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Abstract
There is provided a container, comprising: (a) a cover comprising at least one elastomeric layer; and (b) a food component contained within the container, wherein the food component is a liquid food component or a solid food component, and further wherein the solid food component is configured for producing a fluid food product upon contact with a liquid; and wherein the cover is configured for puncturing by at least one liquid transfer device for injection or extraction of the liquid food component or the fluid food product, and further wherein, upon withdrawal of the at least one liquid transfer device from the container, the cover is configured for resealing itself against leakage of any of the liquid, liquid food component, fluid food product, or combinations thereof. There is also provided a container comprising a plunger and spring. There are provided methods of using the aforementioned containers.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to accommodate liquid food component or solid food component to produce the airtight container of slop product when fluid is injected to container.The invention still further relates to and there is cover panel to prevent the airtight container of when recalling liquid transfer device liquid food component or liquid food products seepage.
Background technology
The airtight container accommodating for the preparation of the material of food product (curing the Edible material of the compound of coffee, tealeaves, instant coffee, ground coffee and instant coffee, chocolate-based product or any other dehydration such as grinding) is known.In some cases, airtight container has the vessel that band bottom and sidewall and diameter are greater than the ring edge of described bottom, and the cover panel of periphery that is soldered to the edge of described vessel, wherein cover panel is comprised of flexible material oxygen to hypotonicity, and described flexible material is selected from aluminium, aluminium/plastic composite, aluminium/plastic/paper and opens compound, plastics pure or multilayer.These airtight containers use with the configuration that wherein cover panel is pierced conventionally.
The content of some airtight containers extracts in the following ways.Container is inserted to pan straddle and insert and extract cage.This extraction cage comprises the pin that pierces through container top and bottom.Fluid (being generally water) injects by front needle, and the pierce through portion of food product by container bottom discharges.When the extraction of this type finishes, can from extraction system, remove container, to place next container within it.After container is removed, vessel bottom can exist and pierce through portion or hole, and this hole allows remaining liquid food products and solid food component to spill.This seepage can cause a problem, and it can make a part for extraction machine dirty.Or by liquid injecting container, when pressure gathers and causes rupture disk to break, available pin or some other liquid transfer devices pierce through the cover panel of container, thus extracting liquid, liquid food component and/or slop product.
In order to overcome the leakage problems of aforementioned airtight container, some airtight containers comprise vessel in bottom layer, and the device that guarantees to keep solid food component when container is opened or break is provided in these vessel.In the airtight container of these types, guarantee to keep the device of solid food component to be selected from fabric, valve and foam, and this device is set to bonding with adhesive method or is sealed to the bottom of box.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides the airtight container that a kind of its cover panel can be pierced, this container also provides the controlled release of container contents simultaneously.
In certain embodiments, container disclosed in this invention comprises: (a) cover panel, and this cover panel comprises at least one elastomer layer; (b) be contained in the food component in container, wherein food component is liquid food component or solid food component, and further wherein solid food component be constructed to produce slop product when contacting with liquid; And wherein cover panel is constructed to by least one liquid transfer device, be pierced through to inject or extracting liquid food component or slop product, and further wherein, when being withdrawn into a few liquid transfer device from container, cover panel is constructed to reseal himself to reduce or to prevent any the seepage in liquid, liquid food component, slop product or their combination.Container disclosed in this invention also can comprise (c) block piece, and the contiguous food component of this block piece is installed on container and is substantially can not see through food component, for food component is remained in container.In certain embodiments, block piece comprises at least one elastomer layer.In certain embodiments, the material that elastomer layer comprises is selected from least one material in following material: silaatic, neoprene, fluoropolymer rubber, olefin type elastomer, acrylic elastomer, polyester elastomer, polyurethane elastomer, and their combination.
Due to for liquid transfer device, must pierce through cover panel with the liquid transfer device travel distance of being scheduled to, therefore, maybe advantageously with firmization layer, strengthen elastomer layer.This type of layer can be film, for example polyethylene of biaxial orientation or polypropylene, or injection moulding film.Also can in firmization layer, use non-weaving cloth, net or metallic paper.
Block piece disclosed in this invention can be constructed to be pierced through by liquid transfer device.In certain embodiments, block piece is constructed to be pierced with withdrawn fluid food product.
Container disclosed in this invention can comprise transparent cover panel or opaque cover panel.According to container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, wherein cover panel also comprises oxygen barrier.Cover panel disclosed in this invention can adopt ultrasonic bonding to be operationally attached to container.In certain embodiments, cover panel disclosed in this invention adopts heat seal method to be operationally attached to container.In certain embodiments, with adhesive method, cover panel is attached to container.In certain embodiments, with mechanical means, cover panel is attached to container.
In certain embodiments, cover panel disclosed in this invention can have the thickness that is less than 500mm.In certain embodiments, cover panel includes the foam of screen resilience.When being withdrawn into a few liquid transfer device by cover panel from container, cover panel disclosed in this invention can be used at least one from least one liquid transfer device removing fluids, slop product and/or food component.In certain embodiments, when inserting at least one liquid transfer device by cover panel, cover panel forms sealing around at the outer wall of at least one liquid transfer device.
On the other hand, the disclosure provides a kind of container, this container comprises: (a) be contained in the food component in container, wherein food component is liquid food component or solid food component, and further wherein solid food component be constructed to produce slop product when contacting with liquid; (b) be fixed on movably the plunger in container, this plunger is between the spring and the food component that contacts with the second surface of plunger of first surface that is operably connected to plunger; (c) at least one liquid transfer device, this at least one liquid transfer device is constructed to pierce through a wherein part for the container of containing foodstuff component, and its medi-spring is bias voltage between the first surface of plunger and the inside face of the part not contacting with food component of container.
On the other hand, the invention provides according to the using method of container described in any one in aforementioned claim, described method is for the preparation of slop product or liquid food component.
On the other hand, the invention provides according to the using method of container described in any one in aforementioned claim, described method is for distributing fluids food product or liquid food component.
Foregoing invention content of the present disclosure is not intended to describe each embodiment of the present invention.One of the present invention also illustrates in the following description with the details of a plurality of embodiment.Other features of the present invention, target and advantage will be apparent according to description and claim.
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Fig. 1 is front cross-sectional plane (the front cross section) view of embodiment with the disclosed container of the present invention of first liquid transfer device.
Fig. 2 is the front viewgraph of cross-section of embodiment with the disclosed container of the present invention of the first and second liquid transfer devices.
Fig. 3 is the front viewgraph of cross-section of embodiment with the disclosed container of the present invention of the first and second liquid transfer devices.
Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are the front viewgraph of cross-section of embodiment with the disclosed container of the present invention of first liquid transfer device and deformable cover panel.
Fig. 6 to Fig. 8 is the front viewgraph of cross-section of embodiment with the disclosed container of the present invention of first liquid transfer device, spring and plunger.
Fig. 9 to Figure 11 is the front viewgraph of cross-section of the various uses embodiment of disclosed container in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5.
Figure 12 to Figure 14 is the front viewgraph of cross-section of the various uses embodiment of disclosed container in Fig. 6 to Fig. 8.
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Can with various configurations, select and structure cover panel 13 according to the purposes application of container 10.For example, in certain embodiments, cover panel can be specific thickness to control the size that pierces through its required power.In certain embodiments, cover panel 13 can be specific thickness and take that the shape that makes cover panel 13 is out of shape to required hydrokinetic size controls is certain required amount.In certain embodiments, cover panel 13 can be 500 microns or less, 400 microns or less, 300 microns or less, 200 microns or less, 175 microns or less, 150 microns or less, 124 microns or less, or even 100 microns or less.The outside face of cover panel 13 also can comprise information and/or the diagram of some printings.The information of printing for example can be explanation or company's brand.Equally, diagram can be picture or company's brand how to prepare drinkable liquid.
In certain embodiments, cover panel 13 comprises at least one elastomer layer.Can be used for elastomeric material of the present invention for any material that can at least appropriate elastic deformation.Can be used for elastomeric material of the present invention is selected as making any aperture seal in cover panel 13 at any device that is used to form this type of perforation around.
Can be used for elastomeric material of the present invention is also selected as making any perforation in cover panel 13 to reseal when recalling any device that is used to form this type of perforation.Can be used for elastomeric material of the present invention and comprise silaatic, neoprene, fluoropolymer rubber etc.Other elastomeric materials are included as elastomeric natural or neoprene periodic copolymer, for example those A-B known to those skilled in the art or A-B-A periodic copolymer.Other for example may available elastomeric materials comprise styrene/isoprene/styrene (SIS) periodic copolymer, elastomer polyurethane, ethylene copolymer (for example ethylene vinyl acetate, the elastomeric ethylene/propene monomer copolymer of ethylene/propene/diene terpolymer elastic body, polyester elastomer.Exemplary elastomers is a neoprene, and with trade name " KRATON ", the Ke Teng high-performance polymer company (Kraton Performance Polymers Inc., Houston, Texas USA) by Houston, Texas, United States sells for it.These materials not only have multiple natural rubber character, for example elasticity and sealed nature, but also there is higher resistance to effect of heat and chemical resistance.These elastomeric chemical property can be based on being formed by polystyrene block and diblock rubber styrene block copolymer.Diblock rubber generally includes poly-butadiene, polyisoprene or its hydrogenation equivalent.Conventionally, these neoprene poly-mers and other materials (for example polyolefin, polystyrene, tackifying resin or paraffin oil) blend is to optimize described character.Also can add block modified dose of end, to improve these elastomeric thermal propertys.
The present invention also comprises the elastic body of other types, for example elastomer gel, acrylic elastomer, polyester elastomer and polyurethane elastomer.The example of these materials and/or trade name comprises tackify SIS, n-butyl acrylate-methylmethacrylate copolymer, thermoplastic polyester elastomer is (for example, can trade name " HYTREL " from (the E.I.du Pont de Nemours and Company of E.I.Du Pont Company of Wilmington, the Delaware State, Willmington, Delaware) commercially available thermoplastic polyester elastomer), and can trade name " IROGRAN " from (the Huntsman Corporation of Texas Wood Lan Zi Huntsman Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas) commercially available thermoplastic polyurethane.Be not bound by theory, it is believed that the elastomer gel after puncture can show flow velocity faster, thereby improve the speed that perforation can be sealed.The present invention is also contained makes elastic body or gained cover panel (13) be exposed to electron ray.Be not bound by theory, it is believed that electron beam treatment can further improve elastomeric crosslink density.Elastomer layer also can be natural rubber, and this natural rubber can comprise crosslink sites, also can not comprise crosslink sites.
It will also be appreciated that the elastic body of any these types or certain elasticity body each other or with the blend of modification inelastic body.The present invention is also contained to elastomer layer and is added conventional filler, plasticizer, sclerosis auxiliary agent, dyestuff, pigment, processing aid etc.In certain embodiments, cover panel 13 also comprises oxygen barrier, such as aluminium-vapour deposition coating, polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) etc.
In certain embodiments, elastomer layer also comprises the combination of tackifier or tackifier.Although do not wish to be bound by theory, tackifier can improve elastomer layer and be hit by a bullet the flow velocity of elastomer material to provide perforation to reseal characteristic.The example of typical case's tackifier comprise can trade name " ESCOREX2203 " from the exxonmobil chemical company (ExxonMobil Chemical Company, Houston, Texas) of Texas Houston commercially available those.The example of commercially available tackifier be can trade name " ESCOREZ " from exxonmobil chemical company (ExxonMobil Chemical Company) commercially available those.
In certain embodiments, cover panel 13 is transparent.In certain embodiments, cover panel 13 is opaque, for example, in it, have specific color or pattern.
In certain embodiments, cover panel 13 comprises the material identical with sidewall 17.According to the application of manufacturing container 10, bottom 19 can consist of the material identical with sidewall 17 or cover panel 13.Cover panel 13 and/or bottom 19 are attached to sidewall 17 integratedly or operationally.Operationally attached example comprise that heat seal, ultra-sonic welded, cohesiveness are attached, mechanical attachment etc.For cohesiveness is attached, adhesives can be pressure sensitive adhesive, heat of solidification hot-melt adhesive, thermoplastic adhesive, cross-linked polymer etc.For mechanical attachment, can use fixture sealing or ring sealing mechanism that cover panel 13 is attached to sidewall 17, thus the outward flange of airtight container 10, wherein cover panel 13 can form and be similar to the press seal that uses packing ring under clamp ring.
In certain embodiments, can use a more than liquid transfer device to pierce through container 10 in a more than position.For example, Fig. 2 shows the second liquid transfer device 16 of the bottom 19 of piercing through container 10.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that liquid transfer device 12,16 can be conducive to liquid and flow into and flow container 10.In certain embodiments, wish to provide filter material 18 between food component 14 and bottom 19.Filter material 18 comprises weaving of any type or non-woven or open celled foam filter material, comprises paper, metal, synthetic material etc.In certain embodiments, filter material 18 can be block piece, and this block piece comprises the material that is similar to the selected material as cover panel 13.For example, block piece can comprise at least one elastomer layer, and this elastomer layer is similar to respect to the disclosed elastomer layer of cover panel 13.
In certain embodiments, can use a more than liquid transfer device to pierce through container in roughly the same position.For example, Fig. 3 shows second liquid transfer device 16 and the 3rd liquid transfer device 20 of the bottom 19 of all piercing through container 10.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that according to the application of using container 10, can use a plurality of liquid transfer devices to pierce through container 10 in a plurality of positions.
In certain embodiments, cover panel 13 is elastically deformables, and the machinery that liquid food component in container 10 or slop product are provided to provide is discharged.As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, (for example second liquid transfer device 16, as shown in the figure) by liquid injecting container can to pass through at least one liquid transfer device.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that and can use a plurality of liquid transfer devices to pierce through container 10 in a plurality of positions of container 10.Can be during enclosing liquid food component and/or complete the injection of liquid during preparing slop product.In certain embodiments, container 10 comprises food component 14, optionally, can use the separating layer of any type make this food component with for receiving the space 15 of liquid or liquid food component separated.In certain embodiments, by using upper filter 21 that the separated of food component 14 and space 15 is provided.Optionally, can between food component 14 and bottom 19, use filter material 18.Upper filter 19 and filter material 18 comprise weaving of any type or non-woven or open celled foam filter material, comprise paper, metal, synthetic material etc.
Fig. 6 to 8 shows the diverse location of another embodiment of container 10 disclosed in this invention, and this container 10 has sidewall 17, cover panel 13 and bottom 19, and described sidewall, cover panel and bottom can comprise identical material or different materials.In Fig. 6 to 8, container 10 has the spring 24 that is operably connected to plunger 26, wherein plunger 26 contacts or contiguous food component 14.Spring 24 can extend or compression according to the volume of the food component in container 10, liquid and/or liquid food component.In certain embodiments, as shown in Figure 7, when by least one liquid transfer device 16 filling liquid, spring 24 can be positioned at compression position.When applying a certain size pressure to liquid, spring 24 can be stayed this compression position.As shown in Figure 8, spring 24 and plunger 26 can be subsequently elongation again by spring mechanical force is provided, liquid food component, liquid and/or slop product are discharged from container 10.Optionally, can between food component 14 and bottom 19, use filter material 18.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that and can use a plurality of liquid transfer devices to pierce through container 10 in a plurality of positions on container 10.Can be during enclosing liquid food component and/or complete the injection of liquid during preparing slop product.
In certain embodiments, container 10 can be operatively attached to liquid source of supply 32, for example the source of supply shown in Fig. 9 to 11.In the exemplary embodiment, liquid source of supply 32 provides liquid to directional control valve 34, and this directional control valve can be used for allowing liquid to enter container 10 by least one liquid transfer device 16.Control cock 34 also can be used for preventing liquid inlet container 10.Control cock 34 also can be used for allowing liquid, liquid food products and/or slop component by tapping equipment 36 flow containers 10.For example, in Fig. 9, container 10 has sidewall 17, bottom 19 and cover panel 13.Cover panel 13 comprises at least one elastomer layer, and making it is elastically deformable.Container 10 also comprises food component 14.Container 10 also optionally comprises filter material 18 between food component 14 and bottom 19.As shown in Figure 9, directional control valve 34, in " cutting out " position, this means and not allow liquid from liquid source of supply 32, to flow to container 10 by least one liquid transfer device 16.
Figure 10 shows such embodiment, and wherein directional control valve 34 is in " injection " position, thereby allows liquid from liquid source of supply 32, to flow to container 10 by least one liquid transfer device 16.The distortion when liquid volume of cover panel 13 in container 10 increases.
Figure 11 shows such embodiment, wherein directional control valve 34 is in " discharge " position, thereby allow liquid by least one liquid transfer device 16 and by tapping equipment 36 flow containers 10, prevent that more liquid from flowing into container 10 from liquid source of supply 32 simultaneously.With cover panel 13, recover its original shapes, according to the embodiment of Figure 11, provide the liquid food component held in container 10 or the machinery at least to a certain degree of slop product to displace.Shown in Figs. 9 to 11, (for example second liquid transfer device 16, as shown in the figure) by liquid injecting container can to pass through at least one liquid transfer device.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that and can use a plurality of liquid transfer devices to pierce through container 10 in a plurality of positions on container 10.Can be during enclosing liquid food component and/or complete the injection of liquid during preparing slop product.
In certain embodiments, container 10 can be operatively attached to liquid source of supply 32, for example the source of supply shown in Figure 12 to 14.In the exemplary embodiment, liquid source of supply 32 provides liquid to directional control valve 34, and this directional control valve can be used for allowing liquid to enter container 10 by least one liquid transfer device 16.Control cock 34 also can be used for preventing liquid inlet container 10.Control cock 34 also can be used for allowing liquid, liquid food products and/or slop component by tapping equipment 36 flow containers 10.For example, in Figure 12, container 10 has the spring 24 that is operably connected to plunger 26, wherein plunger 26 contacts or contiguous food component 14.Container 10 also optionally comprises filter material 18 between food component 14 and bottom 19.As shown in Figure 9, directional control valve 34, in " cutting out " position, this means and not allow liquid from liquid source of supply 32, to flow to container 10 by least one liquid transfer device 16.Plunger 26 keeps neutral state, thereby allows spring 24 to stay extended position.
Figure 13 shows such embodiment, and wherein directional control valve 34 is in " injection " position, thereby allows liquid from liquid source of supply 32, to flow to container 10 by least one liquid transfer device 16.When liquid inlet container 10, plunger 26 is towards cover panel 13 bias voltages, thereby causes spring 24 to move into compression position.
Figure 14 shows such embodiment, wherein directional control valve 34 is in " discharge " position, thereby allow liquid by least one liquid transfer device 16 and by tapping equipment 36 flow containers 10, prevent that more liquid from flowing into container 10 from liquid source of supply 32 simultaneously.With spring 24, move into extended position and plunger 26 while recovering its initial neutral position, according to the embodiment of Figure 11, provide the liquid food component held in container 10 or the machinery at least to a certain degree of slop product to displace.As shown in Figure 12 to 14, (for example second liquid transfer device 16, as shown in the figure) by liquid injecting container can to pass through at least one liquid transfer device.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that and can use a plurality of liquid transfer devices to pierce through container 10 in a plurality of positions on container 10.Can be during enclosing liquid food component and/or complete the injection of liquid during preparing slop product.
Food component can be any required edible component.Some examples comprise grinding and cure the compound of coffee, tealeaves, instant coffee, ground coffee and instant coffee, chocolate-based product, evaporated milk base product or any other known dehydration Edible material.Food component also can be the liquid that contains water, fruit juice, vegetable juice, seasoned liquid, alcoholic drinks, soda (comprising alcohol and non-alcohol type).In certain embodiments, the range of temperatures of the liquid of contacting foodstuff component can be between approximately 0 ℃ to approximately 100 ℃, conventionally between approximately 50 ℃ to approximately 90 ℃.The liquid that injects container can be water (comprising deionized water, tap water, distilled water, soda water etc.), milk (comprising cream, whole milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, skim milk etc.) or any other suitable liquid.
Can the technology by any routine form and can be used for multilayer film of the present invention, such as applying, laminated, coextrusion, progressively extrude, cast film, blown film etc.The example of coextrusion is found in U.S. Patent number 3,557, and 265 and 3,479,425.Conventionally by layer by special feed block or special die head coextrusion, described feed block or die head make different materials contact and form film.Can use elastomer thin film and inelastic body thin layer alternately.Can be used for the layer that film of the present invention can have in any position 3 to 100 different film combinations, for example 3 to 10 layers.In certain embodiments, multilayer film comprise two polyolefin layers, between these two polyolefin layers, have elastomer thin film layer.In addition, the thickness of elastomer thin film layer and inelastic body thin layer can be identical, also can be different.Can manufacture continuously cover panel, then its conversion is processed as to required form and the size of final required cover panel.This conversion processing be can complete by the method for any routine, cross cutting, rotating die cutting, laser beam cutting, water jet cutting etc. comprised.By optimizing machining technology condition to obtain required polymer property.These processing conditions comprise cooling and/or quenching temperature.
Although do not wish to be bound by any theory, in order to reseal, elastic body need to pierce through free-flowing afterwards.If the elastomeric material in elastomer layer is held tension or is constrained in film configuration, in certain embodiments, elastomeric material can not be effectively mobile, thereby make to reseal speed, crosses slow and cause resealing inefficacy.Exist multiple preparation cover panel disclosed in this invention to reseal the method for characteristic described in improving.
In certain embodiments, can aerated materials be set in top or the bottom of elastomer layer.The example of typical case's aerated materials comprises: scrim, grid, web plate, foamed substrate, non-weaving cloth, patterned substrate etc.Can optimize according to cover panel the porosity size of aerated materials.Be not bound by theory, it is believed that the elastomeric material in elastomer layer can flow through aerated materials so that resealing of perforation to be provided.Equally, aerated materials provides or is used as obstacle in cover panel.
In certain embodiments, can realize and resealing by making cover panel self there is porosity.Can realize this point by multiple technologies, foaming technique for example, or in the course of processing by any layer in each layer of gas inject cover panel.In certain embodiments, in the course of processing, elastomer layer is applied to and makes it have porosity, or on elastomer layer self and elastomer layer or under layer between there is air gap.For example, in extrusion, thereby being anisotropically applied to upper cover, elastomer layer forms bubble or air gap.
In certain embodiments, can use the expandable material such as expended microsphere.Expended microsphere comprise can trade name " EXPANCEL " from commercially available those of the Eka Chemicals company (Eka Chemicals Inc., Duluth, Georgia) of Georgia De Luce.The multilayer film structure that uses the exemplary cover panel of expended microsphere manufacture to comprise 2 layers or multilayer, wherein one deck or more than one deck comprise additive/filler, and described additive/filler can be foaming agent, for example expandable microspheres.Can use pressure sensitive adhesive these multilayer film to be adhered to the end face of cover panel, this pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to the wherein one deck in two skins of multilayer film.In certain embodiments, these multilayer film are multilayer film sticking patch, and this multilayer film sticking patch only covers the part at the top (region) of container cover panel disclosed in this invention.In certain embodiments, these multilayer film are laminated to cover panel film disclosed in this invention before this, and this cover panel film covers the whole top (region) of container cover panel disclosed in this invention subsequently.
In certain embodiments, for elastomeric material is flowed, on elastomer layer and elastomer layer and/or under layer between there is interlayer.This interlayer is selected as making existing between elastomer layer and interlayer poor or lower adhesive force.After cover panel is perforated, the low adhesive force between elastomer layer and interlayer makes elastomer layer separated with interlayer, thereby allows the elastomeric material in elastomer layer to flow through perforation to reseal.For example, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) film that the elastomer layer with the polypropylene sheath of styrene block copolymer core (styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene is called " SEBS ") can be formulated as can be used as the interlayer in the present invention has low adhesive force.
In certain embodiments, the combination that cover panel disclosed in this invention comprises mesh layer and elastomer layer, wherein elastomer layer comprises tackifier.Be not bound by theory, it is believed that mesh layer provides gap so that the tackified elastomers material in elastomer layer flows and reseals perforation.
In certain embodiments, the combination that cover panel disclosed in this invention comprises elastomer layer, is wherein used adhesives softening at the temperature of institute's filling liquid to connect elastomer layer.Be not bound by theory, it is believed that the constraint of elastomeric material less, thereby it can around shrink to reseal perforation at liquid transfer device.
Without departing from the scope and spirit in the present invention, various modification of the present invention and change will be apparent for those skilled in the art.
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1. a container, comprising:
(a) cover panel, described cover panel comprises at least one elastomer layer; With
(b) be contained in the food component in described container, wherein said food component is liquid food component or solid food component, and wherein said solid food component is constructed to produce slop product when contacting with liquid further; With
Wherein said cover panel is constructed to be pierced through to inject or extract by least one liquid transfer device described liquid food component or described slop product, and further wherein, when recalling described at least one liquid transfer device from described container, described cover panel is constructed to reseal himself to prevent any the seepage in described liquid, liquid food component, slop product or their combination.
2. container according to claim 1, also comprises (c) block piece, and the contiguous described food component of described block piece is installed on described container and is substantially can not see through described food component, for described food component is remained in described container.
3. container according to claim 2, wherein said block piece comprises at least one elastomer layer.
4. according to container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, the material that wherein said elastomer layer comprises is selected from least one material in following material: silaatic, neoprene, fluoropolymer rubber, olefin type elastomer, and their combination.
5. according to the container described in any one in claim 2 to 4, wherein said block piece is constructed to be pierced through by described liquid transfer device.
6. according to the container described in any one in claim 2 to 4, wherein said block piece is constructed to be pierced to extract described slop product.
7. according to container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, wherein said cover panel is transparent.
8. according to the container described in any one in claim 1 to 6, wherein said cover panel is opaque.
9. according to container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, wherein said cover panel also comprises oxygen barrier.
10. according to container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, wherein said cover panel adopts ultra-sonic welded to be operationally attached to described container.
11. according to the container described in any one in claim 1 to 9, and wherein said cover panel adopts heat seal to be operationally attached to described container.
12. according to the container described in any one in claim 1 to 9, and wherein said cover panel adheres to described container.
13. according to the container described in any one in claim 1 to 9, and wherein said cover panel is mechanically attached to described container.
14. according to container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and wherein said cover panel has the thickness that is less than 500mm.
15. according to container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and wherein said cover panel includes the foam of screen resilience.
16. according to container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, wherein when recalling described at least one liquid transfer device by described cover panel from described container, at least one from described at least one liquid transfer device removing fluids, slop product and food component of described cover panel.
17. according to container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and wherein, when inserting described at least one liquid transfer device by described cover panel, described cover panel forms sealing around at the outer wall of described at least one liquid transfer device.
18. 1 kinds of containers, comprising:
(a) be contained in the food component in described container, wherein said food component is liquid food component or solid food component, and wherein said solid food component is constructed to produce slop product when contacting with liquid further;
(b) be fixed on movably the plunger in described container, described plunger is between the spring and the described food component that contacts with the second surface of described plunger of first surface that is operably connected to described plunger; With
(c) at least one liquid transfer device, described liquid transfer device is constructed to pierce through a part for the described container that wherein holds described food component,
Wherein said spring is bias voltage between the described first surface of described plunger and the inside face of the part not contacting with described food component of described container.
19. use the method for container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and described method is for the preparation of described slop product or described liquid food component.
20. use the method for container in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and described method is used for distributing described slop product or described liquid food component.
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