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US4915289A
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Easily openable sealed container
Assignee: Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd
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Filing: 1988-05-20
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Granted: 1990-04-10
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Expires: 2008-05-20
Abstract
Abstract A container composed of a plurality of container materials the opposing parts of which are sealed by heat sealing, wherein at least an opening start part of the sealed portion is of a laminated structure consisting of the plurality of container materials and an intermediate material inserted therebetween. The intermediate material and one of the container materials are tightly sealed, and the intermediate material and another of the container materials are sealed easily peelably. The inside end edge of the easily peelable seal portion is positioned more toward the center of the container than the inside end edge of the tight seal portion. At an opening start position, the outside end edge of the easily peelable seal portion is positioned more toward the center of the container than the outside end edge of the tight seal portion, and the intermediate material is provided so as to jut outwwardly of a heat sealing flat portion of a container flange. The strength of peeling of this sealed container from its central side is high enough to withstand retorting or the like, and opening of the container from outside can be effected by hand accurately and stably.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasushi Hatano
- 👤 Tamio Fujiwara
- 👤 Michio Watanabe
- 👤 Hideo Kurashima
- 👤 Kazuo Taira
- 👤 Kazuma Kuse
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 19:30
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D77/00; B65D77/10; B65D77/20; B65D77/2024; B65D77/2028; B65D77/2032; B65D2577/00; B65D2577/10; B65D2577/20; B65D2577/2041; B65D2577/205; B65D2577/2066
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A container composed of a plurality of container materials the opposing parts of which are sealed by heat sealing, wherein at least an opening start part of the sealed portion is of a laminated structure consisting of the plurality of container materials and an intermediate material inserted therebetween, the intermediate material and one of the container materials are tightly sealed, the intermediate material and another of the container materials are sealed easily peelably, the inside end edge of the easily peelable seal portion is positioned more toward the center of the container than the inside end edge of the tight seal portion, and at an opening start position, the outside end edge of the easily peelable seal portion is positioned more toward the center of the container than the outside end edge of the tight seal portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A container composed of a plurality of container materials the opposing parts of which are sealed by heat sealing, wherein at least an opening start part of the sealed portion is of a laminated structure consisting of the plurality of container materials and an intermediate material inserted therebetween, the intermediate material and one of the container materials are tightly sealed, the intermediate material and another of the container materials are sealed easily peelably, the inside end edge of the easily peelable seal portion is positioned more toward the center of the container than the inside end edge of the tight seal portion, and at an opening start position, the outside end edge of the easily peelable seal portion is positioned more toward the center of the container than the outside end edge of the tight seal portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The sealed container of claim 1 in which one of the container materials is a cup-shaped container provided with a heat sealing flange, and the other is a closure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sealed container of claim 1 in which the plurality of container materials are two pieces of a pouch-constituting material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
129 words
An easily openable sealed container composed of a cup-shaped container body having a heat sealing flange and a closure which are sealed by heat sealing, wherein at least an opening start part of the sealed portion has an intermediate material inserted so as to jut outwardly of a heat sealing flat portion of the flange, the intermediate material and the flange are sealed easily peelably, the intermediate material and the closure are tightly sealed. the inside end edge of the easily peelable seal portion is positioned more inwardly of the container than the inside end edge of the tight seal portion, and at an opening start position, the outside end edge of the tight seal portion is positioned more outwardly than the heat sealing flat portion of the flange.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
129 words
An easily openable sealed container composed of a cup-shaped container body having a heat sealing flange and a closure which are sealed by heat sealing, wherein at least an opening start part of the sealed portion has an intermediate material inserted so as to jut outwardly of a heat sealing flat portion of the flange, the intermediate material and the flange are sealed easily peelably, the intermediate material and the closure are tightly sealed. the inside end edge of the easily peelable seal portion is positioned more inwardly of the container than the inside end edge of the tight seal portion, and at an opening start position, the outside end edge of the tight seal portion is positioned more outwardly than the heat sealing flat portion of the flange.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The sealed container of claim 4 in which the intermediate material is provided such that at least at the opening start part of the sealed portion it juts outwardly of the peripheral end portion of the flange.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
The sealed container of claim 4 in which the flange of the cup-shaped container has a heat sealing flat portion and a peripherally extending portion provided outwardly and downwardly of the flat portion via a step, and no heat sealing is effected between the intermediate material and the peripherally extending portion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
The sealed container of claim 4 in which the intermediate material is provided so as to jut also inwardly of the heat sealing flat portion of the flange, and this jutting portion of the intermediate material is heat sealed to the container body.
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