ES2246148A1 - Metering container for viscous food product e.g. ice cream has plungers that are pushed for releasing food product accommodated in hollow cylinder, through holes provided at upper closed end - Google Patents

Abstract

The container consists of a plunger that is pushed to release food product accommodated in hollow cylinder, through several holes provided on upper closed end of the container. Another plunger (2') provided at one end of the container, is associated with lateral projections (3,3'), for pushing the food product.

Description

Measuring container of viscous food.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a container easily manipulated preferably used to house and dosed supply of viscous foods such as ice cream or treats when a pushing force is exerted on the food.

It is an object of the invention that the package be tubular and elongated, which has thrust means in at least one of their minor faces that press on food for their extraction through holes grouped in the face or faces older of the container.

Background of the invention

The classic ice creams supported by a stick, normally called poles, they are marketed with a seal of paper that once detached exposes the ice cream for consumption. As time passes and the ice cream leaves melting it is sometimes difficult to prevent them from falling pieces of it in an uncontrolled way. This circumstance led the development of other formats that tried to make the handling and consumption of the frozen product.

In this sense the containers are known elongated transparent plastic inside which is the ice cream in question, which only leaves the container by the exit practiced on one of its minor sides to the extent required by the manual pressure exerted on the base and body of the ice cream in address at said exit. Manual pressure is applied directly on the plastic container avoiding direct manual contact with the ice cream and a pushing force is transmitted on it so that only leave the container only the required amount of dosed form preventing chunks from falling to Exterior.

As evolution of these packages are contemplated other solutions that include an elongated cardboard container that it houses the ice cream, which has an upper mouth covered by a practicable seal and a lower mouth from which it moves to inside a piston by action of a rod accessible from the outside, so that the pushing action of the piston on the ice cream determines its exit through the upper mouth in the measure required at all times.

In this case, as in the previous one, there is no manual contact with ice cream, as the consumer is holding the cardboard container and the ice cream is guided in its displacement and permanently contained inside the container, only the amount protruding from its upper mouth It is intended to consume.

Description of the invention

The viscous food dosing container that constitutes the object of this invention offers a solution alternative to those previously provided for dosing and food supply such as ice cream or any other food viscous such as treats, incorporating a elongated tubular body that contains the viscous food and is provided with thrust means at least one of its ends in direct contact with the viscous food, as well as having holes in your body for the exit of the viscous food in transverse direction to the thrust direction.

The elongated tubular body can be manufactured in various materials, such as colored or transparent plastic or preferably cardboard, cylindrical, or oval section, square or rhombus for example.

Unlike other ice cream containers in the ice cream is dispensed from one end, in this case it comes out through the holes made along the tubular body. The holes can be grouped in the body, for example longitudinally, or transversely, or helical to supply the product as the consumer rotates the container, or they can be distributed defining a concrete or fantasy geometric configuration in the center or in the proximity of its ends.

Initially the holes will go normally sealed with some kind of label or protective film to protect the food contained inside.

The package can have a plunger or two, each one of which displaces at one end of the body so that in its longitudinal displacement forces the product to exit to outside through the transverse holes. Such plungers they can have associated rods that protrude externally and that constitute the contact extremities on which it affects the consumer pressing in opposite directions inwards to extract the product.

The container thus conceived can be held in a manner simple in horizontal situation by means of those mentioned stems allowing a more practical consumption position for the consumer, who at the same time holding the container can press About the product for consumption.

The possibility of the container being considered only have one plunger, in which case at one end it will play the plunger and the other will remain covered.

Also as an alternative solution to the use of stems associated with the plungers, the possibility of use a thread or bellows system linked to the plunger in one or at both ends, on which the consumer affects cause piston displacement by determining the output of the product.

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 an example preferred practical implementation of it, is accompanied as integral part of that description, a set of drawings where with an illustrative and non-limiting nature, what has been represented next:

Figure 1.- Shows a perspective view of a horizontal viscous food dosing container with the holes in arrangement centered and grouped on the perimeter of the body.

Figure 2.- Shows a perspective view of a vertical dosing container with holes arranged in rectangular grouping in the vicinity of one of the extremes

Figure 3.- Shows an elevation view of the container dispenser with holes grouped longitudinally and with two pistons located at each end in extended position.

Figure 4.- Shows an elevation view of the container dispenser represented in the previous figure in the situation in the that the pistons affect the product that is extracted in cross direction through the holes.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the described figures it is detailed then a preferred embodiment of the package viscous food dispenser that is the subject of this invention.

The dosing container is of the type that comprise an elongated tubular body (1) that houses the food viscous, such as ice cream or similar, and has a first plunger (2) associated with pushing means (3) at the lower open end of the tubular body (1) to push at will in the direction longitudinal food, determining its progressive exit from container for consumption.

From these basic elements the container dispenser stands out mainly because the body (1) has holes (4) grouped, through which the viscous food transverse to the direction of push.

The possibility that the extreme upper tubular body (1) is closed by a fixed cover (5), as shown in figure 2, or have a second piston (2 ') and pushing means complementary (3 ') that can press on the viscous food in the longitudinal direction and opposite direction to the pushing means (3) to facilitate the exit of viscous food through the holes (4).

The holes (4) are distributed on the body (1) in the longitudinal direction as seen in figures 3 and 4, or in the transverse direction as represents in figure 1, or as it appears in figure 2 the holes (4) can be grouped forming a geometric figure such like a rectangle, or any other fantasy figure.

It is contemplated that the pushing means (3) and the complementary thrust means (3 ') may consist of corresponding stems (3, 3 ') that constitute at the same time container support elements in horizontal position during The food supply.

In another alternative embodiment the means of thrust (3) and complementary thrust means (3 ') may consist in a bellows type mechanism or in a thread mechanism that they can also become fasteners of the container during its supply.

Claims (12)

1. Dosing container of viscous foods of the type comprising an elongated tubular body (1) that houses the viscous food, such as an ice cream or similar, and has a first plunger (2) associated with pushing means (3) at the open lower end of the tubular body (1) to push the food at will in a longitudinal direction determining its progressive exit from the container for consumption, characterized in that the body (1) has holes (4) through which it exits the viscous food in the transverse direction to the thrust direction. 2. A viscous food dosing container according to claim 1 characterized in that a second piston (2 ') and complementary thrust means (3') are available at the upper end of the tubular body, which can press on the viscous food in the direction longitudinal and opposite direction to the pushing means (3) to facilitate the exit of the viscous food through the holes (4). 3. A viscous food dosing container according to claim 1 characterized in that the upper end of the tubular body (1) is closed by a fixed cover (5). 4. A viscous food dosing container according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that the pushing means (3) and the complementary pushing means (3 ') consist of corresponding stems (3, 3') that constitute at the same time support elements of the container in horizontal position
during the food supply. 5. A viscous food dosing container according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that the pushing means (3) and the complementary pushing means (3 ') consist of a bellows type mechanism. 6. A viscous food dosing container according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that the pushing means (3) and the complementary pushing means (3 ') consist of a thread mechanism. 7. A viscous food dosing container according to claim 1, characterized in that the package takes an oval shape. 8. A viscous food dosing container according to claim 1 characterized in that the package adopts a rhomboid shape. 9. viscous food dispensing container according to claim 1 characterized in that the container adopts square shape. 10. A viscous food dosing container according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the holes (4) through which the viscous food comes out are arranged helically along the package. 11. A viscous food dosing container according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that the holes (4) are arranged forming clusters in the package. 12. A viscous food dosing container according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the holes (4) are arranged forming geometric shapes and capricious drawings.