
a first set of crease lines configured to form a bottom end of the package and a first portion of an intersection between the bottom end of the package and a main body of the package, and a second set of crease lines configured to form the main body of the package and a second portion of the intersection between the bottom end of the package and the main body of the package,
said at least one area comprising, prior to folding of the packaging material, an intersection of a first plurality of crease lines of the second set of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section, while a second plurality of crease lines of the first set of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section and having a virtual extension through said intersection, terminate such that they end at a distance from said intersection and constitute terminated crease lines.

11. The packaging material according to claim 10 , wherein a virtual extension of one of the terminated crease lines of the first set of crease lines substantially coincides with one intersecting crease line of the second set of crease lines.

12. The packaging material according to claim 10 , wherein the terminated crease lines of the at least one area comprises one transversal crease line, one longitudinal crease line, and one diagonal crease line.

13. The packaging material according to claim 10 , wherein the intersecting crease lines are perpendicular to each other.

14. The packaging material according to claim 10 , wherein the distance is from 1 to 10 mm.

15. The packaging material according to claim 10 , comprising two areas configured to form two rear bottom corners of the package, wherein each of the two areas comprises an intersection of a first plurality of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section, while a second plurality of crease lines of the first set of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section and having a virtual extension through said intersection, terminate such that they end at a distance from said intersection.

16. The packaging material according to claim 15 , wherein the two areas are configured to form bottom corners arranged on opposite sides of a longitudinal sealing area.

17. The packaging material according to claim 10 , comprising four areas configured to form four bottom corners of the package, wherein each area comprises an intersection of a first plurality of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section, while a second plurality of crease lines of the first set of crease lines, each having a triangular cross-section and having a virtual extension through said intersection, terminate such that they end at a distance from said intersection.

18. The packaging material according to claim 10 , wherein the cross-section of the triangular crease lines is asymmetric.

19. A package produced by sealing and forming a packaging material according to claim 10 .

Assignees

• Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance

Inventors

• Ronchetti Luca
• Giampieri Andrea
• Barbieri Marcello
• Morciano Davide

Classifications

• B65D5/4266 Primary

  Folding lines, score lines, crease lines · CPC title

• B65D5/061

  Rectangular containers having a body with gusset-flaps folded inwardly beneath the closure flaps · CPC title

• B65D5/064

  Rectangular containers having a body with gusset-flaps folded outwardly or adhered to the side or the top of the container · CPC title

• B65D5/563

  Laminated linings; Coatings · CPC title

• B65B9/10

  Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs · CPC title