EP2167403B1 - Undurchlässige verpackung zum aufbrühen einer aufbrühbaren substanz und verfahren zur zubereitung von getränken - Google Patents

Undurchlässige verpackung zum aufbrühen einer aufbrühbaren substanz und verfahren zur zubereitung von getränken Download PDF

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EP2167403B1
EP2167403B1 EP08760563.0A EP08760563A EP2167403B1 EP 2167403 B1 EP2167403 B1 EP 2167403B1 EP 08760563 A EP08760563 A EP 08760563A EP 2167403 B1 EP2167403 B1 EP 2167403B1
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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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • B65D85/8046—Pods, i.e. closed containers made only of filter paper or similar material

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  • the present invention relates to a system comprising an impermeable packaging for infusing a material to be infused and an infusion chamber according to the preamble of claim 1 (cf. WO-2005/058725 ).
  • the packaging will find its application for the packaging of ground coffee or tea used with machines using doses of ground coffee or prepackaged tea.
  • Document is known WO 2005/066040 a capsule for the preparation of drinks such as coffee comprising a protective envelope formed by an upper face connected to a lower face by side walls.
  • the upper and lower faces are provided with zones of weakening facilitating the rupture and can be doubled internally by a sheet of filter paper.
  • One sheet of filter paper is attached to the upper face and another is attached to the underside.
  • the means for fixing the filter paper sheets does not allow good mechanical strength. Indeed, during the passage of water through the capsule, the internal pressure and increasing tension forces, the attachment of the filter paper sheets on the upper and lower faces may be deteriorated.
  • the sheets of filter paper then no longer play their role in maintaining the material to be infused, which can then be spread in the machine and / or in the drink in preparation.
  • the sheets of filter paper become detached from the upper and lower faces, the flow of water through the capsule will be changed and the quality of the drink will be less.
  • the present invention provides a system comprising a package for infusing a material to be infused and an infusion chamber according to claim 1.
  • the packaging of the system according to the invention has many advantages.
  • the peripheral seal is formed in the median plane of the packaging that is to say substantially located in the middle of the thickness of the packaging.
  • the tension forces are evenly distributed over the entire periphery of the package.
  • the manufacture of the packaging is facilitated since its formation can be carried out in a single step where the material to be infused is directly conditioned between the two filter layers joined by their periphery, the periphery can be secured in the same step to the envelope .
  • the impermeable envelope is formed of upper and lower films which are joined by their periphery integral with the peripheral seal formed by the junction of the two filter layers.
  • all the filter layers and the upper and lower films of the impermeable envelope are integral at their periphery. This arrangement considerably increases the mechanical strength of the packaging either for the resistance of the fixing of the filter layers or the holding of the entire package for proper positioning in the machine.
  • the conditioning allows a flow of water through the optimized capsule. Indeed, the water is channeled, there is no leak or passage of parasitic water periphery that can reduce the quality of drink in preparation.
  • one of the essential parameters for the drink has a good taste quality is the time of passage of water through the material to be infused.
  • the package includes at least one breakaway primer on the bottom skin of the shell and an expansion gap between the filter layers and the shell.
  • the upper film of the envelope is pierceable.
  • the pressurized hot water is injected into the packaging via its upper face.
  • the material to be infused can extend due to the flexibility of the filter layers and the existence of the expansion space.
  • the lower film breaks at the level of the breaking primer.
  • the hot water remains in contact with the material to infuse the time sufficient for it to hydrate and releases all its aromas.
  • junction of the filter layers and advantageously of the upper and lower films of the envelope by their periphery allows a deformation of the impermeable envelope controlled at the level of the rupture primer.
  • the invention relates to a process for the preparation of infusion drinks according to claim 8.
  • the packaging 1 consists of two filter layers 3 joined by their circumference, the periphery being integral with an impermeable envelope 4.
  • the packaging 1 shown in FIGS. Figures 1 to 5 has a substantially saucer shape with symmetry of revolution. This configuration is not limiting and it is possible in particular to use packages 1 of square section or unsymmetrical.
  • the impermeable envelope 4 is formed by an upper film 6 and a lower film 7.
  • the upper 6 and lower 7 films are joined to the filtering layers 3 by their periphery forming a peripheral seal 5.
  • the material to be infused 2 is coffee grounds and the filter layers 3 of the package 1 are based on filter paper.
  • a filter paper having a basis weight of 15 to 30 g / m 2 and a thickness of between 0.1 and 1 mm.
  • filtering layers based on nonwoven material use will be made, for example, of polypropylene, or of polyethylene with a basis weight of between 20 and 100 microns.
  • the filtering layers 3 are secured by their circumference to a peripheral reinforcement 8 intended to give good mechanical strength to the package 1 by replacing the peripheral seal 5.
  • the peripheral reinforcement 8 can also ensure a better connection of the filtering layers 3.
  • the peripheral reinforcement 8 comprises a central core of cardboard, said core being covered on both sides by a polymer plastic coating.
  • the polymer coating (of the polyethylene film type) allows the heat-sealing of the periphery of the filtering layers 3 on the peripheral reinforcement 8.
  • peripheral reinforcement 8 One could of course use other materials for the constitution of the peripheral reinforcement 8, including a monolayer plastic reinforcement.
  • the peripheral reinforcement 8 may be positioned between the two filtering layers 3 or between the filtering layers 3 and the impermeable envelope 4.
  • the impervious casing 4 is, for example, formed from flexible plastic materials impermeable to water and air.
  • flexible plastic materials impermeable to water and air For example, aluminum having a thickness of 20 to 100 microns or pure or multi-layered plastic comprising polyvinylidene chloride or a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl alcohol will be used.
  • the impervious casing 4 can be made from degradable materials such as cornstarch-based plastics.
  • the upper film 6 is pierceable and the lower film 7 has a breaking primer 10 facilitating rupture of the envelope when the internal pressure of the package reaches a certain value.
  • the breakdown primer 10 can be made by a weakening zone in the lower film 7. That is, the lower film 7 has a zone of lesser thickness creating weakness in the film strength.
  • the rupture primer 10 is created by pre-cutting on the lower film 7.
  • the impermeable envelope 4 is not adhered to the filtering layers 3 over its entire surface. Indeed an expansion space 9 is provided between the impermeable envelope 4 and the filtering layers 3.
  • This expansion space 9 allows a better expansion of the material to infuse 2 and allows swelling before the flow of the drink.
  • spacer means may be provided for maintain the filter layers 3 and the impervious envelope 4 apart and form the expansion space 9.
  • the spacer means in the form of spacer may take the form of protuberances integral with the inner face of the casing 4 or integral with the outer faces of the filtering layers 3. These protuberances may be a plurality of points or take the form of a bead or a cylindrical ring or not. They can be cardstock.
  • the spacer means may also be at least one fluid layer such as an advantageously inert gas such as nitrogen.
  • the Figures 3 to 5 illustrate the conditioning in a brewing chamber of a machine.
  • the infusion chamber 11 is composed of two parts, one has a water injection head 12 capable of piercing the upper film 6, the other part of the infusion chamber 11 has a channel allowing the pouring the drink out of the brewing chamber 11.
  • the water injection head 12 pierces the upper film 6 when the infusion chamber 11 is in the closed position.
  • this extension zone 13 allows the expansion of the lower film 7 when the material to be infused 2 swells. 'water.
  • the injection head 12 does not pass through the upper filter layer 3. Thus the filtering layer 3 retains its role of maintaining the material to be infused 2.
  • the water injection head 12 may be composed of one or more piercing and injection points.
  • the packaging 1 is maintained in the infusion chamber 11 at its peripheral seal 5. As shown in FIGS. Figures 3 to 5 , the packaging 1 is positioned horizontally in an infusion chamber 11 which holds the packaging 1 by pressing two pieces on its peripheral seal 5.
  • the package 1 may be positioned vertically in an infusion chamber 11 and maintained in the same manner as before.
  • the packaging 1 comprises a peripheral seal 5 sufficiently rigid to optimize its guidance, sealing and mechanical strength.
  • the peripheral seal 5 can cooperate with vertical slides intended to guide the packaging 1 to the infusion chamber 11.
  • the material to be infused 2 expands, the filtering layers 3 are sufficiently flexible to expand.
  • the lower film 7 expands and is attached to the wall of the brewing chamber 11.
  • a certain value for example between 1 and 5 bars, and that the film
  • the breaker 10 is fed to the infusion chamber 11 and the flowable breaker 10 passes through, allowing the beverage to be infused to flow through the channel 14.
  • One or more rupture primers 10 may be envisaged. In the case of a plurality of rupture primers 10, several channels 14 will have to be considered.

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  1. System mit einer Verpackung (1) für das Aufbrühen einer aufzubrühenden Substanz (2), das mindestens zwei Filterschichten (3) umfasst, die ein Aufnahmemenge der aufzubrühenden Substanz (2) begrenzen, und eine undurchlässige Umhüllung (4), die dazu bestimmt ist, die beiden Filterschichten (3) und eine Brühkammer (11) zu bedecken,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden Filterschichten (3) an ihrem Umfang mit einer Randverstärkung (8) verbunden sind, und der Umfang mit der Umhüllung (4) verbunden ist, die Umhüllung (4) durch mindestens einen oberen Film (6) und einen unteren Film (7) gebildet wird und die Brühkammer zwei Teile umfasst, von denen der eine einen Wassereinspritzkopf (12) enthält, der in der Lage ist, den oberen Film (6) zu durchbohren ohne die obere Filterschicht (3) zu durchbohren, und der andere Teil der Brühkammer (11) einen Kanal aufweist, durch den das Getränk aus der Brühkammer (11) abfließen kann.
  2. System nach Anspruch 1, in dem die Verpackung (1) einen Ausdehnungsbereich (9) zwischen den Filterschichten (3) und der Umhüllung (4) aufweist.
  3. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, in dem die Filterschichten (3) so elastisch sind, dass sich die aufzubrühende Substanz (2) ausdehnen kann.
  4. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, in dem der untere (7) und der obere (6) Film am Rand miteinander verbunden sind.
  5. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, in dem der untere Film (7) und der obere Film (6) und die Filterschichten (3) am Umfang miteinander verbunden sind.
  6. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, in dem mindestens einer der Filme (6) (7) einen Rissauslöser (10) aufweist.
  7. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, in dem die undurchlässige Umhüllung (4) elastisch ist.
  8. Verfahren zur Zubereitung von Brühgetränken mithilfe einer Verpackung für das Aufbrühen einer aufzubrühenden Substanz (2), die mindesten zwei Filterschichten (3) aufweist, welche eine Aufnahmemenge für die aufzubrühende Substanz (2) begrenzen, und eine undurchlässige Umhüllung (4), die dazu bestimmt ist, die beiden Filterschichten (3) zu bedecken, wobei die beiden Filterschichten (3) an ihrem Umfang mit einer Randverstärkung (8) verbunden sind, wobei der Umfang mit der Umhüllung (4) verbunden ist, und die Umhüllung (4) durch mindestens einen oberen (6) und einen unteren (7) Film gebildet wird, bestehend aus folgenden Schritten:
    - die Verpackung (1) wird in eine Brühkammer (11) bestehend aus zwei Teilen gelegt. Der eine umfasst einen Wassereinspritzkopf (12) und der andere einen Kanal (14), durch den das Getränk aus der Brühkammer (11) abfließen kann,
    - der obere Film (6) wird durch einen Wassereinspritzkopf (12) durchbohrt, wobei die obere Filterschicht (3) nicht durchbohrt wird,
    - das Wasser wird in die Verpackung (1) eingespritzt,
    - die aufzubrühende Substanz (2) in der Verpackung dehnt sich aus,
    - der untere Film (7) drückt sich an die Wand der Brühkammer,
    - der untere Film (7) weist einen Rissauslöser (10) auf, bei dessen Einreißen das Brühgetränk durch den Kanal (14) abfließen kann.
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FR0755849A FR2917723B1 (fr) 2007-06-19 2007-06-19 Conditionnement impermeable pour l'infusion d'une matiere a infuser.
PCT/EP2008/056986 WO2008155229A1 (fr) 2007-06-19 2008-06-05 Conditionnement impermeable pour l'infusion d'une matiere a infuser

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