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AU2003303761B2
AU2003303761B2 AU2003303761A AU2003303761A AU2003303761B2 AU 2003303761 B2 AU2003303761 B2 AU 2003303761B2 AU 2003303761 A AU2003303761 A AU 2003303761A AU 2003303761 A AU2003303761 A AU 2003303761A AU 2003303761 B2 AU2003303761 B2 AU 2003303761B2
AU2003303761A
AU2003303761A1 (en
Masamichi Kaneko
2003-01-24 Priority to JP2003-16360 priority Critical
2003-01-24 Priority to JP2003016360A priority patent/JP4442796B2/en
2003-11-27 Application filed by Tetra Laval Holdings and Finance SA filed Critical Tetra Laval Holdings and Finance SA
2003-11-27 Priority to PCT/JP2003/015129 priority patent/WO2004065234A1/en
2004-08-13 Publication of AU2003303761A1 publication Critical patent/AU2003303761A1/en
2009-09-03 Publication of AU2003303761B2 publication Critical patent/AU2003303761B2/en
239000005022 packaging material Substances 0 description 27
239000005001 laminate films Substances 0 description 6
235000020191 long-life milk Nutrition 0 description 1
B65D5/40—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper specially constructed to contain liquids
PCT/JP/2003/015129 DESCRIPTION PACKAGING CONTAINER, AND POURING PLUG FITTED THERETO TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a packaging container, having a surface tilted forward on the front side of the top part, having APLH (Area for pre-laminated hole, hereinafter referred to as "APLH") on the tilted surface and a pouring plug fitted onto the container having the tilted surface. BACKGROUND ART Many of fluid foods such as fruit juice, UHT (ultrahigh treatment) milk, wine, tomato sauce or the like are dispensed with packed in packaging containers for fluid foods, which are made of aseptic package materials. Typical examples of packaging containers for such fluid foods, are well-known parallelepiped (brick shape) paper containers and roof-shaped paper containers for liquid foods or fluid foods. These paper containers are formed by folding and sealing laminated packaging materials. This packaging material has a multilayer structure including a layer of fiber material, for example paper, coated on either side with heat-sealing plastic material such as polyethylene. Also, in the case of an aseptic paper container for long storage such as with UHT milk, the packaging material includes a layer of oxygen barrier material, for example defined by aluminum foil, which is superposed on the layer of heat-sealing plastic material, and additionally overlaid with a layer of other heat-sealing plastic material forming the inner surface of the packaging, contacting finally with the foods. 1 PCT/JP/2003/015129 The packaging container, in the above described form, for fluid foods generally comprises a pluggable opening device in order to pour the liquid content out. Such an opening device substantially includes a hole forming an opening in a container wall, a frame fitted to a perforation or a cutting-off portion, and a cap. An outstanding method fitting the opening device directly to a pre-laminated hole where the laminate film is attached to the perforation in the container wall and the packaging container fitted the opening device thereto are described in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-72008. The brick-shaped (parallelepiped) packaging container is formed into a final shape container 14 of brick shape illustrated for example in FIG. 8 by the following steps, i.e., in a filling machine illustrated for example in FIG.5, forming a roll of the web-shaped packaging material 1 with pleat lines, made of fibrous substrate (for example, paper etc.) / plastics laminate, adhering a sealing tape on one end in the longitudinal direction by a applicator 3, forming the material into a tube shape by a forming roll 6 and a longitudinal line sealing unit 8, filling the content in the packaging material formed in a tube shape through a filling pipe 7, transversely sealing the tube shaped packaging material in the transverse direction by a transverse sealing unit 10, 11, cutting the material at fixed spacing at an individual container, forming a primary shape container 13 with a cushion form or a pillow form, and folding flaps along the pleat lines by a final forming unit 15. As illustrated in FIG. 6, a packaging material 1 for one container of the web shaped container material with pleat lines comprises a longitudinal sealing region 26 for longitudinal sealing, a transverse sealing region 23 sealing the tube-shaped packaging 2 PCT/JP/2003/015129 material in the transverse direction, a side panel 21 forming a container wall, panels 20a, 22a forming the top part of the container, panels 20b, 22b forming the base part of the container, and panels forming a flap 24 adhered to the side wall or the base part by being folded wherein pleat lines such as 24a, 25a, 25c are formed at the boundary of these panels. FIG. 7 (a) (b) (c) illustrate appearances in which the primary shape container 13 is folded along pleat line, formed into the final shape container 14 of the brick shape as shown in FIG. 8, by folding the flap 24. (a) The primary shape container 13 having the front container wall 22, the side-wall 21, the rear container wall 20, the container wall 22a corresponding to the top part, the container wall 22b, 20b corresponding to the bottom part, the transverse sealing part 23 and the longitudinal sealing part 26 is formed. (b) Then, it is folded along pleat line and folding edges (flaps) 24, 25 and a fin 23 for transverse seal are protruded. (c) Finally, the fin 23 for transverse seal is folded, the flap 24 is adhered to the side container wall 21 along the pleat line 24a, the flap 25 is adhered to the bottom container wall along the pleat line 25c. In roof-shaped paper packaging containers, the paper packaging material is cut into a predetermined shape, blanks sealed in the container lengthwise direction are formed, after the bottom of the blanks is sealed in a filling machine, cows milk, juice, or other drinks are packed from a top opening, the upper part is sealed, and the product container is obtained. In such packaging materials, the appearance design of a packaging container product is printed on the surface. As for the roof-shaped paper packaging container, a paper container of which 3 PCT/JP/2003/1 5129 large-sized spout is fitted on a wide roof portion on one side thereof is proposed. (Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 1999-91792 and 1999-236027 etc.) However, when a shed roof shape of one roof is formed from the roof shape (gable shape) by folding the top seal fin, folding portions are further excessively folded inward, it causes an increase of a tensile or compression stress, thus remarkably reduces the strength characteristics of the paper container. To the contrary, in a paper container obtained from the web-shaped packaging material described above, a paper container which is not a brick shape, where a folding piece formed by shaping the top part is folded onto a side wall surface, and the top part is formed into a shed roof shape, is proposed. (International Patent Publication WO02/10020) This enables the paper container to maintain strength characteristics thereof by reducing the tensile or compressive stress and to fit a large-sized spout and a cap to the top part. There is a difficulty in fitting a large-sized spout to brick-shaped (parallelepiped) packaging containers. On the other hand, as for roof-shaped paper packaging containers, in the above described container having the tilted surface on the above described conventional top part, a large-sized spout can be fitted to the one side with a wide roof portion. However, when a shed roof shape of one roof is formed from the gable shape by folding the top seal fin, folding portions are further excessively folded inward, it causes an increase of a tensile or compression stress, thus remarkably reduces the strength characteristics of the 4 paper container. In paper containers of which top part is formed in a shed roof shape, a folding piece (flap) formed by shaping the top part is folded onto the side wall, the tip portion of the top part protrudes at a sharp edge, thus the portion is subject to 5 much of the mechanical stress through manufacturing process, distribution process, and consumption process. In addition, a conventional pouring plug provided in the above described container having the tilted surface on the top part has a structure in which a 10 bottom portion of a cap adhered to APLH (Area for pre-laminated hole) is pulled up while rotating to form an opening when the cap is opened along the thread from the pouring spout by twisting APLH off. There is, however, a disadvantage that a portion of the lower layer happens to remain on the container side, while only the upper layer adhered to the cap is torn off, if the adhesion between each 15 layer is not sufficient due to the multilayer structure of APLF of the laminate. Further, there may incur a disadvantage in that fibrous dross remains on the cutting (fractured) surface because a plurality of polyolefin layers consisting of APLH laminate elongates by APLH being twisted off. 20 Furthermore, air gaps are easily generated in the section of the hole forming an opening of the container wall and in the section of the perforation. Therefore, there is a necessity to reduce a risk that the liquid content penetrates into the section of the container wall when cutting APLH laminate of the proximity 25 to the air gaps. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION It would be advantageous for an embodiment of the present invention to 30 provide a packaging container capable of reducing a tensile or compressive stress caused by folding portions to be folded in the paper container to maintain strength characteristics thereof, and fitting a large-sized spout thereto with a wide roof portion on one side of the container. 5 It would also be advantageous for an embodiment of the present invention to provide a large-sized spout provided on the tilted surface of the top part of the container, which can form a neat opening part without leaving a portion of the laminate film of APLH when opening or without providing a consumer with 5 uncomfortable feeling. It would also be advantageous for an embodiment of the present invention to provide a large-sized spout provided on the tilted surface of the top part of the container, which is capable of reducing a risk that the liquid content penetrates 10 into the section of container. According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a pouring spout fitted to a packaging container including a frame body, a cap and a movable ring fitted to the packaging container having a surface tilted at least 15 forward on the front side of the top part and an area for a pre-laminated hole sealed by film on said tilted surface, wherein the frame body forming the pouring spout includes a flange connected with said tilted surface of the circumference of said area for a pre laminated hole and a spout portion of a cylindrical shape integrally moulded with 20 the flange and cut at an angle so as to be upright, and wherein said cap is fitted removablely to said pouring spout portion so as to plug said pouring spout, and said movable ring, disposed at the inner circumference of said pouring spout, with the cylindrical shape cut at an angle at the lower end portion thereof such that the lower end portion of the shape is flush 25 With the tilted front side of the top part of the packaging container,.engages with said cap so as to rotate concurrently with the rotation of said cap, having a cutting part at the lower end portion of a shape cut at an angle. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the packaging 30 container and the pouring spout fitted to the packaging container are characterized in that the top part formed by folding the pleat line has a surface tilted forward on the front side of the top part 6 and a substantially flat surface adjacent to the tilted surface on the rear side of the top part and that a flap derived from the formation of the top part is allowed to abut on the container side-walls adjacent to the top part by the folding of the pleat line. 5 The pouring spout fitted to the packaging container of the present invention, having a surface tilted forward on the front side of the top part, comprising a frame body, a cap and a movable ring fitted to the packaging container having APLH sealed by film on the tilted surface is characterized in that 10 the frame body comprises a flange connected with the tilted surface of the circumference of APLH and a pouring spout portion of a cylindrical shape integrally moulded with the flange and cut approximately at an angle so as to be upright substantially, wherein a cap is fitted removablely to the pouring spout portion so as to plug the pouring spout and a movable ring, disposed at the inner 15 6a PCT/JP/2003/015129 circumference of the pouring spout, with the cylindrical shape cut approximately at an angle at the lower end portion thereof, is engaged with the cap so as to rotate concurrently with the rotation of the cap, having a cutting part at the lower end portion of a shape cut approximately at an angle or the proximity thereto. This structure enables the paper container to maintain the strength characteristics thereof with reduced a tensile or compressive stress in the paper container caused by folding the pleat portion thereof and to fit a large-sized spout thereto with providing a wide roof portion on one side thereof. As for the large-sized spout of the present invention fitted to the tilted surface of the top part of the container, a neat opening can be formed without leaving a portion of the laminate film in APLH when opening or without providing consumers with uncomfortable feeling. As for the large-sized spout of the present invention fitted onto the top part of the container, it is possible to reduce a risk that the liquid content penetrates into the section of the container wall. The packaging container of the present invention described in Claim 1 is characterized in that the packaging container of the final shape can be obtained by forming web shape packaging material having pleat lines into a tube shape, longitudinally sealing the tube shape packaging material along the longitudinal direction at the both ends of said packaging material, filling fluid foods into the tube-shaped packaging material, transversely sealing the tube-shaped packaging material in the transverse direction, forming a pillow shape container by cutting at said transverse seal portion, and folding a flap along the pleat line, wherein a top part thereof formed by 7 PCT/JP/2003/015129 folding said pleat line has a surface tilted forward on the front side of said top part and a substantially flat surface adjacent to said tilted surface on the rear side of said top part and that said flap derived from the formation of said top part is allowed to abut on said container side-walls adjacent to said top part by the folding of said pleat. The above described structure enables the paper container to reduce a tensile or compressive stress in the paper container caused by folding the pleat portion, thus to fold the container naturally. As a result, maintaining the strength characteristics of the container enables the prevention of the occurrence of a breakage, a check and a crack or the like in the local portion of the container. Providing a wide roof portion on one side thereof allows a large-sized spout of the present invention to be fitted thereto. Having a substantially flat surface adjacent to the tilted surface on the rear side of the top part allows the container to be easily stacked, after forming the container, in storage, stock, distribution, store display and preservation in the domestic refrigerator. A pouring plug fitted to the packaging container described in Claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that the pouring plug comprises a frame body, a cap and a movable ring fitted to the packaging container having a surface tilted at least forward on the front side of the top part and APLH sealed by film on said tilted surface, wherein the frame body forming the pouring spout comprises a flange connected with said tilted surface of the circumference of said APLH, and a spout portion of a cylindrical shape integrally moulded with the flange and cut approximately at an angie so as to be upright substantially, said cap is fitted removablely to said pouring spout portion so as to plug said pouring spout, and said movable ring, disposed at the inner circumference of said pouring spout, with the cylindrical shape cut approximately at an angle at the lower end 8 PCT/JP/2003/015129 portion thereof is engaged with said cap so as to rotate concurrently with the rotation of said cap having a cutting part at the lower end portion of a shape cut approximately at an angle or the proximity thereto. The above described structure allows the pouring spout to have a cylindrical shape cut approximately at an angle and also the movable ring installed in the pouring spout to have the lower end portion thereof cut approximately at an angle. The movable ring engages with the cap, rotating concurrently with the rotation of the cap and an edge of the cutting part disposed at the lower end portion or the proximity thereof cuts the laminate film of APLH when opening. Thus by rotating continuously, the structure of this invention enables the cutting part to cut APLH in the aslant condition against APLH of the packaging container. This results in forming a sharp cutting surface without any undulations, protrusions and residual dross. A neat opening portion is allowed to be formed without leaving a portion of the laminate film- in APLH around the opening of the container when opening or without providing consumers with uncomfortable feeling. Substantially, since the portion touched by the cutting part is cut, even air gaps on the edge of APLH, not expected to be broken, are never broken off. Thus this structure works to reduce a risk that the liquid content may penetrate into the section of the container wall. The pouring plug of the present invention described in Claim 3 is fitted to the packaging container having the substantially flat surface adjacent to said tilted surface on the rear side of said top part and the height of said cap fitted to said pouring spout portion is lower than that of said flat portion of the top port of said container. 9 PCT/JP/2003/015129 The above described structure prevents the movable ring from protruding the top part of the container and works to enable the container to be easily stacked, by the flat surface on the rear side of the top part, after forming the container, in storage, stock, distribution, store display and preservation in the domestic refrigerator. In the pouring plug of this invention described in Claim 4, the movable ring is provided with a guide groove in the inner circumference surface of the pouring spout part and a guide boss in the outer circumference surface of the movable ring so that the movable ring moves vertically when rotating with the rotation of the, cap, and the position of the guide groove when completing the rotation is lower than that of the guide groove when starting the rotation. The above described structure enables the movable ring to move vertically, ensuring that the cutting part cuts APLH of the packaging container. Moreover, since the position of the guide groove when completing the rotation is lower than that of the guide groove when starting the rotation, the movable ring which became unnecessary when finishing the process of cutting a seal, hides down below the pouring spout, thus the structure works for covering the cut end of APLH. In the pouring plug of this invention described in Claim 5, the position of the guide groove thereof when the completion of the rotation is set so that the movable ri'ng can rotate with the rotation of the cap to cut the sealed film of APLH in a circular shape with leaving a portion of the unbroken film. The above described structure enables a portion of the sealed film of APLH to remain unbroken, thus working to prevent the broken film from falling into the inside of the container and the consumer from ingesting it accidentally. 1 0 PCT/JP/2003/015129 The pouring plug of this invention described in Claim 6 has a rotation assist part protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the cap and a tamper-proof part righting against said flange part, prior to opening, said rotation assist part engaging with said tamper-proof part so as to be disengaged easily by means of the cap rotation. The above described structure enables the cap to be easily rotated by the leverage of the protruding rotation assist part, thus working to prevent tampering or the like because the rotation enables the rotation assist part and the tamper-proof device to be disengaged easily with each other. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a packaging container in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of a packaging material of the packaging container in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a packaging container in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a section view of a packaging container in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of a filling machine to produce a packaging container in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a plan view of a package material of a conventional packaging container. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a formation of the conventional package container. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the conventional packaging container. FIG. 9 of is a perspective view of a packaging container in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. 1 1 PCT/JP/2003/015129 FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a packaging container in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a packaging container in accordance with a preferable embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a section view of a pouring plug in accordance with a preferable embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a partial perspective view of a pouring plug in accordance with a preferable embodiment of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereafter, the embodiments of the present invention will be described. FIGS. 1 and 3 illustrate a perspective view of a packaging container in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention respectively. A packaging container 14 is a final shape of the packaging container 14, using a packaging filling machine as illustrated by FIG.5, obtained by formation 6 of a web shape packaging material 1 having pleat lines into a tube shape, longitudinal sealing 8 of the tube shape packaging material along the longitudinal direction at the both ends thereof, filling 7 of fluid foods into the tube-shaped packaging material, transverse sealing 11,12 the tube-shaped packaging material in the transverse direction, formation 13 of a pillow shape container by cutting at the transverse seal portion, and folding 15 of a flap 24 along the pleat line. A top part formed by folding a pleat line has a surface 22d tilted forward on the front side of the top part and a substantially flat surface (20d, 23, 22e) adjacent to the tilted surface 22d on the rear side of the top part and a flap 24 derived from the formation of the top part is allowed to abut on the container side-walls 21 adjacent to the 1 2 PCT/JP/2003/015129 top part by the folding of the pleat line. FIG. 1 is an aspect of the embodiment having a pouring spout on the packaging container and FIG. 3 is an aspect of the embodiment having no pouring spout on the packaging container. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the aspect having the pouring spout of the packaging container involves a pouring plug 30 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The pouring plug 30 of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 showing the section view of the packaging container of the embodiment of FIG. 1 is the pouring plug 30 comprising a frame body 31, a cap 32, and a movable ring 33 fitted to the packaging container 14 having the surface 22d tilted forward on the front side of the top part and having APLH 29 (not illustrated in FIG. 1) sealed with a film on the tilted surface 22d. A frame body 31 forming the pouring spout comprises a flange 34 connected with the tilted surface of the circumference of APLH 29 and a pouring spout portion 35 of a cylindrical shape, integrally moulded with the flange 34 and cut approximately at an angle so as to be upright substantially. A cap 32 is removablely fitted to the pouring spout portion 35 so as to plug the pouring spout. A movable ring 33, disposed at the inner circumference of the pouring spout 35, with the cylindrical shape cut approximately at an angle at the lower end portion thereof, is engaged with the cap 32 so as to rotate concurrently with the rotation of the cap 32, having a cutting part 36, as illustrated in FIG.3 1(d), at the lower end portion of a shape cut approximately at an angle or the proximity thereto. 1 3 PCT/JP/2003/015129 FIG. 2 illustrates a packaging material for forming the container shown in FIG. 1. The packaging material 1 for one container of the web shape container material with pleat lines comprises a longitudinal seal region 26 for longitudinal sealing, a transverse seal region 23 sealing the tube-shaped packaging material in the transverse direction, side panel 21 forming a packaging walls, a panel 20d 22d 22e forming the top portion of the container, panels forming the base part of the container, and panels forming a flap 24 adhered to the side-walls or the base part after folding, wherein pleat lines are formed at the boundary of these panels. FIG.4 (a) (b) (c) illustrate a motion of the pouring plug 30. The pouring spout 35 has the cylindrical shape cut approximately at an angle and the movable ring 33 fitted in the pouring spout is also allowed to comprise the lower end cut approximately at an angle. The movable ring 33 engages with the cap 32, rotating concurrently with the rotation of the cap 32 and an edge of the cutting part 36 disposed at lower end portion or the proximity thereof cuts the laminate film of APLH 29 at the time of opening. (FIG. 4(a) (b)) The cutting part 36 forms a sharp cutting surface cutting APLH 29, by rotating continuously, in the aslant condition against APLH 29 of the packaging container. As illustrated in FIG. 4(b), a film 29a in APLH 29 shifts downward. This is because the position of the guide groove when completing the rotation of the movable ring is set so that the movable ring can rotate with the rotation of the cap to cut the sealed film of APLH in a circular shape with leaving a portion of the unbroken film. This structure enables a portion of the sealed film of APLH to remain unbroken, 1 4 PCT/JP/2003/015129 and prevents the broken film form falling into the inside of the container and the consumer from ingesting it accidentally. FIG.9 illustrates the perspective view of the packaging container having a pouring plug 30 in accordance with the one embodiment of the present invention. A packaging container 14 is also the final shape of the packaging container14, using a packaging filling machine as illustrated by FIG.5, obtained by formation 6 of a web shape packaging material 1 having pleat lines into a tube shape, longitudinal sealing 8 of the tube shape packaging material along the longitudinal direction at the both ends thereof, filling 7 of fluid foods into the tube-shaped packaging material, transverse sealing 11,12 of the tube-shaped packaging material in the transverse direction, formation 13 of a pillow shape container by cutting at the transverse seal portion, and folding 15 a flap 24 along the pleat line. The top part formed by folding a pleat line has a surface 22d tilted forward on the front side of the top part, a substantially flat surface (20d, 23, 22e) adjacent to the tilted surface 22d on the rear side of the top part and a flap 24 derived from the formation of the top part is allowed to abut on the container side-walls 21 adjacent to the top part by the folding of the pleat line. In addition, FIG. 10 illustrates the perspective view of the packaging container having a pouring plug 30 in accordance with the one embodiment of the present invention. For the packaging container 14, the top part formed by folding a pleat line has a surface 22d tilted forward on the front side of the top part and a substantially flat surface (20d, 23, 22e) adjacent to the tilted surface 22d on the rear side of the top part 22a and a flap 24 derived from the 1 5 PCT/JP/2003/015129 formation of the top part is allowed to abut on the container side-walls 21 adjacent to the top part by the folding of the pleat line. FIG. 11 illustrates the perspective view of the packaging container having a pouring plug 30 in accordance with a preferable embodiment of the present invention. For the packaging container 14, the top part formed by folding a pleat line has a surface 22d tilted forward on the front side of the top part and a substantially flat surface (20d, 23, 22e) adjacent to the tilted surface 22d on the rear side of the top part and a flap 24 derived from the formation of the top part is allowed to abut on the container side-walls 21 adjacent to the top part by the folding of the pleat line. The pouring plug 30 is fitted to the packaging container having the substantially flat surface adjacent to the tilted surface 22d on the rear side of the top part and the height of the cap fitted to the pouring spout portion is lower than that of the flat portion of the top part of the container. This prevents the pouring plug from protruding from the top part of the container and enables the container to be easily stacked by the flat surface of the rear side of the top part, after forming the container, in storage, stock, distribution, store display, and preservation in the domestic refrigerator. FIG. 12 illustrates the section of the pouring plug 30 in accordance with a preferable embodiment of the present invention. This pouring plug 30 comprises a frame body 31, a cap 32, and a movable ring 33. The frame body 31 forming the pouring spout comprises a flange 34 connected with the tilted surface of the circumference of APLH 29 and the pouring spout portion 35 of the cylindrical shape integrally moulded with the flange 34 and cut approximately at an angle so as to be upright substantially. 1 6 PCT/JP/2003/015129 The cap 32 is removablely fitted to the pouring spout portion 35 so as to plug the pouring spout. The movable ring 33, disposed at the inner circumference of the pouring spout 35, with the cylindrical shape cut approximately at an angle at the lower end portion thereof is engaged with the cap 32 so as to rotate concurrently with the rotation of the cap 32, having the cutting part 36 at the lower end portion of the shape cut approximately at an angle or the proximity thereto. The pouring plug 30 has a rotation assist part 37 protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the cap 32 and the tamper-proof part 38 righting against the flange 34, prior to opening, the rotation assist par 37 engaging 39 with the tamper-proof device 38 so as to be disengaged easily by means of the cap rotation. This enables the cap to be easily rotated by the leverage of the protruding rotation assist part and prevents tampering or the like because the rotation enables the rotation assist part and the tamper-proof device to be disengaged easily with each other. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the pouring plug 30 shown in FIG. 12, is provided with a guide groove 40 in the inner circumference surface of the pouring spout part 35 and a guide boss 41 in the outer circumference surface of the movable ring 33 so that the movable ring 33 moves vertically when rotating with the rotation of the cap, and the position of the guide groove 40 when completing the rotation is lower than that of the guide groove 40 when starting the rotation. The vertical motion of the movable ring 33 ensures that the cutting part 36 cuts APLH 29 of the packaging container. Since the position of the guide groove 40, when completing the rotation, is lower than that of the guide groove 40, when starting the rotation, the movable ring 33 which became unnecessary when finishing the process of 1 7 PCT/JP/2003/015129 cutting a seal, as illustrated in FIG.4(c), hides down below the pouring spout covering the cut end of APLH. In this aspect, a through-hole 42 is disposed at a side wall of the movable ring 33 in order to make the pouring easy. As described above, the present invention enables a packaging to maintain the strength characteristics thereof and to reduce a tensile or compressive stress in the paper container caused by folding the pleat portion thereof and to provide a wide roof portion on one side thereof so that a large-sized spout can be fitted thereto. In the large-sized spout of the present invention fitted to the tilted surface of the top part of the container, a neat opening is allowed to be formed without leaving a portion of the laminate film in APLH when opening or without providing consumers with uncomfortable feeling. In the large-sized spout of the present invention fitted onto the top part of the container, it is possible to reduce a risk that the liquid content may penetrates into the section of the container wall. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The packaging container and the pouring plug according to the present invention are employed for the packaging container which contains liquid foods such as milk and cold beverage or the like. 1 8
1. A pouring spout fitted to a packaging container including a frame body, a cap and a movable ring fitted to the packaging container having a surface tilted at least forward on the front side of the top part and an area for a pre-laminated hole 5 sealed by film on said tilted surface, wherein the frame body forming the pouring spout includes a flange connected with said tilted surface of the circumference of said area for a pre laminated hole and a spout portion of a cylindrical shape integrally moulded with the flange and cut at an angle so as to be upright, and 10 wherein said cap is fitted removablely to said pouring spout portion so as to plug said pouring spout, and said movable ring, disposed at the inner circumference of said pouring spout, with the cylindrical shape cut at an angle at the lower end portion thereof such that the lower end portion of the shape is flush with the tilted front side of the top part of the packaging container, engages with 15 said cap so as to rotate concurrently with the rotation of said cap, having a cutting part at the lower end portion of a shape cut at an angle.
2. The pouring spout according to Claim 1, wherein the plug is fitted to the packaging container having said tilted surface and a flat surface adjacent to said tilted surface on the rear side of said top part and the height of said cap fitted on 20 to said pouring spout portion is lower than that of said flat portion of the top portion of said container.
3. The pouring spout according to Claim 1, wherein a guide groove is included in the inner circumference surface of the pouring spout part and a guide boss is included in the outer circumference surface of the movable ring so that 25 the movable ring can move vertically when said movable ring rotates with the rotation of the cap and wherein the position of the guide groove when completing the rotation is lower than that of the guide groove when starting the rotation. 19
4. The pouring spout according to Claim 3, wherein the position of said guide groove of the pouring spout, when the rotation is completed, is set so that said movable ring can cut the sealed film of the area for a pre-laminated hole in a circular shape while leaving a portion of the unbroken film by rotating with the 5 rotation of said cap.
5. The pouring spout according to Claim 1, including a rotation assist part protruding from the outer circumferential surface of said cap and a tamper-proof part righting against said flange part, wherein said rotation assist part engages with said tamper-proof part prior to opening so as to be disengaged easily by 10 means of the cap rotation.
6. A pouring spout substantially according to any one of the embodiments - herein described with reference to Figures 1 to 5 and Figures 9 to 13. TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. WATERMARK PATENT & TRADE MARK ATTORNEYS P25814AUOO 20
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