EP3141496A1 - Behälter für ein frisches produkt - Google Patents

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EP3141496A1
EP3141496A1 EP15185020.3A EP15185020A EP3141496A1 EP 3141496 A1 EP3141496 A1 EP 3141496A1 EP 15185020 A EP15185020 A EP 15185020A EP 3141496 A1 EP3141496 A1 EP 3141496A1
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Aaltje Theodora Gonlag
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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
    • 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
    • B65D81/26—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators
    • B65D81/263—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators for ventilating the 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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/16—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
    • B65D51/1605—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby the interior of the container is maintained in permanent gaseous communication with the exterior
    • 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
    • B65D85/34—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for fruit, e.g. apples, oranges or tomatoes
    • 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
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0217—Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements
    • B65D21/0219—Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements the closure presenting projecting peripheral elements receiving or surrounding the bottom or peripheral elements projecting from the bottom of a superimposed container

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  • the invention relates to a container for fresh produce, wherein the container comprises a tray, which comprises a bottom wall, a circumferential outside wall and an open top for insertion and removal of the fresh produce.
  • Containers based on such a tray which is a relatively flat device, are often used for storing certain types of small vegetables or fruits.
  • these kinds of products are not suitable to be directly stacked onto one another in more than one or only a few layers. If stacked (too high) onto one another, these products may easily get bruised by mutual product pressure and/or may easily receive too little ventilation, which will shorten their shelf life considerably.
  • flat tray-based containers are often used for these kinds of products, wherein every container contains only one or only a few layers of the products, and wherein the containers are stacked onto one another.
  • the present invention provides a container according to the appended independent claim 1.
  • Preferable embodiments of the invention are provided by the appended dependent claims 2-12.
  • the invention provides a container for fresh produce, wherein the container comprises:
  • the container according to the invention is a tray-based container, which, as explained above, is suitable for preventing bruising of packed vulnerable products.
  • the abovementioned ventilation shaft, and the abovementioned in-line fluid-flow communication and sideways fluid-flow communication that it offers allow the packed products to be reliably ventilated at all times, also when the packings are stacked onto one another.
  • the invention provides for a highly effective ventilation flow, which is extending through a stack of containers, more or less similar to a chimney-like air-draught.
  • the container further comprises at least one shaft-wall-passageway through said circumferential shaft wall for realizing said sideways fluid-flow communication.
  • said sideways fluid-flow communication of the container is realized at least via a first fluid-flow path, which is at least partly extending between a first circumferential bordering edge of the first lid-passageway and a second circumferential bordering edge of the second shaft end.
  • said sideways fluid-flow communication is realized at least via a second fluid-flow path, which, as seen in said stacked condition, is at least partly extending between the bottom wall of said upper container of the stack and the lid of said lower container of the stack.
  • said second fluid-flow path is extending from said interior shaft spaces of said upper container and said lower container to an exterior environment of the stack of containers, said exterior environment being located on a side of the circumferential outside walls of said upper container and said lower container, which side is facing away from said ventilation shafts.
  • the container further comprises at least one second bottom-passageway through the bottom wall of the container, said second bottom-passageway not being enveloped by said transverse circumferential cross-section.
  • the container further comprises at least one second lid-passageway through the lid of the container.
  • the container further comprises at least one outside-wall-passageway through the circumferential outside wall of the container.
  • the container further comprises:
  • the elevated carrying platform has a first platform-passageway through the elevated carrying platform, wherein the ventilation shaft is extending through the first platform-passageway.
  • the container further comprises at least one second platform-passageway through the elevated carrying platform of the container.
  • a controlled distance is provided in-between the products in the container and a surface on which the bottom wall of the container is resting.
  • This controlled distance in the form of said interior ventilation space, provides for a controlled ventilation underneath the products.
  • the ventilation shaft provides synergistic effects regarding said controlled ventilation underneath the products, since the interior ventilation space of its own would normally be prone to forming a dead-flow area underneath the products. That is, the ventilation shaft provides for a very effective air-draught, which prevents the occurrences of such dead-flow areas.
  • said interior ventilation space contains a liquid absorbing material.
  • the liquid absorbing material may for example be a liquid absorbing pad lying at the bottom of the interior ventilation space.
  • the liquid absorbing material is suitable for absorbing liquids dripping off from the products, while at the same time the elevated carrying platform separates the products from lying directly on top of the wet absorbing material.
  • the tray 2 and the lid 4 are made from plastic, wherein the ventilation shaft 7 has been manufactured as an integral part of the tray 2.
  • the elevated carrying platform 3 is made from cardboard.
  • FIGs. 1 and 2 foot parts 18 of the bottom wall 5, as well as elevated parts 19 of the bottom wall 5 are shown.
  • the foot parts 18 of the upper container 1 are resting on the lid 4A of the lower container 1A.
  • the foot parts 18, however, are of course not visible in Fig. 3 , since the cross-section of Fig. 3 is according to the mid-plane III of Fig. 1 , which mid-plane does not have the foot parts 18.
  • Fig. 3 schematically shows the additional passageways 61 and 71, as well as some further optional locations for the passageways 52.
  • the various shown two-way arrows are indicating various fluid-flow communications or fluid-flow paths through the various passageways, spaces, inter-spaces, or the like.
  • the two-way arrows indicating the first fluid-flow path and the second fluid-flow path have been specifically indicated by the reference numerals 81 and 82, respectively, as mentioned above.
  • the second fluid-flow path 82 is extending between the lid 4A of lower container 1A and elevated parts 19 (see Fig. 2 ) of the bottom wall 5 of the upper container 1.
  • the lower container 1A has been shown to contain the abovementioned liquid absorbing material 15, while the upper container 1 has been shown without the liquid absorbing material.
  • the shown lid of the shown container is fully detachable relative to the shown tray.
  • the lid of a container according to the invention may for example also be fixedly connected to the tray, for example by means of a hinging mechanism, such as e.g. a living hinge.
  • the ventilation shaft of a container according to the invention may be manufactured as an integral part of the (bottom wall of the) tray, but the ventilation shaft may also be manufactured separately from the (bottom wall of the) tray.
  • the tray may be manufactured by thermoforming, while the ventilation shaft is separately manufactured by injection moulding, whereafter the tray and the ventilation shaft may be (fixedly or detachably) connected to one another.
  • Separately manufacturing the ventilation shaft by injection moulding, instead of by thermoforming provides additional freedom for designing the ventilation shaft, such as for designing the abovementioned at least one shaft-wall-passageway through the circumferential shaft wall of the ventilation shaft.
  • a single container according to the invention may comprise more than one ventilation shafts of the discussed type, the respective ventilation shafts being connected at mutually different locations, respectively, to the bottom wall of the tray.
  • a single other unit may fulfill the functions of several items recited in the claims.

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CN107973001A (zh) * 2017-12-31 2018-05-01 蒋成斌 一种朵菊贮存箱及其使用方法
CN114751052A (zh) * 2022-04-30 2022-07-15 苏州宇信特殊包装股份有限公司 一种防潮脆盘及其加工装置

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US5456379A (en) * 1994-10-03 1995-10-10 Krupa; Calvin S. Blueberry container
US20040200845A1 (en) * 2003-04-11 2004-10-14 David Watzke Dual chamber salad container
US20050016997A1 (en) * 2003-02-12 2005-01-27 Wang Tong Chang Microwave food box
CN201856956U (zh) * 2010-10-22 2011-06-08 嘉兴市正基电子有限公司 中空气通式塑料箱
WO2015118062A1 (de) * 2014-02-05 2015-08-13 Linco Food Systems A/S Masthähnchencontainer mit einem boden und seitenwänden, der zum aufnehmen und halten von wenigstens fünf lebenden masthähnchen ausgebildet und eingerichtet ist, insbesondere als bestandteil einer einheit und einer anordnung eines transportanhängers

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US4576278A (en) * 1982-11-23 1986-03-18 W. R. Grace & Co., Cryovac Div. Purge trap tray
US5456379A (en) * 1994-10-03 1995-10-10 Krupa; Calvin S. Blueberry container
US20050016997A1 (en) * 2003-02-12 2005-01-27 Wang Tong Chang Microwave food box
US20040200845A1 (en) * 2003-04-11 2004-10-14 David Watzke Dual chamber salad container
CN201856956U (zh) * 2010-10-22 2011-06-08 嘉兴市正基电子有限公司 中空气通式塑料箱
WO2015118062A1 (de) * 2014-02-05 2015-08-13 Linco Food Systems A/S Masthähnchencontainer mit einem boden und seitenwänden, der zum aufnehmen und halten von wenigstens fünf lebenden masthähnchen ausgebildet und eingerichtet ist, insbesondere als bestandteil einer einheit und einer anordnung eines transportanhängers

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CN107973001A (zh) * 2017-12-31 2018-05-01 蒋成斌 一种朵菊贮存箱及其使用方法
CN114751052A (zh) * 2022-04-30 2022-07-15 苏州宇信特殊包装股份有限公司 一种防潮脆盘及其加工装置
CN114751052B (zh) * 2022-04-30 2023-11-24 苏州宇信特殊包装股份有限公司 一种防潮脆盘及其加工装置

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