EP2509874A1 - Method for packaging non-liquid food products, in particular those sensitive to oxygen, in a container with a low oxygen content - Google Patents
Method for packaging non-liquid food products, in particular those sensitive to oxygen, in a container with a low oxygen contentInfo
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- EP2509874A1 EP2509874A1 EP11764801A EP11764801A EP2509874A1 EP 2509874 A1 EP2509874 A1 EP 2509874A1 EP 11764801 A EP11764801 A EP 11764801A EP 11764801 A EP11764801 A EP 11764801A EP 2509874 A1 EP2509874 A1 EP 2509874A1
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- Prior art keywords
- container
- liquid
- products
- containers
- filled
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
- B65B31/02—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
- B65B31/025—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas specially adapted for rigid or semi-rigid containers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
- B65B3/18—Controlling escape of air from containers or receptacles during filling
Definitions
- TITLE Process for packaging non-liquid foodstuffs, in particular oxygen-sensitive foodstuffs, in a container with a low oxygen content.
- the invention relates to a method for packaging non-liquid food products, such as, in particular, vegetables, in particular sensitive to oxygen, in a container with a low oxygen content.
- the invention also relates to an installation suitable for implementing the method.
- the reduction of the oxygen content is obtained mainly by evacuation of the canister.
- a non-oxidizing gas ie N 2 ) scans the products in order to expel the residual oxygen.
- the object of the present invention is to overcome these drawbacks by proposing a method of packaging products, particularly food, non-liquid, such as for example vegetables, in particular sensitive to oxygen, in a container with low oxygen content , which allows high production rates and does not require expensive packaging for its implementation.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a method for obtaining a large decrease in the oxygen content in the packages.
- Another object of the invention is to propose a method that can be implemented in an installation by limiting industrial investments, and / or that results in the production of a thinner container.
- the invention relates to a method of packaging products, such as for example food products, in particular oxygen-sensitive, non-liquid, such as for example vegetables or meat in pieces, in a container with low oxygen content. , said container having an opening.
- the method comprises the following steps:
- the container is filled with the products under an uncontrolled atmosphere (ambient atmosphere),
- the refusal filled container is placed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere consisting of at least one non-oxidizing gas
- the container of the liquid in whole or in part, is emptied under a non-oxidizing atmosphere by keeping said products in said container so that said at least one non-oxidizing gas replaces said liquid in said non-oxidizing atmosphere; said container,
- said container opening is closed in a gastight manner under a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
- said filling liquid is degassed prior to said step of filling the container with said liquid.
- the method comprises the following steps:
- the container is filled with the products under an uncontrolled atmosphere
- the refusal filled container is placed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere consisting of at least one non-oxidizing gas
- the container of the liquid is totally or partially emptied under a non-oxidizing atmosphere, by maintaining said food products in said container so that said at least one non-oxidizing gas replaces said liquid in said container,
- said container is filled with a final liquid, in particular food juice, under a non-oxidizing atmosphere, partially,
- said container opening is closed in a gastight manner under a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
- the method can be implemented on a continuous production line comprising an enclosure, in particular a tunnel under a non-oxidizing atmosphere, filled with said at least one non-oxidizing gas, said enclosure being provided with conveying for the advancement said containers continuously.
- the emptying step of said liquid is carried out by means of a device for turning over containers, internal to the enclosure equipped with means, such as a perforated wall, making it possible to keep the non-liquid food products in said container during of the reversal.
- the containers are metal cans.
- the metal cans have a wall thickness less than or equal to 0.15 mm, for example 0.12 mm.
- the closing step of the container can be performed at least by the establishment of a lid.
- the method may further provide a step in which the lid of the canister is crimped (under a non-oxidizing atmosphere, or under an uncontrolled atmosphere).
- the products to be packaged are food products (i.e. meat, vegetable pieces).
- said final liquid is a food juice (salt water, sauce, ).
- the invention also relates to an installation that is suitable for the packaging of particularly food-grade, in particular oxygen-sensitive, non-liquid products in a container with a low oxygen content, on a continuous production line, said container having an opening, said installation comprising, according to the direction of advancement of the containers, successively:
- a sealing device for sealing the opening of said container.
- the method and the installation according to the invention will find a particular application for the packaging of food products such as vegetables, meat or others, in indeformable boxes, especially metal.
- the invention is not limited to the packaging of food products and can find an application for the packaging of any other product sensitive to oxygen.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the implementation of the method according to the invention in an installation according to the invention according to a first embodiment
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the implementation of the method according to the invention in an installation according to the invention according to a second embodiment
- FIG. 3 is a detail view illustrating a container support used in the installation illustrated in FIG. 2 to turn the container over,
- FIG. 4 is a detail view of the container support of Figure 3, in the inverted position.
- the invention relates to a method of packaging particularly food products, non-liquid, such as for example pieces of vegetables, pieces of meat, or other, in particular sensitive to oxygen in a container with low oxygen content.
- the method can make it possible to obtain an oxygen concentration in the packages less than or equal to 12 ppm, or even less than 6 ppm.
- the container 1 has an opening 2 for filling.
- the method according to the invention comprises the following steps:
- the container 1 is filled with the products, in particular foodstuffs, under an uncontrolled atmosphere (not shown),
- the container 1 filled with refusal is placed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere 4, consisting of at least one non-oxidizing gas 5,
- the container 1 is completely emptied of the liquid 3, in whole or in part, under a non-oxidizing atmosphere 4 by keeping said foodstuffs in particular in said container so that said at least one non-oxidizing gas 5 replaces said liquid 3 in said container,
- the opening 2 of the container 1 is closed in a gastight manner under a non-oxidizing atmosphere 4.
- “refusal filling” is meant the complete or almost complete filling of the internal volume of said container by said products and said liquid. This is in contrast with the “limited juice” filling, whereby the internal volume of said filled container of said products is not completely filled with liquid, gaps remaining between the products.
- the containers 1 may be metal cans which may have a wall thickness less than or equal to 0.15 mm, for example 0.12 mm.
- the non-oxidizing atmosphere may be N 2 , CO 2 or other non-oxidizing gas, or a mixture of these gases.
- the filling liquid 3 used to expel air from the container, by refusal filling can be degassed beforehand.
- the liquid 3 may be, for example, water.
- the method may also have an additional step in which the container is filled with a final liquid, especially food juice, under a non-oxidizing atmosphere; the method then comprises the following steps:
- the container is filled with the products in particular food under an uncontrolled atmosphere
- the container 1 filled with refusal is placed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere 4, consisting of at least one non-oxidizing gas,
- the container of the liquid is totally or partially emptied under a non-oxidizing atmosphere, while maintaining the said food products in particular in the said container, so that the at least one non-oxidizing gas replaces the liquid in the said container 1,
- said container is filled with a final liquid 6, in particular a food juice such as a sauce, under a non-oxidizing atmosphere, partially,
- said container opening is closed in a gastight manner under a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
- the method can be implemented on a continuous production line, comprising an enclosure 1 1, such as a tunnel, under a non-oxidizing atmosphere 4, filled with said at least one non-oxidizing gas.
- This enclosure 1 1 is provided with conveying means for advancing the containers continuously.
- the liquid emptying step 3 may advantageously be carried out continuously, by means of a container reversal device 12, internal to the tunnel 11.
- the device 12 may comprise, according to one exemplary embodiment, guides intended to engage with said containers 1, during the advancement of said containers, so as to turn said container about a transverse axis of said container by imposing a spiral path of said containers.
- means are used to keep the food products, non-liquid, in the container 1 during the turnaround.
- Such a turning device 12 is known per se of the state of the art, usually referred to as "scrubber" by those skilled in the art.
- EP-0.070.195 is an example thereof.
- the means 14 making it possible to keep the food products, in particular non-liquid products, during the overturning in said container 1, may be constituted by a perforated wall of the device on which the opening 2 of the container will be placed during its inversion.
- these means can be constituted by a perforated lid 44, temporary, put in place upstream of the turning device 12, and then removed downstream of this turning device 12 (see Figure 1).
- the turning device may comprise individual container supports 70, each intended to hold a container.
- a mechanism including in particular a cam and a cam follower or an actuator can be used to control each of the container supports 70 upside down and then to reposition each of the containers with the opening upwards.
- each container support 70 may, according to the examples of FIGS. 3 and 4, comprise a clamp with a first jaw 71 and a second jaw 72.
- the container support 60 seizes a container by moving the jaws 71, 72 towards each other, while the container rests on the lower jaw (second jaw 72 as shown in Figure 3).
- the upper jaw (first jaw 71) then abuts with the container 1, covering the opening 2 of the container 1.
- a mechanism allows the joint to turn over the support 70 and its container 1, in particular around a pivot axis 73 of the support 70, in order to empty the liquid from the container.
- the first jaw 71 comprises a perforated wall covering the opening 2 which keeps the non-liquid products in the container ( Figure 4).
- the step of closing the opening 2 of the container 1 can be performed at least by the establishment of a lid 15, in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
- the method may further include a step in which the lid 15 is crimped to said canister. This crimping step may be carried out either in a non-oxidizing atmosphere or in an uncontrolled atmosphere.
- the invention also relates to an installation 10 suitable for the packaging of foodstuffs, which are non-liquid, in particular oxygen sensitive in a container 1 under low oxygen, on a continuous production line.
- the container 1 has an opening 2 and can be a metal box, as previously described.
- Said installation 10 comprises, according to the direction of advance of the containers 1, successively:
- a device 50, 60 sealingly closing the opening 2 of said container 1 (not shown).
- Said chamber 11 is provided with conveying means for advancing said containers 1, continuously, and receives a container reversal device 12, internal to said tunnel for emptying the liquid 3 of said containers, and means for maintaining the products. foodstuffs, not liquid, in said container during the turnaround.
- the device 12 may comprise guides for engaging with said containers during advancement so as to rotate the container about a transverse axis of said container by imposing a spiral path of said containers.
- the device can implement the container supports 70 previously described.
- the containers in particular the metal cans, can be conveyed on the production line one after the other, in line.
- the advancement of the containers is obtained by the abutment of the containers with each other, an upstream container pushing a container downstream.
- the filling means 20 may be constituted by a liquid supply ramp provided with a plurality of nozzles supplying the containers with liquid.
- the containers 2 are positioned upright, the opening of the container at the top.
- the containers enter at one end 21 of the chamber 1 1 (tunnel) which may include an airlock providing a certain seal between the interior atmosphere of the tunnel, non-oxidizing, and the outside atmosphere (ambient air ).
- the containers 1 emerge from this tunnel at the other end 30 of the enclosure 1 1 through, in particular, an airlock intended to ensure a certain degree of sealing between the internal atmosphere of the tunnel and the external atmosphere.
- the internal volume of the enclosure is maintained under a non-oxidizing atmosphere 4 maintained in slight overpressure by means of nozzle means 40, non-oxidizing gas 5.
- the overturning device 12 of the container is provided internally to the enclosure 11.
- This device 12 comprises, according to the example of FIG. 1, guides intended to engage with the container during the advancement of said containers so as to turn said container around a transverse axis of said container by imposing a spiral trajectory of said containers thus emptying said container.
- the containers 1 enter at one end of the device 12 (shown in dashed lines) standing, the container opening facing upwards (indicated by the arrow), and are returned to empty the container at all. or part.
- the container 1 can pass through an intermediate position, returned to 180 °, as shown in FIG.
- the means making it possible to keep the non-liquid food products in the container 1, during the overturning can be constituted by a perforated lid 14, which is placed on the opening of the container 2, before it enters the device 12, then removed at the output of the device 12 as shown in Figure 1.
- these means may be constituted by a perforated wall of the device 12 on which will be plated the opening 2 of the container during its turnaround.
- a drain 17 may be provided, vertically, below the device 12 for the recovery and evacuation of liquids escaping from said device 12.
- the installation 10 may furthermore have, as illustrated in FIG. 1, feed means 16 for a final liquid 6, such as a food juice inside the enclosure 11.
- feed means 16 comprise dosing means and allow to partially fill the containers with a food juice 6, such as for example a sauce.
- a device 60 can allow the introduction of a lid 15 on the opening 2 of the container 1, in order to maintain the non-oxidizing gas in place in the container 1.
- a crimper 50, atmospheric, or even a pressure crimper of non-oxidizing gas internal to the enclosure 11, can successively to secure the lid to said box.
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