EP1899153B1 - Verfahren zur herstellung einer verpackung für lebensmittel und so erhaltene verpackung - Google Patents

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EP1899153B1
EP1899153B1 EP06763307A EP06763307A EP1899153B1 EP 1899153 B1 EP1899153 B1 EP 1899153B1 EP 06763307 A EP06763307 A EP 06763307A EP 06763307 A EP06763307 A EP 06763307A EP 1899153 B1 EP1899153 B1 EP 1899153B1
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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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2155/00—Flexible containers made from webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2155/00—Flexible containers made from webs
    • B31B2155/002—Flexible containers made from webs by joining superimposed webs, e.g. with separate bottom webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2160/00—Shape of flexible containers
    • B31B2160/10—Shape of flexible containers rectangular and flat, i.e. without structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
    • B31B70/14—Cutting, e.g. perforating, punching, slitting or trimming
    • B31B70/16—Cutting webs
    • B31B70/18—Cutting webs longitudinally

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  • the present invention concerns a method to make a package usable for industrial, artisan and domestic preservation and packaging, of foodstuffs, fresh or otherwise, both of vegetable or animal origin, or any other type of food product which will quickly perish if not correctly preserved.
  • the package according to the present invention substantially in a single layer advantageously of the same material, has a central support zone for the foodstuffs, with which at least a fin, preferably two, is laterally associated, foldable over the central zone.
  • the European patent EP-B-0,844,191 discloses a packaging element, or package, made of a double-layer composite material, in particular for food products.
  • This known package comprises a first outer layer consisting of a sheet of paper material, and a second inner layer, glued to the first and consisting of a film of plastic material hygienically suitable for the preservation of food products.
  • the packaging described in EP-B-0,844,191 provides that the second layer overlaps laterally from the first layer, thus defining a central support zone formed by the two overlapping layers, and glued together on a substantial part of the overlapping surface, and one or more lateral fins formed only by the second layer, which when the product is packed can be folded over the food product.
  • Document US-A-4.497.679 describes a device and a method to make plastic envelopes closed on two adjacent sides, and obtained by cutting and welding performed, on two sheets advancing one above the other, consecutively in a longitudinal and transverse direction with respect to the direction of feed of the sheets; the envelopes, closed on two adjacent sides, are suitable to contain photographs or other small flat objects, but are not intended for packing food products.
  • This document does not teach to make packages for foodstuffs comprising a central support zone for the food and two fins for covering and protecting the food, which start from the opposite lateral edges of said central zone and are open in correspondence with a zone comprised between said lateral edges.
  • GB-A-253.362 on which the preamble of claim 6 is based, discloses a package of foodstuffs wherein one or more pieces of transparent material are attached to one or more edges of a paper sheet.
  • One purpose of the present invention is to perfect a method to make a package for preserving food products, made of a single plastic material, which does not entail the use of glues in order to associate the fins to the central support zone, and which guarantees an optimum preservation of the food products.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to make a package for food products, having a central zone to support the food and two fins to cover and protect the food which start from opposite longitudinal edges of said central zone, which has relatively limited production times and costs, and which is completely recyclable.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • a package for foodstuffs according to the present invention is of the single-layer type and comprises at least a central support zone for the food, and two lateral fins each of which extends from an opposite lateral edge of the central zone and which can be, at least during the packaging step, folded back over the central zone with the function of protecting and covering the food product.
  • the package comprises a first sheet of plastic material that defines the central zone, or support zone for the food product to be packed, and at least a second sheet of plastic material that defines the lateral fins.
  • the lateral fins are only welded along the relative lateral edge to the central zone, substantially without reciprocal overlapping, or at most with a minimum of reciprocal overlapping , of the reciprocally welded zones.
  • both the sheets are of plastic material, they are easier to dispose of and recycle after use, since these operations do not need any separation steps to separate the materials, as happens with known packages made of paper and plastic.
  • the plastic material used to make the two sheets is a mixture of a polymer, for example a polyethylene or a polypropylene charged with calcium carbonate, and possibly with the addition of talc, sliding agents, anti-blockers, powdery or adsorbent inert materials, colored pigments, food additives with preserving and anti-oxidizing capacities, or other.
  • a polymer for example a polyethylene or a polypropylene charged with calcium carbonate
  • talc sliding agents, anti-blockers, powdery or adsorbent inert materials, colored pigments, food additives with preserving and anti-oxidizing capacities, or other.
  • the package made not only has optimum characteristics for preserving food, but also substantially keeps the fold conferred thereon by the user around the packaged food.
  • the method to make the package provides at least a first step of parallel feed of the first onto the second sheet of plastic material; and a second step of reciprocal trimming and welding of the first and second sheet along the respective lateral edges affected by the fin, so that the first sheet defines, as said, the central zone, while the second sheet defines the lateral fins.
  • the method also provides a third step in which only the second sheet is cut in a zone comprised between the two lateral edges, advantageously in proximity with its median zone, so that the cut parts define the two lateral edges.
  • the inner edges of the two fins remain at a slight distance from each other, without overlapping.
  • the fins are always obtained from at least a second sheet with a width greater than the width of the first sheet, and divided before being taken to overlap and be welded to the lateral edges of the first sheet. This is so that, after being welded to the respective opposite lateral edges of the first sheet, the inner edges of the fins overlap each other for a short segment, closing the slit which, in the previously illustrated embodiment, is formed between the two fins.
  • the two fins are obtained from respective separate sheets which are brought near each other before coming into correspondence with the welding zone with the opposite lateral edges of the first sheet.
  • the method provides at least a step of transverse cutting to size and possible finishing.
  • the first sheet has a greater thickness with respect to the second sheet, so that the central zone performs the function of supporting the food with greater efficiency compared with fins that have mainly a covering and protective function.
  • This supporting function can be further reinforced, according to an improved variant, by embossing, ribs or other stiffening workings made at least on the outer surface of the first sheet.
  • a package 10a according to the present invention is usable for making up and packing foodstuffs, fresh or otherwise, both of vegetable and animal origin.
  • the package 10a is substantially of the single-layer type and comprises a first sheet 11 and a second sheet 12 welded to the first sheet 11 along both its lateral edges 13 and 14.
  • the first sheet 11 is substantially rectangular in shape, and defines a central support zone 15 of the package 10a on which the food products are disposed.
  • the first sheet 11 is made of plastic material of the type used for food, has a thickness comprised in a range of values between about 20 ⁇ m and about 100 ⁇ m, and on its outer surface there are advantageously embossed parts, ribs or suchlike, not shown, which allow the first sheet 11 to perform an effective supporting function and to maintain the fold around the packaged food product.
  • the second sheet 12 also has a rectangular shape, of a size substantially equivalent to that of the first sheet 11, and defines a pair of lateral fins 16 and 17 which can be selectively disposed between a position extending laterally to the central support zone 15 ( fig. 1b ) and a position folded over the central support zone 15 (fig. la), in order to cover the food products.
  • the second sheet 12 too is made of plastic material and has a lesser thickness than that of the first sheet, that is, comprised in a range of values between about 6 ⁇ m and about 40 ⁇ m.
  • the plastic material used to make the first sheet 11 and the second sheet 12 is of the type described in the application for an Italian patent IT-A-UD2005A000069 in the name of the present Applicant.
  • the plastic material consists of a mixture comprising a determinate polymer, for example polyethylene, polypropylene or other, charged with at least an additive component, such as for example calcium carbonate, suitable both to increase the consistency and resistance of the polymer, and also to provide it with a desired aesthetic appearance and feel, for example similar to paper, so that it can autonomously maintain the fold imparted to the sheets 11 and 12, and possibly have logos and identifying writings printed thereon.
  • a determinate polymer for example polyethylene, polypropylene or other
  • an additive component such as for example calcium carbonate
  • the plastic mixture also comprises, in a known manner, components such as talc, sliding agents, anti-blocks, powdery or adsorbent inert materials, colored pigments, food additives such as ascorbic acid, acetic acid, sorbic acid, propionic acid, lactic acid, acid or citric.
  • components such as talc, sliding agents, anti-blocks, powdery or adsorbent inert materials, colored pigments, food additives such as ascorbic acid, acetic acid, sorbic acid, propionic acid, lactic acid, acid or citric.
  • the method to make the package 10a comprises the following steps:
  • the first sheet 11 and the second sheet 12 are of a size such as to allow to simultaneously make three packages 10a at a time, and therefore four cutting and welding members 20 are provided, which trim and weld the sheets 11 and 12 along the lateral edges 13 and 14.
  • three cutting and lifting feet 21 are also provided, which make the longitudinal cut on the second sheet 12, and slightly lift the lips cut so as to separate the fins 16 and 17 from the central zone 15.
  • a finishing step is also provided wherein, after the two fins 16 and 17 have been defined, the sheets 11 and 12 are cut transversely by a shears 22, so as to define the length of each package 10b.
  • the cut made with the shears 22 can be through, or it can define a series of holes in a line, which constitute a facilitated preferential cutting line.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 show another embodiment of the invention to form packages 10b in which the fins 16 and 17, after they have been attached to the central zone 15, form a central overlapping band, denoted generally by the number 23 ( fig. 4 ), in order to improve the function of protecting the food during and after packaging.
  • the fins are obtained from four different rolls 24 which feed respective sheets 25 of suitable size, but it comes within the field of the invention that the feed is derived from a single second sheet 12 suitably cut longitudinally to size before being coupled with the first sheet 11.
  • Each sheet 25, which when coupled with the first sheet 11 will form respective fins 16, 17, in this case has a width greater than half of the central zone 15.
  • The, in the case shown here, four sheets 25 are coupled with the first sheet 11, and then welded and cut by the four cutting and welding members 20, both in correspondence with a substantially median zone thereof, so that one sheet 25 forms a fin 16 of a first package 10b and a fin 17 of a second adjacent package 10b. In this way it is possible to obtain that the fins 16 and 17, obtained from different starting sheets 25, slightly overlap so as to form the overlapping zone 23.
  • the two fins 16 and 17 are welded to the central zone 15 along two contiguous, not opposite edges.
  • the cutting of the second sheet 12 to define the two fins can be made peripherally in the zone comprised between the two edges 13 and 14, so that the two fins 16 and 17 have different sizes, or a curvilinear development.
  • the first sheet 11 has a different color and/or level of transparency from the second sheet 12.

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  1. Verfahren zum Herstellen von einer Verpackung (10a) für Nahrungsmittel, welche zumindest einen Mittenabschnitt (15), welcher während der Verwendung als eine Absteifung für die Nahrungsmittel dient, und zwei Seitenflügel (16, 17), wobei sich jeder davon von einer jeweils gegenüberliegenden Seitenkante (13, 14) von dem Mittenabschnitt (15) erstreckt, welche während der Verwendung als Schutz für die Nahrungsmittel dienen, enthält, wobei das Verfahren zumindest einen ersten Schritt eines im Wesentlichen parallelen Zuführens von einer ersten Bahn (11) auf zumindest eine zweite Bahn (12) aus einem Kunststoffmaterial, einen zweiten Schritt eines wechselseitigen Abschneidens und Verschmelzens von der ersten Bahn (11) und der zweiten Bahn (12), zumindest entlang der Seitenkanten (13, 14), und einen dritten Schritt eines Schneidens von der zweiten Bahn (12) in einem Abschnitt, welcher sich zwischen den zwei Seitenkanten (13, 14) befindet, so dass die geschnittenen Teile zwei Seitenflügel (16, 17) bestimmen, welche entlang der gegenüberliegenden Seitenkanten von dem Mittenabschnitt (15), bei minimaler wechselseitiger Überlappung der wechselseitig abgeschnittenen und verschmolzenen Kanten, verschmolzen sind, enthält.
  2. Verfahren zum Herstellen von einer Verpackung (10b) für Nahrungsmittel, welche zumindest einen Mittenabschnitt (15), welcher während der Verwendung als eine Absteifung für die Nahrungsmittel dient, und zwei Seitenflügel (16, 17), wobei sich jeder davon von einer jeweils gegenüberliegenden Seitenkante (13, 14) von dem Mittenabschnitt (15) erstreckt, welche während der Verwendung als Schutz für die Nahrungsmittel dienen, enthält, wobei das Verfahren zumindest einen ersten Schritt eines im Wesentlichen parallelen Zuführens von einer ersten Bahn (11) auf zumindest eine zweite Bahn (12, 25) aus einem Kunststoffmaterial, einen zweiten Schritt eines wechselseitigen Abschneidens und Verschmelzens von der ersten Bahn (11) und der zweiten Bahn (12, 25), zumindest entlang der Seitenkanten (13, 14), wobei die zweite Bahn (12, 25) eine Breite hat, welche größer als die Hälfte des Mittenabschnittes (15) ist, enthält, und wobei die Schritte zum Abgleichen und Verschmelzen in einem im Wesentlichen mittleren Abschnitt von der zweiten Bahn (12, 25) stattfinden, so dass eine von den zweiten Bahnen (12, 25) einen ersten Flügel (16) für eine Verpackung (10b) und einen zweiten Flügel (17) für eine angrenzende Verpackung (10b) ausbildet, und wobei das wechselseitige Abschneiden und Verschmelzen von der ersten Bahn (11) und der zweiten Bahn (12, 25) bei einer minimalen wechselseitigen Überlappung von den wechselseitig abgeschnittenen und verschmolzenen Kanten stattfinden.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es, nachdem die zwei Seitenflügel (16, 17) bestimmt wurden, zumindest einen Schritt eines quer gerichteten Abschneidens zum Abmessen und möglichen Endfertigen bereitstellt.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Bahn (11) und die zweite Bahn (12, 25) aus einem Kunststoffmaterial erstellt sind.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Bahn (11) eine größere Dicke als die zweite Bahn (12, 25) hat.
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