CN1292759A - Container for agricultural produce - Google Patents

Container for agricultural produce Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CN1292759A
CN1292759A CN998039381A CN99803938A CN1292759A CN 1292759 A CN1292759 A CN 1292759A CN 998039381 A CN998039381 A CN 998039381A CN 99803938 A CN99803938 A CN 99803938A CN 1292759 A CN1292759 A CN 1292759A
Authority
CN
China
Prior art keywords
packing chest
polymeric material
fresh produce
transport
store
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Pending
Application number
CN998039381A
Other languages
Chinese (zh)
Inventor
阿弗纳·格勒
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Atifon Ltd
Original Assignee
Atifon Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Atifon Ltd filed Critical Atifon Ltd
Publication of CN1292759A publication Critical patent/CN1292759A/en
Pending legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/24Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D33/00Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/01Ventilation or drainage of bags
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/30Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/34Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for fruit, e.g. apples, oranges or tomatoes

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Packging For Living Organisms, Food Or Medicinal Products That Are Sensitive To Environmental Conditiond (AREA)
  • Bag Frames (AREA)

Abstract

A packaging for increasing life time during storage, shipment or both, of fresh agricultural produce, made of a polymeric material having one or more additives.

Description

The container that is used for agricultural produce
The present invention relates to the method for a kind of storage and transportation fresh produce, and for this purpose a kind of and design-calculated packing chest.
Under common preservation condition, fresh fruit, Vegetable Preservation time are limited.This just needs far products final will lack as best one can for the transportation of customer buying from gathering in the crops.This demand especially becomes a problem in export of farm produce trade.Correspondingly, the common practice is under just they being plucked before far products does not also have full maturity, and makes these fruit or vegetables ripe gradually in transportation.
For some vegetables and fruit, the shelf life of far products also often prolongs by taking to refrigerate or leave in the medium various measures of certain special gaseous environment.
In transportation during some fresh produce, especially during those high-quality far productss, after plucking, just put into immediately in the container usually, they finally are passed in customer's hand always in this container.But this practice has just limited the process load of far products, and process load is an important factors to for example some fruit concerning time-sensitive, the vegetables such as cherry, strawberry, cherry and tomato, mushroom.
The present invention relates to a kind of packing of fresh produce and storage, transportation resources.Herein the term of Shi Yonging " fresh produce " refer to those with fresh state, without any processing be sold to customer's fruits and vegetables.
The invention provides a kind of packing chest, and the method for far products being stored, handle, transporting and displaying with this packing chest.Packing chest of the present invention and using method have prolonged the shelf life of fresh produce.
Term " shelf life " is meant that far products can continue to keep fresh state and do not manifest any time such as rotten illness that has not attacked the vital organs of the human body sign such as well-done, as to feel like jelly.The length of this time period is to determine according to the time that far products under room temperature and the standard atmosphere conditions can keep fresh.
The present invention is based on a novelty but also be not the discovery known to other people: fresh produce is stored in a kind of packing chest described below, the shelf life that just can make far products in common storage environment, that is to say at ambient temperature and prolong significantly.According to the present invention, the purpose that prolongs shelf life need not any such as deposit in the specific gas environment, special processing means such as refrigeration just can realize.The invention provides a plurality of embodiment, all these embodiments both can adopt separately, also combinable use is to reach purpose of the present invention, that is to say, the method that the invention provides a kind of packing chest and fresh produce is stored, handled, make in the shelf life that has prolonged far products, fresh far products can be contained in the packing chest direct marketing and give the customer.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, provide a kind of to fresh produce is stored, transported or the two is taken into account packing chest, it is at least double-deck polymeric material and is made by a kind of substantially, and its internal layer is a kind ofly to have dosed one or more and have the additive-treated oil polymeric material of fog dispersal characteristic.Employed phrase " polymeric material " can be laminated material or non-stratified material or Compound Extrusion material in the specification sheets, but preferably can be laminated material.
Above and statement that will be used hereinafter " be substantially by ... make ", be meant packing chest main portion, that is to say that its surface surpasses 50% part, preferably can surpass 70%, it would be desirable and surpass 80%, be typically that to surpass 90% part be to be made by certain material of determining.Be understood that except this specific polymeric material, packing chest also comprises structure members such as for example substrate, cover plate, enhancing framework or floor.As another kind of scheme, whole packing chest also can all be made by rigid polymeric material.
The described additive that one or more have the fog dispersal characteristic can be selected from the multiple additives that the polymerization sheet field is known in essence, and using these additives is to produce water smoke and condense or the globule comprising on this additive-treated oil polymeric material surface in order to prevent.Also can add some other additive, for example reject material (slip agent), fungicide, UV-filters etc.
According to another embodiment of the invention, a kind of be used to store, transport fresh produce or packing chest that the two is taken into account are provided, it is to be made by polymeric material substantially, its form makes far products discharged in the container air accumulation in container, and material wherein can stop that ambient atmosphere enters in the packing chest.
Above used statement " accumulates in the container " and means that the aggregate concentration of said gas in container is higher than the concentration of atmosphere outside the packing chest.Although gas can be leaked to the external world through the wall of packing chest or the perforate on the wall, the leakage rate of gas is less than the production rate that far products discharges gas.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a kind of packing chest that is used to store, transport or store and transport fresh produce is provided, it is to be made by the stratiform polymeric material substantially, its design guaranteed the gas that far products discharged at least in packing chest the upper part of far products take place dense poly-.
Also a kind of embodiment according to the present invention provides a kind of packing chest that is used to store, transport or store and transport fresh produce, and it is to be made by polymeric material substantially, and this packing chest comprises one or more perforates that are used to make the far products ventilation.For instance, one or more perforates can be set in the substrate of packing chest, and at the middle part of vessel side wall or top, for example in the place of its 2/3rds height one or more perforates are set again.Need not prove in theory that owing to air may between a few perforate of side on perforate bottom the packing chest and the packing chest convection current take place, this may be the reason of far products shelf life extension.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a kind of packing chest that is used to store, transport or store and transport fresh produce is provided, it is to be made by polymeric material substantially, this packing chest has at least two relative sidewalls, these two sidewalls extend upward from a wide substrate, converge to a narrow top, thereby form the structure of a sidewall slope.
Described polymeric material can be rigidity also can be flexible.But in general, polymeric material is a fexible film, with method folding or that weld these films is formed the required shape of packing chests.The most surfaces of polymeric material preferably can be transparent, so that the customer can suitably see the fresh produce in the packing chest.Usually polymeric material is a laminar texture, but this point is not absolute, and its skin is made by polyester material, polypropylene, collodion, polyamide etc.Make by directed or single orientation film or casting film by two for its skin.Usually, outer field effect is to make packing chest to have desirable mechanical strength.Be understood that other polymeric material of the many kinds that also can use except that the above-mentioned material of mentioning.
Internal layer for example be by polypropylene, PVDC (polyvinyl dichloride) coating material, blending the polyamide material of multiple additives, additive wherein is for example for having the additive of fog dispersal characteristic; Or have ultraviolet ray filtering, kill the additive of effects such as fungi.
The present invention provides a kind of equally and has handled and the method for circulation fresh produce or the method that prolongs the far products shelf life, and this method comprises:
(a) a kind of above-mentioned packing chest is set;
(b) fresh produce is put in the described packing chest;
(c) packing chest is sealed;
According to another embodiment of the invention, this paper provides a kind of method that prolongs the fresh produce shelf life, and its step that relates to is identical with above-mentioned step.
Hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, at some certain embodiments the present invention is carried out the description of indefiniteness.
Fig. 1 has represented to have according to one embodiment of the present invention design-calculated the packing chest of skew wall structure, has wherein held pelletized shape fruit such as some cherry and tomatos;
Fig. 2 has represented a container that is similar to packing chest among Fig. 1, has several holes on the bottom of this container and sidewall, for the purpose of clear the description, has removed the thing that holds wherein among the figure;
Fig. 3 has represented the container according to another embodiment of the present invention, and it is the square box shape structure.
At first referring to accompanying drawing 1, number designation 20 expressions among the figure have held fruit 22 such as cherry and tomato according to one embodiment of the present invention design-calculated packing chest in this container.This packing chest has a square substrate 24, former and later two 26,28 and two leg-of-mutton side wall surfaces 32,34 of facing the wall and meditating.Face the wall and meditate to extend upward for two and converge to top 30 from substrate 24.The structure of container shown in Figure 1 forms according to PCT application publication number WO 96/10524 disclosed mode, and herein, the splendid attire thing in the container is just as a reference.
Usually, fruit has approximately filled up the inner space of container 2/3rds height, and reserves a clearance spaces on the top of container, and this space is represented with 36.
The wall of a container face is made by the lamination polymeric material, and these polymeric materials are often referred to the material of fexible film state.An instantiation of membraneous material is such structure: its skin is one deck polyester material, and its internal layer is to make by having added fog dispersal additive-treated oil polypropylene.
The top ends of container can for example seal pressure, suitable lining cement or the measures such as mouth piece of a slide fastener type with well known to those skilled in the art those and seal.
Represented another embodiment of the invention among Fig. 2.Packing chest 40 among this embodiment is similar to the structure among Fig. 1, and difference is to have added in the bottom of packing chest several perforates 42, is four in this concrete enforcement; And on facing the wall and meditating before and after it several perforates 44 are arranged also, be on front and back sides each two in this specific embodiment.What it should be noted that is, also formed a skirt 46 on the packing chest, it stretches out downwards from substrate 50, thereby has guaranteed to have formed a certain amount of gap between the surface that substrate 50 and packing chest are placed, like this, even when packing chest is placed on the surface, also can guarantee the circulation of air.Before and after the height of perforate 44 on facing the wall and meditating generally to be higher than the height center line of container, for example at 2/3rds places of packing chest height.So in the top that is higher than perforate 44, held to no disturbance at least some by packing chest in the gas that discharges of far products.The top ends available heat press seal of container or suitable lining cement seal, or seal with the mouth piece of a slide fastener type of such usefulness well known to those skilled in the art.
Fig. 3 has represented another embodiment of the invention, packing chest 60 according to this embodiment is a square chest structure substantially, it is similar to structure represented among Fig. 1,2 substantially, difference is to seal together its front face 62 and rear surface 64 are in Fig. 1, Fig. 2, but by a top cover 68 sealing top openings.Herein, packing chest remains according to PCT application WO 96/10524 is described and makes up like that.Be similar to the container 40 among Fig. 2, packing chest 60 also has several perforates 70, is two in this certain embodiments in its bottom; also have on front and back wall 62 and 64 several perforates 74, in this particular example be two face the wall and meditate on each two.
For fresh agricultural product packaging is arrived according in the foregoing description (and other embodiment) design-calculated packing chest, at first form an opening on packing chest top, then far products is put in the packing chest, enclose case more afterwards, under the situation of the embodiment of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, for example be with will face the wall and meditate 26,28 top weld together or realize of heatsealing with means such as suitable lining cement engage to sealing of packing chest; Be to seal opening under the situation of Fig. 3 with a cover plate 68.
Than the far products that is packaged in the existing packing chest, the present invention according to the above embodiments and other many in the appended claims scope embodiment and the design-calculated packing chest has the advantage that prolongs the fresh produce shelf life, in addition, packing chest of the present invention also makes far products that the customer is seemed more attractive in appearance except the processing that makes fresh produce and transportation are more easy.
Those of ordinary skills are readily appreciated that: the used polymeric material of packing chest of making of the present invention can be laminated material or non-stratified material or co-extrusion pressure material.In addition, the polymeric material that obtains with said method comprises one or more additives of selecting from multiple additives such as antifogging agent, fungicide, UV-filters, slip agent.In addition, should also realize that each layering of material all is to be made by different polymeric materials, for example polyester material, polypropylene, PVDC coating material or the like under the situation that adopts stratified material.In addition, packing chest also has opaque part.As mentioned above, packing chest flexible or part for flexible rigid construction or be rigidity all over.

Claims (12)

1. one kind is used for packing chest (20) that fresh produce (22) is stored, transported or stores and transport, and it is made by having added one or more additive-treated oil polymeric materials.
2. packing chest that is used to store, transport or store and transport fresh produce, it has at least the double-ply polymeric material to make by a kind of substantially, and its internal layer is a kind of one or more additive-treated oil polymeric materials of having dosed.
3. packing chest that is used to store, transport or store and transport fresh produce, it is to be made by polymeric material substantially, its structure can make air accumulation that far products discharges in container.
One kind be used for the storage, the transportation or the storage and the transportation fresh produce (22) packing chest, it is to be made by polymeric material substantially, and its structure will guarantee that the gas that far products discharges can assemble on the top (36) of far products (22) at least in packing chest.
5. packing chest that is used to store, transport or store and transport fresh produce, it is to be made by polymeric material substantially, it comprises one or more perforates (42,44) that far products is ventilated of being used for.
6. packing chest according to claim 4 (40) is characterized in that: it has one or more perforates (42) in substrate (50), and also has one or more perforates (44) on the middle part or the top of face the wall and meditate (26,28) of container.
7. packing chest that is used to store, transport or store and transport fresh produce, it is to be made by polymeric material substantially, at least two relative sidewalls (32,34) are wherein arranged, they extend upward from a broad substrate, converge to a narrow top (36), thereby form a slope structure.
8. packing chest according to claim 1 is characterized in that: polymeric material is a fexible film, and its surperficial main portion is transparent or opaque.
9. according to one of aforesaid right requirement described packing chest, it is characterized in that: polymeric material wherein has a skin, and it is to be made by a kind of polymeric material of selecting from polyester material, polypropylene, collodion, nylon, polyamide.
10. packing chest according to claim 1 is characterized in that: polymeric material is a kind of laminated material, and its internal layer has added a kind of additive with fog dispersal characteristic.
11. the method that fresh produce is handled, it comprises following step:
(a) prepare one according to any described packing chest of aforesaid right requirement 1-10;
(b) fresh produce is placed in the described packing chest; And
(c) seal up packing chest.
12. a method that is used to prolong the fresh produce shelf life, it comprises following step:
(a) prepare one according to any described packing chest of aforesaid right requirement 1-10;
(b) fresh produce is placed in the described packing chest; And
(c) seal up packing chest.
CN998039381A 1998-03-13 1999-02-02 Container for agricultural produce Pending CN1292759A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IL123665 1998-03-13
IL12366598A IL123665A (en) 1998-03-13 1998-03-13 Container for agricultural produce

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CN1292759A true CN1292759A (en) 2001-04-25

Family

ID=11071331

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CN998039381A Pending CN1292759A (en) 1998-03-13 1999-02-02 Container for agricultural produce

Country Status (10)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1062161A1 (en)
JP (1) JP2002505983A (en)
KR (1) KR20010034581A (en)
CN (1) CN1292759A (en)
AU (1) AU2297699A (en)
BR (1) BR9908732A (en)
CA (1) CA2323893A1 (en)
IL (1) IL123665A (en)
NO (1) NO20004543D0 (en)
WO (1) WO1999046175A1 (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN107074429A (en) * 2014-09-05 2017-08-18 巴斯夫公司 Sorbent material for extending agricultural product (produce) storage life

Families Citing this family (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ATE448717T1 (en) 2003-08-15 2009-12-15 Chia C Chiang FRUIT STRIPS EXHIBITOR
WO2009042017A1 (en) * 2007-08-10 2009-04-02 The Board Of Trustees Operating Package system with distribution gas insert
DK2362845T3 (en) * 2008-11-26 2015-04-13 Karatzis S A packaging bag
PE20151082A1 (en) * 2012-11-09 2015-08-27 Rachel Dove POLYMERIC FILM FOR THE STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, CONTAINERS MADE OF THE SAME AND RELATED METHODS OF STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
US9351487B2 (en) 2012-11-09 2016-05-31 Rachel Dove Polymeric film for agricultural product storage, containers made therefrom and related methods of agricultural product storage
WO2016063290A1 (en) * 2014-10-21 2016-04-28 Ashok Chaturvedi Flexible package for packing individual fruit or vegetable
ES2712998T3 (en) * 2014-11-03 2019-05-17 Ashok Chaturvedi A flexible wrap for packaging fresh products made from a flexible biodegradable film
US10472103B2 (en) * 2015-02-20 2019-11-12 Orchard View Farms, Inc. Fruit packaging containers
JP2020111350A (en) * 2019-01-09 2020-07-27 住友ベークライト株式会社 Bag material, package and freshness holding method of fruits and vegetables

Family Cites Families (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2141688B (en) * 1983-05-19 1987-05-28 Brayford Plastics Limited Bag for fresh produce
NZ228311A (en) * 1988-03-31 1990-11-27 Hercules Inc Fresh produce package with gas permeable panel
IT230329Y1 (en) * 1993-07-01 1999-06-02 Sviluppo Settori Impiego Srl FOLDING BOX FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
FR2718717B1 (en) * 1994-04-15 1996-05-15 Gilbert Capy Watertight packaging for fruit to control ripening.
IL111114A0 (en) 1994-09-30 1994-11-28 Geller Avner Package having a rectangular base and its manufacture

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN107074429A (en) * 2014-09-05 2017-08-18 巴斯夫公司 Sorbent material for extending agricultural product (produce) storage life

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
BR9908732A (en) 2000-11-21
NO20004543L (en) 2000-09-12
WO1999046175A1 (en) 1999-09-16
JP2002505983A (en) 2002-02-26
NO20004543D0 (en) 2000-09-12
AU2297699A (en) 1999-09-27
IL123665A0 (en) 1998-10-30
IL123665A (en) 2000-08-13
KR20010034581A (en) 2001-04-25
CA2323893A1 (en) 1999-09-16
EP1062161A1 (en) 2000-12-27

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
JPH11506996A (en) Modified atmosphere packaging with double cover
JP3675833B2 (en) Adjusted atmosphere package with double cover
CN1292759A (en) Container for agricultural produce
CA1334187C (en) Compact package for food product or the like
JP4744890B2 (en) Packaging bag
WO2004080804A3 (en) Multilayer barrier structures, methods of making the same and packages made therefrom
EA200100243A1 (en) PACKING TRAY AND METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURE AND APPLICATION
CN1200695A (en) Extended long life juice carton structure and method of construction
EP2157025A1 (en) System and method for packaging of fresh produce incorporating modified atmosphere packaging
CA2562583A1 (en) Multicomponent package
WO2004080805A3 (en) Packages made from thermoplastic multilayer barrier structures
US5500303A (en) Package having improved barrier properties
US20050266129A1 (en) Packaging material and method for perishable food product
CA2213251A1 (en) A method of packing a food and a package containing the food
US7501168B2 (en) Multilayer planar or tubular food casing or film
CA3013244A1 (en) Air tight gas circulating container
US20060255055A1 (en) Container and method for forming a container
EP1600386B1 (en) Tray for case-ready meat
CN2795053Y (en) Food package box
ES2748012T3 (en) Packed in a modified atmosphere
CN1250629A (en) Chemical treatment agent and package system therewith for improving fresh meat appearance and increasing shelf-life
Catalá et al. Plastic materials for modified atmosphere packaging
EP4385726A1 (en) Plastic bag for vacuum packaging of hard foods
JPH0639972A (en) Bubble sheet with antibacterial function and freshness retaining function
JPH092536A (en) Packaging container

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
C06 Publication
PB01 Publication
C10 Entry into substantive examination
SE01 Entry into force of request for substantive examination
C02 Deemed withdrawal of patent application after publication (patent law 2001)
WD01 Invention patent application deemed withdrawn after publication
REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: HK

Ref legal event code: GR

Ref document number: 1026372

Country of ref document: HK