Powder-Tight Packaging

Abstract

A powder-tight packaging for a material, in particular for a powdered material, preferably a washing or cleaning powder, which packaging is constituted from at least one foldable cut piece that encompasses in continuous fashion, delimited by fold lines, at least one rear face ( 10 ), one front face ( 2 ), and two lateral faces ( 3 ) of the packaging, which cut piece is closed into a tubular shape in order to construct the packaging, and encompasses at least one top flap ( 5, 6, 7 ) and at least one bottom flap ( 13, 14, 15 ) for closing the bottom ( 12 ) and the top ( 1 ) and for constituting the bottom surface and top surface of the packaging, which are respectively adjacent, via fold lines, to lower and upper peripheries of the front face, the rear face, and/or the lateral faces, comprises a respectively octagonally embodied bottom surface ( 12 ) and top surface ( 1 ), the foldable cut piece encompassing additional side regions ( 4 ) which are arranged in such a way that in the closed tubular shape, one of the additional side regions ( 4 ) extends respectively between the rear face ( 10 ) and each lateral face ( 3 ) and between the front face ( 2 ) and each lateral face ( 3 ), the two lower corners of the additional side region participating respectively in the constitution of two of the corners of the bottom surface ( 12 ), and its two upper corners participating respectively in the constitution of two of the corners of the top surface ( 1 ).

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         31 . A powder-tight packaging for a material, in particular for a powdered material, preferably a washing or cleaning powder,
 which packaging is constituted from at least one foldable cut piece that encompasses in continuous fashion, delimited by fold lines, at least one rear face ( 10 ), one front face ( 2 ), and two lateral faces ( 3 ) of the packaging, which cut piece is closed into a tubular shape in order to construct the packaging, and encompasses at least one top flap ( 5 ,  6 ,  7 ) and at least one bottom flap ( 13 ,  14 ,  15 ) for closing the bottom ( 12 ) and the top ( 1 ) and for constituting the bottom surface and top surface of the packaging, which are respectively adjacent, via fold lines, to lower and upper peripheries of the front face, the rear face, and/or the lateral faces, the bottom surface ( 12 ) and the top surface ( 1 ) of the packaging being each embodied octagonally, and the foldable cut piece encompassing additional side regions ( 4 ) which are arranged in such a way that in the closed tubular shape, one of the additional side regions ( 4 ) extends respectively between the rear face ( 10 ) and each lateral face ( 3 ) and between the front face ( 2 ) and each lateral face ( 3 ), the two lower corners of the additional side region participating respectively in the constitution of two of the corners of the bottom surface ( 12 ), and its two upper corners participating respectively in the constitution of two of the corners of the top surface ( 1 ),   wherein the packaging comprises an internal frame ( 20 ) that is substantially adapted to the tubular shape, the internal frame ( 20 ) being adhesively bonded to the tubular shape and either being a constituent of the foldable cut piece or being formed from a separate foldable cut piece.   
     
     
         32 . The packaging according to  claim 31 , wherein the internal frame ( 20 ) protrudes beyond the course of the tear strip ( 8 ) toward the top, and remains undamaged by the tear strip. 
     
     
         33 . The packaging according to  claim 31 , wherein the additional side regions ( 4 ) are narrowed, as compared with the width of the lateral faces ( 3 ), into bevel surfaces. 
     
     
         34 . The packaging according to  claim 31 , wherein in the closed tubular shape, the additional side regions ( 4 ) are approximately at angles of 135° to the lateral faces ( 3 ) adjacent to them, and to the rear face ( 10 ) or front face ( 2 ). 
     
     
         35 . The packaging according to  claim 31 , wherein dust flaps ( 18 ), which in the foldable cut piece extend between each two top flaps ( 5 ,  6 ,  7 ) and/or two bottom flaps ( 13 ,  14 ,  15 ), are attached to the additional side regions ( 4 ) via fold lines in the direction toward the top ( 1 ) and/or bottom ( 12 ). 
     
     
         36 . The packaging according to  claim 35 , wherein the dust flaps ( 18 ) and the top ( 5 ,  6 ,  7 ) flaps and/or bottom flaps ( 13 ,  14 ,  15 ) are substantially uninterruptedly next to one another in the flat foldable cut piece. 
     
     
         37 . The packaging according to  claim 36 , wherein the dust flaps ( 18 ) prolong the additional side regions ( 4 ), substantially in their linear extension, in straight-line fashion. 
     
     
         38 . The packaging according to  claim 37 , wherein the dust flaps ( 18 ) prolong the additional side regions ( 4 ) in obliquely extending fashion. 
     
     
         39 . The packaging according to  claim 37 , wherein the top flaps ( 7 ) and/or the bottom flaps ( 15 ) of the lateral faces ( 3 ) are substantially approximately T-shaped in terms of the area requirement of the dust flaps ( 18 ). 
     
     
         40 . The packaging according to one of  claim 37 , wherein the top flaps ( 5 ,  6 ) and/or bottom flaps ( 13 ,  14 ) of the rear face ( 10 ) and/or of the front face ( 2 ) are made wider in serif fashion in terms of the area requirement of the dust flaps ( 18 ), in their boundary region with respect to the rear and/or front face, than in a region that is made narrower in tongue-like fashion toward their free end. 
     
     
         41 . The packaging according to  claim 31 , wherein the foldable cut piece is adhesively bonded in a seam region in order to constitute the tubular shape. 
     
     
         42 . The packaging according to  claim 41 , wherein an adhesive flap ( 19 ) is provided for adhesive bonding and constitution of the seam region. 
     
     
         43 . The packaging according to  claim 42 , wherein the adhesive flap ( 19 ) is arranged, via a fold line, on a periphery of the front ( 2 ) or rear face ( 10 ) that has no additional side region. 
     
     
         44 . The packaging according to  claim 31 , wherein a tear strip ( 8 ) is incorporated into the foldable cut piece and extends substantially parallel to the top ( 1 ). 
     
     
         45 . The packaging according to  claim 44 , wherein the tear strip ( 8 ) is delimited by material weakening lines. 
     
     
         46 . The packaging according to  claim 44 , wherein a grip tab ( 11 ) is arranged at one end of the tear strip ( 8 ). 
     
     
         47 . The packaging according to  claim 46 , wherein the grip tab ( 11 ) is approximately thumbnail-sized. 
     
     
         48 . The packaging according to one of  claims 44 , wherein a flap hinge region ( 21 ), in which the top ( 1 ) remains connected to the rear face ( 10 ), is unoccupied by the tear strip ( 8 ). 
     
     
         49 . The packaging according to  claim 48 , wherein a snap/detent connection is provided for reclosure of the top ( 1 ). 
     
     
         50 . The packaging according to  claim 49 , wherein the snap/detent connection is arranged in the region of the side of the top ( 1 ) facing away from the flap hinge ( 21 ). 
     
     
         51 . The packaging according to  claim 31 , comprising a carrying handle ( 16 ) (at the top). 
     
     
         52 . The packaging according to  claim 31 , wherein it is produced substantially from cardboard and/or paperboard. 
     
     
         53 . The packaging according to  claim 52 , wherein at least a part of the packaging is produced from corrugated board. 
     
     
         54 . The packaging according to  claim 53 , wherein the internal frame ( 20 ) is produced from corrugated board. 
     
     
         55 . The packaging according to  claim 53 , wherein the wave crests of the corrugated board extend vertically when the packaging is upright. 
     
     
         56 . A powder-tight packaging for a material, in particular for a powdered material, preferably a washing or cleaning powder, comprising:
 at least one foldable cut piece that encompasses in continuous fashion, delimited by fold lines, at least one rear face ( 10 ), one front face ( 2 ), and two lateral faces ( 3 ) of the packaging, which cut piece is closed into a tubular shape in order to construct the packaging, and encompasses at least one top flap ( 5 ,  6 ,  7 ) and at least one bottom flap ( 13 ,  14 ,  15 ) for closing the bottom ( 12 ) and the top ( 1 ) and for constituting the bottom surface and top surface of the packaging, which are respectively adjacent, via fold lines, to lower and upper peripheries of the front face, the rear face, and/or the lateral faces, the bottom surface ( 12 ) and the top surface ( 1 ) of the packaging being each embodied octagonally, and the foldable cut piece encompassing additional side regions ( 4 ) which are arranged in such a way that in the closed tubular shape, one of the additional side regions ( 4 ) extends respectively between the rear face ( 10 ) and each lateral face ( 3 ) and between the front face ( 2 ) and each lateral face ( 3 ), the two lower corners of the additional side region participating respectively in the constitution of two of the corners of the bottom surface ( 12 ), and its two upper corners participating respectively in the constitution of two of the corners of the top surface ( 1 ); and   an internal frame ( 20 ) that is substantially adapted to the tubular shape, the internal frame ( 20 ) being adhesively bonded to the tubular shape and either being a constituent of the foldable cut piece or being formed from a separate foldable cut piece.   
     
     
         57 . A foldable cut piece for forming a powder-tight package, comprising:
 in continuous fashion, delimited by fold lines, at least one rear face ( 10 ), one front face ( 2 ), and two lateral faces ( 3 ) of the package, which cut piece is closed into a tubular shape in order to construct the package, and encompasses at least one top flap ( 5 ,  6 ,  7 ) and at least one bottom flap ( 13 ,  14 ,  15 ) for closing the bottom ( 12 ) and the top ( 1 ) and for constituting the bottom surface and top surface of the package, which are respectively adjacent, via fold lines, to lower and upper peripheries of the front face, the rear face, and/or the lateral faces, the bottom surface ( 12 ) and the top surface ( 1 ) of the package being each embodied octagonally, and the foldable cut piece encompassing additional side regions ( 4 ) which are arranged in such a way that in the closed tubular shape, one of the additional side regions ( 4 ) extends respectively between the rear face ( 10 ) and each lateral face ( 3 ) and between the front face ( 2 ) and each lateral face ( 3 ), the two lower corners of the additional side region participating respectively in the constitution of two of the corners of the bottom surface ( 12 ), and its two upper corners participating respectively in the constitution of two of the corners of the top surface ( 1 ).