EP2517977B1 - Packaging - Google Patents

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EP2517977B1
EP2517977B1 EP12166041.9A EP12166041A EP2517977B1 EP 2517977 B1 EP2517977 B1 EP 2517977B1 EP 12166041 A EP12166041 A EP 12166041A EP 2517977 B1 EP2517977 B1 EP 2517977B1
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packaging element
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Richard Kershaw
David Aylmer
heinz Lachmund
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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
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/36—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for bakery products, e.g. biscuits
    • 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
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/20—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/22—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding the sheet or blank being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/225—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding the sheet or blank being recessed to accommodate contents the sheet or blank comprising more than one fold line
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/025—Containers made of sheet-like material and having a shape to accommodate contents
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • B65D81/127—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using rigid or semi-rigid sheets of shock-absorbing material
    • B65D81/133—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using rigid or semi-rigid sheets of shock-absorbing material of a shape specially adapted to accommodate contents, e.g. trays

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  • the present invention relates to packaging and more particularly to packaging elements and packaging systems suitable for accommodating food products, such as frozen cakes.
  • Food products require packaging systems made of food compatible material and adapted to protect the product(s).
  • Soft products such as cakes and pastries, are particularly susceptible to damage during transport.
  • some products are destined to be frozen and packaging systems must be suitable for freezing temperatures.
  • Known packaging systems comprise molded elements made of polystyrene materials such as STYROPOR®, which is a well-known (usually white) bead moulded polystyrene material.
  • STYROPOR® which is a well-known (usually white) bead moulded polystyrene material.
  • such elements are prepared as a single solid brick-like structure with a recess to accommodate the product.
  • the volume occupied by these systems is generally the same, whether they contain a product to be transported to the retail point or they are empty and are transported to the packaging point.
  • the cake In order to prevent contamination of the cake by polystyrene beads coming off the STYROPOR® packaging, the cake is usually protected by a plastic film which partially or completely covers the surface of the cake. Cakes can also be provided with a plastic or paper band around the outer periphery to prevent the cake from contacting the STYROPOR® packaging.
  • a packaging element which may be arranged into a first configuration to accommodate a product and into a second configuration in which it is adapted to be nested with other packaging elements of the same type, whereby the packaging element comprises or consists of extruded polystyrene foam (XPS).
  • the packaging element helps protect the food product, which is preferably a cylindrical product, such as a cake, especially during transport where the product may be shaken and damaged.
  • the unfolded packaging elements may be nested on top of each other for ease of transport and storage, thereby reducing logistical costs. Therefore, the present packaging element provides both support and protection in the first configuration, and minimised logistical costs in the second configuration.
  • the packaging element is a moulded strip, and more preferably the packaging element is a hollow moulded strip.
  • the moulded strips are easy, and therefore cheaper, to produce.
  • the hollow strips can be nested into one another to minimise the space occupied in transport and storage.
  • the hollow strips use less material than solid structures such as the solid STYROPOR® structures described above and are therefore more environmentally friendly in terms of disposal. They will also be lighter and will therefore further minimise transport costs.
  • the packaging element may comprise means for securing the packaging element into the first configuration.
  • the packaging element is releasably secured into the first configuration.
  • the packaging element may be secured into the first configuration, and the product or cake may be subsequently accommodated within the folded packaging element.
  • the packaging element may be wrapped around the product or cake and secured.
  • the securing means may comprise complementary attaching means.
  • the complementary attaching means are located adjacent the free ends of the packaging element, when in the second configuration.
  • the securing means may comprise a tab and a complementary slot for receiving said tab and/or at least two inter-locking tabs.
  • the securing means are integrally moulded with the packaging element. This decreases the manufacturing steps and costs and improves the robustness of the packaging.
  • the packaging element comprises a substantially square outer periphery being useful in that the packaging element can be placed inside a box for transportation and storage purposes.
  • the element comprises a substantially circular inner periphery. This is particularly advantageous when the product to be packaged is for example a cake, so that the shape of the product can be preserved in transport.
  • the securing means may be located at a corner of the packaging element.
  • the attaching means located at each end of the moulded strips are brought together and secured at a corner (in the first configuration) of the packaging element.
  • the packaging element may comprise four sections which in the first configuration constitute the sidewalls of the packaging element and the attaching means are located adjacent the free ends, in the second configuration, of the packaging element.
  • the securing means is located in a sidewall (preferably towards the middle) of the packaging element when in the first configuration. This has been found to provide a more robust and secured structure (which is unlikely to become unintentionally undone).
  • the packaging element may comprise three sections which in the first configuration constitute three of the sidewalls of the packaging element, and two outer half sections which will constitute the fourth sidewall and the attaching means are located adjacent the free ends, in the second configuration, of the packaging element.
  • the packaging element comprises or consists of extruded polystyrene foam (XPS).
  • XPS extruded polystyrene foam
  • This material is suitable for food packaging purposes, i.e. it is food compatible.
  • this material may be used at low temperatures and is therefore ideal when the products to be packaged are frozen products, such as frozen cakes.
  • packaging system comprising a packaging element as described above.
  • the packaging element 1, 100 is an elongate member or a moulded strip, preferably a hollow moulded strip.
  • the packaging element 1, 100 has a substantially square outer periphery for ease of packaging and transport and a substantially cylindrical recess 3, 103 for receiving a cake.
  • the preferred diameters for the recess 3 are about 17cm, 20cm, 22cm, 24cm or 26cm.
  • the elongate member may be divided into sections which will constitute the sidewalls 4, 104 of the packaging element 1, 100 in the first configuration. The sections are pivotally joined to each other so that the packaging element may be folded into the first configuration.
  • Each sidewall comprises a substantially flat side 4a, 104a which will constitute a side of the substantially square outer periphery and a curved side 4b, 104b which will constitute part of the substantially cylindrical inner periphery.
  • the packaging element 1, 100 is constructed in such a way that the moulded sections will support and protect the product during transport (by forming the recess 3, 103 in the first configuration) and will also enable the nesting of the packing element 1, 100 with other packing elements of the same type (because of its hollow shape, which is complementary with the same section of other packing elements of the same type).
  • the securing means 2 (see figures 7 , 14 , 15a-15e ) comprises complementary attaching means 2a, 2b, 102a, 102b at each end of said member.
  • the attaching means 2a, 2b, 102a, 102b may comprise a tab and a complementary recess, complementary clip elements and/or two complementary tabs or hooks.
  • the securing means 2, 102 is located substantially at the centre of a sidewall 4, 104 of the packaging element 1, 100 when in the first configuration.
  • the packaging element 1, 100 comprises three sections 4, 104, which each constitutes a sidewall, and two half-sections 5a, 5b, 105a, 105b which together constitute the fourth sidewall of the packaging element 1, 100.
  • the three sections 4, 104 are located in an inner position relative to the two outer half sections 5a, 5b, 105a, 105b.
  • the attaching means 2a, 2b, 102a, 102b of the securing means 2, 102 are located at the free end portion of the half-sections 5a, 5b, 105a, 105b.
  • the securing means 202 is located substantially at a corner of the packaging element 200 in the first configuration.
  • the packaging element 200 comprises four sections 204 which each constitutes a sidewall.
  • the attaching means 202a, 202b of the securing means 202 are located at the free end portion of the two outermost sections.
  • the sections 204 of the packaging element 200 are hollow so that each section 204 of a top element 200 may be nested onto the same section 204 of a bottom element 200.
  • the half-sections 5, 105 in the packaging elements 1, 100 of figures 1-14 may be hollow.
  • a large number of empty packaging elements may be transported or stored with minimal transport and storage costs.
  • the packaging element 300 of figures 16a to 16h differs from packaging elements 1, 100 and 200 only in its securing means.
  • the securing means comprises one T-shaped tab 302a located at one end of the unfolded element, and a corresponding receiving recess 302b at the other end of the unfolded element. This configuration enables a more secured attachment of the two ends to form the folded packaging element 300.
  • the securing means are located substantially at a corner of the packaging element 300.
  • the material comprises an extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), also known as direct gas expanded polystyrene, which is a substantially closed cell, thermoplastic material.
  • XPS extruded polystyrene foam
  • This material has a reduced thermal conductivity and therefore helps maintaining the cake at a cool temperature when it is taken out of the refrigerator or the freezer, for example for transport from retailer to home. Therefore, the packaging element comprising or consisting of XPS serves not only as a protector for the food product but also as an insulator.
  • a preferred method for preparing the extruded polystyrene foam involves melting polystyrene resin in an extruder with a heated barrel, followed by an injection of a volatile gas such as a hydrocarbon (for example butane or pentane) alone or in combination with Nitrogen and/or carbon dioxide.
  • a volatile gas such as a hydrocarbon (for example butane or pentane) alone or in combination with Nitrogen and/or carbon dioxide.
  • a preferred method for manufacturing packaging elements according to the present invention typically comprises three steps: extrusion, aging and moulding.
  • a sheet is extruded and then reeled up. It is already expanded to for example 2-4 mm thickness. Subsequently this sheet is aged to allow the gas (e.g. butane, pentane, nitrogen, carbon dioxide as mentioned above) to leave the cells of the foam.
  • the aging process may take 1-5 days.
  • the foam reels are passed through a thermo-former where the foam is reheated; some further expansion can occur, depending on the open-cell content of the foam.
  • the re-heated foam is passed into cooled match-mould tooling, where the foam takes up the form of the mould.
  • the sheet passes into a trimming station where the formed parts are cut out of the residual skeleton, and nested and packed for dispatch.
  • FIGs 17a-17i are different schematic views a packaging system according to the invention.
  • the packaging element 200 may be arranged into an unfolded nesting position as shown for example in figure 17a .
  • the packaging element 200 is in the form of an elongated hollow strip which can be nested on top of a similar packaging element.
  • the strip 200 comprises a plurality of sections 204 which are pivotally joined to each other (see figure 17b ) so that the strip 200 may be arranged in a second configuration (see figure 17c ).
  • each sections 204 constitutes a sidewall of the folded strip, which has a substantially square outer periphery and a substantially cylindrical recess 203.
  • the strip 200 is releasably secured into the second configuration by means of securing means 202, which in this specific embodiment is located at a corner of the folded element 200, but which may alternatively be located in the sidewall 204.
  • the cake can be placed into the recess of a folded element 200 or the packaging element 200 may be folded around the cake.
  • a first mat 206 made of food compatible material may be placed under the cake. This first mat 206 is preferably shaped so that the cake may be placed on top of the first mat 206 and pushed through the recess 203 by lifting the first mat 206. Therefore, if the recess 203 is cylindrical, the first mat 206 may be circular with a diameter smaller than that of the recess 203.
  • a second mat 207 may be placed under the first mat 206 to carry the cake and the packaging element 200. Therefore the second mat 207 has dimensions such that it cannot pass through the recess 203. Preferably, the second mat 207 has dimensions matching the outer periphery of the folded packaging element 200.
  • first sleeve 208 made of food compatible material
  • second sleeve 209 The second sleeve 209 may be used for commercial markings and is preferably made of cardboard or plastic.
  • the present invention provides a packaging element which is suitable for food products, such as cakes and pastries.
  • the element may be arranged into a first configuration to accommodate a product and into a second configuration in which it is adapted to be nested with other packaging elements. Therefore, several elements may be nested on top of each other for ease of transport and the transport costs can be substantially decreased.
  • the packaging element is substantially hollow and therefore relatively light and environmentally friendly.

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