Beverage container with improved puncture possibility

Abstract

Beverage container ( 1 ), in particular beverage pouch, provided with a puncture opening ( 2 ) for puncturing it with a drinking straw ( 5 ), wherein the puncture opening ( 2 ) is punched in and a sealing foil exposed to the outside is fixed to the inner side around the puncture opening ( 2 ) at the inner side by means of a weld ( 7 ), such that a tight closure is formed, characterized in that between the inner welding edge ( 3 ) of the weld ( 7 ) and the lower edge ( 2 b ) of the puncture opening ( 2 ), a bag ( 6 ) is formed in which the material of the beverage container ( 1 ) and the sealing foil are not connected to each other.

1 . Beverage container, in particular beverage pouch, provided with a puncture opening for puncturing it with a drinking straw, wherein the puncture opening is punched in and a sealing foil exposed to the outside is fixed at the inner side around the puncture opening by means of a weld, such that a tight closure is formed, characterized in that between the inner welding edge of the weld and the lower edge of the puncture opening, a bag is formed in which the material of the beverage container and the sealing foil are not connected to each other. 
     
     
         2 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the distance between the inner welding edge and the lower edge of the puncture opening is greater than between the inner welding edge and the upper edge of the puncture opening. 
     
     
         3 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the lower edge comprises a region which is embodied to be flatter than a circle enclosing the puncture opening. 
     
     
         4 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the puncture opening and/or the inner welding edge and/or the outer welding edge are symmetric with respect to a vertical plane. 
     
     
         5 . Beverage container according to  claim 4 , characterized in that the bag has its region of largest extension on the plane of symmetry. 
     
     
         6 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the puncture opening is not symmetric with respect to each horizontal plane. 
     
     
         7 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the puncture opening is embodied to be flat at the bottom. 
     
     
         8 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the puncture opening is wider at the bottom than at the top. 
     
     
         9 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the puncture opening is partially or completely bent and/or non-circular. 
     
     
         10 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the puncture opening is partially or completely defined by straight sections. 
     
     
         11 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the puncture opening is crescent-shaped. 
     
     
         12 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the inner welding edge follows, at its upper side, the shape of the edge of the puncture opening, but has, at its lower side, a different edge shape than the lower edge of the puncture opening. 
     
     
         13 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the inner and/or outer welding edge is bent and/or non-circular. 
     
     
         14 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the inner and/or the outer welding edge is flatter at the bottom than in some other region of the inner and/or the outer welding edge, for example a lateral or upper region of the respective welding edge. 
     
     
         15 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the beverage container comprises a drinking straw which is optionally fixed to the beverage container. 
     
     
         16 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the diameter of the drinking straw is smaller than or equal to or larger than the diameter of the puncture opening at the point of smallest diameter, the drinking straw optionally comprising a pointy end. 
     
     
         17 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the maximum extension of the bag to the bottom is at least 1 mm, or characterized in that the maximum extension of the bag to the bottom is more than ⅕ of the diameter of the drinking straw. 
     
     
         18 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the inner and/or the outer welding edge is bent inwards towards the center of the puncture opening, and wherein no region or not more than two regions of the inner welding edge are bent away from the puncture opening. 
     
     
         19 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the ratio of the width of the outer welding edge to the height of the outer welding edge is higher than the ratio of the width of the inner welding edge to the height of the inner welding edge. 
     
     
         20 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the puncture opening is non-circular and optionally comprises at least two different regions with two different bends. 
     
     
         21 . Beverage container according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the inner and/or the outer welding edge is non-circular.