EP1494935B1 - Produit alimentaire emballe susceptible d etre fractionne. - Google Patents

Produit alimentaire emballe susceptible d etre fractionne. Download PDF

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EP1494935B1
EP1494935B1 EP03722659A EP03722659A EP1494935B1 EP 1494935 B1 EP1494935 B1 EP 1494935B1 EP 03722659 A EP03722659 A EP 03722659A EP 03722659 A EP03722659 A EP 03722659A EP 1494935 B1 EP1494935 B1 EP 1494935B1
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David Odier
René VERHAEGEN
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Mondelez France Biscuits Production SAS
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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
    • B65D75/5827—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion
    • B65D75/585—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion the tear-lines being broken by deformation or bending

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  • the present invention relates to a packaged product comprising firstly a food product capable of being fractionated by breaking it and secondly a package having at least one plastic film.
  • the plastic package contains two products spaced longitudinally from each other and access to these products is effected by breaking the film along a meadow line. -cutout.
  • German patent application DE-2,458,462 discloses a chocolate bar which can be scored according to chocolate squares, and which comprises a longitudinal weld located directly above a line of separation between the squares. of chocolate.
  • this line which is the longitudinal weld line of the package according to the so-called "flow-pack” technique, achieve a break of the chocolate plate which also causes a partial opening of the Tensile separation wrapping at the longitudinal "flesh-to-flesh” weld, providing access to a row of chocolate squares, and then closing the package.
  • the present invention provides a packaged product in which is obtained in one step at a time the separation of the food product and its packaging film.
  • the invention thus relates to a packaged food product comprising, on the one hand, a food product capable of being fractionated by breaking it and, on the other hand, a package having at least one plastic film, characterized in that the food product has a resistance to the break that is at least equal to that of the film, and that the film and / or the product has a preferential breaking property allowing a perimeter break in a preferential direction around the periphery of the packaged product, so that when a consumer grasps the two-handed packaged product to split it, the breakage of the food product also results in packaging.
  • This preferential rupture property is advantageously exerted for the film and / or for the product in a preferential zone, in particular according to at least one preferred line.
  • the food product may have a region of weakness such as a pre-cut, or a section-shrinking region producing a weakening between 10 and 40%, advantageously between 10 and 30% and for example 25% of the breaking force. of the product.
  • a region of weakness such as a pre-cut, or a section-shrinking region producing a weakening between 10 and 40%, advantageously between 10 and 30% and for example 25% of the breaking force. of the product.
  • the film is closed on itself around the product along a weld line extending between two opposite edges of the product in a first direction, and the direction preferential rupture is a second direction inclined relative to the first direction and preferably perpendicular thereto.
  • the product is advantageously elongated and said preferred direction is a transverse direction of the product.
  • the product comprises at least one mono-oriented film having a preferable tearability in said preferred direction.
  • it comprises two mono-oriented films of the same superimposed orientation.
  • a marking impression of at least one tear zone can be made sandwiched between the two mono-oriented films.
  • This marking printing has the primary function of preventing a fray of the edges of the films during the opening of the product.
  • At least one of the two films is at least locally transparent so that said marking impression is visible.
  • a product has a said mono-oriented film superimposed on a bi-oriented film having a preferential tearing zone, in particular a preferential tear line.
  • the product may have at least one polymeric film having a microporous weakening zone, as described, for example, in French Patent No. 2,717,449 (CMB FLEXIBLE).
  • This polymer film may for example be laminated with a bi-oriented film.
  • the product comprises at least one bi-oriented film having a preferential rupture zone, in particular a rupture line.
  • the product may in particular comprise two bi-oriented films laminated between them, at least one of which has a said preferential rupture zone, in particular a rupture line.
  • the two bi-oriented films each have a said preferential rupture zone, these two zones being parallel and offset with respect to each other, so that, at the time of rupture, the rupture zone
  • one of said bi-oriented films is torn and this tear propagates between the two films, in particular through the layer of rolling glue, to join the preferential rupture zone of the other bi-oriented film.
  • the perimeter preferential rupture property is obtained by means of a "leather against flesh" flat sealing zone extending around the entire periphery of the product, in which case the rupture of the packaging takes place under the action of shear forces which produce a relative delamination of the two parts of the film which come in perimeter recovery.
  • the film may or may not be monolayered.
  • it is a perimetrical welding line inclined and preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal weld line of the product.
  • a single-oriented film or a polymer film having a microporous perimetric weakening zone can be replaced in a laminate by a paper (for example of grammage 35 - 60 g / m 2 ) coated with polyethylene.
  • a packaged food product designated by general reference 1 comprises a breakable food product 2, for example a biscuit, a candy bar or a chocolate bar, etc. which therefore has appropriate hardness and crunch characteristics and a geometry (square, rectangle, oval or round shape, etc.) allowing easy handling, and a mono or multilayer packaging film 3 made by a known technique, for example the so-called "flow-pack" technique.
  • the food product 2 may also consist of a stack of at least two elementary products.
  • the product 2 may be in particular a CHOCO PRINCE or PRINCE FOURRE biscuit LU, or even a biscuit marketed in Belgium under the trademark CHACHA. These products have a breaking force of the order of 25 N up to about 50N.
  • a preferential breaking zone for example a groove 7 forming a pre-cut, and / or to confer to product 2 a shape having a narrowed region in the central portion (see Figures 1c and 1d).
  • This groove 7 and / or this narrowed region 8 are chosen so as to locally induce a decrease in the breaking strength. between 10% and 40%, and especially between 10% and 35% and more particularly less than 25%, between the central region 4 and the rest of the product.
  • the preferential zones of rupture are such that the barrier effect (moisture and / or oxygen) remains sufficient for the product 2 to retain its characteristics and in particular a sufficient breaking force throughout the shelf life at room temperature. .
  • FIG. 1a the consumer can position his hands on either side of a central region 4 of the product by pinching the film between his fingers and the upper and lower edges 5 of the product 2 to prevent slippage. between the film 3 and the product 2.
  • the consumer By exerting a dry movement as is usual when breaking a biscuit or a chocolate bar, the consumer splits the product (biscuit, chocolate, etc.) into two pieces in his packaging by causing tearing of the film over substantially its entire perimeter at the central region in which the product breaks ( Figure 1b).
  • This phenomenon is due to the fact that the film and / or the product has a preferential fracture property allowing a perimetric rupture in a preferred direction.
  • the film 3 is a mono-oriented film 31 in a preferential direction which is the transverse direction of the product so that the film 3 has a preferential direction of rupture perpendicular to its longitudinal direction (by example the longitudinal direction of scrolling of the product in the "flow-pack" technique).
  • This mono-oriented film may be a polyethylene film of thickness for example between 20 and 50 microns and preferably equal to 30 microns.
  • Such films are manufactured in particular by EXXON MOBIL CHEMICAL.
  • the breaking strength of the product 2 for example a biscuit or a chocolate bar, must be greater than or equal to the breaking strength of the film 3 in the preferred direction.
  • the consumer takes the product on either side of a central region, and the rupture takes place spontaneously practically in the same region for the film and for the product, it being understood that the rupture of the product causes that of the film in the same zoned.
  • the product tends to break in the region where the constraints are the strongest. The same goes for the film that stretches the most in the region where the product breaks.
  • the mono-oriented films have characteristic tear-off properties in one direction, here the transverse direction of the product, they make it possible to obtain a relatively low tear initiation force and an orientation of this tear which is controlled in parallel. to orientation.
  • the implementation of such a film makes it possible to obtain the desired result for a biscuit or a chocolate bar with or without a zone of weakness.
  • the outer packaging for example made according to the "flow-pack” technique, comprises two superimposed mono-oriented films, and in particular rolled films, represented by the marks 31 and 32, rolling being made thanks to a layer 33 of lamination glue.
  • One or the other of the films may comprise, in the zone where it is intended to tear the film, a printing zone 34 extending on the perimeter of the package (for example the perimeter 82 of FIG. ).
  • one of the two films, for example the film 31 is transparent, which allows the consumer to view the ink marking area.
  • a suitable ink for example a hard ink
  • the ink modifies the intrinsic properties of the film from the point of view of the rupture.
  • the inked area 34 is made visible.
  • a bi-oriented film 41 for example of thickness between 20 and 50 ⁇ , is used, laminated with a mono-oriented film 42, for example made of polyolefin.
  • the bi-oriented film 41 has a zone of weakness 43 at the desired tearing zone (for example the perimeter 82 of FIG. 8).
  • the weak zone 43 may be a cutout on all or part of the thickness of the film, a stamping or even a dashed marking on all or part of the thickness of the film.
  • the bi-oriented film 41 can be for example a polyester film with a thickness of between 8 and 25 ⁇ and preferably equal to 12 ⁇ .
  • the mono-oriented film 42 may be the same as in FIG.
  • the combination of the two films 41 and 42 improves the tearability while avoiding the presence of filaments on the edges of the tear. In addition, this causes an increase in the intrinsic barrier of the package, especially with respect to moisture, as well as rigidity.
  • the fact of associating a mono-oriented film and a bi-oriented film makes it possible to obtain a structure that is much less sensitive to machine stops in the context of the so-called "flow-pack" technique, particularly as regards the realization of the longitudinal weld (temperature torque and contact time with the sealing jaws).
  • the mono-oriented film 42 may be replaced by a polymer film, especially polypropylene, having a microporous zone of weakness 43, as described in the French patent FR 2,717,449, or else a paper of 35 to 60 g / m 2 coated with a layer for example of polyethylene.
  • a polymer film especially polypropylene, having a microporous zone of weakness 43, as described in the French patent FR 2,717,449, or else a paper of 35 to 60 g / m 2 coated with a layer for example of polyethylene.
  • the outer packaging comprises two laminated films 51 and 52 that are laminated (for example of the polyolefin type), at least one of which has a zone of weakness 53 and / or 54, the level of the product tear zone (for example according to the perimeter 82 of FIG. 8).
  • this zone of weakness 53 and / or 54 formed on one and / or the other film 51 and / or 52 can be achieved by cutting all or part of the thickness of the film by a stamping or dotted cut on all or part of the thickness of the film.
  • a film 51 and / or a film 52 having a zone of microporous weakness 53 and / or 54 according to French Patent 2,717,449.
  • the zones 53 and 54 are grooves, the groove 53 completely through the film 51.
  • the zone 53 is a groove
  • the zone 54 is a zone of weakness of another type.
  • Zones of weakness perimeter 53 and 54 are not at the same level but are parallel and offset with respect to each other, for example longitudinally if we consider in particular the case of a packaging of flow-pack type.
  • the tearing of the complex which occurs during the opening of the package takes place at the level of the weak zone of one of the two films, then propagation at the level of the bonding zone 55, that is to say locally delaminating the two films 51 and 52, to join the weak zone of the second film following a delamination phenomenon, and this on the perimeter of the packaging to obtain a separation of the two products and the packaging.
  • the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 implements a bi-oriented polyolefin type film which has a zone of perimetric weakness 66 at the level of the tear zone of the package (for example). example according to the contour 82 of Figure 8).
  • This zone of weakness is formed on a strip of plastic film or on a strip of paper, coated with polyethylene 63 which is sealed by welding or flat gluing 64 and 65 on the edges 61 and 62 of the film constituting the package.
  • This embodiment is also likely to be implemented in the case where the bi-oriented film is superimposed with another film, mono-oriented or bi-oriented.
  • the tear is effected at the level of the zone of weakness 66 of the reported film piece 63 which has a weak and weak breaking force than that of the welds or the bonding zones 64 and 65.
  • the pieces of film 63 are welded or glued before formation of the package in the flow-pack machine. For this, it is possible to use the system described in patent application EP 890 514 (DANONE GROUP).
  • FIG. 8 represents a variant of the invention in "flow-pack” technique.
  • the reference 9 designates the end welds and the reference 81, the longitudinal weld “flesh against flesh”.
  • a perimetric weakening region 82 may be formed in the film 3 to induce a preferential breaking zone in the central region 4.

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