EP1777173B1 - Easily opened flexible vacuum packaging for single portions of pasty fluids - Google Patents

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EP1777173B1
EP1777173B1 EP05728441A EP05728441A EP1777173B1 EP 1777173 B1 EP1777173 B1 EP 1777173B1 EP 05728441 A EP05728441 A EP 05728441A EP 05728441 A EP05728441 A EP 05728441A EP 1777173 B1 EP1777173 B1 EP 1777173B1
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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
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    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5805—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a side strip parallel and next to the edge, e.g. by means of a line of weakness
    • B65D75/5811—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a side strip parallel and next to the edge, e.g. by means of a line of weakness and defining, after tearing, a small dispensing spout, a small orifice or the like

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  • This invention refers to an easy-open flexible vacuum package for single doses doughy fluids such as food products like condensed milk whose function is to serve as a vacuum-packed container for the storage, transport and use of the doughy fluid, extracting the product contained therein easily, hygienically and quickly by tearing the perforated line located at one end of the pouch transversally in respect of the longitudinal line of the pouch which, once torn, opens an orifice located on the side wall which is connected to the inside of the pouch, thus permitting the doughy fluid to be extracted hygienically and quickly through this conduit.
  • doughy fluids such as food products like condensed milk whose function is to serve as a vacuum-packed container for the storage, transport and use of the doughy fluid, extracting the product contained therein easily, hygienically and quickly by tearing the perforated line located at one end of the pouch transversally in respect of the longitudinal line of the pouch which, once torn, opens an orifice located on the side wall which is connected to the
  • the object of the invention can be applied to any situation requiring dosage of all types of doughy fluids in single doses, given the hygienic nature, ease of transport, convenient storage and quick application.
  • the patent ES 1054297 shows a pack for granular products, fluid or powder, such as sugar, coffee, cream and others, which is constituted by a sheet in the form of isosceles triangles, closed by heat sealing at least two adjacent sides, where said container is suitable for its opening by tearing along its apex, providing a funnel for the discharge of the product in order to properly standardized concentrated form, avoiding the remains of the product or inside the package after discharge.
  • the packaging comprises a vertex triangle without a line facilitating openness.
  • the patent JP 2000 072155 discloses an elongated barrel whose two open ends are heat sealed in directions orthogonal mutually leaving a plane. Between two ends is formed a stepped heat seal. There is a sealed zone to be cut off for help of emptying completely the product.
  • single dose containers After known types of single dose containers are rigid containers which pose transport and storage disadvantages inherent to their constitution, and often the systems for opening and extracting the product are not rapid, simple or precise.
  • the single-dose container systems of a flexible constitution generally involve a certain loss of product as a consequence of the system used to apply and extract the doughy fluid.
  • the easy-open flexible vacuum container for single doses of doughy fluids proposed by the invention constitutes an advance in containers for doughy fluids used until now, in that it improves the conditions for applying, transporting and storing the product as well as the forms of use and availability of the contents.
  • the product information can be shown on the outside surface of the container, since it is a single-dose flexible container, for the use of the contents on a one-time basis, easily transportable and with a fast opening system by means of a perforated line on one side of the container which opens a one-way conduit located on the side through which the product is extracted in a controlled and precise way, while minimising the loss of product due to the funnel-shaped form of the inside of the conduit.
  • the container is disposed of after use.
  • the container can be carried easily by the person who is going to use it given its proportions, due to its single-dose character and its flexible constitution until the time of use, at which time the dotted line located at one end of the container, rectangular in shape, is torn to open a one-way conduit located near one of the corners of the container, connecting the inside of the container to the outside, thus proceeding to extract the contents when the user presses lightly on the area opposite the conduit, so that the quantity of product desired by the user is applied through this conduit, simply and quickly, after which the user disposes of the container.
  • the container (1) composed of flexible but non-elastic material is preferably rectangular in shape, housing (6) a closed space of a certain volume in the form of a bag in which the product is contained, the lower sides (2) being sealed in a coplanar way with the opening area being located in one of them, which is composed of a perforated line (4) that is torn to open to container, releasing a one-way conduit (5) whose zone of union with the inside of the container (6) is funnel-shaped (8) to facilitate the extraction of the product through this conduit only, the zone on the side of the curve (7) may be a prolongation of this, located in one of the corners of the container connected to the inside space (6) containing the product, so that the controlled extraction of the product is enabled by the user placing pressure on the area opposite the outlet conduit, the side of the container and the corner opposite the conduit having a curve (7), which may either by concave only toward the inside of the container or composed of two different sections in the form of a sinusoi

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Easy-open flexible vacuum container for single doses of doughy fluids comp

Description

    OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
  • This invention refers to an easy-open flexible vacuum package for single doses doughy fluids such as food products like condensed milk whose function is to serve as a vacuum-packed container for the storage, transport and use of the doughy fluid, extracting the product contained therein easily, hygienically and quickly by tearing the perforated line located at one end of the pouch transversally in respect of the longitudinal line of the pouch which, once torn, opens an orifice located on the side wall which is connected to the inside of the pouch, thus permitting the doughy fluid to be extracted hygienically and quickly through this conduit.
  • The object of the invention can be applied to any situation requiring dosage of all types of doughy fluids in single doses, given the hygienic nature, ease of transport, convenient storage and quick application.
    • BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • There are numerous types of containers doughy fluids such as tins, bottles and tubes. The disadvantage of these types of containers is that the amount of product contained therein does not correspond to a single dose, thereby having negative effects with regard to storage, availability and transport and the hygienic conditions of the product as well as losses, given the system for applying the contents when it must be available for use continuously in small quantities and by different users.
  • The patent ES 1054297 shows a pack for granular products, fluid or powder, such as sugar, coffee, cream and others, which is constituted by a sheet in the form of isosceles triangles, closed by heat sealing at least two adjacent sides, where said container is suitable for its opening by tearing along its apex, providing a funnel for the discharge of the product in order to properly standardized concentrated form, avoiding the remains of the product or inside the package after discharge. The packaging comprises a vertex triangle without a line facilitating openness.
  • The patent JP 2000 072155 discloses an elongated barrel whose two open ends are heat sealed in directions orthogonal mutually leaving a plane. Between two ends is formed a stepped heat seal. There is a sealed zone to be cut off for help of emptying completely the product.
  • After known types of single dose containers are rigid containers which pose transport and storage disadvantages inherent to their constitution, and often the systems for opening and extracting the product are not rapid, simple or precise. On the other hand, the single-dose container systems of a flexible constitution generally involve a certain loss of product as a consequence of the system used to apply and extract the doughy fluid.
    • DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • The easy-open flexible vacuum container for single doses of doughy fluids proposed by the invention constitutes an advance in containers for doughy fluids used until now, in that it improves the conditions for applying, transporting and storing the product as well as the forms of use and availability of the contents. The product information can be shown on the outside surface of the container, since it is a single-dose flexible container, for the use of the contents on a one-time basis, easily transportable and with a fast opening system by means of a perforated line on one side of the container which opens a one-way conduit located on the side through which the product is extracted in a controlled and precise way, while minimising the loss of product due to the funnel-shaped form of the inside of the conduit. The container is disposed of after use.
  • The container can be carried easily by the person who is going to use it given its proportions, due to its single-dose character and its flexible constitution until the time of use, at which time the dotted line located at one end of the container, rectangular in shape, is torn to open a one-way conduit located near one of the corners of the container, connecting the inside of the container to the outside, thus proceeding to extract the contents when the user presses lightly on the area opposite the conduit, so that the quantity of product desired by the user is applied through this conduit, simply and quickly, after which the user disposes of the container.
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  • To supplement the description given and to facilitate a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, based on a preferred embodiment of the invention, enclosed herewith as an inseparable part of the description is a set of drawings where the following is represented on an illustrative but non-limiting basis:
    • Figure 1 shows a ground view of the container of the invention.
    • Figure 2 shows a ground view of a variation of the object of the invention, in which the curve (7') adopts a different configuration.
    PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
  • In view of the figure shown, it can be observed that the container (1) composed of flexible but non-elastic material is preferably rectangular in shape, housing (6) a closed space of a certain volume in the form of a bag in which the product is contained, the lower sides (2) being sealed in a coplanar way with the opening area being located in one of them, which is composed of a perforated line (4) that is torn to open to container, releasing a one-way conduit (5) whose zone of union with the inside of the container (6) is funnel-shaped (8) to facilitate the extraction of the product through this conduit only, the zone on the side of the curve (7) may be a prolongation of this, located in one of the corners of the container connected to the inside space (6) containing the product, so that the controlled extraction of the product is enabled by the user placing pressure on the area opposite the outlet conduit, the side of the container and the corner opposite the conduit having a curve (7), which may either by concave only toward the inside of the container or composed of two different sections in the form of a sinusoid (7') the first being convex in the area where the container is joined to the output conduit (5) and the second being concave until it joins the corresponding longer side, which defines a zone (3) sealed to the end to form a funnel in order to facilitate the extraction of the product and minimise the quantity of product that is lost and which would not be easily extractable otherwise. The container is disposed of after the contents are extracted.

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  1. Easy-opening bag-like vacuum container for single doses of doughty fluids, made of inelastic sheet material and comprising two heat-sealed side areas, characterised in that the container is substantially rectangular and said sealed areas extend along the opposed shorter sides (2), one of said areas comprising a perforated line (4) extending parallel to the side and throughout the area, and that in the same sealed area an unsealed area is provided at a corner of the container defining a blind conduit (5) open to the interior of the container and extending through the perforated line (4), and in that a further sealed zone (3) is provided adjacent the said sealed area between the inner end of the blind conduit (5) and the opposed longer side, the inner border of said further sealed zone (3) defined by a curve (7) converting from said longer side towards the blind conduit.
  2. Easy-open flexible vacuum container for single doses of doughy fluids according to claim 1 characterised in that the curve (7') is composed of two different sections in the shape of a sinusoid, the fist one being convex in the zone of the union with the outlet conduit (5) and the second one being concave toward the union with the larger side.
EP05728441A 2004-04-06 2005-03-18 Easily opened flexible vacuum packaging for single portions of pasty fluids Revoked EP1777173B1 (en)

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SI200530990T SI1777173T1 (en) 2004-04-06 2005-03-18 Easily opened flexible vacuum packaging for single portions of pasty fluids
PL05728441T PL1777173T3 (en) 2004-04-06 2005-03-18 Easily opened flexible vacuum packaging for single portions of pasty fluids
CY20101100392T CY1110015T1 (en) 2004-04-06 2010-05-04 EASY OPEN EFFICIENT AIR CONSTRUCTION PACKAGING FOR INDIVIDUAL DOLLAR LIQUIDS

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ES200400836U ES1057328Y (en) 2004-04-06 2004-04-06 FLEXIBLE VACUUM CONTAINER WITH EASY OPENING FOR MONODOSIS OF PASTRY FLUIDS
PCT/ES2005/000145 WO2005100207A1 (en) 2004-04-06 2005-03-18 Easily opened flexible vacuum packaging for single portions of pasty fluids

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