CN106536379A

CN106536379A - Spout assembly for food or beverage containers

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Publication number: CN106536379A
Application number: CN201580039100.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: Y·艾特博济亚德; F·L·阿贡; D·纽罗尔
Original assignee: Societe dAssistance Technique pour Produits Nestle SA
Current assignee: Nestec SA
Priority date: 2014-08-06
Filing date: 2015-07-23
Publication date: 2017-03-22
Also published as: SG11201610352WA; MX2017001557A; JP2017529125A; AU2015299302A1; CL2017000218A1; EP3186170A1; BR112017001248A2; WO2016020198A1; US20170217648A1

Abstract

A spout assembly (10) for one or a plurality of food or beverage containers, each container comprising at least one ingredient for the preparation of a single or multiple product, the spout assembly (10) comprising at least one primary fluid inlet (11) and at least one secondary fluid inlet (12) through which a fluid can be supplied into one or a plurality of food or beverage containers, the fluid inlets (11, 12) being either connected to the same single container or each one of the fluid inlets (11, 12) being connected to one of the plurality of containers; at least one dispensing outlet (13) through which the single or multiple product is dispensed; the spout assembly (10) being configured in such a way that the fluid can be supplied into a single container or into a function of the single or multiple product to be dispensed.

Description

For food or the spout assembly of container for drink

Technical field

The present invention relates to the spout assembly being used together with food or container for drink；In particular it relates to be used for The spout assembly of food or container for drink, the food or container for drink are included for preparing at least the one of single or multiple product Plant dispensing.

Background technology

By the capsule comprising food or beverage ingredient (such as ground coffee or instant coffee) is introduced beverage dispenser In and inject water in the capsule to prepare beverage be known in the art：Beverage or food ingredients be generally extracted or Glue is flowed out with formation beverage or required final products, the beverage or required final products through suitable outlet in being dissolved into water Capsule.

Therefore, different capsules are developed in the past, these capsules are at least through for storing the glue of food or beverage ingredient Capsule main nature is distinguishing.Although most of capsules be made up of rigid bodies or semi-rigid bodies (generally by injection mo(u)lding or Thermoforming is made), but the bag of flexible type can be made up of foil material.Compared to semi-rigid and rigid capsule, flexible bag leads to Often have the advantage that：Product is packed using lesser amount of material, this causes overall lower production cost, several life cycles Assessment shows by lower life cycle environmental impact, and the advantage in terms of user is which just will need less free space These bags can be stored, because these bags are more compact.

For example, WO 99/05044 describes formed in volume and wrapped by two laminates are bondd in its edge Flexible beverage containing beverage ingredient production pouch, is bonded to pedestal seam therein with rigidity plastics conduit.It is little in gained The top inlet porting nozzle of bag is used for introducing water, and water is mixed with the beverage in pouch internal volume or food ingredients, produced Beverage then passes through the beverage outlet discharge for being arranged in bag bottom, at bag bottom is provided with closing device so that adding When pressure water is introduced in pouch, closing device is suitable to pressurized opening, so as to allow beverage through beverage outlet discharge.However, the structure There is significant drawback for consumers in type：The opening of closing device is realized by the pressure raised in pouch.But That the preparation for some beverages is not recommended in the pressure rise because it can beverage surface formed bubble, for example this for The preparation of tea is not desired.Additionally, the risk existed for user is to pack to break under desired pressure Split, and packaging finally may be opened with uncontrolled explosive manner.Given this reason, processes the equipment needs of pouch wherein Including for completely enclosing the device of pouch during prepared by beverage in the machine avoiding causing damage consumer.

Another of pouch known to these follows identical all the time in pouch when having the disadvantage that inlet nozzle introduces the water into bag In vertical from top to bottom direction.Therefore, all beverages are produced in pouch all in accordance with identical process.However, according to beverage The property of dispensing and required beverage, beverage ingredient should be processed in a different manner.Additionally, these pouches do not allow preparation include The food or beverage products of various dispensings：If a user desire that formulation, then will need multiple little comprising assistant ingredients Bag；These pouches must be individually operated, and from from the point of view of consumer angle, needs are corresponding worries about, operates and the time.Additionally, as carried Arrive, all products are processed in the same manner, therefore the product for being distributed can not possibly be carried out according to the dispensing for being provided excellent Change.

According to prior art, for example, it is known that according to WO 2011/024103 a kind of for preparing the soft of beverage such as coffee Property bag or pouch, the flexible pouch or pouch include the space of the product for wherein storing concentration dosage.The bag also includes bag side One of on rigid element, be provided with entrance that water is inserted into through which in bag, water conveyed to make towards the opposed parts of bag The outlet that the tube elements and product mixed by water and dispensing are allocated through which.During prepared by beverage, beverage outlet It is positioned at the top of bag.Through entrance and water is introduced through tube elements be full of bag up to which, and by being equally positioned at the top of bag Beverage outlet overflows.This bag is contemplated for by extracting the coffee that bakees and grind, rather than dissolving instant coffee or its His soluble material is preparing beverage.Given this reason, the bag have filter in exit, to prevent insoluble particles and beverage one Rise and be allocated.This bag constitute an inconvenience in that, prepares and introduces after water terminates in beverage, and beverage is stayed in bag, causes to use Person cannot correctly take out the problem of bag from beverage production machines.Additionally, in the bag, water inlet and beverage outlet be not all by film Closure, does not recommend do so, for health and shelf life because this may bring problem to consumer.And, these are little Bag does not allow to prepare the food with various dispensings or beverage products (illustrating as having been directed towards WO 99/05044), and class As, all products are processed in the same manner, can not possibly be according to the dispensing that provided to being distributed hence with the system Product is optimized.

Accordingly, it is desirable to provide can be by its preparation single or the flexible compact bag of various beverages or food product so that the system Standby to be optimized for every kind of required product, this bag of easy to use, clean and in terms of needing user minimum input is grasped Make.

Present invention achieves providing solution for the demand, this will be further described.The present invention also has other purposes, Specifically, these other purposes are such as by the solution of the other problemses occurred in the remainder of this specification.

The content of the invention

According in a first aspect, the present invention relates to one or more foods or container for drink 20,20 ' spout assembly 10 ( It is generally known as accessory) so that each of these containers are comprising for preparing at least one of single or multiple product Dispensing.According to the present invention, spout assembly 10 includes that fluid may pass through which and be supplied in food or container for drink 20,20 ' extremely A few primary fluid inlet 11 and at least one secondary fluid entrance 12, these fluid intakes 11,12 are connected to same containers, Or each of fluid intake 11,12 is connected to one of the plurality of container 20,20 '.Spout assembly 10 is also included through which Distribute at least one distribution outlet 13 of the single or multiple product.Spout assembly 10 is also configured in a certain way so that stream Body can be sequentially supplied in container 20,20 ' according to single to be allocated or multiple product.

The spout assembly 10 and/or food of the present invention or container for drink 20,20 ' may also include identity device 60, the mark Device have need in accordance with, according to single to be obtained or multiple product in container 20,20 ' letter of supply fluid successively Breath.

Generally, spout assembly 10 is rotationally symmetrical configuring with the Second-Order Discrete relative to longitudinal center axis.

In spout assembly 10, primary fluid inlet 11 and secondary fluid entrance 12 preferably can be by injection and sting devices 30 (usually fluid needles) are pierced through, and the injection can be injected into high-pressure fluid in fluid intake 11,12 with sting device, these streams The fluid that body entrance 11,12 is arranged to be injected is converted to into the high-speed jet in container 20,20 '.

Additionally, according to the present invention, the fluid intake 11,12 in spout assembly 10 is arranged to arrive relative to offer The high-speed jet of the fluid supply orientation in fluid intake 11,12 is provided Dao container 20,20 ' in.

An embodiment of the invention, spout assembly 10 is by two essentially the same compositions being attached together Part 100,200 is made so that each building block includes that connect with the internal capacity of container 20,20 ', fluid may pass through which At least one of 20,20 ' fluid intakes are injected into, and product may pass through at least one distribution outlet which is allocated 13.Preferably, each of these building blocks 100,200 are attached to a food or container for drink 20,20 ', and wear The internal capacity that a hand-hole 14,14 ' is crossed with one of these containers 20,20 ' is connected.

Another embodiment of the invention, spout assembly 10 is by being attached to the one of a food or container for drink 20 Individual building block 100 is made.Spout assembly 10 includes that being each passed through primary hand-hole 14 and secondary hand-hole 14 ' is connected with container 20 At least one logical primary fluid inlet 11 and at least one secondary fluid entrance 12, the spout assembly 10 are also included through its point With product distribution outlet 13.

No matter spout assembly 10 is to be made up of a building block 100 or be made up of two building blocks 100,200, this The spout assembly 10 of two embodiments has similar profile and the requirement to fluid intake, so as to their energy and same machines It is compatible.

Most preferably, according to the present invention, spout assembly 10 is made up of certain amount of building block so that building block Quantity corresponds to the quantity of food or container for drink.

According to second aspect, the present invention relates to bag 40, the bag includes spout assembly 10 as previously mentioned and spray One or more foods or container for drink 20,20 ' that mouth component 10 is attached to.

Preferably, each food or container for drink include the waterproof sheet material of two flexibilities, and they are engaged with each other to limit which The middle internal volume stored for preparing at least one dispensing of single or multiple product, therefore the cloth in a certain way of spout assembly 10 Put so that one or more of foods or container for drink are gathered together by which, so as to provide the extraction successively of these containers.

According to the present invention, the substantially planar shape of food or container for drink presentation, and spout assembly 10 are disposed in On one of side of bag 40.Additionally, during the production and distribution of the single or multiple product, food or container for drink quilt Substantially perpendicularly arrange, and spout assembly 10 is arranged in a certain way so that the fluid through fluid intake is along upward To being fed in container.

Generally, according to the present invention, food or container for drink include soluble food or beverage ingredient.

Additionally, food or container for drink are preferably incorporated in spout assembly 10 nearby and assemble at least towards spout assembly 10 One tilting zone 21.

In addition, according to the third aspect, the present invention relates to by bag 40 as previously mentioned prepare single or various foods or The machine 50 of beverage products so that machine 50 includes the holding device 51 for being suitable to accommodate bag 40, and also including injection device 30 (preferably injection and sting devices), the injection device are designed to engage with spout assembly 10 and for by high-pressure fluid It is injected in the fluid intake of spout assembly 10.

Description of the drawings

With reference to accompanying drawing, the non-limiting embodiments for reading the present invention it is described in detail below when, the present invention other Feature, advantage and purpose will become clear from for technicians, wherein：

Fig. 1 a-b-c show an embodiment of the invention for preparing the bag of food or beverage products Schematic diagram, the bag include two foods or container for drink and the spout assembly by made by two building blocks, wherein described appearance The single flexible sheet material that device is engaged by doubling and in its free edge is made.

Fig. 2 a-b-c show another embodiment of the invention for preparing the bag of food or beverage products Schematic diagram, the bag includes two foods or container for drink and the spout assembly by made by two building blocks, wherein described Container is made up of two different flexible sheet materials in its edge engagement.

According to the first embodiment of the invention Fig. 3 a-e show is used for the spout assembly for preparing single or multiple product Different detailed views.

Fig. 4 a-f show Fig. 3 a-e sprays for being according to the first embodiment of the invention used for preparing single or multiple product The different detailed views of one of the building block of mouth component.

According to the fifth embodiment of the invention Fig. 5 a-e show is used for the spout assembly for preparing single or multiple product Different detailed views.

According to the third embodiment of the invention Fig. 6 a-e show is used for the spout assembly for preparing single or multiple product Different detailed views.

Fig. 7 a-c show Fig. 6 a-e sprays for being according to the third embodiment of the invention used for preparing single or multiple product The different detailed views of one of the building block of mouth component.

According to the fourth embodiment of the invention Fig. 8 a-e show is used for the spout assembly for preparing single or multiple product Different detailed views.

According to the sixth embodiment of the invention Fig. 9 a-e show is used for the spout assembly for preparing single or multiple product Different detailed views.

According to the second embodiment of the invention Figure 10 a-e show is used for the spout assembly for preparing single or multiple product Different detailed views.

Figure 11 a-f show Fig. 5 a-e sprays for being according to the fifth embodiment of the invention used for preparing single or multiple product The different detailed views of one of the building block of mouth component.

Figure 12 a-b show according to the present invention for prepare food or beverage products, with various sizes of bag Schematic illustration.

Figure 13 schematically shows to be designed to slideably receive and is produced for preparing food or beverage according to the present invention One possible embodiment of the machine of the bag of product.

Figure 14 schematically shows and is designed to from front receive according to the present invention for preparing food or beverage products Bag machine another possible embodiment.

Figure 15 is shown according to the present invention for preparing the bag and food or beverage preparation machine of food or beverage products Interaction.

Specific embodiment

The present invention relates to one or more foods for schematically showing in such as Fig. 1 a-b-c or Fig. 2 a-b-c or beverage Spout assembly 10 or accessory that container 20,20 ' is used together, the wherein spout assembly 10 are attached to two containers, i.e., primary Container 20 and further receptacle 20 '.Each of these containers are matched somebody with somebody comprising at least one for preparing single or multiple product Material.

According to the present invention, the food or beverage ingredient of container are can be included in list below：Soup, fruit juice, vegetable juice, meat Soup, coffee, chocolate, tea, breast or cream, Sorbet, puree, fruit Rong, cream or combinations thereof.Food or beverage ingredient can be Soluble food or beverage ingredient.Preferably, food or beverage ingredient are soluble food or beverage ingredient in list below：

The mixture of-instant coffee powder, milk powder, milk fine powder, instant tea powder, cocoa power, Icing Sugar, fruit powder or the powder,

- coffee concentrate, newborn concentrate, syrup, fruit or vegetables concentrate, tea concentrate, fruit or vegetable puree.

Powder can be cohesion or firing.Powder or liquid concentrate can be mixed with solid block, such as preparing Soup with solid block.Food or beverage ingredient can also be the food that can brew or beverage ingredient, the coffee for such as bakeing and grinding Coffee or tealeaves.In this embodiment, water extracts the dispensing that can be brewed.

In the present invention, fluid covers any aqueous diluent that can mix with solvable beverage ingredient to prepare beverage, such as Water, carbonated water, breast etc..However, according to the present invention, water is the preferred fluid that will be used.

Spout assembly 10 include at least one primary fluid inlet 11 (being usually placed on the front side of spout assembly 10) and At least one secondary fluid entrance 12 (being usually placed on the rear side of spout assembly 10)：Fluid may pass through primary fluid inlet 11 During food or container for drink 20,20 ' are fed to secondary fluid entrance 12, so that dispensing is suitably mixed with the fluid for being injected Close, so as to prepare corresponding food or beverage products.Generally, spout assembly 10 include a primary fluid inlet 11 (front) and One secondary fluid entrance 12 (rear)：When spout assembly 10 and a container 20 are used together, 11 He of primary fluid inlet Both secondary fluid entrances 12 are all connected to the single container 20：In this case, can use any one fluid intake or this Two fluid intakes, to inject fluid in the volume of container 20, so as to prepare required product.Eat when there are such as two When thing or container for drink (that is, primary containment vessel 20 and further receptacle 20 '), each of these containers are comprising final for preparing A kind of dispensing of beverage, the final beverage are made by the formula combined by the dispensing from the two containers.This In example, primary fluid inlet 11 is connected to primary containment vessel 20, and secondary fluid entrance 12 is connected to further receptacle 20 ', such as schemes Schematically show in 1a-b-c or Fig. 2 a-b-c.In this case, spout assembly 10 is configured such that fluid can be successively It is fed in container, for example, fluid is fed in primary containment vessel 20, so as to conveying products through primary fluid inlet 11 first The first component, and fluid is fed in further receptacle 20 ' through secondary fluid entrance 12, so as to conveying products The second component, so as to prepare appropriate formula.Such as further it is explained in more detail, according to formula and therefore according in container Dispensing, primary containment vessel 20 can be processed first, subsequently processing further receptacle 20 ', or vice versa it is as the same：About the suitable of processing sequence When during information is provided in spout assembly or in container, to understand which that should process first in the two containers.

Spout assembly 10 also includes at least one distribution outlet 13 through its distribution single or multiple product.Distribution Outlet 13 is preferably configured to so which is with freely streamed conveying products, it means that product can purely under gravity Flow out from distribution outlet 13.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, distribution outlet 13 is included in the bottom of spout assembly 10 The opening 23 in portion, the opening 23 have surface area and a diameter of at least 1mm, preferably no more than 4mm, are even more preferably between The suitable cross section in the surface of the circular surface between 1.5mm and 3mm.Distribution outlet 13 is typically configured as in spout assembly 10 In the straight tube that is substantially perpendicularly orientated, and include opening 23 in its end.The length of pipe is preferably at least 5mm.This length Degree typically allows for completing product foaming before product (usually beverage) is transported to drinking glasses.The present invention's distributes The advantage of mouth 13 is, when beverage is for example produced, without the need for implement specific connection between distribution outlet and machine, to guide The flowing of the beverage conveyed at distribution outlet 13：Beverage can be flowed directly in drinking glasses from distribution outlet 13.

According to the present invention, before food or beverage preparation process, (we have referred to herein as one point to make distribution outlet 13 With outlet 13, but when there is more than one, herein below is applied to all distribution outlets) in its closed end.Generally, distribute It is that outlet is manufactured into closure and be configured to open in food or beverage production steps.So-called " being manufactured into closure " anticipates Refer to that complete bag (including container and spout assembly 10) is made with the distribution outlet 13 of closure.This closure guarantees health Protect with shelf life.Distribution outlet 13 can pass through machine or manual unlocking.

Preferably, distribution outlet 13 is closed by stopper 17, is schematically shown, the plug in such as Fig. 2 a-b or Figure 12 a-b Son 17 is included for after distribution outlet 13 is opened keeping stopper to be attached to the device of spout assembly 10.Therefore, stopper 17 is not Can be in the production period of beverage or food falls into beverage or food.For keeping stopper 17 to be attached to the device of spout assembly 10 Can be for example be attached to spout assembly 10 plastic twisted tapes 18, or any other provide similar effect appropriate device.Additionally, Distribution outlet 13 may also include the weakness zone near stopper 17：The weakness zone may be made in the change for for example distributing outlet It is narrow so as to be easier to cut away or tear off stopper 17 by machine.This is for example illustrated in the embodiment of Fig. 3 b, wherein primary to distribute Outlet 13 includes weakness zone 19, and secondary distribution outlet 13 ' includes weakness zone 19 '.

Preferably, stopper 17 is a part for the single spout assembly 10 for including distributing outlet and fluid intake.Particularly When spout assembly 10 is made by injection mo(u)lding, the design of mould also includes stopper 17.According to same way, plastic twisted tapes 18 Can also be a part for the design of spout assembly 10 when being made by injection mo(u)lding, from terms of manufacture angle, this same offer Advantage, because same part includes fluid intake, stopper 17 and tie 18.

Spout assembly 10 is preferably rigid, and is made up of rigid plastic material, preferably by injection mo(u)lding system Into.Generally, the plastic material may be selected from following：Polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate and PLA.In addition According to a less preferred embodiment, spout assembly 10 can be made up of metal such as aluminium or tin plate.

Preferably, fluid intake 11,12 can be injected into and pierce with sting device 30 (preferably fluid needle, hereinafter referred to as pin) Wear so that these injections and sting device 30 are generally included in high-pressure fluid is injected in fluid intake 11,12 through which Manage or pipeline in portion.However, it is also possible to, these fluid intakes 11,12 can be directly touched by injection device, the injection device Fluid will be directly injected into, and any outer cover or film in these fluid intakes 11,12 need not be pierced through.

Preferably, fluid is so that higher than 2 bars, more preferably above 3 bars are preferably ranges between 2 bars and 10 bars, more preferably The pressure injection of about 7 bars.Fluid intake 11,12 is configured in a certain way so that flowed through these with sting device 30 by injection The high-pressure fluid of body entrance injection is converted to high-speed jet, and the high-speed jet is driven in one or more of containers. Generally, the diameter of fluid intake is between 1mm and 4mm, and more preferably between 1.5mm and 3mm, and include thereon can It is injected into surrendered to the capping pierced through with sting device 30.Injection also includes annular ring (preferably by rubber with sting device 30 Make), it is ensured that injection with sting device 30 inject fluid in fluid intake when fluid will not leak into fluid intake it Outward.Each fluid intake is connected through hand-hole with the internal capacity of container, and the hand-hole has at most 1mm, preferably at least 0.24mm, is preferably ranges between 0.3mm and 1mm, is preferably ranges between 0.3mm and 0.5mm, more preferably about 0.4mm's Diameter.During using this configuration, by injecting the high-pressure fluid injected with sting device 30 inside fluid intake towards hand-hole Convey, thus the high-pressure fluid is converted to the high-speed jet of the fluid in injection container when through small bore hand-hole.Generally, The fluid jet being provided in container has at least speed of 20m/s.

The fluid jet formed in container avoids food or too fast the flowing through of beverage products distributes outlet：Therefore, dispensing The time stirred in vessel volume together with fluid is extended.

According to the present invention, fluid intake can also be arranged to provide in container, preferably orientable high-speed jet Ground is supplied in about 90 °, but any other angle with respect to the fluid that injection and sting device 30 are provided in fluid intake To be possible, and comprising within the scope of application.

As depicted, the fluid intake in spout assembly 10 is arranged to introduce in container contents product with pattern Fluid.For jet, it is thus understood that quickly and strongly flow out cocurrent from fluid intake and enter food or container for drink internal volume In liquid or fluid stream.Therefore, fluid intake is arranged to fluid high-speed is introduced in the internal volume of container, and the fluid is penetrated The stream preferably speed with least about 20m/s, preferably at least 30m/s.As previously mentioned, this configuration is preferably at this Obtained in bright in the following manner：Arrange narrowing portion (narrowing portion of hand-hole) in the fluid path of fluid intake to reduce stream The sectional dimension of body entrance.As fluid has little surface, therefore pressurized stream through the hand-hole in its inflow container contents product Body forms jet in container contents product.

The little surface of hand-hole have avoid fluid from container internal volume to the advantage of any backflow in fluid intake.It is right For the same fluid provided through fluid intake, the surface of hand-hole can according to the food that will mix with fluid in container and The property of beverage ingredient and change.Especially, when dispensing is difficult to dissolve, less hand-hole forms the jet of more high speed, more The jet of high speed improves dispensing stirring in a reservoir and dissolving.

The spout assembly 10 of the present invention is preferably rotationally symmetrical (also referred to as double with the second order relative to longitudinal center axis Rotationally symmetrical or Second-Order Discrete is rotationally symmetrical) configuration：Therefore, spout assembly 10 be it is reversible, and can in the machine with one kind Direction or another kind of direction operation.The preferred embodiments of the invention are those realities of second order rotationally symmetrical (that is, wherein n=2) Apply scheme, but will also be possible with n for other embodiments of the rotational symmetric spout assembly 10 of different value, and wrap Containing within the scope of application.Spout assembly 10 can be made up of the two essentially the same composition parts being attached together, or Which can be made up of only one building block.For certain embodiment or configuration, similar profile and for fluid intake The exterior configuration similar to for sting device with injection is by being made up of two building blocks or being made up of single building block Spout assembly 10 provide, in allowing any of them to can be used for same machines or device.This will be exemplary It is described in detail in embodiment, these exemplaries will be referred to further accompanying drawing and be discussed more fully.

Fig. 3 a-e and Fig. 4 a-fShow the present invention'sFirst embodiment, wherein spout assembly 10 includes attached by primary What connection device 15 and secondary attachment arrangement 15 ' were attached togetherTwo building blocks100、200.Fig. 3 a to Fig. 3 e are shown by two The gained spout assembly 10 of individual part composition, and Fig. 4 a to Fig. 4 f show the two the composition portions for configuring final spout assembly 10 One of part.The two building blocks 100,200 for making spout assembly 10 are identical：They and asymmetric or mirror image parts, But it is identical.Preferably, including two building blocks 100 and 200 spout assembly 10 with comprising product to be allocated Two foods of dispensing or container for drink (that is, primary containment vessel 20 and further receptacle 20 ') are used together：One of arrangement components 100 Primary containment vessel 20 is attached to, and another arrangement components 200 is attached to further receptacle 20 '.Preferably, according to the present invention, each There is a building block of spout assembly in food or container for drink.

From a manufacturing perspective, the building block 100,200 for configuring final spout assembly 10 is identical, the fact that provide Many advantages as set forth herein：

Varied product that-same parts are used in container, therefore each part has height interchangeability, same parts tool Be widely used scope；

- existing production line is can adjust to produce these parts, and as these parts are separately fabricated, to a life Producing line is upgraded and just be enough to make complete spout assembly；

- each part can be combined in same production line？？？

- when manufactured part goes out of use, this discarded cost is lower, because discarded part configures total spout The half rather than complete assemblies of component.

One of reference picture 4a-f, building block 100 (can be named as primary building block 100, which will be with secondary building blocks 200 is identical) include primary fluid inlet 11, the primary fluid inlet generally has and can be injected into and sting device is pierced through Outside pierceable capping (it is still possible that fluid intake 11 does not include any pierceable outer cover, and directly passes through injection Device injects fluid, and need not pierce through outer cover or film).Primary fluid inlet 11 is through primary hand-hole 14 and primary containment vessel 20 Connection.Building block 100 includes primary attachment arrangement 15, the primary attachment arrangement and (the referred to as secondary group of another building block 200 Into part 200) on identical secondary attachment arrangement 15 ' engage so that both parts 100 and 200 gather together and match somebody with somebody Put spout assembly 10.Primary building block 100 also includes the primary distribution outlet 13 for being preferably configured as vertical pipeline, can wear Cross the primary distribution outlet to distribute the product from primary containment vessel 20.

When the two same composition parts (primary building block 100 and secondary building blocks 200) assemble spout together During component 10, the gained spout assembly 10 shown in Fig. 3 a-e include a primary fluid inlet 11 (generally in front), one Secondary fluid entrance 12 (generally at rear), primary distribution outlet 13 and secondary distribution outlet 13 '.Gained spout assembly 10 can be Operate in machine, regardless of whether user inserts the spout assembly 10 with which kind of direction, for example, insert in front or behind position.Machine To sting device 30 by including two similar fluid needles (that is, primary pin and secondary pin), they preferably have for the injection of device Equal length, it is in a rotationally symmetrical arrangement with the second order relative to longitudinal center axis, so as to allow to pierce through primary in any order Fluid intake 11 and secondary fluid entrance 12, this does not rely on the direction that consumer is introduced spout in the machine, because spout Component 10 has reversible configuration.

Primary fluid inlet 11 and secondary fluid entrance 12 are each connected with primary hand-hole 14 and secondary hand-hole 14 ' respectively It is logical.According to required formula or final products, will hold through primary 13 distribution of distribution outlet is primary first after mixing with fluid The content of device 20 is (so as to fluid will be first poured in primary fluid inlet 11 and will be entered just there through primary hand-hole 14 In level container 20), and next, according to similar manner, 13 ' distribution are exported through secondary distribution after mixing with fluid secondary Container 20 ' content (therefore, during fluid has been then poured into secondary fluid entrance 12 and there through secondary hand-hole 14 ' Into in further receptacle 20 ').Obviously, reverse process (from the beginning of such as further receptacle 20 ', then being continued with primary containment vessel 20) Can carry out according to similar manner.

Figure 10 a-eShow the present invention'sSecond embodiment, the embodiment party of the embodiment and Fig. 3 a-e and Fig. 4 a-f Case is similar, but wherein spout assembly 10 now alternatively bySingle building block100 make.Preferably, spout assembly 10 is attached To only one container 20.The gained spout assembly 10 of the first embodiment and the second embodiment have similar profile and for Fluid intake and inject the exterior configuration similar to for sting device, thus allow that same machines can be processed in them times What one.It is primary fluid inlet 11 (preferably in front) that spout assembly 10 includes connecting with primary hand-hole 14, and secondary Secondary fluid entrance 12 (preferably at rear) and a primary distribution outlet 13 that hand-hole 14 ' is connected.Primary hand-hole Both 14 and secondary hand-hole 14 ' are connected with same primary container 20 respectively.

By operation according to the machine of this spout assembly 10 of second embodiment and for described in the first embodiment It is identical, and there is identical injection and sting device configuration：The spout assembly 10 of the second embodiment be it is reversible, because This its direction (usually front or behind direction) when can not rely on introduced operates in the machine.Injection and sting device Then primary fluid inlet 11 or secondary fluid entrance 12 be will puncture through or both while piercing through, so that primary containment vessel 20 is interior It is tolerant to mix with fluid, and further pass through primary distribution outlet 13 and be allocated.

Fig. 6 a-e and Fig. 7 a-cShow the present invention's3rd embodiment, wherein spout assembly 10 includes attached by primary What connection device 15 and secondary attachment arrangement 15 ' were attached togetherTwo building blocks100th, 200 (primary building block 100 and time Level building block is 200).As for the first embodiment described in Fig. 3 a-e and Fig. 4 a-f, spout assembly 10 is made The two building blocks 100,200 are identical.Fig. 7 a-c represent the detailed of the illustrative configuration of one of these building blocks 100 Feelings.Preferably, spout assembly 10 is used together with two foods or container for drink of the dispensing comprising product to be allocated, and this two Individual food or container for drink are attached to the primary containment vessel 20 of primary building block 100 and are attached to secondary building blocks 200 Further receptacle 20 '.

One of reference picture 7a-c, building block 100 includes primary fluid inlet 11, and the primary fluid inlet generally has energy Be injected into the outside pierced through with sting device (usually pin) capping is can pierce (it is still possible that fluid intake 11 does not include appointing What can pierce outer cover, and directly inject fluid by injection device, and need not pierce through outer cover or film).Secondary working fluid Entrance 11 is connected through primary hand-hole 14 with primary containment vessel 20.Building block 100 includes primary attachment arrangement 15, and the primary is attached Connection device is engaged with the identical secondary attachment arrangement 15 ' on secondary building blocks 200, so that both parts 100 and 200 collect It is combined and configures spout assembly 10.Primary building block 100 also includes the first fraction for being preferably configured as vertical pipeline With outlet 13, may pass through the primary distribution outlet to distribute product.

When the two same composition parts 100 and 200 assemble spout assembly 10 together, the gained shown in Fig. 6 a-e Spout assembly 10 includes a primary fluid inlet 11 (preferably in front), a secondary fluid entrance 12 (preferably rear Side), primary distribution outlet 13 and secondary distribution outlet 13 '.Primary fluid inlet 11 and secondary fluid entrance 12 each respectively with Primary hand-hole 14 is connected with secondary hand-hole 14 '.When spout assembly 10 is attached to primary containment vessel 20 and further receptacle 20 ', According to required formula or final products, primary containment vessel 20 will be distributed through primary distribution outlet 13 first after mixing with fluid (so as to fluid will be first poured in primary fluid inlet 11 and will be entered in primary containment vessel 20 there through primary hand-hole 14), And next, according to similar manner, distribute the interior of further receptacle 20 ' through secondary distribution outlet 13 ' after mixing with fluid Tolerant (therefore, further receptacle is entered during fluid has been then poured into secondary fluid entrance 12 and there through secondary hand-hole 14 ' In 20 ').Obviously, reverse process (from the beginning of such as further receptacle 20 ', then being continued with primary containment vessel 20) can be according to similar side Formula is carried out：As spout assembly 10 is reversible, introduced with a kind of direction or another kind of direction (in front or behind position) It is unimportant in machine, this to have been for it is similar described in the first embodiment.

To sting device 30 by including two similar primary flow body acupunctures and secondary flow body acupuncture, they are preferred for the injection of machine Ground has equal length, in a rotationally symmetrical arrangement with the second order relative to longitudinal center axis, so as to allow to pierce in any order Primary fluid inlet 11 and secondary fluid entrance 12 is worn, this does not rely on the direction that consumer is introduced spout in the machine, because There is reversible configuration for spout assembly 10.This is also and has been directed towards identical injection described in first embodiment of the invention With sting device configuration.

Fig. 8 a-eShow the present invention's4th embodiment, the embodiment of the embodiment and Fig. 6 a-e and Fig. 7 a-c It is similar, but wherein spout assembly 10 now alternatively bySingle building block100 make.3rd embodiment and the 4th embodiment party The gained spout assembly 10 of case has similar profile and the outside similar for sting device for fluid intake and injection Configuration, therefore allow same machines process any of they.Preferably, the spout according to the 4th embodiment Component 10 is attached to a primary containment vessel 20.Spout assembly 10 now includes the primary fluid inlet connected with primary hand-hole 14 11 (preferably in front), the secondary fluid entrance 12 (preferably at rear) connected with secondary hand-hole 14 ' and first fraction With exporting 13, primary hand-hole 14 and secondary 14 ' both of which of hand-hole are connected with primary containment vessel 20.

By operation according to the machine of this spout assembly 10 of the 4th embodiment and for described in the 3rd embodiment It is identical, and there is identical injection and sting device configuration：The spout assembly 10 of the 4th embodiment be it is reversible, because This its direction (usually front or behind direction) when can not rely on introduced operates in the machine.Injection and sting device Then primary fluid inlet 11 or secondary fluid entrance 12 be will puncture through or both while piercing through, so that primary containment vessel 20 is interior It is tolerant to mix with fluid, and further pass through primary distribution outlet 13 and be allocated.

Fig. 5 a-e and Figure 11 a-fShow the present invention's5th embodiment, wherein spout assembly 10 includes by primary What attachment arrangement 15 and secondary attachment arrangement 15 ' were attached togetherTwo building blocks100th, 200 (it is generally termed as primary composition Part 100 and secondary building blocks are 200).As for the first previously described embodiment and the 3rd embodiment, make The two building blocks 100,200 of spout assembly 10 are identical.Figure 11 a-f represent showing for one of these building blocks 100 The details of example property configuration.Preferably, two foods or beverage of gained spout assembly 10 and the dispensing comprising product to be allocated Container (respectively primary containment vessel 20 and further receptacle 20 ') is used together.

One of reference picture 11a-f, building block 100 includes primary fluid inlet 11 (generally in front) and auxiliary primary stream Body entrance 11 ', both typically each can pierce lid including can be injected into the outside pierced through with sting device (usually fluid needle) Or capping.However, it is also possible to, fluid intake 11 does not include any lid or film, and injection device is straight through which by fluid Injection is connect, and any outer cover need not be pierced through.Primary fluid inlet 11 is connected through primary hand-hole 14 with primary containment vessel 20.It is auxiliary Primary fluid inlet 11 ' is helped to be in secondary building blocks actually when the two building blocks 100 and 200 gather together Continue and lead to the through hole of secondary fluid entrance 12 (being arranged at the rear part of spout assembly 10) in 200.According to similar side Formula, secondary building blocks 200 will also be with secondary fluid entrance 12 and auxiliary secondary fluid intakes 12 '：Auxiliary secondary fluid enters Mouth 12 ' is (to be arranged in spout assembly when the two building blocks 100 and 200 gather together towards primary fluid inlet 11 At 10 front part) through hole, and secondary fluid entrance 12 connected through secondary hand-hole 14 ' with further receptacle 20 '.

The reason for this configuration is that spout assembly 10 is used together with same machines, particularly the note with this machine Enter and be used together with sting device so that spout assembly 10 be it is reversible, and when being introduced in machine can with a kind of direction or Another kind of direction operation.Primary building block 100 also includes primary attachment arrangement 15, the primary attachment arrangement and secondary composition portion Identical secondary attachment arrangement 15 ' on part 200 is engaged, so that both parts 100 and 200 gather together and configure basis The spout assembly 10 of the 5th embodiment.Primary building block 100 also includes the primary for being preferably configured as vertical pipeline Distribution outlet 13, may pass through the primary distribution outlet to distribute product.

When the two same composition parts 100 and 200 assemble spout assembly 10 together, the gained shown in Fig. 5 a-e Spout assembly 10 includes a primary fluid inlet 11 (being preferably arranged on the front part of spout assembly 10), an auxiliary Primary fluid inlet 11 ', secondary fluid entrance 12 (being preferably arranged at the rear part of spout assembly 10), one it is auxiliary Help secondary fluid entrance 12 ' and two distribution outlets (respectively primary distribution outlet 13 and secondary distribution outlet 13 ').Auxiliary Secondary fluid entrance 12 ' is connected with primary fluid inlet 11 so that they be actually inner tubes, the inner tube it It is outer to there is the primary hand-hole 14 connected with primary containment vessel 20.Similarly, auxiliary primary fluid intake 11 ' and secondary fluid entrance 12 connections, become an inner tube, there is the secondary hand-hole 14 ' of connected with further receptacle 20 ' outside the inner tube. When spout assembly 10 is attached to two container 20 and 20 ', according to required formula or final products, will mix with fluid first After conjunction through primary distribution outlet 13 distribute primary containment vessel 20 (so as to fluid will be first poured into it is in primary fluid inlet 11 or auxiliary Help in secondary fluid entrance 12 ', this is introduced in machine in which way depending on spout and (is drawn with forward direction or rear direction Enter)；And enter in primary containment vessel 20 there through primary hand-hole 14), and next, according to similar manner, with fluid After mixing through secondary distribution outlet 13 ' distribute further receptacles 20 ' content (therefore, fluid has been then poured into secondary flow Further receptacle 20 ' is entered in body entrance 12 and there through secondary hand-hole 14 ', this introduces machine in which way depending on spout In device).As stated, it is clear that the configuration allow spout assembly 10 for its insertion be in the machine it is reversible, because This reverse process (from the beginning of further receptacle 20 ', then being continued with primary containment vessel 20) can be carried out according to similar manner.

Will be including injection and sting device 30 according to the machine of this spout assembly 10 of the 5th embodiment by operation, should Injection is preferably configured as two similar primary flow body acupunctures and secondary flow body acupuncture to sting device, and they have different long Degree, and be arranged on the phase homonymy of machine.Therefore, direction when spout assembly 10 is introduced in machine is not relied on (in front Or rear position, i.e., it is orientated with front or back), these pins can pierce through primary fluid inlet 11 or secondary fluid in any order Entrance 12 (directly carry out and/or carry out through auxiliary primary fluid intake 11 ' and auxiliary secondary fluid intake 12 ').If spray Mouth component is for example introduced in anterior position, then hour hand will puncture through primary fluid inlet 11 and (produce entering towards primary hand-hole 14 Road) and minute hand will puncture through auxiliary primary fluid intake 11 ' (producing the approach towards secondary hand-hole 14 ').Can be first begin to The distribution (through primary hand-hole 14 and primary distribution outlet 13) of primary containment vessel 20, then carries out the distribution of further receptacle 20 ' (through secondary hand-hole 14 ' and secondary distribution outlet 13 '), or vice versa it is as the same.When spout assembly is introduced into the back side in machine When putting, similar operations will be carried out, the final product for obtaining is similar.

Fig. 9 a-fShow the present invention's6th embodiment, the embodiment party of the embodiment and Fig. 5 a-e and Figure 11 a-f Case is similar, but wherein spout assembly 10 now alternatively bySingle building block100 make.5th embodiment and the 6th is implemented The gained spout assembly 10 of scheme have similar profile and for fluid intake and injection for sting device it is similar outward Portion's configuration, therefore allow same machines process any of they.Preferably, the spray according to the 6th embodiment Mouth component 10 is attached to a primary containment vessel 20.Spout assembly 10 now includes that the secondary working fluid connected with primary hand-hole 14 is entered 11 (preferably in front) of mouth, the secondary fluid entrance 12 (preferably at rear) connected with secondary hand-hole 14 ' and primary Distribution outlet 13.Both primary hand-hole 14 and secondary hand-hole 14 ' are connected with primary containment vessel 20 respectively.Spout assembly 10 is also wrapped Auxiliary primary fluid intake 11 ' is included, the auxiliary primary fluid intake is connected with secondary hand-hole 14 ' and in secondary fluid entrance The through hole continued in 12.In addition, spout assembly 10 includes auxiliary secondary fluid intake 12 ', the auxiliary secondary fluid intake be with The through hole that primary hand-hole 14 is connected and continued in primary fluid inlet 11.

Will be including injection and sting device 30 according to the machine of this spout assembly 10 of the 6th embodiment by operation, should Injection is preferably configured as two similar primary flow body acupunctures and secondary flow body acupuncture to sting device, and they have different long Degree, and be arranged on the phase homonymy of machine, this is similar to for those described in the 5th embodiment.Therefore, do not rely on Direction (in front or behind position, i.e., being orientated with front or back) when spout assembly 10 is introduced in machine, these pins will be pierced Wear primary fluid inlet 11 or secondary fluid entrance 12 or (directly carry out and/or through auxiliary primary while piercing through both Fluid intake 11 ' and auxiliary secondary fluid intake 12 ' are carried out).If spout assembly is for example introduced in anterior position, hour hand will Pierce through primary fluid inlet 11 (producing the approach towards primary hand-hole 14) and minute hand will puncture through auxiliary primary fluid intake 11 ' (producing the approach towards secondary hand-hole 14 ')：The two pins will inject fluid or fluid is noted by the only one pin in them Enter in primary containment vessel 20 to prepare product mixture, therefore prepared product will be allocated through primary distribution outlet. When spout assembly is introduced in machine in the way of the positioning of rear, for example, minute hand will puncture through auxiliary secondary fluid intake 12 ' and (produce The raw approach towards primary hand-hole 14) and hour hand will puncture through secondary fluid entrance 12 and (produce towards secondary hand-hole 14 ' Approach)：Similarly, the two pins will inject fluid or the only one pin in them injects fluid in primary containment vessel 20 to make Standby product mixture, therefore prepared product will export 13 through primary distribution and be allocated.

By operation according to the machine of this spout assembly 10 of the 6th embodiment and for described in the 5th embodiment Machine be identical, and have identical injection with 30 configuration of sting device.

According to second aspect, the invention further relates to bag 40, the bag include spout assembly 10 as previously mentioned and One or more foods or container for drink 20,20 ' that spout assembly 10 is attached to.Preferably, the quantity of container corresponds to bag The quantity of 40 containers for being included.As shown in Figure 12 a and Figure 12 b, the different size of bag 40 can used in same machines, It is suitable to store the dispensing of varying number：Generally, exactly spout assembly 10 is in terms of outer shape and fluid intake puncture requirement Configuration determines machine to be used；However, the size (as shown in Figure 12 a and 12b) of container is not determined when vertically extending Fixed or restriction machine.Thus it is possible to produce different product, such as one cup of concentrated coffee or one bowl of soup.The outside of spout assembly 10 Design and configuration will be independent of target product and keep constant；However, the indoor design of spout assembly 10 (particularly hand-hole is straight In terms of footpath) will be according to dispensing to be processed and therefore different according to target food or beverage products.In addition, described single Or the other specification of multiple containers, the flow rate of the fluid for such as being injected and/or the fluid for being injected temperature and/or injected Fluid cumulative volume, therefore will be adjusted according to target food or beverage products according to dispensing to be processed and.

An embodiment of the invention, the scope of all bags described above may include the bag of at least two types Bag, the substantially different part of these bags are the ability that they produce fizzy beverage or non-foam beverage.First type The bag that fizzy beverage can be produced generally has water inlet, and the water inlet is arranged to the bag than second type more High speed introduces water jet in the internal volume of bag.The bag of the first type preferably has beverage outlet, the beverage Outlet is arranged to for beverage to keep as long as possible in the internal volume of bag.Then the hand-hole of the bag of the first type With distribution outlet, compared with the bag of second type, the distribution is exported with the surface with the circular surface of minimum diameter Suitable surface area.The bag of the first type is preferably presented such shape, and the shape is arranged to improve beverage Or the motion of the fluid and beverage during food preparation in container.It has been observed that with about 4/3 length/width ratio and spout group Part 10 is arranged in the rectangular vessel of width side and improves the stirring of fluid and the generation of foam.When spout assembly 10 is positioned at width During with the side angle of length, the effect is even more projected.The foaming of beverage also may depend on the property of food or beverage ingredient.This Invention can produce and be suitable to stir a series of different bags with different type beverage contained in dissolution vessel or food ingredients 40。

Each food or container for drink of configuration bag 40 preferably includes the waterproof sheet material of two flexibilities, and they connect each other Close to limit the internal volume wherein stored for preparing at least one dispensing of single or multiple product：As shown in Figure 12 a-b, Spout assembly 10 is preferably arranged in a certain way so that one or more of foods or container for drink are integrated into one by which Rise, so as to provide the extraction successively of these containers.Preferably, food or container for drink are presented substantially planar shape, wherein Spout assembly 10 is disposed on one of side of bag 40.Preferably, bag is quite flexible in itself, and is looked like Bag or pouch.Flexibility refers to that sheet material easily can bend.Gained bag 40 is also bent, because with rigid container conversely, bag is It is soft and deformable.Flexible sheet material can be plasticity laminate, metallized foils or aluminium foil or fiber base material.According to this Bright, described two flexible waterproof sheet materials can be by doubling and in the single flexible waterproof sheet material shape of its free edge engagement Into.

Bag 40 may also include the protrusion for enabling user or consumer to grasp bag 40：But this is not in the drawings Illustrate.

Generally, the waterproof sheet material of two flexibilities being engaged with each other to limit container contents product is by doubling and in its free margins At edge, the single flexible waterproof sheet material of engagement is formed.According to the pattern, container is put down by made by flexible material sheet material Flour bag, the sheet material are folded in container top and in its edge bonding to limit internal volume, and bottom adhesive edge generally includes spray Mouth component 10.The embodiment constitutes a kind of especially easy mode to manufacture the bag 40 including container and spout assembly, Because a piece of sheet material (more preferably according to rectangular shape) is only cut in its requirement and which folds to be formed for food or beverage The internal volume of dispensing.Generally, also for for the sake of easily manufactured, introduce in the bottom margin of container during the sealing at its edge Spout assembly 10.

Water inlet is generally limited the material sheet of container contents product and is enclosed in complete bag 40：Above fluid intake Therefore can be made up of the material sheet for covering these fluid intakes of surrendered to the capping that injection is pierced through with sting device 30, so as to Any supplementary capping or film need not be prepared above them, thus it is easy to manufacture and convenient.Therefore can be using same sheet material simultaneously Form the internal volume closed fluid entrance of container.Therefore, the present invention is provided easily fabricated and guarantees F＆B dispensing And the bag 40 of the health and shelf life protection of produced food or beverage products.

Preferably, spout assembly 10 is introduced to configure complete packet in the bottom margin of container during the sealing at its edge Bag 40 allows for situations below and is possibly realized：Flexible sheet material can cover the part including fluid intake of spout assembly 10.Therefore During the single step at the edge of bonding sheet material, the internal volume for storing food or beverage ingredient, cloth can be formed simultaneously Put spout assembly 10 and closed fluid entrance.Distribution outlet is not preferably covered by sheet material.But distributing outlet can be visually Covered by a part (such as by the shirt rim of sheet material) for sheet material.It is further preferred that according to the present invention, spout assembly 10 includes rib 16, these ribs be disposed in the outer surface of spout assembly 10 at least one in, so as to spout during improving sealing and flexible material The adhesiveness of media sheet.Especially, raised brim can surround fluid intake, to improve the air around which and water-stop degree.

According to the present invention, spout assembly 10 and/or food or container for drink preferably include identity device 60, and the mark is filled Put comprising the information of supply fluid successively in from fluid intake to different vessels：As illustrated before this, dispensing in a reservoir this Kind process successively according to the formula of target product to carry out, therefore about should first and next processes the information of which container (when having two containers generally in bag 40) is supplied to the machine that will process bag 40 by identity device.Due to spout group Part 10 and therefore bag 40 is reversible, user can introduce bag 40 with a kind of direction or another kind of direction, and machine is needed Will appreciate that and which kind of direction bag 40 is introduced with, processed to carry out the correct of the container in bag 40 successively, the information It is supplied to machine to obtain correct final goal product formula by identity device 60 (in spout assembly 10 or in container).It is such Identity device 60 may include any kind of identifying device, such as mechanical code, optical code, RFID tag, bar code, magnetic code Deng.Most preferably, identity device 60 of the invention will be formed into food or container for drink is (flexible by two gathered together Sheet material configuration is conforming to bag or container) lateral edges on detection hole (schematically showing in Fig. 2 a and Fig. 2 b), These detection holes are preferably on the sealing area of the container for not having product or dispensing.When the two sheet materials gather together and On edge, welding is configuring during one or more containers, on one of these lateral edges, it will thus provide with the extra of circumferential shapes Welding, so that be configured to punching hole by hole.Multiple holes are generally vertically arranged on one of edge of container for gathering together On：This some holes will allow light transmission, and by the configuration according to hole, for machine provide about need in accordance with container processing sequence Information.Due to bag of the invention 40 be formed into it is reversible, so as to allow machine do not rely on introduce bag 40 when Identity device 60 is read in direction, therefore these identity devices 60 (generally these detection holes or punching hole) will be arranged on the two of container On individual lateral edges, such as represented in Fig. 2 a-b or Figure 12 a-b.On each side, identity device 60 also will be provided for machine About the information of bag incoming direction.

Spout assembly 10 and/or food or the identity device in container for drink 60 are also produced comprising relevant production food or beverage The information of the technological parameter of product.These technological parameters are at least one following or combination：Inject the single or multiple containers In the temperature of fluid, the total measurement (volume) of fluid injected in the single or multiple containers and fluid flow.These parameters are also There is provided together with the information processed successively of the described single or multiple containers about configuring bag.Preferably, it is symmetrical by two groups The identity device 60 of arrangement is arranged in bag, so that the technological parameter in identity device 60 reversibly can read (works as system When becoming punching hole, punching press is out on two of bag reversible sides (above and the back side) for this some holes；Due to identity device 60 It also is disposed on two side walls of bag, therefore no matter bag all can read these mark dresses in being introduced into machine in which way Put).

Preferably, according to the present invention, bag 40 is with the planar orientation being oriented substantially vertically along beverage production period Flat shape, and fluid intake by fluid jet be included in the plane direction orientation.Container is introduced from bottom Fluid jet develop into and form turbulent flow, friction and high contact table and dispensing particle between in fluid molecule (usually hydrone) The annular in face and screw.For average, before fluid molecule leaves container together in company with beverage or food product upon mixing, Rotated in container for several times.It was observed that the bag of rectangular shape obtains optimum (reconstruct).It has also been found that in rectangle The bag for being disposed with single spout assembly in bag corner improves reconstruct.

According to the present invention, during the production and distribution of the single or multiple product, food or container for drink are basic On be vertically provided, and spout assembly 10 is arranged in a certain way so that the fluid through fluid intake is supplied with upward direction Should be in container.

In addition as shown in Figure 12 a-b, food or container for drink are preferably incorporated in spout assembly 10 nearby and towards spout At least one, more preferably two tilting zone 21 that component 10 is assembled, being arranged symmetrically and tilted shape is presented, these inclinations Region strengthens and promotes all products in container to be allocated through distribution outlet so that can stay in container minimal number of Product, so as to avoid beverage or food ingredients from keeping being limited in these corners.Tilting zone 21 can pass through lateral seal container Corner is obtaining.Food or container for drink can be presented various outer shapes, such as rectangle, square or circular.These containers it is interior Volume will preferably be presented such shape, and the shape is arranged to improve the fluid and food during prepared by product in container Or the motion of beverage ingredient.

According to another aspect, the present invention relates to for preparing single or various foods or drink by previously described bag 40 The machine 50 of material product.Machine 50 includes holding device 51 and injection device 30 (being preferably also sting device), the receiving Device is suitable to preferably accommodate bag 40 in a certain way so that bag 40 is vertically positioned and spout assembly is positioned at bag 40 bottom, and the injection device is designed to engage with spout assembly 10 and for high-pressure fluid is injected spout In the fluid intake of component 10.It is processed to obtain in substantially vertical position in machine 50 generally, due to bag 40 Beverage or food product, so bag 40 will be introduced in machine 50 in front and (being schematically shown in such as Figure 14) or laterally being drawn Enter, so that bag 40 is slidably insert in the custom plug-in of machine 50 (as schematically shown in Figure 13).

According to the present invention, fluid can be fed to bag 40 with any temperature (cold, environment temperature or heat), be specifically dependent upon The type of target food or beverage products.

According to the present invention and as schematically shown in Figure 15, for preparing food or drink by previously described bag 40 The machine 50 of material product at least includes：

- for pressure fluid to be fed to fluid provider or tank 84 and the pump 82 of the fluid intake in spout assembly 10；

- for carrying out the heater 83 of uniform heating to fluid；

- for convey environment temperature fluid by-pass line 87；

- for selecting the valve (not shown) of hot fluid or environment temperature fluid,

- optionally, cooling unit (not shown) is may also be arranged in machine 50 to convey cold flow body；

- injection device, it is therefore preferable to puncture and injection device, be more preferably one or more fluid needles, which pierces through stream Body entrance and by from fluid provider pressure fluid injection fluid intake in；

- for the device (spout assemblies in bag 40 that are cut or tear off stopper 17 and/or 17 ' from distribution outlet 13 10 when including more than one distribution outlet 13, will have more than one stopper 17, because generally each distribution outlet 13 has a plug Son is 17).

Device for being cut or tear off stopper 17,17 ' is preferably arranged in machine 50 in a certain way so that when Surface trimming stopper during introducing bag 40 or when food is started or beverage is prepared in machine 50.

Machine 50 also includes data reader (preferably including Optical devices), and which is read and retrieved from identity device 60 Close for prepared by bag 40 technological parameter of food or beverage products information (the single or multiple containers successively plus Work, the temperature of the fluid of the single or multiple containers, flow rate and total flow).

Preferably, the identity device 60 in the following manner from bag 40 is retrieved information by data reader：Light is launched Device device launching light, the punching hole of light transmission configuration identifier device 60 in preferred embodiments.

Preferably, machine is also included for assigning drinking glasses 9 the one of bag 40 when food product or beverage is prepared Individual or multiple distribution export the positioning region 86 of lower section.

It is further preferred that machine 50 also includes the cutter sweep for cutting the closure plug 17,17 ' of distribution outlet 13,13 ' 85.Cutter sweep 85 can be positioned such that automatic when bag 40 is introduced in machine 50 or when food is started or beverage is prepared Cutting stopper.

According further to the present invention, for manufacturing all bags described above 40, (bag 40 includes spout assembly 10 and Individual or multiple foods or container for drink) method will comprise the following steps：

- folding material sheet material and two lateral edges that bond are to form bag；

- food or beverage ingredient is filled with the bag being consequently formed through remaining open edge；

- spout assembly 10 is positioned between remaining open edge and is bondd the edge.

The present invention has advantages below：The bag for preparing food or beverage is proposed, wherein can be given birth to using same machines Produce the different F＆B of broad range.F＆B can be because of its property (coffee, tea, chocolate, soup etc.), pattern (coffee There is foam in coffee, breast and chocolate have foam, and tea does not have bubble etc.), its volume is (from concentrated coffee volume until soup holds Product) and it is different, and can still be by same machines acquisition.Machine element can keep very simple and be limited to simple Fluid needle, usually simple liquid drugs injection.

The present invention has the advantages that prepared by the consumer's friendly for proposing F＆B.From the food beverage of bag conveying Can directly eat, and not need any additional technical steps, such as to make beverage foam.

The present invention has further the advantage that：Bag is proposed, is wherein being protected using front these dispensings completely, from big Gas affects.

The present invention has advantages below：Propose the bag for preparing beverage or food product, which avoids dispensing and The contact of prepared beverage or food product with machine, therefore limit the risk of cross pollution.Prepared beverage or food Produce product are presented optimal organoleptic attribute.

The present invention has further the advantage that：Bag is proposed, these bags are presented low environmental impacts, this is as they are by having The lamination bag for having little plastic plug (spout assembly) is made.

The present invention has advantages below：Bag is proposed, these bags can easily with flexible sheet material and insertion Single spout assembly is produced for raw material.Specifically, bag is positioned at interior in internal volume during being typically not included in manufacture Portion's filter or film.

Additionally, when bag includes more than one container, the bag of the present invention is included in single and groups of packaging to be treated The formula of preparation, so as in accordance with preparation successively.It is also the big excellent of one side of user that one side of consumer carries out less operation Point.Additionally, being capable of achieving result in optimal cup, because extraction is predefined with processing sequence, and mark is actually included in In information on device 60.Another very important advantage of the bag of the present invention is the bag and bag for including a container The bag for including multiple containers be it is compatible, and can be used in the same machines with identical brewing unit.

Figure is shown in for example for storing the space needed for bag of the invention (or even including bag of multiple containers) In 2a and Fig. 2 b, and the obvious ratio in space used by the confession bag for needing consumer to check in advance is show clearly as typical glue Space used by pouch container is much smaller.

Another principal advantages of the bag of the present invention are to include a building block or two composition portions when spout assembly During part, the spout assembly in bag is reversible, therefore which can be introduced in machine in any direction (when using the structure with Figure 14 During the machine of type, which can be introduced in front or with rear direction, i.e., introduced with front or back orientation；When using such as table in Figure 13 During the machine for showing, bag can be laterally introduced with any one of both possible directions direction).Additionally, including a group Spout assembly into part or two building blocks has identical profile, and thus like machine can be used for both structures Type, and also demand is punctured with similar fluid intake, so as to allow using identical compatibility pin configuration.Due in bag Identity device, this is also possible：Not only physical configuration and mechanical requirements are identical for bag, and do not rely on this Direction when a little bags are introduced in machine, such that it is able to being processed/being grasped to these bags with a direction or another direction Make, and identity device also provides this information to machine, so as to allow machine to understand the one or more of appearances in bag The correct processing sequence of device.

Therefore, it is when being made up of single building block or to work as according to the main target of spout assembly of present invention design When being made up of two building blocks being attached together, gained spout assembly be in both cases it is compatible, and can be Used in same machines.

Another major advantage of the present invention is the fact that：Spout assembly when being made up of single building block Two sides have identical profile, there is no warpage when being fused on spout assembly so as to allow flexible sheet material.This Outward, when spout assembly is made up of two building blocks being attached together, additionally provide phase on two sides of spout assembly Same profile, this also avoids any warpage risk.

Additionally, as elaborated before this, the two building blocks for configuring spout assembly are identical, and have corresponding Related manufacture advantage.

Although describing the present invention with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, one of ordinary skill in the art can be not In the case of the scope of the invention limited by disengaging claims, many modifications may be made and change.

Mark list

40 bags

21 tilting zones

60 identity devices

10 spout assemblies

The building block of 100 spout assemblies

The building block of 200 spout assemblies

11 primary fluid inlets

11 ' auxiliary primary fluid intakes

12 secondary fluid entrances

12 ' auxiliary secondary fluid intakes

13 primary distribution outlets

13 ' secondary distribution outlets

Opening in 23 primary distribution outlets

Opening in 23 ' secondary distribution outlets

The stopper of 17 primary distribution outlets

The stopper of 17 ' secondary distribution outlets

The tie of 18 primary distribution outlets

The tie of 18 ' secondary distribution outlets

The weakness zone of 19 primary distribution outlets

The weakness zone of 19 ' secondary distribution outlets

14 primary hand-holes

14 ' secondary hand-holes

16 primary ribs

16 ' secondary ribs

20 primary foods or container for drink

20 ' secondary foods or container for drink

50 machines

51 holding devices

9 drinking glasses

30 injection devices

85 cutter sweeps

84 fluid tanks

83 heaters

87 by-pass lines

82 pumps

86 positioning regions

Claims

1. a kind of spout assembly (10) for one or more foods or container for drink, each container is comprising for preparing single Or at least one dispensing of multiple product, spout assembly (10) include：

Fluid can through its be fed at least one of one or more foods or container for drink primary fluid inlet (11) and At least one secondary fluid entrance (12), and the fluid intake (11,12) it is connected to identical single container, or the fluid intake Each of (11,12) it is connected to one of the plurality of container；

Through at least one distribution outlet (13) of its described single of distribution or multiple product；

Spout assembly (10) configure in a certain way so that the fluid can be according to the single to be allocated or various products During product are fed to single container or it is sequentially supplied in multiple containers.

2. spout assembly (10) according to claim 1, it is wherein described spout assembly (10) and/or described single or multiple Food or container for drink include identity device (60), the identity device have need in accordance with, according to the single to be obtained Or multiple product and in the single or multiple containers information of supply fluid successively.

3. spout assembly (10) according to any one of claim 1-2 so that spout assembly (10) with relative to The Second-Order Discrete of longitudinal center axis is rotationally symmetrical configuring.

4. according to spout assembly in any one of the preceding claims wherein (10), wherein described primary fluid inlet (11) and institute State injection device (30) thorn that secondary fluid entrance (12) can be injected high-pressure fluid in the fluid intake (11,12) Wear, (11, the fluid for 12) being arranged to be injected is converted to into the single or multiple appearances fluid intake High-speed jet in device.

5. spout assembly (10) according to claim 4, wherein the fluid intake (11,12) by the stream for being injected Body is converted to the jet of the speed with least 20m/s, preferably at least 30m/s.

Spout assembly (10) 6. according to any one of claim 4-5, the wherein fluid intake (11,12) it is configured For the list can be provided relative to the high-speed jet of the fluid supply orientation provided in the fluid intake (11,12) In individual or multiple containers, about 90 ° are supplied in preferably relative to the fluid.

7. according to spout assembly in any one of the preceding claims wherein (10), wherein with the single or multiple containers in The connection of portion volume the fluid intake (11, diameter 12) between 0.3mm and 1mm, be preferably ranges between 0.3mm and Between 0.5mm, more preferably about 0.4mm.

8., according to spout assembly in any one of the preceding claims wherein (10), the spout assembly is by two for being attached together Individual essentially the same composition part (100,200) make, wherein each building block include with single or multiple containers Portion's volume is connected, fluid can be injected at least one of single or multiple containers fluid intake, and product energy through which Through at least one distribution outlet (13) which is allocated.

9. spout assembly (10) according to claim 8, wherein the building block (100, each of 200) attachment To a food or container for drink so that the building block (100, each of 200) through hand-hole (14, 14 ') connect with the internal capacity of one of these containers.

10. spout assembly (10) according to claim 8, wherein each described building block (100,200) include being matched somebody with somebody Being set to one of at least two fluid intakes of through hole, described fluid intake at least can be through its introducing food or drink with high-speed jet In material container hand-hole connection, the hand-hole with the particular angular arrangement relative to the fluid intake, preferably with about 90 ° of angle arrangement.

11. spout assemblies (10) according to any one of claim 1-7, the spout assembly is by being attached to a food Or a building block (100) of container for drink is made.

12. spout assembly (10) according to claim 11, the spout assembly include being each passed through primary hand-hole (14) and secondary hand-hole (14 ') and the reservoir at least one primary fluid inlet (11) and at least one secondary flow Body entrance (12), spout assembly (10) also include distribution outlet (13) through its distribution product.

13. spout assembly (10) according to claim 11, the spout assembly include be configured to through hole at least two Individual front fluid intake, one of they are at least connected with primary hand-hole (14), and the spout assembly also includes being configured to and institute Fluid intake after at least two of the through hole that front fluid intake is connected is stated, one of they are at least connected with secondary hand-hole (14 '), High-speed jet is enabled to introduce food or beverage appearance through primary hand-hole (14) and/or described secondary hand-hole (14 ') In device, hand-hole (14,14 ') with the particular angular arrangement relative to the front fluid intake and the rear fluid intake, Preferably arranged with about 90 °.

14. spout assemblies (10) according to any one of claim 8-13, wherein for according to claim 8-10 institute For the spout assembly (10) stated and the spout assembly (10) according to claim 11-13, profile and the fluid is entered The requirement of mouth is similar.

15. according to spout assembly in any one of the preceding claims wherein (10), and the spout assembly is by certain amount of group Make into part, the quantity of building block corresponds to the quantity of food or container for drink.

16. a kind of bag (40), the bag include spout assembly (10) according to any one of claim 1-15 with And spout assembly (10) one or more foods for being attached to or container for drink.

17. bag (40) according to claim 16, wherein each food or container for drink include that two flexibilities are waterproof Sheet material, described two flexible waterproof sheet materials are engaged with each other A kind of internal volume of dispensing, spout assembly (10) are arranged in a certain way so that its by one or more of foods or Container for drink gathers together, so as to provide the extraction successively of these containers.

18. bags (40) according to any one of claim 16-17, wherein described food or container for drink present basic The shape of upper plane, spout assembly (10) are disposed on one of side of the bag (40).

19. bags (40) according to any one of claim 16-18, wherein in the production of the single or multiple product During distribution, the food or container for drink are substantially perpendicularly arranged, spout assembly (10) cloth in a certain way Put so that the fluid through the fluid intake is fed in the container with upward direction.

20. bags (40) according to any one of claim 16-19, wherein described food or container for drink are comprising solvable Food or beverage ingredient.

21. bags (40) according to any one of claim 16-20, wherein described food or container for drink are included at least One tilting zone (21), at least one tilting zone are arranged in the spout assembly (10) nearby and towards the spout group Part (10) is assembled.

22. it is a kind of for by the bag (40) according to any one of claim 16-21 prepare single or various foods or The machine (50) of beverage products, described machine (50) include being suitable to accommodate the holding device (51) of the bag (40) and injection Device (30), the injection device are designed to engage with the spout assembly (10) and for high-pressure fluid is injected into institute State in the fluid intake of spout assembly (10).