Carton equipped with liquid pouring-out device

• US 4,948,015 A
• Filed: 09/21/1988
• Issued: 08/14/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited
• Inventors: Kato, Takahisa, Uematsu, Hiroshi, Kawajiri, Ryoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver, Kevin P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Reiss, Steven
• Application Number:
  US07/247,371
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 222/94, 222/106, 222/107, 222/541, 222/81-83.5
• US Class Current: 222/107
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/08 using ultrasonic vibrations non-plastics element to plastics elements B29C65/645
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/112 Single lapped joints
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/131 Single flanged joints, i.e. one of the parts to be joined being rigid and flanged in the joint area
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/53247 said spouts comprising flanges
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/0015 of the 41-type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/0056 of the 47-type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/0093 Membrane
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/103 Membranes with a tearing element
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/749 a major part of the container wall or membrane being removed from the container after the opening
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/20 Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing B65D51/185 takes precedence; co-operating with an auxiliary container for additional articles or materials B65D51/28

Abstract

A carton container to be filled with liquids such as beverages, comprises a wall structure of liquid impermeable property, a liquid pouring-out device fixed to a mounting aperture of the wall structure through which device the liquid is poured out, a gas barrier layer provided in said wall structure to prevent gas within the container from passing through the wall structure to the outside, and a gas barrier film provided across the liquid pouring-out device to prevent gas within the container from escaping through the pouring-out device, the gas barrier layer and the gas barrier film being overlapped or continuous when seen in outside-to-inside direction with respect to the wall structure, whereby gas within the container does not escape to the outside even after elapse of a prolonged period of time.

Claims

1. A carton to be filled with a liquid, comprising:

a liquid-impermeable carton container having a wall structure in which a mounting aperture is provided, said carton container having a gas barrier layer; and

a liquid pouring device fixed to said wall structure at a position of said mounting aperture, said pouring device having a cylindrical spout, a partition wall formed integrally across the bottom of the spout and an annular flange formed integrally with the spout around said partition wall, said partition wall and said annular flange extending in substantially the same plane, the spout being fitted in said mounting aperture with said annular flange firmly attached to the inner surface of said wall structure, said pouring device having therein breaking means for breaking said partition wall, said partition wall and said annular flange having a common planar inner surface and form a shallow circular recess in which a gas barrier film is fitted and bonded;

wherein the gas barrier layer of said carton container and the gas barrier film are overlapped in a peripheral area of said mounting aperture when viewed in an outside-to-inside direction with respect to said wall structure.

2. The carton of claim 1, wherein the spout has a cap applied removably thereto.

3. The carton of claim 2, wherein said cap is applied to the spout by screw engagement.

4. The carton of claim 2, wherein said cap is applied to the spout by pressure-fitting.

5. The carton of claim 2, wherein said cap has thin depending strips integrally formed therewith which project beyond a lower peripheral edge of said cap and are spaced apart circumferentially of said cap, said strips being bent and resting on an upper surface of said annular flange, opposite to said inner surface, in such a manner that parts of said strips which rest on said annular flange are secured and bonded between the inner surface of said wall structure and an upper surface of said annular flange.

6. The carton of claim 1, wherein the gas barrier layer of said carton container is included in said wall structure in a laminated form.