Liquid container

• US 5,201,462 A
• Filed: 03/18/1992
• Issued: 04/13/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TOPPAN Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TOPPAN Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fujima, Masatoshi, Togi, Toshihide, Hirahara, Rie, Ito, Takashi, Igarashi, Makoto, Sada, Jun, Take, Yoshiaki, Yamazaki, Nobumasa, Uematsu, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoap, Allan N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): McDonald, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US07/853,054
• Time in Patent Office: 391 Days
• Field of Search: 229/125.15, 229/DIG. 4, 229/134, 220/460, 220/461, 220/462, 220/463, 220/403, 220/404, 220/465, 222/23, 222/105, 222/92, 222/183
• US Class Current: 229/125.15
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/746 Spouts formed separately from the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/065 Spouts, pouring necks or discharging tubes fixed to or integral with the flexible container

Abstract

A liquid container having a carton and an inner bag within the carton, the carton having foldable portions, wherein a metering unit of a cap attached to a spout does not interfere with the foldable portion to thereby permit a liquid in the container to be metered. The carton has an upper side tilted plate from which the spout protrudes outward. Each foldable portion is provided between the tilted plate and each of a front plate and a rear plate which cooperates with a pair of side plates to constitute a barrel of the carton. Each foldable portion has a cutout therein to avoid interference with the metering unit.

Claims

1. A liquid container comprising:

a carton including a front plate, a rear plate, a pair of side plates each connecting adjacent side edges of said front and rear plates, and an upper side tilted plate having an aperture therein;

an inner bag disposed in said carton;

a spout protruding outward from said upper side tilted plate through said aperture;

a pair of foldable portions each disposed between said upper side tilted plate and each of said front and rear plates, each foldable portion having a cutout aligned with said aperture.

2. A liquid container according to claim 1, wherein each said foldable portion has a folding line extending through its cutout.

3. A liquid container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said upper side tilted plate curves outwardly from said carton.

4. A liquid container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said foldable portion comprises a pair of flaps divided by said cutout, one flap being continuous to said upper side tilted plate and the other flap being continuous to each of said front and rear plates.

5. A liquid container according to claim 1 or 2, comprising distributed small bonding regions for said carton and inner bag.

6. A liquid container according to any one of claims 1 or 2, further including:

at least one top flap forming a portion of the top of said carton and at least one bottom flap forming a portion of the bottom of said carton, and each having three line segment marks indicative of an upper limit, a middle position and a lower limit of an allowable range of the upper and lower positions of an inner bag forming tube bonded to said carton, said carton being made of a blank and taking the form of a sleeve formed by bonding.

7. A liquid container comprising a sleeve-like carton which includes a blank an inner bag tube attached to the blank at least one top flap forming a portion of the top of said carton and at least one bottom flap forming a portion of the bottom of said carton, each having three line segment marks indicative of an upper limit, a middle position and a lower limit of an allowable range of the upper and lower positions of an inner bag forming tube bonded to said carton, said carton being made of a blank and taking the form of a sleeve forming by bonding.