EP1206397B1 - Verpackungsanordnung - Google Patents

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EP1206397B1
EP1206397B1 EP99931419A EP99931419A EP1206397B1 EP 1206397 B1 EP1206397 B1 EP 1206397B1 EP 99931419 A EP99931419 A EP 99931419A EP 99931419 A EP99931419 A EP 99931419A EP 1206397 B1 EP1206397 B1 EP 1206397B1
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Valentin Chareyron
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/22—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
    • F25C1/24—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds for refrigerators, e.g. freezing trays
    • F25C1/243—Moulds made of plastics e.g. silicone
    • 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
    • B65D79/00—Kinds or details of packages, not otherwise provided for
    • B65D79/005—Packages having deformable parts for indicating or neutralizing internal pressure-variations by other means than venting
    • B65D79/008—Packages having deformable parts for indicating or neutralizing internal pressure-variations by other means than venting the deformable part being located in a rigid or semi-rigid container, e.g. in bottles or jars
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages

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  • the present invention relates to a method for performing a sealed packaging filled with a liquid liable to show variations volume to provide a sealed ice cube.
  • the ice cubes are currently prepared at home using trays suitable placed in the freezer. Even though these ice cubes can be prepared with mineral water, sources of potential problems exist, such as a lack of hygiene due to cleaning of the containers, the shelf life of ice cubes in the open air, hygiene during handling ice cubes. Similar problems arise with automatic production of ice cubes.
  • Patent CH 443 951 proposes to remedy these drawbacks by providing a packaging device consisting of a container and its lid closing, and. including a clearing house whose volume internal is variable so as to compensate for variations in volume of the liquid he must receive.
  • This room has a waterproof wall at least partially mobile separating it from the liquid and capable of communicating by at least one opening with the outside of the container.
  • a packaging device capable of compensating for variations in volume of its contents without the walls of the container and its member closure are deformed or deteriorated. It is then possible to produce ice cubes contained in a sealed and airtight package. Thanks to this packaging device, the consumer can receive his drink accompanied by a few ice cubes sealed in their individual packaging waterproof in optimal hygienic conditions.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a method for eliminating this risk.
  • the maximum volume of the clearing house roughly corresponds to ten percent of the volume of liquid contained in the bucket.
  • the partial filling of the bucket is carried out therein. first introducing a quantity of liquid greater than that which is desired then by sucking up the excess liquid using a tube whose end is positioned at a level corresponding to the quantity of liquid desired.
  • the packaging device consists of three parts, namely a container 1, by example in the form of a semi-rigid thermoformed cup 11, a closure 2 intended to close an upper opening 7 of the container 1, here consisting of a cover 12 similar to that of a yogurt pot, and a wall waterproof 3 movable, mobile and / or deformable, for example formed of a flexible film 13 thermoformed with a preformed cavity.
  • This film 13 can advantageously be made of plastic, for example high density polyethylene.
  • the container 1 is intended to contain a determined quantity of a substance 4 which is either in the liquid state 14, or in the frozen or solid state 15.
  • the film flexible 13 is fixed for example by heat sealing under the cover. She trains a volume of fluid, more particularly an air bubble 16 directed towards the liquid 14.
  • the cover 12 is crossed by at least one hole in the form a small hole 17 connecting the air bubble to the outside of the packaging. This bubble of air therefore forms a compensation chamber 6 whose internal volume is variable, since the sealed wall 3 is flexible and deformable.
  • the compensation chamber 6 makes it possible to compensate for variations in volume by air exchange with the outside at through the hole or holes or holes acting as a regulating member.
  • the volume of this compensation chamber in the inflated state to volume maximum is at least as large as the value of the increase in maximum volume of substance 4 in the container.
  • substance 4 may contain a specific quantity of water or ice cream.
  • the volume of the clearing house 6 in its inflated state is then at least as large as the increase in volume caused when the amount of water turns to ice.
  • the container contains mainly water and the device is intended for the manufacture of ice cubes.
  • the volume of the clearing house in its inflated state then corresponds approximately to ten percent of the volume of water contained in bucket 11.
  • the bucket 11 comprises a tongue or a detachable tab 20 which is integral with the seal 12 and film assembly 13. This tab 20 facilitates the opening of the bucket.
  • the ice cube 15 is then extracted normally through opening 7 as in the case of a simple ice cube tray.
  • the buckets 11 can be manufactured to come in stackable plates or strips or in pairs. These buckets can then be separated by breaking segments, grooves or perforated.
  • the invention is particularly suitable for the production of ice cubes made water or mineral water, as shown in Figure 7.
  • the consumer can then receive their drink accompanied by a few sealed ice cubes hermetically in their individual packaging, advantageously identified in name of a brand 21 of mineral water or other drink and bearing a expiration date.
  • the outer surface of the cover then serves as printing surface, for example to identify the content or as advertising support.
  • the three parts of the packaging device namely the cup 11, the film 13 with in cavity its preformed concave bubble and the cover 12, are prepared (figure 8).
  • the film 13 is fixed on its edges, for example by thermobonding, under the cover so as to trap in the cavity a air bubble 16 or another gas or fluid corresponding substantially to the minus ten percent of the volume of water that will be contained in well 11 (fig. 9).
  • the connection between the film and the seal must be tight and permed.
  • the liquid water for example, is then poured into the cup 11 until a level above the final filling level 22 to be reached (fig. 10).
  • the bucket 11 is then presented opposite a suction tube 23 whose height of the orifice is calibrated so as to obtain the filling level final 22 desired by suction of the excess liquid ( Figure 11).
  • the filling of the bucket is thus carried out so as to reserve a volume not occupied 24 which is sufficient to allow the liquid to expand during its freezing (fig. 12).
  • the assembly, cover 12 and film 13, is in turn fixed, for example by thermobonding, on the rim 25 of the cup 11.
  • the bubble 16 then drives out a volume of air equivalent to its volume of cup 11 (fig. 13).
  • the set is tightly fixed, but removable, on bucket 11.
  • a hole 17 is then made in the cover 12 so as to leave circulate the air between the bubble 16 and the outside so as to form a compensation 6 with variable volume.
  • the air from the bubble 16 escapes through the hole 17 and neither the bucket 11 or the cover 12 are not deformed (fig. 2).
  • the bubble 16 is reformed (fig. 1), this cycle being able to continue indefinitely.
  • FIGS. 15 and 16 The variant illustrated in FIGS. 15 and 16 comprises a bucket 31 closed at its upper part by an intact cover 32 without orifice. Film 33 is fixed to the bottom 34 of the bucket 31 to form a bubble 36 playing the role of clearing house. The bottom is pierced with a small hole 37.
  • the container 1 can have any shape, including shapes of fancy.
  • the device packaging is used for molding sorbets or edible ice cream 45.
  • the container 1 is closed by a cover 46 which comes in one piece with a rod 47 extending on both sides of the cover 46.
  • the lower side of the rod is surrounded by a film 48 forming a compensation chamber 49 (fig. 19).
  • the cover 46 is pierced with a small hole 50.
  • the glass 45 is frozen (fig. 20)
  • the clearing house has a very large volume low.
  • the container 1 is removed. Ice 45 remains however fixed on the rod 47 which can be held by the consumer by its other free end.
  • the packaging device can be adapted for filling and the conservation of any food or non-food substance undergoing volume variations.
  • the organ closure could consist of any other fixed cover or cap on the container by any means, screwing, tightening, etc.
  • the waterproof wall 3 could be rigid and connected to the container by a deformable element, such as a waterproof bellows, to ensure variations in the volume of the compensation 6.
  • This watertight wall could be formed by any other flexible, deformable or rigid waterproof material.
  • the closure member could be pierced with several holes, preferably small in diameter, less than 1 mm.
  • the ice cubes being consisting of water or mineral water, we could prepare them according to very varied compositions and tastes. They could for example present a composition similar or identical to the drink they are intended for cool, so that the latter is not diluted or altered in its taste. They could also add a different flavor to the drink.
  • the packaging may also be used as an advertising medium.
  • the manufacturing and use process could also be modified and adapted to specific conditions. So filling the liquid could be carried out in a single operation with adequate dosing means. Liquid could also be filled to the brim and excess liquid would then be driven out by fixing the seal and film assembly.

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Claims (3)

  1. Verfahren zur Herstellung einer dichten Verpackung, die mit Flüssigkeit gefüllt ist, in der Absicht, versiegeltes Eis herzustellen, dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    dass ein Becher zur Verfügung steht,
    dieser teilweise mit Flüssigkeit gefüllt wird, wobei ausreichend Platz für die Erhöhung des Volumens gelassen wird, die dann entsteht, wenn die Flüssigkeit zu Eis wird,
    dass der Becher über eine Verschlussvorrichtung verfügt, unter der dicht um seinen Umfang eine flexible Schicht angebracht ist, in deren Mitte sich eine vorgeformte Aussparung befindet, die zusammen mit der Verschlussvorrichtung eine Kompensationskammer für verschiedene Volumina bildet, wobei das Höchstvolumen mindestens genauso groß ist wie die Erhöhung des Volumens, die darauf zurückzuführen ist, dass die Flüssigkeit zu Eis wird,
    der Becher dicht und austauschbar mit Hilfe des Verschlusses verschlossen wird und dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der letzte Schritt des Verfahrens darin besteht, dass in den Verschluss eine Öffnung vorgesehen wird, damit zwischen der Kompensationskammer und dem Außenbereich ein Austausch stattfinden kann.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Höchstvolumen der Kompensationskammer eindeutig zehn Prozent des Flüssigkeitsvolumens im Becher entspricht.
  3. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in den Becher zu seiner teilweisen Befüllung:
    zunächst eine höhere als die später gewünschte Füllmenge Flüssigkeit eingegossen wird,
    und anschließend die überschüssige Flüssigkeit mit Hilfe eines Schlauchs abgesaugt wird, dessen Ende auf Höhe des gewünschten Füllstands eingeführt ist.
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