ES1061494U - Container for lunched food products (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Packaging for sliced food products, of the type constituted by the combination of a base body as a tray and a lid that hermetically closes said tray, characterized in that said base body, made of thermoformed plastic EVOH type, incorporates in its bottom a plurality of crosscuts determining inner ridges on which the sliced product rests, said ridges adopting an isoscelic trapezoidal section, with a lower base and a curved-convex interior, constituting the support area for the product. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Container for food products sliced

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a container, of type of those constituted by the functional combination of a body and a lid, which has been specially designed for commercialization of sliced food products, as per examples very thin sliced meat products, which result visible from the outside thanks to a transparent nature of container so that the latter acts simultaneously as exhibitor.

The object of the invention is to achieve that the sliced product stays perfectly stabilized in the breast of the container, even when it is positioned sharply inclined, close to vertical, or even vertical.

It is also the object of the invention to achieve restore a tight seal for the container, a Once this has been opened, when there is no consumption of All its content.

Background of the invention

The commercialization of food products in sliced form, such as products called generically "knows goal" in modified atmosphere, is totally generalized These packages materialize in a body as a tray, based on coextruded plastic, which normally closed by a foil thermo-welded to its mouth, determining a tight closure.

For obvious commercial reasons these containers they are usually slightly oversized with respect to the product that contain, to give appearance of greater quantity, although this is exactly determined by the inscriptions of the package, and also frequently stands on exhibitors in which it adopts an inclined or even vertical arrangement, which makes the Sliced store product to move on its own plane, accumulating on the lower area of the container, where it folds with greater or lesser intensity, all of which has a very important impact negative in the aesthetic aspect of the set, which thus adopts a deplorable presentation, showing that the capacity of the container is far superior to its content, with what the consumer feels disappointed.

On the other hand in these containers, when it is produced opening them, that is when the sheet is peeled off heat-sealed, it is impossible to restore a closing situation, much less tight closing, which means a remarkable risk of acceleration in the process of decomposition of product housed inside.

Description of the invention

The package proposed by the invention resolves fully satisfactory way the problem above exposed, in the different aspects commented.

To do this, more specifically, and from the basic structuring of a package for sliced products conventional, that is to say from a base body as a tray and of a lid that closes its mouth, the container of the invention focuses its characteristics on the fact that the aforementioned body it presents in its background a plurality of internal drawing and transversal, preferably of isoscelic trapezoidal section, whose minor and internal base constitutes the support area for the product and It is slightly curved convex, so that these stuffings they determine two support ridges for the product, which thus has a slightly wavy profile, and which is stabilized by such ridges when the inclination of the container occurs, or even when a vertical arrangement occurs.

As a complement to the structure described and for favor the stabilization of the product, the lid is semi-rigid, like the base body, obtained like the latter by thermoforming plastic, type EVOH, of so that said lid slightly presses the slices of product against those crest, ensuring its final immobilization

Finally and according to another of the characteristics of the invention, the lid is affected mostly by drawing dimensionally coincident with the mouth of the tray or base body, so that the lid It is "pluggable" tightly on the body, allowing After the initial opening of the container, restore a situation of noticeably tight seal, as many times as required until Total consumption of the product contained in it.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as an integral part of said description, a set of drawings where with character Illustrative and not limiting, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows, according to a representation Schematic plan, the body of a product container sliced food made according to the purpose of the present invention

Figure 2.- Shows a profile of it body.

Figure 3.- Shows a longitudinal section. of the body according to the cutting line A-B of the figure one.

Figures 4, 5 and 6.- Show representations similar to those of figures 1, 2 and 3, corresponding to the top.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the figures outlined you can Observe how the package proposed by the invention is constituted from a body (1) that configures a kind of tray prismatic-rectangular, low height, with edges and rounded vertices, endowed with a mouthpiece perimeter tab (2), also of rounded vertices, being the plant of said body (1) appropriate to the size of the slices of the food product to contain, said body (1) presenting the particularity that incorporates in its background a plurality of crosscuts (3), projected inwards, obtained in the coextrusion process of the plastic material constitutive of the body, drawing (3) that preferably participate in the package in number four, evenly distributed, with an isoscelic trapezoidal section and with a base minor and inner (4) slightly curved-concave, which it diffuses in the extreme zones (5) of each drawing (3), where these widen progressively, as they decrease in height, to disappear before reaching the side wall (6) and corresponding body (1).

These embuticiones or inner ridges (3) are intended to constitute lines or narrow transverse strips of support for the set of sheets or slices constituting the dose of food product housed in the container, and the body (1) it is closed by a cover (7) mostly affected by a drawing (8), centered, leaving a perimeter flange (9) free, overlapping the perimeter flange (2) of the body (1), so that the bottom (8) of the cover drawing draws substantially to the ridges (3-4), pinching on the latter at sliced product, while said drawing (8) determines a tongue and groove fitting of the lid (7) inside the body (1), which ensures a practically tight seal once the container has been opened, to preserve its content until its definitive consumption

Claims (3)

1. Package for sliced food products, of the type of those constituted by the combination of a tray-like base body and a lid that seals said tray, characterized in that said base body, made of thermoformed plastic type EVOH, incorporates in its bottom a plurality of crosscuts determining internal ridges on which the sliced product rests, said crests adopting an isoscelic trapezoidal section, with a minor base and curved-convex interior, constituting the support area for the product. 2. Package for sliced food products, according to claim 1, characterized in that the lid is also made of thermoformed plastic type EVOH, that is to say semi-rigid plastic, incorporates a perimeter flange for coupling to the perimetral flange of the body, and is mostly affected by a single drawing through which it is tightly pluggable into the mouth of the body, maintaining a tight seal thereof after the initial opening of the container. 3. Package for sliced food products, according to previous claims, characterized in that the minor and operative base of the crests or embossments of the isosceles trapezoidal profile and the drawing of the lid determine, in a situation of closure for the container, a pinching effect on the product sliced, which immobilizes it against any position taken by the container.