EP1368249B1 - Beutel für nahrungsmittel, insbesondere für granulierte nahrungsmittel - Google Patents

Beutel für nahrungsmittel, insbesondere für granulierte nahrungsmittel Download PDF

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EP1368249B1
EP1368249B1 EP20020737898 EP02737898A EP1368249B1 EP 1368249 B1 EP1368249 B1 EP 1368249B1 EP 20020737898 EP20020737898 EP 20020737898 EP 02737898 A EP02737898 A EP 02737898A EP 1368249 B1 EP1368249 B1 EP 1368249B1
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Michel Colas
Jean-François Marquet
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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
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5861—Spouts
    • B65D75/5866—Integral spouts

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  • the present invention relates to bags for foodstuffs.
  • Bags for granule-type foodstuffs which have a base from which two principal walls and two lateral flanks extend are already known, these walls and flanks being made from a material of flexible-sheet type, the two walls being, at their end opposite the base, assembled together along a line which is, for example, a weld or adhesive-bonding line, the two flanks being, at their end opposite the base, shaped as a gusset.
  • Bags of this type known to date generally have an opening line extending along one of the two principal walls, close to the assembling line formed, for example, by the weld or adhesive-bonding line opposite the base.
  • closure means of the removable anchoring type for example, a zip including a male anchoring line and a complementary female anchoring line - which enable the user to re-close the bag after a first use.
  • Such bags are difficult to handle for users wishing to pour foodstuffs, for example, into a petfood dish.
  • a bag according to the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in DE-U-88-12975-6
  • the invention proposes an improved bag having the characterising features of claim 1.
  • the bag which is shown in the figures, is in the form of a bag made from flexible sheet, which has a base 1, and also two principal walls 2 and two lateral flanks 3, which extend from said base.
  • the principal walls 2 are closed together, at their end opposite said base, along an assembling line 4.
  • the two principal walls 2 may be assembled by means of welding, adhesive bonding or any other technique that may be suitable.
  • flanks 3 are each folded about a fold line 7, which gives them the form of a gusset 8 over at least part of the height of the bag.
  • One of the two flanks 3 has, in the region of its part in the form of a gusset 8, an opening line 9 which extends over substantially the entire width of said flank, in a horizontal direction.
  • This line 9 is, for example, defined by broken lines for tearing or by a weakening thinning produced on the sheet of the bag at said flank 3.
  • This opening line 9 extends in a region shaped as a gusset over the part 8 in the form of a gusset opposite the base 1.
  • closure means of the removable anchoring type (zip strip, for example) (not shown in order not to complicate the figures), are also provided on the flank 3 on which the opening line 9 is provided.
  • the bag according to the invention may be reclosed in a particularly simple and reliable manner.
  • the removable anchoring closure means extend over only a limited length (corresponding at most to the width of the gusset 8), which facilitates their closure.
  • an opening such as that described above with an opening arranged as known, i.e. placed on a principal wall of the bag.
  • the user may choose one or other of the two openings.
  • a particularly simple and advantageous arrangement involves folding down the top band located at the upper end of the bag, above the assembling line 4, and securing the two lateral end parts of said top band over the principal-wall part of the bag opposite which the top band is folded down.
  • a grasping handle is thus created, formed by the central part of the top band which is folded down but not secured to the wall of the bag, doing so in a particularly simple and economical manner.
  • the "securing" referred to above may be achieved in any manner known per se, depending on the material used for the sheets of the bag (adhesive bonding, welding, etc.).
  • the other parts of the bag and, in particular, the base of the bag may have any configuration known per se (flat base, but also a base having any other shape).
  • This line 10 must be produced over only part of the height of the bag so as to join the two principal walls 2 in their upper part. This creates, close to the gusset (and thus to the pouring spout), a conduit which makes it possible better to guide the flow of granules or other products contained in the bag.
  • such a bag is particularly (but not in a limiting manner) suited to the dispensing of animal foodstuffs of the granule type.

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  1. Beutel für Nahrungsmittel, welcher einschließt:
    eine Grundfläche (1) und ebenfalls zwei Hauptwände (2) und zwei seitliche Flanken (3), die sich von der Grundfläche (1) erstrecken, wobei diese Wände und Flanken aus einem Material des Typs eines flexiblen Bogens gemacht sind, wobei die zwei Wände (2) an ihrem der Grundfläche (1) gegenüberliegenden Ende entlang einer Aneinanderfügungslinie (4) zusammengefügt sind, wobei die zwei Flanken an ihrem der Grundfläche (1) gegenüberliegenden Ende als eine Seitenfalte (8) geformt sind;
    eine Öffnungslinie (9), die sich in dem Bereich einer als Seitenfalte geformten seitlichen Flanke erstreckt, in der Nähe eines Endes des der Grundfläche (1) gegenüberliegenden Bereichs, wobei der Bereich, der eine Seitenfalte (8) ausbildet, in der Lage ist, zwei Positionen anzunehmen, wenn die Öffnungslinie (9) offen ist, eine erste Position, welche seiner Position entspricht, wenn der Beutel geschlossen ist, eine zweite Position, in welcher die Seitenfaltenform herausgekehrt ist und einen Gießausguß (6) definiert, der in der Lage ist, die Nahrungsmittel bis zur Öffnung (5) zu führen;
    Verschlußmittel, die an der Seitenfalte angeordnet sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verschlußmittel vom Typ eines entfernbaren Verankems sind und unter der Öffnungslinie (9) auf wenigstens einem Teil der Breite der Seitenfalte angeordnet sind; und daß der Beutel
    komplementäre Verschlußmittel umfaßt, die mit den Verschlußmitteln zum Ermöglichen des Wiederverschließens der Öffnung (5) kooperieren, wenn der Bereich, der eine Seitenfalte (8) ausbildet, in der ersten Position ist,
    wobei die komplementären Verschlußmittel auf einem Wandteil innerhalb des Beutels angeordnet sind, der sich vertikal gegenüberliegend dem Teil der Seitenfalte (8) erstreckt, an welchem die Verschlußmittel angeordnet sind, und an der Innenseite des Beutels sind.
  2. Beutel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verschlußmittel und die komplementären Verschlußmittel eine männliche Verankerungslinie und eine komplementäre weibliche Verankerungslinie umfassen.
  3. Beutel nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sich die Öffnungslinie (5, 9) über eine gesamte Breite der seitlichen Flanke (3) erstreckt.
  4. Beutel nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Öffnungslinie (5, 9) unterhalb der Aneinanderfügungslinie (4) der zwei Hauptwände (2), in der unmittelbaren Nähe der Linie, angeordnet ist.
  5. Beutel nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, der zur Aufnahme von granulierten Nahrungsmitteln beabsichtigt ist.
  6. Beutel nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, umfassend einen Kanal innerhalb des Beutels zum Kanalisieren der Inhalte des Beutels, die in Richtung auf den Gießausguß (6) auszugießen sind.
  7. Beutel nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kanal mit Hilfe eines Elements gebildet ist, das aus flexiblem Bogen gemacht ist, sich erstreckend im wesentlichen vertikal zwischen den zwei Hauptwänden (2) über einen Teil der Höhe des Beutels, wobei das obere Ende dieses Elements bevorzugt an der Aneinanderfügungslinie (4) endet.
  8. Beutel nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kanal mit Hilfe einer Linie (10) gebildet ist, die die zwei Hauptwände (2) zusammenschweißt, hergestellt über lediglich einen Teil der Höhe des Beutels, wobei die Schweißlinie (10) die zwei Hauptwände (2) in deren oberen Teil verbindet.
  9. Verwendung eines Beutels gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8 zur Aufnahme von Nahrungsmitteln.
  10. Verwendung nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Nahrungsmittel granuliert sind.
EP20020737898 2001-03-01 2002-03-01 Beutel für nahrungsmittel, insbesondere für granulierte nahrungsmittel Expired - Lifetime EP1368249B1 (de)

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FR0102795 2001-03-01
FR0102795A FR2821610B1 (fr) 2001-03-01 2001-03-01 Sac a aliments et notamment sac a aliments de type en granules
PCT/EP2002/003348 WO2002079049A1 (en) 2001-03-01 2002-03-01 Bag for foodstuffs and, in particular, bag for foodstuffs of the granule type

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