CN102791590B

CN102791590B - Refillable product dispenser system

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Publication number: CN102791590B
Application number: CN201180014018.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: K.西迪奎; B.肖尔; P.斯利; H.沃克
Original assignee: Mead Johnson Nutrition Co
Current assignee: MJN US Holdings LLC
Priority date: 2010-06-28
Filing date: 2011-06-23
Publication date: 2015-03-25
Anticipated expiration: 2031-06-23
Also published as: TW201223836A; EP2534065A1; TWI557041B; CA2791810A1; ECSP12012235A; WO2012009124A1; MX2012012141A; RU2012141506A; BR112012023330A2; CN102791590A; MY186109A; HK1178870A1; US20110315686A1; CO6640241A2; SG183852A1; PE20131080A1; MX338821B

Abstract

A refillable product dispenser system for powdered infant formula includes a reusable container (16) having an initial product bag (18) received in the container. Refills for the reusable container are provided in similar refill product bags which may be of lesser volume than the initial product bag. The refill bags may be packaged in a refill outer package (22) containing two or more refill bags (24, 26).

Description

The product distributing system that can fill

Technical field

Overall system disclosed herein relates to the packing of product for powder product, relate more specifically to be applicable to distribute the packaging of powdered infant for milk product.

Background technology

Sell the tank of powdered infant milk replacer usually in the scope of volume from about 340.2 grams to about 1077.3 grams (about 12 ounces to about 38 ounces).Described tank seals and the reusable lid comprised in addition for sealing described tank after removing tamper-resistant seal with tamper-resistant seal at first.Spoon can be provided with to take out part powdered infant milk replacer to mix with water thus for the preparation of the liquid formula of feeding infant from tank.

But along with tank becomes empty, conventional system needs to buy and substitutes tank, and repeatedly buy and abandon container can cause waste, poor efficiency and environment is produced unfavorable.

Need a kind ofly guarantee not modify unilaterally for the powdered infant milk replacer changed in tank simultaneously and keep the system of required aseptic level.

Summary of the invention

In one embodiment, the filled product distributing system for powdered infant milk replacer comprises initial product packaging, the initial product bag that this initial product comprises reusable container and holds in the above-described container.

In another embodiment, product distributing system can be filled comprise reusable plastic containers, hold in the above-described container and fill and fill product bag with the initial product bag of powdered infant milk replacer and for what replace initial product bag.

In another embodiment, what fill that product bag can have an original volume being less than the powdered infant milk replacer existed in initial product bag fills volume.

In yet another embodiment, initial product bag can be made up of flexible material and can be substantially parallelepiped shape.Described bag can have the folded top remaining on the fold of appropriate location by divesting adhesive tape.

In another embodiment, product distributing system can be filled can comprise and disposablely fill beyond the region of objective existence packaging and be contained in described external packing two or more and fill packaging bag.Optionally, reusable spoon can be included in and fill in beyond the region of objective existence packaging.

In one embodiment, can fill product distributing system can adopt comprise that be substantially rectangular shape disposable fill beyond the region of objective existence packaging fill the packing of product, described fill the packing of product comprise be contained in fill beyond the region of objective existence packaging in and one be stacked on two of another top and only have two to fill product bag, each product bag that fills is made up of flexible material and is substantially parallelepiped shape.

In yet another embodiment, filled product distributing system for powdered infant milk replacer can comprise initial product packaging, and described initial product comprises reusable container, holds in the above-described container and fill with powdered infant for the initial product bag of milk product and accommodation reusable spoon in the above-described container.Described system can comprise further and fills the packing of product, described in fill the packing of product comprise disposable fill beyond the region of objective existence packaging and be contained in described external packing two or more fill product bag.

In another embodiment, the filled product distributing system for powdered infant milk replacer comprises the reusable container with accommodation initial product bag in a reservoir.The thing that fills for reusable container is arranged on and has the similar of volume being less than initial product bag and fill in product bag.Described fill bag can be packaged in containing two or more fill bag filling beyond the region of objective existence packaging in.

When reading following disclosure by reference to the accompanying drawings, many objects of the present invention, feature and advantage will be apparent for one of ordinary skill in the art.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is the schematic perspective view of the filled product distributing system comprising initial product packaging and fill the packing of product.

Fig. 2 shows the schematic front sectional view that the system of Fig. 1 of the internal part of the packing of product was packed and filled to initial product.

Fig. 3 is the plane that the lid of container is switched to the reusable container of the initial product packaging of Fig. 1 of open position.

Fig. 4 is the front section view of the reusable container of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is the side sectional view of the reusable container of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is the schematic perspective view of the initial product bag of the system that have employed Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is the schematic perspective view of filled in product bag of the system that have employed Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram of the multilayer flexible material of structure product bag.

Detailed description of the invention

Existing accompanying drawings and more specifically consult Fig. 1, shown in figure and entirety by reference number 10 identify and can fill product distributing system.System 10 comprises initial product packaging 12 and fills the packing of product 14.For the sake of clarity, be not must occur all Reference numerals in each accompanying drawing.In addition, such as " on ", D score, " sidepiece ", " top ", the position terms such as " bottom " mean to be in shown in the drawings towards container.One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that, when deployed, container can have different towards.

Fig. 2 schematically shows the parts that can be included in initial product packaging 12 and fill in the packing of product 14.Such as, in one embodiment, initial product packaging 12 can comprise reusable container 16, initial product bag 18 and reusable spoon 20.In another embodiment, when there is no initial product bag 18 and being with or without reusable spoon 20 at tool, in initial product packaging 12, product can be had.And in one embodiment, fill the packing of product 14 can comprise disposablely fill beyond the region of objective existence packaging 22, two or more fill product bag such as 24 and 26 and second reusable spoon 28.

As being clear that in figs. 3-5, the periphery that reusable container 16 can comprise base or bottom 30 and limit open top 34 continuously and the wall 32 that extends of general vertical.Lid 36 is combined to close opening 34 with wall 32.Lid 36 can be pivotally connected to peripheral wall 32 at hinge 38 place.Described lid comprises breech lock 31, and described breech lock 31 engages the locking shoulder 33 extended from wall 32.

Base 30 and peripheral wall 32 can be described as the barrel section 35 forming container 16.Barrel section 35 can comprise and extends downward side plate 37 below base 30 from peripheral wall 32.

In some embodiments, container 16 can comprise and stretching out to provide the sealing edge 29 with the sealed engagement covering 36 when closing cap near its upper open end side direction.The further details of the exemplary form of this embodiment of the structure of container 16, more particularly cover 36 with flexible seals 29 to be sealably engaged on the sequence number that lawyer's case number is MJE00287NP, title is " seal of vessel of improvement " be described in detail in the U.S. Patent application of No.12/824383, described U.S. Patent application has transferred assignee of the present invention and has submitted on the same day with the application, and the details of described U.S. Patent application is incorporated in the application by reference at this.

As can see from Figure 3, peripheral wall 32 has the cross section of the general oval that also can be described as the oblong cross-section with length 40 and width 42, and the cross-sectional end place that wherein sidewall 32 is crossing over longitudinal end 44 and 46 place is shaped form.

As being clear that in the diagram, as will be further described below, by limiting the opening 34 of reusable container 16 without any the smooth molded inner wall surface 48 of inner flange or rib, described inner flange or rib interfere with the insertion of product bag such as 18,24 or 26 and removing.

In one embodiment, lid 36 comprises spoon holding device, and described spoon holding device comprises at least two flexible flaps 50 and 52 any one in spoon 20 or 28 to be remained on the appropriate location of the bottom side of lid 36.

Container 16 comprises barrel section 35 and cover 36 and is made up of plastics by injection-molded.

Initial product bag 18 to be contained in container 16 and to be made up of flexible material, and described flexible material can be handled during use thus partially or completely becomes empty along with bag and reduce the volume that bag takies.Such as, as Fig. 6 schematically shows, bag 18 can comprise fold part 54, and described upper fold part 54 can become empty gradually along with bag and fold with the crease increasing quantity.Bag can also such as roll top other modes or handle in any other suitable manner.Initial product bag 18 has the original volume being full of powdered infant milk replacer 56.As can be seen from Figure 2, initial product bag 18 has can be contained in completely in container 16 and makes the closable initial size of lid 36 and shape.

As can be seen from Figure 6, when initial product bag 18 be in its be full of and the state sealed time, described initial product bag 18 can be described as parallelepiped shape substantially and have limit bag length 60 and bag width 62 bag bottom 58.Bag bottom 58 can also for being similar to the bottom fold part 58 of aforementioned upper fold part 54.Bag 18 has initial filling bag height 64 further.The original volume being included in the powdered infant milk replacer 56 in the initial product bag 18 that is full of approximates greatly length 60 and is multiplied by width 62 and is multiplied by the long-pending of height 64.

In one embodiment, the bag length 60 of initial product bag 18 and bag width 62 can be less than length 40 and the width 42 of the cross section of the peripheral sidewalls 32 of the barrel section 35 of container 16 respectively.

Bag 18 can comprise the reusable of the folding top 54 adhering to sidewall 68 and bag further and divest adhesive tape 66.

The use at the collapsible top 54 of fold allows initial product bag 18 to open completely on whole bag length 60 and bag width 62 thus helps initial product bag to become empty completely, if in particular, for example user selects open initial product bag and poured in the barrel section 35 of container 16 by its content.

Now consult Fig. 7, each being configured to filled in product bag 24 and 26 is similar to the initial product bag 18 just now described, fill product bag described in its difference is and can be configured to have shorter initial filling bag height, what provide the original volume being less than described initial product bag 18 thus fills volume.

Thus, fill product bag 24 and 26 and eachly can have the bottom 70 filling bag height 76 limiting bag length 72 and bandwidth 74 and initial filling.Bottom 70 can be bottom fold, and described bag can have the collapsible top 78 remaining on the fold of appropriate location by divesting band 80.

Initial product bag and fill product bag and can be configured to re-sealable moisture barrier bag.In the embodiment shown in figure 2, because initial product bag 18 itself is re-sealable moisture barrier bag, so the opening 34 of barrel section 35 does not need to carry out tamper-resistant sealing, and thus shown in barrel section 35 can close by means of only lid 36 at first and not need to divest film etc. by tamper-resistant and seal.

In one embodiment, the flexible material constructing initial product bag 18 and/or fill product bag 24 and 26 can comprise in Fig. 8 the multilayer material being schematically denoted as 82.Described multilayer flexible material can comprise skin 83, intermediate layer 85 and internal layer 87.Be designed to provide in the embodiment of high level oxygen and moisture barrier at one, skin 83 can be the polythene strip of 48 specifications, intermediate layer 85 can be the metal forming that 0.0007239 centimetre (0.000285 inch) is thick, and internal layer 87 can be the polymeric seal layer being convenient to open (EZO) of 3.0 millimeters.Internal layer 87 can be described as the sealing internal layer that can divest.

Outer 83 can be any suitable material allowing printed label information on the outer surface of product bag.The example of described any suitable material comprises polythene strip and nylon6 chips material.

Intermediate layer 85 can be any suitable metal barrier layer.The example of described any suitable metal barrier layer comprises aluminium foil and metallized polyethylene.

Internal layer 87 can be any salable material suitably allowing sealed product bag.Described sealing can be formed by being pressed to together by two internal layers and heating they to be melted together to the sheet combined thus form sealing between which.The example of suitable salable material comprises polyester and polyethylene.

When initial product bag 18 or fill product bag such as 24 and 26 be filled powdered infant milk replacer at first time, they can fill under vacuo and subsequently the folded top of their fold such as 54 or 78 by the internal layer 87 of opposed of flexible material being pressed to sealing of coming together.Alternatively, in some embodiments, fill initial product bag 18 or fill product bag such as 24 and 26, spraying with inert gas such as nitrogen simultaneously.Self-enclosing can be formed or other suitably seal between opposed.Contiguous sealing can arrange tear-open strip etc. and packs to allow to open at first thus destroy its vacuum seal.

In the embodiment shown in figure 2, the initial filling bag height 76 filling product bag 24 and 26 is less than the initial filling bag height 64 of initial product bag 18, fills the packed space that product bag has the packed space being less than initial product bag described in making.By provide there is less volume fill product bag, the duration being exposed to oxygen due to powdered infant milk replacer after being opened at its corresponding bag is less, and this guarantees powdered infant milk replacer freshness in use by contributing to.Optionally, initial product bag 18 with fill product bag such as 24 and 26 and can be configured with substantially identical volume.

Fill the packing of product 14 shown in the stereogram of Fig. 1 and the schematic front sectional view of Fig. 2.Described packaging disposable fill beyond the region of objective existence packaging 22 be substantially rectangular shape and have limit package length 86 and package-width 88 external packing bottom 84, also there is the packaging height 90 being greater than package length 86.External packing 22 can recycle packaging material by hardboard or other and form.The top of packaging 22 can seal to store and to show.

In the embodiment shown in figure 2, two fill product bag 24 and 26 and are contained in and fill in beyond the region of objective existence packaging 22 and be depicted as one and be stacked on another top.

Describe as noted and with reference to Fig. 7, to fill in product bag 24 and 26 each is made up of flexible material, and to be substantially bottom the bag that has and limit bag length 72 and bandwidth 74 70 and to have the parallelepiped shape of bag height 76.It should be pointed out that bag height 76 is less than bag length 70, and bag height 76 is less than the half of packaging height 90.Further, bag length 72 and bag width 74 are less than package length 86 and package-width 88 respectively.As also pointed out above, to fill in product bag 24 and 26 each comprise at first equal that bag length 72 is multiplied by that bag width 74 is multiplied by bag height 76 fill volume, described in fill volume and be filled at first with powdered infant milk replacer.

As it can also be seen that from Fig. 2, at the uppermost top filling bag 26, the space for second reusable spoon 28 in external packing 22, can be had.It can be such as in the disposable hygienic packaging part 92 of transparent flexible glassine paper etc. that described spoon 28 is preferably sealed in.The spoon 20 of Fig. 2 is sealed in health packaging part 21 similarly.

Initial product packaging 12 and fill the packing of product 14 can comprise by label or other suitable printings etc. disposed thereon first and second ID product mark 94 and 96.First product labelling 94 identifies brand and is contained in the character of the product-such as powdered infant milk replacer in initial product packaging 12.The second identification tag 96 filled in the external packing 22 of the packing of product 14 can indicate the reusable container 16 filling product bag such as 24 and 26 and can be used for initial product packaging 12.

In another embodiment, fill the packing of product can be configured to comprise two or more and fill product bag such as 24 and 26.In those other embodiments, fill product bag can one at another top or side by side or stacking in any other suitable manner.And in another embodiment, fill product bag can when without any external packing 22 separately list marketing.

In one embodiment, product distributing system 10 can be filled can use as follows.The father and mother of ewborn infant or other caretakers can buy or can hospital accept comprise container 16, be full of powdered infant for the initial product bag 18 of milk product and be sealed in the reusable spoon 20 in hygienically packaged 21 initial product packaging 12.Initial product bag 18 itself is moistureproof packing.The closing lid 36 of reusable container 16 engages sealing edge 29 thus provides the second protective barrier to content.User can buy simultaneously one or morely fill the packing of product 14, but this is optional.Fill the packing of product 14 to obtain at different time and place.

When first time uses, user will open the lid 36 of container 16, be removed by spoon 20 from lid 36, and open initial product packaging 18 to take out content wherein.Initial product packaging 18 content can user select two kinds of modes in one access.

First, user initial product bag 18 can be placed on the appropriate location in container 16 and the top 54 of opening bag to access powdered infant milk replacer 56.After taken out a powdered infant milk replacer expected by spoon 20, the top 54 of the bag 18 that part change is empty can be re-sealed and again folds back and remain on appropriate location by divesting band 66.Spoon 20 can adopt fin 50 and 52 to be as can see from Figure 3 placed on the bottom side of lid 36, and closing cap 36 is until use next time subsequently.

Alternatively, user can select calm device 16 to remove initial product bag 18, opens the top 54 of initial product bag 18 and poured in the barrel section 35 of container 16 by all the elements thing of initial product bag 18.From barrel section 35, take out a powdered infant milk replacer of expectation subsequently with spoon 20, subsequently spoon is placed on the bottom side of lid 36 and closing cap until use next time.

When employing the content of initial product bag 18, of filling in product bag such as 24 or 26 can be used again to fill reusable container 16.Can will fill product bag with arbitrary optional manner as above and be used for initial product bag 18, that is, they or can be placed in barrel section 35 and powdered infant milk replacer can directly from filling bag taking-up, or described bag can be poured onto in barrel section 35.

In one embodiment, structure fills beyond the region of objective existence packaging 22 and initial product bag 18 and the material that fills product bag 24 and 26 can be the material that can recycle completely.

The user of system 10 can buy one in initial product packaging 12, and buys within the infant formula nursing phase of about 1 year subsequently and multiplely fill the packing of product 14.

Fill infant formula in packaging and to need to buy during new a certain amount of infant formula expense compared with new external container 16 lower at every turn owing to buying, the use that can fill infant formula packaging system 10 obtains saving economically.In addition, provide powdered infant milk replacer owing to have employed less overall package material for baby, improve so obtain significant Environmental Sustainability.

The use with the bucket of the opening 34 without any obvious inner flange allows to remove initial product bag 18 like a cork and replaces initial product bag 18 with substitute products bag.In addition, if powdered infant milk replacer is poured directly in barrel section 35, does not then have obvious inner flange to make to remove all the elements thing from described barrel section 35 and be more prone to.

The internal layer 87 of the use of sealed bladder material-such as shown in Fig. 8 can be divested, product bag can easily be opened.Optionally, the bag design that other can be adopted easily to open.

Use the bag with the upper end of opening completely of the folding upper end 54 and 78 of such as fold, all the elements thing contributing to described bag easily pours into (if having selected this option) in bucket.

example

In one embodiment, barrel section 35 can have the width 42 of length 40, the approximately 102mm of about 152mm and the height 45 of about 136mm.Initial product bag 18 can have the bag width 62 of bag length 60, the approximately 70mm of about 130mm and the initial bag height 64 of about 116mm.Fill beyond the region of objective existence packaging 22 and can have the width 88 of length 86, the approximately 89mm of about 146mm and the height 90 of about 254mm.Fill each initial bag height 76 with the bag length 72 of about 130mm, the bag width 74 of about 70mm and about 116mm in product bag 24 and 26.Alternatively, fill product bag and can have initial bag height 76 in the scope of 80% to 100% of initial bag height 64 at initial product bag.

Therefore, can see, apparatus and method of the present invention easily achieve mentioned and those wherein intrinsic object and advantages.Although illustrate and describe some of the preferred embodiment of the invention for the purposes of the present invention, but one of ordinary skill in the art can make all parts and the layout of step and many changes of structure, these change and are included in scope and spirit of the present invention that claims limit.

Claims

1. one kind for the filled product distributing system of powdered infant milk replacer, comprising:

Reusable container, described reusable container has base, limit open-topped peripheral wall and in conjunction with described wall to close the lid of described opening;

Hold initial product bag in the above-described container, described bag is made up of flexible material, described flexible material can be handled to become empty along with bag part and to reduce the volume that bag takies during use, described bag has fills with the original volume of powdered infant for milk product, and described bag has the initial size and shape that can hold completely and make described lid to close in the above-described container; And

What replace described initial product bag after being finished for the product in described initial product bag fills product bag, described in fill product bag and have to fill and fill volume with powdered infant for milk product.

2. the system as claimed in claim 1, the wherein said original volume filling volume and be less than described initial product bag.

3. system as claimed in claim 2, comprises further:

The disposable beyond the region of objective existence that fills is packed; And

Two or more being contained in described external packing fill product bag, and wherein said external packing is sealed to store and to show, described two or more fill product bag comprise first time mention described in fill product bag.

4. system as claimed in claim 3, comprises further:

Be illustrated in the first ID product mark of reusable external container; And

Be illustrated in the second ID product mark filling beyond the region of objective existence outer package, fill product bag described in described second mark instruction and be applicable to described reusable container.

5. system as claimed in claim 3, comprises further:

To be contained in external packing and to fill the reusable spoon of product bag independent of described two or more.

6. system as claimed in claim 5, wherein:

Described external packing is substantially the bottom and the rectangular shape with the height being greater than described length that have and limit length and width;

Described two or more fill product bag and are included in two that in described external packing, one is stacked on another top and fill product bag; And

Described reusable spoon is arranged on described two tops filling in product bag a bag topmost with the sealing of disposable hygienic packaging part.

7. system as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

Described two or more fill product bag to be included in described external packing one be stacked on two of another top and only two fill product bag.

8. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

The described product bag that fills is made up of flexible material, described flexible material can be handled to become empty along with filling product bag part and fill the volume that product bag takies described in reducing during use, the described product bag that fills is substantially parallelepiped shape when being filled, the described product bag that fills has the bottom limiting length and width, and has the height being less than length when being filled.

9. system as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

Described fill product bag comprise can fill product bag described whole length and width on the collapsible top of fold of opening completely.

10. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

The flexible material of described initial product bag comprises multilayer material, and described multilayer material comprises the sealing internal layer that can divest.

11. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

The top of described initial product bag is sealed and folds thus limit the top of described initial product bag; And

Described system comprises the sidewall and folding top that adhere to initial product bag further thus described folding top is remained on the reusable of appropriate location releasedly and divests adhesive tape.