EP0513008A1 - Pasty substance dose storage and dispensing device, and method for producing same. - Google Patents

Pasty substance dose storage and dispensing device, and method for producing same.

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EP0513008A1
EP0513008A1 EP91900693A EP91900693A EP0513008A1 EP 0513008 A1 EP0513008 A1 EP 0513008A1 EP 91900693 A EP91900693 A EP 91900693A EP 91900693 A EP91900693 A EP 91900693A EP 0513008 A1 EP0513008 A1 EP 0513008A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/36—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages, the recess or recesses being preformed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/321—Both sheets being recessed
    • B65D75/322—Both sheets being recessed and forming one compartment
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/321—Both sheets being recessed
    • B65D75/323—Both sheets being recessed and forming several compartments
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture

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  • the subject of the present invention is a device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material, as well as the method for producing such a device.
  • a device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material in particular of unit doses, it is known, for liquid or pasty materials, to produce the packaging in the form of pads which can be cut, or even be torn to give access at the dose of liquid or pasty material.
  • a tearable packaging for liquid or pasty material resulting from the evolution of this type of packaging is described in patent EP-A-0178918.
  • the present invention aims to provide a packaging for doses of pasty material similar, in terms of its use, to the known packaging described above for the single piece packaging of solid objects.
  • a device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material comprising a volume for receiving the dose of material and a means for closing this volume, which can be opened for discharging the dose of material
  • device consisting of two juxtaposed formable sheets comprising deformations directed away from the junction surface of the two sheets, respectively a first deformation, in the form of a cell constituting the volume for receiving the dose of pasty material, in a sheet, and a second deformation, in the form of a channel constituting the conduit for discharging the dose of pasty material, in the other sheet, the evacuation duct, open at one of its ends, terminating at its other end in front of the cell, and with a deformable membrane constituting closure means, which ensures the separation between the cell and the conduit, the two formable sheets, ensuring the maintenance of the membrane, being assembled at least in the peripheral zone of the cell.
  • the junction surface of the two sheets of formable material is arranged along a plane, and the deformable membrane is a plane membrane arranged along this same plane.
  • the deformable membrane is a stretch film capable, under the effect of the pressure exerted on the pasty material by crushing the cell, to deform to release the access of the pasty material to the exhaust duct.
  • the deformable planar membrane is a pre-notched film, the weakening zone of which is located in the zone of the duct and is intended to tear under the effect of the pressure exerted on the pasty material by crushing the cell, to free access of the pasty material to the discharge duct.
  • the two formable sheets and the membrane are assembled at least in the peripheral zones of the cell and of the duct, corresponding, in the two formable sheets, to non-deformed zones.
  • the deformable membrane does not participate in the junction between the sheets of formable material and is therefore intended to slide between them under the effect of the pressure exerted on the pasty material by crushing the cell, to conform to the shape of the duct, the said membrane being fixed, at its end opposite to the duct, at least to the sheet in which the channel is formed, to avoid its entrainment by the pasty material.
  • the membrane is also assembled, in the region of the duct, with the sheet in which the cell is formed, using a light adhesive, to form a connection at this location. easily frangible.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material, characterized in that it consists in forming, in a first sheet of formable material, cells, and correspondingly, in a second sheet of formable material, channels, to fill the cells with doses of pasty material, to have a deformable membrane on the cells, to be juxtaposed, by their face away from deformations, the first and the second sheet of formable material so that the channels are arranged, with respect to the cells, to form conduits leading to the said cells, and to fix the two sheets of formable material to each other at least in the zone peripheral of each cell.
  • the method consists:
  • thermoformable material fed continuously, cells and channels respectively, - continuously filling the cells with doses of pasty material
  • FIG. 1 is an elevational view in section of a device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a view in elevation and in section of another embodiment of a device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the device illustrated in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 and 5 show in plan two embodiments of packaging implementing the device of the invention
  • - Fig 6 illustrates, in plan, a step in a method of manufacturing a device according to the invention.
  • the device of the invention consists of two formable sheets 1, 2 and a membrane 7.
  • the formable sheet 1 comprises a deformation in the form of a cell 3 intended for receive a dose of pasty material 4, while the formable sheet 2 has a channel-shaped deformation 5.
  • the sheets 1 and 2 are juxtaposed so that their respective deformations 3 and 5 are directed away from the junction surface 8 of the two sheets, and that the channel 5, which forms with the sheet 1 a discharge duct 6 open at one of its ends 6 ', terminates at its other end 6 "opposite the cell 3.
  • the membrane 7 arranged along the junction surface 8 of the sheets 1 and 2, performs the separation between the cell 3 containing the dose of pasty material 4 and the conduit 6 leading to the outside.
  • the membrane 7 is maintained, according to the junction surface 8, by sheets 1 and 2 assembled, for example by gluing or welding, the membrane 7 participating in the assembly This assembly must be carried out at least in the peripheral zone of the cell.
  • the embodiment illustrated in fig 2 and 3 corresponds substantially to the embodiment of fig 1, the sheets 21, 22, the cell 23, the dose 24, the channel 25, the conduit 26 corresponding substantially and respectively to the sheets 1 , 2, to the alveolus 3, to the dose 4, to the channel 5 and to the conduit 6 of fig 1.
  • the difference resides in the membrane 27 which, unlike the membrane 7, extends only over part of the cell 23.
  • the membrane 27 is not only limited in its longitudinal dimension (considered in the longitudinal direction of the conduit 26) relative to the cell 23, but also in its transverse dimension.
  • the membrane 27 is bonded to the sheet 21 at 29, in the region of the duct 26. This bonding is carried out using a light adhesive, easily frangible. Such bonding 29 is mainly recommended in the case where the membrane 27 does not participate in the junction between the sheets 21 and 22.
  • the deformable membrane 7 or 27 is either a stretchable membrane or a tearable membrane if it participates in the junction between the sheets 1 and 2, respectively 21 and 22, that is to say if it is glued or welded with the said sheets, or again a simply deformable membrane if it does not participate in the junction between the sheets 21 and 22, that is to say if the junction by gluing / welding of said sheets, in the peripheral zone of the cell, bypasses said membrane.
  • the membrane 7, 27, applied during the production of the packaging against the dose 4, 24 of pasty material is held there on the one hand by the retaining action exerted by the sheets 1,2; 21,22, and on the other hand, in the area of the duct, by the action of atmospheric pressure, possibly reinforced by the action of bonding 29.
  • the crushing of the cell 3, 23 achieves, by means of the dose of pasty material 4.24, a pressure on the membrane 7.27.
  • the membrane 7,27 is deformed either by stretching, until substantially matching the shape of the channel, or by tearing if the membrane is by example a pre-notched film whose weakening zone is located in the zone of the duct 6,26.
  • the deformation will consist, after rupture of the bonding 29, in a sliding of the sheet until it matches the shape of the conduit 26.
  • the membrane will also be fixed, for example by bonding, at its end opposite to the conduit 26, to prevent it from being carried away by the pasty material 24 out of the socket 23.
  • the formable sheets 1,2,21,22 are produced in a thermoformed film of 150 microns, while the deformable membrane is a polyethylene film of 10 microns, stretchable, susceptible to elongation of up to 600%.
  • a package 40 of generally rectangular shape comprises two rows of cells 43, each cell 43 being connected to the outside of the package by a conduit 46, while a membrane 47 covers the two rows of cells 43 for to be interposed between the said cells and the end of the conduits 46 terminating therein.
  • This embodiment is therefore similar, at the level of a cell, to that represented in FIG. 1.
  • a package 50 of circular shape comprises a series of cells 53 arranged radially, each cell being connected by a conduit 56, also radial, outside the package, a membrane 57, of annular shape, interposed between the end of the cells 53 directed towards the conduits 56 and the said conduits.
  • This embodiment corresponds substantially to the embodiment illustrated in section in FIG. 2.
  • the invention also relates to the method of manufacturing a device as illustrated in FIGS.
  • 1 to 5 which generally consists in forming in a sheet of formable material 1.21 cells 3.23 and, correspondingly, in a second sheet of formable material 2.22 in channels 5.25, to be filled the cells 3.23 of doses 4.24 of pasty material, to have on the cells 3.23 a deformable membrane 7.27, to be juxtaposed, by their face away from the deformations, the first and the second sheet of material formable so that the channels 5.25 are arranged, relative to the cells 3.23, to form conduits 6.26 terminating at one end to the cells and by the other end in the open air, the membrane 7.27 being held between the sheets of formable material 1,2,21,22, and to fix the two sheets of material to each other formable, at least in the peripheral zone of each cell.
  • the method of the invention consists in hot forming, in the two halves 61, 62, considered in the longitudinal direction, of a sheet of thermoformable material 60 fed continuously, respectively from the cells 63 and channels 65, to continuously fill the cells 63 with doses 64 of pasty material, to continuously cover the cells with a film 67 of deformable material (step illustrated in fig.
  • junction surface 8,28 between the formable sheets 1, 2 respectively 21, 22 has been shown plane, and it is obvious that such an arrangement will constitute the most frequent embodiment of the invention. It is however conceivable that such a junction surface is in the form of a left surface, the sheets formables 1, 2,21, 22 then having corresponding shapes, or else that the particular shape of the assembly is imparted during a forming operation concomitant with the operation of welding the sheets to one another and with the deformable membrane.

Abstract

PCT No. PCT/BE90/00073 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 26, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 26, 1992 PCT Filed Dec. 28, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/11371 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 8, 1991.A device for storage and dispensation of measured quantities of pasty material. The device is formed from two juxtaposed formable sheets including, respectively, a compartment forming a volume housing the measured quantity and a passage forming a duct for ejection of the measured quantity, as well as deformable membrane constituting a sealing mechanism which separates the compartment from the passage. The invention is applicable to packaging and dispensation of measured quantities of a pasty material.

Description

Dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse et son procédé de réalisation.Device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material and its production method.
La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse, ainsi que le procédé de réalisation d'un tel dispositif. Dans le domaine de l'emballage de doses, notamment de doses unitaires, il est connu, pour les matières liquides ou pâteuses, de réaliser l'emballage sous forme de coussinets susceptibles d'être découpés, ou encore d'être déchirés pour donner accès à la dose de matière liquide ou pâteuse. Un emballage déchirable pour matière liquide ou pâteuse issu de l'évolution de ce type d'emballage est décrit au brevet EP-A-0178918. Dans le domaine de l'emballage à la pièce d'objets solides, et notamment de médicaments, il est connu de réaliser l'emballage à l'aide d'une feuille de matière formable comportant des alvéoles dans lesquels sont placés les objets à emballer, et de fermer les alvéoles en assemblant la face de la feuille formable disposée à l'écart des alvéoles à une feuille de matière de résistance moindre que la feuille formable, susceptible d'être déchirée par la poussée de l'objet contenu dans l'alvéole, sous l'effet de l'écrasement du dit alvéole.The subject of the present invention is a device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material, as well as the method for producing such a device. In the field of packaging of doses, in particular of unit doses, it is known, for liquid or pasty materials, to produce the packaging in the form of pads which can be cut, or even be torn to give access at the dose of liquid or pasty material. A tearable packaging for liquid or pasty material resulting from the evolution of this type of packaging is described in patent EP-A-0178918. In the area of solid piece packaging, and in particular of drugs, it is known to produce packaging using a sheet of formable material comprising cells in which the objects to be packaged are placed. , and to close the cells by assembling the face of the formable sheet disposed away from the cells to a sheet of material of less resistance than the formable sheet, capable of being torn by the thrust of the object contained in the alveolus, under the effect of the crushing of said alveolus.
La présente invention a pour but de fournir un emballage pour doses de matière pâteuse s'apparentant, quant à son utilisation, aux emballages connus décrits ci- dessus pour l'emballage à la pièce d'objets solides.The present invention aims to provide a packaging for doses of pasty material similar, in terms of its use, to the known packaging described above for the single piece packaging of solid objects.
Ce but est atteint en prévoyant un dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse comprenant un volume de réception de la dose de matière et un moyen de fermeture de ce volume, pouvant être ouvert pour l'évacuation de la dose de matière, dispositif constitué de deux feuilles formables juxtaposées comportant des déformations dirigées à l'écart de la surface de jonction des deux feuilles, respectivement une première déformation, sous forme d'un alvéole constituant volume de réception de la dose de matière pâteuse, dans une feuille, et une seconde déformation, sous forme d'un canal constituant conduit d'évacuation de la dose de matière pâteuse, dans l'autre feuille, le conduit d'évacuation, ouvert à une de ses extrémités, aboutissant par son autre extrémité en face de l'alvéole, et d'une membrane déformable constituant moyen de fermeture, qui assure la séparation entre l'alvéole et le conduit, les deux feuilles formables, assurant le maintien de la membrane, étant assemblées au moins dans la zone périphérique de 1'alvéole.This object is achieved by providing a device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material comprising a volume for receiving the dose of material and a means for closing this volume, which can be opened for discharging the dose of material, device consisting of two juxtaposed formable sheets comprising deformations directed away from the junction surface of the two sheets, respectively a first deformation, in the form of a cell constituting the volume for receiving the dose of pasty material, in a sheet, and a second deformation, in the form of a channel constituting the conduit for discharging the dose of pasty material, in the other sheet, the evacuation duct, open at one of its ends, terminating at its other end in front of the cell, and with a deformable membrane constituting closure means, which ensures the separation between the cell and the conduit, the two formable sheets, ensuring the maintenance of the membrane, being assembled at least in the peripheral zone of the cell.
Suivant une caractéristique supplémentaire de l'invention, la surface de jonction des deux feuilles de matière formable se dispose suivant un plan, et la membrane déformable est une membrane plane disposée suivant ce même plan.According to an additional characteristic of the invention, the junction surface of the two sheets of formable material is arranged along a plane, and the deformable membrane is a plane membrane arranged along this same plane.
Suivant une caractéristique particulière de l'invention, la membrane déformable est un film étirable susceptible, sous l'effet de la pression exercée sur la matière pâteuse par écrasement de l'alvéole, de se déformer pour libérer l'accès de la matière pâteuse au conduit d'évacuation.According to a particular characteristic of the invention, the deformable membrane is a stretch film capable, under the effect of the pressure exerted on the pasty material by crushing the cell, to deform to release the access of the pasty material to the exhaust duct.
Suivant une autre caractéristique particulière de l'invention, la membrane plane déformable est un film pré- entaillé, dont la zone d'affaiblissement se situe dans la zone du conduit et est destinée à se déchirer sous 1'effet de la pression exercée sur la matière pâteuse par écrasement de l'alvéole, pour libérer l'accès de la matière pâteuse au conduit d'évacuation. Suivant une autre caractéristique, les deux feuilles formables et la membrane sont assemblées au moins dans les zones périphériques de l'alvéole et du conduit, correspondant, dans les deux feuilles formables, à des zones non déformées. Suivant encore une autre caractéristique de l'invention, la membrane déformable, dont les bords, considérés dans le sens longitudinal du conduit, se disposent à proximité immédiate de la zone périphérique de l'alvéole, ne participe pas à la jonction entre les feuilles de matière formable et est dès lors destinée à glisser entre celles-ci sous l'effet de la pression exercée sur la matière pâteuse par écrasement de l'alvéole, pour épouser la forme du conduit, la dite membrane étant fixée, à son extrémité opposée au conduit, au moins à la feuille dans laquelle est formé le canal, pour éviter son entraînement par la matière pâteuse.According to another particular characteristic of the invention, the deformable planar membrane is a pre-notched film, the weakening zone of which is located in the zone of the duct and is intended to tear under the effect of the pressure exerted on the pasty material by crushing the cell, to free access of the pasty material to the discharge duct. According to another characteristic, the two formable sheets and the membrane are assembled at least in the peripheral zones of the cell and of the duct, corresponding, in the two formable sheets, to non-deformed zones. According to yet another characteristic of the invention, the deformable membrane, the edges of which, considered in the longitudinal direction of the duct, are placed in the immediate vicinity of the peripheral zone of the cell, does not participate in the junction between the sheets of formable material and is therefore intended to slide between them under the effect of the pressure exerted on the pasty material by crushing the cell, to conform to the shape of the duct, the said membrane being fixed, at its end opposite to the duct, at least to the sheet in which the channel is formed, to avoid its entrainment by the pasty material.
Suivant une autre caractéristique de l'invention, la membrane est en outre assemblée, dans la zone du conduit, à la feuille dans laquelle est formé l'alvéole, à l'aide d'un adhésif léger, pour constituer à cet endroit une liaison aisément frangible.According to another characteristic of the invention, the membrane is also assembled, in the region of the duct, with the sheet in which the cell is formed, using a light adhesive, to form a connection at this location. easily frangible.
Un autre but de l'invention est de fournir un procédé de réalisation d'un dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à former, dans une première feuille de matière formable, des alvéoles, et de manière correspondante, dans une seconde feuille de matière formable, des canaux, à remplir les alvéoles de doses de matière pâteuse, à disposer sur les alvéoles une membrane déformable, à juxtaposer, par leur face à l'écart des déformations, la première et la seconde feuille de matière formable de sorte que les canaux se disposent, par rapport aux alvéoles, pour former des conduits aboutissant aux dits alvéoles, et à fixer l'une à l'autre les deux feuilles de matière formable au moins dans la zone périphérique de chaque alvéole.Another object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material, characterized in that it consists in forming, in a first sheet of formable material, cells, and correspondingly, in a second sheet of formable material, channels, to fill the cells with doses of pasty material, to have a deformable membrane on the cells, to be juxtaposed, by their face away from deformations, the first and the second sheet of formable material so that the channels are arranged, with respect to the cells, to form conduits leading to the said cells, and to fix the two sheets of formable material to each other at least in the zone peripheral of each cell.
Suivant une autre caractéristique de l'invention, le procédé consiste:According to another characteristic of the invention, the method consists:
- à former à chaud, dans les deux moitiés, considérées suivant la direction longitudinale, d'une feuille de matière thermoformable alimentée en continu, respectivement des alvéoles et des canaux, - à remplir en continu les alvéoles de doses de matière pâteuse,to form hot, in the two halves, considered in the longitudinal direction, of a sheet of thermoformable material fed continuously, cells and channels respectively, - continuously filling the cells with doses of pasty material,
- à recouvrir en continu les alvéoles d'un film de matière déformable, - à replier en continu la moitié de la feuille comportant les canaux sur la moitié de la feuille comportant les alvéoles pour former des conduits, obturés par le film de matière déformable à l'endroit où ils aboutissent aux alvéoles, - à souder en continu les deux moitiés de feuille thermoformable superposées, entre elles et avec le film de matière déformable, au moins dans les zones périphériques des alvéoles et des conduits, et- continuously covering the cells with a film of deformable material, - continuously folding half of the sheet comprising the channels on half of the sheet comprising the cells to form conduits, closed by the film of deformable material the place where they end up in the cells, - continuously welding the two halves of thermoformable sheet superimposed, between them and with the film of deformable material, at least in the peripheral zones of the cells and conduits, and
- à découper en continu le produit obtenu pour former des ensembles de doses et, là où l'opération s'avère nécessaire, libérer l'extrémité des conduits opposée aux alvéoles.- continuously cutting the product obtained to form sets of doses and, where the operation turns out to be necessary, freeing the end of the conduits opposite the cells.
L'invention sera mieux comprise en se reportant à la description ci-après, en même temps qu'au dessin annexé qui représente, uniquement à titre d'exemple, divers modes de réalisation de l'invention, et dans lequel:The invention will be better understood by referring to the description below, at the same time as to the appended drawing which represents, by way of example only, various embodiments of the invention, and in which:
- La fig. 1 est une vue en élévation et en coupe d'un dispositif suivant l'invention;- Fig. 1 is an elevational view in section of a device according to the invention;
- La fig. 2 est une vue en élévation et en coupe d'un autre mode de réalisation d'un dispositif suivant l'invention;- Fig. 2 is a view in elevation and in section of another embodiment of a device according to the invention;
- La fig. 3 est une vue en perspective du dispositif illustré en fig. 2;- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device illustrated in FIG. 2;
- Les fig. 4 et 5 montrent en plan deux modes de réalisation d'emballages mettant en oeuvre le dispositif de l'invention;- Figs. 4 and 5 show in plan two embodiments of packaging implementing the device of the invention;
- La fig 6 illustre, en plan, une étape d'un procédé de fabrication d'un dispositif suivant l'invention.- Fig 6 illustrates, in plan, a step in a method of manufacturing a device according to the invention.
Suivant le mode de réalisation illustré à la fig 1 , le dispositif de l'invention est constitué de deux feuilles formables 1, 2 et d'une membrane 7. La feuille formable 1 comporte une déformation en forme d'alvéole 3 destinée à recevoir une dose de matière pâteuse 4, tandis que la feuille formable 2 comporte une déformation en forme de canal 5. Les feuilles 1 et 2 sont juxtaposées de sorte que leurs déformations respectives 3 et 5 soient dirigées à l'écart de la surface de jonction 8 des deux feuilles, et que le canal 5, qui forme avec la feuille 1 un conduit d'évacuation 6 ouvert à une de ses extrémités 6', aboutisse par son autre extrémité 6" en face de l'alvéole 3. La membrane 7, disposée suivant la surface de jonction 8 des feuilles 1 et 2, réalise la séparation entre l'alvéole 3 contenant la dose de matière pâteuse 4 et le conduit 6 débouchant sur l'extérieur. La membrane 7 est maintenue, suivant la surface de jonction 8, par les feuilles 1 et 2 assemblées, par exemple par collage ou soudure, la membrane 7 participant à l'assemblage. Cet assemblage doit être réalisé au moins dans la zone périphérique de l'alvéole.According to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, the device of the invention consists of two formable sheets 1, 2 and a membrane 7. The formable sheet 1 comprises a deformation in the form of a cell 3 intended for receive a dose of pasty material 4, while the formable sheet 2 has a channel-shaped deformation 5. The sheets 1 and 2 are juxtaposed so that their respective deformations 3 and 5 are directed away from the junction surface 8 of the two sheets, and that the channel 5, which forms with the sheet 1 a discharge duct 6 open at one of its ends 6 ', terminates at its other end 6 "opposite the cell 3. The membrane 7 , arranged along the junction surface 8 of the sheets 1 and 2, performs the separation between the cell 3 containing the dose of pasty material 4 and the conduit 6 leading to the outside. The membrane 7 is maintained, according to the junction surface 8, by sheets 1 and 2 assembled, for example by gluing or welding, the membrane 7 participating in the assembly This assembly must be carried out at least in the peripheral zone of the cell.
Le mode de réalisation illustré aux fig 2 et 3 correspond sensiblement au mode de réalisation de la fig 1, les feuilles 21, 22, l'alvéole 23, la dose 24, le canal 25, le conduit 26 correspondant substantiellement et respectivement aux feuilles 1, 2, à l'alvéole 3, à la dose 4, au canal 5 et au conduit 6 de la fig 1. La différence réside dans la membrane 27 qui, contrairement à la membrane 7, ne s'étend que sur une partie de l'alvéole 23. Ainsi qu'on peut l'apercevoir plus clairement à la fig 3, la membrane 27 est non seulement limitée dans sa dimension longitudinale (considérée dans le sens longitunal du conduit 26) par rapport à l'alvéole 23, mais également dans sa dimension transversale. De la sorte, on peut prévoir, soit que la membrane 27 participe à l'assemblage des feuilles 21 et 22, soit qu'elle reste libre entre les feuilles 21 et 22 assemblées, celles-ci assurant seulement le maintien en place de la membrane 27. Suivant le mode de réalisation illustré à la fig 2, la membrane 27 est collée à la feuille 21 en 29, dans la zone du conduit 26. Ce collage est réalisé à l'aide d'un adhésif léger, aisément frangible. Un tel collage 29 est principalement recommandé dans le cas où la membrane 27 ne participe pas à la jonction entre les feuilles 21 et 22.The embodiment illustrated in fig 2 and 3 corresponds substantially to the embodiment of fig 1, the sheets 21, 22, the cell 23, the dose 24, the channel 25, the conduit 26 corresponding substantially and respectively to the sheets 1 , 2, to the alveolus 3, to the dose 4, to the channel 5 and to the conduit 6 of fig 1. The difference resides in the membrane 27 which, unlike the membrane 7, extends only over part of the cell 23. As can be seen more clearly in FIG. 3, the membrane 27 is not only limited in its longitudinal dimension (considered in the longitudinal direction of the conduit 26) relative to the cell 23, but also in its transverse dimension. In this way, provision can be made either for the membrane 27 to participate in the assembly of the sheets 21 and 22, or for it to remain free between the sheets 21 and 22 assembled, these only ensuring that the membrane is held in place 27. According to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2, the membrane 27 is bonded to the sheet 21 at 29, in the region of the duct 26. This bonding is carried out using a light adhesive, easily frangible. Such bonding 29 is mainly recommended in the case where the membrane 27 does not participate in the junction between the sheets 21 and 22.
Le membrane déformable 7 ou 27 est, soit une membrane étirable ou une membrane déchirable si elle participe à la jonction entre les feuilles 1 et 2, respectivement 21 et 22, c'est-à-dire si elle est collée ou soudée avec les dites feuilles, soit encore une membrane simplement déformable si elle ne participe pas à la jonction entre les feuilles 21 et 22, c'est-à-dire si la jonction par collage/soudage des dites feuilles, dans la zone périphérique de l'alvéole, contourne la dite membrane.The deformable membrane 7 or 27 is either a stretchable membrane or a tearable membrane if it participates in the junction between the sheets 1 and 2, respectively 21 and 22, that is to say if it is glued or welded with the said sheets, or again a simply deformable membrane if it does not participate in the junction between the sheets 21 and 22, that is to say if the junction by gluing / welding of said sheets, in the peripheral zone of the cell, bypasses said membrane.
Lors du stockage, la membrane 7, 27, appliquée lors de la réalisation de l'emballage contre la dose 4, 24 de matière pâteuse, y est maintenue d'une part par l'action de retenue exercée par les feuilles 1,2;21,22, et d'autre part, dans la zone du conduit, par l'action de la pression atmosphérique, éventuellement renforcée par l'action du collage 29. Lors de l'utilisation, l'écrasement de l'alvéole 3,23 réalise, par l'intermédiaire de la dose de matière pâteuse 4,24, une pression sur la membrane 7,27. Dans le cas où la membrane participe à l'assemblage des feuilles 1,2, 21,22, la membrane 7,27 se déforme soit par étirage, jusqu'à épouser substantiellement la forme du canal, soit par déchirure si la membrane est par exemple un film pré¬ entaillé dont la zone d'affaiblissement se situe dans la zone du conduit 6,26. Dans le cas où la membrane 27 ne participe pas à l'assemblage des feuilles 21,22, c'est-à- dire, comme dit ci-avant, dans le cas où la zone de collage ou de soudure contourne la membrane 27, la déformation consistera, après rupture du collage 29, en un glissement de la feuille jusqu'à épouser la forme du conduit 26. Dans ce dernier cas, la membrane sera également fixée, par exemple par collage, à son extrémité opposée au conduit 26, pour éviter qu'elle soit entraînée par la matière pâteuse 24 hors de l'alvéole 23.During storage, the membrane 7, 27, applied during the production of the packaging against the dose 4, 24 of pasty material, is held there on the one hand by the retaining action exerted by the sheets 1,2; 21,22, and on the other hand, in the area of the duct, by the action of atmospheric pressure, possibly reinforced by the action of bonding 29. During use, the crushing of the cell 3, 23 achieves, by means of the dose of pasty material 4.24, a pressure on the membrane 7.27. In the case where the membrane participates in the assembly of the sheets 1,2, 21,22, the membrane 7,27 is deformed either by stretching, until substantially matching the shape of the channel, or by tearing if the membrane is by example a pre-notched film whose weakening zone is located in the zone of the duct 6,26. In the case where the membrane 27 does not participate in the assembly of the sheets 21, 22, that is to say, as said above, in the case where the bonding or welding zone bypasses the membrane 27, the deformation will consist, after rupture of the bonding 29, in a sliding of the sheet until it matches the shape of the conduit 26. In the latter case, the membrane will also be fixed, for example by bonding, at its end opposite to the conduit 26, to prevent it from being carried away by the pasty material 24 out of the socket 23.
A simple titre d'exemple, suivant un mode de réalisation de l'invention les feuilles formables 1,2,21,22 sont réalisées en un film thermoformé de 150 microns, tandis que la membrane déformable est un film de polyéthylène de 10 microns, étirable, susceptible de subir un allongement allant jusqu'à 600%.By way of example, according to one embodiment of the invention, the formable sheets 1,2,21,22 are produced in a thermoformed film of 150 microns, while the deformable membrane is a polyethylene film of 10 microns, stretchable, susceptible to elongation of up to 600%.
En se reportant à la fig. 4, un emballage 40 de forme générale rectangulaire comprend deux rangées d'alvéoles 43, chaque alvéole 43 étant relié à l'extérieur de l'emballage par un conduit 46, tandis qu'une membrane 47 recouvre les deux rangées d'alvéoles 43 pour s'interposer entre les dits alvéoles et l'extrémité des conduits 46 y aboutissant. Ce mode de réalisation est donc similaire, au niveau d'un alvéole, à celui représenté en fig.1.Referring to fig. 4, a package 40 of generally rectangular shape comprises two rows of cells 43, each cell 43 being connected to the outside of the package by a conduit 46, while a membrane 47 covers the two rows of cells 43 for to be interposed between the said cells and the end of the conduits 46 terminating therein. This embodiment is therefore similar, at the level of a cell, to that represented in FIG. 1.
Suivant le mode de réalisation de la fig. 5, un emballage 50 de forme circulaire comprend une série d'alvéoles 53 disposés radialement, chaque alvéole étant relié par un conduit 56, également radial, à l'extérieur de l'emballage, une membrane 57, de forme annulaire, s'interposant entre l'extrémité des alvéoles 53 dirigée vers les conduits 56 et les dits conduits. Ce mode de réalisation correspond sensiblement au mode de réalisation illustré en coupe à la fig. 2. L'invention a également pour objet le procédé de fabrication d'un dispositif tel qu'illustré aux fig. 1 à 5 qui consiste, de manière générale, à former dans une feuille de matière formable 1,21 des alvéoles 3,23 et, de manière correspondante, dans un seconde feuille de matière formable 2,22 des canaux 5,25, à remplir les alvéoles 3,23 de doses 4,24 de matière pâteuse, à disposer sur les alvéoles 3,23 une membrane 7,27 déformable, à juxtaposer, par leur face à l'écart des déformations, la première et la seconde feuille de matière formable de sorte que les canaux 5,25 se disposent, par rapport aux alvéoles 3,23, pour former des conduits 6,26 aboutissant par une extrémité aux alvéoles et par l'autre extrémité à l'air libre, la membrane 7,27 étant maintenue entre les feuilles de matière formable 1,2,21,22, et à fixer l'une à l'autre les deux feuilles de matière formable, au moins dans la zone périphérique de chaque alvéole.According to the embodiment of FIG. 5, a package 50 of circular shape comprises a series of cells 53 arranged radially, each cell being connected by a conduit 56, also radial, outside the package, a membrane 57, of annular shape, interposed between the end of the cells 53 directed towards the conduits 56 and the said conduits. This embodiment corresponds substantially to the embodiment illustrated in section in FIG. 2. The invention also relates to the method of manufacturing a device as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5 which generally consists in forming in a sheet of formable material 1.21 cells 3.23 and, correspondingly, in a second sheet of formable material 2.22 in channels 5.25, to be filled the cells 3.23 of doses 4.24 of pasty material, to have on the cells 3.23 a deformable membrane 7.27, to be juxtaposed, by their face away from the deformations, the first and the second sheet of material formable so that the channels 5.25 are arranged, relative to the cells 3.23, to form conduits 6.26 terminating at one end to the cells and by the other end in the open air, the membrane 7.27 being held between the sheets of formable material 1,2,21,22, and to fix the two sheets of material to each other formable, at least in the peripheral zone of each cell.
Suivant un mode de mise en oeuvre préféré, dont une étape est illustrée à la fig 6, le procédé de l'invention consiste à former à chaud, dans les deux moitiés 61,62, considérées suivant la direction longitudinale, d'une feuille de matière thermoformable 60 alimentée en continu, respectivement des alvéoles 63 et des canaux 65, à remplir en continu les alvéoles 63 de doses 64 de matière pâteuse, à recouvrir en continu les alvéoles d'un film 67 de matière déformable (étape illustrée en fig. 6), à replier en continu la moitié 62 de la feuille 60 comportant les canaux 65 sur la moitié 61 de la feuille 60 comportant les alvéoles 63 pour former des conduits, obturés par le film de matière déformable 67 à l'endroit où ils aboutissent aux alvéoles 63, à souder en continu les deux moitiés 61,62 superposées de feuille thermoformable 60, entre elles et avec le film 67 de matière déformable, dans l'ensemble des zones situées à l'extérieur des alvéoles 63 et des canaux 65, à rogner en continu le bord du produit obtenu correspondant à la ligne de pliage 70, dans la zone comprise entre les lignes en pointillés 71,71', pour libérer l'extrémité des conduits formés par les canaux 65, opposée aux alvéoles 63, et finalement à découper le produit continu obtenu pour former des emballages tels que l'emballage 40 illustré en figure 4. Dans les différents modes de réalisation illustrés au dessin, la surface de jonction 8,28 entre les feuilles formables 1 ,2 respectivement 21 ,22 a été représentée plane, et il est évident qu'une telle disposition constituera le mode de réalisation le plus fréquent de l'invention. On peut toutefois concevoir qu'une telle surface de jonction se présente sous forme d'une surface gauche, les feuilles formables 1 ,2,21 ,22 ayant alors des formes correspondantes, ou encore que la forme particulière de l'ensemble soit conférée lors d'une opération de formage concomitante à l'opération de soudure des feuilles l'une à l'autre et avec le membrane déformable. According to a preferred embodiment, one step of which is illustrated in FIG. 6, the method of the invention consists in hot forming, in the two halves 61, 62, considered in the longitudinal direction, of a sheet of thermoformable material 60 fed continuously, respectively from the cells 63 and channels 65, to continuously fill the cells 63 with doses 64 of pasty material, to continuously cover the cells with a film 67 of deformable material (step illustrated in fig. 6), to continuously fold back half of the sheet 60 comprising the channels 65 on the half 61 of the sheet 60 comprising the cells 63 to form conduits, closed by the film of deformable material 67 at the place where they terminate to the cells 63, to continuously weld the two halves 61, 62 superimposed of thermoformable sheet 60, between them and with the film 67 of deformable material, in all of the zones located outside the cells 63 and channels 65, continuously trimming the edge of the product obtained corresponding to the fold line 70, in the area between the dotted lines 71,71 ', to release the end of the conduits formed by the channels 65, opposite to the cells 63, and finally to cut the continuous product obtained to form packaging such as the packaging 40 illustrated in FIG. 4. In the various embodiments illustrated in the drawing, the junction surface 8,28 between the formable sheets 1, 2 respectively 21, 22 has been shown plane, and it is obvious that such an arrangement will constitute the most frequent embodiment of the invention. It is however conceivable that such a junction surface is in the form of a left surface, the sheets formables 1, 2,21, 22 then having corresponding shapes, or else that the particular shape of the assembly is imparted during a forming operation concomitant with the operation of welding the sheets to one another and with the deformable membrane.

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Revendications claims
1. Dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse comprenant un volume de réception de la dose de matière et un moyen de fermeture de ce volume, pouvant être ouvert pour l'évacuation de la dose de matière, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif est constitué de deux feuilles formables (1 ,2;21 ,22;61 ,62) juxtaposées comportant des déformations dirigées à l'écart de la surface de jonction (8,28) des deux feuilles, respectivement une première déformation, sous forme d'un alvéole (3;23;43;53;63) constituant volume de réception de la dose (4;24;64) de matière pâteuse, dans une feuille (1 ;21 ;61 ) , et une seconde déformation, sous forme d'un canal (5;25;65) constituant conduit d'évacuation (6;26;46;56) de la dose de matière pâteuse, dans l'autre feuille (2;22;62), le conduit d'évacuation (6;26;46;56) , ouvert à une de ses extrémités, aboutissant par son autre extrémité en face de l'alvéole (3;23;43;53;63), et d'une membrane déformable (7;27;47;57;67) constituant moyen de fermeture, qui réalise la séparation entre l'alvéole (3;23;43;53;63) et le conduit (6;26;46;56) , les deux feuilles formables (1 ,2;21 ,22;61 ,62), assurant le maintien de la membrane (7;27;47;57;67), étant assemblées au moins dans la zone périphérique de l'alvéole (3;23;43;53;63) .1. Device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material comprising a volume for receiving the dose of material and a means for closing this volume, which can be opened for discharging the dose of material, characterized in that the device consists of two formable sheets (1, 2; 21, 22; 61, 62) juxtaposed with deformations directed away from the junction surface (8,28) of the two sheets, respectively a first deformation, in the form a cell (3; 23; 43; 53; 63) constituting the volume for receiving the dose (4; 24; 64) of pasty material, in a sheet (1; 21; 61), and a second deformation, under in the form of a channel (5; 25; 65) constituting an outlet conduit (6; 26; 46; 56) for the dose of pasty material, in the other sheet (2; 22; 62), the conduit outlet (6; 26; 46; 56), open at one of its ends, terminating at its other end in front of the cell (3; 23; 43; 53; 63), and of a deformable membrane (7; 27; 47; 57; 67) constituting closure means, which realizes the separation between the cell (3; 23; 43; 53; 63) and the duct (6; 26; 46; 56), both formable sheets (1, 2; 21, 22; 61, 62), ensuring the maintenance of the membrane (7; 27; 47; 57; 67), being assembled at least in the peripheral zone of the cell (3; 23 ; 43; 53; 63).
2. Dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse suivant la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que la surface de jonction (8;28) des deux feuilles (1 ,2;21 ,22;61;62) de matière formable se dispose suivant un plan, et en ce que la membrane déformable (7;27;47;57;67) est une membrane plane disposée suivant ce même plan.2. Device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material according to claim 1, characterized in that the joining surface (8; 28) of the two sheets (1, 2; 21, 22; 61; 62) of formable material is arranged along a plane, and in that the deformable membrane (7; 27; 47; 57; 67) is a plane membrane arranged along this same plane.
3. Dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse suivant les revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que la membrane déformable (7;27;47;57;67) est un film étirable susceptible, sous l'effet de la pression exercée sur la matière pâteuse par écrasement de l'alvéole (3;23;43;53;63) , de se déformer pour libérer 1'accès de la matière pâteuse au conduit d'évacuation (6;26;46;56) . 3. Device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the deformable membrane (7; 27; 47; 57; 67) is a stretch film capable, under the effect of the pressure exerted on the pasty material by crushing the cell (3; 23; 43; 53; 63), to deform to release the access of the pasty material to the evacuation duct (6; 26 ; 46; 56).
4. Dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse suivant les revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que la membrane plane déformable (7;27;47;57;67) est un film pré-entaillé, dont la zone d'affaiblissement se situe dans la zone du conduit (6;26;46;56) et est destinée à se déchirer sous l'effet de la pression exercée sur la matière pâteuse par écrasement de l'alvéole (3;23;43;53;63), pour libérer l'accès de la matière pâteuse au conduit d'évacuation (6;26;46;56) .4. Device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the deformable plane membrane (7; 27; 47; 57; 67) is a pre-notched film, the area of which weakening is located in the area of the duct (6; 26; 46; 56) and is intended to tear under the effect of the pressure exerted on the pasty material by crushing the alveolus (3; 23; 43; 53 ; 63), to free access of the pasty material to the discharge conduit (6; 26; 46; 56).
5. Dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse suivant les revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que la membrane déformable (27), dont les bords, considérés dans le sens longitudinal du conduit (26), se disposent à proximité immédiate de la zone périphérique de l'alvéole (23), ne participe pas à la jonction entre les feuilles de matière formable (21,22) et est dès lors destinée à glisser entre celles-ci sous l'effet de la pression exercée sur la matière pâteuse (24) par écrasement de l'alvéole (23), pour épouser la forme du conduit (26), la dite membrane étant fixée, à son extrémité opposée au conduit (26), au moins à la feuille (22) dans laquelle est formé le canal (25), pour éviter son entraînement par la matière pâteuse.5. A device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the deformable membrane (27), the edges of which, considered in the longitudinal direction of the conduit (26), are arranged nearby. immediate of the peripheral zone of the cell (23), does not participate in the junction between the sheets of formable material (21,22) and is therefore intended to slide between them under the effect of the pressure exerted on the pasty material (24) by crushing the cell (23), to conform to the shape of the duct (26), the said membrane being fixed, at its end opposite to the duct (26), at least to the sheet (22) in which the channel (25) is formed, to avoid its entrainment by the pasty material.
6. Dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que les deux feuilles formables (1,2;21,22;61,62) et la membrane (7;27;47;57;67) sont assemblées au moins dans les zones périphériques de l'alvéole (3;23;43;53;63) et du conduit (6;26;46;56), correspondant, dans les deux feuilles formables (1 ,2;21 ,22;61 ,62) , à des zones non déformées.6. Device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the two formable sheets (1,2; 21,22; 61,62) and the membrane (7 ; 27; 47; 57; 67) are assembled at least in the peripheral zones of the cell (3; 23; 43; 53; 63) and of the corresponding conduit (6; 26; 46; 56), in both formable sheets (1, 2; 21, 22; 61, 62), to non-deformed areas.
7. Dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse suivant 1'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la membrane (27) est en outre assemblée, dans la zone du conduit (26), à la feuille (21) dans laquelle est formé l'alvéole (23), à l'aide d'un adhésif léger, pour constituer à cet endroit une liaison (29) aisément frangible.7. Device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the membrane (27) is further assembled, in the region of the duct (26), with the sheet (21) in which the cell (23) is formed , using a light adhesive, to form an easily frangible connection (29) at this location.
8. Procédé de réalisation d'un dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à former, dans une première feuille (1 ;21 ;61 ) de matière formable, des alvéoles (3;23;63) et de manière correspondante, dans une seconde feuille (2;22; 2) de matière formable, des canaux (5;25;65), à remplir les alvéoles (3;23;63) de doses de matière pâteuse (4;24;64), à disposer sur les alvéoles (3;23;63) une membrane déformable (7;27;67), à juxtaposer, par leur face à l'écart des déformations, la première (1;21;61) et la seconde feuille (2;22;62) de matière thermoformable de sorte que les canaux (5;25;65) se disposent, par rapport aux alvéoles (3;23;63), pour former des conduits (6;26) aboutissant aux dits alvéoles (3;23;63), et à fixer l'une à l'autre les deux feuilles (1 ,2;21 ,22;61 ,62) de matière thermoformable au moins dans la zone périphérique de chaque alvéole (3;23;63).8. A method of making a device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material, characterized in that it consists in forming, in a first sheet (1; 21; 61) of formable material, cells (3; 23; 63) and correspondingly, in a second sheet (2; 22; 2) of formable material, channels (5; 25; 65), to fill the cells (3; 23; 63) with doses of pasty material (4; 24; 64), to have on the cells (3; 23; 63) a deformable membrane (7; 27; 67), to be juxtaposed, by their face away from the deformations, the first (1; 21 ; 61) and the second sheet (2; 22; 62) of thermoformable material so that the channels (5; 25; 65) are arranged, relative to the cells (3; 23; 63), to form conduits (6 ; 26) leading to the said cells (3; 23; 63), and fixing the two sheets (1, 2; 21, 22; 61, 62) of thermoformable material at least in the peripheral zone of each cell (3; 23; 63).
9. Procédé de réalisation d'un dispositif de stockage et de distribution de doses de matière pâteuse suivant la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste:9. Method for producing a device for storing and distributing doses of pasty material according to claim 8, characterized in that it consists:
- à former à chaud, dans les deux moitiés (61,62), considérées suivant la direction longitudinale, d'une feuille (60) de matière thermoformable alimentée en continu, respectivement des alvéoles (63) et des canaux(65),- hot forming, in the two halves (61,62), considered in the longitudinal direction, of a sheet (60) of thermoformable material fed continuously, cells (63) and channels (65), respectively,
- à remplir en continu les alvéoles (63) de doses (64) de matière pâteuse,- continuously filling the cells (63) with doses (64) of pasty material,
- à recouvrir en continu les alvéoles (63) d'un film (67) de matière déformable,- continuously covering the cells (63) with a film (67) of deformable material,
- à replier en continu la moitié (62) de la feuille 13 comportant les canaux (65) sur la moitié (61) de la feuille comportant les alvéoles (66) pour former des conduits, obturés par le film (67) de matière déformable à l'endroit où ils aboutissent aux alvéoles (63)-, - à souder en continu les deux moitiés (61,62) de feuille thermoformable superposées, entre elles et avec le film (67) de matière déformable, au moins dans les zones périphériques des alvéoles (63) et des conduits, et - à découper en continu le produit obtenu pour former des ensembles de doses et, là où l'opération s'avère nécessaire (70), libérer l'extrémité des canaux (65) opposée aux alvéoles (63). - continuously folding half (62) of the sheet 13 comprising the channels (65) on the half (61) of the sheet comprising the cells (66) to form conduits, closed by the film (67) of deformable material at the place where they terminate in the cells (63) - , - continuously welding the two halves (61, 62) of thermoformable sheet superimposed, between them and with the film (67) of deformable material, at least in the peripheral zones of the cells (63) and of the conduits, and - at continuously cutting the product obtained to form sets of doses and, where the operation is necessary (70), release the end of the channels (65) opposite the cells (63).
EP91900693A 1990-01-26 1990-12-28 Pasty substance dose storage and dispensing device, and method for producing same Expired - Lifetime EP0513008B1 (en)

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