FR2843941A1 - DEVICE FOR PACKAGING INGREDIENTS OF A FOOD EMULSION - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) for packaging ingredients intended to enter into the composition of a food emulsion, in particular a salad dressing. This device is characterized in that said device (1) takes the form of 'a container (2) made up of two parts (3; 4) including a first part (3) comprising, on the one hand, at least two means (5; 5') each arranged to ensure storage, so individual, of a single ingredient or of a stable mixture of ingredients and, on the other hand, means (9) arranged to hermetically close each of said storage means (5; 5 '), these closure means (9) ) being of removable and / or pierceable type and being designed capable, after their removal and / or their piercing, to allow the flow of the ingredients out of said storage means (5; 5 ') and in a second part (4) that comprises said container (2), with a view to mixing these ingredients.

Description

The present invention relates to a device for packaging

  of ingredients intended to enter into the composition

  a food emulsion, in particular a salad dressing.

  The invention relates to the field of manufacturing devices for packaging food products, more particularly those intended to be used in the composition of a food emulsion, more specifically a sauce for

the dressing of a salad.

  There are already known such packaging devices which adopt either the form of a sachet or a cup containing a single dose of salad dressing, or the form of a bottle or 'a bottle containing a larger volume of such a sauce. Anyway, such devices are, in fact, designed capable of containing a ready-made saucesalade in which the ingredients have already been mixed. In this regard, it will be observed that if these ingredients are capable of being preserved, individually, for an almost indefinite period, the fact of mixing them considerably reduces their duration.

of consumption.

  In order to remedy this drawback, it is known to add, to a salad dressing preparation, additives such as stabilizers, emulsifiers, preservatives or even antioxidants, all intended to preserve the stability of this preparation and to lengthen its duration. of consumption. In this connection, it will be observed that such additives have, in most cases, the drawback of altering the taste of this salad dressing. In addition, the addition of such additives must be subject to particularly drastic health regulations. Finally, it will be noted that the consumer's taste is increasingly oriented towards the most natural products possible so that this consumer tends to turn away from a preparation containing

at least some of these additives.

  The present invention is intended to remedy these

  disadvantages through a new packaging device 35 for the ingredients of a salad dressing.

  Also, this invention relates to a device for packaging ingredients intended to be used in the composition of a food emulsion, in particular a salad sauce, characterized in that said device takes the form of a container made up of two parts including a first part comprising, on the one hand, at least two means arranged, each, for ensuring the storage, individually, of a single ingredient or of a stable mixture of ingredients and, on the other hand , means arranged for hermetically closing each of said storage means, these closing means being of the removable and / or pierceable type and being designed capable, after their removal and / or their piercing, of authorizing the flow of the ingredients out of said means storage and in a second part that includes said

  container, for the purpose of mixing these ingredients.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, the first part of the container has, internally, at least two compartments, constituting said storage means, each intended to receive an ingredient or a stable mixture of ingredients, and separated one on the other or from each other by at least one partition extending from the bottom of the first part of the container and over at least part of the height of the latter. Yet another characteristic consists in that the closing means consist of at least one removable and / or pierceable cover at least made integral with the upper edge of the one or more

  partitions delimiting at least one compartment.

  According to an additional characteristic, the second part of the container is constituted by a cover, designed capable of cooperating with said first part of the container, and adopting, at least in part, the form of a receptacle for receiving a part at less of said ingredients for mixing, this after

  removal and / or drilling of the closure means.

  Yet another characteristic consists in that the second part of the container has at least one orifice, closed by a removable and / or pierceable cover, and intended, after mixing of the ingredients followed by removal and / or piercing of this cover.

  allow the salad sauce to flow out of said device.

  The advantages of the present invention consist in that the device comprises means for ensuring the storage, individually and hermetically, of a single ingredient or of a stable mixture of ingredients used in the composition of a food emulsion. , including a salad dressing. These various ingredients are, in fact, only mixed at the last moment and just before they are spilled, more particularly on a salad. This advantageously makes it possible to store these ingredients for an indefinite period inside said packaging device, this while retaining all their taste qualities of these ingredients and

  avoiding alteration due to premature mixing.

  Another advantage is that said packaging device has a plurality of compartments which can each receive a particular ingredient, such an ingredient which can advantageously be replaced by another which makes it possible to offer, in the end, a large variety of salad dressings

  adapted to the tastes and / or needs of consumers.

  Yet another advantage consists in that said device comprises two parts, a first part intended to contain the ingredients and a second part in which these ingredients are mixed, this second part serving to

  receptacle and pourer for salad dressing.

  Other objects and advantages of the present invention

  will appear during the description which follows relating to embodiments which are given only by way of examples

indicative and not limiting.

  The understanding of this description will be facilitated by referring to the attached drawing in which:

  - Figure 1 is a schematic view, in elevation, in exploded view and in longitudinal section of the packaging device according to the invention; - Figure 2 is a schematic top view of the first part of the packaging device visible in Figure 1 and receiving closing means; - Figure 3 is a schematic view corresponding to a detail of the cooperation of the first and second parts of the container; - Figure 4 is a schematic view of another mode of

  realization of the second part of such a device.

  The present invention relates to the field of manufacturing devices for packaging food products, more particularly for packaging ingredients intended to be used in the composition of a food emulsion, more

  specifically a sauce for dressing a salad.

  It will be observed that, for reasons of simplification, in the

  following the description, reference will more particularly be made to an emulsion consisting of a salad dressing knowing that the present invention is in no way limited thereto and that it

  also applies to any kind of food-type emulsion. As visible in FIG. 1, such a device 1 is in the form of a container 2 made up of two parts 3; 4 of which one

  first 3 and a second 4 part.

  Said first part 3 of this container 2 comprises at least two means 5, 5 ', 5' 'arranged, each, for ensuring the storage, individually, of a single ingredient or of a stable mixture

  ingredients intended to enter into the composition of a salad dressing.

  In this regard, it will be observed that a mixture of ingredients can be considered to be stable when the duration of consumption of this mixture is substantially identical to the duration of consumption of

  each of the ingredients of this mixture taken separately.

  Thus, such a storage means 5; 5 '; 5 '' can receive either a single ingredient (for example, oil, vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper ...), or a stable mixture of ingredients (for example, a mixture salt-pepper, a mixture of herbs such as chives and parsley, a mixture of plants such as garlic and onion, a complex mixture of herbs and / or

plants and / or salt-pepper ...).

  Such an embodiment advantageously makes it possible not to mix ingredients which, when mixed, present a problem of stability and / or a duration of use which is significantly shortened compared to the duration of individual use of

each of these ingredients.

  In fact and as visible in Figures 1 and 2, the first part 3 of the container 2 has, internally, at least two compartments 6; 6 '; 6 '', constituting said storage means; 5 '; 5 '', and each intended to receive an ingredient or a stable mixture of ingredients. These compartments 6; 6 '; 6 '' are separated from each other or from each other by at least one partition 7, 7 'extending from the bottom 8 of the first part 3 10 of the container 2 and over at least one part the height of this

last 3.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, the first part 3 of this container 2 also includes means 9 arranged

  to seal each of said storage means 5 hermetically; 15 5 '; 5 ''.

  In this regard, it will be observed that such closure means 9 are constituted by at least one cover 10 designed capable of closing at

  at least one storage means 5; 5 '; 5 ''.

  According to a first embodiment, such closure means 9 can then be constituted by a plurality of designed lids, each capable of closing one or more storage means 5. Such an embodiment advantageously allows to select the ingredients that will be mixed for

obtaining a salad dressing.

  However and according to a preferred embodiment visible in Figures 1 and 2, such closure means 9 are constituted by a single cover 10 designed capable of closing all of the storage means 5; 5 '; 5 '' that said first part 3 of this

container 2.

  In this regard, it should be noted that such closure means 9 are at least made integral with the upper edge 11 of the partition or partitions 7 delimiting a compartment 6 of the means of

storage 5, 5 '; 5 ''.

  Also and according to an embodiment not shown in which the container 2 comprises a central compartment, notably bordered on the outside by other compartments, such closing means 9 can be made integral only with the upper edge of the partition or partitions defining this central compartment (closing means 9 designed capable of closing, individually, at the

minus a means of storage 5).

  However and according to a preferred embodiment notably visible in FIGS. 1 and 2, a compartment 6 constituting a storage means 5 is delimited, on the one hand, by at least one partition 7 and, on the other hand, by a portion of an outer wall 12 that comprises said container 2. In such a case, said closure means 9 10 are made integral, on the one hand, with the upper edge 11 of the partition or partitions 7 delimiting such a compartment 6 and, on the other part of

  the outer wall 12 of said container 2.

  According to a preferred embodiment visible in FIG. 1, the partition (s) 7 for separation extend over the entire height of the first part 3 of the container 2 while the external wall 12 of the latter 2 has an upper edge 13. C ′ is, more particularly, of the upper edge 11 of the partition (s) 7 or even of the upper edge 13 of the external wall 12 that are rendered

  integral with said closure means 9.

  In this regard, it should be observed that such closure means 9 can be made integral with these upper edges 11, 13 by gluing or, and preferably, by welding, in particular by heat sealing. According to another characteristic of the invention, these closing means 9 are defined by a cover 10 which, according to a first embodiment, can be designed capable of being pierced for

  ensure the opening of a compartment 6.

  However and according to a preferred embodiment, said closure means 9 are constituted by at least one cover 10 of the removable type and comprise gripping means 14, in particular defined by a tongue or the like, authorizing the gripping of these closure means 9 to ensure its removal and, therefore,

  the opening of the storage means 5; 5 '; 5 ''.

  The removal and / or piercing of these closing means 9 35 allows the ingredients to flow out of said storage means 5; 5 '; 5 '', and in the second part 4 which contains

  said container 2, for the purpose of mixing these ingredients.

  Regarding said second part 4 of the container 2, it is constituted by a cover 15 designed capable of cooperating 5 with said first part 3 of this container 2 to close the latter 2 in its upper part. This cover 15 adopts, at least in part, the form of a receptacle 16 intended to receive at least part of the ingredients contained in the storage means 5; 5 '; 5 '', this after removal and / or drilling of the closure means 9 of the latter, and with a view to mixing these ingredients. According to another characteristic visible in FIGS. 1 and 3, the second part 4 of the container 2 comprises interlocking means 17 arranged to cooperate with complementary interlocking means 15 18 which the first part 3 of the container 2 comprises, this in view of '' assemble the first 3 and second 4 parts of this

container 2.

  In fact and as visible in these same figures, the fitting means 17 are constituted by a skirt 19 at least partially deformable 20, adopting substantially a "V" shape, and equipping the

  peripheral edge 20 of the cover 15.

  The complementary nesting means 18 can, then,

  be defined by a rim 21 or the like presented by the upper edge 13 of the external wall 12 of the first part 3 of the container 2.

  Yet another characteristic consists in that the fitting means 17 and / or the complementary fitting means 18 are supplemented by means 22 designed capable of ensuring sealing.

  between the first 3 and the second 4 part of the container 2.

  Such sealing means 22 take, for example, the shape

  a seal as visible, in particular Figures 1 and 3.

  Such a seal is preferably disposed at the peripheral edge 20 of the cover 15, around the entire periphery of the latter 15. According to an additional characteristic of the invention, the second part 4 of the container 2 has an orifice 23, closed by a removable and / or pierceable cover 24, and intended, after mixing of the ingredients followed by removal and / or piercing of this cover 24, to allow the flow of the salad sauce out of said

device 1.

  Also, when one wishes to make a salad dressing, one removes or one pierces, first of all, the closing means 9, then one has the cover 15 over the first part 3 of the container 2 and the ingredients are flowed into the receptacle 16 by inverting the packaging device 1. The ingredients are then mixed, in particular by agitating the device 1, then removing or piercing the '' operculum 24 and

  allow the sauce to flow onto the salad.

  Yet another characteristic visible in FIG. 4 consists in that said second part 4 of container 2 includes means 25 arranged to provide additional storage for at least one

  additional ingredient such as, for example, crotons or the like.

  Such additional storage means 25 are defined, of a

  firstly, by the receptacle 16 which the cover 15 comprises and, secondly, by means 26 arranged to ensure the closing of this receptacle 16.

  In this regard, it will be observed that such closing means

  here again 26 can be defined by a removable cover 27. The latter 27 is made integral with said second part 4 of the container 2, more particularly at the level of the means 25 for fitting 17 which the latter 4 presents.

  Also, when you want to season a salad, you

  remove, first of all, the additional closing means 26 for, then, pour the additional ingredients contained in the second part 4 of the container 2 onto the salad. Next, the salad dressing is made as described above.

  Although the invention has been described in connection with a form of

  particular embodiment, it is understood that it is in no way limited thereto and that it is possible to make various modifications to the forms, materials and combinations of these various elements, without thereby departing from the framework and spirit of the invention.

Claims (8)

  1) Device (1) for packaging ingredients 5 intended to enter into the composition of a food emulsion, in particular a salad sauce, characterized in that said device (1) takes the form of a container (2 ) consisting of two parts (3; 4) including a first part (3) comprising, on the one hand, at least two means (5; 5 '; 5' ') arranged, each, to ensure storage, so individual, of a single ingredient or of a stable mixture of ingredients and, on the other hand, means (9) arranged to seal each of said storage means (5; 5 '; 5' '), these means closure (9) being of the removable and / or pierceable type and being designed capable, after their removal and / or their drilling, to allow the ingredients to flow out of said storage means (5; 5 '; 5' ') and in a second part (4) which comprises said container (2), this for the purpose of mixing these ingredients.   2) Device (1) for packaging the ingredients of a food emulsion according to claim 1, characterized in that the first part (3) of the container (2) has, internally, at least two compartments (6; 6 ' ; 6 ''), constituting said storage means (5; 5 '; 5' '), each intended to receive an ingredient or a stable mixture of ingredients, and separated from one or more from each other by at least one partition (7; 7 ') extending from the bottom (8) of the first part (3) of the container (2) and over at least part of the height of the latter (3).   3) Device (1) for packaging the ingredients of a food emulsion according to claim 2, characterized in that the closure means (9) consist of at least one removable and / or pierceable cover (10) at least secured to the upper edge (11) of the partition (s) (7) delimiting at least one compartment (6).   4) Device (1) for packaging the ingredients of a   food emulsion according to any one of claims 2 or   3, characterized in that the partition (s) (7) extend over the entire height of the first part (3) of the container (2) while the closure means (9) are defined by at least one removable cover and / or pierceable (10) made integral with the upper edge (11) of at least one partition (7) or even of the upper edge (13) of an external wall (12) which comprises the first part (3) of the container (2).   ) Device (1) for packaging the ingredients of a   food emulsion according to any one of the preceding claims 10, characterized in that the second part (4) of the   container (2) is constituted by a cover (15), designed capable of cooperating with said first part (3) of the container (2), and adopting, at least in part, the form of a receptacle (16) intended to receive at least part of said ingredients for mixing, this after removal and / or piercing of the means of closure (9).   6) Device (1) for packaging the ingredients of a   food emulsion according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second part (4) of the container has interlocking means (17) arranged to   cooperate with complementary fitting means (18) that comprises the first part (3) of the container (2), this in order to ensure an assembly of the first (3) and second (4) parts of this container (2).   7) Device (1) for packaging the ingredients of a   food emulsion according to claim 6, characterized in that the interlocking means (17) and / or the complementary interlocking means (18) are supplemented by means (22) designed capable of sealing between the first (3) and the 30 second (4) part of the container (2).   8) Device (1) for packaging the ingredients of a   food emulsion according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second part (4) of the container (2) comprises at least one orifice (23), closed by a removable and / or pierceable cover (24), and intended, after mixing   ingredients followed by removal and / or piercing of this lid 1il (24), to allow the salad sauce to flow out of said device (1).   9) Device (1) for packaging the ingredients of a   food emulsion according to any one of the preceding claims 5, characterized in that the second part (4) of the   container (2) comprises means (25) arranged to ensure the   additional storage of at least one additional ingredient.