EP2537775B1 - Récipient à couvercle coulissant et bouchon de vide - Google Patents

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EP2537775B1
EP2537775B1 EP11744301.0A EP11744301A EP2537775B1 EP 2537775 B1 EP2537775 B1 EP 2537775B1 EP 11744301 A EP11744301 A EP 11744301A EP 2537775 B1 EP2537775 B1 EP 2537775B1
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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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/54—Inspection openings or windows
    • B65D25/56—Inspection openings or windows with means for indicating level of contents
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/12—Vessels or pots for table use
    • 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
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/08—Containers of variable capacity
    • 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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/02—Disc closures
    • B65D39/025—Disc closures the closure being maintained in place by an additional element
    • 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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/16—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
    • B65D51/1672—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by manual actuation of the closure or other element
    • B65D51/1683—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by manual actuation of the closure or other element by actuating a separate element in the container or closure
    • 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
    • B65D81/18—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 providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient
    • B65D81/20—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 providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
    • B65D81/2007—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 providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas under vacuum
    • B65D81/2038—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 providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas under vacuum with means for establishing or improving vacuum
    • 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
    • B65D81/24—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
    • B65D81/245—Internal membrane, floating cover or the like isolating the contents from the ambient atmosphere

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  • the present invention relates to a series of improvements that the inventor has made to Patent application ES20100000195 entitled "Container with sliding cover and vacuum plug”, relating to a vacuum preservation device that enables keeping, preserving and transporting food, chemical elements or any organic or inert solution which require being vacuum packaged to be subsequently used both at home or in industry environment.
  • This invention belongs to the sector of diverse industrial techniques, and particularly to the chapter on packaging, storing and transporting different food or chemical products, with a direct effect on the industrial sector of manufacturing articles for vacuum packaging.
  • this invention appears to provide a simple solution to the growing need to vacuum pack and preserve food, not only in the actual production chain, but also in private homes where, in many occasions, food in recently opened containers has to be thrown away because not all the contents are eaten.
  • the device according to the invention provides for preserving foods by obtaining vacuum conditions without the need for pumps or complex mechanisms, as it can be used easily by anyone.
  • Document US 6945014 B1 discloses a coffee storage container, for storing a quantity of coffee within a jar having a bottom and a side wall, and using a piston having a top and bottom, and a one-way valve.
  • the quantity of coffee is placed in the jar bottom.
  • the piston extends within the jar and defines a storage volume beneath the piston bottom.
  • a stem is selectively attached to the piston top to push the piston downward to allow air to escape through the one-way valve so that the storage volume becomes substantially the coffee volume and little or no air remains within the storage volume.
  • the stem may be removed from the piston for storage.
  • document EP 0639514 B1 discloses an aseptic container or bottle for conserving a non-pasty product and comprises a body with a cylindrical or prismatic lateral wall, closed off at one end by a base and having an orifice for discharge of the product, and a movable inner piston rubbing in a leaktight manner against the inner surface of the lateral wall of the container and delimiting a volume containing the product.
  • means are provided for exerting on the piston, during each use, a force sufficient to push the piston back in the direction of the discharge orifice and consequently to exert on the product a pressure discharging the desired quantity of product, and non-return means hold the piston, after cessation of the force exerted with a view to the discharge of the product, in the position reached so as permanently to retain a residual pressure in the product.
  • the improvements that are the object of this addition to the patent are focused both on the container and on the closure components.
  • the container it includes a graduated scale which shows its content level at all times.
  • the container be made in opaque material to protect its content from light, in which case the graduated scale is not included.
  • the closure components the improvements are focused on the arrangement of a unique, specially designed cover with a series of parts that can be easily disassembled for regular cleaning.
  • the parts are embodied in the actual cover with a seal made of neoprene material or the like, a hollow venting plug inside which a small spherical, hollow buoy can freely move, said venting plug having a double function as it is also used as a knob for sliding the cover in both directions along the container.
  • a tongue having also a double function, since one of its ends, it ends in a ring which, coupled to the venting plug, guarantees that it closes well on the cover. Near the other extremity it has a shutter that is intended to close, when necessary, the top hole of the venting plug.
  • Venting plug (11) has inside a cavity (11.1) that is open at the bottom along its section and open at the top via a venting hole (11.2).
  • Cavity (11.1) is designed very precisely with its lower part in the shape of a revolving straight cylinder whose vertical axis coincides with the vertical symmetry axis of venting plug (11). This cylinder, with a slight gentle transition curve, connects with another one above that has a smaller diameter and ends in its highest part in a semi-spherical dome open to the outside via said venting hole (11.2). ( Figures 2 and 3 ).
  • Cover (9) ( Figures 2 , 3 and 4 ) is provided with the corresponding thread for receiving venting plug (11) has, at the bottom, a through opening (11.3) that has been illustrated with a cross section in the shape of a two armed cross, although it could have three arms or other star shapes.
  • venting plug (11) is assembled on cover (9), it is understood that cavity (11.1) and the actual cover (9) form a chamber which, according to the invention, is intended to house a sphere-shaped hollow buoy (12), whose diameter is slightly smaller than that of the above-mentioned semi-spherical dome.
  • the buoy (12) which logically must be inserted into cavity (11) before screwing on venting plug (11), can move with complete freedom in the above-mentioned chamber, it being well understood that, due to the gravitational force, it will be deposited on the lower part of venting plug (11) resting on cover (9), and more particularly on through opening (11.3), with the particular feature that due to the design of the parts, it is possible for a liquid to pass through the escape holes that are formed.
  • hollow buoy (12) that can float on a liquid product (2), it is projected upwards obeying the principle of Archimedes, it will end up coupling perfectly with the top part of cavity (11.1) in the shape of a semi-spherical dome, fulfilling the function of a valve that will completely close venting hole (11.2).
  • sealing ring (10) made of flexible material, has the function of accurately closing the clearance between the inner part of container (1) and the outer part of cover (9) along the whole trajectory that cover (9) can cover lengthways inside container (1), with the exception of the section corresponding to the highest part of container (1) where it expands to form pouring spout (8), this situation being illustrated in the figures ( Figure 5 and 9 ).
  • container (1) and cover (9) causes that when pressure is applied on venting plug (11) moving cover (9) downwards, the air contained in container (1) is expelled and exits outside, first via through opening (11.3), then via cavity (11.1) and, finally, via venting hole (11.2).
  • cover (9) The descending process of cover (9) is limited as illustrated in detail in ( Figure 7 ) where it can be observed that product (2) has completely filled cavity (11.1) of cover (9) with the particular feature that hollow buoy (12) which, as already mentioned, can freely move in inside cavity (11.1), ascends by floating on product (2) shutting off venting hole (11.2).
  • hollow buoy (12) which, as already mentioned, can freely move in inside cavity (11.1), ascends by floating on product (2) shutting off venting hole (11.2).
  • venting plug (13) is actuated moving cover (9) upwards and undoing the valve effect exercised by buoy (12) on venting hole (11.2), which triggers the entry of air into cavity (11.1) and into container (1) via through opening (11.3) with buoy (12) dropping simultaneously to the bottom of cavity (11.1).
  • the container (1) may include an improvement that consists in including a graduated scale (1.1) when it is made with transparent or translucent walls. If container (1) is made in opaque material, which is convenient when it is desired to protect product (2) from the effects of light, graduated scale (1.1) will not be provided.
  • the inventor conceives the application of this device in any kind of container (1) like isothermal containers, cake containers or large containers.
  • the invention can be applied to containers (1) of any section (circular, elliptic, square, rectangular, etc.) on which it is guaranteed that a sliding cover (9) can be adapted to with its corresponding airtight seal.

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  1. Récipient (1) avec un couvercle coulissant (9) et un bouchon d'aération fileté (11) pour conserver des produits contenant une phase liquide (2) au moyen d'un vide, le couvercle (9) étant extérieurement formé pour s'adapter à et légèrement plus petit que la forme interne du récipient (1), comprenant une bague d'étanchéité (10) en matériau souple, adaptée pour remplir le jeu entre la forme interne dudit récipient (1) et la forme externe dudit couvercle (9), caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre :
    [a] le bouchon d'aération fileté (11) ayant une cavité (11.1) avec un dôme semi-sphérique, ledit dôme ayant un trou d'aération supérieur (11.2),
    [b] le couvercle (9) étant prévu avec un filetage pour recevoir ledit bouchon d'aération fileté (11) et ayant, au niveau de son fond, une ouverture traversante (11.3), et en ce que :
    [c] une bouée sphérique creuse (12) avec un diamètre légèrement plus petit que celui du dôme qui est logé dans ladite cavité (11.1), ladite bouée (12) étant librement mobile à l'intérieur de ladite cavité (11.1), entre .
    [i] un état de vide dans lequel ladite bouée (12) ferme ledit trou d'aération (11.2) en saillie vers le haut par le biais du principe d'Archimède, et
    [ii] un état d'entrée d'air dans lequel ladite bouée (12) s'appuie sur ladite ouverture traversante (11.3), permettant ainsi à l'air d'entrer dans ledit récipient (1) via le trou d'aération (11.2), via la cavité (11.1) et finalement via l'ouverture traversante (11.3).
  2. Récipient (1) avec un couvercle coulissant (9) et un bouchon d'aération fileté (11) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le bouchon d'aération (11) comprend une languette (13) avec une bague (13.1) et un obturateur (13.2).
  3. Récipient (1) avec un couvercle coulissant (9) et un bouchon d'aération fileté (11) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit récipient (1) comprend un bec verseur (8) de sorte que le produit (2) peut être versé par ledit bec verseur (8) juste en faisant coulisser le couvercle (9) vers la partie supérieure du récipient (1).
  4. Récipient (1) avec un couvercle coulissant (9) et un bouchon d'aération fileté (11) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le récipient (1) a des parois transparentes, translucides, opaques ou isothermes.
  5. Récipient (1) avec un couvercle coulissant (9) et un bouchon d'aération fileté (11) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le couvercle (9) est extérieurement formé comme un cylindre rotatif droit avec un diamètre externe qui est légèrement plus petit que le diamètre interne du récipient (1).
  6. Récipient (1) avec un couvercle coulissant (9) et un bouchon d'aération fileté (11) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'ouverture traversante (11.3) a la forme de l'une parmi une croix à deux branches, une croix à trois branches ou d'autres formes d'étoile.
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ES201000195 2010-02-16
ES201001545A ES2409185B1 (es) 2010-11-30 2010-11-30 Recipiente con tapa deslizante y tapón de vacío
PCT/ES2011/000039 WO2011101511A1 (fr) 2010-02-16 2011-02-15 Récipient à couvercle coulissant et bouchon de vide

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