Blown bag-in-box composite container and method and apparatus for making the same
US4696840A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 1985 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/1352
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An improved bag-in-box (BIB) composite container wherein the container's inner bag is blow-molded inside the container's outer box. In one embodiment of the present invention, the body portion a heated and softened preform preferably made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is placed within a carton through an aperture in the carton's top end panel, followed to injecting expansion means such as a pressurized gas into the preform to expand it into a bag within the outer box. In another particularly preferred embodiment, a parison is extruded into an outer carton through an aperture in the carton's top end panel, followed by injecting expansion means such as a pressurized gas into the parison to expand it into a bag within the outer box. Also disclosed and described are means to enable a consumer to readily grasp the BIB container and to view the product contained therein, as well as apparatus that are useful in making BIB composite containers of the present invention.
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