Composite band for lids for thermoplastic containers

• US 4,735,335 A
• Filed: 05/06/1987
• Issued: 04/05/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Societe Anonyme Etude et Realisation de Chaines Automatiques -Frca-Zone Industrielle de Courtaboeuf
• Original Assignee: Etude et Realization de Chaines Automatiques ERCA
• Inventors: Torterotot, Roland
• Primary Examiner(s): Hall, George T.
• Application Number:
  US07/047,402
• Time in Patent Office: 335 Days
• Field of Search: 220/260, 220/270, 220/276, 220/359, 229/43 R, 156/244.11, 156/244.18, 428/195, 215/347, 215/348, 215/349
• US Class Current: 220/270
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 15/08 of synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2577/2066 Means on, or attached to, container flange facilitating opening, e.g. non-bonding region, cut-out
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2577/2091 in cover
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/206 so as to uncover one or more preformed openings made through some layers of the cover
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/2096 Adhesive means

Abstract

The invention relates to a band with lids for flat-edged thermoplastic containers comprising a first band in aluminum and a second thermoplastic band adhering via a thermo-adhesive film in such a way as to make the first removable by peeling; the second band comprises a slit.

According to the present invention, the faces defining the slit are perpendicular to the second band and at a very small distance one from the other, the thermo-adhesive film has areas with two different adhesive powers, the area with the higher adhering power being located within the zone defined by the slit whereas the other area is located outside said zone, and a sealing or tightening film covers the whole underface of the second band.

Claims

1. Composite band with lids for thermoplastic containers having a flat and preferably horizontal upper edge or rim, said composite band being of the type comprising downward from the top:

a first thin band in aluminum or equivalent material, a thermo-adhesive film bonded to the lower face of the first band, and a second band in thermoplastic material adhering to the first band via said thermo-adhesive film and adapted to be separated therefrom by peeling off, said second band having, in each part corresponding to the position of each lid to be subsequently cut out, at least one slit of curved configuration defining a passage and the ends of which are either located closely together or coincide, wherein

the slit is defined on both sides by faces which are very close together and perpendicular to the lower face of the second band,

the first band is bonded to the second band via two thermo-adhesive films with different adhesive powers, the film with high adhesive power being provided inside the area defined by the slit, and the film with low adhesive power being provided outside that area, and

a thermoplastic tightening or sealing film adheres strongly to the entire lower face of the second band, inside as well as outside the area defined by said slit.

2. Composite band as claimed in claim 1, wherein a third band adheres in removable manner to the lower face of the tightening or sealing film.

3. Composite band as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lower face of the first band is provided with a tiny adhesive free area which corresponds to a gripping corner of the container edge.

4. Composite band as claimed in claim 1, wherein said band comprises, outside the slit in a marginal zone of the lid, a strong and non-removable bond between the first and second bands.

5. Composite band as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outline of the slit coincides at least partly with that of the container opening.

6. Composite band as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two ends of the slit leave therebetween a folding zone which is substantially rectilinear and is situated in such a place that at least one-half the opening of the container can be uncovered when the first band is peeled off.

7. Composite band as claimed in claim 6, wherein the folding zone is parallel to one of the sides of the edge of the container.